I don't think Tomino had anything to do with this, the overall energy was...well, very Not-Tomino.Ben wrote:I have to be honest, and say this is not my cup of tea, Gundam wise. I'm the biggest Tomino fan going, but this series is geared more towards the hardcore mecha model kit fan, not so much the old school Gundam fan (and I knew that going in, it's called Build Fighters for a reason, obviously). Really, the last Gundam I enjoyed was Victory Gundam, and that was 20 years ago now. I gave this one a chance, but bailed three episodes in. But again, I think Tomino's best work was Ideon, this was never aimed at me to begin with.
Also it wasn't peppered with truly bizarre and near impossible to Romanize character names.
I might say you gave up a little too soon but that defense is used by too many to defend awful shows, I think Gundam Build Fighters is one of those 'either you get in synch right away or you'll never get hooked no matter how much you watch' kind of series. I'm kind of surprised that episode 3 didn't sink its teeth into you, that's when most of the silly stuff gets tossed.