Mobile Suit Gundam 00

#1 - I thought for sure the purpled hair person was going to be a girl...
#2 - Funny how the voice for the "main" pilot happens to be kira (death note) not kira (seed)
#3 - So far nothing special but I'll keep watching.

Originally Posted by DarknessTear

Character designer does lots of yaoi/shounen-ai mangas.

Ahh, upon second review of this thread I catch this particular detail, which would explain the purple haired she-man. But with this new fact in mind, this is Gundam, this isn't shounen-ai manga-to-anime time. So now the question is, what was going through the head of the guy in charge of hiring these people thinking when he hired the character designer.

Originally Posted by Conan-the-3rd

*thumbs though Gundam Wing chracter guide, stops at Wufei*, "Looks like a girl but shocks the everliving *$&"£) out of anyone the second he opens his mouth? BINGO! That's what I'll do for this chracter!"

You know, now looking back I can see where this parallel would come from. But I think if you did a comparison, Wufei looks like a manly man compared to this new guy. At least Wufei dressed the part of a man, which is something this new character can't even claim(watch the ending credits, not the suit he wears while piloting).

Originally Posted by chato

So I'm not the only one who felt the same way about it. >.>;. Maybe a few guys from the FMP group are behind this. Gundam Exia reminds me of Turn a Gundam with all that gay aura sprouting from it's back.

I wouldn't be surprised if maybe a few of them were, speaking of FMP, when in hell are we going to see The Third Raid/3rd real season of that show come out god damnit?! Also did anyone else think that the gundam in the opening scene flying there in that pose and with that sparkly crap flying out of its back look absolutely ridiculous?

Originally Posted by Yggdrasil

I wouldn't be surprised if maybe a few of them were, speaking of FMP, when in hell are we going to see The Third Raid/3rd real season of that show come out god damnit?! Also did anyone else think that the gundam in the opening scene flying there in that pose and with that sparkly crap flying out of its back look absolutely ridiculous?

Yea, no clue is to when it's coming out. So I'm pressuring myself to not watch the 2nd raid until further notice on the 3rd season ;p.


As for the sparkly aura shit coming out of it's back. It's no different than Turn A Gundam's. seriously ;p.

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Go to the 50th mark. A solid opening but I couldn't finish the series.. Those were the days though. Bandai pretty much sucks for not gaining license to this or other shows like Gundam X.

A friend and I were discussing this series (briefly) and agreed that it would be one hell of a twist were this 'Celestial Being' to turn out to be the unknowing stalking horse of that world's analogue of SPECTRE. It's a simple plan, really:

1. weaken various governments and transnational corporations;
2. take advantage of the resulting vacuums to slip in your own puppets;
3. dispose of the 'stalking horse';
4. Profit!

To which yet another colleague replied, "Ironically, you'd see that plotline in SRW before a 'serious' Gundam program."
On a completely different note, it occurs to me that an MSG take on Kelly's Heroes might be very interesting indeed. After all, the Principality of Zion's Zabi family were wealthy, especially after their successful raid on Earth's resources (early in the One Year War). But Side-3 (Zion) the colony has been pictured as ridiculously below the poverty line in later series (especially in Char's Counterattack). So, where did all that money go off to?

It took me a little while to get used to the new Gundam designs, but other than that, this one might be the next big Gundam series ever. Hopefully, they will be able to keep up with the quality and the good flow of the story.

I really liked the animation so far, and the soundtrack is just amazing.

The newer gundam designs we're pretty good except for the big hulking gundam (i forgot who used it, must be lockon)

For some unknown reason, the voice of Kira(Deathnote) doesn't actually fit his character, I can't see a tiny boy like that speaking in a very large broad voice.

Originally Posted by Captain Desu

The newer gundam designs we're pretty good except for the big hulking gundam (i forgot who used it, must be lockon)

Don't quote me on this, but I'm sure Kurz Weber Lockon was the sniper on the ground and the one with the Haro. The one that was big and bulky I think was the purple haired she-man, as ironic as that is.

I watched it again and yes that is right,.

When does this show air in japan? I seriously loved the first episode, so I might follow this episode.

By the way any news of model kits coming out?

Originally Posted by Yggdrasil

Don't quote me on this, but I'm sure Kurz Weber Lockon was the sniper on the ground and the one with the Haro. The one that was big and bulky I think was the purple haired she-man, as ironic as that is.

Any character who holds Haro wins the popularity contest .

Originally Posted by Captain Desu

By the way any news of model kits coming out?

Gunota Headlines have all the news, with pics to boot!!

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HCM Pro figures for Exia and Dynames are already out, with Kyrios and Virtue being released pretty soon. FG kits are out already, HG versions will be available soon too. They're even coming out with 1/100 scale models of Exia and Dynames!!

anyone know who's the character designer? is it the same person who did SEED?
but the new models look pretty sweet though.
caught episode one today. (slow xP) but the animation quality is smooth (but guess cause it was the first episode)

hope there's no colony drops this time round xP
the orbital transport looks like a likely target for colony drop Oo

Well, so far there's no mention of any colonies so there might not be any in this series. I guess there could always be sabotage to one of the orbital elevators though.

Which group is everyone following? I saw Nyoron's fansub in the beginning but it seemed a bit off in some places. Now Mendoi have stepped up together with Conclave and their first episode has been a big improvement so I'll probably be sticking with them from now on. Mendoi previously did an awesome job on bringing us Gundam SEED Destiny as Hiro-fansubs, so for this series I would prefer to follow them.

Plus - they give the choice of downloading the 344mb HD version or the smaller 170mb version. The HD version is awesome for home because I usually use my 27" HDTV when watching anime. But I take my anime to work sometimes and the screens there are kind'a crappy, so the smaller version is good (what a geek).

Now just waiting for Mendoi-Conclave's episode 2!!

Originally Posted by hikarub

Plus - they give the choice of downloading the 344mb HD version or the smaller 170mb version. The HD version is awesome for home because I usually use my 27" HDTV when watching anime. But I take my anime to work sometimes and the screens there are kind'a crappy, so the smaller version is good (what a geek).

Now just waiting for Mendoi-Conclave's episode 2!!

little off topic but

I would usually watch the HD versions in my ps3 and it looks a helluva lot better there (44" hdtv) than my monitor ( HP 22" widescreen). Either way, I think I need a new video card cause it freezes for 2 seconds then comes back and I don't want to force it =/. So the ones I download from are a noname group who provides it as an mp4 (still hd quality with no fuzzy pixels or anything). Can mkv files work in ps3's as well? If you have one that is ^^;

I'm getting from GundamSnet. I'd get conclave but every time I get something in mkv the subs are always overlapping or something else is wrong so I stick with avi. I'm still expecting some groups to pick this up and depending on who, I might switch.

Btw, Episode 02; From 17:21 - 17:27: That move was HOT!

Originally Posted by chato

little off topic but

I would usually watch the HD versions in my ps3 and it looks a helluva lot better there (44" hdtv) than my monitor ( HP 22" widescreen). Either way, I think I need a new video card cause it freezes for 2 seconds then comes back and I don't want to force it =/. So the ones I download from are a noname group who provides it as an mp4 (still hd quality with no fuzzy pixels or anything). Can mkv files work in ps3's as well? If you have one that is ^^;

Nah, I tried it but .mkv files do not work on the PS3. I guess at the moment you can only play MP4 files for movies. But using my computer is fine for me. I just connect my laptop to the HDTV and play it. It looks awesome!

Looks like those fansubbers turned their mp4's to mkv and now .avi . Anyway I can convert .avi to mp4?

Certainly a interesting series. I really hope that Graham turns out to be a Zechs Merquise type character. The series certainly reminds me of gundam wing more then any other Gundam series so far, so I wouldn't be surprised.

He seems to have the type of personality to become like him. All he needs now is a mask and we're good to go.

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.

So far it's all right. But the obvious fanservice is rather killing my drive to watch this serie.