Gundam Wing

[Leonardo322]

Did anyone watch this when it aired on US television? I thought it was pretty sweet. I wonder why nobody is showing it now. I checked Hulu and I can't find it. Epion was the main attraction when I was watching, well other than Wing Zero.

[TheCanadiandrome]

maybe some day it'll be added to Crunchyroll

[ssjup81]

Gundam Wing is definitely one of my all-time favorite Japanese animated series, despite its simple plot. I know other fans of the Gundam series regard Wing as one of the weaker ones.

I own the entire series on DVD and at least once a year, I just sit and binge watch it. Unfortunately, I left my copies stateside, so if I get into that mood, I have to resort to streaming them online and know of a place to do so. Not sure if there's an English dub of it, though. Personally, there are some things I prefer for the dub...not many, and some things I prefer for the Japanese version, like Hiro. Seriously, he was so monotone and dead and emotionless for the dub. Pretty different, imo, for the original. His voice was more emotion-filled in his voice actor's delivery.

[Raven]

I remember when this first aired on cartoon network during their toonami hour with Dragon Ball Z. Gundam Wing blew my mind, after catching this I threw myself into the other versions finding each one having a differing degree of quality. Nothing still beats Gundam 079 but Gundam Wing is in my top 5.

GW had a great story to boot, characters that were allowed to fail or die. That first mission were they were set up to destroy that plain (I don't recall the exact details) and ended up killing the wrong people really set the stage, espically when Heero destroys his Gundam.



Also the detail for every mech was awesome! I spent hours trying to draw like this.

[Cure]

Wing is cool. Seed is better.

[Bry]

I loved this show back in high school. I watched the English dub on (I believe?) YTV, and later bought the first few DVDs when they were released... but this was back when anime series were released one disc of a handful of episodes at a time, and they weren't cheap, so I couldn't collect the whole series.

I definitely had a bunch of the model kits, too. Man. Nostalgia overdrive.

The plots and writing felt a lot more... "serious", I guess, than what I was used to? I couldn't tell you if it holds up, but it was one of those game-changer series for me. I mean, it was a show about giant fighting robots, but the way it handled politics, casualties of war, and genuine personal consequences made it feel so much bigger in scope than I expected. And I know it's not the most impressive story in that regard, but it's the one that broadened my horizons a bit.

And the intro sequence was awesome:



I hadn't thought about this show in a while, but now I feel like revisiting it. Anyone know if it's available on DVD or to stream anywhere?

[TheCanadiandrome]

yeah YTV had this and DB and DBZ all English dubs back in the day