I made this Gundam thing of Giant Bomb

Austin and Vinny talking about Gundam on the latest Beastcast got me thinking.

So I made this thing.

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By the way that new Gundam show that Austin was talking about, Iron Blooded Orphans, is OK. I watched the first 3 episodes and although there is definitely some grit sprinkled about stemming from the characterization of child soldiers, overall it is still replete with cliched anime stereotypes throughout. You got the stoic, tough protagonist, the cool best friend, the naive-aristocratic-idealistic girl crush, the cute-childhood girl crush, the cartoonishly evil grownups, the grownups that respect the kids.. so on and so forth. It's a little like eating a bowl of chicken noodle soup with some shrimp in it. The shrimp certainly adds a unique flavor to the entirety of the dish, but you still have to work your way through the entire bowl of chicken noodle soup just to get those unique splashes of flavor sprinkled about. Also by God, the hairdo's on these characters... like I told Austin - it appears that after 300 years of war only a single hair stylist has survived, and he's simply faaaabulous.

If you like anime, and you like Gundam, it's more of both with some interesting flourishes but don't expect too much (so far).

This is awesome dude.

I love the Giant Bomb community.

Badass.

Cool art, shrimp is gross.

Shrimp is in fact kind of gross

Awesome art, shrimp is rad.

Gosh, I really like that description of anime hair, genuinely.

@mlarrabee: It's almost like the people from Zoolander evolved and went to live among the stars. Every main character is such a pretty boy with the most ridiculous lock of hair situation it's a little nuts.

You messed up on the placement. Dan always belongs on the middle finger.

Shrimp makes me shit my pants.

1. Shrimp is great.

2. This makes me think of Giant Robo more.

Man, this is absolutely fantastic. I'm thinking wallpaper. (Or poster GB store hint)

Also, I just realised that a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann X Giant Bomb crossover poster could be an absolutely glorious thing. Jeff would be Kamina, obviously... Brad as Simon, or maybe Austin? Vinny'd probably fit Leeroy...

Dan's either Kittan or Viral, for sure.

This is really cool duder.

Nice

@kirkyx: Definitely Viral without the redemption character arc.

I would pay good money (Bradbucks) for someone to photoshop the Persona 4 versions of GB staff into some Gundam jumpsuits, and also have them all posing on a rock outcropping or something, because anime.

Great review of Iron Blooded Orphans. Completely matches my sentiment. The princess' boobs are just a bit too big, the haircuts are crazy even for anime, and when the first episode ends with the protagonist defeating a Gundam with another Gundam, I knew we were in for a ride far too similar to those we have been on before. Still wathcing it, but if it doesn't get a bit more dark and mature, maybe I should just go watch some more Votoms for my mecha fix.

fuck shrimp, your art is rad.