You should try reviewing this one show, though it isn't about mechas. But it is about the beautiful story of a young boy who meets new friends while staying with his grandfather that teach him the meaning of life and help him go on the journey to find himself; truly a heartwarming piece of fiction. I think its called Boku No Pico.
The reason Kou was on trial at the end of the show was for several reasons. He stole the gundam unit three, went awol along with the Albion crew during the final battle. And he fired on the earth orbital federation fleet after the the second solar system attack. The Captain of the Albion was sentenced to death for the defection and Kou got a prison sentence.
This has been one of my biggest complaints with gundam, it's major lack of what the military would do in a real world. Only a couple have touched on this like 0083 did briefly at the end, and of course 08th MS team.
The love story is what killed star dust memory for me. It kinda killed 08th team for me but it was good enough for me to fully enjoy the whole thing and not let it bother me
I was liking 08th MS Team when I thought it was a ragtag group of on the front line small-scale battle soldiers. Then the second half where he falls in love and just shouts AINAAAA is what kills it for me.
0083 is good. Definitely shows what triggered the situations that led up to the ZETA era in the shadows after the one year war. Yes, it's good. Yes, it's worth your time. You should basically consider Stardust Memory required watching for the U.C. timeline which is the timeline that actually makes sense and matters for the best story telling.
The colony drop is genius though. Gato redirected it from Jaburo or some populated area in order to strike the Earth where it matters-, its resources. This would in theory force the federation to cooperate with Zeon to survive, but that's not how the story goes hehe
Or a giant rock, yeah it does become a recurring thing to a degree. I do have to point out though that post one year war the federation doesn't "become" corrupt cause they were already corrupt during the one year war and despite Zeon leadership making themselves the greater evil (gassing an entire colony then dropping it on earth) the rest of Zeon had legit reasons for rising up to take down the federation. Ironically the Zeon's effort in this series is what gives rise to the Federation baddie in Zeta Gundam since by inflicting the damage they did here it pushes the Federation into granting a power hungry bastard his own special forces army ostensibly to hunt Zeon remnants like the ones here....spoiler they go WAY beyond that mandate.
Actually 2 episodes back, Kou stole the gundam without permission from any of the Earth federations authority figures. So by association and extension it is entirely possible he would be court martialed for that whereas the captain of the Albion, was executed specifically because it was his operation and if you know the titans they aren't known for exactly being nice
Entire operation stardust is orchestrated by federation high command using delaz fleet as pawn, for starters they intentionally leaked Gp02 whereabout to delaz, 0083 is the backstory of the creation of Titans
I think it's safe to say that when a space colony is droped on you like an asteroid, that any preconceived notions of agreeded boundaries to warfare are off the table.
I believe after watching The Origin the feddies are the bad guys and the whole human population in the end, suffered for the decision to not give Zeon their independence, so yeah, the end justifies the means
My first experience with 0083 was so special. In the US it ran on the late night Toonami, which at the time you were lucky if you were allowed up. My friend and I caught the episode where GPO1 and GPO2 fight the final time, just after the nuke. Years later I experienced the story more fully through the Encounters in Space video game. This was how I experienced a lot of Gundam stories as the shows stopped airing. At the time, I thought the love triangle was a little undercooked, and needed to see the full series to expand it. To my shock there wasn't much more context... Still an iconic moment for Gundam and 90s anime as a whole.
The love plot didn't really ruin it for me until the very end but at that point it didn't matter to me much since it was ending. Although, if the plot was just completely removed, there would be little to no difference with the final product.
It's is a little annoying though, I came for the robots and sci fi, this is a real robot series not star wars. I can't fault it when it's done well though, but in NT with how it is linked to the psycomu, it really pisses me off. I mean I thought it was performance enhancing compound not a metal that does the will of the pilot
Newtype powers isn't stupid per say but Tomino sucks in fully captivating the audience in mature way that doesn't cheapen the story. I think he did it best in unicorn.
The best Gundam series' are the ones that revolve around the grunts and front line guys (0083, 08th MS Team). It's believable and grounded in reality that way, pulling you in and making you want more. The new type stuff was... ok, but I just hate the trope of "I'm billy badass and I'm gonna fight the war myself with no teamwork or coordination of effort."
I definitely find myself coming back to the more 'war stories' style series within the UC, but I do think the series as a whole is pretty good at giving a more grounded vibe to the conflicts they depict. Even as far back as the original Mobile Suit Gundam, no-one's having a rip-roaring good time fighting the good fight. That's been something that's set Gundam apart from the very beginning.
I really like stardust memory more than char’s counterattack Or the f91 flick and I like it more than the original trilogy. It’s right up there with mobile suit gundam Z
I mean, in Quess's defence she was written to be kind of a trashy person. I think they were actually trying to make Nina sympathetic, tho. DIDN'T FUCKIN WORK.
I came here after watching several of your newer videos, including at least one that said, "Stardust Memory was our first video. Please don't watch it, it sucks." I don't see why you think that; it's not flashy, but it holds up well, I think.
It's probably something to do with the fact that I dislike basically every video other than the one I'm working on just now, though I'll admit this one isn't the worst. The audio mixing on a couple videos after I made the jump to Premiere Pro makes me die inside every time I accidentally click on them.
It’s worth it just for the opening song, for the first half lol. But it’s also cool to see the birth of the Titans, even though they don’t show up until the end. But the whole thing at the end with Nina having dated Gato outta nowhere, pfff, that shit was silly as hell. It’s a pretty fun time though.
It introduced me to my 2nd favorite GM, the GM Canon II. It has my favorite Zeon mobile suit, the Gelgoog Marine (especially Cima's commander unit). And it has my favorite U.C. gundam, the GP01 and it's space variant.
You're not always going to know in depth history of every love relationship ever. If every single one got indepth covered it would get silly. It's suppose to be a bit of a surprise, not an entire series extending sub plot.
Late to the party here but I believe there is a shot before they show Kou on trial and it’s him in the Stamen firing his beam rifle (I’m assuming this has something to do with the court martial and also he refused to leave the area of the solar system thing (?) as it was preparing to fire with a relatively new and extremely powerful mobile armor. Just my thoughts.
Goddamn, people are still watching this one? It's like the most scuffed video we did bar the one where Rob's just doing grindcore vocals the whole time. (seriously tho, appreciate it mate)
@@WeHeartGiantRobots hahahaha, I only just found you guys and despite Nina, this is still my favorite Gundam series. You guys are hilarious and on point. Keep up the great work, really enjoy your content
I'd argue that Quess in CCA is more annoying, but she's intended to be that way. They didn't even mean for Nina to be the way she is, and that makes it worse.
Looking back on the Photoshop file that I somehow still have, I think it was several different posters that I shoved together and cropped elements out of. Ironically, one of the first thumbnails I ever made turned out a hell of a lot better than some of the nonsense I've come up with after.
I mean it was the first thing we ever did and I was pishing myself about getting yeeted by TH-cam if I uploaded too much in the way of audio from the series. Tho yes, it is absolutely trash.
I'd definitely like to. We've focused mostly on Universal Century stuff so far, but it'd be good to branch out into other Gundam settings in the future.
Wing's the only non-UC show we've covered so far, but that could well change before long.
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Okay let me rephrase the first few words of the video, Gundam is a huge and scary franchise but not to worry there’s even different timelines (BULLSHIT), Now hear me out, those alternate timelines are actually alternate universes and have no relation to the main actual timeline that is actually important, so instead of listening to the bastards on TH-cam who say you should watch the alternate universe gundam shows so you’re not overwhelmed by the content, (and instead you actually watch one show, and never get to watching the important shows and you gradually lose interest until you actually never watch Gundam again) What you should do is watch Gundam The Origin, the shorter than average show makes you appreciate the other important shows in the Universal Century timeline SO MUCH MORE, without spending weeks to finish it, and you get attached to the characters which makes watching the first Gundam anime worth the old animation burning your eyes (which comes chronologically right after Gundam The Origin) and then you get hooked onto Gundam and you keep on being addicted to Gundam and become a full member of the Gundam community!
I'm here after having watched the show and yeah, the Nina plot ruins it for me. I love the animation and music but her being such a focus made it a chore to watch
@@WeHeartGiantRobots you think?, you aren't sure of yourselfs. Zeon was doom from the beginning by illegal succeeding from the federation and dropping a coloy killing millions of innocent people. No zeon is the ultimate villain and the earth federation will break them, let's go zeon *******. #EESF LONG LIVE THE EARTH FEDERATION!!. P.s zeon is the embodiment of nazi.
@@RealBillyFanword we don't need newtypes on both sides, it needs to be the regular grunts fight the modern warfare. All this newtype **** is pointless. Gundam needs to be like the 8th ms team, they truly grasp on to the realistic on be soldiers in a war without mystic power aids them in their quest for universe's supremacy.
It’s been a while since I’ve watched Stardust Memory so correct me if I’m wrong but I remember it feeling vastly important to UC as a bridge between 0079 and Zeta. Firstly, because the Earth Federation won the OYW so there shouldn’t be any need to dedicate some mass amount of resources towards weapons and military development. Despite this, the Feddies are not only developing a new set of Gundams but ones like the Unit 2 Zephyranthes that is expressly equipped to initiate nuclear attacks (which is a CLEAR and pretty egregious violation of the Antarctic Treaty). So coming off of 0079 SM really starts to hammer home in the grander scheme of the things the Earth Federation shouldn’t blindly be considered the good guys just because Amuro was the hero. They do some pretty heinous stuff too when they shouldn’t. Secondly, the entire Stardust Memory affair is a result of Anavel Gato’s antics. When everything about SM goes public it gives enough reason, enough of an excuse for the Earth Federation to introduce a new specialized yet independent leg dedicated to eradicating any remnants of Zeon like Gato. This of course is the formation of The Titans from Zeta Gundam, whose inauguration we see with Bask Om at the very end of SM I believe. So like ultimately SM isn’t necessary to get Zeta but it offers a lot of rich context and firsthand explanation for how the Titans came to be in the wake of Operation Stardust Memory and also how the Feddies were caught with their hand in the cookie jar developing basically nuclear weapons/weapons of mass destruction during peace time when it was outlawed period and universally by the Antarctic Treaty prior.
You should try reviewing this one show, though it isn't about mechas. But it is about the beautiful story of a young boy who meets new friends while staying with his grandfather that teach him the meaning of life and help him go on the journey to find himself; truly a heartwarming piece of fiction.
I think its called Boku No Pico.
Death is too good for you.
- Dave
O deer god no this is worse than evangelion
Well elfen lied is worse with the flashback scene
The reason Kou was on trial at the end of the show was for several reasons. He stole the gundam unit three, went awol along with the Albion crew during the final battle. And he fired on the earth orbital federation fleet after the the second solar system attack. The Captain of the Albion was sentenced to death for the defection and Kou got a prison sentence.
What should have been the ending of most Gundam series.
This has been one of my biggest complaints with gundam, it's major lack of what the military would do in a real world. Only a couple have touched on this like 0083 did briefly at the end, and of course 08th MS team.
@@buckroger6456 Gundam 0079 have Amuro on house arrest.
@@MrCreepjo I know they did that after the war ended.
Big oof
The love story is what killed star dust memory for me. It kinda killed 08th team for me but it was good enough for me to fully enjoy the whole thing and not let it bother me
Man, I hear you. The romance subplot in Stardust is definitely a lot more egregious than the one in 08th MS Team.
Stardust was way way too short to toss in some half baked love story.
I was liking 08th MS Team when I thought it was a ragtag group of on the front line small-scale battle soldiers. Then the second half where he falls in love and just shouts AINAAAA is what kills it for me.
@Ed gAr - Right there with you.
I believe they realized they messed up in Stardust Memory and when it came to the 8th MS Team they learned and made the love story better
0083 is good. Definitely shows what triggered the situations that led up to the ZETA era in the shadows after the one year war.
Yes, it's good. Yes, it's worth your time. You should basically consider Stardust Memory required watching for the U.C. timeline which is the timeline that actually makes sense and matters for the best story telling.
You nailed it. Honestly you’re right it’s a requirement and the story is good.
@@MrLayton1990 Yeah, the U.C Timeline is the ONLY one that isn't on the verge of absurd ridiculousness(well, except for some of the NewType Stuff).
“However, the main issue with the entire series is the f***ing love story” seems to be a recurring theme in Gundam.
It happens so often that it's genuinely impressive that different teams/writers drop the ball this consistently.
Ok a small love story always goes with Gundam
The colony drop is genius though. Gato redirected it from Jaburo or some populated area in order to strike the Earth where it matters-, its resources. This would in theory force the federation to cooperate with Zeon to survive, but that's not how the story goes hehe
The Zeon Approach To Problem Solving: drop a fuckin colony on it.
Or a giant rock, yeah it does become a recurring thing to a degree. I do have to point out though that post one year war the federation doesn't "become" corrupt cause they were already corrupt during the one year war and despite Zeon leadership making themselves the greater evil (gassing an entire colony then dropping it on earth) the rest of Zeon had legit reasons for rising up to take down the federation. Ironically the Zeon's effort in this series is what gives rise to the Federation baddie in Zeta Gundam since by inflicting the damage they did here it pushes the Federation into granting a power hungry bastard his own special forces army ostensibly to hunt Zeon remnants like the ones here....spoiler they go WAY beyond that mandate.
@@SalinaMoonfall or in gundam X while not the zeons it's basically the same plan, just with ALLLL THE COLONIES
@@WeHeartGiantRobots They should've dropped it on Jaburo. Kill the Feddie beast by lopping off its head.
Actually 2 episodes back, Kou stole the gundam without permission from any of the Earth federations authority figures. So by association and extension it is entirely possible he would be court martialed for that whereas the captain of the Albion, was executed specifically because it was his operation and if you know the titans they aren't known for exactly being nice
Hey where was it stated that the captain of Albion was executed because I just finished the last episode of stardust memory
@@JB_EDITS927 It was the Japanese writing at the end. Dunno if it's at the end otherwise it's on the official wiki for Gundam which clarified it
Mora and Keith are an ideal relationship dynamic.
Mora obviously best girl. If she is already a head larger then Keith, she would make me feel like a Hobbit. But I would be an happy hobbit.
I forgot captain Bask was in this. The goddamn begoggled thumb!
Even with the love story, this is an awesome series. It proved Gundam could be compelling even without newtypes, it's music was awesome
I love it. Don’t care about the flaws.
I agree with you and I think every one of us that commented on a flaw loved it regardless but just needed some closure
0083 WAS MY ENTRY, THEN I WENT BACK. AND WATCHED THE ORIGINAL AND THEN COUNTER ATTACK AND NEVER LOOKED BACK LOL
This may be the most Top Gun-like Gundam, but I feel like Macross Plus is the most Top Gun-like Mecha
Entire operation stardust is orchestrated by federation high command using delaz fleet as pawn, for starters they intentionally leaked Gp02 whereabout to delaz, 0083 is the backstory of the creation of Titans
This channel is a gem
I still get surprised that people watch this first video, not gonna lie.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots you guys are fun to watch man. I didn't realize this was your first video until you just told me. You make great stuff.
Good to know this one's held up. Appreciate it, my man.
Love the way you guys review, can't wait to see more!
Kind of you to say, my dude. Should be getting some new reviews up soon.
- Dave
I think it's safe to say that when a space colony is droped on you like an asteroid, that any preconceived notions of agreeded boundaries to warfare are off the table.
Hey now, colony strikes are an entirely legitimate and reasonable use of force. My boy Char Aznable says so.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots he never condoned colony strikes okay only asteroids the size of islands.
I believe after watching The Origin the feddies are the bad guys and the whole human population in the end, suffered for the decision to not give Zeon their independence, so yeah, the end justifies the means
The whole story based on the fiction, it cover more love story side than the anime
I don't think that it was perfect with the love parts but it's like a cream filled doughnut, you're adding to something that's already great
My first experience with 0083 was so special. In the US it ran on the late night Toonami, which at the time you were lucky if you were allowed up. My friend and I caught the episode where GPO1 and GPO2 fight the final time, just after the nuke. Years later I experienced the story more fully through the Encounters in Space video game. This was how I experienced a lot of Gundam stories as the shows stopped airing. At the time, I thought the love triangle was a little undercooked, and needed to see the full series to expand it. To my shock there wasn't much more context... Still an iconic moment for Gundam and 90s anime as a whole.
Nina is a shit character but it's ACCURATE TO REAL LIFE I'm fuckin serious, sorry you guys didn't enjoy Stardust Memory as much as me
The love plot didn't really ruin it for me until the very end but at that point it didn't matter to me much since it was ending. Although, if the plot was just completely removed, there would be little to no difference with the final product.
The Newtype aspect of Gundam isn’t that stupid. It kinda drives the political and ethical aspect of the show. In my opinion. Great review guys.
Glad you enjoyed it, mate.
It's is a little annoying though, I came for the robots and sci fi, this is a real robot series not star wars. I can't fault it when it's done well though, but in NT with how it is linked to the psycomu, it really pisses me off. I mean I thought it was performance enhancing compound not a metal that does the will of the pilot
Newtype powers isn't stupid per say but Tomino sucks in fully captivating the audience in mature way that doesn't cheapen the story. I think he did it best in unicorn.
The best Gundam series' are the ones that revolve around the grunts and front line guys (0083, 08th MS Team). It's believable and grounded in reality that way, pulling you in and making you want more. The new type stuff was... ok, but I just hate the trope of "I'm billy badass and I'm gonna fight the war myself with no teamwork or coordination of effort."
I definitely find myself coming back to the more 'war stories' style series within the UC, but I do think the series as a whole is pretty good at giving a more grounded vibe to the conflicts they depict. Even as far back as the original Mobile Suit Gundam, no-one's having a rip-roaring good time fighting the good fight. That's been something that's set Gundam apart from the very beginning.
Nah the best Gundam shows are the ones with the Newtype bullshit.
I really like stardust memory more than char’s counterattack Or the f91 flick and I like it more than the original trilogy. It’s right up there with mobile suit gundam Z
Not my first gundam series but indeed my first uc gundam series and probably my favorite
Nina is one of the worst girl in the Gundam, next to Quess and Juileta
I mean, in Quess's defence she was written to be kind of a trashy person. I think they were actually trying to make Nina sympathetic, tho.
DIDN'T FUCKIN WORK.
Sarah and Reccoa are even worse
grimmer jxcts you can say that again. And forget Naina from Gundam 00
Gundam Wing does suck. It's got too much Gundam.
I came here after watching several of your newer videos, including at least one that said, "Stardust Memory was our first video. Please don't watch it, it sucks." I don't see why you think that; it's not flashy, but it holds up well, I think.
It's probably something to do with the fact that I dislike basically every video other than the one I'm working on just now, though I'll admit this one isn't the worst. The audio mixing on a couple videos after I made the jump to Premiere Pro makes me die inside every time I accidentally click on them.
Long story short one of the best entries in the UC timeline.
The love story side is good, I love it
Solomon! I Have Returned!
Long answer: yes, it is
Short answer: yes
Is it worth ur time?? If u dont like it, u r not human
Stardust was my entry drug :D
Welcome, fellow addict.
Me too!
It’s worth it just for the opening song, for the first half lol. But it’s also cool to see the birth of the Titans, even though they don’t show up until the end. But the whole thing at the end with Nina having dated Gato outta nowhere, pfff, that shit was silly as hell. It’s a pretty fun time though.
This introduced me to GM Custom, which is bad ass.
The Custom's got a pretty sweet design and a solid colour scheme, I can see the appeal.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots And seeing Lt Burning kicking ass with it, sealed the deal.
To me it has some of the best mech designs of the series, GM custom, powered GM, GM type c, gelgoog marine, the quel, and the gp series.
It introduced me to my 2nd favorite GM, the GM Canon II. It has my favorite Zeon mobile suit, the Gelgoog Marine (especially Cima's commander unit). And it has my favorite U.C. gundam, the GP01 and it's space variant.
Kou is on trail because he stole that big fucking cannon thing for the Gp03
You're not always going to know in depth history of every love relationship ever. If every single one got indepth covered it would get silly. It's suppose to be a bit of a surprise, not an entire series extending sub plot.
Wasn't Kou on trial for stealing the GP03 and fucking with the Federation?
TOP GUNdam
Gatou is the equivalent of Iceman? It’s more like Bernard Monsha
I'd agree. Gato is more like Jester. xD
Late to the party here but I believe there is a shot before they show Kou on trial and it’s him in the Stamen firing his beam rifle (I’m assuming this has something to do with the court martial and also he refused to leave the area of the solar system thing (?) as it was preparing to fire with a relatively new and extremely powerful mobile armor. Just my thoughts.
It's good! Just don't expect a love story you can feel. Unless it's with Kelley 😅
Operation stardust is the 9/11 of the universal century
Other than the blatant wing hate at the start, pretty solid video.
10000000% well done.
Goddamn, people are still watching this one? It's like the most scuffed video we did bar the one where Rob's just doing grindcore vocals the whole time.
(seriously tho, appreciate it mate)
@@WeHeartGiantRobots hahahaha, I only just found you guys and despite Nina, this is still my favorite Gundam series.
You guys are hilarious and on point. Keep up the great work, really enjoy your content
HIIIIGHWAAAAY TOO DAAA DANJA ZOOOONE
Thought so, this series was inspired by Top Gun... Hahaha!
There is a reason why Gundam 0083 is also called Top Gun(dam).
Actually, that would make the GP01 the F-14A and the GP01FB as the F-14B.
GATOOOOOOOOO
Nina is the worst and the most annoying character to ever exist in any form of anything.
I'd argue that Quess in CCA is more annoying, but she's intended to be that way. They didn't even mean for Nina to be the way she is, and that makes it worse.
I fucking hate new anime animation style tbh.
I like the series, but it really drops off after Gato Nukes the Fleet. They could of just ended the series there honestly.
Kou stole the fuckin Gp03
where did you get the thumbnail? it looks so cool
Looking back on the Photoshop file that I somehow still have, I think it was several different posters that I shoved together and cropped elements out of. Ironically, one of the first thumbnails I ever made turned out a hell of a lot better than some of the nonsense I've come up with after.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots can you upload it to devianart or somewhere without the text? it looks really cool best for wallpaper
Yeah no worries mate, fired it on Imgur for you:
i.imgur.com/1Nw5zhq.jpg
@@WeHeartGiantRobots thanks fren ♥️♥️♥️♥️
You know why this entire video is trash? You didn't show Nina getting gut checked by Gato(rade) or even once show Kou yell "GATO"
I mean it was the first thing we ever did and I was pishing myself about getting yeeted by TH-cam if I uploaded too much in the way of audio from the series.
Tho yes, it is absolutely trash.
Kou has the emotional range of a potato
You guys gonna review series like 00 as well?
I'd definitely like to. We've focused mostly on Universal Century stuff so far, but it'd be good to branch out into other Gundam settings in the future.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots didn't you already do that with Wing?
Wing's the only non-UC show we've covered so far, but that could well change before long.
Okay let me rephrase the first few words of the video, Gundam is a huge and scary franchise but not to worry there’s even different timelines (BULLSHIT),
Now hear me out, those alternate timelines are actually alternate universes and have no relation to the main actual timeline that is actually important, so instead of listening to the bastards on TH-cam who say you should watch the alternate universe gundam shows so you’re not overwhelmed by the content, (and instead you actually watch one show, and never get to watching the important shows and you gradually lose interest until you actually never watch Gundam again)
What you should do is watch Gundam The Origin, the shorter than average show makes you appreciate the other important shows in the Universal Century timeline SO MUCH MORE, without spending weeks to finish it, and you get attached to the characters which makes watching the first Gundam anime worth the old animation burning your eyes (which comes chronologically right after Gundam The Origin) and then you get hooked onto Gundam and you keep on being addicted to Gundam and become a full member of the Gundam community!
I'm here after having watched the show and yeah, the Nina plot ruins it for me. I love the animation and music but her being such a focus made it a chore to watch
I simp for Nina Purpleton lol
omg Dave i love your accent - is it Irish?
THEJOKENEVERENDS
The only Irish accent present is Rob's. That is absolutely what an Irish accent sounds like.
- Dave
No the federation is in the right, zeon in the wrong.
GUYS I THINK THIS FELLOW MIGHT BE A FEDDIE SPY.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots you think?, you aren't sure of yourselfs. Zeon was doom from the beginning by illegal succeeding from the federation and dropping a coloy killing millions of innocent people. No zeon is the ultimate villain and the earth federation will break them, let's go zeon *******. #EESF LONG LIVE THE EARTH FEDERATION!!. P.s zeon is the embodiment of nazi.
@@gab0139 What's your opinion on newtypes?
@@RealBillyFanword we don't need newtypes on both sides, it needs to be the regular grunts fight the modern warfare. All this newtype **** is pointless. Gundam needs to be like the 8th ms team, they truly grasp on to the realistic on be soldiers in a war without mystic power aids them in their quest for universe's supremacy.
Death to Zeon. Those bastards dropped a colony on Sydney, Killing billions. If this isn't proof of how evil they are, nothing is
Is it gayer than topgun? Or less?
They squeeze the homoerotic tension through a love triangle in this one, so it ain't nearly as good.
It’s been a while since I’ve watched Stardust Memory so correct me if I’m wrong but I remember it feeling vastly important to UC as a bridge between 0079 and Zeta. Firstly, because the Earth Federation won the OYW so there shouldn’t be any need to dedicate some mass amount of resources towards weapons and military development. Despite this, the Feddies are not only developing a new set of Gundams but ones like the Unit 2 Zephyranthes that is expressly equipped to initiate nuclear attacks (which is a CLEAR and pretty egregious violation of the Antarctic Treaty). So coming off of 0079 SM really starts to hammer home in the grander scheme of the things the Earth Federation shouldn’t blindly be considered the good guys just because Amuro was the hero. They do some pretty heinous stuff too when they shouldn’t. Secondly, the entire Stardust Memory affair is a result of Anavel Gato’s antics. When everything about SM goes public it gives enough reason, enough of an excuse for the Earth Federation to introduce a new specialized yet independent leg dedicated to eradicating any remnants of Zeon like Gato. This of course is the formation of The Titans from Zeta Gundam, whose inauguration we see with Bask Om at the very end of SM I believe.
So like ultimately SM isn’t necessary to get Zeta but it offers a lot of rich context and firsthand explanation for how the Titans came to be in the wake of Operation Stardust Memory and also how the Feddies were caught with their hand in the cookie jar developing basically nuclear weapons/weapons of mass destruction during peace time when it was outlawed period and universally by the Antarctic Treaty prior.
Not all of Australia, Just Sydney (EG the part that don't matter. Melbourne forever!)
Victoria coming through with the win, there.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots #ISurivivedOperationBritish :P