The Joy of GUNPLA: Meditation for Otaku

[@REmasteredSEED911]

This video gave me a more powerful perspective to follow in regards to the hobby my girlfriend introduced me to before she passed away. Thanks for providing me another video to empower the reason to build on and ease away the pains of life with these joys of model kit building. Build on, man.

[@cgrooney9945]

I do not watch Gundam and only clicked this video because I was curious to know what "Gunpla" is, but I enjoyed your video. The feelings you described at the end are the exact same I get when I go out riding on my ATV which is my favorite thing to do. I'd have no interest personally in making a model but you point out the importance of hobbies and doing things on your own. The great thing is you find something you enjoy doing , put the phone down tune out the world for a bit and tune into yourself. Cool video!

[@Skychord-ux1is]

I still remember watching this video on my christmas break 2 years ago, after building my first gunpla. After watching MS Gundam Trilogy to CCA, along with the best OVA's, and lovingly painting a handful of gunpla, I really wanted to rewatch this video after that! I gave up on finding it, till youtube suggested it again! Thanks for making this cool vid

[@AKImeru]

I paint tabletop miniatures, not gunpla. Yet, I feel the same. I have this endless stack of Ork miniatures and vehicles. My painting is nowhere near pro. Yet, painting them, trying my best to make them look brutal, energetic, monstrous...I find piece in every axe and human skull I paint. Painting green skin to me is like cleansing my soul of impurities. There is only me and 3 shades of green.

[@zeonicdude3514]

That was poetic and fantastic.

[@bridyboo3967]

warhammer and gunpla building are just 2 sides of the same coin, heck gunpla builders often buy Warhammer paint XP

[@fishpop]

I joined the Gunpla hobby in October 2014. My collection is roughly 150-180 kits so far, with the goal of owning all 1/144 High Grade kits from 1999 onwards. (HGUC, SEED, 00, G-Reco, Origin, IBO, BD etc) I'm also collecting all Real Grade and have all retail kits from the RX-78-2 to the Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina.

[@fishpop]

I have since bought the RG Unicorn, High Mobility Zaku, Banshee Norn & Tallgeese.

[@monsieurphysiquechimie]

I've been painting for years now ans it is one of the few things that makes me really happy. When you say yoga feels the same, you definitly have my attention.

[@ascensionindustries9631]

I just started building gunpla a year ago. As an artist, I like it better than yoga, because after so many sessions I get an awesome, customized giant robot. However, hand painting details does get stressful as fuck...but once I'm done the end result can be more than satisfying.

[@kervyvillanueva9959]

Great video man. I've been through a lot of addictive stuff (mostly destructive) and I think building gunpla is my therapy. It taught me to have patience,dedication and focus. And after finishing up my kit, the robot itself signifies accomplishment, courage, resilience and fortitude.

[@davidthortucker1928]

I love the meta stream of consciousness you narrate while the video plays. Very intriguing, keep these videos up brother love what you're doing here

[@sorenzx1923]

My love for anime started with sailor moon. Though i had no idea what anime was. All i knew is i wanted more of it. Then i discovered Gundam Wing on YTV. Then i discovered the early no grade Gundam Wing no grade model kits. It was straight down hill from there.

[@lerouxpurple7766]

I would have never thought building a model would induce a meditative state. Though it makes a lot of sense when you explain it. The video was very enjoyable and interesting!

[@CarlosRodriguez-kc6yu]

Hey micheal I swear you took the words out of my mouth that is exactly how I feel when I gunpla just recently got into it 6 months ago and it’s the best therapy I have relaxes and relieves my stress and worry about the outer world problems.. keep up the good work, got ma subb

[@eventidewinds]

came across this video just now, absolutely wonderful message you are transporting here. in fact, I (over 40, and anime lover in the 80s and 90s) am starting my first gunpla this week. I hope it will help me to calm down and focus on the process of building kit, leaving the rest aside for a while

[@AdraTheGhost]

Right now in 2020, I've started Gunpla as a hobby to battle the depression from...everything. And I am going to say, this video makes me feel uniquely understood

[@bjanes4766]

Easily the best video about Gunpla on KZbin

[@jonathang6887]

I came for the meditation on giant robots. Staying for the thoughtful, well produced video essays. Cheers, my friend. Thanks for the content.

[@trippingaijin525]

Nice analogy at the end. This video actually got me interested into this stuff :).

[@farisprasko3549]

This channel came out of nowhere and I’m glad it did

[@nsalegit9482]

damn dude. This was really interesting! one thing that you mentioned that I think is really overlooked by the overall gaming community is that the flow states that we get from games are very meditative. as a person living with depression who is still really new to the world of meditation, I've seen it really help, but it's connection to flow states in games isn't really something we see mentioned in larger discussion of games. what is really interesting to me is that despite flow/meditative state being the end goal of a game designers work, the people that are exposed to it can still demonstrate the larger mental inflexibility that "gamer" culture demonstrates.

[@Ludocriticism]

This was super insightful to someone like me who's never cared for anime in the slightest, but is open to know why it butters so many people's toast. I just might have to build one of these robots.

[@TheAlchemistHome]

Ludocriticism I will warn you now you should also get a pair of nipers and a exactoknife maybe a very small $5 file

[@timmy3822]

I’m curious now, did you ever build one?

[@DrRESHES]

KZbin Recommendations can be a beautiful thing that leads to equally beautiful videos.

[@GX_Pixel]

You put a lot of effort in to this video and explained really well why the hobby is so great. Hope to see more Gunpla content from you !

[@petergriffin4442]

Amazing video! Made me realize how important this series is for me.

[@andersdenkend]

So, I‘m just two videos in and already subscribing to your channel. Which can mean only one thing; Great work!

[@rafsolo]

Thank you. I've been trying to 3D design a Gunpla. I've been stuck on the design trying to create something like all of the stuff I've seen in the anime. You helped remind me I don't have to follow the trend. I can do whatever I want and it can look like whatever I can make it

[@paultapping9510]

Personally, having just started to return to modelling, I'm specifically looking for robot/mecha models that *don't* look like your standard gundam mech. I love Maschinen Krieger's kits, for example, but there aren't enough mech kits out there that are truly different. You do you, you'll find an audience.

[@cybersteampunk]

Thanks for this video! It never crossed my mind to think that building Gunplas could be a form of meditation. I can relate to your point of view, one of my stress relievers is assembling "Gundams", and now I take it as a form of meditation too.

[@kerosoldier]

I agree whole heartedly with your video my friend. I typically can become lost as I'm building a model. I call it hyper focusing. The greatest examples are when I built the hmm liger zero panzer nearly 2 yrs ago. I spent 5 hours just working on the main body. Not even thinking of the passage of time. I actually had to force myself to take a break. Then I get into planning for custom builds. I typically spend a month planning out each build, which is half the fun sometimes. In the end, its the constant challenge and the trance like state I fall into that keeps bringing me back to model building.

[@lamelukas]

Building Gunpla brought me back to the days when I was much younger and built legos all the time, except you're building the mini-figures, which is great.

[@alexisrodriguez6526]

I was thinking about subbing midway through the video, then the ending song came and it sold me

[@groundbanshee]

A quick tip from someone who’s getting into Warhammer 40K mini modeling, thin your paints with a bit of water! You might need 2 thin coats but the finish is so much smoother!

[@aldolopez9564]

I started with 00 and then I couldn't stop. I watched all I could find and I love it. I have 3 gunplas, a high grade, a real grade and a master grade, no perfect grade yet. Your Zaku looks very nice. That paint work makes it look raw and heavy, as it should be. Cheers!

[@CarterHerrigstad]

Sick! I got one from Japan a couple years back. I never watched Gundam, but it was fun and challenging building it. Pretty satisfying at the end result

[@darkbats20]

This perfectly captured why building gunpla is fun, consider me subbed.

[@ms08gouf]

I'm going to get back into gunpla and this is exactly what I needed in order to push me

[@nelisezpasce]

This vid gives vibes of new sincerity in journalism.

[@nevthebest1091]

MG Sazabi ver. Ka, my friends. Build that and you'll never want to build any MG anymore.

[@telepathy90]

Great video. Very inspirational

[@wargreymon4prez]

Thank you for this

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

I'll give you a classic moment. From Gundam wing. Deathscythe hell walking through the fire after a really good fight Midway in the series.. the music, the destruction, perfection. Absolute perfection.

[@azure8696]

Those toonami promos bring back alot of good memories.

[@JulioPatronWitwytzkyj]

As someone who built models of plastic planes and cars, I can relate directly to what was said in the video. I remember feeling extremely relaxed when I assembled my first model of an Airbus A380 with a kit made by Revell. This model is now dusty and broken, as a perfect analogy to the memories I have of that time and to the things that life does to us.

[@frap12709]

Love this video for many reasons, but quite happy for the focus on the meditative aspect of hobbies and crafting. Found this channel coz of the Best Bad Movie video essay, and like how you put it together. Looking forward to future videos and keep it up!

[@Nova-du5on]

I can’t help it. Any time I see love live merch shown off in a video or pic my eyes home in on it 3:04

[@Natto-Over-Rice]

This hits home for me

[@TheHipisterDeer]

I enjoy gunpla for more or less the enjoyment of actually building it and see how all the parts come together. It's really quite satifying I would say!

[@Jadfisk]

Amazing video

[@snapsnapper2951]

I need more giant robots in my life, thank you.

[@lucwatoa8775]

im not otaku at all.. and i never seen a gundam serie, only one full chapter. but i wanted to start whit gunpla, even if it is so expensive where i live, i only build a hg by now, but it was very pleasant to me, if i could get a perfect grade, no matter what model, surely i would build it.. just for the pleasure of build it..

[@Tahu33446]

Wow an 8 bit ver of the wing ending. Nice.

[@actionplatop6708]

Thank you for your video

[@Duo_20]

I am returning to the hobby after 10 years. Back in the days everything related become really expensive (paint, kits etc). Right now with the daban assistance im building msv and the new cross silhoutte SD.

[@kendog84bsc]

2:57 A little correction (?) here. According to nico nico hyakka (which is an internet encyclopedia of sort), GUNPLA/ガンプラ is a shortened for ガンダム + プラモデル (or ガンダムのプラモデル, according to Japanese Wikipedia page of ガンプラ) which can be translated as 'Gundam Miniature Model (construction) Kit' (people often call (usually miniature) model construction kits プラモデル: pla(stic) model in Japan). I didn't find these descriptions on Bandai's page, although nico nico hyakka said it was the Bandai's official description of ガンプラ. Sorry if -millions of people- someone made a similar comment before.

[@bigdawgsonly]

The Metal Gear Solid 2 references… so so so good

[@Nivrithi1]

Got into a similar sensation assembling Warhammer miniatures, both 40k and Fantasy.

[@weirdo3116]

been more of a warhammer/wargaming min person my self. but the gunpla models look pretty cool not gonna lie.

[@maxkordon]

It's like a combination of adult coloring book and building a complex lego

[@alcidestorres3110]

I feel 100% the same.

[@somechinesedude5466]

Try frame arms girl & megami device It'll let you meditate harder

[@redsand210]

Great video! You hit in on the head for me. I've always felt it was meditation and causes you to grow. I went from screaming at plastic parts to total patients. Do you have a Facebook man? I'd love to add you

[@JaxVolta]

Dreaming in neon next!

[@Galdenberry_Lamphuck]

Ahh gundam wing. I watched all of 1979. All of zeta. Skipped ZZ due to dumpster fire. Virtually every series and movie after that in UC. I loved every minute. I got seven eps into wing and dropped it. 083 had the best music too.

[@MrMajorasmask101]

Was that Peter Cullen narrating toonami?

[@aclumpofseaweed1132]

Everything that u said at the start was what i did too when i was 13

[@7g6f5e4d3c2b1a]

*GUNPLA=LIFE*

[@kazuki199407]

you have a new subscriber

[@aaaaaaaaooooooo]

I think there are actual studies showing that model kit building releases certain brain waves similar to meditation.

[@rustecohle591]

Loved this...can you do one on yugioh or Pokemon if you were into any?

[@shayoko6]

i mean yeah...that is why we play games. being part of the experience is better than just watching.

[@Dielan9999]

Was that a chiptune version of WILD BEAT COMMUNICATION at the end there?

[@eye9359]

*GUNDAMUUUUUU*

[@davidhouflying]

I started to get nervous everytime when my wife is near my Gundam display case

[@user-ir1xo9jp8w]

what paint was he using when he was painting the Zaku II red around the 4:50 mark?

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

7:56 that's 160 BPM tho

[@trillenglish]

Gundam and Galaxy Express 999

[@firefox81]

One thing I don't get, you talk about meditation and flow state and how they apply to gunpla. I get that, the quite focus it gives me has helped me with my mental health but in the same video you talk about this you state a ridiculously short amount of time to build a perfect grade. I know the end result is personal but I get the distinct impression you rushed it to make this video. The more time you take the more rewarding I find the hobby both in terms of personal fulfilment and end result. If I am tottal off the mark here I appologise

[@KingKilla7245]

So pretty sure Gunpla is GUN-PLA(AA) not gun-pu-la. Also Char is more "Shar" not like char (CHAR-coal)...but other than the pronunciation this was a greta vid! also solid hand painting skills!

[@MadDragonify]

Jay Gunpla in Japanese is pronounced Ga N Pu Ra Char is pronounced Sha in Japanese and Char in English

[@Johntarou]

I have 30+ gunpla

[@jemilicee]

I agree having a gunpla is fun building it is a challenge no matter how bad or good you made it there will always be a CHARm on it...see what i did there? :D

[@Duo_20]

Well... the worst model kit builders I have ever seen are otakus and the best didnt watch anime, I will never classify them together.

[@littlelw319]

could you describe the best? has he ever won any model kit building competition? because there's a lot of good - high - best kit by otaku modeler. p.s sorry for my english

[@Duo_20]

@@littlelw319 the best modelers I have ever seen are guys who like or enjoy gunpla but they dont identify themselves (or by anyone) as otakus. By otakus I mean weeabos.

[@littlelw319]

so....you just have a problem with a modeler (specifically gunpla modeler) who identify themself as an otaku? also term otaku and weeaboo is quite different , but yeah at this time the term is use way too much (or loosely , idk the right term) until it almost end up has the same meaning.

[@littlelw319]

i know that you don't want to group good modeler and bad modeler who are/is(fuck , my english is bad ;-;) an otaku , but even bad modeler is still a modeler. wait , am i misunderstood your point?

[@Duo_20]

@@littlelw319 my point here is: the best modelers(not only gunpla) out there are not identify as otakus/weeabos. Also as far as I can understand u take it personal... chill out and move on...

[@AyBee9725]

So you're a Newtype, huh...

[@Riakon]

That Char's Zaku paint job has got me the opposite of relaxed

[@caseyjones8246]

It's Gunpla, not Gunpwllla. It's English, not Engrish.

[@DandyDude]

...no Russia content warning? Also chicks dig giant robots. Peace!

[@RexWort]

Chicks Dig Giant Robots