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NEWS: Gundam UC is 1st Video Anime with 3 #1 BDs in a Row




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_V_



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:44 pm Reply with quote
An unfair comparison, given the slow production schedule of the Rebuild of Evangelion series, which is taking its time to get it right:

and while 3 UC OVA episodes at 1 hour each = 3 hours of Blu Ray, 2 Rebuild of Eva movies at 90 minutes each also = 3 hours of Blu Ray.

[also, Gundam UC is amazing]
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Egan Loo



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:50 pm Reply with quote
_V_ wrote:
An unfair comparison, given the slow production schedule of the Rebuild of Evangelion series, which is taking its time to get it right:

and while 3 UC OVA episodes at 1 hour each = 3 hours of Blu Ray, 2 Rebuild of Eva movies at 90 minutes each also = 3 hours of Blu Ray.

[also, Gundam UC is amazing]


This record is specifically for original video anime, so the new Evangelion films would be in a separate category.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:57 pm Reply with quote
Great to see it performing well. Got mine over the weekend - episode 3 is fantastic imo. The quality never fails to impress. Seriously feel like Im watching a piece of anime history every time a new episode is released.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:05 pm Reply with quote
its good stuff, Im glad its doing realy well for them, cant wait for the last half
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:32 pm Reply with quote
sonickid101 wrote:
its good stuff, Im glad its doing realy well for them, can't wait for the last half
theres only 1 more? didn't seem like it was nearing it's end already
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WeirDiE_InC



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:24 pm Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
sonickid101 wrote:
its good stuff, Im glad its doing realy well for them, can't wait for the last half
theres only 1 more? didn't seem like it was nearing it's end already

Three more; they've got 6, they've put out 3, they got 3 more.
By the way, is anyone even surprised? Has Gundam ever not debuted at number 1?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:35 pm Reply with quote
WeirDiE_InC wrote:

By the way, is anyone even surprised? Has Gundam ever not debuted at number 1?


The first series. Like Star Trek, it was initially cancelled due to poor ratings. Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:38 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
The first series. Like Star Trek, it was initially cancelled due to poor ratings. Laughing

Well, in home video sales anyways.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:55 pm Reply with quote
Gundam has had a few disappointing series in terms of sales like Gundam X (the only other Gundam series to get cancelled), and V Gundam (the series that caused the creation of the AUs).
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:14 pm Reply with quote
I should've been more specific and just said "DVD/BR sales" but why bother. Anyways, congratulations Unicorn. Here's to your next three #1s.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:15 pm Reply with quote
i want to see a new generic Gundam tv series
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:05 am Reply with quote
Do you have to watch the older series to be able to understand UC?
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Do you have to watch the older series to be able to understand UC?


Not if you don't want to. Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:51 am Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
taster of pork wrote:
Do you have to watch the older series to be able to understand UC?


Not if you don't want to. Laughing

That reminds me that I should probably finish Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack so that I can finally take a look at this.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:16 pm Reply with quote
_V_ wrote:
An unfair comparison, given the slow production schedule of the Rebuild of Evangelion series, which is taking its time to get it right:

and while 3 UC OVA episodes at 1 hour each = 3 hours of Blu Ray, 2 Rebuild of Eva movies at 90 minutes each also = 3 hours of Blu Ray.

[also, Gundam UC is amazing]


I don't think they were comparing the Rebuild of Eva to Gundam Unicorn outright in terms of sales. But overall, I'm glad both are fairing well in such hard times.

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Gundam has had a few disappointing series in terms of sales like Gundam X (the only other Gundam series to get cancelled), and V Gundam (the series that caused the creation of the AUs).


True. Gundam Seed Destiny comes to mind when you bring up disappointing series in terms of sales. Seed did extremely well, but something went horribly wrong with Seed Destiny. Gundam V tried to continue the UC tradition after F91, but it didn't click on a number of scales (The Kill 'em all meter was off the scale in that one). The AUs were part of a new wave to keep that legacy going, but Gundam X is among the weakest performers of the AU gundam shows.
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