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Neddy Seagoon posted:For all they knew it was a recon glider hanging around overhead and recording/reporting everything they were doing I suppose! It still seems like given what we've seen so far regarding how the pirates operate it would make more sense to want to capture whoever it is. Her jump to shoot it down just seemed really dumb to me! Hell, half of the attacks in this series seem to be intentionally non-lethal. ... aside from Bell's record, anyway. 
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Overlord K posted:I suppose! It still seems like given what we've seen so far regarding how the pirates operate it would make more sense to want to capture whoever it is. Her jump to shoot it down just seemed really dumb to me! Hell, half of the attacks in this series seem to be intentionally non-lethal. She didn't know what it was until Bell caught it, she just thought it was an enemy unit coming from the tower, since she was taking the shot beyond clear visual range, using her radar to locate it. She left to intercept it before her dad was able to pinpoint what it was.
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*Stuff is exploding dozens of kilometers away* Wilmit: "That is my son!" I wonder what Bellri did at home that his mother associates this with him.
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Lurking Haro posted:*Stuff is exploding dozens of kilometers away* She knows he's with the pirates, and they're the only source of combat anywhere near Capital Tower  .
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Red Bones posted:I've got a feeling that the lady in next episode's preview might be a moon-person coming to check up on Raraiya. Why would she be wearing the uniform for Mask's unit and apparently be on that carrier, then?
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Oh, I didn't notice those were Mask's unit's pilot suits, but yeah, hers is just bright pink and has the same weird little sword thing that Mask has. Between the space costume and the giant robot bunny ears, she just looked a lot more alien than anyone else we've seen so far.
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Red Bones posted:Oh, I didn't notice those were Mask's unit's pilot suits, but yeah, hers is just bright pink and has the same weird little sword thing that Mask has. Between the space costume and the giant robot bunny ears, she just looked a lot more alien than anyone else we've seen so far. She actually has a very similar face to the OTHER girl in the Mask unit but unless she's wearing a wig and contacts to try out the whole "pilot" thing I don't see why they would change her design again.
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Raku posted:She actually has a very similar face to the OTHER girl in the Mask unit but unless she's wearing a wig and contacts to try out the whole "pilot" thing I don't see why they would change her design again. I really doubt that, as she seems to be pretty prominently shown in the end credits.
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Nov 15, 2014 15:17
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Tomino is going around yelling "die!" at animators in the middle of the night when he doesn't think they're doing a good enough job.
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Nov 15, 2014 15:18
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Tomino also kicked Fukui Harutoshi (The writer of Gundam Unicorn) after he read the Turn A Novelization that he also did. It was a very hard kick.
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Sharkopath posted:Tomino also kicked Fukui Harutoshi (The writer of Gundam Unicorn) after he read the Turn A Novelization that he also did. It was a very hard kick. Guy's apparently a bit of a hard-right nationalist, if we're talking about the one who wrote the original Unicorn novel. I doubt Tomino needed much of an excuse.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I really doubt that, as she seems to be pretty prominently shown in the end credits. Just as prominently as the two versions of the other girl, in fact! Well actually less so.
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Eiba posted:SU-Cordism, Kashiba Mikoshi, moon, etc blah blah blah The SU-Cordists bring photon batteries to the Capital Tower from the holy land of Towasanga. In this episode, Bellri's mother revealed to us that the photon batteries are manufactured and given to the Capital Tower from a facility on the moon known as Kashiba Mikoshi. Lalaiya shows a strange recognition of the word Towasanga when she hears it, and Bellri deduces that she is from Towasanga because she appears to be used to wearing a spacesuit. Towasanga, the land of the holy SU-Cordists, is the moon. The Capital Tower connects the Earth to the moon. Ameria's observation of the moon has revealed that other man-made facilities on the moon have popped up in recent years, to a very large extent as we can see from the photograph. This is the "threat from space" that Ameria and the Capital are fearing -- there's some kind of expansion effort going on there, possibly preparation and military build-up for an invasion of some kind. At the same time there's this taboo against astronomical observation. Director Wilmett is mortified by the possibility that the very SU-Cordists that the Capital reveres would turn on them and destroy them. Ryas fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Nov 15, 2014 |
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The Taboo reminds me of another show Tomino was involved with, Xabungle. Particularly the relationship between the Innocents and the Civilians, and how the Civilians had to follow certain rules in exchange for support from the technologically superior Innocents.
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Red Bones posted:I've got a feeling that the lady in next episode's preview might be a moon-person coming to check up on Raraiya. Yeah the robo-rabbit ears pretty much confirm that.
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Azipod posted:Its really funny how serious and intense Mask is compared to the rest of the cast. Yelling about balloons and islands and WHAT IS THIS!?! I really liked the "What is an island doing there!?" as he almost crashes into it.
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I wonder if SU-Cordists end up being the ancestors of those people in Turn A who worship the moon.
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JumbocactuarX27 posted:I wonder if SU-Cordists end up being the ancestors of those people in Turn A who worship the moon. Nah, those people are simply descendants of the original Moonrace settlers that Dianna sent down about 2 centuries beforehand when she came down and met Will Game. They left some folks behind when they went back to the Moon to get the ball rolling on the whole return thing, which is why the hippie folks know about the Moonrace. They worship it because over the years the kids of succeeding generations twisted the information passed on to them until it became what you see in show. It's also why they face discrimination from the normal Moonrace folks and feel hard done by about it. It's all covered in the show. In other news, one of the guys over on /m/ started translating one of the Turn-A artbooks, which reveals some very telling info about the setting and which would appear to be rather directly connected to G-Reco. In fact, it makes it seem like Tomino is simply making a series out of some of the background info that he put together for Turn-A 15 years ago. I'm just going to put a spoilers warning here before I post the link, because while the relevant information could end up not happening and Tomino changing his mind regarding the setting over the years, it would seem that the link contains some big spoilers regarding the events of G-Reco. The stuff he's translated so far can be found at: http://pastebin.com/nndzmTeg I say so far because he's apparently going to do more, though I've no idea how much or when obviously. Still, this is some very interesting stuff. The relevant stuff is below and again, could potentially be regarded as spoilers for G-Reco, up to and including the probably finale: "TE Spoilers Guy posted:
So yea, it looks like we may be seeing the return of Kill 'em all Tomino. It does however, make me curious if Tomino is already planning some sequel series that move the setting on another couple of hundred years and picks back up around the time of the Zacktraeger - a Zeta to G-Reco's 0079 as it were. tsob fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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tsob posted:Nah, those people are simply descendants of the original Moonrace settlers that Dianna sent down about 2 centuries beforehand when she came down and met Will Game. They left some folks behind when they went back to the Moon to get the ball rolling on the whole return thing, which is why the hippie folks know about the Moonrace. They worship it because over the years the kids of succeeding generations twisted the information passed on to them until it became what you see in show. It's also why they face discrimination from the normal Moonrace folks and feel hard done by about it. It's all covered in the show. D'oh! Thanks for setting me straight; I last saw Turn A about 6 years ago so I'm fuzzy on details.
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tsob posted:Interesting stuff Then what happened to the Moonrace? Obviously the surfacers are doomed if we take this as part of Turn A, but I got the impression that the Moon people survived the wars fairly well. Because there's enough solar panels on there to be visible from Earth in G-Reco and they're plainly not there by Dianna's time. -There's also the fact that Turn A has loopy stuff like G Gundam or Gundam X as part of the continuity, though that seems more like an animation joke than anything serious.
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According to Turn-A, the Moonrace are just folks who fled to the Moon during the Turn-A's apocalyptic use of the Moonlight Butterfly. They wanted to return to the Earth, because that's where they, or their ancestors were from and they were sick of living on the Moon with it's limited resources and fragile systems where any mistakes or problems practically ensured death for someone given the waiting void of space so close to hand. While someone is definitely living on the Moon in G-Reco, they don't have to be the same folks and whatever systems are in place there at the moment can be destroyed, deconstructed etc. in the intervening centuries.
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Grimoire, why are you such a sexy suit??       I'm curious what they'll come up with for the other factions (there's what, 4 more that could have some sexy suits for us?) in the series, Ameria/Elevator people is getting all the love.
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Pimpmust posted:Grimoire, why are you such a sexy suit?? Grimoir and Montaro both look fabbo after painting, it's just the rubbish colour of the bare plastic that let the kits down.
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I hate how they all get chumped so easily, I know they're outdated but it would be nice to see another Grimoire shine a bit.
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Dj Meow Mix posted:I hate how they all get chumped so easily, I know they're outdated but it would be nice to see another Grimoire shine a bit. The shined plenty in the last episode. In fact their deaths were the most detailed parts of the episode!
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tsob posted:So yea, it looks like we may be seeing the return of Kill 'em all Tomino. It does however, make me curious if Tomino is already planning some sequel series that move the setting on another couple of hundred years and picks back up around the time of the Zacktraeger - a Zeta to G-Reco's 0079 as it were. I still think G-Reco's going to be capped with the Moonlit Butterfly, rather than leading into something further. Regarding the structures on the Moon, what are the odds they beat the poo poo out the moon people and then have to hide in the ruins of their colonies because Moonlit Butterfly kicks off on Earth?
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BizarroAzrael posted:Grimoir and Montaro both look fabbo after painting, it's just the rubbish colour of the bare plastic that let the kits down. I love the fact that the HG kits apparently have enough space in the head to cram the LED in. LEDs make everything better.
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It's that time of the year again. Here's a look at some upcoming suits. The Trick Pack, not to be confused with the Tricky Pack (no seriously)  The... Jaiohn? I dunno. Figured it was a new Gundam at first, but the lack of a G in the name probably means it's for an ace. Maybe Klim's new ride?  And the Mack Knife (Mask Custom). You have three guesses who this is for and the first two don't count. BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 11:56 on Nov 20, 2014 |
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The Knife's got an odd design - it's clearly drawing inspiration from the Elf Bull series, but it has an Amerian cockpit. The Jaiohn looks like it might be the Capital Tower's ultimate suit, unless there's a ball in the torso that I'm missing. Darth Walrus fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Nov 20, 2014 |
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Not happy with the McKnife, it just doesn't look as good as the Elf Bull. Maybe it's the colour, line paneling, or just that I'm a sucker for suits with high heels (I have no idea what that says about me) but the Trick (not Tricky) Pack G-Self looks sweet compared to the standard one. It's just a shame about the detail on the big pods, looks like you pretty much have to draw the detail on. I'm keen to see more of the "Jaiohn", it's like an AGE design where the designer wasn't content to leave it looking boring. Want to see what the back hands do, both in terms of possibility and what they do in the show. It looks like they can drape over the shoulders and make a cape.
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Are they really naming a mobile suit after an old Jazz Tune? On a sidewalk, blue Sunday mornin' Lies a body just oozin' life Some, someone's sneakin' 'round a corner could that someone be Old Mack the Knife?
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Azipod posted:Are they really naming a mobile suit after an old Jazz Tune? I know it would never happen, but I'd probably poo poo my pants if this ever played during the "zoom in on Mask's face" scenes that we seem to swim in when he appears in the Elf Bull.
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BlitzBlast posted:
Okay that's not a Mobile Suit, that's a groin-mounted cockpit short of an Orbital Frame  . Is there a link for the G-Reco kits? They weren't in the other link you posted with the other announced kits.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Okay that's not a Mobile Suit, that's a groin-mounted cockpit short of an Orbital Frame All you needed to do was move an Elf Bullock's cockpit down a little and you'd have one of those already.
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Azipod posted:Are they really naming a mobile suit after an old Jazz Tune? Tomino named his most famous character after old-school French singer Charles Aznavour, so I wouldn't dismiss that idea.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Okay that's not a Mobile Suit, that's a groin-mounted cockpit short of an Orbital Frame It's an Orbital Frame with a Mazinger style head and even has what could be a tiny pilder in there too. The Jaiohn on the other hand looks like it could be based off the Tricky pack given the configuration of bits on the back.
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