Give me the rundown on why amaim failed? I want to get into this for the model kits, but havent watched a single episode

>>23353978 (OP)
you'll understand why it failed if you do start watching it

>>23353978 (OP)
the background of the story is bat shit
countries is not going to battle or war with japan if japan is -1 population growth, the weebs would just fill all the voids like right now

watch it and find out

>>23353978 (OP)
>Please form my opinion for me!
No. Watch something for yourself and then YOU tell US why it was a failure. Do not crowdsource your opinions.

>>23353978 (OP)
>for the model kits
Because you bought and/or saw them at very low prices compared to other plastic models?

Honestly, after watching it, it's lukewarm at best, very boring at worst. Leaves absolutely no lasting impression aside from it's own failure impact on it's lack of merch sales and being the cause of the death of Sunrise Beyond.

>>23353978 (OP)
Much like something like Argevollen or Comet Lucifer it's a show that exists, if you watch it you will have trouble remembering it.

>>23354037
Try and stop me, fatass.

>>23354072
>95% off

Jesus, that's depressing.
Especially considering they're good kits from what I remember. I'm surprised more people don't just buy them because of how they look and the kit quality, like 30mm or something.
I couldn't help myself grabbing a Jo Hound and Brady Fox G.

>Spoiler.
I think that's a good way to put it. Felt pretty much the same way on my watch.

>>23354170
Honestly I remember Argevollen more often than I do Amaim. Argevollen had better characters and a better story. But Amaim is memorable just for being primarily 2d mecha animation outside of a few shots.

>>23354503
You can have a well made kit that people don't buy because they have no attachment to it.

>>23353978 (OP)
Pretty much the Ukraine War. This anime had hilarious bad timing and even the maker felt embarassed. Also most people found the mecha ugly. Nice for kit bashing epexially if you can get them at 50 percent off.

>>23354540
That's why I don't buy 30mm kits or anything else that isn't attached to a media project. I want something where I'm invested in the story, not just "Wow, cool robot!"

>>23354902
>not just "Wow, cool robot!"
Fuck off tourist.

>>23355029
Does that mean you automatically bought into AMAIM?

>>23353978 (OP)
>not gundam
>not even macross
HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY FAIL???

>>23355069
I don't see any cool robots here

>Studio that was supposed to make mech anime in 2D exclusively gets shutdown due to how awful AMAIM was
Was the studio responsible for Build Divers?

>>23355184
No, Build Divers was by Sunrise's "studio 3" team. AMAIM (and Build Divers Re:Rise) is by Sunrise Beyond team, which was the name for Xebec after it was absorbed into Sunrise. After AMAIM they apparently had been assigned some work relating to IBO recap special edition and urdr hunt smartphone thing, but was shut down and probably had assets and staff redistributed to the rest of Sunrise, IIRC their projects were shifted to Sunrise studio 3.

>>23353978 (OP)
>story is paper-thin, and while it's actually somewhat ahead of its time when it came to countries getting invaded or (threatened with invasion) for no reason it has nothing interesting to say on the subject
>the main trio just aren't good, and clearly weren't designed with real character arcs in mind
>oddly juvenile despite the political concept, to the point you question why they didn't just do a super robot show
>questionable decisions with the kit line - the Figure-Rise Shion seems to have been a big shelf-warmer since she's not nearly a character appealing enough to grab as a model kit (a lesson they learned for G-Witch given Chuchu took a bit to get a kit), and the second season saw almost no truly new kits, to the point the American army's one robot ended up with five damn variants on the mold

>>23355215
God, I hate the look of those.
It's like an Aries for the "Modern Audience".

>>23355229
I mean I didn't want to say it but yeah they also gave the most molds to the lamest-looking grunt suit

>>23355259
I'm bummed the Russian grunt didn't get a kit.

>>23355229
Stop calling decades old stuff "modern".

>>23355283
>designed in 2021
>"decades old stuff"

because the whole crazy concept of japan against the world is given up after a few minutes by making an autonomous robot the bad guy

stupid, honeyed and cowardly written

I imagine it's failure mostly comes from the fact that had the merchandise backing of a mainstream Gundam series.
Sunrise does these less popular mecca related series every once in a while, But they usually play a pretty safe.
This time they were just hoping it was cell plastic the same way a Gundam series does for some reason. Not sure why they would assume that. From what I remember, even when Code Geass was new they were pretty frugal with toy and kit releases.
This series got nearly as many kits as the IBO line right off the bat.

>>23355348
They clearly had ambitions to make this a longer running series, aside from all kots the it got a manga and an ONA side story. The ONA even got a couple kits.

>>23353978 (OP)
Honestly, Banrise should do something about their non-Gundam aesthetic lol. Everything look generic, ugly and have 0 personality. Synduality is the biggest offender.

>>23355551

>Everything look generic, ugly and have 0 personality.

Then what do you think of their non-Gundam military-themed mecha works like Fang of the Sun Dougram, Combat Mecha Xabungle, Holy Warrior/Aura Battler Dunbine, Armored Trooper VOTOMS, Galactic Drifter Vifam, Armored World/Panzer World Galient, Heavy Fighting Machine/Heavy Metal L-Gaim, Blue Comet SPT Layzner, and Metal Armor Dragonar?

>>23355551
>>23355649

>Synduality is the biggest offender.

You can say many things about Synduality that I can understand but what was wrong with its aesthetic?

>>23355649
Most of those are literally obscure shit that only gundamtards remember fondly. Except Votoms, which had some of the best ultilitarian designs.

>>23355654

Then what about Code Geass and Cross Ange's designs? I didn't bring them up in >>23355649 because they weren't "military-themed" (I used that term because "Real Robot" really didn't fit the anime I mentioned beforehand)?

>>23354527
Argevollen was definitely the better show. It's a shame it got no merchandise because that's one thing that kept a lot of otherwise forgettable 80s and 90s shows alive.

argevollen was ugly but far better than every post 2005 Sunrise mecha show

>>23355656
I watched the original Code Geass. Dogshit all around. Tried Roze, same experience.

>>23354170
>Comet Lucifer
Jesus, I watched this and I literally remember nothing about it.
The only reason I know I did because I googled it annd recognized the dude with the red haired dude with the frilly shirt from promo images.
Scary, it's not even that old, must've been astoundingly forgettable.

>>23356235
There are alot of /m/ shows that exist but no one give a shit. Argento Soma, Simoun ( if you want to see women transforms into men ), Concrete Revolutio, Gatchaman Crowds. You name it.

>>23356235

The only things i remember from Comet Lucifer was the rival's hot rod, Muh Domon, and baguette shotguns. It was okay.

>>23356242
Gatchaman Crowds I kinda remember because it had somewhat distinct visual style at least. No idea what the story was about though, something something social media.

>>23355259
I can't look at this and not think that the feet are on backwards

>>23356258
The only thing memmorable about Crowds was the femboy protagonist that everyone wants to fuck. Other than that, one of the driest mecha show i have ever seen.

Talk about obscure /m/, this would be the final boss.

>>23356258
>No idea what the story was about though
The plot is anti-4chan.

>>23356242
Fuck you only Crowds is shit out of that selection
https://youtu.be/SyfT6vv73Tk?list=RDSyfT6vv73Tk

But amaim was total ass, nothing about the story is interesting at all in the few episodes i watched

>>23356235
Bread grenades.

>>23356242
I liked Argento Soma, watching a dude screech at a big guy for killing his girlfriend while the thing doesn't even notice him is gold, the headless pilotable alien corpses were memorable if nothing else. Also astronauts.

>>23356258
I only remember Crowds for the gigantic tits.

Just sorta really generic. Like, the most bog standard mecha show in spite of its premise. Cool model kits though.

The only good thing about this was Brady Ghost

>>23356258
Crowds S1 is a masterpiece. Crowds S2 is a bit of a mess.

>>23356270
could be worse

>>23353978 (OP)
The show just fucking sucked. Also half the designs really aren't appealing.

>>23356277
The only thing I remember about it was the saya no uta ripoff girl who I wanted to fuck.
>the trap
captcha gayd8