Fact: Yasuhiro Imagawa is actually the visionary director brainlets make Tomino out to be.

>visionary
>never worked on a new IP

This is bait, stop replying to bait.

He brought all these series to their artistic peak

>Imagawa then went on to say how Mobile Suit Gundam revolutionized the robot anime genre. He said that as a child, there was something he found wrong with super robot shows, and he said that was the monster-of-the-week storylines. He said that super robot shows were just half hour commercials for the sponsors to sell toys, but Gundam changed all that. He said that the show’s military robots added a sense of realism to a genre that was dominated by invincible super robots. He also said that the show’s serious story added drama and a love story, which allowed the series to crossover and become something for adults as well as children. He also mentioned that the Gundam model kits were sought for their militarism and customized by fans to create new variations. He said that the high sales of model kits allowed for more creativity and less interference from sponsors. However, the way Gundam was created changed in the early ’90s. Apparently, model kit sales decreased in the second half of the runs of Gundam ZZ and Victory Gundam. Bandai, having acquired Sunrise, decided that it was time to either reinvent Gundam or simply put an end to the franchise. They decided on creating a new universe with lots of Gundams instead of one or two, and thus was born G Gundam.

>Imagawa then went on to say how Mobile Suit Gundam revolutionized the robot anime genre. He said that as a child, there was something he found wrong with super robot shows, and he said that was the monster-of-the-week storylines. He said that super robot shows were just half hour commercials for the sponsors to sell toys, but Gundam changed all that. He said that the show’s military robots added a sense of realism to a genre that was dominated by invincible super robots. He also said that the show’s serious story added drama and a love story, which allowed the series to crossover and become something for adults as well as children. He also mentioned that the Gundam model kits were sought for their militarism and customized by fans to create new variations. He said that the high sales of model kits allowed for more creativity and less interference from sponsors. However, the way Gundam was created changed in the early ’90s. Apparently, model kit sales decreased in the second half of the runs of Gundam ZZ and Victory Gundam. Bandai, having acquired Sunrise, decided that it was time to either reinvent Gundam or simply put an end to the franchise. They decided on creating a new universe with lots of Gundams instead of one or two, and thus was born G Gundam.

>Some clips were shown of episode 25, along with a customized narration by Master Asia’s voice actor (no subtitles though). The audience laughed hysterically at more ridiculous suits like the Nether Gundam and Viking Gundam, but they paid close attention to more serious clips of the God Gundam fighting the Zeus Gundam and Cobra Gundam. Imagawa said that he really liked the militaristic tone of the original series and Zeta Gundam, and he was shocked that Bandai told him he couldn’t do a series like that when he came aboard the project. He said he was shocked when he was told about the Gundam Fight and the customized national Gundams like the Shining Gundam, Gundam Maxter and Gundam Rose. He also said that at this early point the story was merely about the Gundam Fight, so he created the Devil Gundam story and the conspiracy around it to add more depth. He joked that when the show first began airing, he feared obsessive Gundam fans would stab him in the back of a dark alley for what he had done. The show was a hit in ratings and model sales, especially with kids who weren’t even alive when the original series aired and knew nothing about Gundam. Despite its popularity, much of the staff was discontent and left early on. Also, Imagawa said he was at odds with Bandai on the Gundam designs. They wanted designs that could easily be made into toys and objected to designs like the cloak on the Master Gundam. Imagawa insisted on the design, and the Master Gundam became one of the biggest selling kits. Also, the high kit sales prompted the creation of the God Gundam and Rising Gundam in the second half of the series. In closing, Imagawa said he was surprised that more than eight years later G Gundam‘s models were still popular.

There's also the whole thing about "Polka Gundam" (some sources call it "Polcarino", but that sounds like if Weird Al was making an album for the shartyBlack person audience), the unnmade soft reboot for the UC set on Mars. Some sources on it:

>qa.itmedia.co.jp/qa741125.html
>otasuke.goo-net.com/qa741125.html
>ameblo.jp/toraumaisuta2/entry-12196132744.html
>oshiete.goo.ne.jp/qa/741125.html
>open.mixi.jp/user/1099998/diary/1959776131
>www.i-m.mx/TAZ/Platina/polkagundam.html

>Imagawa then went on to say how Mobile Suit Gundam revolutionized the robot anime genre. He said that as a child, there was something he found wrong with super robot shows, and he said that was the monster-of-the-week storylines. He said that super robot shows were just half hour commercials for the sponsors to sell toys, but Gundam changed all that. He said that the show’s military robots added a sense of realism to a genre that was dominated by invincible super robots. He also said that the show’s serious story added drama and a love story, which allowed the series to crossover and become something for adults as well as children. He also mentioned that the Gundam model kits were sought for their militarism and customized by fans to create new variations. He said that the high sales of model kits allowed for more creativity and less interference from sponsors. However, the way Gundam was created changed in the early ’90s. Apparently, model kit sales decreased in the second half of the runs of Gundam ZZ and Victory Gundam. Bandai, having acquired Sunrise, decided that it was time to either reinvent Gundam or simply put an end to the franchise. They decided on creating a new universe with lots of Gundams instead of one or two, and thus was born G Gundam.

>Some clips were shown of episode 25, along with a customized narration by Master Asia’s voice actor (no subtitles though). The audience laughed hysterically at more ridiculous suits like the Nether Gundam and Viking Gundam, but they paid close attention to more serious clips of the God Gundam fighting the Zeus Gundam and Cobra Gundam. Imagawa said that he really liked the militaristic tone of the original series and Zeta Gundam, and he was shocked that Bandai told him he couldn’t do a series like that when he came aboard the project. He said he was shocked when he was told about the Gundam Fight and the customized national Gundams like the Shining Gundam, Gundam Maxter and Gundam Rose. He also said that at this early point the story was merely about the Gundam Fight, so he created the Devil Gundam story and the conspiracy around it to add more depth. He joked that when the show first began airing, he feared obsessive Gundam fans would stab him in the back of a dark alley for what he had done. The show was a hit in ratings and model sales, especially with kids who weren’t even alive when the original series aired and knew nothing about Gundam. Despite its popularity, much of the staff was discontent and left early on. Also, Imagawa said he was at odds with Bandai on the Gundam designs. They wanted designs that could easily be made into toys and objected to designs like the cloak on the Master Gundam. Imagawa insisted on the design, and the Master Gundam became one of the biggest selling kits. Also, the high kit sales prompted the creation of the God Gundam and Rising Gundam in the second half of the series. In closing, Imagawa said he was surprised that more than eight years later G Gundam‘s models were still popular.

OP is an underage troony troll and his thread is shit but thanks for posting these. I love reading about production times inside studios

ImaGODwa couldn't be further from Shitmino