tbh i know this is going to tell me go back to tumblr and i'd tell myself that but
a lot of the criticisms i've seen of gw boil down to "dumb fangirls and their shallow tastes why don't they like MY shitty mecha fighting animu?"
as if other gundams are some kind of high art and just because they're more GAR or more manly or whatever the fuck they're inherently better
tl;dr i have no problem with people calling wing shit because it is, but a lot of people seem to just hate wing because it's a. probably the most popular gundam in the west and b. girls like it.
IIRC it has that "It aired on Toonami right after kids got out of school" status, so it basically had instant guaranteed popularity for that age group.
Dude tons of wankgaters admit that they've stopped being active in dwrp for so long they basically don't count as rpers. It's more common than you think.
it's not that bad imo, it just gained hate through the years thanks to the fandom. i'm not saying is the best anime ever, but it isn't the most awful thing they make it out to be.
that's talking in general. when it comes to more popular than othe GUNDAM series, it basically comes down to exposition. GW was put on tv in the 90s when anime was starting to be a thing, before that, it was that mecha series guys liked and hell, many people didn't even know about how old and classic it was, internet was also starting. but the general public started to pay more attention to gundam after that. seed was pretty big too.
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