The Gundam Thread
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sniper_samurai
Chuunibyou
HellCat
Combat Butler
So turns out certain people were invited to cover yesterday.
I wasn't and so all my coverage has been snubbed.
As someone who has been covering Gundam here for the better part of 25 years, continues to be a lovely feeling to know I'm very much not wanted now it's popular and cool.
Over the years I've seen a lot of people drop doing this to work on other things and days like these make me feel I should be doing the same,
I wasn't and so all my coverage has been snubbed.
As someone who has been covering Gundam here for the better part of 25 years, continues to be a lovely feeling to know I'm very much not wanted now it's popular and cool.
Over the years I've seen a lot of people drop doing this to work on other things and days like these make me feel I should be doing the same,
HellCat
Combat Butler
I'm sorry to have an extended crash out about this but I keep finding out that seemingly every UK outlet/reporter but me was invited to Friday and I have no idea what I did wrong. We covered the pop up extensively, I even defended the staff when people were abusing them on social media...what the hell did I do wrong?
Literal years of coverage and support when this wasn't a going concern in the UK and now it's taken off like I always vouched for, I'm not good enough to be involved.
HellCat
Combat Butler
For what it's worth, published my coverage.
animesuperhero.com
Attending The Opening Of The Permanent Gundam Base London - Anime Superhero News
Last year as part of the promotional global tour, London received a seven month Gundam Base in Camden Market. For the unfamiliar the Gundam Base chain is a line of official Gundam stores, selling not only the famous Gunpla plastic model kits but a range of other merchandise from the franchise. It's
animesuperhero.com
Aion
Chuunibyou
For what it's worth, published my coverage.
Attending The Opening Of The Permanent Gundam Base London - Anime Superhero News
Last year as part of the promotional global tour, London received a seven month Gundam Base in Camden Market. For the unfamiliar the Gundam Base chain is a line of official Gundam stores, selling not only the famous Gunpla plastic model kits but a range of other merchandise from the franchise. It's
It could be I'm projecting my '...' usage onto you, paired with the 30x£150 part/your HellCat posts, but I do sense some underlying frustration that Gundam is now so...popular, peering through thine internet 'phone voice'.
Not that I'm knocking you for that...if so. 'Tis a weirdo thing: being into anime since 2001ish, when it was still niche and fansubs/DVDs were the limit, to now, when it's everywhere and every plonker has watched Attack on Titan etc. That, and conventions of the non-Gundam variety being full of OnlyFans womens trying to thirst trap the few remaining 'otaku'/losers that have a deep passion for the medium, by dressing up as their waifus. I shalt not be tempted by hussies!
Sorry, bit of a random tangent to your Gundam Base article and rewards: dunno if you feel the same way when see Gundam cosplayers, trying to...lure you in, with their 'V' helmets 'n all.
Gundam I'm much like most modern anime fans, a filthy casual, bar reading Gundam Origins. Wing wasn't my cup of tea by the time I got round to it. UC onry 4 me. I hope next time you're one of the chosen 30, though.
HellCat
Combat Butler
I'm not frustrated it's popular. I didn't stick with it when it was largely dead here in the UK to be some douche hipster but because I liked it. And some part of me was like "This is great, the UK is sleeping on something awesome." As I've said my frustration comes from spending all that time boosting it when it was less popular and now seemingly being told "Why would we need you? The cool people are here now! You're irrelevant."
For any issues I have as a person, my fandom has never been about owning Gundam. It's a massive franchise that got there with nothing from me for 22 years.
Shadow Cat
Dragon Knight
(Speculation as I can't really say I'm part of the Gundam fandom or know who was invited)
I imagine this was a case of whoever was involved with PR just looked at anime content creator viewer numbers rather than past gundam stuff
Were you or anyone from AUKN invited to the pop up or new store opening?
Either way I agree it would be really annoying to cover Gundam all these years and not get messaged about the opening
I imagine this was a case of whoever was involved with PR just looked at anime content creator viewer numbers rather than past gundam stuff
Were you or anyone from AUKN invited to the pop up or new store opening?
Either way I agree it would be really annoying to cover Gundam all these years and not get messaged about the opening
Aion
Chuunibyou
Well, that's how it goes when niche hobbies go mainstream: loyalty only counts for anything whatsoever when the scale is sooo small that you are still able to be perceived as a person, as opposed to a number that doesn't bring in big numbers in-turn. What the other
user sed.There is unfortunately correlation between an influx of...Newtype fans, some of which will come with big social media numbers and gain privileged access to events, and you getting overlooked. It doesn't matter if like meeee they read Gundam Origins and decided Gundam Wing is a product of it time, much like the original TV show. Or if you've dedicated yourself to it for over two decades. Only money and influence matters.
Being a "douche hipster" and enjoying something more when it was treasured by the few, rather than those that looked down on such things in the past only to u-turn once normalised, suggests there is no middle ground. I think you should listen to that other part of you as the wrong people deciding they own what has been around for longer than them is part of the enshitifaction of all things. Ignorance is only bliss for the ignorant, I'll have you know! More people watching for the sake of it, not truly caring for what made it great, is what truly requires a douche to flush out. Anime has become the same as everything else, nowadays.
Butt I digress: I misread your resentment as aimed towards the fans, which intrigued me, if only because of the 2001 era we originate from. I'd rather blame casuals for you being edged out of Gundam's Base; you the organisers. I hope they remember you, next time.
HellCat
Combat Butler
Last year I basically reached out to Bandai at MCM after it was clear this was a committed push and was able to get an email to contact someone who put me in contact with the then lead of the Hobby department. They were pretty chill and when I asked gave me an invite to cover the opening of the pop up.
They left the company at the start of the year and since then I've had no traction for anything further. Even after I reached out and said "Here's my latest MCM coverage. Nearly 100 HD photos of your booth!"
I do agree they're presumably looking at big numbers from 'content creators', but then I've seen posts from invited folk who do the same work I do who got invited and were allowed to interview the guests. So I'm just stuck on the outside wondering what I've done to run foul. Even when I reached out at MCM recently the impression I got was I was seen as some impertinent nobody.