why was gundam x not popular it shouldve been

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Anon10/09/26, 03:03No.24043203

Didn't air in USA.

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Anon10/09/26, 03:14No.24043215

Canceled.

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Anon10/09/26, 03:15No.24043218

The most common theory is franchise fatigue. There had been at least one Gundam series, movie, or OVA for several consecutive years before X came out.

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Anon10/09/26, 04:54No.24043282

It just wasn't very good.

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Anon10/09/26, 05:06No.24043289

Looking at the previous series and what was popular, I got my own theory. It was too straight. Right out the gate Garrod and Tifa are making moon eyes at each other and the only other pretty boys included a shameless womanizer.

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Anon10/09/26, 05:29No.24043302

It's kind of boring and the robots are ugly.

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Anon10/09/26, 09:39No.24043435

Because it's shit, how many times are you going to make this thread before you understand this fact? You can cope about random shit all you want, the fact is that it just isn't a good show and no revisionism or sudden interest spike/twitter trend will ever change that.

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Anon10/09/26, 11:51No.24043499

Pros: - Adventure-feeling show - RPG-like aspect of heroes going from town to town to help people - Characters are all likeable - Mechs are all cool, except the Jenice - Freeden is cozy ship - Music is great - Many touching moments - The Double X vs Colony Laser episode is one of best episodes in the franchise - Battles not revolving around "who has more space magic levels" was a fresh airCons: - Weak start, episode 9 is where it becomes so good - Pacing becomes slow sometimes, especially in those weird MOTW episodes after Garrod got DX - Animations are worse than G and Wing's for some reason - Wing Zero had lots of "cool poses" moments, the X's staff didn't bother do one for Double X after its debut satellite cannon scene above the seait's technically a 7.5/10 show but because I love the characters and mechs, It's a personal 9/10

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Anon10/09/26, 15:58No.24043659

I really like how the show made many enemies into allies, it's nice to see friendship prevail over hate

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Anon10/09/26, 16:40No.24043695

The characters were too bland.

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Anon10/09/26, 16:43No.24043698

Because it wasn't very good.

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Anon10/09/26, 16:47No.24043705

What really irked me about X was how quickly they forgot their own premise. When the series starts, we're only 15 years out from an incredibly destructive war that ended with MULTIPLE colony drops that caused apocalyptic damage to the Earth and humanity, forcing people to wander barren wastelands to scavenge for lost technology and survive on what little is left. Less than a quarter of the way through the show it sure doesn't feel that way when they're visiting thriving, bustling towns.

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Anon10/09/26, 17:15No.24043742

Oversaturated marketBut I like F91, X sucked. Bad guys look like snidely whiplash bad guys and are always assholes with no redemption. Mute psychic loli gf is so trope heavy it's embarrassing. Showrunner unit is hardly unique enough to warrant watching.

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Anon10/10/26, 14:07No.24044468

Tiffa was awful. Just another autistic screeching kid like shakti

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Anon10/10/26, 21:29No.24044777

X really does lack good villains, maybe a consequence of getting cut short but it didn't feel like they were gonna bother setting up anyone but the Frost Bros to really matter from the New UNE either. I like the rest of the cast though.

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Anon10/10/26, 21:36No.24044781

I believe it was a little too bland after both G and Wing and didn't have the same "crazy" characters, mobile suits or moments like G and Wing had. Everyone here was pretty sane and too normal... So in comparison, there was very little character drama.Even the Gundams were just far too bland. The Gundam X's main gimmick was a more restricted version of something Wing/Wing Zero did every battle. Airmaster was a chunky more pathetic Wing. And while Leopard was a slightly better Heavyarms, it was something we'd already seen before.And finally, it felt like a sequel to an entirely better series. Introduces characters like they are supposed to have a whole series of background behind them, but we never got that. Talks about this great war like we should already know about it... But it wasn't the OYW despite how much they wanted us to use that as a stand in.In the end it wasn't terrible, but it's like they didn't want to try too hard after Wing... So they tried to rely on more of a UC form but with some AU flare... And it didn't really work for the audience who just made it through G Gundam and Wing, which were quite popular.Which its follow up, Gundam Seed did kind of the opposite and was pure AU flare with some UC trappings, mixed with the teen drama... Which seemed to work a bit better, I guess. I dunno. You never hear much about it anymore...

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Anon10/11/26, 19:31No.24045509

it played safe with what it had to offer. Jamil's trauma got old and annoying very fast. Rescuing Tiffa didn't make for much stuff interesting happening. The Frost Brothers were ridiculous fags that sniff too much their own farts. Caris had a potential in being a foil for Garrod but his character ends up being wasted. Royeba and the other dude could've been more interesting if there was a battle were at least one of them died and gave something to the horny women in the crew to be invested as characters. Since the main angle of the series was Romance, it didn't took any risk. DOME was an interesting thing but when the adaptation of it's arc is done better in SRW Alpha Gaiden combining it with the Black History part in Turn A, it ended up being the most underwhelming final arc for the series. The general premise was great and they did nothing with it

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Anon10/12/26, 06:09No.24045877

every X thread on /m/ is the same

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Anon10/13/26, 10:49No.24046841

It was shit you fucking retard how many times do we need to go over this?

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Anon10/15/26, 04:17No.24048360

The protagonist and heroine were boring. The Frost Brothers were lame. The Gundams in X felt like discounted Gundams from Wing. The mid-end series Gundam upgrades were terrible. The grunt mobile suits were forgettable. Newtype dolphins. Was advertised a post-apocalyptic world that was quickly ignored.

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Anon10/15/26, 19:06No.24048954

Its a far more lethargic show than G and Wing. It's not terrible its just so much more laid back and wistful. I can see why kids didn't go crazy for it at the time. Coming right off Wing and its insane explosion a minute episodes and Otani's high energy and distinctive music score, X is down right meditative.

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Anon10/16/26, 09:18No.24049706

X keeps rising above the normie shit taste

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Anon10/23/26, 08:46No.24054780

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Anon10/25/26, 15:12No.24056773

I enjoyed the giant hovercraft landship. We need more of those (whether hovercraft or just with big wheels).

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Anon10/26/26, 17:13No.24057990

It sucks.

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Anon10/30/26, 10:37No.24062761

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Anon10/30/26, 10:39No.24062764

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9iaz1h5XU

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Anon10/30/26, 22:23No.24063220

Because it was the last good AU with G. Making a good show with Gundam name is totally forbidden by Bandai since 30 years. You must suck, it's the only way to get funded and done.

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