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I'm slowly working through ZZ after picking up the Blu-rays on sale. It's ... something alright. I'm warming up to it after adjusting to the change from tragedy to comedy. Tomino has some good moments, but his comedic stuff is generally more miss than hit for me in the Gundam setting. It is fun seeing Bright get totally owned repeatedly by these wacky teens. Roux and Mashymyre are also pretty fun. I can't believe this aired immediately after Zeta Gundam. I'm really glad I took a few month break in between so that I don't hate this. Also, the OP is great.
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G Gundam was pretty pleasant. I knew going in it was suppose to be ridiculous, and it was... there was a loving horse in that trace system... but I was surprise by the amount of heart the show had. Like most good over the top melodrama there was a warmth to it. also Allenby the coolest she shoulda got to done more onto turn a
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PBS Newshour posted:G Gundam was pretty pleasant. I knew going in it was suppose to be ridiculous, and it was... there was a loving horse in that trace system... but I was surprise by the amount of heart the show had. Like most good over the top melodrama there was a warmth to it. Despite being a show about nationalist caricatures punching each other with giant kung fu robots it's probably got the most well developed, genuine, and good love story in Gundam. Domon's final speech to Rain is fantastic.
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PBS Newshour posted:G Gundam was pretty pleasant. I knew going in it was suppose to be ridiculous, and it was... there was a loving horse in that trace system... but I was surprise by the amount of heart the show had. Like most good over the top melodrama there was a warmth to it. when you've got the time you should check out the other stuff by the g gundam director, giant robo especially.
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PBS Newshour posted:G Gundam was pretty pleasant. I knew going in it was suppose to be ridiculous, and it was... there was a loving horse in that trace system... but I was surprise by the amount of heart the show had. Like most good over the top melodrama there was a warmth to it. Turn A's kinda slow paced, but it's excellent. Everyone has motives! Not like "I'm with the bad guys! I'm bad!", but personal motives that sometimes make them act entirely against the interests of other people ostensibly on the same side. And this happens pretty often. Also, you will probably dislike Sochie early on. She gets better.
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Kanos posted:Despite being a show about nationalist caricatures punching each other with giant kung fu robots it's probably got the most well developed, genuine, and good love story in Gundam. Domon's final speech to Rain is fantastic. It's nice except when Rain gets viciously punched in the gut for plot reasons.
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PBS Newshour posted:G Gundam was pretty pleasant. I knew going in it was suppose to be ridiculous, and it was... there was a loving horse in that trace system... but I was surprise by the amount of heart the show had. Like most good over the top melodrama there was a warmth to it. My absolute favorite part of G Gundam is in the final fight with Master Asia. When Domon finally gets Master Asia in his final attack, the background flashes back to all their time spent together and Master Asia smiles before being blown up. Also, the loving music in that scene is great too. It's super melodramatic, but it fits the series super well.
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Sonata Mused posted:My absolute favorite part of G Gundam is in the final fight with Master Asia. When Domon finally gets Master Asia in his final attack, the background flashes back to all their time spent together and Master Asia smiles before being blown up. Also, the loving music in that scene is great too. It's super melodramatic, but it fits the series super well. G Gundam was epic. 
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Master Asia was so well done in general. It's a type of story I seen a hundred times but it actually work because they spent time developing his relationship with Domon.Droyer posted:when you've got the time you should check out the other stuff by the g gundam director, giant robo especially. I've been meaning to but after seeing G I will do so for sure. I watched 2 of Turn A. That nursery rhyme intro is fantastic. The pace is for sure a bit slower, but that is fine with me. This kid gets naked a lot.
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PBS Newshour posted:Master Asia was so well done in general. It's a type of story I seen a hundred times but it actually work because they spent time developing his relationship with Domon. I also liked the unusually sensible response to his kill-all-humans eco-terrorist ideology - if the natural world is so important, what the gently caress are you doing trying to render an indigenous species extinct?
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PBS Newshour posted:Master Asia was so well done in general. It's a type of story I seen a hundred times but it actually work because they spent time developing his relationship with Domon. G Gundam is Imagawa's least good show, and I don't mean that as a slight against it. The man has the golden touch when it comes to anime.
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I'm a bit polarized when it comes to Imagawa. I loved G Gundam and thought some of the best Zeta episodes were the ones he directed, but I found Shin Mazinger unwatchable at times and an incredibly disappointing show overall.
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Shin mazinger had the best narrator of all time though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDj1KTha8go
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Monaghan posted:Shin mazinger had the best narrator of all time though: I had forgotten how good this is. Thank you
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Sep 15, 2016 20:04
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I'm really piss off that these bastards ruined Keith's awesome party cake after he worked so hard on it.
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SeanBeansShako posted:It's nice except when Rain gets viciously punched in the gut for plot reasons. Punching a woman in the gut is the Traditional Anime Way To Knock Out A Girl, probably because they don't want to show a woman getting punched in the face or head. At least it's done by the irredeemably evil dudes.
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Kanos posted:Punching a woman in the gut is the Traditional Anime Way To Knock Out A Girl, probably because they don't want to show a woman getting punched in the face or head. At least it's done by the irredeemably evil dudes. I know it is the lesser of evils, still a bit off to watch though.
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Sep 15, 2016 21:19
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Zakus are apparently built to last. Surprising to see them show up here in Turn A.
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PBS Newshour posted:Zakus are apparently built to last. Surprising to see them show up here in Turn A. What are you talking about, there are no Zakus in Turn-A. The MS-06 Borjarnon on the other hand, now that's a quality mobile suit.
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Its not nearly as good as the MS-05 Borjarnon Gavane Goonny Custom
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What the hell was Anaheim Electronics thinking when they designed the Double Zeta? What a weird Gundam.
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brainwrinkle posted:What the hell was Anaheim Electronics thinking when they designed the Double Zeta? What a weird Gundam. Space coke.
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brainwrinkle posted:What the hell was Anaheim Electronics thinking when they designed the Double Zeta? What a weird Gundam. Someone at Anaheim wanted to do a TOTALLY KICKASS combiner and they justified everything else afterward by slapping any random spare parts they could onto it.
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PBS Newshour posted:Zakus are apparently built to last. Surprising to see them show up here in Turn A. I'm more impressed by the Kapool. I mean, for a while the Zaku II was THE mobile suit. You're going to see some as museum pieces, or preserved as icons of the One Year War, or rebuilt to get the fundamentals right. Sure, seeing them is impressive, but it's the Zaku. It makes sense. But the Capule was the limited production mobile suit Neo Zeon had no confidence in, to the point where they went "Uh, gently caress. What's the Federation making? Basically the Zaku Marine? Yes! That sounds much better than the Capule!" The fools. Fortunately, someone must have realized the Kapool's only weakness was not being green, and now it's the Mobile Suit Of The FUTURE.
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The Double Zeta as the McDLT of the Gundam universe.chiasaur11 posted:I'm more impressed by the Kapool. They are the cutest mobile suits. I love how they run. Way cuter than those bear gundams.
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brainwrinkle posted:What the hell was Anaheim Electronics thinking when they designed the Double Zeta? What a weird Gundam. The ZZ makes a lot of sense if you look at it from the perspective of a military feature bloat boondoggle ala the Bradley from Pentagon Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA It's basically a gigantic mess of feature creep that only makes sense in the context of some Anaheim executive's eyes turning into dollar signs as they add each additional ridiculous feature. Ridiculous combining mechanism that's more complicated than previous core block systems that renders the frame so fragile that it literally falls apart if it takes too heavy of an impact? Unwieldy form changing mechanism that has to be entirely disabled by extra armor plating in order to fix the fragile frame? Massively overpowered weapons array that puts such a strain on the reactor that it can literally power down and deactivate mid fight if it uses its weaponry too much? Main cannon placed above the unit's optical units that literally eradicates the unit's sensor array when fired at full power? Two beam rifles taped together with a cockpit on the back? I love it so much.
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chiasaur11 posted:I'm more impressed by the Kapool. Instantly started hearing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdzyZO3fbDY
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Has anyone seen this preview yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32reoeJtos I know that The Origin got renewed to cover the Battle of Loum, but it looks like they might be going even further and doing a full reboot.
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Arcsquad12 posted:Has anyone seen this preview yet? Who didn't see this coming a mile off?
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Okay that preview still got me pumped now.
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I actually quite like the CGI. If a show needs to have a mix between 2D and cell shaded 3D, at least it looks good.
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I took a quick break from Turn A to watch F91. drat what a mess. It look pretty cool though and the main characters and that Zabine guy were alright. It was fun just nothing I would call good or recommend. The bugs were horrifying.
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Man, the 0079 movies are draining to get through. They really make you feel how war-weary the White Base crew gets over time.
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The GIG posted:Was it F91 or 0083 that had the scooter wreck? F91
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PBS Newshour posted:I took a quick break from Turn A to watch F91. drat what a mess. It look pretty cool though and the main characters and that Zabine guy were alright. It was fun just nothing I would call good or recommend. In case you don't know: F91 was originally intended to be a full tv series, then it got cut down into an OVA and then finally a movie.
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The GIG posted:Was it F91 or 0083 that had the scooter wreck? Kuvo posted:F91 was a disjointed mess but it looked pretty.
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F91 still has a stellar first act. Shame about the rest of the movie!
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Srice posted:F91 still has a stellar first act. Shame about the rest of the movie! Then stuff falls apart and we get things like Cecily's foster father dropping to the floor dead for no explained reason.
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