Gundam Census #267: A recent poll was taken by Gundam.Info (Japan)
Question: "Which Gundam has the scariest face?"
According to this poll, the mobile suit with the most vote as the one with the most scariest face is Seravee Gundam's back (Gundam face - Seraphim Gundam). Which Gundam face do you think is the most scariest?
Gundam Seravee (Gundam face on the back - Seraphim Gundam) - 47.86R%
Gundam GP02 - 33.08%
Gundam Versago - 7.92%
Gundam Legilis - 2.95%
Gundam F91 - 2.33%
Gundam Throne Drei -2.18%
Gundam Epyon - 2.10%
Zeta Gundam - 1.58%
Devil Gundam from G-Gundam.
ReplyDeleteHands down, should have been Devil Gundam.
DeleteYea, this shouldnt even be a contest...Devil gundam with his mouth open.
Deleteyes agree.. I was just about to write the same thing..
DeleteMore correctly...the face of Devil Colony rather than Devil Gundam's Final Form is an intimidating face.
DeleteDevil Gundam.
DeleteMe say Walter Gundam with its mouth open.
ReplyDeleteHow is Seraphim scary? lol
ReplyDeleteI can understand Legillis and F91 though.
For me, I'll say Nobel berserker mode.
Seraphim's GN Drive is cute :#
DeleteDon't know what these people are on
Legilis and F91 share similar traits, except for dat ABS XD
RX 78 2 in MS IGLOO looked hella scary from a Zeonic cockpit. It literally looked like a White Devil
@Anon (Sept. 11, 8:40 AM):
DeleteNobel Gundam in Beserker mode? Really? A red-tinted female-looking Gundam head is scariest? How is it scarier than Virsago or Master Gundam, both of which have a darker color scheme and wide ears that make it look more menacing or demonic?
@Anon (Sept. 11, 4:01 PM):
It's a great point to bring up MS IGLOO. We're so used to the Gundam face, we see it on the screen and on our models and figures. I bet from a fresh perspective, if the Gundam showed up in full scale as an operational vehicle and was roaming around or combating something, I bet some might find it's warrior-like head pretty menacing, even with it's bright white/blue/red/yellow colors.
I think it's hard to choose which head could be scariest or most intimidating. The original Gundam head has a very Samurai-esque look to it, which can be intimidating if you happen to be it's opponent. Despite multiple ways of spinning the design around to be different, to have a more knight-like theme or creature-like theme or more guns, emphasizing a Samurai-look to it, or something else, most of the time, the head of those designs always have a faithful callback to the original, which can be intimidating itself.
Turn A Gundam is a choice I thought about before reading someone else bringing it up. I already have inserted my thoughts about it, but I will bring up some more thoughts: If you looked at it's silhouette or looked at it from behind, you might not think it has so much a mustache, but horns; as if it could be a demonic machine (and although it wasn't for most of the TAG anime, it was used as such in it's backstory).
Overall, it's hard to choose if one wants to put some thought into it. I personally don't have a definitive choice, but I think how intimidating or scary the heads could be can also be based on what the rest of the unit looks like, or the actions the pilot has done in using the unit.
I think Seraphim is awesome rather than scary.
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteWell looks like fans are trying spur Gundam 00 into popularity?
NICE!
Not really. In a bunch of other recent polls during the last 2 months 00 has been crushed by others.
DeleteBest gundam-jack of all time:
GP02 Gundam 48.66%
Gundam Zwei throne, 7.15%
Best pilot with remote weapons
Amuro Ray 44.86%
Lockon 8.56%
Top Enemy MS
Sazabi 47.13%
Reborns 24.03%
Best 3 man team
Black Tristars 59.04%
Thrones 14.49%
Best looking male villain
Milliardo Peacecraft 49.79%
Ribbons 18.98%
People dont actively try to make something more popular like this. That comes from new products and promotions from Bandai. And at the moment Gundam U.C, Seed and Age are more popular than 00 which has got no new kits in a while.
00 is popular..
DeleteDevil gundam, F-90 type (90,91,Crossbone), MK V (badass), Blue Frame second type, Throne Drei (Alien-Freeza), GP02.
ReplyDelete(Okawara's desings (mostly)...)
Scary means ugly or menacing?
F91,not too bad
ReplyDeleteasd
No crossbone face-open?
DeletePsycho Gundam is pretty scary with its mouth beam.
ReplyDeletesince when did psycho gundam shoot beam from the mouth?
Deleteall gundams didn't have scary face, but their pilots are scary.
ReplyDeleteseriously G gundam has lots of scary faces
ReplyDeleteand leo = slender man LOL, just kidding
@Anon (Sept. 11, 9:37 AM):
Delete...What?
I even web-searched and found some meme about your reference, and I'm afraid I still don't get the joke. Are you referring to the Leo's immovable head? How the Leo's head (or all of it) looks?
The Leo doesn't even look scary (it looks more military grunt-like than the Zaku II), so I don't get the comparison between a grunt MS and that meme... *shrug* My loss, I guess. Oh, well.
Crossbone is pretty scary with its face plate open.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it has fangs and wants to eat you.
Yeah the crossbone imo the awesome like vampire opening face plate looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteI vote Blue destiny with the GM head and it's glowing red eyes
ReplyDeleteWith offered, I say Seravee.
ReplyDeleteBut, I vote Nadleeh.
My only comment here is...where is Strike Noir and Master Gundam? I believe they both have more intimidating faces...same goes with Gold Frame and Psyco Gundam MK II. I never thought of any of the Thrones as being that intimidating (in fact I like Drei's head the least of the three...and Varnanus). Or the top of my list - how 'bout 1 Gundam and Crossbone Gundam X-2 (Zabine's unit) with the red eyes and the opening mask? >:3
ReplyDeleteRed eyes ALICE activated Ex-S would make me crap my pants.
ReplyDeleteYup, S/Ex-S Gundam face is pretty scary. Also, the Destiny's bloody tears make its face pretty scary.
DeleteSpot on Destiny's shinigami eyes, it was to make it look like an angel of death of some sorts.
DeleteMarut system activated on Gundam Harute, me just seeing the pictures = got a bit wet down there :S
Altron
Throne Eins, Zwei, Drei, Arche
Reborns
Virsago and CB, Ashtaron
Turn A
Banshee Unicorn and Destroy mode
Intimidating mobile suits
I totally forgot about the Marute system on Gundam Harute. The six red eyes does make it look very creepy. Pity it was moving so fast we never got a proper look at it and the hg model doesn't let you swap out the face.
DeleteI'm also surprised that Devil Gundam with its teeth didn't get a spot. That thing looks like something out of wicked city. The "suggestive" imagery certainly didn't help lol!
I say Raider Gundam from Gundam SEED.
ReplyDeletehttp://images.wikia.com/gundam/images/e/e7/Raider.png
DeleteGundam Harute with Marute System activated.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe if in the middle of the night, you saw a face of Turn A with its eyes glowing appears and you wouldn't wet your pant. Other are scary but mostly with cool factor but Turn A is just downright creepy(and I like it. you know why it's called ugly but cool)
ReplyDelete@Anon (Sept. 12, 12:40 AM):
DeleteNot ugly, no. It has a different, more unique look than other Gundams, and if you look at it without comparing, if you see it in motion, you and others might better appreciate it's unique and majestic looks. Probably not; everyone has different tastes, but I think Turn A's aesthetics are a taste to be acquired.
Turn A can be downright scary depending on the situation, though. If it's head is tilted downward and it starts to adopt a more combative stance, then yes, it can be downright menacing.
But if it's just walking around or still there doing something mundane (like moving things or washing laundry), it doesn't have that creepy look. It's looks would still be impressive, but it would also seem like...something everyday you'd see in the early-1900s (if we had mobile suits back then), not unlike seeing construction vehicles when passing a place on the road.
I'm sure if it popped out of nowhere in the early-20th century and did nothing harmful, it would look menacing because it's unknown, but if it was just something "everyday" as mobile suits came to be in the TAG anime, then it wouldn't be if it wasn't in some combative stance (but rather it's nutcracker/robotic-esque stance when moving around).
And the DEVIL GUNDAM ISLE isn't on the list? Man, you people really are fucking GAY
ReplyDeleteOverall pretty decent list, though I wouldn't have put Seravee up there.
ReplyDeleteSome I'd add:
Ex-S
Banshee (normal and Destroy)
Destiny
And I'd definitely pick Nadleeh over Seravee.
Scary is sooo different from Awesome...
ReplyDeleteDevil gundam should've been included in the choices (and won) regardless if it was product related or not...
Unless the people who answered the survey are pretty much not aware that there are other series aside from the new ones they've watched...
This is from my own point of view only...
i dont get why zeta is up there... raider from SEED can easily scared any child
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