That 10 minute fight scene in episode 4 sure was pretty to look at.
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The Official Gundam Thread of Gunpla, Origins, and 35 Years of GUNDAMUUUU!
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That 10 minute fight scene in episode 4 sure was pretty to look at.
This and the fact he gets to pilot ZZ makes him easily my favorite UC lead.
The Byarlant Custom/ Shamblo destruction was nice.
He just wants his sister back
until he doesn't and just wants to run away to Jupiter with Roux.
nicoga3000
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Link/info?
Seems like I'm missing more then I thought lol. I don't mind the stretch for the series so im fine with watching every bit as I can since I'm an OCD completion-est lol. Thanks for all the info much appreciated.
The true worst part of ZZ Gundam, Roux. God she is so awful it hurts.
SerArthurDayne
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How does an American watch ZZ? Is there a recommended import? Or a legal streaming version with acceptable subs? Or just do what you gotta do?
Edit: also preordered Gundam the origin. Looks like a neat set. Basically preorder by Friday to be guaranteed a copy. They will lock in print run based on their current order numbers, print, then release in March. Amazon seems to have best price.
Edit: also preordered Gundam the origin. Looks like a neat set. Basically preorder by Friday to be guaranteed a copy. They will lock in print run based on their current order numbers, print, then release in March. Amazon seems to have best price.
Well.... pretty much, yeah. ZZ was never brought over and Gundam isn't really popular here anymore.
I will be honest, I only got to see ZZ because of my early days of buying Anime on Ebay and ended up buying a shit ton of knock offs, many of which I later went back and paid a butt load of money so I could own offical copies.
SerArthurDayne
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Late, but if you are still interested, this has 0079 Movies, Char's Counterattack, and Miller's Report for 30 shipped and new.
Gundam Movie Pack
Origin is a manga adaptation of 0079 by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko who was the character designer of that series (think of it like the Evangelion manga in that regard) that expands on a lot of the setting and changes some stuff. Viz brought it over here a few years ago but never finished. Vertical is publishing the entire series in hardbacks but it's an EXTREMELY limited run - maybe 4000 copies a volume or so? Probably less as the series goes on. No reprints. Pre-order to get it, probably SOL if you don't.
nicoga3000
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Where can I preorder it at??
Vol 1
http://www.amazon.com/dp/193565487X/?tag=neogaf0e-20
They only have the first two up for preorder I believe.
Despite my hatred of 0079 I went ahead and grabbed both of them. I will keep them and sell them later if nothing else.
nicoga3000
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Do I need to preorder the first two now, or just the first one?
distantmantra
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UC Episode 6 trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0WIord1pQZ8
ROCK.
Up for preorder, and commence the "Wah it's expensive I'm a dirty poor" onslaught.
http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/wCwn3yWE5jdB1aqyPX/browse/item/97373/4/0/0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0WIord1pQZ8
ROCK.
Up for preorder, and commence the "Wah it's expensive I'm a dirty poor" onslaught.
http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/wCwn3yWE5jdB1aqyPX/browse/item/97373/4/0/0
I can't remember, does Rightstuff charge when they ship or right away?
distantmantra
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Ship.
Who actually charges immediately anymore? I can't think of anyone that does that.
I actually know of three sites, all import. In fact one of them I will be getting both Wing Glory book 4 and Frozen Teardrop Book 8, still charges at check out. Honestly I wouldn't use them if I couldn't but they are the only ones that have manga/light novels early and ship them at reasonable times.
If HLJ actually confirmed they would've sold book 8 then I would have got it from them with a few more perfect files.
Preordered, thanks.
ColossalLazy
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I cant see the video, it says its private. Can you provide another link?
amishpriest99
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Thanks for the heads up!
Keep in mind the episode itself will only be ~60 minutes like the others, judging from the Japanese release details; 78 minutes is including the 19 minutes of bonus features.
Thanks for the clarification. I thought somebody said it was going to be 60 minutes a page ago, but was hoping this was new info or something.
Still, longer than Episode 5, which I think was the shortest.
distantmantra
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I recently found out that Gundam F-91 and Char's Counterattack are available on Blu-ray.
IN ITALY.
WTF.
IN ITALY.
WTF.
That's random. I really wish the Japanese version had the English audio. I would have imported Char's Counterattack. It sucks that Bandai is dead in North America.
distantmantra
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I've considered importing the Japanese blu's recently, but I'll wait until I go back to Japan next year. Who knows, maybe someone will license them in the next year.
Yes, I know. I'm a comedian.
ambientmystic
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I went on a ZZ marathon a few days ago. I remembered why I disliked the 1st third or so of the series, the severe tonal shift was a bit off putting as compared to Kill-Em-All Tomino's magnum opus, Zeta Gundam.
Best body count in a Gundam series ever
For one, the brand new opening (Anime na jai, This is not anime) that indicates that the show wasn't taking itself seriously. It was changed for the better 2nd OP, Silent Voice in the latter half of the show.
You have a bad ass villian like Yazan from Zeta (Violate, exterminate etc.) reduced to irrelevance and a shell of his former villianous self and Mashymre Cello, joke of a gentlemanly henchman who'd get creamed every episode by the bumbling Gundam crew through his own naivety and incompetance.
The competant Haman Khan doesn't play an active role until later in the series. I still miss the incredibly suave and charismatic Paptimus Scirocco from the Jupiter fleet and the brutish Bask Ohm of the Titans from Zeta though; now THOSE were villians you'd love to hate.
It is not until Judau
lost his sister and has the face to face with the ever awesome Haman Khan
Also, ZZ is probably the only Gundam series that featured a rather snappy upgrade to the titular Gundam (only took 11 episodes for them to bring in ZZ, Zeta took quite a long time before they shifted to using the Zeta Gundam from the RX-178 Gundam Mk II)
SerArthurDayne
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Re-license by Funi or the like not possible due to current popularity or cost of the license? Or simply not possible for the blu because of reverse importation issues? Blu reverse importation never made sense to me with how cheaply you can get a region free player anyways.
distantmantra
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I think it's a combination of reserve importations fears and the completely irrational belief held by Sunrise/Bandai that Gundam should be just as big in North America as it is in Japan and be priced accordingly.
Have you watched Victory?
SerArthurDayne
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Well if they don't license it soon, it will be priced accordingly, they just won't be getting any of the profits! Seriously, I've been trying to find a reasonably priced copy of G-Gundam for several weeks now. Late to the game, obviously, but gap filling before they get any worse.
ambientmystic
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Yep. It's been years but the memories are coming back now, thanks for that reminder. I stand corrected, Victory Gundam takes the cake for that department (Having the main protagonist that's pretty much a wee child bear witness to those events makes it even worse).
Also, Dat OP, what a freaking deceptively cheery and upbeat OP it was; it did not reflect the actual tone of the anime at all. (Stand Up to the Victory)
ambientmystic
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Having (early Zeta spoiler)
Kamille's Mum get offed in JUST episode 3
That's when I knew I was in for a "treat". None of that cutesy stuff that plagues current Alternate Era Gundam series was gonna happen in this one. Oh yes.
ZZ's lightheartedness was really refreshing imo. I liked how nonchalant everything was.
Anyway, I started watching Wing... a bit of a ways into it. I think I'll do an all Alternate Universe marathon since I started with G. Getting through Gundam X is going to be hard though...
Anyway, I started watching Wing... a bit of a ways into it. I think I'll do an all Alternate Universe marathon since I started with G. Getting through Gundam X is going to be hard though...
ambientmystic
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Gundam X contributed two sweet OPs (Dreams and Resolution) to ever grace the series, but other than that? It was a tad mediocre. Liked the concept of the Satelite Cannon though. Blew my mind years ago when I watched it on VCDs :lol
And the fact that it just sort of ends randomly.
ambientmystic
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Seriously, during my first viewing of the series, I thought the show (1996) was made before Wing Gundam (1995) as the animation wasn't up to par with even G Gundam (1994) for that matter.
Also, it's incredible that they were churning out Gundam series in a yearly fashion back then. 3 Gundam shows in 3 years.
ambientmystic
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Well, that was a consequence of the show's cutdown from 50-ish episodes to just the the 39 they finally made. Poor ratings led to that particular decision, and canned the Gundam series on T.V. until Turn A came out 3 years later.
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