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Rob19ny
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Well that's interesting. So either Female MC Gundam show can't produce a 48-52 episode story and is ending at 2 cours or we've reached the point in anime where Gundam (a series that used to air its shows without break until 00) can't produce 25 straight episodes and has to do split 4 cour to reach the 48-52 episode count. Only time will tell. |
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Deacon Blues
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Just a quick note, you missed the key point about the three movies (Narrative, Thunderbolt, Hathaway) airing on TV during the interlude between the first and second cour from the very first paragraph: they're each being broken down into their own four-episode TV installments for broadcast.
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Vaisaga
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At first I thought this meant the show was only going to be 25/26 episodes, but they said second cour, not second half so it could be 4 cours total. Even if it is only 25/26 episodes, I hope they plot it properly to avoid another disaster like G-Reco.
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Amiantos
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Likely we're at the point a long format isn't that viable anymore. G-Reco was only 26 ep itself so it's nothing to do with the female lead. I just hope it fairs better than G-Reco to where it needed 5 freaking movies with part of 4 and all of 5 having new elements to flesh it out. |
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Amiantos
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Honestly for Hathaway that's the worst possible thing to do. Same with Narrative since we saw how the TV edits of Unicorn were. It could work with Thunderbolt if done right(which it wont be) since those were already shorter than normal eps. |
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MFrontier
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I kind of figured it wouldn't just be a straight 4-cour one way or another, but I'm curious if this will have the same episode count as most mainline Gundam shows.
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Deacon Blues
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You forget that Thunderbolt already had a TV cut prior to the movie compilation. They can easily broadcast that. Case in point, English-speaking fans really need to learn to reign in their moaning on this announcement with how "this won't work," "this is idiotic," or "why would they do this." First: you're not going to see these TV cuts, (outside of pirating, probably) because you aren't the target audience. Second, why is everyone complaining about something they've already seen and clearly aren't impacted by in the first place? Obviously, these TV recuts have proven to be quite lucrative for the franchise, otherwise, they wouldn't be bothering with them. I'd love to see where the armchair critics think they know better. Taking the movies and OVA and breaking them up into a mini TV-edit broadens the market and brings in new viewers and fans. The whole premise behind the Gundam Next Future x Nichigo Programming Block is to let viewers who were first exposed to Gundam through the Witch from Mercury broadcast discover the Universal Century, the origin of all Gundam series, and experience the depth of what those series have to offer (says so right in their presentation). But, that's what happens when you post new and only cite one article that's missing a hell of a lot of key information. |
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-Matthew-
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Sadly, only 26 episodes for two seasons: https://anilist.co/anime/139274/Kidou-Senshi-Gundam-Suisei-no-Majo and https://anilist.co/anime/155158/Kidou-Senshi-Gundam-Suisei-no-Majo-Part-2/
Guess that I will watch all the series after the second season ends airing. So pity. I hoped for at least 52 episodes. Why such good and amazing series have so few episodes... |
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BadNewsBlues
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In the interest of fairness though I don’t see the logic in taking something that’s in one format or a certain way and then editing it. As for not seeing it I didn’t have the pleasure of watching the Unicorn OVAs when they came out but did watch the TV version and it was okay but the cuts were weird.
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Wyvern
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Either way it has nothing to do with it being a "female MC Gundam show." The industry as a whole has been trending this way for a long time. Shorter series and split cours are the normal way of things now. For instance, 44 new series premiered in the summer 2022 season, and only two of those shows will continue to air into the next season. That's how rare an unbroken two-cour run is these days. Besides, if Witch from Mercury did last only two cours, it wouldn't be the first mainline Gundam series to do so. Remember Reconguista in G? |
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Hoppy800
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Typical of modern Gundam anime, not even the greats like IBO and 00 were 49-52 episodes straight anymore, it's kind of sad, but it's been happening for almost 2 decades.
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JohnRhogan
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I miss the days of a Gundam series airing in its entirety, as opposed to 2 parts.
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Envyus
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The series will probably get 50 episodes unless it does not do well.
Ironblooded Orphans only got greenlit for season 2 at episode 23. Having a break will allow the writing team to prepare for if they have to wrap up in 13 episodes or if they will have another 37 |
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Covnam
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Well, hopefully this does better with it's break(s) than 00 and (to a lesser extent) IBO did.
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Connor Dino
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Furthermore, outside of G-Reco, it was actually Gundam X that broke the mold and only had 39 episodes. While that was due to it being canceled and forcing the show to truncate itself, the point is not every "main" Gundam series gets 49-52 episodes. Heck, the first Gundam only had 42/43!
It does make me a little sad that the (likely) last Gundam that ran uninterrupted for 50 episodes was Gundam AGE...how depressing... |
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