The INSANE Story Of Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans Season 1

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[@Zeramos_]

It is barb a tos. As in barb a toes. Not Protoss

[@MrArlong33]

Great video! Thank you for indulging the fans :)

[@StrifeA217]

I have to admit this has been my favorite Gundam even if it's not connected to anything else.

[@dsan17]

I still love the lack of beam weapons (due to the type of armor they had beams were useless), the clanking of metal, how they constantly go for the cockpit, or the person out of the suit.

[@cartho1103]

Something to note about the nanolaminate armor. It was developed to be dirt cheap and is painted onto every mobile suit. One of the defining features of IBO is the lack of beam weapons, and that's because of this paint.

[@emochipmonk]

I kind of love that. My favorite gundam is MR BEAM SPAM ITS SELF The Strike Freedom so IBO is a nice and refreshing change of pace. And the barbatos is my favorite beside the SF.

[@kipicbloud]

My friends and I were doing nerd things and death battling our favorite Gunpla kits. My brother was Barbotos and my friend was Wing Zero Custom. Neither had seen IBO, so when arguing about the beam rifles of WZC, I mentioned the lanolaminate armor and shared a clip of the mobile armor battle. The awestruck silence afterward was priceless.

[@nachonachoman]

Another aspect that was good was they actually used the capital ships creatively. In most Gundams, the ships are basically transports for gundams, hostages during a flight, and a viper's nest of drama and place for the Captain to slap Gundam pilots around. Literally in Bright's case

[@IcarusMundi]

If you put ten layers of Nano on your MS, you would be borderline Gundamframingz

[@collecter343]

First Gundam show I watched as it was being released, holds a special place in my heart.

[@Charlie-fk4ly]

Same here, but it was also the first anime I ever watched to completion.

[@Zerato]

Well let me tell you guys watch just about any Gundam series outside seed (not counting stargazer that shit is a banger) and build divers and you'll have a new game

[@Blackatchaproduction]

the whole show was feels

[@broodo1]

All I can say is that when Biscuit died, Tekkedan went into full hate filled rage where retribution was gallons of blood for ever ounce they lost.

[@rufftaku275]

Kinda reminds me of lord of the flies

[@gurugurumawaru7869]

Yup. When Biscuit died, Tekkadan's fate is basically sealed. He was the voice of reason amongst the rage-fueled kids.

[@drubailey9796]

No bs biscuit dying was when Tekkedan realized “no one was gonna save them”

[@fluffywolfo3663]

If Orga is Kamina (and he totally is. You can’t unsee that shit) and Mika is Simon… Then Biscuit is also Simon. Or at least he’s Simon’s self-preservation and planning, saving Kamina in situations where bravado just doesn’t cut it, coming up with plans (like immobilizing the Dai-Gunzan). It’s not as impressive, but you need that kinda moderating influence. Biscuit’s death is the death of that kind of moderation. Trapping Mikazuki, Orga, and tekkadan as a whole in a state where they make worse decisions, they don’t grow, and there’s no “ORE WA SHIMON DA” moment.

[@PlumpyFrunkis]

@@fluffywolfo3663 I'd say Biscuit symbolized idealism among them, and it sadly died with him.

[@LonggoBonggo]

I love mikazuki, he may not seem like a major factor outside of combat, but he's the perfect embodiment of what human debris are and the very symbol of power for tekkadan. We see how much he keeps pushing tekkadan to move forward, and how much of a beast he becomes.

[@cartho1103]

Mika's 1v3 against Carta and her goons was the most satisfying fight in any anime for me

[@danielramsey6141]

Damn Right! That Fight showed that she had Pure Piloting Skill over Power!

[@VoltMagnum]

but but what about iok getting scissored

[@ReigoVassal]

@@VoltMagnum they say "fight". Not execution.

[@ReigoVassal]

Same. It's just so satisfying to see someone so arrogant and classist get what she deserves. She ask for "fair fight" right now after what she does? Hell no. Mikazuki is enough, or rather too overpowered and unfair to her. But she saw that coming after what she did.

[@s0meRand0m129]

@@ReigoVassal it is more a fight between the civilise and the barbaric

[@wumbojet]

IBO is such a great series, I've never understood why people say the second season gets worse when it's just the logical conclusion of the horrible conditions and decisions that got them to that point. The way the second season develops from the ending of the first one is excellent.

[@bahamutduo]

IBO lives by "No crime goes unpunished." Mika and Orga committed their crimes during their coup of the CGS, it just took a long time for the costs to be paid.

[@DSoulA3]

Yeah they flew WAY to close to the sun. Accepting any job with their head held high. Being well aware tekkadan are the "villians" during season 2 does not make me love the group any less. All they wanted was to end their days of fighting in any way they can. Even mikazuki said they they already found their place of peace. Atleast he left happy.

[@seb24789]

They're stupid kids making stupid kid decisions and it comes back to bite them. Is that bleak and harsh? Yes, but that's they tone they were going for.

[@stickygod3427]

Big facts

[@parkermaisterra8532]

It’s probably because they see the main characters suffer and how a certain character has a ton of plot armor despite being a dumbass

[@anthonyjordanmoviesandmore2470]

This is a hard one to get through but it's well worth For me I finished this series at a very rough time in life one friend had just passed away in another was on his deathbed So the feelings of grief and loss that this show was tapping into I was experiencing in real time This one will always have a special place in my heart because of that

[@jonathandoherty9082]

IBO is unironically my favorite anime series. The sound design, the gundam/Mech designs, the characters, the way they completely flip the positions of the protagonists and antagonists by the end if the series without making it to obvious what is happening. It's so damn good. I've collected every Metal Robot Spirits IBO gundams so far and will continue to

[@White_Wookey]

Thank goodness someone is covering this gem of mechas, feels like a typhoon of steel when you’re watching it, well done lad.

[@therestingmitchface6241]

IBO was the main series that got me into Gundam. It’s easily my favorite series, and every time I watch a different series, I can’t help but compare it. My coworker was kinda into Gundam but hadn’t watched anything. I recommended it, and now he’s fully obsessed with the model kits as well

[@MKmaki6094]

Same, it's what made me return to Gundam after my childhood. Loved the grit, style, and themes of it, probably why Barabtos remains my favorite Gundam despite the memes

[@LanEXHikari]

It made so much sense that you split the video, it also helps as IBO is quite taxing emotionally. Thanks for the flashbacks!

[@PainCausingSamurai]

I didn't watch IBO until around 2020, but it is what brought me back into being a Gundam fan. It's not without flaws, but it hit like no other series.

[@kamilazman2943]

better than 00?

[@PainCausingSamurai]

@kamilazman2943 I haven't had the chance to watch 00 yet, though I like it's mech designs.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Get outta here, you punner!😂

[@WhoisThatGuy-]

Ok the 72 Gundam frames, maybe its just me,but i really like this small fact that the number is believable, y'know? What i mean is usually in these cases,where you have a limited number of a special object or thing,the number is either overblown,like a 100 or 200 to the point where you think "If you can make THAT many they can't be that special" or if the number is too small like 10 or 7 you'd question how Tekkaden can manage to get their hands on 1,let alone 3 by the end, but 72 seems big enough to be believable when they get their hands on one and small enough to not diminish their special status Though i also know the number is in reference to The Key of Soloman so the number still makes sense

[@PaszerDye]

It's not a reference though, at least in the strict sense of the word. For example; at the very beginning of One Piece, Luffy emerges from a barrel in a manner similar to one scene from Vicke the Viking, an old multinational anime that Oda used to watch as a kid. And a lot of the characters are named after real historical pirates and nautical terms too. That be how references do; no direct bearing on the narrative, but making a call back to some other account, fiction or non-fiction, that bear the specific influence of such. In the case of IBO, the Lesser Key of Solomon is an actual thing that exists in the setting's history and largely resembles its real world counterpart, almost as if it's a distant future offshoot from ours like how Gundam 00 is supposedly set in our Anno Domini timeline. The gundams are named after them becuase like their namesake demons, you incrementally/wholesale sell your soul in order to gain the power of the machine. Thank you for listening to my TED talk.

[@Ramsey276one]

Gundam Furfur WHEN? XD

[@paradoxwraith5275]

72 pretty much just because they were running the theme of the 72 demon pillars.

[@CDV007]

Gundam Paimon WHEN?

[@jessfarinas1842]

The cool thing too about the 72 Gundam Frames are, each one of them is unique. Some attributes may overlap on the design, but technically they are 1:1. The parts the 72 have in common are the Frame and the dual Ahab reactors that the units are equipped with. But the armaments and specialty of each Gundam varies. Example: Gundam Flauros (appeared on S2 of the show sorry for the spoiler) - the unit was basically made as an artillery platform capable of shooting Dainsleif (Mentioned at the start of the vid, but basically a rail gun.). Gundam Dantalion (appeard on a side story) - this unit was meant to be a 1 man army unit. Armed with additional armor that could transform to arms and legs. (There's a vid here on youtube on what it looks like, footage was from SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays.) If I got some info wrong just correct me.

[@Phil1_427]

love IBO, great vid you know its good when you dont just have people die but can easily come up with your top 10 saddest deaths for a show

[@itsdantaylor]

0:33 Kids die the anime........that's accurate. If you want 'Kids Die the Movie' watch the Space Runaway Ideon movie, made by one of the creators of gundam. (in all honesty Space Runaway Ideon is in its entirety a eldritch horror disguised as a super robot show). No joke a kid, 'literally like a 5 year old' gets decapitated by a flying piece of debris and that just HAPPENS in the background.

[@seanrizzle]

I'll never forget when Mikazuki pops out of the ground and that music hits... impeccable...

[@riverofpower5659]

I didn't know about the Gundams being named after the 72 demons. That's sick AF. Can't wait for part two, IBO was truly one of my favorite Gundam series!

[@leonxmontana4258]

I've watched IBO a dozen times but still appreciate your summary of the story. Thanks for spot lighting IBO, more people need to see it and appreciate it. Great video. Thanks for all the effort you put into it.

[@Holesale00]

man im sitting here watching this and tearing up all over again the biscuit thing hit hard and still does.

[@crocodilegamingtv1178]

IBO is a Greek tragedy. The characters were doomed from the very beginning. However, unlike a real Greek tragedy, where Gods are dooming the main characters, in IBO institutions are the ones doing the dooming. The paramilitary groups, the pirates, the goverments, the underground crime world... all these institutions have already determine the fate of these characters. People that criticized S2 don't understand that one of the fundamental aspect of a Greek tragedy is the Rise and Fall" of the hero. S2 had Tekkadan at its highest point from when they started. They had the most money, most influence, most connections. But, at the end of the day, they were doomed.

[@nachonachoman]

It's not modeled after a Greek tragedy but an Asian one. The director said it mirrors the take of the Shinsengumi, "a tale of destruction."

[@tiredspudguy6835]

Even though 00 was my first Gundam series, from the very first episode of IBO, I knew this show was my favorite series of all time. Everything is just... incredible. From the writing all the way to the music, all of it absolutely slaps.

[@dantechu9051]

Definitely my favorite gundam series, fucking Barbatos is just fucking barbaric no gundam has ever fight like Barbatos did

[@bryanmerel]

Most other gundams from other franchice are portrayed like a Deus Ex Machina or a Mechanical Angel on the Battle Field as if they where there to bring salvation. IBO's Gundam Frames make good of their demonic namesake, fighting more in a Savage and Visceral manner like a True Demon. This Gundams aint no Devine Gods and Angels and shiz. They bring no Salvation, only Blood and Carnage.

[@montesoul]

The tragic thing about this show is that they ACCOMPLISHED their goal by the end of the FIRST season. Orga could've lifted them all out of that environment. Could've been a cool paramilitary group that stayed out the way. But then he wanted to play Mars Kingpin with the adults and his family got massacred lol

[@Treygatron]

Dude, right? They didn't know any different, to the point, that they didn't even seriously think that was an option. They thought they'd made it in the second season. The whole thing is just kids that never knew better.

[@Danboo21531]

Biscuit not being there is exactly why it ended up like that

[@bryanmerel]

Finally someone gets half of the message. IBO is a precautionary tale. Die early as a Hero, or live long enough to see your self be the Villain. I also do agree that they did swayed with their original goal and they paid it with blood. It being tragic has made the message of the show leave a more permanent mark.

[@sdbzfan1]

but they still had to fight, season 2's ending most of them quit fighting by the end of the cast dying and most importantly, life didnt actually get better for the world until season 2 ended, with the end of Tekkadan, human debre was finally abolished and no more child soldiers

[@LoneWolfInsane]

Dude season 2 literally started with them being attacked by a group tied to gallahorn. No mater what they did gallahorn would have continually tried to destroy them.

[@jessekainordwall]

Thanks for making this video for what is my personal favorite Gundam series :) Look forward to watching the season 2 video

[@TheCreepypro]

as a fan of gundam who has not seen this show this has now shot way up on my to watch list, this honestly sounds amazing and I can't wait to watch it

[@diallo1347]

I was a long time gundam fan who came late to this show. It is well worth it, and now in my top 3 Gundam series.

[@emochipmonk]

Its the one i recommend to anyone that dosnt want to get in to any complicated timeline and wants to watch somthing relativly modern. Its my favorite mecha anime and the barbatos (and its upgrades) is my favorite gundam only slightly beating the strike freedom.

[@adamadeyinka5753]

More or less my first entry intro gundam I loved it

[@grahamjl766]

I get the sense that IBO is this generation's Gundam Wing.

[@sasuto1995]

God damn I love watching bonsai cover anything Gundam. Some of my all time favorite videos, glad to have two more

[@KeonVioletWilkins]

IBO is the definition of F around and find out in anime. The first Gundam that was new after I had caught up to the franchise during Build Fighters and dropping G-Reco. The week to week experience with this show was insane. Absolutely the shining gem of the modern Gundam Age (pun intended)

[@KeithFuller-t4l]

Phenomenal can't wait for part 2 you guys are hands down my favorite KZbinrs that talk about anime

[@B0ULLIE]

Big thanks to my bro Reid for getting me into this one years ago. The song that plays when Mikazuki fights Carta still lives rent-free in my mind.

[@NakedSnake1]

Been watching your videos for years, and you guys have got me into gundam back with your how to get into gundam video and I’ve seen so much shit now it’s appreciated guys

[@darionstrugs]

Thank you for making this video! IBO is slowly but surely getting the respect it deserves!!!

[@londobellace]

A fantastic video for a fantastic anime. I only have one note about Carta's last fight. When Mikazuki is wrecking those mecha, the ice melts on Barbatos face so that it looks like tears. A lot of people think that Barbatos was crying in Mikazuki's stead. I bet you cut that bit out for time and knew about it anyway. I'm looking forward to your coverage of season 2 and the fates of the two Gjallahorn characters who must not be named.

[@itsdantaylor]

I have to say IBO is probably my most recent fave mecha series. Some people didn't like how it ended but I did appreciate that ultimately while Tekkadan were the focus, they weren't the 'heroes' of their own story. They don't get to just 'win' or 'be right' because they are the focus, which not a lot of shonen shows do.

[@drjcup3228]

I watched IBO at least twice, but I didnt realize that the red stripe on the CGS uniforms specifically noted the human debris members.

[@Bryancook402]

I love this man, been waiting for someone to make a great video about this series and I’m glad it’s you!

[@sigmar2331]

Gundam Space Africa edition

[@Terry.sd_Whittle]

I want to argue. Yet, I can see where you'd get that.

[@sigmar2331]

@@Terry.sd_Whittle I think it's gigguk who said this before.

[@rlsora4629]

@@sigmar2331 it was gigguk

[@thelegendofner0]

F gigguk

[@diamondhamster4320]

@@thelegendofner0 Why tough??? He is the most harmless Moist"Milquetoast Takes Only"Critikal of AniTubers.

[@kyluki9962]

Love to see you guys covering one of my favourite series. I give this one a rewatch at least once a year.

[@carterwells3491]

I’ve been waiting for a series breakdown of this show ever since the first season dropped. I’m just happy to see how beloved it is

[@turnttaco7661]

The Build-A-Bear scene in season 2 broke me

[@nathanscott3339]

Loved the breakdown. I watched s1 as it came out and never got to s2. I really do need to fix that. And I agree entirely about the conclusion regarding the mace/spear thing that Barbatos uses. One of the things that I loved about IBO was how it made mobile suits in general a LOT more sturdy than they are in a lot of the other shows, where being grazed by a beam weapon causes them all to explode like they are rigged to blow. A beam weapon firing and snuffing like 50 mobile suits in an instant is literally one of my least favorite things about the entire franchise (obviously, the times when those massive weapons are meant to be horrifying plot device super weapons instead of standard armaments get a pass). It makes every mobile suit fight so much more interesting as the machines get battered and turned to scrap instead of just blowing up in a "clean" death. And of course this works so well with the general theme of the show where there are no clean deaths. These deaths are meant to hurt and be terrible.

[@bryanmerel]

Just like how real war deaths plays out.

[@JoshuaHenelyThornhill]

Wasn’t expecting a IBO video especially a 50min+ video nonetheless! Thank you so much because IBO was one of my first array in giant robots fighting about politics. I absolutely love the story beginning to end.

[@aravind.r9621]

OMG !!!! the ending still haunts me !!! Top tier anime 😊

[@madmachanicest9955]

Nothing in Gundam will ever be as badass as the final battle of Barbados. They failed to kill him with the rods of God.

[@bryanmerel]

​@@madmachanicest9955Mikazuki embodies the Stoic Norse Epic hero archetype. "Killed, BUT NEVER DEFEATED."

[@ProtoAlpha]

​@@bryanmerel It would be so cool if they rebuilt the Barbatos and Gusion with AV type E with Mika's and (Space Gut's) brain.

[@Kennyselman]

IBO is my favorite, since its the first series since any of the true Universal Century Gundams written by Kill em all Tamino that actually goes into the real costs of war, the people affected by it, and shows just how brutal it is. Plus, Child Soldiers being deconstructed as a trope and how it utterlly messes up not only the kids themselves, but the societies of soldiers and how armies fight? This is done right. Also, may hate him, but McGillis? Absolutely right, but an ABSOLUTE shitheel.

[@monkey238]

Gundam is such a difficult thing to get into for some people, love that these guys dip their toes in for the aspiring mech nerd

[@RinVindor101]

Genuinely glad you guys got around to Iron-Blooded Orphans.

[@steved3737]

You definitely need to remember to talk about one of Season 1's best side characters that you missed here (I know, there's a lot), Akihiro aka Space Guts.

[@leegish6984]

My old boss said it best IBO is an inversion of Gundam. The other main pilots used violence as a last resort. Meanwhile, Tekkaden charges in before any diplomatic solutions.

[@isdclarke]

Great video as always! Stoked for the next one!

[@CEOofBoneitis]

I don’t get how anyone thinks anything from Seed is better than IBO

[@bryanmerel]

I mean, the fansevice is good...and the op is a banger...but yeah.

[@henryfleischer404]

@@bryanmerel Is the fanservice good in SEED though? I don't remember it being particularly good, aside from one or two shots.

[@bryanmerel]

@@henryfleischer404 i mean...jiggle physics

[@henryfleischer404]

@@bryanmerel I honestly forgot about that. And I suppose that's good fanservice too- it's sexy, but does not get in the way.

[@Cedeno7]

Because it is Seed is peak.

[@JoeskiX0451]

Lord of the flies the anime. It all goes to shit when the fat kid dies.

[@algomi9280]

Oh shet, its like that saying. "It doesn't end until the fat lady Sings"

[@diallo1347]

Piggy = Biscuit

[@vos651]

The series that made me a gundam fan still is my favorite gundam series

[@andrewgross7563]

Very well produced, the episode cuts were super relevant.

[@noanfour]

thank you it is one of my favorite anime and 1 hour video is something i did not know I needed

[@noanfour]

I watched it 3 times both seasons too

[@jaceclassay4589]

10:08 what makes the paint so effective is that the radiation from the ahab reactor interact with the paint "harding" also defusing and defecting beam weapons. That's why they do glorious melee combat and shoot with kinetic weapons(bullets)

[@mikeress1784]

Awesomesauce as always bonsai pop!!!!! Can’t wait for season 2 video

[@mortalkombatpro]

another amazing video bonsai pop, thank you for making a vid on one of my fav gundam series

[@rinsimyaldee1]

I love these videos, I may not always be into the topic but the writing, the tone, the editing etc are always on point. Just good times chatting about cool stuff by people who clearly love and appreciate what theyre talking about, feels like hanging with a buddy. Thanks :)

[@DiegoPagliarecci]

I loved this serie. Great video as always.

[@SuP3rSPEED]

Hell yea, dood! Sick vid.

[@checharles5649]

I just saying i love when you guys make long videos keep it up.

[@JoaoVicentCam]

next week ... i can wait that long for one of my favourite pieces of media of al time...

[@sammyreyes4270]

great video bro! IBO is one of my favorites!

[@joeystylzpoppin]

The biscuit moment was one of the first times I cried in Anime... I mean not only was he the voice of reason but had he listened to himself he could've tried to find a way to make it back to his sisters and he sacrificed that like fuck it... I got to help fulfill my brother's dream... such a beautiful way to end such a great character and it made clear where the gang would end particularly the leaders without their voice of reason

[@Galloglaoch]

I've been a Gundam admirer for years but enver really invsted untill I watched IBO. After that I watched all of the original series, Char's counter attack, Hathaway, Thunderbolt and Unicorn and I've been in love. Will eventually watch more from the series too (so far trying to stick to original timeline with few exceptions since IBO started it for me so there will be spin-offs xD). But yeah I love that anime. It's great! I can't remember when was the last time I ha dso much fun despite all my favourite characters slowly but surely dying. It's incredible! And the story is top notch. Add that most of the deaths I don't think are BS but come from consequences and believable paths leading to them. Hell I even felt sory for Carta, she ultimately didn't really deserve it, she was pretty much an innocent child that had no idea what seh was doing ...a nepo baby. Anyway can't wait for the second part. I utterly love season 2. Never have things going worng been so fair and interesting in anime. I'm still angry for my boy Shino (you better mention Shino for the second part. He's not that important I guess but still, he operates a Gundam he deserves a shoutout, especially for the infuriating way he died). Despite the less beleivable ways some of the Gjallahorn named characters end up surviving things they shouldn't the second season was still pretty awesome I think. I love the whole show, what can I say.

[@icesleeping-d5s]

WOOOOOOO!! Had a hankering for big Mechs today as I clean, very happy to check out part 2 next week dudes! Gonna go Finally Get Into Gundam!

[@julz8175]

Hell yeahhh longer video on part 2, this is hands down my number one series after wing , but I'm not ready to see the deaths in 2

[@Mushu2801]

I'm trying to get up to date with all Gundam series, currently on OO and I promised a friend that I would watch seed destiny after but now I may not longer keep that promise and move to iron blooded orphans. Didn't expect it to be this dark even for a Gundam series.

[@bryanmerel]

There's really no harm if yoy chose to but you can skip "Reconguista in G" and "the Witch From Mercury" if you want. ._.

[@Jodipo]

Let's go!!! The first Gundam I watched, loved it.

[@bryanmerel]

Wait, this is your first gundam? Ooh boi, thats like trying to get to Ultraman and choosing to start with Nexus. ._.

[@hikupptheoverthinker]

I love this show, but good lord it breaks me every time. I cried in season 1 for Biscuit (I will never get over that) and Shino in season 2 (I just felt that last desperate scream of frustration as he charged in at the end)

[@kylebishop2555]

Ibo is goated. Everything about the story and mobile suits is awesome.

[@marcellolucas7160]

Amazing video as always, friend. Appreciate the hard work abd research that went into it. Been getting into gunpla and developing/reinforcing my love for titles in the genre so, this video came at a great time 👍🏽

[@linhtoan1851]

It's been some years since I've watched IBO, but I remember getting really mad in the second season because Gjallahorn members had a stupid amount of plot armor, which then made Tekkadan deaths seem cheap. It's completely fine to kill off most of the main characters, but some people in Gjallahorn had no business surviving again and again

[@Galloglaoch]

I'm still angry about Shino's death... I mena I totally guess that it is realistic that if you go against a whole army you die and don't acomplish your goal but come on, hi missed because of milimeters and thanks to a nik on the projectile just as hi fired. That was plot armor. Those Gjallahorn comanders on the ship should've been dead. Instead his died in vain...

[@jakebrook]

@@Galloglaoch There are two things that I hate in season two. First Gaelio somehow surviving, his upper chest was literally piece through a mecha sword, even if he didn't die instantly he should have died due to blood loss. Second was McGillas whole hare-brain scheme, like he placed a lot of chips on having the other families having his backs because he became the pilot of Bael. His forces where what a third's of Russel's? Even if Tekkaden was quality over quantity having numbers is still important. He should have waited until he had at least two other families on his side if not then assassinate them simultaneously while pinning the blame on Russel.

[@Renkencen]

I'm assuming IBO suppose to have one season only and it was so popular, they greenlit a second season before season 1 ended. That why some of the character "look" liked to be killed by the Ein MS survived at the end!

[@jakebrook]

@@Renkencen You are correct but the authors could have make a new antagonist for McGillas to fight or choose to keep Russel to his main enemy. Which could a lot more interesting seeing how McGillas and Russel were two sides of the same coin. With the only difference between the two was that Russel had people he could trust while McGillas could only used people. After season 1 McGillas became an idiot that could only used blunt power instead oof cunning in his plans.

[@HarverTheSlayer]

@@Renkencen More like they didn't want to put all eggs in one basket with a full 50-episode show. This is not the 80s or 90s anymore, the usual now are one-cour shows (12-13 episodes), maybe two-cour. So, like many other shows, they make a first season to test the waters while having plans for both of them, something that Sunrise had been using since Gundam 00/Code Geass. This means they MUST have a "stopping point" between seasons that acts as a sequel hook as well, which can (and tends to) cause plot issues, as you need to create a mid-show climax. But, anyway, IBO had many issues that ended in wasted potential. The show was too obvious with its death flags (if someone seemed they could get out of harm's way and live happily, you knew they were dead meat) and tended to kill people just for shock value, the antagonists became too few and needed plot armor... The writing team, while good at creating backgrounds and opening a plot, were definitely not as good at developing and closing said plot. We could say that "the questions they asked became so big that they themselves weren't able to answer them".

[@wwmandalore]

I prefer this show to other gundam shows. Tbh, I'm not a huge fan of the "super ultra godforce buster" lasers in most shows. I like feeling the machines and seeing how they work, and this show delivers on that fairly well.

[@mbe102]

Was wild seeing a battle in a future version of the City I used to live in! Like I literally used to walk past the 'Monkey Mart' to go to and from the underground LRT Station in Edmonton (its a Money Mart IRL).

[@LarsBlitzer]

As a current Edmontonian, I feel you. Sure the government buildings look nothing like the show, same with the bridges, and just lol at the idea that the North Saskatchewan could ever be shallow enough to cross on foot, but the layout of downtown, the look of the streetlights and buildings are pretty accurate.

[@GrungepunkqueenTV]

Amazing video Mike this is one of my favorite anime shows of All Time season 2 does get a little more darker than season 1 and a bit more tragic but it is about basically human morality and the human race and being treated like you're not a human being or as human debris but at the end of the day this anime does talk about family and being your own independent individual

[@Hal5336]

A more complicated 86. Definitely need to watch

[@Eyevou]

7:00 Yeah, that's the gundam experience alright. 🤣

[@PaszerDye]

29:00 aw, come on. She was basically a homeless orphan and Mika vouched for the local goods merchant to take her in as a helper/daughter. Boiling her intro down to 'simp' when he essentially saved her from a worse off fate is just disrespect.

[@SapphireLibra3]

I'll be there. I might watch Iron Blooded Orphans first, because this anime sounds like something I'd really like.

[@madmachanicest9955]

I say do it as the anime is easily available and it's a great starting gundom. Of also as grim dark as it gets

[@RFingaz69]

This is the first and only Gundam series ive been able to watch in its entirety

[@chrisxishida]

without a doubt the greatest gundam series ever made

[@BKNYKuwabara]

Ive never been able to get into gundam, mainly because of timeline confusion. My extent of gundam has always been g gundam but this got me wanting to fw the series more. Thanks brody

[@siriuslywastaken]

somehow i didn't see this video until today, despite being a huge IBO fan. I'm glad that people are covering this show in 2024. it's a phenomenal story with extremely complex characters and writing, wonderful twists on normal gundam themes, and brilliant animation and music. more people need to watch this show

[@statesminds]

Ohhh IBO is dope. So many Gundam fans hate on it and I don’t understand. The Barbatos also looks super cool

[@bryanmerel]

I can only theorize. Some hard headed UC elitist are vocal of their hate towards it as they wanted for so long a UC timeline series like this made with all the modern bells and wistles and are upset that this was instead an AU. I actually talked with some more positive abaout the show and said that it do felt like classic UC and appreciate the more grounded approach of the series, as well as the more emphasis on the anti war message of it. My theory about the AU fans who hate it is probably because of the ending. Most AU Gundam fans are more used to a more romanticised story telling of gundam, wich more AU falls into. Some of them wanted Gundam to be more of a power fantacy type of story, where their idealised protag gets to pilot the best robot of the verse and win the war or some shiz. Getting a more grounded and a more anti-war focused return to form gundam series probably felt like a Bucket of Ice Water splashed on their head for them, especially with how the series ended. That said, many AU fans do have a positive opinion of IBO and do apreciate the "game of thrones" kind of story telling approach the series chose to implement.

[@temkhuns.4159]

There also people who claim Barbatos is the strongest MS and things just escalated as people actually made up story of creator of original gundam said that GM is stronger than Barbatos and people just believe it and now people just make fun of IBO so much that it's annoying at this point.

[@williamverissimo9206]

That suppreme court joke didn't age well

[@dezd8802]

I hate catching your videos early because I want the second one right now.

[@cappo1178]

Let's gooo! More Gundam videos and season two!

[@cheezehelmet]

First anime I watched as soon as a fan sub was up a few hours after the Japanese episode aired. Love this series

[@DakotaBroskie]

Now I can watch my favorite channel and gundam series while shaving my junk THANK GUYS

[@andrewmackemzie4565]

I am happy w da way this channel has matured.

[@alejandrocueto5099]

great video, love a nice writting story

[@AngellMessiah]

This was my first Gundam series i watched

[@hitachicordoba]

I want to say it's the most brutal Gundam but the endings of 0080 and Zeta were pretty harsh as well. Shout out to Biscuit, best bro!

[@ChefMarkyMarkz]

This gundam series was kinda great.

[@SalinaMoonfall]

Something super brutal in the opening seconds of that snow battle, that first swing took out one of the pilots...directly, they were all standing outside their open cockpits as she was declaring her challenge for a "fair and honorable duel" and with his first swing with that mace he baseball pop flies one of them away from his mech...and you distantly see whatever is left plop into the snow a few seconds later when he lands.

[@thamsanqajantjies2228]

Iron Bloodee Orphans is one of my favorite anime of all time ❤

[@ozzyalbor8292]

I NEED PART 2!!!! great vid tho

[@VoltMagnum]

i kinda miss the red stripes on jacket but those guys are the ones who survive by the end of s2. carta maybe annoying but i like her antics. seeing biscuit die made my eye wet and orga's command of surviving