[Anime] Mobile Suit Gundam 00

After being shit all over by the flaring asshole that was Seed Destiny, I'm really glad this show has so much potential. I'm hoping that it'll turn the whole pacifist ubermensch meme on its ear. That's mostly the reason Turn A Gundam has been my favorite show.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Bumpin dis to bring up the update. Long story short: shit's getting real. The playing fields are leveling out, and sure they're doing the same "oh the good guys are actually bad guys" bit from Seed Destiny's playbook, but it's worth it to see Gundams taken down a notch. (really)

Spoiler:

When it rains, it pours, and it's poured down hard on that Japanese kid. I don't remember his name since he seemed like such a throwaway character, but one of the new "fake gundam" pilots blew up a party his girlfriend's parents were attending for no apparent reason (fucking lame) but it kills mumsy and takes off the girlie's hand (pretty sweet). Now his sister has been murdered while investigating Celestial Being, and with a background in engineering, I hope to God this kid becomes a Gundam killer. They've been building him up for the majority of the first stretch now, with almost no indication whatsoever concerning what his role will be.

I still like all of the American and HRL guys a shitload more than any of the Gundam league, but that's been par for the course for the great majority of Gundam shows anyways, and they've gotten plenty of airtime to prove their mettle since this thread died 3 months ago.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It's gotten better in the sense that it's just more interesting. Shit hits the fan and the Gundam pilots are taking a lot of bloody noses. It's a nice change of pace from Seed when they were all nigh indestructible because goddamn that could hurt model sales.

If they can keep up this momentum like they did in the first Seed without relying on plot lines from old series it'll be pretty good.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

He's the next Gundam Killer, I'm tellin ya.

Sonus:

Spoiler:

The three power blocs got the GN drives because of information disseminated from the cabal, or at least that's what I got out of it. It's still pretty lame that nobody at the highest levels seems to question how they got the information or why they all got it at the same time.

A finale would be the perfect vehicle for Saji's character development, since the break in seasons can also constitute a break in time. The show can start back up later in the future when he's an engineering marvel.

Commentary on ep 23:

Spoiler:

Lockon Stratos was the most well-adjusted Gundam pilot, so of course he ends up the first to die. I have very little reason to root for Gundams now.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Kamui

A tad disappointed how the final fight with the Flag turned out...

I've got to disagree. For once, Bandai didn't insist that a new mobile suit get a bunch of face time to push model sales, and actually sent it in from the get-go for a bareknuckle robot brawl. This finale honestly exceeded all of my expectations, I never expected it to be this good.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Menclave sounds secretly homosexual, maybe why they're... BEHIND!?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?