TacticalHotdog
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Also fansubs for Thunderbolt episode 3 are out, though some people say that the translation is a bit wonky since it's Japanese -> Spanish -> English with some lines just ripped from Zeonic's translation of the manga.
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The Gundam |OT2| Another 5 years of Gunpla, Origins, and GUNDAMUUUU!
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The Sum of Zero
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It is pretty bad, but it's not like there are any other subs out there.
And we wouldn't have to resort to "dodgy shit" if Bandai really wanted our money. But they obviously don't as far as Thunderbolt is concerned.
TacticalHotdog
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All 4 episodes are technically out in Japan. I do hope they continue it since the manga is still ongoing, but some diehard UC fans might be put off by some of the liberties they take in the second arc.
Megalosaro
Banned
Such as?
JadedWriter
Member
As far as I'm concerned it never even began....
davidwhangchoi
Member
i want to watch thunderbolt so bad!!!!
TacticalHotdog
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It takes place 6-7 months after the Battle of A Bao A Qu, but the mechanical design for the Atlas Gundam doesn't look like it's from the same era. The in-narrative justification is that it's a wacky prototype that uses limbs that are reverse engineered from Zeon's amphibious suits.
Personally, I think the cockpit area kind of reminds me of the GP0X series of Gundams from Stardust Memory, so it could kind of lead into that.
The 2nd arc also introduces a new faction called the South Seas Alliance which seems to be an extremist religious faction that is trying to break away from the Earth Federation after the war. They use a mixture of Federation and Zeon mobile suits, sometimes mixing their parts together, because their job during the war was to go into areas where battles had taken place and salvage what they could. They end up in possession of the Psycho Zaku and recover the scientist guy who told Karla to cut off Daryl's other arm as well as Claudia, the Federation commander/Io's girlfriend. Because of this, both the Federation and the Zeon Remnants want to recover that tech from the SSA, and start sending special units there.
Speaking of the Zeon remnants, Thunderbolt says that half of Zeon's forces refuse to recognize the Armistice and are still fighting on Earth. Their main base is a space battleship that has been converted into a submarine motherbase.
Goddess they had such a great design with Ultra 78 Magnus and then to have this ugly as hell thing breaks my heart. Just eww.It takes place 6-7 months after the Battle of A Bao A Qu, but the mechanical design for the Atlas Gundam doesn't look like it's from the same era. The in-narrative justification is that it's a wacky prototype that uses limbs that are reverse engineered from Zeon's amphibious suits.
Personally, I think the cockpit area kind of reminds me of the GP0X series of Gundams from Stardust Memory, so it could kind of lead into that.
The 2nd arc also introduces a new faction called the South Seas Alliance which seems to be an extremist religious faction that is trying to break away from the Earth Federation after the war. They use a mixture of Federation and Zeon mobile suits, sometimes mixing their parts together, because their job during the war was to go into areas where battles had taken place and salvage what they could. They end up in possession of the Psycho Zaku and recover the scientist guy who told Karla to cut off Daryl's other arm as well as Claudia, the Federation commander/Io's girlfriend. Because of this, both the Federation and the Zeon Remnants want to recover that tech from the SSA, and start sending special units there.
Speaking of the Zeon remnants, Thunderbolt says that half of Zeon's forces refuse to recognize the Armistice and are still fighting on Earth. Their main base is a space battleship that has been converted into a submarine motherbase.
The Sum of Zero
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It takes place 6-7 months after the Battle of A Bao A Qu, but the mechanical design for the Atlas Gundam doesn't look like it's from the same era. The in-narrative justification is that it's a wacky prototype that uses limbs that are reverse engineered from Zeon's amphibious suits.
Personally, I think the cockpit area kind of reminds me of the GP0X series of Gundams from Stardust Memory, so it could kind of lead into that.
The 2nd arc also introduces a new faction called the South Seas Alliance which seems to be an extremist religious faction that is trying to break away from the Earth Federation after the war. They use a mixture of Federation and Zeon mobile suits, sometimes mixing their parts together, because their job during the war was to go into areas where battles had taken place and salvage what they could. They end up in possession of the Psycho Zaku and recover the scientist guy who told Karla to cut off Daryl's other arm as well as Claudia, the Federation commander/Io's girlfriend. Because of this, both the Federation and the Zeon Remnants want to recover that tech from the SSA, and start sending special units there.
Speaking of the Zeon remnants, Thunderbolt says that half of Zeon's forces refuse to recognize the Armistice and are still fighting on Earth. Their main base is a space battleship that has been converted into a submarine motherbase.
Why is there an Orbital Frame in my Gundam?
Worked for MGSV.
JadedWriter
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There's no COCKpit though. Looks like something out of Full Metal Panic.
Sahelanthropus was the least of MGS V's problems though.
davidwhangchoi
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me too!!!
TacticalHotdog
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I think it looks better in action. I wasn't sure about the Atlas when I first saw the lineart, but I've warmed up to it. It's also backed up by the Thunderbolt equivalent of the RX-79[G], but they haven't seen much action so far
Oh wow gotcha
Yeah, it kind of is in fan fiction territory.
TacticalHotdog
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Couldn't you say that about any derived work that isn't by the original creator/author? Though from an interview with the author, it seems like Bandai gave him a lot of free reign which is kind of surprising
You can insert a story into an existing world and stay within canon. A lot of Gundam stuff does ignore technology for the sake of mecha. It's more obvious in grunt units in Thunderbolt though. A lot of over engineering.
My Gundam intake has slowed down dramatically after finishing my MG RX-78-2 and IBO. I haven't made any progress on G-Reco. I'm in the process of trying to figure out what kit I want to build next. GundamGAF help me decide. Currently I've build a GM Custom, Ez8, and RX-78-2. I feel like I need some enemy mobile suits so I'm thinking either the RG Zaku II or the Gouf Custom. I want to build an IBO kit, though I wish they had an actual MG Barbatos.
Anyway, I think my list is:
RG Zaku II
HG/MG Gouf Custom
MG Ball Ver Ka
1/100 Barbatos
HG Graze (of some sort)
Further down the road I really want to build the MG Nu Gundam and Sazabi, but I'm not feeling those yet.
Anyway, I think my list is:
RG Zaku II
HG/MG Gouf Custom
MG Ball Ver Ka
1/100 Barbatos
HG Graze (of some sort)
Further down the road I really want to build the MG Nu Gundam and Sazabi, but I'm not feeling those yet.
JadedWriter
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Build a Gouf. Eveybody knows the manliest of Zeke men pilot a Gouf.
same
Paltheos
Member
(Rick) Dom man here. For a while I didn't see the appeal of the Gouf, but I get it now. Zakus are lame.
Edit: The Origin prototype Dom might be the best iteration of the design, better than the Rick Dom. The only thing I don't like is the Zaku influence on the face.
SoundPulse
Banned
Too bad the manliest Zeke pilots a Zudah.
The Gouf Custom is still a super solid kit, so I'd recommend that over the RG Zaku. Unless you really want a RG, in which case I'd go with a Mk. II or an Exia. RG Zaku still had some kinks to work out, but it's not as much of a frag grenade as some other RGs. I'd also get the MG Gouf 2.0 over the Custom. MG Custom has trouble with its gatling.
Rex Griswold
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Definitely the HGUC Gouf Custom. The proportions are absolutely perfect, the build is enjoyable, and the gimmicks are pretty great. If you'd rather a MG kit, I'd strongly suggest the MG Gouf 2.0 over the Gouf Custom, really one of the highlights from the MG line, and with eight years of engineering advancements over the Custom. It really shows during the build, especially the energy cables, they're tedious on the 2.0, but they're not the nightmare on the custom. But between the two, definitely the HGUC Gouf Custom.
I myself am itching for a new MG kit, most recent kits are the Wing Zero, Hi-Nu ver. Ka, RX-78-2 Origin version, and Hyaku-Shiki 2.0.
Anyone have any suggestions for a really fun build?
Valkerionseven
Member
Earthquakes are agreeably not fun, thankfully all is safe here, and my cheap gunpla is standing. Hope my peeps in Kumamoto and Fukuoka are ok. These aftershocks suck though!
Megalosaro
Banned
I love zeon engineering as much as the next guy, but I'll be honest. I don't like the gouf. It looks not that great to me and I greatly prefer the zaku.
Doms are pretty legit though.
Doms are pretty legit though.
sixteen-bit
Member
Gouf is w/e but Gouf Custom? That's my shit right there.
JadedWriter
Member
Who is Zudah and how is he manlier than Ramba Ral and Norris Packard?
MG DX is fun but simple build.
MG Sinanju is amazing if you can handle the foil stickers.
MG Sazabi Ver Ka is beautiful beside either Nu or HI Nu.
MG Epyon is my all time fav MG and one of the most unique looking MGS on the market.
Lastly Blitz is great but awkward because they reused the Strike RM frame and it's design is a bit at odds with it.
The Sum of Zero
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"No more Gunpla until I get new Gundam Markers" I said.
Then I find this at Barnes and Noble.
Guess if the lines are too thick cause the ends are frayed I can use q-tips to clean up the excess.
Then I find this at Barnes and Noble.
Guess if the lines are too thick cause the ends are frayed I can use q-tips to clean up the excess.
SoundPulse
Banned
Zudah is manly because it is basically a Zaku with more fast but the added drawback of blowing up if it goes too fast. It's in IGLOO, but it's cooler in the hands of Wolfgang from Mobile Suit Gundam: Hunter of Black Clothes. It also just looks cool.
The HG has a neato huge anti-ship gun that it can actually hold in a firing pose.
JadedWriter
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Well that's a cool suit with like no armor on it. I have never seen that before, in anything.Zudah is manly because it is basically a Zaku with more fast but the added drawback of blowing up if it goes too fast. It's in IGLOO, but it's cooler in the hands of Wolfgang from Mobile Suit Gundam: Hunter of Black Clothes. It also just looks cool.
The HG has a neato huge anti-ship gun that it can actually hold in a firing pose.
The Sum of Zero
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You really should watch IGLOO. The CGI isn't that good by today's standards, but it's not too bad.
Kinda hoping RightStuf re-releases it, I never got the original DVD releases way back then.
JadedWriter
Member
I always heard IGLOO was bad so I just kept ignoring it.
davidwhangchoi
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what's igloo, it that in snow?
Hey gang? Remember me? They guy who swore he was gonna plough through a (re)watch of the entire UC continuity?
Well after a year of procrastination, I think I will finally finish watching Zeta. I'm on episode 40 now so gonna get some thoughts up soon somehow
Well after a year of procrastination, I think I will finally finish watching Zeta. I'm on episode 40 now so gonna get some thoughts up soon somehow
Megalosaro
Banned
The only episode I liked was the zudah. Every other episode was trash.
sixteen-bit
Member
gotta bump this on repeat when running Gouf teams in EXVS
The Sum of Zero
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So I believe when we had that discussion before about RGs I had mentioned 00 Raiser was my favorite. Not only did it come with a whole mess of accessories and looked just amazing, it was a pretty fun build.
Well it just got beat.
(Well, aside from the build, since basically 80% of it was building Wing Zero EW again but in different colors. And the panel lining is a bit thick due to my marker issues but I managed without it looking horrendous.)
Maybe I just never fully explored the articulation of Zero aside from that kneeling pose. Maybe I honestly just love the design. RG Wing EW, when completed, just blew me away. Hell, I have the MG but it can't hold a candle to this.
One note, yes the hand droops when holding the Buster Rifle. But you can sort of cheat it by having the arm positioned upwards a bit so the rifle will droop right where you want it to, like I did in the above pic.
Have some more pics. And a few shots together with the HGAC Wing.
Oh, and Bird Mode just looks, to use an age-old phrase, fucking sick.
Well it just got beat.
(Well, aside from the build, since basically 80% of it was building Wing Zero EW again but in different colors. And the panel lining is a bit thick due to my marker issues but I managed without it looking horrendous.)
Maybe I just never fully explored the articulation of Zero aside from that kneeling pose. Maybe I honestly just love the design. RG Wing EW, when completed, just blew me away. Hell, I have the MG but it can't hold a candle to this.
One note, yes the hand droops when holding the Buster Rifle. But you can sort of cheat it by having the arm positioned upwards a bit so the rifle will droop right where you want it to, like I did in the above pic.
Have some more pics. And a few shots together with the HGAC Wing.
Oh, and Bird Mode just looks, to use an age-old phrase, fucking sick.
Haha this is even more aweomse
The Sum of Zero
fuck the Wing EW is such a gorgeous design.
JadedWriter
Member
Oh my fuck that thing is sick.
Dedication Through Light
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Mobile Suit Gundam UC RE:0096 3
I just realized one of my favorite utapri idol voices is in this (Shimono) as Takuya, so I really hope he gets to stay around and speak more. I guess its probably likely since well he survived that great vaporization of the rest of Banagher's classmates at the fence. With all the other gundams going on, I had almost forgot the franchise can be pretty brutal and destructive (since well nothing of that sort happened in G-reco, GBF, and even IBO). All these people in the colony vaporized even the massive hole.
Banagher seems like he could be a good pilot though probably cause the past at the end like he was being tested upon. Only thing I can see that could link him to being able to be accepted by Unicorn Gundam.
The OST is perfect for this anime too, just in line with some of Sawano's best instrumentals.
I just realized one of my favorite utapri idol voices is in this (Shimono) as Takuya, so I really hope he gets to stay around and speak more. I guess its probably likely since well he survived that great vaporization of the rest of Banagher's classmates at the fence. With all the other gundams going on, I had almost forgot the franchise can be pretty brutal and destructive (since well nothing of that sort happened in G-reco, GBF, and even IBO). All these people in the colony vaporized even the massive hole.
Banagher seems like he could be a good pilot though probably cause the past at the end like he was being tested upon. Only thing I can see that could link him to being able to be accepted by Unicorn Gundam.
Vist could have actually told us what Laplace's Box was before dying! 
The OST is perfect for this anime too, just in line with some of Sawano's best instrumentals.
The Sum of Zero
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I was kinda hoping that's how they'd end episode 3, ending with the first part of OVA 2 rather than just ending at the Gundam face like in OVA 1.
But damn that was fucking lazy. Instead of a seamless segue, it's Unicorn transforms > Charges (end shot of OVA 1) > Beginning of OVA 2, like, the LITERAL beginning where they show the transformation that we JUST saw AGAIN before the fight starts.
This is it: http://puu.sh/okXYl.webm
What they should have done: Ended it where OVA 1 did, ED, rest of the episode, episode preview. Would have worked so much better.
But damn that was fucking lazy. Instead of a seamless segue, it's Unicorn transforms > Charges (end shot of OVA 1) > Beginning of OVA 2, like, the LITERAL beginning where they show the transformation that we JUST saw AGAIN before the fight starts.
This is it: http://puu.sh/okXYl.webm
What they should have done: Ended it where OVA 1 did, ED, rest of the episode, episode preview. Would have worked so much better.
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