Gundam Explained: The One Year War part 4 - Encounters in Space

[@BigMicahC]

Thank you all so much for watching this series of vids! Just know that we are gonna do more Gundam Explained videos where we break down entire conflicts in Gundam! We're already planning videos on the Gryps War and Operation Meteor! Don't forget to subscribe!

[@CottonHill91]

I just recently took a dive into battle operation 2 and Gundam in general again and wanted a crash refresher and happened to find this series days before this last video dropped. You've been the voice in my car for my commute all week and have done a fantastic job!

[@ZeZwede]

i hope you continue to do this timeline with the continuing shows. it was a long time ago i watched them and "re-watching" them like this has been really entertaining!

[@r.babylon2885]

Been listening to the videos while I work. Only one question: did I miss the Thunderbolt section, or was it not included?

[@azamatfleming5427]

I’d say the Horus Heresy , the Clone Wars, and the One Year War are the best narratives about war in a Sci-Fi setting

[@lilcid25]

Horus Hersey is top tier story telling. So much going on.

[@r.babylon2885]

I've thought about getting into that, but I don't know anything about Warhammer. Does that matter? And how long is Horus?

[@michael8763]

Kinda sad it ends here. There's still so much to the UC Timeline and this laid it out perfectly! Please continue!

[@snakes3425]

Degwin's greatest mistake....not ordering Gehren arrested before departing to broker an armistice

[@C4Cole05]

I'd argue his greatest mistake was first assassinating Zeon Zum Daikun. Then second biggest is just Gihren in general, then third Kcylia in general. Fourth being not immediately setting up the GOAT Dozzle with some good advisors and giving him more power.

[@mitchellalexander9162]

@@C4Cole05 Well 1 is Origin Canon exclusive. And everybody would Like Supreme Commander Dozle Zabi of Zeon I imagine.

[@FirstLast-uj3xk]

​​@@C4Cole05 Kcylia wasn't that bad. The only real "bad" thing she did was kill Gihren and that was BECAUSE Gihren gloated about killing their father.

[@SavF]

Hey man, you've quickly become one of my favorite Gundam channels. Please keep it up!

[@mattmaddogwheaton4724]

You are effectively the Tex Talks Battletech of Gundam my dude, much respect.

[@jamescousins9216]

I think the Lala Sune arc was pretty much the culmination of the thematic through-line of Mobile Suit Gundam and what Newtypes are to the narrative. When Amuro starts fighting, he doesn’t see people. He just sees a big one-eyed ogre that’s killed billions of people and threatening what family he has left. But that starts to change after Garma dies. His fiancée stepping out and pointing a gun at him before falling to her death has him openly saying “what the hell was that?” Then he experiences Rumba Ral’s suicide, the death of his crush Matilda, his combat buddy Ryu, and one of the multiple White Base fighter pilots. He has a normal person’s experience with loss, he has an acute understanding that there are human beings inside the suits he’s carving up, but as Amuro’s Newtype abilities start becoming more active in space, it’s Dozle’s sheer malevolent determination that is his first contact. It’s one sided, and Amuro doesn’t know really what he’s seeing and why, but for the first time since California Amuro is deeply shocked by the personal vendetta the enemy feels for him. And then he goes and kills Lala Sune. The big realization clicks once he realizes what he’s experiencing in this connection between two Newtypes as one of them transcends the mortal coil. The connection between two enemies… and how they are ultimately wasting human life through the act of war. Amuro breaking down crying that he’s done something unforgivable is the message of Mobile Suit Gundam in a single scene. His whole “hero’s journey” is realizing on a metaphysical level that he’s not actually doing good. He’s killing people who may not have to die, and facing people being forced to fight a cause they don’t believe in, or are so broken by trauma they see no way out beyond a violent catharsis. The sequels will have their own “opinions” on that message, but that’s the anti-war narrative Gundam crafts which resonated with fans for decades. Great video, loving the series.

[@axsprime]

My only major issue with the OYW time period is that it last one year. You can cram most of this stuff into one year but man it really should have been at least two. You and Kakarot197 are doing good work explaining the deeper bits when it comes to Gundam.

[@snakes3425]

To be honest when I first saw the UC series, I thought the war actually lasted far longer than a year, given the heavy influence of World War II on Gundam, I thought it lasted at least seven years, or a decade at most.

[@cdyjv118]

At some point Sunrise needs to just stop creating new oyw add-ons and calling it canon. They’re way passed the point of it being believable. No way both sides developed this many MS variations in less than a year.

[@CodyHeldreth]

It's even more crazy when you consider most of the relevant action happening within the last 3-4 months of the year.

[@wilreed8478]

Final Part, lets gooooooo!!

[@davidvasquez08]

Wait a minute, I’ve feel like I’ve seen Giren getting shot in head multiple times with different meme effects from somewhere, heck also with the chew toy sound effect when he hits the screen Edit: 20:26 Law does have his own set of clones in other Gundam series

[@xenile2030]

Cant wait for the Gryps Conflict coverage in the future good stuff

[@Mattznick]

Thanks for making this series super cool to see everything that happens in the timeline instead of just focusing on white base

[@DurtyDan]

42:50 oh hey, Big Zam!

[@LcplAnimeGuy]

Theres actually 3 detla Squads. The Gundam one, Starwars Republic Commando delta squad and then there's Gears of War Detla squad the Triad of Detla Squads have come 😂😂😂

[@ernesielta]

Rule #39

[@Thespectaro]

Sorry for bothering but Are you going to do Zeta gundam its sequel and Chars counter attack later? I love your chanel andi just wanted to know...😅

[@BigMicahC]

Both at some point

[@luminocuratoria1335]

Please add Advance of Zeta in the story. Show us dem mechs.

[@WingDragonoidZero]

WAIT!!! Rate that mecha AOZ!!!

[@BigMicahC]

If I can actually find a full translation of Flag of the Titans, sure. As of right now there isn't one.

[@WingDragonoidZero]

If the closest to an AOZ vid is RTM. I'm content with it 😌.

[@mbe102]

These videos are so damn good dude! Thank you for taking the time to put it together for us.

[@TysonRex37]

I’ll definitely say, Alma being a Mary Sue for defeating two gundams with a custom Kampfer rings a bit hollow to me. Yeah, mobile suit performance is important, but. You don’t hear that about Char standing up to the Granddaddy in a Zaku or Ramba Ral nearly defeating it in a Gouf. Near the end of the war, Zeon mobile suits were definitely catching up with the Gundam, so Alma defeating two Gundams while at the same time Amuro is eating through Gelgoogs is just like… Yeah. They’re protagonists. We’re following them because they’re highly skilled pilots. You can definitely tell stories about Average Joes, and those are super fun. But for Alma especially, she’s a video game protagonist. Extreme combat competence is the norm.

[@GW2_Live]

Your videos are way too good man. The doom sound effects when the Alex kills the Kampfer were hilarious

[@jamaldavis3224]

Thank you Micah. For all the hard work and efforts you put into your videos. I'm feeling more resolute seeing the conflict of the One Year War from start to finish and with hope we can see the same Stardust Memory, Zeta and Double ZZ(eta)

[@gundamdragon]

Miner note the Alex gundam also had the magnetic coating on the joints which is an up grade that the rx78 2 also had

[@josukehigashikata7727]

Man, i love your work ! This video is amazingly well done!

[@alfieplume1475]

I like how gundam incorporates real world tech into the universe which helps to keep it grounded, like the Chobham armour in the alex, it's a real life thing used in tanks to this very day and it was invented in Chobham England.

[@vancetar5726]

Thank you for this massive recap

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

Awesome video. Really gives you the scale of the OYW, despite the inconsistencies of some events here and there especially with the California Base. This is the reason why I adore the OYW portion of the UC Timeline. Anyways, will you cover the Plot to Assassin Ghiren manga in a separate video if ever ? It's also a OYW story taking place in Side 3 Munzo but it's more about what's happening within Zeon command rather than the war itself. If you do, I look forward to it. If you don't, then we're cool. Still, thank you for your efforts and to your editor who I'm also subscribed to.

[@AncestorEmpire1]

Zeon having a base in California….. it makes more sense than modern Microsoft and Modern Sony.

[@Squiggles01]

I want a Witch Hunter story so I can play as Lilith and see the war through both her and Barry's eyes. I don't care if Code Fairy is a zeek game, but I think that a Witch Hunter entry would be a way to have a secondary narrator to the story of Code Fairy.

[@catsareevil101]

Thankyou for this!

[@KigaiOkasu]

Now I kind of feel like trying to get the best possible ending for the Thoroughbred campaign in the Encounters in Space game has been rendered moot now that Lous’s death is canon.

[@stephenlowry9199]

The Noisy Fairy squadron are still my favourite squadron. That, and they're the last active combat situation (Due to the Dogs still firing at them after the official surrender), so they're a fascinating little group.

[@LeosAlloy94]

PART FOUR IS REAL!!!

[@ShdwRvr]

Congratulations on a job well done. Now of You'll excuse me. I'm going to binge the whole thing.

[@vass6120]

You kinda undersell hygog a bit. Those thing wasn't only perfect amphibian suit that wasn't shit on land. It also part/product of the unite maintenance plan. Which were introduced to fix zeon major supply line fuck up of having gazellon gear/part for their too many MS TYPE . Which really reduce the cost of such a beast of Ms

[@karlwikman3874]

whats the title of the outro song? is it a remix of Vigilante?

[@ninjammer726]

Really love your videos keep them coming 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤😭🍑🎊🇯🇵💯🧼🤤😭😭

[@Sauronsbane]

Looking forward to the Stardust video and the intro to Zeta.

[@justagundam]

In the 10th episode of Space Dandy, Dandy and the gang get stuck on Meow's home planet and trapped in a groundhog day time loop. While exploring Meow's backstory and his relationship with his dad. It's revealed that Meow built a Tem Circuit for a "Technical Arts" project. He even won a prize for it.

[@oniswdbs]

Battletech actually has about the same amount of detail, if not more, on specific wars and campaigns

[@danielramsey6141]

So Up until Gundam F91. All the Stories during 0080, 0083, and maybe Unicorn. All the Zeon Forces there were just the Remnants of this Monarchy? Yes, I watched all of this. Mostly to get a Grasp on the Colossus Of this UC timeline Business and the content associated with it! Honestly, I’m just a beginner Fan of the SRW series. But I have been a Gan of Gundam since Gundam Wing on Toonami. I definitely enjoyed Gundam 00, Gundam IBO, Gundam 0080, G-Fighter (what everyone loves), and Gundam Build Divers and Build Divers Re:Rise!

[@samadams2203]

We're honestly really lucky Gundam turned out the way it did. Something which was seen as just another toy commercial had really deep political and philosophical commentary. I don't really know much about Tomino's background, or what he has said on the matter, but 0079 closely parallels to progress of WWII in myriad ways, so I wonder which were intentional and which simply happened. I really enjoy The origin and Thunderbolt, because they are beautiful, have a lot of action and do retread the OYW(and beyond), but they lack in the macropolitics of the setting. Most of the gundam we've seen in the past 30 years has been AU, and even the furthest flung UC timeline material of F91 and V are so far removed from the OYW that they may as well be AU, in ways, so this crunchy sensation of a not so distant future we see in the OYW is rarely there. I really love seeing mobile suit and ship combat, but I think the deeper political story of gundam is a major component, so I hope whatever we see in the future is more like 0079 and less like other newer entries. Though I suppose that's entirely up to what the newer writers think!

[@justagundam]

Also, I don't care how cool the Gelgoog is. I'll never take it seriously because IT'S CALLED GELGOOG!!

[@muhamadariefrahmanhakim9166]

1:09:17 and this moment is when char and amuro's beef became personal

[@MasterSwo-MK]

Eh, I don't think Alma's a Mary Su. I think the pilots of the Riders were just mediocre. Because let's be honest, they were clearly banking on the MS unique abilities to see them through in the end.

[@HK-07]

He did say that tho, the Riders always just sent other people to do their own work and only went in for mop-up operations, compared to Alma & friends who had plenty of combat experience. He only said he can understand where people are coming from if they do think she’s a Mary Sue, but he does go on to explain why she should be able to what she does.

[@KillerOrca]

​@@HK-07She escapes most of the Mary Sue standards as well. She even straight up falls into a coma due to combat stress and willingly gives command over to one of her teammates

[@ihatecabbage7270]

@@KillerOrca she isn't that great of a pilot considered Lilith bang her up twice before Alma finally beaten her but spare her. She also has nervous breakdown and relinquished her leadership to her teammates which turns out are pretty decent pilot in their respective mobile suit, she was given back the captain rank as her commander wanted her to lead again, plus we can play Titania MS. She is really experience in her ms combat, ain't a plucky little kid got into a Gundam. She started off piloting a basic beach Zaku II to begin with. She surrendered and was a prisoner of war, play almost no part after the war along with her sister buddies. They also received no recognition for their effort after the war. They're just talented soldiers fighting awful pilots with tendency to be psychopaths. If you play the game and watch the cutscenes, she nearly lost her fight with White Rider, just that Remy is an asshole and wanted to trigger White Rider's reactor to cause an explosion, because he thinks is funny to see Alma die screaming. White Rider fight back and drag Remy's GMs off the cliff, saving Alma indirectly. I mean, we play as Alma and her team to peg Earth Federation MS, can't be Mary Sue if Hard Difficulty is incredibly BS to play for me anyway.

[@robertwhite7845]

So the master grade gundam alex 2.0 Literally has all of the features explained in this Video.

[@BigMicahC]

Yes it does. Great kit to build too.

[@brotherzane636]

Zeon died with Garma and Dozle...the rest of that was just Space Nazis. Also I'd like to point out...ahem... Cazval/Char : 1x Dead Zabi Gihran Zabi : 1x Dead Zabi Amuro Ray : 2 x Dead Zabi Kycilia Zabi : 1x (confirmed) dead Zabi Amuro wins the Zabi family killer trophy

[@mitchellalexander9162]

43:00 SEE ALSO: A Famous Moment in Gundam Breaker 2 when a Big Zam Army took out a Burning Gundam for a 'The Mentor Dies' Plot Event

[@jarrettbeese8024]

1:15:45 if I remember right this is what screwed over Japan in the long run during WWII. They sent out their pilots constantly not cycling them out to train new ones which the Americans did. This along with the fact that the Zero fighter was a death trap (very little armor and didn't even have parachutes) led to them getting stomped in the long run especially when later American fighters began to outperform them.

[@heavyarms55]

My dawg these are great! Why stop here? We both know the UC timeline was only just getting started.

[@Galaf]

Good job!

[@orllyfools14X8]

Bless

[@AdotLOM]

47:21 what's this referring to specifically? Operation British?

[@BigMicahC]

Yes

[@jherami549]

What was the song that was used in the end?

[@mitchellalexander9162]

25:17 God. Well I got Spoiled for The COLL AWESOME SHIT SRW Pulls to do Awesome Things...at least one of the Cool Awesome things they do...The Other One I keep hearing about is 'THEY MAKE SHINN ASUKA GOOD THERE!!!'

[@StonedDragons]

Wouldn't mind seeing a video on how F91 turned into the painful cluster that it is.

[@mitchellalexander9162]

12:42 *Totally NOT Would-Have-Been Titans Pilots if they were born a Few Years Later: THE MS Team*

[@ihatecabbage7270]

Code Fairy is the few Gundam games I really love, cause I get to play Zakus as protagonist. Let's be real unless ur a MSGBO2 Veteran, it isn't easy to play this game, they move slowly and you need to timed it right hit anything, plus no auto aim. Hard Mode is just BS to play, grunts gets more health, infinite spawn, you literally dead load dead load the game at this point.

[@Xandro6]

Drain bamage - did the editor keep this in on purpose? 😂 we have all dyslexia

[@BrandonMottern-rm8vb]

I think you should cover the girhens greed games and how they can have alternate time lines

[@PCveteran117]

Are you going to talk about Gryps?

[@BigMicahC]

Absolutely, at some point.

[@eccosong]

M O R T I S The Alex's secret wrist guns were the coolest shit.

[@KillerOrca]

So like...does ANY Gundam actually make it through the One Year War unscathed? Or do they all end up busted in some form or another?

[@BigMicahC]

The Pixy that the Witch Hunter squad had is in pretty good shape at the end of the war. There's also some ground types left over.

[@yi_hou3092]

The Zeta Gundam was put in Storage and was brought back around the late UC 100s to celebrate an event

[@KillerOrca]

@@yi_hou3092 Zeta Gundam isnt from the One Year War

[@dbKneecapped]

The 7th Gundam might count. It survived because it was under construction and wasn't finished after the OYW, after that it was used to hunt Zeon remnants.

[@dustybunny6716]

I thought Kelley Laughed was piloting a Novel at Solomon?

[@leoornstein3963]

Amuro would be kicking everyone's teeth in if he has his hand on the Alex. Rx-78-4, RX-78-5? More like Astray red and Blue frame, UC flavor.

[@MarvinT0606]

Amuro having the ALEX would spawn an entirely new timeline. He could have murked Char in 0079 and stop both the AEUG and Sleeves from forming. Unicorn would be vastly different because Char is dead- my money is on Banagher fighting an _Amuro_ clone piloting a high-mobility Gundam derived from the ALEX

[@nicodalusong149]

Other way around. RX-78-4 and RX-78-5 Seed flavored.

[@Fullmetalobiwan]

The only thing Ghiren did wrong was that he only dropped one.

[@crystalmanzetton5068]

Hey what about thunderbolt

[@BigMicahC]

Not canon

[@vochomurka6]

Le ding!

[@BrandonMottern-rm8vb]

I would like to know all the main characters that joined the titans

[@BigMicahC]

I'll absolutely discuss that when we get to Gryps War!

[@activatewindows4685]

If you want to looked into something as in depth and as expansive as Gundam Universe. I present you the Muv Luv Universe.... After all, it's the series that inspire Attack on Titan. I am not dragging Warhammer 40K into this.

[@RileyZilla1001]

1:30 (stares in Legend of the Galactic Heroes) 🤣

[@Dr_Pina]

Cinema

[@masonip3121]

Kampfer has 2 shotguns

[@danielramsey6141]

It’s already on the list.

[@bigyellowplumes]

1:23:38 😂😂

[@Addition2]

I can give a sort of advise of pronouncing MS or MA names. When in doubt, refer to the Japanese pronunciation. The Big Zam for example is pronounced "Z-U-M" like you pronounced "Mum". This is why Gundam is pronounced "Gun + Dumb" rather than "Gun + Damn" or "Goon + Dumb".

[@allidoisme321]

Only thing Ghrine did wrong was loss the the war Hail Zeon