squints

…eh, close enough.

waits patiently* for wider distribution

*not really all that patiently

I resemble that remark.

I make it easy for people.

“Start at the beginning and watch in production order. A bunch of stuff happens between/during those early entries but it’s all essentially retcon, save it for when you have the context. It’ll be more impactful.”

But it’s so olllllllllllld I can’t watch this!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That’s my advice, do what you want with it.

slice of life, feel good

Gundam

Gundam doesn’t really fit those descriptors at all 😅 But… there is the Build Fighters series, which takes place in near-future real-world. It focuses on fans of Gundam model kits, and technology that scans the kits and lets them battle. It’s not slice of life, but it’s (mostly) kids and low-stakes conflict revolving around competition.

Opinions vary on which entries are the strongest or weakest, but IMO the first entry (Build Fighters) is fantastic, and really nails the whole fan enthusiasm feel. A lot of the references are going to be lost on people who aren’t already fans of the franchise, but it executes on the shonen format well enough to stand on its own.

The curse of Fëanor runs long

It’s fairly perfect. Can’t take credit though, I’m but a simple meme hoarder.

I’m dead.

Nyaight

begrudging upvote

Not PlayStation locked

Is this the series with the gacha/lootbox nonsense? Or was that New Gundam Breaker/something else entirely?

Somewhat. It was nowhere to be found for quite awhile, and I figured it was lost to time. Then a few years ago my fiancé finally got into Nightwish so I did a search and there it was. Multiple versions are still up, so I’m hoping it stays that way.

The year is After Colony 195. With high expectations, human beings leave Earth to begin a new life in space colonies. However, the United Earth Sphere Alliance gains great military powers, and soon seizes control of one colony after another in the name of Justice and Peace.

I am now the pilot of a Leo.

Look what killed Prime in the animated movie.

Yeah, it’s the little purple gun:

It’s always imprecise at best when doing cross-universe comparisons, but there’s just a massive amount of difference in firepower, armor, and scale. There’s no contest IMO.

Engineer Guy went years between books uploads. I had to do a double take when he came up in my feed a few months ago.