November 12, 2009
Author's Response:
Well, for one it's not based on Gundams it's a series so there's going to be more. It's an animated series based off my novels. The designs were based off AC and Gundam as that's what helped me get better at drawing mecha.
Few things, the orbital weapons are actually called orbits which I was influenced from AC 2 and AC 2 AA. Ironically when I started watching Gundam they had funnels and such, so from there people would always assume I took the idea from Gundam when I didn't. I already have newer designs for each mech in the series but decided to stick with the gundam influenced ones while I'm working on getting a literary agent and the novels out there to be published.
Either way I'm fine with people constantly bringing up Gundam in a review. It's like everyone trying to do an action anime with fighting, people constantly bring up DBZ.
Though I do want to point out that this series did not start off in anime form, and the novels are much much better.
In regards to improving the graphics and design, well, I'm always improving from scene to scene as I keep getting more comfortable with Flash.
Still my art, line art and colored stuff is naturally 100x more detailed and refined than the animation. Since I do this for fun, I'm merely focusing on trying to show the story and entertain. If people are entertained than I'm happy. I don't care if my animation or art style isn't the best. All I ask is that people watch the full series or realize that these are broken up into scenes from a complete 20 minute episode.
Thanks for the review.