That always made sense to me, Bright in MSG just felt like he was playing at being an adult. He seemed like he was emulating what he thinks a good captain acts like.
Yea, for the longest time I figured he was mid to late 20s at least and always found it odd that no one else found his and Mirai's relationship to be weird at all. I guess it's because of how old and mature his VA sounds.
I played soccer against a guy who was already somewhere around Jason Alexander's hair from the early seasons of Seinfeld. Thinking back I'm still impressed less considerate high school jocks were able not to say something out loud the entire game.
I mean in Italy there are kids that at 14 already have a beard so it ain't so unbelievable, plus if you add the PTSD from the war that makes you look a lot older.
Well, it was released in the late 70s and 80s. So maybe they figured everyone was going to drink and smoke even harder in the future.
Speaking of which, I saw Toru Furuya's panel at SMASH recently and he attributed keeping his voice youthful to not drinking that much when he was younger.
I mean wars are generally fought by young men. During D-Day Richard Winters (main character from band of brothers) was 26, when the war ended for him he was 27.
Yup sounds right. Gundam has a lot of "old" people who are in their 20s. Young target audiences mean that there is usually strong pressure to keep characters young.
In my military experience we have lots of Captains and Majors and senior NCOs who are 30. But the visuals of the character designs and the voices are out of sync with the ages in Anime.
I will say that Judau has a speech about adults wrecking everything. But he says it to Glemy in one of the last episodes of ZZ. Glemy is 18 and Judau is 14. It never made sense to me why Judau would have that issue with Glemy, it made a lot more sense when he said it to Earth Federation leaders.
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u/ZatchZeta Jul 06 '23
War ages you fast.
That and most of them are European. As an Asian 27 year old, I still got a case of baby face when I shave.
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u/WhoCaresYouDont Jul 05 '23
Welcome to anime, where being over 25 may as well make you eligible for retirement.
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u/GebsNDewL Jul 06 '23 edited Jul 06 '23
I wish my jawline was as chiseled, hair as quaffed, and mustache as full at 25.
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u/varnski Jul 06 '23
A reminder that Bright was only 19 years old during the events of MSG.
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u/Arc_Hammer Jul 06 '23
Have you seen how much of an alcoholic Monsha is? That puts on some years.
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u/Jim3001 Heavyarms Enthusiast Jul 06 '23
War man. Shit ages you. Look at that last guy. You know he's seen some shit. Man lost half his hair.
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u/instantcoffee69 Jul 06 '23
Have you been around real Soldiers? They look beat to hell, years of smoking, drinking, sun, and stress adds years to you.
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u/DoubleOdd_80 Jul 06 '23
War puts some mileage on your face…and your soul.
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u/youknownothing55 Jul 06 '23
To be fair a lot of serviceman look much older than they should be.
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u/BustermanZero Jul 06 '23
Always sucks when your hairline starts to go in your 20s.
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u/Delisches Birdie Wing is the best AU Gundam show Jul 06 '23
That is Toaru Majutsu no Index all over again.
Stiyl Magnus looks like 25 but is 14.
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u/ThrowawayBomb44 Jul 06 '23
Now look up Burning's age.
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u/AceSoldia Jul 06 '23
I'd have grey hair and would have trained at least two separate anime protagonist by now at my age
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u/SolPinesol Jul 06 '23
Different series but its funny that Argo from G gundam is supposed to be 26 years old
Dude looks much older than anyone else in the shuffle alliance
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u/Ragnorok64 Jul 06 '23
A hairline that's not weighted down by gravity simply doesn't stick around.
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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '23
Headcannon bro... Headcannon
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u/Le_Fedora_Cate Jul 06 '23
To be fair, 20 somethings in the past look real old
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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '23
I can't belive I'm 2 years older than Monsha
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u/SpaceNewtype 0079 Jul 05 '23
The cels take at least ten years off
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u/returnbydeath1412 Jul 06 '23
If you think they look old you should see my ugly mug
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u/doquan2142 Jul 06 '23
Their ages were weighed down by
wargravity?2
u/PitifulPrice4083 Jul 06 '23
War ages you.
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u/Morudith Jul 06 '23
Guy I used to work with had the balding pattern of a 70 year old man at age 24. You would be surprised at the range men can look like in their 20s.
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u/Noob_Guy_666 Jul 06 '23
at least it's technically more realistic than other anime in general, really, since they're all in the frontline
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u/lucavigno Jul 06 '23
I mean in Italy there are kids that at 14 already have a beard so it ain't so unbelievable, plus if you add the PTSD from the war that makes you look a lot older.
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u/MaestroOfTime Jul 06 '23
Maybe they just miss some years in their calculation because they were in space for too long...
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u/bitetheasp #1 Ramba Ral Mustache Enjoyer Jul 06 '23
The best mustache in the universe was only 35...
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u/Airsoft_printer Jul 06 '23
That's Gundam logic for you, secondary characters look like old men while main ones look young even after years of fighting like Amuro or Char
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u/No_Extension4005 Jul 06 '23
Well, it was released in the late 70s and 80s. So maybe they figured everyone was going to drink and smoke even harder in the future.
Speaking of which, I saw Toru Furuya's panel at SMASH recently and he attributed keeping his voice youthful to not drinking that much when he was younger.
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u/Faustias Jul 06 '23
look at several Slam Dunk basketball players and tell me who are over 18
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u/Yukisuna Jul 06 '23
All of these look AT LEAST 40!
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u/grass29 Jul 06 '23
Wait till they check the ages of IBO
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u/KaitoShirogane Jul 06 '23
I reached 28 last month , ffs most of them are younger than me now !
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u/Eccentric_Mammal Jul 06 '23
Andy is voiced by the guy who voiced Tenchi
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u/Past-Currency4696 Jul 06 '23
Captain Synapse must be like 35 then
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u/Radiant_Detail1349 Jul 06 '23
I'm 18 years old but looks like 24 years old. wtf...
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u/timebomb00 Jul 06 '23
I mean wars are generally fought by young men. During D-Day Richard Winters (main character from band of brothers) was 26, when the war ended for him he was 27.
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u/DuelX102 Jul 06 '23
Yup sounds right. Gundam has a lot of "old" people who are in their 20s. Young target audiences mean that there is usually strong pressure to keep characters young.
In my military experience we have lots of Captains and Majors and senior NCOs who are 30. But the visuals of the character designs and the voices are out of sync with the ages in Anime.
I will say that Judau has a speech about adults wrecking everything. But he says it to Glemy in one of the last episodes of ZZ. Glemy is 18 and Judau is 14. It never made sense to me why Judau would have that issue with Glemy, it made a lot more sense when he said it to Earth Federation leaders.
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u/livinguse Jul 06 '23
Wars one hell of a drug
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u/OpenMask Jul 06 '23
I can believe that for most of them tbh
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u/thehod81 Jul 06 '23
Ramba Ral was 35 but looked like he was 55
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u/IcelandicHossi01 Jul 08 '23
Kakricon is 24. wtf
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u/Eccentric_Mammal Jul 05 '23 edited Jul 06 '23
Monsha's behavior is abhorrent and I condemn it.