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>Actually I'm curious. Does Tomino have a take on AU gundams or even some of the UC side story OVAs? Has he ever talked about his opinion on them in interviews? I wonder if he watches Gundam.
When asked about UC stories and OVAs, Tomino said that all UC Gundam stories that he was not directly involved in creating are simply "borrowing" his Gundam title. He does not personally consider them part of the Gundam universe in his mind.
Tomino has praised both G Gundam and Wing Gundam for being completely unique and using brand new Gundam stories. .
He did not like Gundam Unicorn or Gundam Narrative. He scolded writer Fukui for retreading his old work works and ideas.
He said Hathaway's Flash looks cinematic and has good animation quality. But he feels the story is too dark, depressing, and has nothing to do with modern politics. So he very surprised Bandai wanted to animate it.
After Fukuda (Director of Gundam Seed) met with Tomino to discuss his upcoming Gundam seed anime, he told Tomino all about it. Tomino generally gave his blessing to Gundam Seed. He told Fukuda to stand up for himself, and not to let Bandai push him around. That Fukuda needs to the story he wants to tell without interference from Bandai and others.
Tomino recently watched the Gundam Seed Freedom Movie with Fukuda, and praised it a lot.
Tomino is not a fan of any anime that "trivializes war and combat" or turns them into games. Specifically mentioning things like Kan Colle (cute boat anime) and Girls Und Panzer (cute tank anime) as examples of things he dislikes. He says war is not supposed to be cool or cute. It deludes people's minds. He hasn't commented directly, but that probably means Tomino would hate Gunpla Build Divers or Build Fighters. It turns war into games.
Tomino hates when Gundam stories recreate what he's already done. So he would despise Gquux if I had to guess. They are just redoing Mobile Suit Gundam but with added cute girls.
