Honestly, it was absolutely criminal that Stargazer was so short. The ONA series reminded me a lot of the great Universal Century Side Stories like MS IGLOO, 08th MS Team, 0083: Stardust Memories, and 0080: War in the Pocket.
Funny thing about the foot gatlings. Apparently they were meant to be an anti-infantry measure, and would've been installed on the final Strike Dagger design, but they were scrapped at the last minute due to the E.A leadership deemed them(get this) TO EXCESSIVE!!! I know man, my jaw hit the ground like an anvil when I found that out.
@@Gernsbacker Sorry, need to make a correction there. Turns out the mini guns were installed on the 105 Dagger(Basically the pre-production version of the Strike Dagger and what ultimately became the Slaughter Dagger) as a way to avoid criticism that an MS handheld weapons were to overkill to use on infantry. All of this on the wiki mind you. Though it still floors me that the whole reason those things exist in some form or fashion is because the E.A wanted to avoid the word "Overkill"! I mean, seriously?!
This and astray are the only things based around seed that I can strongly recommend people check out with 0 knowledge of the actual series. The characters are interesting, The gundams are awesome and different, The strike noir is definitely the best version of the strike and the tone and the OST especially the ending theme is just amazing. Only thing that sucks about stargazer is that it is really really short but I think there is a Manga out there that takes place after the anime ended and I never read it so I'll probably make the attempt to go out and read it. At the end of the day gundam seed Stargazer is pretty much a soild must watch and is a great way to wash the boring that us main seed. Great job with your short review of this and while you were very lucky that none of the witch from Mercury fans were hunting you down because of your review of the show I can't say the same for any of their sad model kits that got destroyed just because their favorite ship didn't become canon thanks to sunrise. Either way great job!
When I've looked back to the original seed, honestly i think it was better when Kira was in the strike. He had to struggle to manage and Flay, oh Flay. I used to hate her utterly but now i love to hate her. A love interest with a vicious character arc and intentionally toxic influence balanced by some level of genuine care? Far more interesting then lacus
The thing I find most common with SEED fans is they are so blinded by nostalgia for the series that they don't realize just how shit it is. Most of them saw it as teenagers and watched it more for the mecha fights rather than the story. Its not until years later when they're older, wiser, and have consumed more media to objectively see just how bad Gundam SEED is from a narrative and character perspective. Also many of them can't wrap their head around the idea that Seed tries so hard to imitate elements from other Gundam shows and it does a shit job of that. Not even Gundam AGE, V Gundam, or Reconquista in G were as bad as Gundam Seed and most fans tend to forget those 3 gundam shows even exist. I'd go as far as to say that SEED is tied with G-Savior for worst Gundam IP.
True. But. The suit lineup is lit. They have a mook suit called Dagger, hosted by the most backstabby faction. They also have one callen Windam. Windam.
@@trazyntheinfinite9895 The gundam designs are shit with some even reusing older designs from other Gundam series to try and appease non Gundam Seed fans. I mean for chrissakes they even reuse the RX-78-2(with a greyscale repaint) and the zgok which are the most notable examples. Almost every suit imitates a gundam from another series or it just adds tons of laser cannons on to a backpack unit. Its uninspired and unoriginal not to mention looks like some shit Hasbro would come up with. Its much better to design stuff to be more minimalist and functional. That makes far more sense in Gundam which is meant to be a real robot show with some pseudoscience.
Maybe cuz seed have simpler story compared to the heavy tone V, jumbled mess G reco n age. Yeah MS in gundam while cool looking, they look more like a toy than a military machine.
I was a teen when it came out, I've tried watching it 5 separate times and so far I've only ever reached the 5th episode. I love the Gundam franchise as a whole but holy FUCK seed and mercury are the stain upon the franchise
watching this made me realize that SEED would be considered peak and revered in the west if Kira was actually an american guy named Kyle or something who looked like ryan gosling. It's literally got everything else put into place. Chicks, explosions, badass robot dogfights. think about the plot of seed and think about the kinds of movies guys like. Bandai could print money if they tagged out Kira for Patrick Bateman.
The Reason Phantom Pain went after the Stargazer was not the suit, but the AI core that was supposed to be installed in it. They were planning on doing a Mobile Doll initiative..... Events of the story made it fall through
There are so many nuggets of cool stuff that I like about the Cosmic Era but it's always weighed down by ten stupid things. I'm glad Stargazer is one of those good things. Also it would be a lot but I would like to see your take on rewriting the Cosmic Era.
Like Many Cosmic Era Apologists they will Straight up tell you that the Worst Parts of SEED are the Flagship anime's and its the Spin Off Light Novels and stuff surrounding and AROUND SEED 1, Destiny and Freedom, that are the only GOOD Parts of Cosmic Era. Consider the Stuff with Lowe Guele and the Astray Series like the Cosmic Era equivalent of the UC's ongoing Crossbone Gundam Series. Only in Print but its some of the BEST STUFF from it. Highlights include explaining how Lowe shepherded Lacus TO Archangel in the First Show, a Better Explanation as to HOW Kira Survives Athrun's Aegis Self Destruction, and the Big Example and glimpse in Universe as to What Gilbert Durandal's 'Destiny Plan' if achieved could have led to a societal collapse in one Colony In-Universe that they show. -and I'd argue if hell freezes over and Micah even considers Seed Explained these Light novels will be absolutely necessary to have because you NEVER Go Full SEED Anime-
If I remember my Gundam series/OVA release timeline correctly, I believe that the next one you would review was the first Gundam Build Fighter ova that came out before the first Build Fighters anime.
As a huge Gundam enthusiasts myself. Yes I got my start with Gundam Wing on Toonami and then the Mobile Suit Gundam series. I couldn't stand to watch Seed. To this day have not seen it. I didn't like the art approach to it back then and now that I've seen the whole of UC series, Seed is a cheap copy. That's me though. That isn't to say fans of Seed are wrong or that I'm better, it didn't appeal to me.
I liked Gundam Seed. It's the Mc. Donalds of Gundams. And I like Mc. Donalds too. It's junk, but it's enjoyable junk. That's pretty much as far as I'll go praising it though. I doubt I'll ever actually want to re-watch it. Unlike any of the other Gundam serries I've seen.
Usually anime/movie/book series with the biggest melodramatic emotional payoffs but have no actual good writing that logically constitutes those big emotional payoffs have the most sensitive and reactive fan bases because all they can see is the emotional payoff, all that horrible writing that precedes said payoff is somehow completely invisible to them they simply cannot detect it. Example: Kira survives for absolutely no logical reason but nobody cares cause everyone is just happy Kira survived somehow and that’s exciting.
Well, there is nothing to like about Seed, let alone "love" about it 🤣 And fans are carbon-copy of the show itself... And I would argue that fans are even worse than show itself 🤣
Most of these seed fans never watch other gundam series, yet they always brag how good their series is. Also they mostly never read astray or watch stargazer.
Too bad that my original entry timeline for Gundam were both Zeta and Double Zeta, so I got that dog in me whenever I declare the following: Haman Kang did nothing wrong! Fight me!
@@MasterSwo-MK she parked several colonies onto the Earth's surface, got the weak and corrupted Federation to surrender, all the while leaving the Earth's ecosystem intact. So what's your point?
@@MasterSwo-MK what's the elite Federation forces known as the Titans, chief amount them with the massacre of spacenoids using G3 poison gas, aka the "Bunch 30" incident. And you lied about "tidal wave of blood", since I already mentioned that Haman didn't cause ecological disaster, unlike the Zabi regime during OYW, or the Earth Federation with their global mismanagement. So what's your point of unrealistic catastrophization?
I don't really watch a lot of anime, but I do like model kit building and big robots. Despite my love for building gunpla kits, I couldn't really get into the Gundam anime, or the mecha anime genre as a whole. The only mecha anime that I managed to sit through and finish was Code Geass, but I think that one would have still been great even without the mechs. I'd honestly rather watch an Armored Core anime with the usual grim, depressing, and nihilistic themes.
Ok first i haven’t watched gundam seed but at my gundam base in daegu there kits look cool. Ps I am new just been watching lore videos and bought some dvds waiting for them to get into the mail. The only gundam movie that i seen is the one on Netflix and near the ending everyone is crying about why don’t you love me. Kinda lame but the mechs are cool looking so like a late 1990’s Britney Spears music video. I’ll just play muted while listening to something better.
I want you to reviev Gundam AGE. It's not some amazing show. Below avarage for Gundam series, but still fun and massively underrated. Like, at least it's better than SEED(not this one). Show has many problems, but also many good points.
So can I watch stargazer in English? And where can I watch it at all? I've only seen all old shet witch I'm not a fun Wing was cool and I always wanted to watch endless waltz in English of course. It's hard for me to find them? Crunchyroll included. Mercury has the dopest Gundam fights period!Best animation handsdown,the last Gundam they show the one his brother pilots was insane, it should have is own show
So did every other Gundam series. But Seed treated all those subjects with the maturity of that one kid who thinks swearing like a pirate makes him an adult.
Seed is about as adult as that one kid in your class that thinks that sex jokes are funny and abuses them to no end. I'm sure you think that your argument still stands but it's about as wobbly as a drunken cat.
@@Chrizinator it’s just like enjoying little Caesar’s pizza, my personal favorite is my personal dog shit opinion, and the last person I wanted to hear shit from is a fat neck bread going ☝️🤓
@@erraov9976thankfully I don’t have either. Also why the fat-shaming? Can’t you come up with something more clever? Actually don’t answer that, I wouldn’t want you to hurt yourself.
Imagine getting mad over something that happens over five minutes into the second episode and is one of the most infamous Gundam deaths ever. Anyone who knows about Stargazer's existence knows about the Blu Duel turning into kibble. Stop being a sperg.
@@BigMicahCI understand why gundam fans don’t like you know if you can’t take even just a little bit of criticism from a random nobody like me then maybe this TH-cam thing isn’t for you
@@Chrizinator 1. Most people found out about Gundam because of shows like wing & seed 2. When you say I don’t speak for everyone what you mean to say is I don’t speak for YOU random person who has nothing to do with this conversation mind your business
@@jamespatton46691) 00, Unicorn, and IBO say hi. Wing and Seed are not the only Gundam series. 2) It’s an open comment section, not a private message system. Don’t talk sh*t if you can’t take a hit.
Honestly, it was absolutely criminal that Stargazer was so short.
The ONA series reminded me a lot of the great Universal Century Side Stories like MS IGLOO, 08th MS Team, 0083: Stardust Memories, and 0080: War in the Pocket.
Dude, I’m a fan of both Seed and 00, I’m not threatening you. In fact I do agree with you. Especially with the Kira BS.
Funny thing about the foot gatlings.
Apparently they were meant to be an anti-infantry measure, and would've been installed on the final Strike Dagger design, but they were scrapped at the last minute due to the E.A leadership deemed them(get this) TO EXCESSIVE!!!
I know man, my jaw hit the ground like an anvil when I found that out.
Source?
@@Gernsbacker Sorry, need to make a correction there.
Turns out the mini guns were installed on the 105 Dagger(Basically the pre-production version of the Strike Dagger and what ultimately became the Slaughter Dagger) as a way to avoid criticism that an MS handheld weapons were to overkill to use on infantry.
All of this on the wiki mind you.
Though it still floors me that the whole reason those things exist in some form or fashion is because the E.A wanted to avoid the word "Overkill"!
I mean, seriously?!
If only the rest of Cosmic Era Gundam was more like Stargazer.
This and astray are the only things based around seed that I can strongly recommend people check out with 0 knowledge of the actual series. The characters are interesting, The gundams are awesome and different, The strike noir is definitely the best version of the strike and the tone and the OST especially the ending theme is just amazing. Only thing that sucks about stargazer is that it is really really short but I think there is a Manga out there that takes place after the anime ended and I never read it so I'll probably make the attempt to go out and read it. At the end of the day gundam seed Stargazer is pretty much a soild must watch and is a great way to wash the boring that us main seed. Great job with your short review of this and while you were very lucky that none of the witch from Mercury fans were hunting you down because of your review of the show I can't say the same for any of their sad model kits that got destroyed just because their favorite ship didn't become canon thanks to sunrise. Either way great job!
When I've looked back to the original seed, honestly i think it was better when Kira was in the strike.
He had to struggle to manage and Flay, oh Flay. I used to hate her utterly but now i love to hate her.
A love interest with a vicious character arc and intentionally toxic influence balanced by some level of genuine care?
Far more interesting then lacus
A man who puts fauna in his videos is a man I trust
Oh my god!… you gave a possitive review of Seed!? 😱😱😱
The thing I find most common with SEED fans is they are so blinded by nostalgia for the series that they don't realize just how shit it is. Most of them saw it as teenagers and watched it more for the mecha fights rather than the story. Its not until years later when they're older, wiser, and have consumed more media to objectively see just how bad Gundam SEED is from a narrative and character perspective.
Also many of them can't wrap their head around the idea that Seed tries so hard to imitate elements from other Gundam shows and it does a shit job of that. Not even Gundam AGE, V Gundam, or Reconquista in G were as bad as Gundam Seed and most fans tend to forget those 3 gundam shows even exist. I'd go as far as to say that SEED is tied with G-Savior for worst Gundam IP.
No one watched Victory so makes sense
True. But.
The suit lineup is lit. They have a mook suit called Dagger, hosted by the most backstabby faction. They also have one callen Windam. Windam.
@@trazyntheinfinite9895 The gundam designs are shit with some even reusing older designs from other Gundam series to try and appease non Gundam Seed fans. I mean for chrissakes they even reuse the RX-78-2(with a greyscale repaint) and the zgok which are the most notable examples.
Almost every suit imitates a gundam from another series or it just adds tons of laser cannons on to a backpack unit. Its uninspired and unoriginal not to mention looks like some shit Hasbro would come up with. Its much better to design stuff to be more minimalist and functional. That makes far more sense in Gundam which is meant to be a real robot show with some pseudoscience.
Maybe cuz seed have simpler story compared to the heavy tone V, jumbled mess G reco n age.
Yeah MS in gundam while cool looking, they look more like a toy than a military machine.
I was a teen when it came out, I've tried watching it 5 separate times and so far I've only ever reached the 5th episode. I love the Gundam franchise as a whole but holy FUCK seed and mercury are the stain upon the franchise
Stargazer was good due to being it wasn’t directed and written by Fukada.
Cosmic Era in general had the potential to be great IMO.
@@Joshua_N-A Sadly, that's all it had, 'potential'.
... Now I want Blue Cosmos Puppy Chow, damnit.
How dare you compare Chick-fil-A to McDonald's! List 8 good things about Gerend Zobi as a person.
Honestly the most out of pocket thing you've said in these videos wasn't even about gundam. It was about Naruto😂
He’s constantly on naruto
Will you ever do a timeline thing for Gundam iron blooded orphans?
watching this made me realize that SEED would be considered peak and revered in the west if Kira was actually an american guy named Kyle or something who looked like ryan gosling. It's literally got everything else put into place. Chicks, explosions, badass robot dogfights. think about the plot of seed and think about the kinds of movies guys like. Bandai could print money if they tagged out Kira for Patrick Bateman.
Cringe take, never cook again, please.
6:17 - Got an ad break after this sentence for Chewy.
9:57 that's a pretty accurate way to describe the Cosmic Era as a whole.
Very nicely edited entertaining video especially about the pup chow
The Reason Phantom Pain went after the Stargazer was not the suit, but the AI core that was supposed to be installed in it. They were planning on doing a Mobile Doll initiative..... Events of the story made it fall through
Yeesh, why am I suddenly getting Skynet flashbacks?
Caleb Williams is the Gundam Seed of Chicago Bears Quarterbacks…….
This is my first gundam anime when I was an teenager in Nigeria
There are so many nuggets of cool stuff that I like about the Cosmic Era but it's always weighed down by ten stupid things. I'm glad Stargazer is one of those good things.
Also it would be a lot but I would like to see your take on rewriting the Cosmic Era.
Like Many Cosmic Era Apologists they will Straight up tell you that the Worst Parts of SEED are the Flagship anime's and its the Spin Off Light Novels and stuff surrounding and AROUND SEED 1, Destiny and Freedom, that are the only GOOD Parts of Cosmic Era.
Consider the Stuff with Lowe Guele and the Astray Series like the Cosmic Era equivalent of the UC's ongoing Crossbone Gundam Series. Only in Print but its some of the BEST STUFF from it.
Highlights include explaining how Lowe shepherded Lacus TO Archangel in the First Show, a Better Explanation as to HOW Kira Survives Athrun's Aegis Self Destruction, and the Big Example and glimpse in Universe as to What Gilbert Durandal's 'Destiny Plan' if achieved could have led to a societal collapse in one Colony In-Universe that they show.
-and I'd argue if hell freezes over and Micah even considers Seed Explained these Light novels will be absolutely necessary to have because you NEVER Go Full SEED Anime-
Loved the video!!! Would you ever do a breakdown/review of IBO UrDr Hunt???
Dat Fauna drop; such culture, much wow.
Ah Stargazer the one bright spot in the Cosmic Era along with the Astray Mangas. Plus the Strike Noir is the GOAT.
The Doggie Kibble joke took me out. That was brutal to watch. I loved watching Stargazer.
If I remember my Gundam series/OVA release timeline correctly, I believe that the next one you would review was the first Gundam Build Fighter ova that came out before the first Build Fighters anime.
As a huge Gundam enthusiasts myself. Yes I got my start with Gundam Wing on Toonami and then the Mobile Suit Gundam series. I couldn't stand to watch Seed. To this day have not seen it. I didn't like the art approach to it back then and now that I've seen the whole of UC series, Seed is a cheap copy. That's me though. That isn't to say fans of Seed are wrong or that I'm better, it didn't appeal to me.
I liked Gundam Seed. It's the Mc. Donalds of Gundams. And I like Mc. Donalds too. It's junk, but it's enjoyable junk. That's pretty much as far as I'll go praising it though. I doubt I'll ever actually want to re-watch it. Unlike any of the other Gundam serries I've seen.
1:41 this mf makin normal shinn fans like me look bad 😭🙏
I love the video i have a question do you think it's possible to get to dark in a story
Wasn't Wing already SEED for adults?
7:18 The universal century GM quell has a radar in its feet for the same reason.
Usually anime/movie/book series with the biggest melodramatic emotional payoffs but have no actual good writing that logically constitutes those big emotional payoffs have the most sensitive and reactive fan bases because all they can see is the emotional payoff, all that horrible writing that precedes said payoff is somehow completely invisible to them they simply cannot detect it. Example: Kira survives for absolutely no logical reason but nobody cares cause everyone is just happy Kira survived somehow and that’s exciting.
Seed is the worst gundam series, but some of the best-looking gundams.
What site or service you recommend?
My first time watching seed I thought it was boring I just started a rewatch
Tell me you were tempted to go get over here when the Nora used it archers
Aside from Astray Manga, it's one of the only good parts of SEED. I haven't read eclipse yet...
Well, there is nothing to like about Seed, let alone "love" about it 🤣 And fans are carbon-copy of the show itself... And I would argue that fans are even worse than show itself 🤣
Astray and Stargazer are great though.
Most of these seed fans never watch other gundam series, yet they always brag how good their series is.
Also they mostly never read astray or watch stargazer.
Too bad that my original entry timeline for Gundam were both Zeta and Double Zeta, so I got that dog in me whenever I declare the following:
Haman Kang did nothing wrong! Fight me!
She dropped a colony dude.
Checkmate.
@@MasterSwo-MK she parked several colonies onto the Earth's surface, got the weak and corrupted Federation to surrender, all the while leaving the Earth's ecosystem intact. So what's your point?
@@DomFortress Oh sure, total hero.
Never mind the sheer tidal waves of blood she left behind from all the billions of non-combatants she killed.
@@MasterSwo-MK what's the elite Federation forces known as the Titans, chief amount them with the massacre of spacenoids using G3 poison gas, aka the "Bunch 30" incident. And you lied about "tidal wave of blood", since I already mentioned that Haman didn't cause ecological disaster, unlike the Zabi regime during OYW, or the Earth Federation with their global mismanagement. So what's your point of unrealistic catastrophization?
@@DomFortress There were PEOPLE on the FUCKING GROUND at the point of IMPACT!!!
The ZZ anime ITSELF SPELLS THAT OUT!!!
I don't really watch a lot of anime, but I do like model kit building and big robots. Despite my love for building gunpla kits, I couldn't really get into the Gundam anime, or the mecha anime genre as a whole. The only mecha anime that I managed to sit through and finish was Code Geass, but I think that one would have still been great even without the mechs. I'd honestly rather watch an Armored Core anime with the usual grim, depressing, and nihilistic themes.
This was the only good Seed.
@1:43 I yoy know what after years of watching you..... you would be a sapling 😆 (and yes I am a lurking jailbird so all hail Yaggo)
Man I Love Fauna!!! 😂
Ok first i haven’t watched gundam seed but at my gundam base in daegu there kits look cool. Ps I am new just been watching lore videos and bought some dvds waiting for them to get into the mail. The only gundam movie that i seen is the one on Netflix and near the ending everyone is crying about why don’t you love me. Kinda lame but the mechs are cool looking so like a late 1990’s Britney Spears music video. I’ll just play muted while listening to something better.
I want you to reviev Gundam AGE. It's not some amazing show. Below avarage for Gundam series, but still fun and massively underrated. Like, at least it's better than SEED(not this one). Show has many problems, but also many good points.
i love gundam seed as it was my second, started with wing... but yeah its a lot of melodrama 😂😂 think my fav is iron blooded, hits hard
I think a good video to consider doing is comparing Zeon and Zaft in their wars against their Earth Federation/Alliance. Who did it better and why.
I hate Seed, man. I'm done talking about it unless I'm roasting it.
ZAFT actually better than zeon because they unified under 1 leadership while zeon busy sabotaging each other.
More like Gundam Seed, pointless adventure
Please do a video essay on ssss.gridman and ssss dynazenon anime by studio trigger ⛩️🎌🇯🇵👘♨️🤑🤤😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭👘
So can I watch stargazer in English? And where can I watch it at all? I've only seen all old shet witch I'm not a fun Wing was cool and I always wanted to watch endless waltz in English of course. It's hard for me to find them? Crunchyroll included. Mercury has the dopest Gundam fights period!Best animation handsdown,the last Gundam they show the one his brother pilots was insane, it should have is own show
Dude, come on, "Gundam SEED" had PTSD, atrocity, and genocide -- *and it still isn't adult enough for you?!?*
So did every other Gundam series. But Seed treated all those subjects with the maturity of that one kid who thinks swearing like a pirate makes him an adult.
Seed is about as adult as that one kid in your class that thinks that sex jokes are funny and abuses them to no end. I'm sure you think that your argument still stands but it's about as wobbly as a drunken cat.
Seed is so good when I don’t have a neck beard telling me I should watch a 3 hour long documentary on why I should watch turn-A
Good thing I don't have a neck beard nor have I watched Turn A.
Seed fans are so unhinged.
@@Chrizinator it’s just like enjoying little Caesar’s pizza, my personal favorite is my personal dog shit opinion, and the last person I wanted to hear shit from is a fat neck bread going ☝️🤓
@@erraov9976thankfully I don’t have either. Also why the fat-shaming? Can’t you come up with something more clever? Actually don’t answer that, I wouldn’t want you to hurt yourself.
This guy literally says I don’t want to talk to much about the plot then proceeds to spoil mudies death sure bro whatever you say
Imagine getting mad over something that happens over five minutes into the second episode and is one of the most infamous Gundam deaths ever.
Anyone who knows about Stargazer's existence knows about the Blu Duel turning into kibble. Stop being a sperg.
@@BigMicahCI understand why gundam fans don’t like you know if you can’t take even just a little bit of criticism from a random nobody like me then maybe this TH-cam thing isn’t for you
@@jamespatton4669You realize most Gundam fans are not Seed fans right? You don’t speak for the rest of us.
@@Chrizinator 1. Most people found out about Gundam because of shows like wing & seed 2. When you say I don’t speak for everyone what you mean to say is I don’t speak for YOU random person who has nothing to do with this conversation mind your business
@@jamespatton46691) 00, Unicorn, and IBO say hi. Wing and Seed are not the only Gundam series.
2) It’s an open comment section, not a private message system. Don’t talk sh*t if you can’t take a hit.