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>but that was just how anime was made during that time
its not necessarily due to ads or intended padding, they just couldn't make everything look good back then and needed to have episodes with nothing to put time into good scenes elsewhere. Then there's adapting manga into anime - they have to put all that dialogue in somehow. Combine the two and you get static talking.
>I am not saying you're wrong
It's not that I disliked the episode or that it was filler content - the scenes still had meaning , it just felt very slow even for wing standards. Feels like directing style more than results of being forced into a certan episode count
>new fans
Obviously a shorter series will look more appealing to try out, I doubt it's the case for gundam though - seems to me people just jump into the series to see what's all the hype about and why the word "gundam" has been a thing for so many years everytime a new entry into the franchise is made.