>>23408886
I actually quite like Wing. I have a soft spot for it I don't usually have for AU shows, but I lived in america in that era, and I've been around anime and specifically Gundam fans since then. Wing is the one anime fans vaguely remember because it's the one -everyone- watched as a kid; it's widespread appeal mostly happening because the fujo community was going through puberty with the rest of us, but I have NEVER, in my life, seen a fellow American Gundam fan or anime fan in general actually recommend Wing, not even fujos. If anything, everyone I've ever met remembers it being a bit silly at times, a few will say "it was kinda gay" and the vast majority will struggle to remember any details of the plot but Tallgeese being the coolest suit and Endless Waltz in general because it aired all the time for some reason.
If you speak to an actual American Gundam fan that was around in the Toonami era, 8 times out of ten, they're gonna say 08th, with the difference probably recommending SEED (yes, there are SEEDfags, here.) I've never seen anyone recommend G Gundam, which is weird because everyone I know likes it. That said, it's toys kind of sold like shit, IIRC. There was a hot minute in my youth where G Gundam figures were always in stock everywhere (even places that didn't typically sell a lot of toys, like TJ Maxx) because nobody was buying anything but Shining Gundam or God/Burning Gundam, and no one liked the gold versions. Even Master Gundam was on shelves for awhile.
>>23408972
The problem isn't that they don't like UC, the problem is that Americans generally aren't really that into Gundam or mecha in general, especially American women. That's been changing recently, with WfM and the SEED movie, but Wing was just a lot of right place, right time, right appeal. Mecha anime has always had trouble appealing to western tastes, and the ones that did manage to acquire a fanbase generally had a lot of coomerbait, like Geass.
