"Wow Geoge de Sand is looking even more breedable than usual here." - Hayley on the second opening credits.
"I swear this horse better be piloting its own Gundam." - Hayley shortly before Fuun Saiki delivers.
"*incoherent lesbian noises*" - Hayley on the second ending credits.
Where do I even begin with this one?
Alright let's try breaking it down.
G Gundam Understands The Class Politics of Gundam
The Universal Century was consistently this world of systemic neglect. The Earth Federation loved to shove as many people out into space slums as much as possible then hope that they're out of sight, out of mind. When administering that was too hard, they'd just let whatever fascists were around start The Killing. Let's call this model of space as slum the Elon Musk approach to space development.
G Gundam flips things around. Earth is the polluted, poverty-stricken slum while the wealthy get to live in space. Let's call this the Jeff Bezos approach to space development. It puts the audience in the same position as the cruel wealthy elite: safely protected viewers of the carnage down below.
G Gundam Understands the IOC Is A Machine Which Kills Cities
Making a bid to host The Olympics is expensive. We're talking of millions of dollars to file a form asking the IOC to consider you for a Games. You have to pay this fee for each individual Olympic Games you'd like to bid for. There's demands for brand new facilities all with a certain proximity to each other. If you already have facilities that meet the IOC's standards, that's not enough. You have to build new ones. Doesn't matter if you don't have anywhere convenient to build 'em for a paying public to attend. That's a You problem. You must also use a single broadcaster. They also have to pay fees for the rights. State broadcasters have been bankrupted by the Olympic fees as much as any private TV station.
Neo Hong Kong won the 12th Gundam Fight and get to rule the planet and colonies. As a result, Neo Hong Kong looks quite pleasant by the time the 13th Fight's finals roll around! Provided you ignore the giantic, collapsing slums and badlands all around it.
The Gundam Fight has no respect for culture or history. Fighters consistently use landmarks of importance as sites of ambush and combat. It's just smart strategy to do so. Declaring "The Earth Is The Ring" marks a land where people live, hope and die as nothing more than a site for cheap, voyeuristic entertainment once every four years.
G Gundam Understands You Can't Put A Nice Label On War
As mentioned above, this simplified supposedly clean and noble form of war constantly ruins cities. The announcement of the Gundam Fight is accompanied by shots of people fleeing for their lives. We claimed we're doing the right thing and as a result turned the entire planet into a ghetto.
It doesn't even stop the nations preparing for war! Over and over and over again we see private and national military forces who are actively developing and manufacturing new weapons. Allenby Beardsley is a military project! Neo Japan have an entire fleet of Not Zeon warships! You can't abolish war if you don't abolish the weapons too!
G Gundam Is One Of The Best Damn Anime About Masculinity Ever Made
Episode after episode we see men loudly, boldly claim that men who fight can only speak with their fists.
Week after week after week we see those same men actively make their lives worse because they won't bloody well talk to each other with words.
The final fight with Master Asia feels tragic. It's only at the end these two men understand each other. It's not some fundamental weakness of men, but it's a weakness in how men are often taught they need to be. Endless cycles of men teaching boys to suppress themselves. Show no weakness. Give no openings. Always attack.
Sure G Gundam ends with a corny power of love sequence. It's a racist kung-fu action show for children. It takes great courage for your entire climax to be about rejecting yet more violence and admit your flaws. Show your vulnerability. Stop suppressing and damn well let it out for once!
G Gundam Is For The Bisexuals
like the entire adult cast are insanely hot you have no idea
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