So the Japanese are building a Gundam...

My Writing.com Portfolio · Postby **EricTheFred** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:26 am

Check it out.

[MAL] · Postby **eternalprincess** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:50 am

Okay, that is awesome.

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:09 am

Prof. Shikishima, where are you when we need you??

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:33 am

Nice. I wish I could get to Japan to see this thing in person.

Postby **mechana2015** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:09 am

Too bad it's just a statue.

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:56 am

I'm waiting for someone to come in and say "WHY DIDN'T THEY DO SOMETHING MODERN LIKE GUNDAM SEEEED" like people were doing on another forum. The whole point of doing this is 'cuz First Gundam is 30 years old now. Without First Gundam there would be no Gundam SEED. XD

Postby **Roy Mustang** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:09 am

IMO, I think this kind of wasteful, if you ask me. Here it is, the Mobile Suit Gundam 30th Anniversary Project and they are putting money into this and not into any tv series at all.

I wonder if the new UC series that will come out, will be one of the following, A. a movie, B. OVA or C. the series is not even going to be an anime series and nothing more then a manga or D. If it is a series and not an OVA, then I take that it will not even air this year.

Sadly, I feel that Bandai has drop the ball this time around for their Anniversary Project.

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Postby **That Dude** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:18 am

Neato burrito.

Postby **Robin Firedrake** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:49 am

Um... Ok. I don't think it's worth going all the way to Japan to see if I've got pics right here.

My MAL · Postby **Fantasy Dreamer** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:09 pm

That would be interesting to see, but I kinda agree with Roy. They could spend their money on something better, or at the very least make some kind of cool feature in it... not just a statue.

Now, if they built a REAL, working gundam, that would be something to write home about. XD

My Writing.com Portfolio · Postby **EricTheFred** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:18 pm

Fantasy Dreamer (post: 1296046) wrote:That would be interesting to see, but I kinda agree with Roy. They could spend their money on something better, or at the very least make some kind of cool feature in it... not just a statue.

Now, if they built a REAL, working gundam, that would be something to write home about. XD

Sorry Roy, Dreamer, but from a business perspective, if Odaiba is selling tickets to fanboys trekking there to see the Gundam, then it's a money-making venture, not a 'waste'. Although I agree I would rather see a new Gundam flick or something.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:22 pm

Dude, the Japanese have ALWAYS been building Gundams... duuuh.

They just keep it a secret.

Postby **Robin Firedrake** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:23 pm

Well they need to get working on something more useful than that. Iron man suits for instance.

Postby **Roy Mustang** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:32 pm

EricTheFred wrote:Sorry Roy, Dreamer, but from a business perspective, if Odaiba is selling tickets to fanboys trekking there to see the Gundam, then it's a money-making venture, not a 'waste'. Although I agree I would rather see a new Gundam flick or something.

How is this a great business perspective? They are not selling any tickets for this, the statue will be free for viewing, but it will only stay up for two months only.

Sunrise will only get PR out of this. The only thing that it will help is bring people to Odaiba island and that is it.

A bigger business perspective for Sunrise would be making a series for the fans that fanboys would buy the dvds, manga, models kits and so on.

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Postby **Fish and Chips** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:33 pm

Radical Dreamer (post: 1296009) wrote:Prof. Shikishima, where are you when we need you??

Yes I will keep posting this as many times as is necessary.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:46 pm

I was 90% sure that Fish was going to post this.

Just a matter of time. <3

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:26 pm

Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1296063) wrote:I was 90% sure that Fish was going to post this.

Just a matter of time. <3

My gosh I was waiting for it. XD It was the entire intent behind my post! LOL

Postby **Robin Firedrake** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:47 pm

DANGIT! That was had to read! Made no sense until I remembered what one of my friends had said about manga being read right to left.

Postby **Fish and Chips** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:14 pm

Radical Dreamer (post: 1296070) wrote:My gosh I was waiting for it. XD It was the entire intent behind my post! LOL

I feel so used by you Corrie.

Robin Firedrake (post: 1296077) wrote:DANGIT! That was had to read! Made no sense until I remembered what one of my friends had said about manga being read right to left.

My work here is done.

Postby **Robin Firedrake** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:17 pm

Oh good. No non-Japanese words.

Postby **LadyRushia** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:20 pm

The amount of 20th Century Boys in this thread has given it a level of awesome that goes above the level it was originally meant to achieve.

Postby **Tsukuyomi** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:35 pm

WHY DIDN'T THEY DO SOMETHING MODERN LIKE GUNDAM SEEEED!?!

Haha, just kidding xP

I remember this ^^ I still have the same racation it

Now all we need is...

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:42 pm

Okay guys, this isn't Goof Off, so let's get back to the main topic now. XD

Postby **Reon** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:00 pm

Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1296055) wrote:Dude, the Japanese have ALWAYS been building Gundams... duuuh.

They just keep it a secret.

The Ryans of the forum need to to unite and let everyone who doesn't have the name Ryan the truth!

EDIT *Read Rad's comment*
Well I do believe its a bit of a waste of money unless they're using advertising money and truly believe this is better and will be more widespread. I ran into a huge thread somewhere that discussed a real life Gundam and how a few colleges researched it... It gets a little crazy and to many things wouldn't work out (guess we'll just have to wait till we get farther into the future)

Postby **Puguni** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:25 pm

tl;dr

with all the money gained through the franchise, surely they will eventually make a real one that moves at the pace of a snail, haha.

Postby **KagayakiWashi** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:30 pm

Maybe we can have The Statue of Liberty fight against it.

Postby **Shao Feng-Li** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:43 pm

You people and your popular manga I haven't read yet...

About time though.

My Writing.com Portfolio · Postby **EricTheFred** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:09 pm

Roy Mustang (post: 1296059) wrote:How is this a great business perspective? They are not selling any tickets for this, the statue will be free for viewing, but it will only stay up for two months only.

Sunrise will only get PR out of this. The only thing that it will help is bring people to Odaiba island and that is it.
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Okay, first... I don't know, because I didn't sit in on the board meeting that day. I admit it's just a guess on my part. But, I just have great faith in Japanese businessmen.

Here's my armchair theory:
Shiokaze park is free, so nobody is paying them to park the mecha on their lot. But it's just a great big hunk of mid-budget fiberglass and rock-tour special effects, so it's not an investment equal to, say, a 30th anniversary TV series. And the fact that Mount Rushmore, the Golden Gate bridge, the Space Needle, the Lincoln Memorial etc. are free to look at doesn't stop folks from buying the tee-shirts and coffee mugs, and anything like that with this image on it will earn a licensing fee. Two months in the summer in Odaiba is a lot of tourist trinket sales.

That's about all I can say about that, though.

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:03 am

Shao Feng-Li (post: 1296170) wrote:You people and your popular manga I haven't read yet...

About time though.

Actually it was an anime first, but I hear the manga version is pretty good too.

Edit: Uhhh, unless you were talking about 20th Century Boys, in which case I retract my statement. XD

Postby **KhakiBlueSocks** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:54 am

According to the article, they're only going to keep it up for two months before taking it down...

I guess Gundam really MUST be destroyed...interesting.

So the Japanese are building a Gundam...

So the Japanese are building a Gundam...

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