They are, and they feel the same, good job. It’s not a reboot, but a prequel to the original 1979 series, it should feel like I can watch both of them and not be given the assumption they are not the same timeline. In fact, I like how it follows the original style and doesn’t try to update it by making everybody being out of character for the sake of mass appeal. Well, lucky for me I did, so I don’t mind it much. The characters have a body language that is much more cartoony and hard to get into if you didn’t grow up with 80s cartoons. And it’s not like the Universal Century is that serious as a whole. The casuals are watching everything else, which to the most part is hollow spectacle about selling toys to children and has nothing to do with the original concept of a serious war drama. The thing is, almost nobody cares about the actually good stuff, which is the original universe, or better say the only good universe because it’s the first and the most retro of them all. It’s by far the most famous mecha franchise with countless seasons, toys, games, and manga.
Part of being niche has to do with only the actual fans saying how great it is, not casuals who think whatever mainstream bullshit comes out is the only thing worth watching because it’s popular.And I’m not implying Gundam is unknown to the public. And you know what, I don’t mind how nobody cares about it. Gundam the Origin, one of the few great anime in this awful decade, is one of them. While almost everybody is busy hyping whatever bullshit comes out every season, only to completely forget it in favor of the next bullshit that comes out, the actually good stuff pass under the radar.
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