Zabungle

Yes

... um, that, like, it's very worthy to go back to and give it not just a sort of, like, special episode like we did with the original Mobile Suit Gundam for our Tomino-thon, but a proper, like, let's go through, give it the full narrative breakdown treatment, treat it like Zabungle or Dunbine or El-Gim, and split it into two parts, do that whole thing.

And I think that that's a- a- a good way to- to go back to Zeta Gundam and re-look at that show, to open up this whole other phase of Tomino's career.

Absolutely.

While it had only been a few years at this point since the original Gundam movies, a whole epoch had passed in terms of mecha design, none of which had yet come to Gundam kits.

In our journey, we've seen that most clearly in Heavy Metal L-Gaim, which really aggressively updated mecha design language, including more intricate designs, more intricate internal structures, and having transforming mobile suits, which was really pioneered and popularized by the Macross series.

But we've also seen the evolution of new narrative tropes, like the second hero mech that steps in at the halfway point of the show, which is something Zabungle was the first one to do.

There was, at this point, a ton of fertile ground for Gunpla to grow from, but you can't do that without a new show.