Discussion Post: Side-Stories and Other Non-Animated Gundam

[taichara]

From manga to gunpla variations to light novels and everything in between, there is a lot of Gundam material that isn't found in any given main anime series in the franchise.


Which brings us to our new discussion topic:

What do you think of the Gundam 'side' materials?


Do you have a favorite, or least favorite? Do you consider it all canon, or only certain parts -- or maybe only for some Gundam universes and not others -- or does it even matter? Are there side-stories you're interested in but haven't read/seen/watched yet?

Lay it all out here!

Comments

[redsixwing]

AUGH how could I forget Frozen Teardrop.

And Endless Waltz for that matter, sure it's animated and therefore canon but I guess I've never really elevated it out of side-story status mentally. *s*

Ask half a dozen fans what's canon and you'll get at least eight answers. I cherry-pick shamelessly for fanfic purposes, and don't care if anyone else does it too - I just want to know what's canon for a given fanwork.

[taichara]

Have you poked it at all yet? :D?

Hilariously, EW gets to be extra muddied just by sheer virtue of how many versions of it there are now ~~

(hay I wonder whether Glory counts as a side material, a canon revision, or just a thing that's happening? I've heard all three opinions lololol)


*grins*

[redsixwing]

Not really. orz
My job sort of leapt up and ate my face recently. I've been studying kanji like mad, but actually reading things? Haha, no.

Which is even better! Pick'n'choose canon ahoy.

(Oh my gosh, right? I lean toward "canon revision" personally but there's a ton of options out there.)

[taichara]

I hear you on the work thing, yup >.>;;