Longest Serving GM & Kai/Custom Translation Confusion (Question of the Week)

[@kakarot197]

This video was supposed to be uploaded much earlier, but got delayed by new information from Silver Phantom. (Which is no longer that new anymore) Also, shout-out to those GM Sniper Customs from Fastest Formula.

[@MasterSwo-MK]

If I may ask your advise Kakarot, if I were to modify a GM into a Close Combat specialist machine, and NOT use the GM Striker, which one would you recommend I use as the base and what would I need to add/modify to do so? P.S: Weapons are already decided, it's the MS I'm stuck on.

[@alfazagato1455]

Let us not forget the XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-1 Kai Kai

[@smoresmuggler420]

What about the XM-X1 Crossbone gundam X-1 Kai Kai Skullheart?

[@bbd121]

​@@smoresmuggler420 Could you imagine if there was a Ni version Kai after that. It could have been a Kai kai ni kai kai ni kai

[@nexo42069]

And the full armor x1

[@cvphased]

I believe the P-Bandai kit went with "Custom II" instead of "Kai Kai"

[@alfazagato1455]

@@cvphased A disappointment, to be sure.

[@failed_K]

ah yes, the "slightly modified efreet" such slight modifications include: -Dual heat sabres -dual leg thrusters -dual leg missile pods -new spike shoulders -oh and i forgot the Exam system

[@AlessandroRodriguez]

and small, almost jury-rig adaptation

[@321guyver]

Yeah, by the logic stated, it should definitely be a "Custom"

[@theclosecall4095]

so tiny it makes no difference i believe

[@oratank]

the modified was too slightly that's why it lost to a GM with a weird paintjob

[@Neme5i5snanke001]

Yes of course something that's known for being remarkable at being unremarkable,

[@user-sq5zx9ll8w]

''hyaku shitty'' is easily the funniest thing i've heard all day holy shit lmao

[@MYTHGUNDAM]

To me, a Kai is an upgrade of a base suit (wether is mass production or limited production) and a Custom is Ace only unit or heavily personalized unit

[@paktahn]

exactly how the japanese used kai during ww2 i dont know if they even had custom mods for aircraft or tanks but i do know kai was used to denote upgraded production of base models such as more powerful engines or heavier armament

[@jaderabbit898]

Wouldn’t it be more correct to denote the Custom as the upgrade for a base mass production mobile suit and the Kai be the ace tailored variant instead?

[@First-Name_Last-Name]

To me, the best and strongest Kai is Kai Shiden, RX-77-2 pilot.

[@paktahn]

@@jaderabbit898 no historically japan used kai for upgraded production models good examples of this are the ki-62-II otsu kai and the f-4ej kai phantom 2

[@jaderabbit898]

@@paktahn Fair point.

[@zentacious9606]

Seeing a golden GM trying to pass off itself as the Hyaku Shiki is the funniest thing I've seen all day. The biggest take away for me though is that if that GM in Silver Phantom is using the Origin version, does this mean that Origin is canon to the main timeline? Or is there an alternate set of events in UC 0096?

[@reijigamer]

for the Origin GM being in Silver Phantom my main guess is they are just reusing CG models for this film. Probably modified the models used in the Doan's Island film to cut down on cost. This is a real world explanation but for a in-universe explanation Silver Phantom could be in either The Origin's, Cucuruz Doan's Island movie's, or even its own respective universe.

[@katomamundara8106]

@@reijigamer Yep. Generally Gundam's pretty clean on this. Considering there's about 5 different canonical UCs (I blame Turn A for them ALL being canon), it could occur in those with the Origin Design or just be a cost saving method.

[@borgar1765]

I really wouldn't read too much into it

[@cryogenicstardust9245]

Meanwhile, the Refined Barzam:

[@rays5073]

My interpretation that has been borrowing a bit from historical and current real-life terminology, is that Kai machines are upgraded production variants (see Japanese 'Kai' and Chinese 'Gai' suffixes) on the main production lines and Custom machines are small batches made to custom orders/specifications outside of main production lines Edit: fixed grammar

[@StewTube]

Question of the week: Who funded all the zeon remnants over the years?

[@aliastheabnormal]

M'Qve mostly. Since all the gold he got from Odessa fueled Neo Zeon until at least Char's counterattack. Where he could nonchalantly give people briefcases full of gold bars and not lose any sleep.

[@StewTube]

@@aliastheabnormal sauce?

[@worldwanderer91]

Anaheim Electronics, Bandai/Sunrise, Tomino

[@ophawkable]

I'm rewatching ZZ and had that exact same question!!

[@StewTube]

@@aliastheabnormal I want an OVA explaining this because this is also my head cannon as well as my inter al fanfic telling the backstory of my gelgoog gunplay squad. I got a gelgoog marine, a gelgoog cannon and a gelgoog jeager I built during covid lol. There story is evacuating the "Glory Of Zeon" to hide it on earth, and it was indeed the monetary value of all of the resources from Odessa and it's given to the gelgoog pilots by M, Queve and they launch as the Musai gets destroyed" lol I wish I could make a manga

[@heyseed1673]

Oh, right. The Zaku II. The Zaku II for Char, the Zaku II chosen especially to be piloted by Char, Char's Zaku II. That Zaku II?

[@theofficerfactory2625]

Yes! That Zaku 2!

[@josepo513]

oh yeah, it´s all coming together

[@cemilerenogucu7706]

While definetly not a perfect solution, i was once a part of a group that translated Gundam manga to turkish and we had a system with the custom/kai debacle. If a MS was changed for a specific purpose it was called custom ie. Sniper Custom, Guard Custom etc. while if it was changed as a general upgrade/streamline it was kai like Zaku Kai and such. If it was a MS modified by/for a specific person it was (Person X)'s Custom MS.

[@Arccharger448]

Ah yes, time for snacks and gundam discussion

[@ASpooneyBard]

Semi-related, but still adding to the confusion about "kai" vs. "custom", there's also a few mobile suits that were simply redesigns of existing suits that got rebranded later. Off the top of my head, one example is the Zaku IIs that appeared in 08th MS Team. I think, at the time, they were just supposed to be the common ground type MS-06J, but redesigned to fit the aesthetic of that anime, but pretty recently it got spun off into its own model and given the MS-06JC designation (probably for marketing reasons). I wonder how many of those "customs" were meant to be one-offs and redesigns that got repurposed as mass-produced units in later stories.

[@wasdwazd]

Pretty recently? The 1/144 MS-06JC model predates the HGUC line

[@ASpooneyBard]

@@wasdwazd Right. When I used the word model there, I meant "model of mobile suit" not "model kit." Sorry for the confusion. If you look at the manual and boxart, it just says MS-06J, and I think that's all it was supposed to be in the anime. What I meant was that that specific design was given its own in-canon model number and lore much later (they're supposedly a minor upgrade to the standard J model). Unlike something like "The Origin version" or the ones in Thunderbolt which are still just an alternate universe redesign of the same suit.

[@wasdwazd]

@@ASpooneyBard Actually I was in the wrong. I thought that the 1/144 Zaku II from 08th was named the JC, but I just checked, and it's just called J. I don't know when it got renamed to the JC, so I'm just going to say you're right

[@321guyver]

I agree that, "Kai" works better for a mass produced variation, where "Custom" denotes a unit customized for a specific pilot or team. So the GM Custom units were special units made for teams like that who joined the Albion, while the GM Kai is simply a stop gap replacement for the old standard GM until a new standard could be finalized with the GM II. Kind of an "in between proto-type". With the EXAM Efreet, I would say Custom does fit it better, as no other Efreet was ever made in those specs... But of course that is just my head logic.

[@1wayroad935]

I always saw 'Kai' as the models that have been officially recognized and sanctioned as upgraded versions of mobile suits, while 'Custom' is just a custom version of mobile suits.

[@Agonysis]

This reminds me of a time when I was working in Japan. I had a couple coworker friends into Gundam and even one who also built Gunpla. His English was quite good so we'd have more complicated conversations in English. We were probably talking about modifying gunpla when I mentioned my Gelgoog Custom (or something) and explained how "Custom" tied to customization and was similar to "modified" or "kai". Then I said "Then you have GM Custom which is seemingly the suit's name in English and Japanese, so if you're customizing it, it would be the GM Custom Custom." and we both had a little laugh.

[@wingedswordslayer]

6:10 Wing has it too when it came to the Sandrock (Kai) from the TV show getting translated as Custom in appearances despite the Sandrock (Custom) also being a thing in Endless Waltz, same with the Heavyarms.

[@FieraDevilWings]

That is probably why they began using "EW" to distinguish the Endless Waltz version designs in later years, to get away from the confusion caused by their older naming scheme for things like Wing Zero Custom > Wing Zero EW, Gundam Nataku > Altron Gundam EW, and of course, the Sandrock and Heavyarms cases.

[@Okada_Caelun]

7:30 "Oh right, the Zaku. The Zaku for Char. The Zaku designed specially to be piloted by Char. Char's Zaku. ...That Zaku?"

[@Zaku_Meister]

Look at the Japanese name. If it has a single kanji, it's Kai. Otherwise it will say "Custom" in katakana.

[@321guyver]

I think the question was more about, what does Kai and Custom actually mean in terms of how MS get named that way, not what they speak like in Japanese.

[@kagephenex]

Interestingly some GM Ground Types (despite being developed earlier than the vanilla GM) were still being used to guard some military facilities as shown in the Stardust Memory 0083 Rebellion manga. Sanders got downgraded to a GM Ground Type.

[@AzraelThanatos]

The Kai/Custom thing was also used as designators by the english side of things as well...such as with Gundam Wing, where the Kai/Custom kind of got used for the different versions with Kai being used for the upgraded Sandrock and Heavyarms, while the Custom was the Endless Waltz version, until they shifted for the (EW) designation.

[@Sta_cotto]

My question: is there an actual explanation as to how the ZERO system connects to a pilot's nervous system, or is it just kinda handwaved (which I wouldn't be surprised at, considering Wing's infamous technical specs)?

[@Arrowdodger]

Zaku II Char Aznable use. The Zaku II for Char, the Zaku II chosen especially to be used by Char, Char's Zaku II. That custom?

[@ChangeOfMemory]

Thank you for clearing this for us! As far as I can tell Kai is a modification of the basic suit that may be necessary to be used in other role, like the GM sniper (modified for sniping role) the Zaku Kai (modified for short range and CQB combat), and may be seen some limited production Custom are modifications of the suit that suit (eheh) the pilot, maybe a pilot prefer more mobility or maybe more armor, a different armament and so on. Also thank you for explaining where the “name of the character” use, came from, I see it a couple of times but I never managed to understand where it came from!

[@Sm00k]

Coming from car and plane culture. A custom is a personalized machine/field adaptation. Kai is a factory variant or modification. And yeah, I want a wrench and ten minutes alone time with the translators.

[@duelgundam]

IIRC, the "kai" is actually taking from the standard Japanese military vehicle naming nomenclature, and usually denotes "modified/upgraded design". Think the M1A2 is to the original M1 Abrams.

[@StewTube]

You should do a zeonic front "whare are they now" kinda video

[@marblethunder4323]

And in Super Robot Wars OG, there's a unit called the Gespenst Mk II Kai, piloted by a man named Kai, and works alongside a battleship called the Hiryu Kai.

[@dynomight3855]

Question of the week If the Zudah didn't suffer from the problems the Jupiter/Saturn engine had and was chosen as Zeon's first mass production mobile suit, would Zeon had a better chance in winning the one year war, or would the events played out the same with slight alterations?

[@ianbarbosa6201]

Que in portuguese is "what", and as a Brazilian, I was surprised that Gundam uses this word

[@swetcan9268]

i'd love to know for how long Zeon Remnants remained an issue in the earth sphere, and particularly on earth. were there still Earth based Zeon remnants by the time of late UC, such as the Mars Zeon conflict and cosmo-babylonia war. or did they all die out sometime after the events of Unicorn

[@adamreddick1349]

Thanks so much for answering my question!

[@fishpop]

One thing about the GM Kai is it's also known as the GM Type C, perhaps because of the Kai/Custom issue. The HGUC kit uses the Type C name while games like GBO2 use Kai.

[@VhenRaTheRaptor]

Type C does also make sense given its the RGM-79C. Which also ties into some early material saying that the early standard GMs were the A-Type and later ones the B-Type with some fixes. Presumably those being the RGM-79A and RGM-79B.

[@RainStorm148]

in english MBON games, anything with Kai is translated as Custom (Zaku II Custom, X1 Custom, X2 Custom), probably following the Endless Waltz suits (Heavyarms Custom, etc.) for consistency. which... is unfortunately not used for Full Cloth, because damn it would be one funny X1 Custom Custom Full Cloth.

[@GrandSleuth]

There are a couple outliers, with my favorite translation being the Refined Barzam (Barzam Kai). Very fitting with it being designed more like a traditional mobile suit but keeping the Barzam look (Before A.o.Z came along lol).

[@ryanmeakins2993]

8:02 reminds me of the bit from "the emperor's new groove" 😂

[@TheDarkestPhoenix]

You know, thinking about it, the abomination suits are really impressive from a technical perspective. Or those parts are surprisingly compatible across multiple suits just fine for some reason. Like, simply changing the fuel system in a car sometimes requires a bunch of fiddling with the ECU to get working, I can't imagine what it's like trying to get a whole different set of parts from a completely different engine (or mobile suit in this case) from a competing manufacturer to work together.

[@MatthewSP117]

Question of the week We know that before and after the war with the titans Axis had tools and the resources to build mobile suits like the Gaza-C and then later the Qubeley and ships like the gwadan so why didn't Axis try and attempt to build there own gundams as that might change the pace of the war with both titans and later the neo zeon war?

[@nedinnis6752]

I feel like that's a case of not needing a Gundam. For instance, Zeon surpassed the Gundam in the One Year War with the Gelgoog, but no pilots were good enough to use it to its full potential. Neo Zeon had plenty of Gundam-tier MS like the Doven Wolf ( based on the Gundam Mk V) and Zaku III.

[@CoracaoAcidental98]

​@@nedinnis6752Also Zeon probably wouldn't want to build a "weapon of the enemy" most probably due pride.

[@zechcross7176]

Custom is for machine that was build from the start custom to a use or to a pilot. Kai is for a normal or a mass produced machine that later being modified to fit the pilot skills or specific mission.

[@mightywiseguy]

hell yeah, Hyaku Shitty making a comeback. Still proud of my custom 1/144 version on my shelf. Spirit-wise, I kept those hguc 020 mold lines intact, too

[@aleicynecroweliye498]

Hmmm... Well, Turn A's Correct Century is said to be the endpoint of several Gundam timelines, yeah? So, yes, there WAS one other GM operating WELL past the Gryps War: Gym Ghingham.

[@0Defensor0]

I think "custom" refers to unique modifications, while "Kai" is more like an enhancement package that has been incorporated into the production, while also can be applied to upgrade existing units to the same standard as the latest model. Though this exact same logic would probably mean that the GM II should also be referred to as GM Kai, since the differences are fairly minor, and are mostly general improvements. I do have a rather subjective question though: what is the most "engrish" in Gundam? Anything like "mass productive MS" to the "Sides" (which I believe were supposed to be Sites).

[@rays5073]

@@0Defensor0 ah mass productive, got a Geara Zulu with that on the box. Seems they've fixed it some time ago though, since I've seen a bunch that say mass production now

[@HermitAeon]

I know it's technically not the mainline GM, but what about the Aqua GMs serving in the Laplace Conflict? I think the design was an OYW one, yet they're still the frontline amphibious unit in U.C. 0096.

[@user-ec1fo6lb5w]

Interesting note - the *kai* moniker is used to denote refitted ships in Japanese in general and I believe also in real-life to denote a modified ship, extending well past Gundam. I've always seen it as simply another way to denote a variation, like "Mk II" or "Block 241" or "mod 3" All of them mean the same general thing, and are used sometimes within the same branch or military. It's just something you get used to, especially if you're around military equipment or personnel who work on it.

[@Amuro1X]

I'm surprised you didn't bring up the Wing/Endless Waltz confusion. In the TV show, the upgrades for the Heavy Arms and Sandrock are both Kais, but translated as Custom. But when Endless Waltz came out, Custom got slapped on the end of every Gundam's name to differentiate from the TV versions. I know recent official merch refers to the Endless Waltz Gundams as Ver. EW, but for like 2 decades the Wing Gundam Zero Custom, Deathscythe Hell Custom, etc is how everyone knew you were talking about the EW versions, when literally only the Heavy Arms and Sandrock actually have the custom title, lol

[@darkfent]

I hope the future BF series would do jokes like this with a guy named Custom King Kai, with a mobile suit name so ridiculous filled with custom and kai

[@darkfent]

Also, Malaysia mentioned!!!

[@forceraider451]

I swear I remember Char's Zaku II being called the Zaku II S in Gundam Battle Assault 2. The combos of that game will forever be burned into my finger tips.

[@321guyver]

Char's Zaku II is a commander S type, MS-06S, but with even further modifications/tweaks for him, like the color.

[@fishpop]

Another Kai/Custom confusion are the Gundam Wing lads. Kai are the late series upgrades for the Heavyarms and Sandrock, since Deathscythe got Hell, Shenlong became Altron and Heero swapped to the Wing Zero. Custom however is used for the Endless Waltz redesigns. Heavyarms Custom, Deathscythe Hell Custom etc save for the Altron who's renamed again to Nataku.

[@Manny082]

Ive seen the kanji for kai in SD gundam g generation. I see kai as being modified from a pre existing model or tuned up and custom as in customized for ace pilot use.

[@SharkChew]

I have one question - do aliens belong in the Gundam franchise?

[@Kingspoon]

Seeing how mediocre the 00 movie with aliens ended up being, I'm going to say no.

[@SoulstrikerV]

I believe they wanted to set apart the OG Gundam from other mecha shows of its era. Most of them were in Super Robots fighting alien invaders. Gundam wanted to be different and more grounded, using Real Types instead, in a war setting that isn't as simple as black and white or good vs. evil. So the original answer was No. But now we have: SEED = true dead alien AGE = fake living alien 00 = true living aliens Build Fighters = humans from another universe Build Divers = Eldorans who became El-Divers, dog people on Eldora, alien dragon, Alus the alien A.I., and the invading alien race that drove away the Eldorans from their planet in the first place It's so weird that the one who started the most innocent of the five ended up having the most concerning situation. They have no real mobile suits. Their kits can only fight on Eldora. And there's an unknown alien race out there that even the Eldorans couldn't wipe out with their technology. They fought defensively so the other alien race's home planet should be intact. If that alien race were to ever find the Build Divers Earth, they're in serious trouble... Personally, I don't mind having one alternate universe having an all out war against aliens.

[@worldwanderer91]

Aliens can work if story and plot is done properly. We are ling overdue for Gundam series where humans actually fight aliens instead of each other

[@321guyver]

I don't think so. Gundam 00 did it poorly, sure... But Gundam has always been about the Human conflict. There are plenty of other anime about Human Mecha vs Aliens.

[@SharkChew]

@@321guyver Build Divers Re:Rise was mostly about humans fighting against aliens (or just an alien) and neither were shown to be, well, primitive.

[@devastater97]

For the issue with Kai types and Custom types this is my take. Kai type = general upgrade of most systems and chassis sees noticeable improvement Custom type = Slight modifications of a base unit that receives a production run Pilot Custom Types = Are individual Mobile Suits that are modified to the desire of its pilot.

[@EbeeDeeby]

Yeeeaah! Estelle in the background! Go Kakarot197, go!

[@BashoftheMonth]

I'm kinda surprised a og GM didn't show up somewhere in Turn A.

[@QuintusAntonious]

Let me tell you about being a Gundam fan in the 90s before Gundam Wing. Translations were done by fans, many of whom did not have a tight grasp on Japanese and didn't have the kind of Internet resources we have today, so we got ALL SORTS of translations (fanslations) some of which could be very out there. One of the less crazy ones, but one which fits into the Kai/Custom mold is how Zeon was known as the "Duchy of Jion" for a long time in the West. It wasn't until the mid-2000s that "Principality of Zeon" became the norm. If you go back and watch some of those early Gundam Wing VHSes from the early 2000s that have previews for 0080 on them, they still use "Duchy of Zeon". "Jion Kokoku" could legitimately be translated a bunch of different ways and it wasn't until Sunrise started enforcing their preference for "Principality of Zeon" that we start to see it standardized. I remember hardcore Gundam hipster fans willing to die on the "Duchy of Jion" hill in message boards and chat rooms back then!

[@borgar1765]

And then there's Barzam Kai/Barzam Custom also called Refined Barzam

[@curiouscarlo7276]

13:25. Oddly enough, that's what Mars Zeon MS are advanced MS camouf under one year design.

[@justinkong9954]

You have the modified custom, the modified kai , the kai custom and then the modified custom kai model.

[@andrewceballos5404]

If I was in a geara doga and I got shot down by a year 1 gm I would just float out into space because I am not explaining that to a senior officer

[@FieraDevilWings]

I'm beginning to wonder if this is why Gundam Aerial's upgrade was named differently. In Japanese, it is 改修型 - kaishuu-gata, which, depending on the translation the machine likes to give me, seems to mean either "refurbished type" or "modified type". The choice to localise it as Gundam Aerial Rebuild probably lends itself to its origins in-universe, though "rebuild" does also imply modification (probably more so than being an ace custom kind of machine).

[@Gunpla-Slinger]

Rencheh GM also used a MMP-80 machine gun and a Gouf shield. There is also a GM Cold District Type and GM Type C in the same story. We also see A OG RGM 79 GM in The Return of Johnny Ridden manga and Terry Sanders is seen piloting a Ground GM after the OYW, But I can't remember which manga that was in.

[@dustintroydeguzman5411]

Personally saw it as Custom is built from the ground up using Customized parts to produce a powerful MS. Kai is an existing unit that is modified or customized to incorporate upgrades, systems, minor overhauls and/or add-ons to improve its performance but not enough that it would require specializes or custom parts for upkeep.

[@sighsgkj]

Don't forget Yazan Gable's GM interceptor

[@grayhantzell1957]

in my opinion about the difference between the "Customs" and the "Kai" Customs are more into personal modifications ( specialized for ace pilot ) and there's a chance no more further development after it, just add some modification and that it, no more further development. but for KAI, it's more into "upgrade-able", it does had modification, but it modification has a chance to be refined and further development afterward

[@twelfthknight]

It's a shame Kai Shiden never got a custom Mobile Suit, that would've been fun.

[@highhunter1st]

Yooo we eating good another video.

[@hairman943]

Sometimes refined and custom. In GBO2, the Refined Barzam was renamed to the Barzam Custom. So I started wondering if refined could also be applied to the kai MS.

[@JulioCorn-h2x]

Hey love your video. Here is a question I hope u like. Inspired by your "What if Kira Yamato got different Gundam" and base on the "Amuro finds a different machine Meme" . The question " What if Amuro found the first main Gundam of eche the alternate universe, how would he use them and how would the technology of those Gundam affect the UC especially the OYW? Hope u like the idea. And hope to see a future development history of the Pegasus class ships like the White base.

[@garrettlittle1279]

Didn't the Titans have a Titans colored Vanilla GM carrying G3 Nerve Gas Canisters in a black-and-white manga?

[@getserious4958]

Can we have a video for the Efreet suits? I think it's quite a badass suit even if there's only 8 of them produced.

[@yuzeles]

custom is the base unit being customized by their pilot using things such as adding new thrusters, more weapons, colour scheme, other small scale modifications that dont change the base unit enough to make it another unit. Kai is is a brand new unit, imagine a completely overhauled, upgraded unit, it has so many modifications that it is a different unit at this point. i cant offer a better explanation from my point of view

[@achcrossz3175]

I would really like to see a video about all the gundam in Gundam 00 since there’s so many of them we didn’t see in the anime

[@AtomiskAnsar]

Damn now I wanna make a "Hyaku Shitti"

[@brianshoheiteo8505]

Working in a japanese firm now. From what I understand, 改 usually means a minor modification. Or relatively small modifications. Though I feel is closer in meaning 改造 is better cause it's modified build shortened to just 改.

[@TK4541]

I've always wondered why they have never used Enhanced for some units. Then the NATO development nomenclature could have been used, like with the M16E1 or E2.

[@spikmaster18]

Hey Kakarot, will you do more videos regarding the F-Series & Silhouette Formula project MSses ?

[@darkkira1332]

Hey man, I was wondering if there is some information on what happened to the rest of the Ground Gundam units after the OYW? We really never saw them after the war, or even after the federation went to space (which is understandable since they are ground units afterall). In some games, they are depicted to be still active around the start of the stardust memory OVA, but that would be questionable since it could be them as filler units for gameplay reasons. Looking around online gives me nothing.

[@mohamadsufihaziq1692]

Hey Kakarot, love your development videos. Question: Can you explain the Mark series i.e. how did we go from the spiritual successor of RX 78-2 which is the MK-II then to something completely different with MK-III, MK-IV & MK-V? Also, could you do developmental video on the Greek alphabet series i.e. Zeta, Xi, Delta and etc.?

[@berserksamurai]

Kai could also be "retrofit"

[@miguellusanchez1311]

Don’t let Bandai see this fake gundam team. They going to make these premium kits 😂😂😂

[@TheASGen]

Question of the week: I know there was left handed pilots. But is there any account of left handed mobile suits. Like the mobile suit being setup for the left-handed pilots. Or would just have them setup as normal and them deal with it like all first person shooter games of today, having all player visuals being right handed.

[@nexo42069]

The space efreet kai is going to make things more confusing for translaters but the modified rick dijeh is actually funny enough more accurate than kai or custom monicker because it's a different loadout compared to the amuro ray custom Rick dijeh such as having beam sabers and no leg missiles and no hml

[@kanrakucheese]

“Kai” gets even more of a mess because of real world Japanese machines like the Shiden-Kai (yes, he is named for it), a revised Shiden, keep the “Kai” in their name in modern English discussions as proper nouns.

[@riptors9777]

Hyaku-shitty... dang thats a good one XD

[@Q_Sech]

Could you please do a video covering all the mobile suits piloted by Amuro Ray, maybe split it into canon and non-canon. I remember reading about him co-piloting a mobile suit with Judau in some manga once. Sounded interesting.

[@trollinoakenshield9822]

Isn't that where amuro n judau pilot mega zeta to fight ideon?

[@liyox14]

No mention of the hazel kai/custom too, rip

[@eisenklad]

i also take Kai as "enhanced"/"modified" like, the Efreet Kai is modified. while the GM Custom is a custom built to mass produced the Alex. the GM Kai is the GM Command (space/ground ver) modified into the GM kai... partly to streamline the line. as for if the basic GM still had numbers to be retrofitted into the GMII, one can assume the feds factories never stopped making them until the OYW peace treaty was signed. after A Boa'Qu fell, we still have side 3 and the zeon side of the moon plus the distant asteroid, Axis. they probably didnt do as brutal of a battle but skirmishes probably still occured. why i think they still made more GMs until the treaty? remember how when revil was captured, zeon didnt just go full invasion and Revil believes they are not producing enough / "they are tired" speech. well, Feds warhawks commander are the one that wasnt hit by the Solar Ray, so they will keep making weapons(ships/MS) until the treaty is finalized. its the not wanting to be caught by a sudden swing. they know Axis is a major threat.

[@Darkai.76]

I have a question about the redistribution of Gunpla kits being bad for other countries

[@E36Variance]

Can't "kai" also be translated as "improved" or "revised", as well? At least, this is how I interpreted it, being the "root" character of kaizen (改善) and kaizou (改造). So the "kai" is just an improved/revised mass-production model, whereas the "custom" is a customized high-performance model.

[@marcosdheleno]

i think char's zaku 2 is probably the best choice. either that or char's personal zaku 2. fits much better than char's custom zaku 2, or worse, char's zaku 2 custom. as for the kai, i dont think there's much of a need to translate it, BUT if they do it, i rather they used the modded, upgraded or just modified.

[@moonrosemage5411]

I have a Question? Can you explain the vintage inspired fashion of OZ and the nobles in Gundam Wing? Has there been anything canon about or was it just a resurgence of the fashion?

[@mightyrobot42]

And what would you call a mobile suit customized for use by Kai Shiden?

[@spikmaster18]

I have a question: Is it possible to internally modernize an older MS design (OYW/Gryps, etc) using something like Jegan/Geara Doga ?

[@ANDREALEONE95]

Question(s) of the week: why did Earth sphere rely on Helium-3 mined out from Jupiter rathern than on the Moon even after the OYW? How actually work the control system of a MS?

[@FlameStormer2000V2]

IRL we discovered Helium-3 on the Moon in 1986. 6 years after Gundam finished airing. An in-universe explanation might be it's simply much cheaper/easier to harvest Helium-3 from Jupiter's atmosphere vs. mining it from the Moon.

[@RenanARodrigues]

if what Kakarot says here about the GM in the movie trailer, (if, and a big if) is true, than a GM with all internal components of a new MS, u can say that, this GM is a sleeper MS, like some cars nowadays can also been called a sleeper(usually old cars with a whole bunch of new and very upgraded internal parts), so a Sleeper GM?

[@jokyng]

Kai to me means modified 改

[@fattiger6957]

When it comes to confusing translation, try reading the original Del Rey translation of the Gundam 0079 novels (I think from 1990). At that point there must not have been official English spellings for anything because Char is spelled as Cha and Zaku is Zak. It was so distracting that I had to stop reading it. Thankfully, I just ordered the updated version so I can actually finish reading them. I am currently learning Japanese, so maybe in a decade I'll be able to read manga and novels without having to worry about shoddy translation and localization.

[@VRHyoumaru]

Even now I still default to "Puru", not "Ple", just because it rolls off the tongue better. I wish Gundam had more consistent translations.

[@potatomongrel]

Is it Custom Shiden or Kai Shiden? Thank goodness he never had a specialized unit designation for any of the MS he's ever piloted that I know of. Gun cannon Kai shiden custom/ Kai shiden Kai? Does it matter what part of the name is used when it's for a certain pilot?

[@mewrrrrr]

where did you get the art for the gm custom from? it looks really cool

[@paktahn]

if you look at japanese military vehicles of the past kai is used a lot in a military naming scheme production units are not custom they are modified versions of the base model custom would be modified in the field by the soldiers using it like the humvee in iraq that usa soldiers added armor to try to make them more survivable against ieds and ambushes