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The idea of Gundam (whether it’s an adaptation of the Origin, or judging by the timetable, one of Gundam F91) replacing Game of Thrones as the big show America is obsessed with has a certain appeal.

It being another Death Note, or worse, G-Saviour, does not.

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HBO wouldn't need or want a show like Gundam unless it has titties, "fucks", or gore, all of which have never been a Gundam staple. It's not punchy enough in those regards to offer anything that HBO would want to broadcast.

At most, American Live Action Gundam would work within the confines of a streaming service like Netflix or Hulu. Something that would take a chance on a space opera that is vanilla in every way except for exploding mechs and the lingering effects of war. Or SyFy if G-Savior is what they're looking into replicating.

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On 4/23/2018 at 9:47 PM, PokeNirvash said:

Only those who refuse to so much as associate themselves with an anime, even if the story's good.

Those kind of people piss me off like you wouldn't believe.

I know far too many people who refuse to believe that anything animated can ever be up to par with something live action.  Even something like Bebop.  I guess there's still a stigma associated with animation.  It can never be anything serious, only good for porn or comedy.  I've had to practically hide the fact that I watch anime from my parents just because I don't want/need to hear their teasing and commenting about it anymore.  It gets really frustrating.

21 hours ago, imchapp.in said:

HBO wouldn't need or want a show like Gundam unless it has titties, "fucks", or gore, all of which have never been a Gundam staple. It's not punchy enough in those regards to offer anything that HBO would want to broadcast.

I couldn't even imagine a Gundam like that, animated or otherwise.  I'm also curious as to how people will react to the copious amounts of CGI that's going to go into a live action Gundam. 

6 hours ago, OwlChemist81 said:

Is it just me, or does anyone else want this to go in the opposite direction: animated versions of popular live action HBO shows on Toonami, not live-action versions of Toonami shows on HBO!

Honestly I don't really feel the need to go in that direction, either.  Especially if there is still a stigma against serious animation, then most people will probably disregard an animated adaptation of something like Game of Thrones right off the bat, just because the live action version "can tell a more serious story."

I apologize for the cynicism.  It was a long night tonight and a really rainy drive home.

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On 4/24/2018 at 10:18 AM, imchapp.in said:

HBO wouldn't need or want a show like Gundam unless it has titties, "fucks", or gore, all of which have never been a Gundam staple. It's not punchy enough in those regards to offer anything that HBO would want to broadcast.

At most, American Live Action Gundam would work within the confines of a streaming service like Netflix or Hulu. Something that would take a chance on a space opera that is vanilla in every way except for exploding mechs and the lingering effects of war. Or SyFy if G-Savior is what they're looking into replicating.

Those things ARE frequent in the novels because Tomino is a goddamn pervert at times.  If any version of The Origin got off the ground odds are it would include all the sex from the novel trilogy.

Then again (true story) Tomino is a guy who, when a magazine published nude art of Sayala from 0079, called said magazine to POINT OUT EVERY DETAIL OF HER UNMENTIONABLES THEY GOT WRONG.  He seriously did that.

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