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Asukatard117
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Disappointed how fast Bandai backed out of telling a proper Gundam story about children in war for a Romeo and Juliet story about servicemen.
They started so big with the Vaught Roberts video message back in like 2019 and then after that just went radio silent and it's all been one bad sign after the other. Feels like they don't believe in what they have and it just goes to die on streaming in hopes of one week of brand recognition.
There is is no real excitement or hype in the community for this.
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Mizlude
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 8:40 pm |
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| Asukatard117 wrote: | | Disappointed how fast Bandai backed out of telling a proper Gundam story about children in war for a Romeo and Juliet story about servicemen.
They started so big with the Vaught Roberts video message back in like 2019 and then after that just went radio silent and it's all been one bad sign after the other. Feels like they don't believe in what they have and it just goes to die on streaming in hopes of one week of brand recognition.
There is is no real excitement or hype in the community for this. |
I mean One Piece's adaption did the same thing and apparently that's popular. They don't have to follow the original story and One Piece certainly sidestepepd the 'kids in war' by aging up the cast both the kids and teenagers into being adults in their 20s and 30s. No reason this can't find success
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Asukatard117
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:05 pm |
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| Mizlude wrote: | | Asukatard117 wrote: | | Disappointed how fast Bandai backed out of telling a proper Gundam story about children in war for a Romeo and Juliet story about servicemen.
They started so big with the Vaught Roberts video message back in like 2019 and then after that just went radio silent and it's all been one bad sign after the other. Feels like they don't believe in what they have and it just goes to die on streaming in hopes of one week of brand recognition.
There is is no real excitement or hype in the community for this. |
I mean One Piece's adaption did the same thing and apparently that's popular. They don't have to follow the original story and One Piece certainly sidestepepd the 'kids in war' by aging up the cast both the kids and teenagers into being adults in their 20s and 30s. No reason this can't find success |
One Piece absolutely stuck to the core story which earns you a lot of credit and yeah, the audience reaction moves between love and just not hating it. It's about Luffy and the straw hat pirates going to find the One Piece and that's the basis of getting it right.
Gundam is about kids finding themselves fighting a hopeless war that the adults started and when it became clear that this movie will not be about that, but about servicemen following orders and falling in love, then hey lost all the good will and the core audience. I hate to even talk about it but just feels like the Halo TV show thing over again, compromising and bastardizing a story for a moment of brand recognition.
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chronium
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:14 pm |
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| Mizlude wrote: | |
I mean One Piece's adaption did the same thing and apparently that's popular. They don't have to follow the original story and One Piece certainly sidestepepd the 'kids in war' by aging up the cast both the kids and teenagers into being adults in their 20s and 30s. No reason this can't find success |
With One Piece's art style the characters are pretty ageless and could be seen as them really being adults but with Gundam dealing with child soldiers is a pretty foundational theme that all Gundam stories have in their framework.
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Beatdigga
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:35 pm |
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| Asukatard117 wrote: | | Disappointed how fast Bandai backed out of telling a proper Gundam story about children in war for a Romeo and Juliet story about servicemen.
They started so big with the Vaught Roberts video message back in like 2019 and then after that just went radio silent and it's all been one bad sign after the other. Feels like they don't believe in what they have and it just goes to die on streaming in hopes of one week of brand recognition.
There is is no real excitement or hype in the community for this. |
I know that (frankly horrible sounding) Romeo and Juliet story (so basically yet another 08th MS Team riff) was trashed when Roberts left the project. The current plot and characters have not been revealed, and I know some people are just hoping to slot everyone into roles from the original, even if it’s unlikely they’ll adapt 0079.
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GNPixie
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 11:33 pm |
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We really don't know what the narrative is going to be. The 08th MS Team/Romeo and Julliet-esque narrative rumors was from Roberts was on the project. We don't know if its the same since Jim Mickle took over as director.
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I know that (frankly horrible sounding) Romeo and Juliet story (so basically yet another 08th MS Team riff) was trashed when Roberts left the project. The current plot and characters have not been revealed, and I know some people are just hoping to slot everyone into roles from the original, even if it’s unlikely they’ll adapt 0079. |
I wouldn't be against them doing 0079-in-name-only. That way, they can do whatever twists they feel like to the basic premise. My dream would've been to do a movie with the G Gen cast since Mark and co barely have enough narrative to their names whatsoever despite having solid characterization otherwise.
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BadNewsBlues
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:27 pm |
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| Asukatard117 wrote: | |
Gundam is about kids finding themselves fighting a hopeless war that the adults started |
Does this include MS08th Team, 0083, and some of the other spin-offs that feature much older protagonists?
While the above theme might be a recurring element of the series that hasn’t been apart of all the Gundam shows, mangas, & such. And then of course you try to adapt that into a love action format which is going to be a tough sell given the controversy of child soldiers.
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Dancing Green
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 10:41 pm |
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They generally age up everyone in live-action adaptions because having kids or young teenagers isn't brand safe like it is in anime and manga (and even then people still complain in the west usually when certain violent or sexual scenes involve minor characters). Even adults get aged up which is how we ended up with 40 and 50 year olds in Cowboy Bebop. Although honestly I think people are overfocusing on the 'child soldier' aspect given you can say that about most shounen action series since they have teenage protagonists usually.
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Asukatard117
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 11:50 pm |
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| BadNewsBlues wrote: | | Asukatard117 wrote: | |
Gundam is about kids finding themselves fighting a hopeless war that the adults started |
Does this include MS08th Team, 0083, and some of the other spin-offs that feature much older protagonists?
While the above theme might be a recurring element of the series that hasn’t been apart of all the Gundam shows, mangas, & such. And then of course you try to adapt that into a love action format which is going to be a tough sell given the controversy of child soldiers. |
On the other hand: 0079, Zeta, ZZ, Victory, F91, Wing, X, SEED, Unicorn, 00, AGE, IBO, G-Witch. All start with kids who's lives have been upheavaled by war and they either have to "get inside the robot" to survive or they are turned into child soldiers. That is how Tomino shaped it, that's how we are introduced to most if not all the major timelines. I personally think it should be kept because that is how you get the message across. I want Gundam to stay anti war and take a stand, more then ever.
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tuxedo-melvin
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:19 am |
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| Asukatard117 wrote: | | I personally think it should be kept because that is how you get the message across. I want Gundam to stay anti war and take a stand, more then ever. |
Netflix aged up Miss Goldenweek in OPLA to specifically avoid dealing with children in combat. Gundam is no more or less special than any other anime or manga that's gotten a Hollywood live-action. It'll have changes made to the story. People are going to have to deal with it like they did One Piece, Cowboy Bebop, Death Note, Ghost in the Shell, and so forth. No amount of "it's important to the theme" has never mattered since the theme will always be changed.
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Zased
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 2:30 am |
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Gundam original had a teenage protagonist because it's a franchise aimed at young boys to sell model kits and kids like seeing character their own age and relate to them more. I assume this movie will be for adults so having an adult protagonist makes more sense. Adult protagonists are nothing new to Gundam so it's hardly an insult or anything. Honestly I remember when shows like Build Fighters and G-Witch came out people complained about the kid protagonists so from a marketing standpoint most fans would probably prefer an adult protagonist given how hated kid protagonists are in anime already.
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BadNewsBlues
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 4:38 pm |
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| Asukatard117 wrote: | | [ I personally think it should be kept because that is how you get the message across. I want Gundam to stay anti war and take a stand, more then ever. |
It’s hard to see an anti war message when you’re of course making a story about cool (and sometimes goofy looking robots) having fights in space. And when some of these continuities see these wars from different perspective or new wars crop up years after the last ended.
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Deacon Blues
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 11:58 pm |
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| Asukatard117 wrote: | | Disappointed how fast Bandai backed out of telling a proper Gundam story about children in war for a Romeo and Juliet story about servicemen.
They started so big with the Vaught Roberts video message back in like 2019 and then after that just went radio silent and it's all been one bad sign after the other. Feels like they don't believe in what they have and it just goes to die on streaming in hopes of one week of brand recognition.
There is is no real excitement or hype in the community for this. |
One of the "dubious" news outlets has been trying to peddle exclusive information that it'll be an adaptation of 08th MS Team but there's zero credibility to it. Hell, almost all the news outlets are attributing as being a "Netflix" film which isn't any more accurate either. Apparently distribution of a film somehow magically gets you a seat at the production table, which again it doesn't (it's following the same offering as Gundam Hathaway). This isn't going to streaming to die. The JPN side has made it abundantly clear in recent interviews and whatnot that it will be in theaters first and foremost.
I still don't trust Deadlines reporting that Netflix is handling distro either because they were cut from the project when Roberts left and I doubt they weaseled their way back in. That and they have a history of misreporting. They're already claiming this is the first live-action project for Gundam and then claim G-Saviour is a Canadian telefilm (which isn't even remotely true either).
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That Little Rapscallion
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2026 6:00 pm |
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If they treat it like an actual war movie it could be good... maybe a more real-mecha type thing, but if they try to turn it into Pacific Rim or something then it's going to be bad.
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