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News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:02 pm

Gundam 00: Episode 9:

-A week late, but worth it.

-Ali's fight lasts only a few minutes, but in that time he shows off a good deal of Throne Gundam Arche's power. Beam sabers on it's feet, similar to the Aegis Gundam from SEED, and Funnels/Fangs, that Setsuna remarked were more powerful than the Fangs the original Thrones used. Sevaree has a second set of hands in it's knees, both equipped with beam sabers.

-New Lockon finds out that that Ali killed Old Lockon. Oh, snap!

-Ribbons remarks that even the Twin Drive and Trans-Am systems won't be a match for Gadessa, which I assume is the uber-powerful MS that the A-Laws were supposed to be getting.

-While Setsuna and Saji talk about Louise, New Lockon and and Tieria come in talking about Old Lockon and Ali. Then Allelujah and Marie come in. I will now dub this room the Soap Opera room. "Like GN Particles in the Solar Furnace, these are the Days of our Mobile Suits"

-Setsuna admits he knew the guy who blew up the rest of Lockon's family, and that it was well within his power to kill him, but mentions that Lockon would not have become a Meister, or died. New Lockon says that the bombing would have happened anyway.

-Billy almost refers to Bushido as Graham. Finally, someone gets the idea. Graham admits he doesn't like the name.

-Graham, and I'm going to stop calling him Bushido, requests that Billy's new MS gets done up in Graham's colors, along with maximum speed and a high-end sword. Billy requests that Graham uses it to take down Celestial Being.

-By having Sevaree, Cherudim and Arios activate Trans-Am while the three Gundams have their GN Drives connected to the Ptolemy, it allows Ptolemy to actually achieve Trans-Am. Neat.

-Right when the Ptolemy is about to get shot down, the 00 Gundam arrives and slaughters everything that isn't Celestial Being.

-Mannequin sends a message to Celestial Being, saying she respects the tactics Leesa Kujo (Sumeragi). The two were friends in college. And apparently they were part of the mission where a bunch of people died in a friendly fire incident.

-Next Episode: 00 Gundam with 0-Raiser smacks some punk-ass bitches.

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:18 pm

You forgot Sanji and Marie joining the bridge crew for the escape. I state it only as their roles are about to change (again).

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:25 pm

Editor wrote:You forgot Sanji and Marie joining the bridge crew for the escape. I state it only as their roles are about to change (again).

I did, but I didn't think it was that important, since they didn't do all that much. I think Saji as a spectator is better that Saji as a crew member (Although he's much less bitchy in this episode, which is good), and that Soma as a pilot is better than whatever Marie is doing now. (I guess helping character development along with Allelujah?)

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:34 pm

Well if the info coming for oversees is correct expect both of them to be more heavily involved after next episode once they pick-up the booster units.

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:39 pm

Editor wrote:Well if the info coming for oversees is correct expect both of them to be more heavily involved after next episode once they pick-up the booster units.

That's right, isn't Saji supposed to pilot the 0-Raiser?

I just thought...Saji went from Pizza Delivery Boy to spaceship crew member after a strange turn of events and a time skip...just like Fry on Futurama.

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:46 pm

Yes, but in addition there is talk of Kyrios getting a booster unit as well, and Marie will be given the keys for that one.

No word on the other units getting boosters yet.

Please let them stop using Mister Bushido, Like we had no idea who it was anyways.

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:06 pm

Editor wrote:Yes, but in addition there is talk of Kyrios getting a booster unit as well, and Marie will be given the keys for that one.

No word on the other units getting boosters yet.

It's Arios. Kyrios was taken by the UN Forces at the end of season 1, which is why Allelujah was captive.

Editor wrote:Please let them stop using Mister Bushido, Like we had no idea who it was anyways.

While I like that they may be dropping the Bushido moniker and just switching back to Graham (Thank God Billy has the ability to recognize people he's met multiple time), getting rid of him altogether would be like dropping Char mid-series.

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:42 pm

Sorry Arios is correct. I wouldn't want Graham dropped as he was good character in season 1, sadly the requirement for a masked pilot has deminished him.

Hopefully now with Billy back helping him, he'll get better. Sure he's supposedly the "Char" for 00, but he's better being the "ace pilot capable of fighting a Gundam in an outclassed machine" than being the "Oh we better get a guy in a mask out there to fight"

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:03 pm

Editor wrote:Sorry Arios is correct. I wouldn't want Graham dropped as he was good character in season 1, sadly the requirement for a masked pilot has deminished him.

Hopefully now with Billy back helping him, he'll get better. Sure he's supposedly the "Char" for 00, but he's better being the "ace pilot capable of fighting a Gundam in an outclassed machine" than being the "Oh we better get a guy in a mask out there to fight"

Each Char clone kind of has their own twist to the typical personality. (Such as Rau's egotistical, quasi-Bond Villain attitude) In Graham's case, he happens to be very straightforward, with his single goal being "Kill, Kill, Kill the Gundams, kill them 'till they're dead," and a ver relaxed attitude regarding direct orders. (In that he doesn't follow them if he doesn't want to)

And I don't think it's so much being unable to create a new character, I think it's tradition at this point, like a big brawl between Optimus and Megatron near the end of each TF series, starting every Star Wars movie (not counting Clone Wars) the same way, or that particular victory music in Final Fantasy.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:11 pm

The first chapter of Slayers EVOLUTION-R has been printed in Dragon Age magazine. It's all shaping up to be very Rezo/Zelgadis centric, which is freaking sweet. Not for Zelgadis obviously, but for Rezo. 8D I seriously can't wait any more for the show to start.

There are whispers going around Japanese fan blogs that due to the positive response received by Ga-Rei episode one, there will be a Tokusen 4 OVA. For now this is just a rumour but I'm praying that it is true.

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:48 pm

Gundam 00: Season 2, Episode 10:

-I'm starting to hope Marina is the next person Tieria Bright-Slaps. It seems to have worked wonders on Saji.

-The A-Laws Insignia looks very, very similar to the Starfleet Insignia from Star Trek.

-The Innovators use their new suit, which kicks the 00's ass. It can also use a GN Field-Shield similar to Virtue and Sevaree.

-Ian has a wife? I guess he must, if he has a daughter. None of the Meisters knew she existed, apparently. Allelujah jokes that it's a crime how much younger she is than Ian.

-New crew member; Anew Returner, an Innovator if I ever saw one.

-Was...Marina getting political advice from a child?

-The 0-Riser is finally shown, and the GN Archer, for the Arios.

-Meanwhile, Louise experiences detox. I guess. Or she was looking for pills under her bed. I dunno.

-Patrick Corlasour is awesome. I don't know if I say that enough.

-Something called Memento Mori is coming up. Possibly not good for some people.

-Nena meets Ali, which doe not make her happy. It makes sense; most people aren't happy when they come face-to-face with the man who killed their brothers. Ali tries to hit on her, and Nena tries to kill him, only to get very close to a game of "Stop shooting yourself."

-Memento Mori: A giant space laser, that takes out an entire city that opposed the A-Laws. I really should have seen that coming. Between all of the epic weapons and plans that are never fully explained (Such as Sword of Akasha, which I thought could have been explained better), I forgot that the Ultimate Weapon isn't always something so complex...like all of the Giant Space Lasers that have been used throughout the history of Gundam.

-Post credits: The 00 Gundam with 0-Riser cause the 00 to emit GN Particles like crazy, causing Allelujah, Tieria and Marie to go nuts. Sergei is apparently swept up in the Memento Mori, which Marie can sense, but Allelujah has a different reaction, which I feel deserves it's own bullet-point:

-HALLELUJAH IS BACK, BABY!!

-Next episode: 00 Gundam and 0-Riser cause freaking things to happen, and asses get kicked.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:07 pm

If anyone enjoyed it the first time round, I've updated my last AMV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeYSwYk5SWY&fmt=18

The quality is much better now and it's also completely widescreen. No black borders which is lovely.

Any comments or ratings would be appreciated.

by **Robot4762** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:31 pm

Hey Tekka! Theres a new girl round here named Sailor Destron. Does that name ring any bells? *CoughSailorCybertronCough*

BTW: Just finished Sailor Moon season 1. now on to Sailor Moon R

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:31 pm

Admittedly the first thing I did was think of you.

But surely there's only one you. You are after all... unique.

Meh, Ga-Rei episode 11 was okay. Still bitter. One episode left to go next week then it's over. Then I guess I will start on the manga while I pray for a Tokusen 4 OVA. I hope next week Toru comes back and blows Yomi's brains out.

Or at least they kill each other at the same time, that'd be pretty epic...

Far fetched wishes aside, there's got to be some justice, ya know?!

RAGE!

Me too, ya know?!

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:17 am

Hallo, I'm here with more of my crappy videos.

But I don't have much else to do than subject you to my nonsense.

I was feeling a little bored tonight so I made this from an episode of Robot Chicken and Ga-Rei Zero. Consider it an alternative ending....

Better yet, consider it the actual ending. =D Yep, the actual ending. This is how Ga-Rei Zero actually ends.

Totally.

Ga-Rei Zero - Back From The Dead

by **Gutter Bunny** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:51 am

Need more Yomi...

youtube only has up to episode8 with english subs :sad:

I need a better source.

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:30 pm

Gundam 00 Season 2, Episode 11:

-Marina asks all of the kids what they really want; some are almost comedically sad (Clothes, food) some are normal. (To go to space) However, one girl's wish is to go see her parent's, in Suiru. Now, I didn't say this last time, but the city that the Memento Mori cannon blew up last episode? Suiru. Yeeeaah....

-Sergei survived, so that's nice.

-Both Nena and Ali are impressed by the Memento Mori. It's amazing they hate each other, they have the same psychotic blood lust and need for indiscriminate violence.

-The effects of the GN Particles the 00 Raiser was giving off wear off, Allelujah doesn't know what happened (Hallelujah has resurfaced) Marie doesn't know how she knew Sergei was in danger, and Tieria is just confused. (If you had a bizarre psychic experience in the shower, you'd understand)

-Tieria explains the Innovators, but no one else understands how they plan to achieve peace by killing everyone. Sumeragi apparently knows that Tieria is also an Innovator, but that it doesn't matter, because he's the last person to do anything that could harm Celestial Being.

-Nena is probably going to try to kill Wang Liu Mei.

-The Cherudim and Sevaree are apparently getting new systems. Either they're internal systems have been reconfigured, or they're getting equipment like the 0 Raiser and the GN Archer.

-Anew Returner is definitely an Innovator. She reacted to Revive Revival's Quantum Brainwaves, showing him the location of Celestial Being's base. That's something I don't think Newtypes have ever done, and I'm quite sure it was well within their power.

-Right in the middle of a resupply, A-Laws begin kicking Celestial Being's asteroid base right in the teeth.

-As predicted, Saji is the one to pilot the 0 Raiser.

-Holy hell, the 00 Gundam docking with the 0 Raiser is a pretty sweet scene. The words "Gundam 00 00 Raiser COMPLETE" even appear on the middle section of the 00 V-Fin. I don't think words have ever just APPEARED on that piece before, though it has had words inscribed on it. (Every Gundam in SEED, as well as most Gundams from 00)

-00 Raiser kicks ass. It does it very, very hard, with a boot made out of awesome. It may be First Fight Badass Syndrome, though. (Where a new machine achieves incredible success in it's first battle, but becomes slightly above average afterwards)

-Post Credits, 00 Raiser uses Trans-Am (meaning it was that badass without actually being in Badass Gundam Mode). A good ol' fashion Trippy Newtype Scene occurs, at least between Setsuna, Saji, and Louise. Everyone is completely naked, though. It's important to note that Saji and Setsuna don't have...well, I guess it's to avoid horrid censorship fines. Even the Japanese have their limits. Saji and Louise learn that they're on opposite sides. I was wondering when that was going to happen.

-Next episode; more on the previous two paragraphs, and drama. Perhaps Hallelujah as well.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:54 pm

Gutter Bunny wrote:Need more Yomi...

youtube only has up to episode8 with english subs
I need a better source.

Evil...

That's all that's been out until now. Episode 9 just got subbed today. I've been watching them raw, that's why I'm so far ahead.

http://www.baka-updates.com/releases.php

If you plan on watching a lot of anime, that link is the only link you will ever need.

by **Doubledealer93** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:09 pm

i am starting to get into anime and i like to draw it, and i am wondering what good anime tv shows there are, i know of some: ghost in the shell and gundam, and i am not sure if transformers is anime but if it is then that is awesome

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:22 pm

Loaded question as what counts as Good anime is subjective to say the least.

My personal recommendations if you are mainly looking for mecha/robots (as I'll guess from your listing of MSG and GitS)

Bubblegum Crisis
Patlabour
Nadesico
Evangelion
Big O
Vandread
Full Metal Panic.
anything with Macross in the title.

that can start things off.

As for Transformers being anime...

Depends on your definination of anime.
answer 1: literal
Seeing Anime is just a short form of the word animation then yes Transformers is definately anime. In Japan, everything gets the lable regardless of source, thus by this definition even Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse are anime.
answer 2: common usage
It depends on the series. The shows made initially for North American audiances would not be anime, so the original G1 series, the movie, Beast Wars/Machines, are not anime.
Headmasters, Zone, Victory, Masterforce, BW 2, BW Neo, Car Robots, Super Link, Galaxy Force are anime.

that can start things off.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:25 pm

Make sure you watch the proper Bubblegum Crisis, and not 2040.

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:49 pm

Tekka wrote:Make sure you watch the proper Bubblegum Crisis, and not 2040.

Yes. YES. By all means yes.

2040 (thou I do like some of the soundtrack) is not worth the BGC name.

If I want to watch an reimagining of BGC I'll watch Burst Angel before 2040.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:10 pm

Man... There is just no comparison at all. =(

Every time I hear Konya wa Hurricane, and Mad Machine especially in English... I get all gooey. When I heard the remake of Konya wa Hurricane it was a soul crushing moment.

And come on... no Largo, who is one of the most awesome bad guys ever and Quincy is just not Quincy not even close... I hate to whine like hardcore geewunner (even though I am one

), but I can't stand it!

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:29 pm

To be fair to 2040, I did watch it thru completely but over the course of it's life I went from preordering Y'Know before it had been released to waiting for a friend to buy the ADV release to watch the ending.

There was some promice at the beginning, and i even liked some of the new designs (lina, nene) but beyond the music i just kept getting more and more turned off as it continued, and then when they started to change the suits..................

#-o

and then when I got to watch the final episodes and I should have been happy it was finished I was just blindsided by how horible the ending was.

And then Burst Angel came a long and almost everyone who watched it when it came out that i talked to all pretty much were in agreement that it was closer to being a good BGC Reimagining than 2040 could ever wish to be.

Just as long as Jo doesn't start singing.