Normally when choosing what to review here at the Gundam
Anime Corner, I tend to stick to a standard 13-26 episode series or an OVA in
and around the same length (if not shorter).
I usually only tend to do much longer titles (50 episodes or more)
during the summer for my Extended Summer Series.
With my new two review a week schedule
though, I’m now open to potentially doing more with those longer shows if I can
review them fast enough, Macross back in January was kind of a test of the
waters.
I’m always looking ahead to what
I want to watch and share my thoughts with here on the blog and there are much
longer titles I have been dying to get to for years and today I’m gonna share
some ideas on the Top 5 Longer/Future Titles I’m Considering for the Gundam
Anime Corner.
Since 2021’s schedule is
pretty much full and about 80% complete, the earliest we’ll see some of these
options is in 2022…but we will get to them, trust me.
#5-Sailor Moon (The Original Series)
I half joked with a friend at Katsucon about reviewing
this and she reminded me of how long Sailor Moon really is.
This would be my largest undertaking to
date.
Forget back to back Gundam Seed
titles, Sailor Moon is comprised of 5 Seasons (
Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon R,
Sailor Moon S, Sailor Moon Super S and Sailor Moon Sailor Stars) with a
grand total of exactly 200 episodes.
That’s daunting and chances are I would spread this out over the course
of a year like ive done with Slayers and Full Metal Panic.
And I’d also have to track down the entire
series (though I think it’s all on Hulu).
Also, I’m specifying the Original Series because Crystal probably isn’t
done yet.
Theyre doing Sailor Moon Super
S as a two part movie so who knows if they’ll get to Sailor Stars.
POINT IS…Sailor Moon, on this blog, should
have happened ages ago and that needs to change.
#4-Eureka Seven
This ones been sitting on my shelf and I don’t think I’ve
watched it since I bought it.
Eureka
Seven was one of those shows I saw being posted on YouTube in college so I have
seen it all through once.
It’s been
years since then and I’ve often considered maybe making this my Extended Summer
Series Review when there isn’t a Gundam show to look at (more on that in a
second).
Eureka Seven is a pretty unique
mecha title with a love story front and center and featuring giant robots that
surf the skies rather than fly.
Oh and
there’s also aliens and a rebel xtreme sports faction battling an evil empire
or something idk.
I remember this being
fondly remembered and hugely popular so I’ll keep it in the “maybe” list for a
while…along with Samurai Champloo and Ouran High School Host Club, God I’ll
never get to those.
#3-Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
2021 is going to be a pretty big Gundam year.
Year 8 will kick off with Mobile Fighter G
Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans will be our Extended Summer
Series for the year; and we’ll be closing out the year with Zeta and ZZ back to
back.
If ive looked at the list of
Gundam I’ve covered over the years (and I have) that leaves little left to
cover here on the Gundam Anime Corner.
One of those cornerstones is the last of the classic Gundam series I
have never seen: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam.
I was actually hoping to have gotten this series by Christmas for a
surprise review in March…buuuuut one half is lost in the mail and I don’t know
when it will get here.
Still, 2022 could
easily be the year this series joins its Gundam brethren here.
Hell I might even break my every other year
Gundam rule for the Extended Summer Series block and just knock it out Summer
2022…only time will tell.
#2-Fullmetal Alchemist & Fullmetal Alchemist
Brotherhood
Ok, this is most definitely happening.
I recently got ahold of the OG Fullmetal
Alchemist series and I’ve had Brotherhood for ages.
If memory serves, I’ve seen FMA at least twice
and Brotherhood once all the way through.
Well, the time has come to answer the age old Otaku debate: which one do
I like more?
I’m pleased to announce
that I’m penciling this in for 2022 in a way I had originally intended for
Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny.
2022 will be bookended by Fullmetal Alchemist in January 2022 and
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood in December 2022.
This is almost as ambitious as the Sailor Moon
review idea, heck I’d probably watch and review both shows back to back so I
can keep everything fresh.
Wont lie,
been a while since I was this excited about a far off idea.
#1-The Summer of Tenchi (Tenchi Muyo, Tenchi Universe
& Tenchi in Tokyo)
This past Christmas, I was gifted a copy of the complete
Tenchi Universe series.
While on
vacation, I watched the first few episodes and almost cried.
I had no idea how much I loved Tenchi Muyo or
how much I missed it and it made me long for the days of the Summer of 2000
when Toonami ran the first 2 OVA series, Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo
back to back (basically all the Tenchi there was at the time).
So…yeah, why not try to induldge in those
memories again?
This is a prime
candidate for the Extended Summer Series block: All three Tenchi shows that
we’re shown on Toonami.
Yes I know, it’s
three separate shows but hey I did Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited
Blade Works back to back for an ESS a couple of years back.
Who knows, maybe I’ll cry a bit more
revisiting these old memories of the luckiest bachelor in the galaxy with the
Harem Anime that defined Harem Anime.
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