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[Lindsay]

Gots episode 3 downloading right now from the PSN. Guess my systems gonna be on all weekend x_x;

I see Bandai has a channel on the US store now but its all just Unicorn or compilation movies. For someone that owns an has watched each series several times is it worth renting the MSG & 0083 movies?

 

[B.K.]

For someone that owns an has watched each series several times is it worth renting the MSG & 0083 movies?

I can't say anything about the 0083 movie(s). I haven't seen it. The Mobile Suit Gundam movies are definitely worth watching even if you have seen the series though. They're actually better than the tv series.

 

[Blader]

There won't be any PV for Episode 4 for a while, but here's a little hint of what's to come next time:

http://superrobotwar.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/srwhotnewsuc5ma.jpg

 

[Jex]

Episode 3 is certainly pretty darn good, there's no denying the team knows how to animate mecha and shoot action scenes, although I'd be happier if the shows main plot wasn't so convoluted.

 

[hteng]

im disappointed that they reused some footage from episode 1 and 2, reminds me of how awful SEED and Destiny was. arg

 

[zoku88]

im disappointed that they reused some footage from episode 1 and 2, reminds me of how awful SEED and Destiny was. arg

Yea, I really noticed that too. Kinda bothers me.

Actual spoilers:

Spoiler

That one guy... Gibson? I forget. The Zeon father. He tripped so many death flags in this episode. I spent the entire time waiting for him to die.

 

[donkey show]

Actual spoilers:

Spoiler

That one guy... Gibson? I forget. The Zeon father. He tripped so many death flags in this episode. I spent the entire time waiting for him to die.

They've made that an art form over the years.

 

[Blader]

Yea, I really noticed that too. Kinda bothers me.

Actual spoilers:

Spoiler

That one guy... Gibson? I forget. The Zeon father. He tripped so many death flags in this episode. I spent the entire time waiting for him to die.

:lol, no kidding. But I think it was still an effective way of showing what a bastard Full Frontal is.

 

[Jex]

Actual spoilers:

Spoiler

That one guy... Gibson? I forget. The Zeon father. He tripped so many death flags in this episode. I spent the entire time waiting for him to die.

One of these days they're going to reverse it and all the foreshadowing will be for naught.

Like in Doomsday.

 

[X-Frame]

Can someone explain to me what the whole point of going to that wreckage site was?

What were they trying to accomplish? I got lost watching it with sub-titles.

In any case, mech battles were insane again this episode. The animations were amazing. This is on a whole other level than any other show IMO, even moreso than Gundam 00.

 

[Wazzim]

Just finished watching Episode 3 of Unicorn, I really liked this one. The animation and IQ is just amazing, some parts of the story are a bit weird though; Does someone want to explain to me what LA+ (or La Place) actually is?

 

[donkey show]

Just finished watching Episode 3 of Unicorn, I really liked this one. The animation and IQ is just amazing, some parts of the story are a bit weird though; Does someone want to explain to me what LA+ (or La Place) actually is?

Spoiler

The LA+ system is basically a puzzle in finding out the location of Laplace's box. That box contains critical information that can overthrow the entire Federation government.

 

[Blader]

Just finished watching Episode 3 of Unicorn, I really liked this one. The animation and IQ is just amazing, some parts of the story are a bit weird though; Does someone want to explain to me what LA+ (or La Place) actually is?

Spoiler

The La+ System is another OS installed into the Unicorn, it activates whenever the Unicorn powers down from its NT-D mode. It's basically a treasure map that reveals a set of coordinates related to Laplace's Box. When the Unicorn visits those coordinates, something related to the Box will happen (e.g. in this ep, the Unicorn starts transmitting the Feddie PM's speech from the beginning of UC), and then a new set of coordinates is revealed. La+ leads the Unicorn from one set of coordinates to the next until eventually reaching Laplace's Box.

 

[zoku88]

Spoiler

The La+ System is another OS installed into the Unicorn, it activates whenever the Unicorn powers down from its NT-D mode. It's basically a treasure map that reveals a set of coordinates related to Laplace's Box. When the Unicorn visits those coordinates, something related to the Box will happen (e.g. in this ep, the Unicorn starts transmitting the Feddie PM's speech from the beginning of UC), and then a new set of coordinates is revealed. La+ leads the Unicorn from one set of coordinates to the next until eventually reaching Laplace's Box.

Huh, I heard Anaheim took away that feature after an upgrade, though.

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For some reason, something in your comment made me think of that Sony, other OS thing. I'm so sorry.

One of these days they're going to reverse it and all the foreshadowing will be for naught.

Like in Doomsday.

Funny enough, I think they did that in

Spoiler

Macross Frontier, kinda. Where someone obviously based on Roy.

 

[hteng]

Can someone explain to me what the whole point of going to that wreckage site was?

What were they trying to accomplish? I got lost watching it with sub-titles.

In any case, mech battles were insane again this episode. The animations were amazing. This is on a whole other level than any other show IMO, even moreso than Gundam 00.

they were guided to the wreckage site by Unicorn's La+ thing, in order to find out what's the next piece of puzzle.

 

[Blader]

Can someone explain to me what the whole point of going to that wreckage site was?

What were they trying to accomplish? I got lost watching it with sub-titles.

The first set of coordinates revealed by the La+ system pointed to the wreckage of the Laplace station, so they just took the Unicorn there to wait and see what would happen.

 

[X-Frame]

And so the La+ program onboard the Unicorn gradually reveals new information each time the NT-D system is activated or something?

 

[Seda]

So for someone that's only watched Gundam Wing, 00, and has a little backstory on the Universal Century plot, is Unicorn the newest anime in the series (I realize it's an adaptation).

Oh, and I also only watch dubs.

 

[Blader]

Unicorn is the newest, but I don't know how accessible it is to people generally unfamiliar with UC, since there's a lot of UC continuity that comes into play here.

And it is dubbed (simultaneous release, so subbed and dubbed episodes are released together), probably the best Gundam dub to date.

And so the La+ program onboard the Unicorn gradually reveals new information each time the NT-D system is activated or something?

Yep.

 

[Seda]

Unicorn is the newest, but I don't know how accessible it is to people generally unfamiliar with UC, since there's a lot of UC continuity that comes into play here.

Thanks. Most of my UC knowledge comes from the PS2 game "Journey to Jaburo"...:lol

 

[Blader]

Thanks. Most of my UC knowledge comes from the PS2 game "Journey to Jaburo"...:lol

If you've at least seen the original MSG series and Char's Counterattack, you should be good.

There's a lot of cool references and callbacks that you might miss, but there's also a lot that gets explained as it comes up so you wouldn't be totally in the dark.

 

[Lindsay]

They're actually better than the tv series.

So I've heard many times but its hard ta believe and harder to decide on!

Actual spoilers:

Spoiler

That one guy... Gibson? I forget. The Zeon father. He tripped so many death flags in this episode. I spent the entire time waiting for him to die.

Ya for reals. Still sucked when it happened...

Spoiler

so glad Marida survived!

They've made that an art form over the years.

Also the art of prisoners not remaining prisoners for very long!


Another solid eppy! That Axis is a stubborn old rock. So much craps happened to it and its still there! Lotsa glowy sparkly action and dramatic speeches as usual. That NT-D thingy seems very Zero Systemish. Is the battle moving to earth now? I wanted an all space-based series!

 

[Blader]

Another solid eppy! That Axis is a stubborn old rock. So much craps happened to it and its still there!

That was Palau, not Axis.

Is the battle moving to earth now? I wanted an all space-based series!

The next couple episodes will be on Earth, and that's why episode 4 won't be out until the fall: the animation team has to come up with new tricks for lighting, shadows, beam effects, thrust effects, etc. for Earth settings now.

 

[Lindsay]

That was Palau, not Axis.

Ohhh I thought that was just the name of a city in Axis. The fact that it seemed to be 2 big old space rocks linked together made me thought it was that place to >.<;

The next couple episodes will be on Earth, and that's why episode 4 won't be out until the fall: the animation team has to come up with new tricks for lighting, shadows, beam effects, thrust effects, etc. for Earth settings now.

Doh! Stupid earth holding the series back in more ways then one!

 

[B.K.]

So I've heard many times but its hard ta believe and harder to decide on!

The don't decide! Watch the series and then the movies!

 

[isny]

Just finished with 00. It was no where near as emotional as Seed, but still a great series.

In the process of ripping my Gundam Wing Remastered DVD's to my PC now so I can watch that in Japanese for the first time on my daily commute to and from work. (Only ever watched it dubbed...but that dub was very well done)

Too bad it takes half an hour or longer to rip each episode =(

I'm really tempted by Unicorn, but I'm hoping we get a full series release next year once the single disc releases are done. Not going to shell out that kind of cash right now >.>

 

[xero273]

Unicorn vol 3 is coming out next week. Anyone know of a place with a better price than rightstuf? Amazon doesn't have it up for order so my only option right now looks like rightstuf.

Thanks.

 

[B.K.]

The first three episodes of Unicorn are being screened at the Viz Cinema in San Fransisco today and tomorrow. The Vol. 3 Blu-Ray is going to be on sale there too.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-02/san-francisco-theater-to-screen-gundam-uc-1-3

 

[sixteen-bit]

Unicorn vol 3 is coming out next week. Anyone know of a place with a better price than rightstuf? Amazon doesn't have it up for order so my only option right now looks like rightstuf.

Thanks.

So weird amazon doesn't have it. Didn't they have an exclusive on the last one.

 

[xero273]

So weird amazon doesn't have it. Didn't they have an exclusive on the last one.

amazon only sold the 1st one. Second one was sold at amazon through third party which was bandai.

 

[glaurung]

I've been getting back into regular MG gunpla building after venturing away to Macross and Armored Core for a while, and since I was building my titanium finish RX-0, I started wondering what the next PG model is going to be...

Since Bandai did Astray and then Exia and then Freedom Strike, what are the chances that the next PG will be something out of Gundam Unicorn?

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

I guess current events are proof that the 1:1 RX78 is just a statue afterall....

 

[sixteen-bit]

I guess current events are proof that the 1:1 RX78 is just a statue afterall....

That is a photo of them dismantling it last summer.

 

[donkey show]

That is a photo of them dismantling it last summer.

Nah, he was referring to the Gundam putting out the fires.

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

*Thumbsup*

 

[coldvein]

gundam nub question: did Gundam Wing ever come out on anything besides the individual DVD's? is there a box set? perhaps something slimmer and more handsome than a bunch of DVDs on my shelf? a bluray maybe? i'd looooooooooooove to have all of that show on bluray.

edit: actually, while i'm at it, are there ANY complete gundam series on bluray?

 

[Pollux]

Hey y'all. I want to watch the gundam series' but whats the best order to watch everything in.

I've seen wing, and g-fundam, and 0080 and 0083, the original series, and g savior (which sucked), as well as parts of turn a gundam.

I'm fine with watching everything again but if you had to list all the series in order of watching...what would that order be?

 

[Zekes!]

I'm almost done G Gundam; I'm on to episode 38. Shit's been tight so far. I constantly get the urge to yell "ERUPTING BURNING FIIIIINGEEEEER!" and then punch someone in the face while walking down the street though.

 

[donkey show]

I'm almost done G Gundam; I'm on to episode 38. Shit's been tight so far. I constantly get the urge to yell "ERUPTING BURNING FIIIIINGEEEEER!" and then punch someone in the face while walking down the street though.

You think it's the shit now? Fucking wait, just fucking wait cuz it only gets better. =)

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I'm almost done G Gundam; I'm on to episode 38. Shit's been tight so far. I constantly get the urge to yell "ERUPTING BURNING FIIIIINGEEEEER!" and then punch someone in the face while walking down the street though.

You haven't even gotten to the best parts. G Gundam is one of the manliest shows of all time.

"Look! The East is burning red!"

 

[Pollux]

You haven't even gotten to the best parts. G Gundam is one of the manliest shows of all time.

"Look! The East is burning red!"

"I AM THE KING OF HEARTS!!!!"

 

[distantmantra]

gundam nub question: did Gundam Wing ever come out on anything besides the individual DVD's? is there a box set? perhaps something slimmer and more handsome than a bunch of DVDs on my shelf? a bluray maybe? i'd looooooooooooove to have all of that show on bluray.

It's been released in a bundle in the past.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CEV3NM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000EQ5UY6/?tag=neogaf0e-20

edit: actually, while i'm at it, are there ANY complete gundam series on bluray?

In Japan? Yes. Alongside F91 and CCA, Zeta, ZZ and 00 are all on Blu-ray.
Outside Japan? No. Gundam UC is the only series to even be released on Blu-ray outside Japan.

 

[coldvein]

It's been released in a bundle in the past.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CEV3NM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000EQ5UY6/?tag=neogaf0e-20



In Japan? Yes. Alongside F91 and CCA, Zeta, ZZ and 00 are all on Blu-ray.
Outside Japan? No. Gundam UC is the only series to even be released on Blu-ray outside Japan.

this is not the answer i was really looking for, thanks though. . they should throw all this stuff on blu ray. and send it to AMERICA.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I had been out of the loop with MG series, but judging from the last couple it looks like they're tackling Wing? Any hope for a Heavyarms soon?

 

[donkey show]

I had been out of the loop with MG series, but judging from the last couple it looks like they're tackling Wing? Any hope for a Heavyarms soon?

Nothing yet, but Epyon is the next one in line... this time with teeth on its dragon feet, derp.

 

[Pollux]

I had been out of the loop with MG series, but judging from the last couple it looks like they're tackling Wing? Any hope for a Heavyarms soon?

Wait what? what is he talking about?

 

[PhiLonius]

I'm almost done G Gundam; I'm on to episode 38. Shit's been tight so far. I constantly get the urge to yell "ERUPTING BURNING FIIIIINGEEEEER!" and then punch someone in the face while walking down the street though.

You think it's the shit now? Fucking wait, just fucking wait cuz it only gets better. =)

Yep, show gets even better towards the end.

Surprised I've never come across this thread before.

 

[Pollux]

Yep, show gets even better towards the end.

Surprised I've never come across this thread before.

Haha G-Gundam has a great ending.

Also yea, I never saw this thread till last night so I was pleasantly surprised when it popped up. Any chance they release Unicorn as one box set once it's all out? It's only 5 or 6 episodes right?

 

[donkey show]

Wait what? what is he talking about?

Models.

 

[Pollux]

Models.

Any link to decent quality models? like the ones he was talking about?