Gundam Thread 5: That's no Anime, boy! No Anime!

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Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Darth Walrus posted:

Leo: OK Zaku. The little hat is cute, and I like how it borrows a bit from real-world tank designs, but it comes across as a bit plain and dull compared to the original's quirky charm.

Bullshit, the Leo's great!

# ¿ Oct 29, 2015 00:55

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 15:25

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

I want Steer merch.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2015 19:00

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Midjack posted:

From the mecha thread

quote:
No, this one.

Fly! Gundam

# ¿ Nov 9, 2015 01:33

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

G-Self may just be my favourite Gundam.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2016 07:16

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Captain Invictus posted:

Question: I remember there being a list of the absolutely insane things the Turn A Gundam can do somewhere, but I can't find it. Stuff like regenerate a dead pilot, that sort of thing. Would anyone have a link or can copy/paste the list here?

Zorak posted:

Rumor was that Tomino had considered doing a Turn A sequel involving the spacenoids who left Earth and sent the Turn X back to the Moon millenia ago, but that never came to pass.

Also, since the series is over, I suppose it's a good time to list what the Turn A and Turn X are capable of: see, as Gym stated near the end, the Turns weren't really fully "awakened" yet.

Here's some capability stuff that came out of model & novel text about what their full capability is like:

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- Standard ammunition cannot damage their armor
- The Turn A's power source are two artificial black holes. YEP.
- The I-field beam drive system creates a film of particles over the surface of the machine and moves the mechanical parts inside, preventing a need for heavy gears inside. The I-field beam drive is also what is used for propulsion, preventing the need for thrust material.
- Beam weapons are deflected by its I-field (propulsion & power system)
- The Turn A can teleport itself
- Can teleport/ warp it's attacks (it could teleport a beam shot to appear right in an enemy suit's cockpit)
- Beam rifle at maximum power is stronger than a Grypps level colony laser (e.g., a total death laser)
- The Turn A can regenerate pretty much any damage done to it.
- The Moonlight Butterfly that destroyed Earth's civilization was at something like 20% power. At 100% output, it can cover everything from Earth to Jupiter in nanomachines.
- Turn A's chest's multipurpose silo can summon weapons from special "transmission" devices on the Earth set up to send ammunition to the Turn A's silos (remember where Turn A found that Gundam Hammer and those weapons that broke down? Yeah).
- The teleportation system makes so that as long as there are nanomachines left from either the Turn A or at its special support sites to regenerate the Turn A completely, including its pilot. The teleportation system saves the status of the machine as well as the status/ memories/ DNA information of the pilot, and then transmits it to the relay sites on Earth. As long as there are nanomachines, they can receive regeneration commands, it can be done. Complete regeneration from scratch, however, would take thousands of years.
- The Turns were actually meant for Newtypes to pilot, what since they were developed by Newtypes; they have powerful psycommnu systems, allowing them to detect even on their own (ie, without a Newtype) the human life signs in other mobile suits.
- The Turn A's hands are so sensitive they can be used to pick up a regular human-sized bucket of water.
- The Keilas Guilie "Big Cannon" from Victory Gundam, can't even scratch the Turn A, and the Turn X Top can take control of it remotely.
- The Turn X was actually created outside the solar system and was sent to the moon.
- As seen in the anime, the Turn X is actually capable of draining the energy from basically anything, including enemy mobile suits and the life force of pilots.
- Both Turns have powerful automated combat systems allowing them to basically enter combat regardless of the pilot's condition. So even if their pilot dies, they can keep fighting, regenerate themselves, and then the pilot.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2016 15:39

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Also, Space Whale. Can't forget Space Whale!

# ¿ May 24, 2016 19:14

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VolticSurge posted:

Whelp, I just found this thing. On the one hand,the guy put tons of time visualizing and "designing" the drat thing,but on the other hand,he might juuust be a tad full of himself.

"NOTE: I am not yelling. My Voice is just Naturally Loud and I am also being VERY PASSIONATE at the same time."

# ¿ Jun 6, 2016 03:22

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Cable access commercial for a local used mobile suit lot.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2016 03:27

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

The only Gundams I can think of that are straight up bad are Destiny and AGE.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2016 18:23

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Arcsquad12 posted:

I cannot imagine anyone wanting a season 2 to start out anything like code geass r2.

Not start, end.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 04:14

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Hang on, Ramba Ral wasn't in this!

# ¿ Aug 22, 2016 19:53

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Some (definitely not all) of the AGE mobile suits were cool. Gundam Legilis was a neat mix between the 2 sides' styles.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2016 17:25

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Don't forget about Lumber Gundam!

I'm telling ya, that Nolan Patrick kid is something else, eh?
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# ¿ Dec 1, 2016 04:59

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

I liked some of the Age mobile suits too. Gundam Legilis was a neat mix of the two visual styles.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 06:06

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Arcsquad12 posted:

Plus all the funny faces the RX-79-2 makes due to the bad animation.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 06:51

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

G Reco's ending was awesome and should have been the opening.

# ¿ May 8, 2017 21:05

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ImpAtom posted:

Edit:
Kira would be my pick for the Worst Character In Destiny but Yzak would actually be my pick for the worst in SEED.

What about Meer?

# ¿ Aug 30, 2017 21:47

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ACES CURE PLANES posted:

https://twitter.com/240eukrante/status/935715173146546177

I want more.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2017 04:56

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jackhunter64 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwMSNNZcJQ

Something but something has been beat to death, but this is really good!

# ¿ Jan 22, 2018 02:24

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Tae posted:

Gundam Breaker has been rated for PC in Brazil, which potentially means we finally get a Gundam game on steam.

Yeeesssssss!

# ¿ Feb 25, 2018 17:37

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

It's just how you phrase it really. If you got bonus points for not using elves no one would have a problem with it.

edit: wrong thread, ugh

Spelling Mitsake fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Mar 21, 2018

# ¿ Mar 20, 2018 23:02

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Freedom is waaaayyy better than Strike Freedom :colbert:

# ¿ May 7, 2018 21:39

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

I just wanted them to find the damned space whales.

# ¿ May 11, 2018 04:57

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Arcsquad12 posted:

Even when Zeon had the Federation on their knees during ZZ they blew it. How do you manage to screw up so badly after your enemies have just gutted themselves in a civil war?

Magic teenagers with super robots

# ¿ Jun 4, 2018 22:30

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Darth Walrus posted:

Weirdly, Stardust Memory is from the early nineties.

Yeah but it's supposed to be Top Gun.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2018 16:18

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Yeah but in AGE they made the beams spin so they're even more powerful

# ¿ Oct 14, 2018 21:30

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Warmachine posted:

Turn-A Part 2? Turn-A remaster? Turn-A English Dub?! Turn-X as the story of Turn-A but also incorporating Seed, 00, IBO, and answering the G Reco vs. Turn-A question?????

Please answer the space whale question too

# ¿ Nov 16, 2018 17:35

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

G Reco movie is going to be paced as well as F91

# ¿ Nov 21, 2018 16:49

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I like to pretend he's the Byarlant guy from Unicorn

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 01:21

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Do they have guys in cardboard gundam costumes come out and fight?

# ¿ Dec 19, 2018 03:20

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Gripweed posted:

The voice actor who played Kai collects Guncannons

https://twitter.com/TOSHIO_FURUKAWA/status/1077183706836549632

And Piccolos. Was he Piccolo?

# ¿ Dec 24, 2018 17:35

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tsob posted:

The head vulcans make some sense in that they're a relatively small and non-essential weapon often used against secondary threats, so placing them somewhere with a highly flexible joint that can aim almost anywhere independent of the rest of the body is a good idea. On the other hand, using the main weapon mounts for that purpose seems kind of silly.

ZZ on the other hand has a giant cannon in the middle of it's head.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2019 22:28

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Acguy.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2019 03:05

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Mr. Ral was 35 in both series

# ¿ Mar 13, 2019 14:27

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Captain Cappy posted:

So Char's an ace pilot because he can do a standing 720? Really takes away some of the mystique.

No, Char's an ace pilot because he could kill a lot of people.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2019 03:15

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

They should really just make F90 into a video game.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2019 13:41

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Kanos posted:

I don't know if this is sarcasm or not, but they literally did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjpAY0OWuHM

Haha it wasn't. Cool!

# ¿ Jul 8, 2019 14:48

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G-Reco has some awesome mechs

# ¿ Jul 10, 2019 02:31

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Solkanar512 posted:

Apparently this bad boy is going to be available in English on PS4, Steam and Switch on November 28.

https://youtu.be/HbSwvQ3ALRQ

I have no idea the counties where it will be released however.

Sweet! Gundam games have been too hard to come by.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2019 04:25

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 15:25

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Arcsquad12 posted:

Kira cry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAPA3YN6c2U
Amuro scream.

Jesus, that kid had it bad.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2019 05:08

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