Top 10 Biggest Gundams

[@kakarot197]

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[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

Nice

[@aerozed95]

Not gonna lie, I love how you used the Junes theme from P4 for the sponsor plugin!

[@MasterSwo]

You know Kakarot, the more Hathaways... lashing out shall we say is brought up, the more I have to ask: What were the writers thinking?!

[@SoulstrikerV]

We could use a top 10 largest mobile armors, and a top 10 largest non-Gundam/non-Mobile Armor suits.

[@YukitoOnline]

I'm still waiting for that promised *"ALICE SYSTEM"* lore from your old *"5 Gundams You'd WANT to Pilot (As An Average Person)"* video.

[@ebindelgado9660]

4:20 "waifu capturing" the most unholy ability in gundam history

[@reform-revolution]

how did i miss that ......

[@arashitendou5941]

I’d say it’s more like Waifu prison Remember it was Wong and then Ulube that respectively captured Allenby and Rain for the Devil Gundam Only Allenby got shoved into the Walter first

[@issackaiser]

Nice catch man.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@issackaiser "Waifu capturing" is totally p3rv€rt£d as h3nt@i...😖 (Is it me or both *Ulube & Wong* is kinda pervy to Allenby & Rain yet...?)

[@mistypig]

The main villains in Seed Destiny were basically saying, "Hmmmmm war crimes didn't work. What about MORE war crimes!"

[@andrejg4136]

"Can't get convicted of War Crimes if there is no one left to prosecute me." - Djibril most likely

[@DU_hockeygirl40]

"War crimes won't exist when I rule." - Durandal They were basically the same ideology just different sides.

[@Joshua_N-A]

In Origin, before the opening battle, the Zeon officers are warned that if they lose, they'll be tried for war crimes so history is WRITTEN BY THE VICTORS. If you win, you're untouched and your crimes is pretty much swept under the rug. If someone tries to uncover the forbidden secrets, make sure the person is "unavailable".

[@shadowssoul09]

pretty sure most of gundam is based off the world wars and scified

[@katherineberger6329]

"Everybody's favorite reality show, 'War Crime O'Clock'" - Tex Talks BattleTech

[@piercepayumo4212]

"X1 Destroy, prepare for take off." Sting Oakley: (grins) "Yes! Here I go!"

[@DU_hockeygirl40]

Forgets that he was literally taken down by Murasames in the last battle.

[@dennistadeo1990]

@@DU_hockeygirl40 nice joke... Well he did became a joke

[@dennistadeo1990]

Neo did said that Stellar, is better for the Destroy, look at what she did, compared to the grunt pilots... aaaand Sting. He got stung hard.

[@Joshua_N-A]

Destroy is GSD production in a nutshell. Remember Ridley Scott? He made Alien then came Cameron, made Aliens at it was a glorious sequel. Fukuda is no Cameron.

[@xenthon8160]

"Sting Oakley, X1 Destroy; signal lost."

[@lifeinjersey9846]

Sees Devil Gundam. No way he's gonna put the Kyoji meme in WITH THE HELP OF KYOJIIIIIIIIII

[@frogfinance4605]

"You team killing simp" Fucking accurate

[@xenocyde8498]

until hathaway learned how much he fucked up hard as he got older and severely suffers from it psychologically

[@isaactrujillo5222]

Nice to know I am not the only one that phrases Hathaway like this...

[@isaactrujillo5222]

Also, why no more likes on this one. Is it a "they hated him for telling the truth" moment here?

[@frogfinance4605]

@@isaactrujillo5222 thats the story of my life

[@isaactrujillo5222]

@@frogfinance4605 "That's rough buddy..."

[@BlueAmerican26]

Of course Ribbons gundam had to be tall. His voice actor was Tōru Furuya, the voice of Amuro. Need to have those lineage Easter eggs.

[@yagamijubei28]

And the cannon mode is a revision of a guncannon, a mobile suit that Amuro piloted. The fight scene between exia repair 3 and reborns is the same as char's counterattack.

[@Xeno-The-Wanderer]

@@yagamijubei28 you mean Repair 2 and O Gundam

[@yagamijubei28]

@@Xeno-The-Wanderer oh yeah thanks.

[@churro5322]

No no no.. No lineage wanted.

[@VegetaLF7]

Destroy is easily my favorite massive Gundam. That original one was just terrifying as it carved a path of ruin across Europe. The later units may have been nerfed all to hell, but that doesn't change how devastating the original was. Besides, it's a double reference in one unit: nodding to the Psycho Gundam in Mobile Suit mode and the Big Zam in Mobile Armor mode.

[@MuhammadKharismawan]

The natural pilots were just unable to do anything with it, especially when fighting against a team with winning experience fighting one of theirs that actually was well piloted.

[@spartanonxy]

@@MuhammadKharismawan That would make sense if not for the simple truth there would be room for massive computers to run AI assistance. The simple truth is they nerfed them because hey wanted to make the new gundams seem powerful. Heck even the first battle realistically the Freedom should have had overwhelming issues killing it simply because it would have armor that was so thick that only he heaviest beam weapons should have had a effect. But well plot contrivance.

[@jakealter5504]

@@spartanonxy you’re forgetting exactly how the freedom killed it, it specifically targeted the destroy’s chest beam cannons with it’s beam sabers while said cannons were charging to fire

[@spartanonxy]

@@jakealter5504 Fair enough.

[@jakealter5504]

@@spartanonxy it’s one way to deal with that kind of enemy since it ultimately uses the energy that was building up in the cannons to destroy the machine (if Stella had received the same blow to the other cannons then it wouldn’t have done the same level of damage). The same thing would’ve happened if it was either of the psycho gundams in that situation

[@RandomHero-wt2fz]

In defense of the Destroy. The first time we saw it when it was an Absolute Unit. It was being piloted by Stella who was losing her mind and it basically ran wild. Then, down the line they need cannon fodder for the Destiny and Legand gundams. Most likely the pilots at that time were unknown pilots 7, 23, and 31 who were lucky to have a combined IQ of 6.

[@VegetaLF7]

Seriously, Stella left a path of absolute destruction all across Europe in her Destroy before she was taken down. The others may be a joke, but the original was a nightmare.

[@yoshuasidharta4685]

@@VegetaLF7 it was still nightmare for ordinary pilot actually. But yeah for all crazy offensive and defensive weapon they have once named character engage them in melee, this huge gundam somehow got easily taken down.

[@paradoxanimechannel3451]

If cruset use this unit, im sure he can solo lunar base

[@MuhammadKharismawan]

@@yoshuasidharta4685 and it even became its weakness in the game, when it become mobile armor form, it's invulnerable against all long range attack and can only be melee'd.

[@kuramakitsune16]

Two reasons I can think of. The first is that When Shin learned that Stella was in the Destroy he started to hold not just himself back but the others as well since he wanted to try and "save" her, when in all honesty it would lead to her to becoming a test subject for ZAFT if captured or in the same situation or worse if the alliance got her. The other reason I can think of is more likely they wanted to show how "powerful" the new gundams were and give Luna a bit more feats on her resume. Also everyone that was not on Kira's side became a joke after Athrun defected from ZAFT... again.

[@YukitoOnline]

I'm still waiting for that promised *"ALICE SYSTEM"* lore from your old *"5 Gundams You'd WANT to Pilot (As An Average Person)"* video.

[@MusicFan752]

That or do a top five gm mobile suits.

[@justacheeseburger6011]

Me I'm still waiting for the best grunt suits you'd want to pilot (as an average person)

[@bthsr7113]

And we're still waiting for both.

[@jakealter5504]

@@MusicFan752 the GM Custom and the GM Quel would top that list (mainly the custom since we actually see it performing on par with gundams)

[@SoulstrikerV]

Bright Noa: Think, Hathaway! Think! Hathaway Noa: I wanna be a terrorist when I grow up!

[@sawlol2011]

Based Hathaway

[@dzulk9]

Bright Noa: *prepares another slap for Hathaway*

[@xx-qv9tp]

It's hardly "terrorism" when it's up against the Titans

[@SoulstrikerV]

@@xx-qv9tp But the Titans are long gone by the time Hathaway started giving his dad a lot of headaches.

[@tenkuken7168]

hathaway: i watched gundam 00

[@reform-revolution]

G Gundam was hilariously silly and we all loved every second of it Nu is best out of them because its not an overcompensation joke and can actually function within reason as a war unit

[@ernestorio3550]

See ? If we can get past the silly nature of G Gundam, then it's very enjoyable while being over the top. That and NU does have a reason to be that big, in order to sustain a good chunk of weaponary while not looking like it's like u said overcompensating

[@KnightBX]

What I don't understand is that Xi Gundam was classified as a 5th generation mobile suit. The ZZ is a 4th generation. So how was it that Nu and even unicorn were not considered next gen suits?

[@TaimatCR]

@@KnightBX I believe it was due to them not having the minovsky particle flight system, but I could be wrong

[@reform-revolution]

​@@KnightBX a lot of military experts dont rate gens of machines by their dates but by certain tech advancements that usher in a new way of warfare (like going from biplanes to monoplanes then jets) the Unicorn and Nu seemed to be specialist machines using old and known tech to simply use them for particular pilots and situations not full battle machines so their semi prototype status may be the reason they arent considered next gen machines the Xi and ZZ both used tech that we see occasionally on new machines but arent seen (at least not on a large scale) on older ones then again i could be wrong as i dont have solid proof of where the gens start and end in this universe (like does gen 1 start at the Zaku or its prototype? is the Gundam a next gen machine because of its beam weapons? what about the GM does it count as the first Gen 1 as it was mass produced)

[@tyaty]

@@reform-revolution The likes Nu/Unicorn/Sinanju can be considered 4.5th gen models. (And awakened Unicorn/Phenex, Neo Zeong at unclassifiable, because they operate beyond scientific understanding)

[@christianaguirre163]

Question: what happened to every main gundam in Universal Century after the end of the series or manga?? (if possible the Gundams from Alternate Univers to) this I hope can enter as topic for question of the week 😎

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Decommissioned likely or used for parts

[@Truenofan86]

People led by Mineva used the MK II in NT. And Judau used the ZZ until UC 153

[@dlion9651]

That’s a good one

[@dlion9651]

Kamil Chrzanowski I thought the mk 2 was destroyed?

[@justagundam]

A lot of them were destoyed in battle. The ones that weren't were definitely decommissioned and stripped for parts

[@ninjavanish2361]

There is an old saying to this, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." That applies to every Big MS including the Gundams.

[@BeyondDaX]

Unless you count anything Kira Yamato pilots because of plot armor

[@santiagogarcia1606]

@@BeyondDaX oof

[@manat31790]

@@BeyondDaX Correction: *Seed Destiny* Kira Yamato. Seed Kira was borderline infamous for getting his mechs trashed, notably Strike getting nuked point-blank by Aegis and Freedom getting tossed around by Creuset before narrowly winning by a kamikaze attack, with only the torso and left arm and leg intact. Freedom's METEOR fell especially hard since Providence was using DRAGOONs to attack that huge backpack from all directions and easily tear it apart.

[@MuhammadKharismawan]

@@manat31790 Freedom did get trashed bad in SD, and its by Shin, it's not that Kira is that much better in SD, it's just Strike Freedom that is too tailored for Kira's style. We all know the one thing that will give fans an "ooooh!?" in the upcoming movie is the moment Strike Freedom got hit. And it look bad, SF has weak armor for all that mobility. It even shows in Gundam games, SF has one of the lowest HP in all the 3000 cost MS, but as a trade it's also one of the most reactive to inputs.

[@Prich319]

From unstoppable juggernaut, to cannon fodder. Conservation of ninjutsu truly screwed over the Destroy gundam.

[@brettwood1351]

Turns out Steller was the best of the Extended. Makes sense, she had the best regular Gundam.

[@Joshua_N-A]

GSD riddled with issues during production. Had Destiny uses the Stardust Memories premise, it could've gone better. Better make the first half focusing on pursuing the stolen Gundams. Then second half dealing with LOGOS directly and making the Destroys the most hardest to kill. Then make another sequel where Kira re-emerges after a failed assassination attempt on Lacus making them living on the run. Destiny should've have been focus more on ZAFT and the Minerva.

[@matthewpelletier6900]

I would have liked that much better. Shinn is an insufferable little shit, but maybe he could've been better if the show wasn't in such a hurry to bring Kira back. That said, Kira is the best and even though GSD is largely awful, all the good parts involve him.

[@omarcontreras-cruz7501]

Destroy Gundam is literally just a GBF made mishmash of Big Zam and Psycho Gundam and I love every aspect of it. We refuse to believe those 5 mass produced versions exist since they appeared on the 2nd half of the series when everything went down the pooper.

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

That's going under the assumption that the series wasn't already in the pooper to begin with - not with model design, of course, but definitely with plot and character development (basically 0079 but with less development and more stupid people doing stupid s*** and getting away with it because the plot demands it).

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

Thanks, Kakarot. You gave me what I wanted. WITH THE HELP OF KYOJI!!!!!!!!!! I seriously hope that this video will give both the Raven and Grand Gundams more needed attention.

[@zachelkins1229]

wasn't the Zuse Gundam also a giant

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

@@zachelkins1229 Marcelot was a beefy boi but his gundam was the same size as the God Gundam

[@zachelkins1229]

@@GojiraFan-in9oo must just be my memory playing tricks on me then thanks

[@heavyarms55]

Just imagine if the GP project hadn't been shut down and the EFSF continued developing and producing units like the GP03. It would have changed the course of history. A single unit had the fire power to take down an entire enemy flotilla, and it could be operated by a SINGLE PERSON.

[@seabookarno1664]

Well, Titans Test Team's jobdesk itself was like successor of GP Project directly by EF, not AE.

[@mephosto]

g gundam memes make me happy. "waifu capturing cockpit" , no wonder it's the devil...

[@NealCamerlengo]

But did it have the key to the Gates of Babylon?

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

We need to see a Top 10 Biggest Non Gundam Mobile Suits. Kshatriya/Repaired Nightingale Sazabi Perfect Zeong Baund Doc The O Messala Queen Mansa Qubeley Rozen Zulu

[@thenonmemelord1069]

God the Neo Zeong one and two would be number one or two lol

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

@@thenonmemelord1069 Neo Zeong is a Mobile Armor

[@thenonmemelord1069]

@@GojiraFan-in9oo I know but if it was on a mobile armor list it would be number one

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

@@thenonmemelord1069 We don't have any quantifiable data on the Apsalus III, which is the only onw I feel may be bigger.

[@frigginresulrum]

@@GojiraFan-in9oo "I'm not the tallest? Lemme put my legs down...how bout now?" For real though, you can at least guestimate the Apsalus III thanks to it's Zaku II noggin. If we're doing MAs though, Neue Ziel is a biggun and I feel that Neo Zeong is cheating with the fuel cans.

[@lordwisehammer]

The Destroy Gundam had to become a joke, you can't have Seed protagonists struggling or developing tactics after the mid season upgrade, their performance can only be affected by how angsty or sad they are.

[@serosen3950]

excuse you, thats seed destiny. og seed had them learning tactics, and some suffering from a lack of learning them better, till the end. and no, im not a kira stan, im team laflaga

[@lordwisehammer]

@@serosen3950 The Freedom basically lets Kira bypass his main ethical dilemma by letting him shoot down almost everything in his path without killing the pilots. I did state AFTER the mid season upgrade.

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

*cue The Office desk-slam "Thank You!" meme*

[@Frog-Shaped-Slime]

@@lordwisehammer oh, iirc he never kills anyone after that djinn escort. and that clone dude. but at least he’s not Athrun

[@lordwisehammer]

@@Frog-Shaped-Slime Kira kills a fair few people in the strike on earth, Baku pilots, Waltfeld's girlfriend, the under water MS pilots and of course Nicol when he bisects the Blitz through the cockpit.

[@ernestorio3550]

Finally someone remembered Chan existed, and got killed bye that Simp for worrying his own good. Also appreciated that you include 2 of the Devil / Dark Gundams heavenly kings since those 2 were powerfull not just because their size too

[@tenkuken7168]

he was just a kid and a simp hes matured now and not simp but like idk if they gonna make hathaway simp a dead girl in the movie we never know

[@seabookarno1664]

But then again Chan just shot someone who almost successfully persuaded to give up.....

[@SephirothRyu]

As the Devil Colony's tentacles were essentially city sized, if you count the "colony form" of this unit it is definitely the largest. ESPECIALLY if you include the tentacles, which bring its total "height" to larger than that of the planet's atmosphere itself. Even before the colony stuff though, it did also do that thing where it was a bunch of tentacles with Gundam heads on them.

[@thatidiotweeb1421]

Seed series just straight up has the most fucked op mech and then just straight up look like it's came from the era before ibo

[@teslashark]

IBO is drafted alongside OO in 2006, actually, it just got dragged on infinitely

[@MaddJakd]

It was before IBO......

[@thatidiotweeb1421]

@@MaddJakd isn't ibo universe is not related to seed universe

[@MaddJakd]

@@thatidiotweeb1421 Indeed Sidenote: Now this reminds me of how badly I wanna see a prequel to IBO on Calamity War! Too bad the homeland weren't exactly fans

[@thatidiotweeb1421]

@@MaddJakd everyone wants it but they just go for seed plot to look like a pH plot

[@SwiftGundam]

I do like the Destroy. But, man, what a waste of heavy artillery.

[@williambenedictalava2634]

God Yamato kill the first X-1 destroy gundam and the X-1 turned into a grunt unit now.

[@Joshua_N-A]

Just like the show itself. Should've keep focusing on Minerva and ZAFT.

[@MaxHDAvenger]

I agree, through I couldn't help but use a Destroy against its own brothers at Logos base at the Moon in Crossrays.

[@wejimenez5132]

I also loved the destroy gundam even though it has no melee weapons. Those extended pilots are more of a problem than a solution in both seed and seed destiny. Imagine if the destroy was stolen by the coordinators.

[@Joshua_N-A]

The bio CPUs aka 3 Druggies in SEED gave Kira and Athrun very little room to breath when they're stable. It reminds me of Universal Soldier where heat can disable a UniSol if fighting without cooling down for too long, especially in hot weather. Take the concept of Universal Soldier except for the reanimating the corpse part and put it into the Extendeds in GSD. The strongest Coordinators would have a hard time against them. One stable Extended in a Destroy would be able to wipe out one carrier battle group with ease.

[@Sorain1]

Frankly, just putting regular pilots in them would have gotten better value from the machines.

[@shawdawg3675]

The only reason the Heavens Sword Gundam's head was so big was it made the beak of the flight mode. Although they could have made it a backpack attachment that hooks to the head, like the seekers from Transformers

[@custodianguardofthemagyari216]

Instead they made him a conehead

[@ILEFTCAPS0N]

Destroy Gundam: Are you a Gundam? Big Zam: Nani?

[@Bobert2020]

If manga were included AOZ would be in mentioned like 7 times Why is the reborns Gundam tall yet it seemed to be the usual 18 meter height? These things must be a pain to build and maintain and probably occupy 10% of the budget

[@BlueAmerican26]

It wasnt. Side by side it towers over the 00. When fighting the 00 it probably didnt seem as tall because of how wide the 00 was.

[@ernestorio3550]

@@BlueAmerican26 yeah it does seem like Reborns is standard size since ya know it's fighting against a Wide Shoulder Gundam like 00R. That and most of the Reborn's screen time where fights, so maybe it'll be difficult for the animators to maintain 100% accurate scale if it was in a scene filled with many movements

[@bagsikdangal]

I have both 00 Raiser and Reborns Gundam in the HG 1/144 scale, and I can confirm that the Reborns Gundam is taller because of its high heels design.

[@Edward-bb2uy]

yeah, the hyzenthley rah 2 might be the biggest of the aoz ms

[@tenkuken7168]

advance of zeta has a gundam with gundams on it

[@KaiserStormTracking]

"Teaming Killing Simp" Hathaway=Simp *CAN'T COMPUTE*

[@Prich319]

Simping for Quess? Death was too good for Hathaway.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@Prich319 you mean Quess? Hathaway survived and is still alive

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@LCM-vo1rj true

[@damianwomack4668]

Define "still"

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@damianwomack4668 Gundam Hathaway showed him pretty much well and good and alive running a terrorist group and owning a gundam

[@LP4evah]

The Nu is my favourite! Could you ever do a top 10 war crimes in gundam anime?

[@bitetheasp]

Oof, good luck to anyone trying to narrow down the top 10.

[@jakealter5504]

@@bitetheasp they could limit it to when super weapons are involved

[@sethlaufy]

The Destroy gundam case of joke unit it could also happen with the big zam if they mass produced

[@MuhammadKharismawan]

Yeah something like that need a proficient pilots, it might be different if destroy was made by zaft, but it's made by naturals

[@armoredsoul2076]

Props to using the Penelope theme for its placement, probably the best OST to come from Hathaway's Flash

[@jejearts7813]

Randomly post that "EVERYDAY GREAT AT YOUR JUNES" song .. memories

[@annguyen-tr3ne]

NANAKO!!!!

[@JosephJoboLicayan]

The Destroy is such an amazing design and sadly we never got, same as the Guaiz and Strike Dagger, would really love to see kits of these in the size of normal 1/100 or 1/144 kits.

[@platonicbuu7454]

They just did another pbandai run. It ships this month, actually Hg

[@brettwood1351]

10-Yep, I remember how much the Nu and Sazibi action figures towered over the Stardust Memory and War In the Pocket ones I had. 9-I just think Reborns turning around to transform is nifty. 8-Had to do the meme. 7-That's a big Chonky boy, and what series other than G would have to balls to make it? 6- Yes, Hathaway blows. Chan was the best UC Waifu, dang it. 5-The head is so long because it's so smart a gundam? 4-I'm not particularly fond of the Hathaway's flash suits to be honest. This one lookes like it's stuck halfway though a transformation. Sigh, I just love the concept of the Dendroubium, of just strapping a Gundam in a shit ton of weapons and thrusters and blowing fleets up. Wish it got used more. Ah, the Psycho Gundams. I don't care if it stands for Psycommu, it's still crazy to me! Also why the heck did nobody ever mount reflector bits on a Battleship? Come on, it screams hilarity! 1-Ah yes. What you get when a Big Zam and a Psycho Gundam love each other very much, or just got a little too drunk, the Destroy Gundam.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

My predictions for the Top 10 Smallest Gundams Crossbone (any of them) Gundam F91 Gundam F90 Nobel Gundam Any of the Gundam Wing Boyband Strike Gundam Victory Gundam

[@TheT7770ify]

I remember when the Destroy gundam showed up in Seed. I thought I was near the end of the series since it looked like a final boss sort of enemy. But if memory serves I think that's only like half way through

[@arashitendou5941]

MAJOR SPOILERS: You maybe right cause the first one was piloted by Stella who was basically to Shinn as Flay was to Kira The chick he likes that dies to drive him mad Stella’s death, partially caused by Kira leads to Shinn ‘killing’ Kira only for the revival and the creation of Strike Freedom Before Kira’s return though we get those mass produced ones that get practically curbstomped like a bunch of punks Where as the first was able to handle both Freedom and Impulse Gundam at the same time

[@Joshua_N-A]

I see the Destroy as GSD production in a nutshell. It could've deal damage to the Freedom, making Kira crashed and this left Shinn to deal with Stella himself. It could've develop his character further.

[@Markus-zb5zd]

@@arashitendou5941 tbh the same happend to the positron deflector MA thingies in destiny

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@Markus-zb5zd And so, what happened to that "Positron deflector Mobile Armor" thingies then...😕?

[@Markus-zb5zd]

@@rahadianaryo5979 they were just slaughtered after the first

[@zachelkins1229]

Of this list the Psycho gundam has to be my favorite, though the MKII is clearly a step up in every way the MKI looked much better imo. I would have loved to have seen a "mass production" version that did away with the transformation and got a psycho sized beam sword, also put some proper armor on the backs of its legs... All in all it's exactly what I want out of a giant gundam though "I want a walking battle ship complete with the firepower and armor to back it up."

[@jakealter5504]

I prefer the destroy for those same reasons

[@zachelkins1229]

@@jakealter5504 A very reasonable choice. I think for my part I just can't get over the severe jobbing of all the secondary instances.

[@jakealter5504]

@@zachelkins1229 that was probably both due to the pilots of the other destroys being bad and because the zaft pilots had the knowledge from when shin fought the original destroy (plus they had 3 usable gundams instead of just the impulse)

[@nazrulnadziruddin9641]

Destroy Gundam's first impression: WOW! It's a walking death machine of pure carnage and destruction! So cool. I want one! Destroy GUndam's other appearance: Look at what they did to my boi! They did him dirty! This is worse than the Death Star

[@anthonymaradiaga5261]

Oh my God it's godzilla

[@justinli5117]

Wrong, it’s “Oh my God.” “-zilla!”

[@user-mz2yh6qz7y]

No gendo, it's an angeluuu

[@vustvaleo8068]

meanwhile that cancelled Hollywood Gundam live-action movie project during the 80's has a redesigned RX-78-2 that is freaking 50 meters tall.

[@dragoontype00alphaz19]

Mega Gundam Rx78/50 that what I'd call it that bigger then Megazord isn't it

[@furishirogane3606]

that jingle for the promotion... "every day great at your JUNES~" intensified

[@duelgundam]

Great video, but I would like to give my two cents on why the Destroy performed so badly after Stella's. You see, when they first deployed the Destroy, the lab was insistent on using Stella, as she had the best compatibility with the proposed specs given by Acteon Industries(on paper, at least). This whole deal with compatibility is also why Sting, Auel, and Stella, despite there being still a sizable amount of other Extendeds, Bio CPUs, Combat Coordinators, and Socius clones(emotionless clones of Gud Vair, except for Finis Socius, who got the psychopathic side of Gud Vair), why the three of them were specifically chosen to steal, and subsequently became the designated pilots, of the Chos, Abyss, and Gaia respectively(that, and their teamwork scores). In fact, ever notice how they started doing badly when they lost one member of the Trio? Auel did badly in his last fight with the Impulse, despite routinely being able to fend him off before. Sting got taken out in both Berlin and Heaven's base, both after Auel's(because he had subconsciously depended Auel giving him covering fire, even after his memories got wiped) and Stella's(because he was more of a team player being effectively forced into a solo role) deaths. For the other Destroys at Heaven's Base, I believe that, excluding Sting, they basically just threw whatever Artillery-oriented Bio CPUs(the likes of Orga, Shani, and Clotho, pilots of the Calamity, Forbidden, and Raider respectively) into the other five Destroys that were stationed at that base after Acteon completed them, and they subsequently performed badly because the machines lasted longer than their drugs did(remember what happen to Clotho by the end?). By the time they attacked the Moon Base, that resource had dried up from Blue Cosmos/LOGOS basically throwing them out like expendable troops throughout the war(some died, some defected), and they probably resorted to using regular human pilots for the four in space.

[@xenthon8160]

Impressive analysis, my friend.

[@gudakoalter]

what if they released a HG Destroy gundam? that would definitely epic, terrifying and expensive

[@MaddJakd]

I mean, he did get HG Neo Zeong and Dendrobium

[@Markus-zb5zd]

wasn't there a HG METEOR? these things are about the same size if not bigger

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

The only reason that the Grand Master Gundam isn't here is cuz there's no quantifiable data on it Cuz it's easily bigger than than the Destroy Gundam.

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

For honors sake: In g gundam crossrays, i put meer campbell into the Destroy and chunked her with all the cool skills. Just send her into the map, half the enemys wont hit, the other half gets positron reflected. Murders most of em in counters too. While her theme song memes along. The unit has tools vs any and all Targets.

[@gdash1996]

See’s Buyee ad, See’s Meyrin. Of course

[@solbadguy9025]

With the recent Seed era revisiting from Bandai, my hopes of a 1/100 hg Destroy Gundam have become much higher. If the Nightgale can get one, so can the Destroy.

[@Astronopolis]

Maybe 1/144 but definitely not 1/100

[@MaddJakd]

@@Astronopolis IDK. The real mechanics lines seems primed for such

[@Astronopolis]

@@MaddJakd how? For a Destroy it would have to be at least the size of Psyco Gundam, which was done in 1/144, which is the precedent I’m basing my assumption on. A 1/100 would be like the size of a Mega Size 1/48 scale kit or bigger and be crazy expensive, low detail, and kind of a brick.

[@MaddJakd]

@@Astronopolis maybe. More as it's cool but definitely falls into the reaml of Bandai's definition of "obscure" enought that I don't see them going all in on the proper HG tech for it. At the same time, the homeland loves their SEED so anything is possible

[@Joshua_N-A]

Someone may probably see "premium" slapped on it from miles away.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

4:20 I just noticed "waifu capturing cockpit" smooth

[@Gomjibar]

6:30 love that description for Hathaway

[@mylegs123]

This is why I hope we get a gundam anime set between Hathaway and Victory (a more clear version of Crossbone/F91 like they are doing with "Hathaway"), maybe explore more of the UC downsizing era (love the V2 gundam for its size vs power)

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

The federation was in massive debt in the uc 100s due to all expermental mobile suits the bought from Anaheim during the grips war and 3 neo Zeon wars they wasted alot of money on non mass produced machines something they were already trying to fix around the time of CCA and why they created SNRI as they didn't want to deal with Anaheim and there double dealing any more. This did nothing in the long run which is why they had to relay on the league millitar in Victory as they no longer had the money to fund a modern standing military mobile suit force and this economic instability lead to their collapse in crossbone Dust. TLDR The reason for smaller machines is they entered a masive economic recession for wasting so much money on experimental chonkers

[@neon_lavander]

Honestly we need more series in the questioning the earth federation service that we first properly saw in zeta and continued in unicorn and now Hathaway, potentially something in the style of stardust memory that explores why there are jegan ground types terrorising earthnoids with manned crotch mounted anti personel turrets

[@diapason89]

Somewhere in OMNI R&D, the head researcher screamed "MORE!" when designing the Destroy.

[@nikoladedic6623]

0:42 Everything is great at your Buyee.

[@davidcosta3649]

I KNEW I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED

[@nikoladedic6623]

@@davidcosta3649 Check the description.

[@davidcosta3649]

@@nikoladedic6623 yup it’s there

[@brandonmooney7456]

Appreciate you showcasing this theme!!

[@megagundamva2694]

Kakarot: "I would kill to have that thing as a giant 1/144 scale...maybe someday " Me: ask and Yee shall receive 5 day till 1/144 Destroy's Release and counting !

[@megagundamva2694]

Now the day IS HERE

[@NeroDeAngelo]

Grand Gundam = Putting a HG Head on a MG Body with PG Limbs of which they have removed the upper arms and thighs, and this is what you get!

[@shauqiharris2772]

Dendrobium is my favorite giant gundam of all time.

[@runedragon1985]

First time I saw the Destroy, I couldn't but think, "That's just a smaller Big ZAM with extra steps!"

[@KingOfYamimakai]

The thing with the Destroy Gundam is if they kept the positron reflector shield that's it's equipped with a secret then ZAFT would have an even harder time trying to take the unit down as they have no clue that the thing is equipped with the reflector shield so all they're beam weaponry are useless and due to it's vast arsenals every missile fired at it well just get shot down while machine gun won't do a thing as it's probably built to make physical weaponry useless.

[@bbd121]

13:27 I was drinking tea and it almost went into my nose. And I love the dry delivery. It's not a Gundam. XD

[@niconicokms1424]

Wait I only just realized the ma mode for the destroy looks like the big zam

[@ernestorio3550]

Definetly intentional since some of the SEED design does make homage to old UC designs

[@brettwood1351]

Yes, I aways described it as the Psyco Gundam and Big Zam's love child.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@brettwood1351 Yeah baby. That's the best description for *DESTROY Gundam* right...👍

[@brettwood1351]

@@rahadianaryo5979 I'm just waiting for a Build series to make a construction theamed Create Gundam or something.

[@yoshuasidharta4685]

For destroy gundam, it was great unit for anti-army/anti-fleet mobile suit. It has many good weapon and defense system. One of this gundam downside however if enemy mobile suit manage to engage in melee combat or using weaponry that capable breach destroy defense system. Kira Yamato (and later shin asuka and his friends) manage to damage and take down destroy by melee combat.

[@redjack2629]

You forgot the caveat about Devil and Grand Gundams being in a series where most Gundams were only like 16 meters tall. I also pray we get AoZ animation, so the RX124 gundam TR6 Inle can top this list. :X

[@Tai_Jaiger]

All the homies hate Hathaway 😤

[@chaious1040]

Hey Kakarot, I don't think it's been done before but can you maybe put together a background and history of all the prototype Astrays, Gold, Red, Blue, Green & Purple (Noir?) frames, where they were built and how they got into hands of their pilots ?

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

7:46 even tho the 4 evil kings were never limited to those rules. And they were so strong that Domon would have a very hard time trying to go for the head. He only did it to the Walter Gundam with Fuunsaiki's help.

[@aerozed95]

I feel like the in-universe designer of the Destroy Gundam woke up in a cold sweat before quietly uttering with a manic smile, “Big Zam”

[@jakealter5504]

Big zam plus psycho gundam equals destroy gundam

[@chrisstick5403]

"Everyday's great at your Junes!" Sorry, I had to. Back to the video.

[@LieutenantAlaki]

7:27 "I'm sure there's a good reason for it, but I just can't think of any. And because this thing appeared in G Gundam, there was only one thing going through my head the entire time..." The very next clip is of Domon destroying the head of the Gundam that Heaven's Sword's pilot originally used. There's your reason. The guy didn't want a repeat of last time, so he had the Devil Gundam make his MF's head too big to smash. :D

[@MechaNexus]

I was so relieved when you said you'll only mention animated ones or else at least half of the list would probably be a TR-6 variant

[@Voltexfinal]

0:34 Everything’s great at your Junes!

[@TheBigExclusive]

I respect your list, but I'm disappointed you forgot the BIGGEST animated Gundam.... the Masive Perfect Grade Exia Gundam from Build Fighters (with the gigantic Setsuna piloting it!). They actually do have published official height numbers for Build Fighter units. I know this list is "Gundams only", but also honorable mention to the "Jumbo Grade Zaku" and Tryon-3

[@Dragonk116]

Devil Gundam was huge but they killed it with the power of love anyways 🤷 Also the other suits aren't really suits more like mobile armors that tend to be slow because they are so huge.

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

Seeing the Deep Striker during your opening disclaimer proves if it included novels and manga, you could fill up over half the list with "SENTINEL" Mobile Suits like Ex-S, Deep Striker, the FAZZ, and the Gundam MkV.

[@NotMyRealName6]

I had two measuring sticks here. One was the RX-78-2 Gundam at 18 meters, the other being Showa Godzilla at 50 meters. A 1/144 Psycho Gundam would be about the right size to fight larger vinyl Godzilla figures if that particular kaiju uses the Showa era's scaling.

[@zachelkins1229]

Now that would be a fun crossover battle. Psycho gundam vs mecha godzilla.

[@typesaad]

It’s would be fun if you could make a part 2 of this list but from the manga the same for the other list ;)

[@ralfsstuff]

I love myself some big boi gundams

[@lordofoshu8017]

Dozle: once the big zam is mass produced... *sees Destroy gundam* ..someone already did it?!

[@JohnnyRocker023]

I know a lot of people don't like the Hathaway era gundam designs but I just love the bulky look and all the moving parts. The Penelope especially looks some sort of dragon-esque monster in flight mode

[@NASCAR511]

Question: Do beam weapons have recoil? (More or less than solid ammo?) Why Zeon made and deployed Gelgoog Marine Types if they were forced out of earth and with limited time and resources?

[@VegetaLF7]

I don't think beams do have recoil, or if they do they don't react as much as firing a projectile cannon.

[@accelriderx2931]

@@VegetaLF7 I believe beam weapons do have recoil, but it's not really apparent with standard beam weapons. To name a few examples, Unicorn's beam magnum is said to be able to rip off an arm of an average mobile suit, Wing Zero's Twin Buster rifle can mess up its frame with 3 shots if the suit's armor integrity is compromised, and recoil from Gundam X's Satellite Cannon can produce enough thrust to let it outrun explosions with another MS holding on to it.

[@VegetaLF7]

@@accelriderx2931 These do appear to be the exceptions rather than the rules. Particularly the Twin Buster Rifle and Satellite Cannon. Neither of those are normal beam rifles, it makes sense that they'd have insane kickback to them. But a basic beam rifle that your average Mobile Suit carries either doesn't have recoil or it's so negligible that it isn't that apparent.

[@bagascaturs9457]

These big gundams finna get destroyed by the power of friendships

[@MaxHDAvenger]

Man that is embarrassing for Destroy Gundam to get a massive joke (when you insert zealous mooks in it, it loses its plot armor and its bad enough for Windams get into that territory) and ironically I rarely get to use it much in Crossrays compared to Windams I field with Turbine girls from IBO.

[@mr.international2778]

While the ms itself isnt big, keep in mind that the theoretical range of the moonlight butterfly in turn a and x is like galaxy level.

[@stangundam01]

for the destroy just think what it could've been if it had been a setup of itself & the legends design with some psycho 2 mixed in with the bits

[@xiaoxiaojuzi0225]

F91 Gundam : wow these guys are tall

[@Xander8129]

Nice I predicted right, that huge "Providence" gundam definitely the largest mobile suit'esk unit.

[@bagsikdangal]

The Destroy Gundam=the more mass produced it was, the easier it was taken down😂

[@myanimeroom9350]

I can't wait for the smallest gundams list. I hope Victory and V2 Gundam will make it.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

4:14 that height is bullocks. The Dark Gundam's final form is way bigger.

[@alexrodriguez9441]

I wish you had included the Plan 303E Deep Striker from Gundam Sentinel. I understand that it was never actually built in-universe, but it would have been a nice addition to this list.

[@tatsu280]

To this day, my favorite AMV is "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" set to the Destroy Gundam reeking havoc on everyone. For ironic snow/xmas reasons lol Top 10 Biggest Mobile Suits as whole is what I thought this would be, expecting that in the future

[@ARCCommanderOrar]

Nice to see a list video!

[@rhoodz101]

More lists like this please!! Cant wait for the next one!! Do Biggest Zeon kits as well :)

[@RH-hz9ly]

And behind that Destroy we got..... STELLAAAAARRRR

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

7:18 These 4 gundams were originally called the 4 heavenly Kings, which is a dumb title because none of them look even remotely heavenly So the Dub changed them to the Evil Kings of the Dark Gundam, which much more accurately reflects their sinister nature. I've also heard of this one being mentioned once as Sword Raven Gundam, when Master Asia ordered Michelo to attack Domon after he defeated the DG Cell infected Marcelot. Also, the head was made that long to make it look more like a raven, when in mobile armor mode.

[@lordgzstg6181]

I think Raven Gundam is a better name than Heaven Sword. Raven just seems more sinister than a heavenly sword.

[@ninboy01]

The “Four Heavenly Kings” are named after the Buddhist concept, with some inspiration from the “four symbols” from Chinese mythology. They aren’t meant to be evocative of Western concepts of Heaven.

[@rebelliousrookgaming8601]

Man this video aged well with the destroy gundam having a model now

[@vaughn7145]

Someone need to clip the team killing simp line thats gold.

[@LordCornshoe]

You know you're bad when Lunamaria can take you out.

[@davidvasquez08]

0:06 that’s what she said