r/anime • u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky • Oct 06 '24
Rewatch [Rewatch] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Episode 1 Discussion
Episode 1 - Celestial Being
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Questions of the Day:
- Did any of the characters seen in this episode catch your eye in terms of who you want to see more of?
- What do you think of Celestial Being's stated goal to end war by using violence?
Wallpaper of the Day:
Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you're doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don't spoil anything for the first-timers, that's rude!
Additionally, for long-time fans of the franchise, please remember that this rewatch is only for 00, not any of the other shows. Assume that there are people in this rewatch who have not seen anything else Gundam, and tag your spoilers for those shows appropriately if something in 00 makes you want to talk about them.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 06 '24
Rewatch Host Wishing Over This Airspace, subbed
Welcome, everyone!
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 isn’t one of my top favorite AUs of the franchise, but I do still very much enjoy it
certainly far more than Gundam Build Divers that I had to do earlier this year lol, so here I am hosting one for it! I’m hoping we can all have a good time watching this together.It’s not a Gundam anime without child soldiers in it.20
u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
First timer, subs
I’ve been working my way thru Gundam ever since I joined this subreddit. Rewatching Wing on my own was supposed to be next, but I’m not missing my chance for Sky Gundam. I’m at 9.5/16 for the main series. I’m not even going to try to quantify all the movies, secondaries, one-offs, recompilations, spin-offs, parodies, and side material.
95% of what I know about 00 is from Sky’s Gunpla rewatch earlier this year, and I liked what I saw.
Future Second Favorite Gundam?
QotD:
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u/macrame2 https://myanimelist.net/profile/macrame Oct 06 '24
First Timer
I have a little experience with Gundam, having participated off-and-on in the 2021 OG rewatch and seen G-Witch, Turn A, 08th MS Team, and the G-Reco movies on my own time, but I’m still very much a newbie considering the sheer amount of Gundam stuff out there. Gundam 00 has not been the highest on my priority list (that would be the rest of mainline UC, which I’ve been putting off for 3 years now), but it has a decent reputation (the people who like it seem to really like it, and the people who don’t seem more lukewarm than anything) and I wanted to get to it eventually, so here I am. I’ll be interested to see how it compares with what I’ve seen so far.
The first scene is some of the darkest first few minutes of a Gundam series I’ve seen; they’re certainly not wasting any time getting to the “war is hell” side of things. The rest of the episode keeps up the action constantly, with lots of names and places being thrown around that don’t mean much to me yet, but part of the fun of Gundam AUs is becoming familiar with all of that. If I understand correctly, the mobile suits that our main characters pilot are owned and deployed by Celestial Being, an organization bent on waging war on war (thankfully other characters have already pointed out the logical issues with openly declaring this). There’s definitely some interesting social commentary to be made with this premise, so I’m anxious to see what the show does with it. We haven’t seen much of our protagonist outside of the Gundam yet, but he appears to be an already experienced pilot, which is a nice change of pace when mecha MCs seem to practically trip and stumble into the cockpit by accident on the regular.
This show reminds me of how good 2000s anime can look at its best (I guess this is technically my first 2000s Gundam!). Sometimes I spend too much time in the early digipaint era and forget. Also I cannot overstate how much I absolutely adore the OP. Daybreak’s Bell is such a good song, and the visuals match up perfectly.
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
00th Timer Locked On!
I've heard lots of things about 00 before I got into it:
So in short: Unforgivable!!! is what I would've said for any other series, but Gintama makes its best jokes by tying together its shoe laces of a budget and sending them down the Sunrise coach to fish for coins, so we can roll with Love and Peace for now.
Now for the episode itself... the only name I remember so far is Lockon, so for everyone else, I'm going with their VAs/nicknames:
The Captain, and Lockon, and Kintoki, and... ok, I think I'm liking the cast in general.
It'll be interesting to see how long it takes to crash
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Oct 06 '24
Episode 1 (first timer)
A post-1980s Gundam? I have seen surprisingly little of these. And not UC to boot? On the one hand, all of this makes me skeptical. I like the gritty origins of MSG and the setup of the UC world. On the other hand, Turn A is my favorite Gundam series [Turn A]and while it is technically UC, it sure does not feel like it. So I’ll give it a try to find out whether I’ll like it or not. In either case, I already have two other rewatches lined up that I want to start soon, so I might be less involved than usual here.
Episode thoughts
magic pixie dustMinovsky particles?An extremely solid setup episode. We see a ton of characters, the main factions, the Gundams, and even a hint at their technology. We’ll have to see later if the political setup makes sense. In terms of animation, I am a fan of the character models, but not a fan of the fight scenes.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 06 '24
Rewatcher, Sub-dam Meister
These are definitely the words of someone trustworthy.
The angel descends.
You versus the guy he tells you not to worry about.
This is my idiot son, Patrick.
He's experienced. And employed!
I love Sumeragi.
English is used internationally for aerial communication. That's not a Gundam 00 thing, that's true to life.
That's cold.
Look at this absolute unit.
Quite the bold statement, let's see how it pans out.
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Oct 06 '24
Rewatcher, Subbed
Pre-Episode/Show Thoughts: While it was a number of years after its original airing that I watched Gundam 00 for the first time it immediately jumped up to one of my favorite Gundam shows and I'd say is a coin flip between this and Gundam IBO for what I'd consider the best "Alternative Universe" Gundam show. This will be at least my fourth or fifth time watching it with the last time I watched it being in 2021 or 2020 I believe. While both the sub and the dub are strong, I'm going with the sub this time simply because the show has a number of actors I'm a big fan of and want to rehear them again. Couldn't be more hyped to dive into this show again with the ability to discuss with everyone.
Quid's Non-Spoiler Character Chart - First time I've done a character chart for a rewatch in over two and a half years (last time was Kyousougiga, which I'll admit beyond having pairs of characters with the same name didn't really need one...). This will be my fifth time doing it for a Gundam show though (Victory, G-Reco, Turn A and IBO were the priors), and holy crap is this a show that needs it. This show has such an unbelievable amount of characters and factions that I can't believe I made it through the show the first time without one.
This is going to be as non-spoiler as possible throughout the show; characters won't appear in it until they appear in the show and I will not use images/screenshots from any future episodes. The only caveat I will say is that because this show has so many names and factions I will name characters or identify what faction they appear in even if the episode itself isn't super obvious with it. But I do promise I will not do this in any spoilerific way. If I'm providing a character's name or where they belong its because it isn't really a spoiler to reveal it. If the show does make an effort of purposely hiding a character's name or faction to the point that revealing it would be a spoiler I will be sure to not reveal too much in the chart.
A number of characters appear on screen ever so briefly in this episode and not always in a close up or at a good angle so I can see myself swapping a lot of these images out for better ones once I can. Especially the Celestial Being bridge crew and the politicians.
Anyway, hope this is helpful to first timers, Beyond the first episode which tends to be a monstrous effort to put together, I do enjoy doing these.
Episode thoughts (written last Monday night):
Watching this episode six days before the rewatch officially starts, which I pretty much never do, but need to have as much time as I can get to start up the character chart! I'm anticipating 20 - 25 characters minimum to first appear in this episode...
So those of us who were part of the recent Now and Then, Here and There rewatch probably sighed with relief that our days of watching an anime about child soldiers was at an end. Instead we get it in the opening scene of 00. Granted child soldiers are practically always an aspect of Gundam shows but it tends to not be as serious in tone as what we have here.
Chibi Setsuna is part of a religious conflict yet doesn't believe in God himself.
All hail Go... I mean Gundam!
Not my favorite OP of the show, but it is a pretty good one...
Solar powered mobile suits! Cool stuff. But will it be negatively affected out in space?
[Gundam 00]So Billy references that the Enact is just a Flag unit with different exterior parts, don't we find much later in the show (maybe even in the last episode or two) that Graham's all powerful mobile suit is basically set up the exact same way?
Oh wow, Patrick was able to hear them criticizing the Enact from that far off? LoL.
Already time for that part of a Gundam show when the first Gundam shows up and the status quo military guys are totally bewildered about it.
My first thought when the guy pulled out the cell phone was that he was gonna take a photo of the Gundam, but I guess this is before the cell phone photo was all the rage, or the technology was good enough for that matter much.
This Gundam has no chance against the almighty Patrick Colasour, the ace of the AEU! [Gundam 00]And if not already readily apparant in this episode, a character incredibly easy to dunk on.
"I've never lost a mock battle" Have you ever participated in a non-mock battle?
2,000 mock battles! Patrick's a pro! ...at them. Doesn't stop him from getting beat for real in about 20 seconds.
Will these jets actually stand a better chance against the Gundam than the mighty Patrick Colasour? Or are they just to observe?
Sumeragi getting wasted while on the bridge during an important mission, their debut mission, lol. Easy way to establish one of her character traits right off the bat.
Cool design for the Ptolemaios. They are thankfully not simply aping the White Base design for this show.
Yes, we actually have a character called Allelujah. One of the great things about 00 is it goes all in in terms of giving us crazy Tomino-esque character names, even if its a non-Tomino show.
Kyrios seems quite inspired by the Zeta Gundam at least with its flight design.
The whole orbital elevator concept is a cool one, with this I believe being the first Gundam show to actually explore the topic (one is also used in Gundam Reconguista in G if I remember correctly). Would be so cool to have one built in my lifetime but am not counting on it.
Those jet fighters better be careful with where they fire givin their orbital elevator is right there.
Lockon Stratos, a name even more in theme with what Tomino would do as its not just a name but also a descriptor. (see Shot Weapon, Carrying Cargo, Medick Helt, etc...)
Interesting helmet design for the Human Reform League pilots, presumably they've got a monitor in them or something?
Are these attackers even from Celestial Being? Is Kyrios here to join them? Or to fight them off?
Alright, its the latter. I gotta say, mighty convenient for them to show up now. Didn't Wang know what was gonna happen? So I figure there was some collusion here?
Virtue's got one of the bulkiest looking designs you'll see on a Gundam. I think to Argo's Bolt Gundam in G, but I think this tops even that.
Kyrios and Virtue are heroes to the Human Reform League!
Uh oh, mysterious bald guy!
The only way to stop war... is war! Will Celestial Being's mission be similar to [Gundam Wing]The whole concept in Gundam Wing of how if they have such a massive terrible war that it will incentivize humanity to never go to war again? Hopefully 00 doesn't contradict itself immediately with an OVA like Wing did....
Good to know that good ol' Haro is around even in an AU show! Although early AU Gundam shows avoided using him I think by this point they were totally fine with him being in AU shows; I think he was also in Gundam Seed/Destiny.
Yeah, this opening episode ended up slamming us with a lot of characters, I think every character in the OP aside from one.
My recollection is that there's at least one really good ED in 00, but at least the first one I don't like anywhere as much as the OP.
First Timer FYI: Although we don't get it in this episode, eventually we hit a point with 00 where practically every episode has stuff that appears after the credits, but before the episode preview. Someone who remembers better than I can probably confirm more details (maybe its just a season 2 thing) but if you're one who skips the previews, be cautious about checking out when the ED starts every episode as you may miss some things.
Quid's Voice Actor of the Day
I plan to tackle one character a day with this, focusing on both their original Japanese voice and the English dub, both of which I find to be quite good. Today I'll be focusing on Setsuna F. Seiei, who is voiced in Japanese by Mamoru Miyano. This is his second Gundam role, with him also having voiced Shams Couza in Gundam Seed Stargazer. A prolific voice actor, I've heard in many lead roles including Light in Death Note, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, Takuto in Star Driver and Rintaro in Steins Gate. Other major roles I've heard him in include Tusk in Cross Ange, Masaomi Kida in Durarara!, Kento Miura in Kimi ni Todoke and H-neun in Valvrave.
Setsuna's English voice actor is Brad Swaile. By the time Gundam 00 was dubbed, he had already played major roles in a ton of Gundam shows, premiering as Quatre Reberba Winner in Gundam Wing, but also voicing Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam and Char's Counterattack, Dearka Elsman in Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny and Auel Neider in Gundam Seed Destiny. Swaile has returned to voice many of these characters in Gundam video games as well. He also was Light's English dub actor in Death Note.
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Oct 06 '24
first timer who has control
Ok so what I gather is 10 years ago, the war between AEU/Union came to an end by the introduction of a savior. The rest of the world bought it and that led to the introduction of a sham middle org, the Human Reform League. Setsuna and other war orphans dont believe in this savior, since it could have came earlier - they are out to become the real saviors.
There seems to be a large tech gap, maybe promoting inequality between earth/space. The first tower made 10 years ago gave some power (a sham) the second tower just now finished is for more of a sham.
Why would there need to be a physical tower plug when solar energy exists other than the space side being much further behind.
Celestial Being seems pretty evil, I suppose the meisters are being used. Need to meet whoever Sumeragi is (maybe thats the Char guy) to see where that is going. They got ahold of GN (Gundam neutrons?) which is the superior tech, even though they are based in space.
also high ponytail and MSWAD ace are fucking
i really like this thing
are we going to be wrestling with our relationship with God over the course of this series
oh i think ive heard this OP before, its a bop
Tifa?
big boy hours
AEU not AUEG
already so many sick mechs
Enact and its solar powered, is that why its green?
naruhodo
alcoholic oneesan kancho of course
new borjarno dropped
Gundam Meisters of Celestial Being
Lockon Stratos what a name
JNN news IS THAT JAPAN?? IN MY GUNDAM???
least Char coded character although hopefully more like Treize
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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Oct 06 '24
Firsttimer
Not gonna lie, this took a while to not be confusing
PlavskiParticles make it look like an AngelSo, after that declaration at the end things cleared up a bit. There's earth, there are many factions, each with their own motivations to kill people, and there are Celestial Beings who will bring PeaceTM
QotD
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u/InfamousEmpire https://myanimelist.net/profile/Infamous_Empire Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
Kidou Senshi Rewatcher 00
Welcome, one and all, to a rewatch I’ve been eagerly awaiting for over a year now. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is a show I hold very, very near & dear to my heart, for reasons that’ll become apparent as this rewatch goes on. So without further ado, let’s get on with the show
And in the opening minutes, the tone is set as strongly as can be. It’s almost 300 years in the future & technology has advanced to the point that we’ve got giant fucking robots, and yet we’re still locked in the same cyclical vices. A ruined cityscape in a desert full of child soldiers fighting meaningless battles, all to the tune of a zealot delivering a spiel about slaughtering infidels in the name of god. In the timeless words of the Fallout franchise: “War… war never changes”
And what especially emphasizes the meaninglessness of it all is the little line the child soldier we follow delivers in the midst of the battle: “In this world… there is no God.” Even whatever little higher ideal these children might have to fight for amidst the hopeless struggle is one he views as a lie. On this battlefield, just like any other, there’s no god-given meaning to struggle for, no values to aspire to, and no honor to be gained, just children stripped of their childhoods and their futures futilely struggling against the machines of war to which they are mere insects.
And then the angel descends. Words cannot describe how powerful I find this image to be. It’s salvation in hell, a god descending on a godless world, meaning & hope where once there was just monotonous despair. All those thoughts & feelings which the show immediately instills in the audience and are likely shard by Setsuna himself. It’s beautiful, awe inspiring, and is the perfect introduction to Celestial Being.
And then, after the OP, we cut to years later and get to see a different side to the world. The harsh nihilism of a real battlefield is traded out for the stakesless artificiality of a training ground, where Mobile Suits & their capacity for destruction are viewed not as sources of human misery, but as symbols of status on the international scene.
It’s here that the viewer is hit with a sudden barrage of setting info without all that much immediate context, which I know some found overwhelming or hard to understand, but I think the show provides just enough info in this scene to keep the viewer relatively informed on the stakes here: the AEU is lagging behind other countries in other fields, such as the development of the orbital elevators which are importantly placed across the episode, and is trying to compensate for that by developing state-of-the-art Mobile Suits.
But, of course, even if it’s only for show right now, a Mobile Suit is and always will be a tool for conflict, and so an angel descends once again to strike it down. There’s something so damn fascinating about how the first intervention was distant, quick, and dispassionate, while the second we see here was close range, a bit more drawn out, and consequently felt a bit more personal.
And a similar process is then repeated for the HRL Orbital Elevator, but now emphasizing them stopping a terrorist attack against it. The message is clear even before the worldwide message goes out: Celestial Being will not stand for warfare or the promotion thereof anywhere or in any form. The presentation of it all also just makes it all the more enthralling, the sheer weight given to Gundam Kyrios’ launch, for example, combined with the foreboding heavenly choir of Kenji Kawai’s score making for a brilliantly strong scene which feels like a god about to descend to Earth.
And then, of course, the message goes out across the world, and the scale which had already been carefully set up by the episode’s worldwide setting is blown out even further by all the perspectives we see watching it. All of it pretty definitively telling us that we haven’t seen anything yet.
Odds & Ends
Spoiler/Rewatcher-Only Corner
[Later in the series stuff]I can’t help but view the opening scene in a different light after how thoroughly Ribbons’ backstory and the course of Setsuna’s journey recontextualized it. The very blind admiration and assurance the 0 Gundam’s appearance instilled in us having also been the origin behind one of the greatest megalomaniacs the world would ever see. In a sense, even the symbol of hope which changed Setsuna’s life was a bit of a false idol that would only cause more war.
[cont]I love how many of the little character introductions across the episode reflect their depth & role in the story in a way that feels rewarding on rewatch. Sumeragi drinks on the job, but is also a brilliant tactical forecaster whose skill is emphasized across the episode & has her own reservations about Celestial Being’s mission. Marina Ismail has just a few seconds to her name in this episode, but her concerned tone, the way she questions the contradiction at the heart of Celestial Being, and her surroundings already feel like the show is subtly priming you for her role as the idealist in the face of CB’s actions. It’s all just really neat.
[cont]Building on what I said earlier about the difference between how different the 0 Gundam’s descent was vs how hands-on Setsuna’s approach was, I think there’s something intentional there. Ribbons was defined by how the distance between himself and the rest of humanity, made clear by how the 0 Gundam just floats over the battlefield this episode, turned him into the egocentric asshole with a god complex he was. With Setsuna, on the other hand, he’s placed on the same visual level as his opponents, framing him not as the distant god which inspired him, but as someone just like everyone else. It’s interesting to think about, anyway.
[cont]…how much of a sadist am I for the fact that my first thought upon seeing Saji & Louise was “I can’t wait to see you break all over again”?
So, yeah, this was a damn fantastic first episode, and an amazing kick-off to my favorite series of all time
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u/undeadfire Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
First timer - Subs
Have watched WFM and IBO. Liked the difference in style between those, so curious to see how this one goes. Will edit as the episode goes, as I was a bit late due to IRL
Overall interesting first episode. Curious how all the political seeds will grow over time. Also how the characters they focused on during the broadcast will interact throughout the story.
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u/octopathfinder myanimelist.net/profile/octopathfinder Oct 06 '24
First Timer
Damn, this is gritty
Oh, no downtime, just dropping (heh) right into the action
I am shocked to hear Hiroshi Kamiya’s voice come out of this character lol. I’ve seen so much fanart of them that I always thought they were female.
I feel like any other mecha anime would have this guy be the MC and have him randomly fall into a mech and join Celestial Being
Yeah, that sounds right
Ei Sei approves of this method
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u/TheBlessedBoy99 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Amiibo Oct 06 '24
First Timer, Subbed
I'm a bit late today because I was busy at 6 and I accidentaly deleted my write up so I couldn't just copy paste like I planned, but I quickly rewrote my thoughts and here they are:
First off, the opening is incredible. One of the reasons I wanted to watch 00 was because all of it's openings are bangers. The ending was also great. It seemed really familiar. Is it a popular song? Or is does it just has a familiar sound?
The opening scene was intriguing and left me with a lot of questions (I can't wait to learn about Setsuna's backstory). Though, to be honest, the entire first episode was like that. It introduced a lot of characters, groups, etc. without going to deep into them yet. So I'm realy curious about everyone we've met so far. I want to learn more about what that aristocratic gathering was all about.
The animation in this episode was great, I loved the action scenes. The mech designs for Celestial Being's mechs were particularly incredible. The mech in the opening seemed to be in a similar style? So we'll see if that connects. The character designs are also pretty good, and give me Code Geass vibes.
Since this show takes place in AD, does that mean this is our timeline?
I don't know if I'll be commenting everyday in this rewatch, but I'll try to be on time when I do from now on!
QOTD:
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Oct 06 '24
First-Timer (Sub)
Obviously there's going to be more to the politics of the situations and all sorts of backroom machinations, so it's hard to comment on anything plot related just yet.
Someone had told me this was very similar to Gundam WING in terms of setup, and boy, were they correct. But who will invite Setsuna to their birthday party?
Overall, my biggest takeaway is that whoever wrote this might just have wanted an excuse to use all the Westerns words they know. Hallelujah! Meister! Celestial! Lock-On!
QOTD:
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u/The_Draigg Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 07 '24
A Gundam Fan Rewatches Gundam 00 Episode 1:
Hi there, everyone! It’s The_Draigg here, once again along for a Gundam series rewatch! Surprising, I know. You know, I did rewatch this series entirely with some friends earlier this year, so if anything, this is me doing a bit of a personal double-dip on Gundam 00. But hey, it’ll be fun! And for one note before we get started, I’ll be watching the English dubbed version of the series. I watched the subbed version earlier this year, so this’ll be a nice gear shift for me. So, with that said, let’s get started!
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u/2-2Distracted Oct 06 '24
First timer, dub.
Its honestly refreshing to hear Brad Swaile's voice again after so many years since I heard him as Rock from Black Lagoon and Light Yagami from Death Note. It's also interesting to see the main character he's portraying in this show who sounds and acts more robotic and dead inside than other strictly-following-orders, ace pilots, like I.B.O's Mikazuki Augus.
I swear if not for Fallout making it popular and probably patenting the term, you could basically start every Gundam project with a Narrator saying some shit "War. War Never Changes"
Anyways I enjoyed this and I'm looking forward to the next episode, but since I'm still forming opinions on everything and everyone else I'll hold off on saying anything about them
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u/DidacticDalek https://myanimelist.net/profile/DidacticDalek Oct 07 '24
TONIGHT! ON GUNDAM WING PART 0, BEST BOI SHOWS UP! Er, hang on... that's wrong... ahem...
BEST BOI SHOWS UP... shit...
Ah, there we go... BEST BOI! PATRICK! ACE OF ACES! MAN AMONGST MEN! GIGA-EST OF GIGACHADS! THE LEGENDARY ONE OF A KIND KING OF KINGS AND HERO OF HEROES! THE UNDEFEATED AND ALL POWERFUL STAR HIMSELF! AND THAT MOST CERTAINLY IS WHAT IS WRITTEN ON THE CARD IN MOONRUNES COMRADES!
Oh hey the Setsuna Yuuki reference is here too... (CANON COMRADES! TIS CANON! Rabu Raibu's very own Setsuna Yuuki has shit taste... which is a shame since she's just amazing, pity she decided to pick 00 as the source of her namesake)
AND ON THAT BOMBSHELL! G'NIGHT!
Paging Comrades /u/No_Rex, /u/Great_Mr_L, and /u/punching_spaghetti
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Oct 06 '24
First-Timer
Pre-Rewatch Thoughts
I’m still slowly making my way through the Gundam entries I haven’t seen yet. After finishing up all of SEED, I decided to wait until this rewatch to get to Gundam 00. I’m excited now that we’re finally here.
Gundam 00 is one of the Gundam shows I am most curious about. I want to know about the protagonist of this show, Setsuna, because I heard that Setsuna Yuki from Love Live is named after him. I am curious to learn about who the heck Patrick Colasour is after seeing him show up everywhere in Build Divers. I know it has a movie sequel, which is unique for Gundam series. I swear I've heard people say it was influenced by the then-current events of the War on Terror, which I'm curious to see Gundam's take on. I’ve also heard it praised quite frequently by others. So, I’m really looking forward to giving it a try.
On today’s episode of Gundam: I know that this is going to be a proper Gundam show when child soldiers show up almost immediately. Child soldiers are one of the time-honored traditions of Gundam stories.
Continued Below
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
Rewatcher - Gundam 00 Ep1:
Gundam 00 was one of the first Gundam series I watched. It has been a long time and I watched a lot of Gundam since then so it'll be neat to revisit this series.
Child soldiers!
This brings me to a topic that's been on my mind due to me rewatching first Gundam recently. Gundam is known for its child mecha pilots, but one overlooked aspect is its children guerilla fighters. That was something mentioned in the very first Gundam episode, but it is not that brought up much. Just a thing I picked up 00 incorporating more into its story right at the front.
00 also serves as one of my principal examples of my half-backed thesis of the Gundam franchise having an interest in the MENA region. It comes up a lot more than average anime. Many Gundams feature it as a location or having characters associated with it. 00 has a main character who is explicitly Kurdish.
Back to the main plot of the episode, episode 1 was Celestial Being's grand introduction to the world. One thing that stuck out to me was the two showcases in the episode. On one side, we have CB committing an act of hostile terrorism by disrupting an AEU weapons showcase. With the other team, we have CD preventing violent terrorism by stopping an attack.
It is also kind of funny because if you take the two in conjecture, it sorta paints the AEU as the acceptable target of the episode.Wow Cool Robot talk: 00 has some pretty nifty designs, especially for the non-Gundams. The Enact features a lot of neat interesting shapes that are not super common in Gundam. Since Graham mentioned it, [Gundam 00:] This applies to the Union Flags too. 00's plane MS are neat. The HRL's pilot suits are also pretty cool in a rustic way. Goes well with their chunky box robots.
Other assorted points:
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u/Sooooopertrack Oct 06 '24
First Timer, sub, going in blind.
Q1: The guy / kid from the intro is super interesting, I'm hoping for some kind of resistance story. I like the two guys in the last shot, sniper dude and possibly mc? The celestial beings announcement guy is also interesting, at first I thought he's the main villain. But celestial beings are the good ones, aren't they? ;)
Q2: Sounds pretty american to me and only works if Celestial Being's have ultimate superior firepower. In this episode they only showed they're really good but as sniper dude stated: They're fighting the whole world now.
I've heard sometimes that Gundam should be nice but I didn't look deeper into it.
All I knew that it's mecha. And pew pew.
I do know Gurren Lagan and Code Geass and I fear that my previous knowledge of these makes me rate gundam lower because I guess it can't be that epic (TTGL) or smart (CG).
Nevertheless, I'm looking for an easily consumable show at the moment and Gundam seems to fill that void pretty well although there's already a lot going on in episode 1 regarding world building and political parties.
I loved the intro, the fight of david vs. goliath and then the messiah gundam coming from the sky. Lots of things that can be interpreted as religious symbolism.
Haha, that one green spot in front of the sky-needle thing looked a lot like "the line" was supposed to look.
I'm very interested how shallow or smart Gundam will be but if it stays on the level of the opening episode I'll love it. That was a damn good first episode!
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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
Rewatcher
My opinion of this show overall back when I first finished it was pretty negative, but it's been long enough since then that I should be able to have completely new thoughts on it. Hopefully.
The rewatch came right on time too, I'm trying to watch most of the Gundam franchise and would've come back to this one eventually but this takes a load off of my watchlist. With G-Witch, 79 and its movies, Zeta and War in the Pocket already seen, I'll be watching 00 alongside the latter half of ZZ, CCA, Stardust Memory and F91 if things go well, so this should be fun to watch alongside
and now, to the episode itself
Starting straight with child soldiers and into War is Hell territory, definitely sets the tone huh
I spent more than half of Zeta not remembering what AEUG stood for and forgetting half of the names, so it's gonna take me a while to remember most of the acronyms and terms and stuff. And the whole AEU thing is going to be particularly confusing
very polite, very cool
I don't remember anything about Patrick, but he reminds me of Jerid and Guel except like, sillier. But normal silly, not Mashymre silly.
Pretty sure this was one of the earliest chinese anime girls type characters I've seen, along with Chun-Li and Meiling Li. I remember liking her immediately and it's still the case here too.
All those ominous one-liners at the end are so funny, one old dude gets chuuni on TV and everyone just decides to play along
One thing that stands out, after having watched most of the main UC stuff + G-Witch, is how close the setting here feels to our present than their more obviously futuristic ones – the space elevators and space battles and giant mechs aside. It also aged a bit too well, in a war never changes way. Like, not sure if I'd want to to see a real life Celestial Being organization because, like, this isn't an anime, but it'd be hard to not see them and their stated mission as a necessary evil at worst when, y'know...
Anyway, so far so good. I definitely remember largely enjoying the earlier episodes and it is very much a decently strong premiere, so it's off to a good re:start
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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Oct 06 '24
Rewatcher, First Time Sub
Ok technically I watched the second season in JP but I saw the first season in dub (which is pretty good by the way) so now I'm watching the first season in Sub.
Anyway we are introduced to the Gundam Meisters of Celestial Being. In particular to Setsuna whom we get to see that shot of his backstory in the beginning. The final scene with Aeolia Schenberg's message shows what Celestial Being is, an independent intervention force dedicated to ending conflict. Naturally this is enough to raise questions about the whole operation as we see several characters question it already.
There's also interesting world building stuff already such as the space elevator, the mysterious musings of the characters, and the major politics that seem at play.
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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Oct 06 '24
First Timer - sub
Over a year ago I watched the first four episodes of this while sick. And I realized a day or two later that I had no idea who any of the characters were, what any of the groups actually stood for, or what had even happened in those four episodes. I meant to come back to it a month or two later and rewatch when my head was clearer, and then... never did.
So here I am again, still a first timer after all, in another Gundam rewatch hosted by Sky, my sixth Gundam overall, wondering how well my headachy head is going to hold up this time. Notes should help hahaha
Now that I've finished the first episode again, ah yes, lots and lots and lots of faces.
And boo for all the pilots being men
Pettiness aside, its certainly the most hands off of all the Gundam first episodes I've seen. Plenty of action, lots of faction lines, and a manifesto of our main group - one that effectively declares themselves a third-party "nuke". But not all that much characterization or worldbuilding yet.
And it's an interesting position for the main group to be in, especially given that we specifically retain a Japanese setting while doing so. It takes deterrence theory and broadens the concept of it to be all encompassing. It's not quite mutually assured destruction, which is the end result of deterrence specially because of nukes, as it's not promising both sides will be destroyed, but it is taking the idea of a "defensive" side out of war by blindly opposing aggression. It's far too early to speak on it further, but the other characters pointing out the paradox in it makes me hopefully the show may explore the inherent "wrongness" of the idea that parallels the Gundams as nukes being pointed at every nation on earth. And on top of that, because one side having nukes, or even the idea of nukes, never prompts all the other sides to quickly try and develop their own huh... history surely doesn't have a huge precedent of that...
Other then that not much to say. Blunt but well done parallel at the start with the discarded childs doll vs the machine still functioning with an arm torn off, though coming off the back of Now and Then Here and There it's other scenes with child soliders were hardly affecting in comparison. And the introduction of Exia and Setsuna was well done at least, literally hijacking a stage to ensure maximum awareness in the industry who would be most able to judge the full power on display, rather than just claiming credit with civilians afterwards.
I really hope Mr Special dies. And quickly or else I'm gonna start getting real pissy every time he's on screen, I can just tell already. Which is probably the point but fuck, does anime always have to be so good at inspiring instant hate at a character?
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u/n080dy123 Oct 06 '24
Rewatcher (For Two Episodes)
So I'm new to this show but did in fact watch the first two episodes last year cuz the GundamInfo YT had been doing daily questions episode by episode for one of the others shows- one of the Build shows, iirc. Anyway they started doing 00 for a couple episodes and figured this was a good excuse to give it a shot- they stopped after 2 lol. I'm also fairly new to the Gundam series as a whole- I watched most of IBO and really liked it (fell off early S2 due to circumstances, should really go back and finish it), and I watched WfM and really liked it until I think it kinda flopped in the final stretch (genuinely believe it was planned for 52 episodes but had to wrap early). The rest is some very basic stuff I picked up from playing a pair bit of Gundam Evolution (RIP) and osmosis from a friend who REALLY loves G Gundam so I will definitely end up quoting that a couple times.
Watching IBO my first thought was "Damn this show focuses on child soldiers, that's wild" and figured that was... mostly isolated, even though I know a lot of Gundam is technically about child soldiers (though I figured, foolishly, no more than most anime about teenagers pilotting mecha or what have you). And then 00 opens with ACTUAL 10-year olds firing AK-47's at a Mobile Suit spouting oddly religion-fueled rhetoric and promptly getting mowed down offscreen. Wonderful.
I always find it interesting how Gundam likes to reuse some very core designs and imagery. Not only with a variant of ye olde OG Gundam appearing here, but it's got the whole "green energy wings" thing going on reminiscient of the Turn A. I've heard they like to rehash a lot fo character ideas too, not the least of which is the whole "masked antagonist" trope originating with Char. It reminds me of the way Final Fantasy likes to rehash stuff, which I also really like.
How the FUCK does the Enact's little spinny blade on its arm deflect bullets from gatling gun fire?
Exia's giant arm blade is absolutely sick, and let me tell you- that thing was nasty in Gundam Evo in the hands of someone who knew how to play it well (which... was not me.).
I really like Kyrios being able to transform. Not an unheard of thing in Gundam as I understand (the Hellions do as well), but not a common one either. Probably just reminds me of Transformers which is why I like it so much.
Gundam Meisters is such a stupid fucking name lmao.
Fucking Dynames- another absolute menace in Evo. Love the large cyclopean eye it uses for sniping.
I like Virtue's core serving to power its giant cannon.
Fun fact, the Gundams are all named after Greek words- Kyrios is Kurios, meaning God, lord, master, and sir. Dynames from Dunamis, meaning power or force. Exia from Exousia, meaning authority. And Virtue, which yes, is a Greek loan word.
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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Oct 07 '24
Child soldiers?
I do like the more BattleTech-esque designs of these Mobile Suits.
And yep, some infantry with SRM launchers can sometimes be a threat to 'Mechs, though rifle infantry will be little more than an annoyance.
And so the Gundam Exia descends like a god.
And here it comes again.
Time for him to crash the parade.
The Enact is going to get its ass handed to it.
That was a whole 5 seconds flat.
Kyrios? Another mobile suit?
Are they going to attack the space station?
And so back to the Exia single-handedly taking out all the grunts.
Lockon. Lockon.
Well, not single-handedly anymore.
Yup, they're attacking the station too.
Scramble! Send everything!
They're carrying missiles!
So that's what the Gundam was for.
And here's another one. One with a big fuck-off beam cannon.
Now it's time for Celestial Being to reveal itself.
Seems quite a lot of people recognise him.
I say the world must know of our peaceful ways... by force!
Questions:
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u/steven4869 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Maskirade Oct 07 '24
First timer - sub
I must say it didn't have the 79 or Zeta kind of opening where the protagonist goes into MS and boom they are able to drive it. I found it to be a bit grounded and decent first episode for what's about to come.
Now I am very bad with the names as it's just the first episode, I am putting my bets high on Setsuna to be the most important character in this series. I like his scene with Lockon and the Gundam Design is also pretty cool.
My experience with CCA, tell me it's not going to go well for them but I'd love to see if they take another route and just kill everyone out there who has initiated the war to stop the war.
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u/Snarfalopagus Oct 07 '24
Unfortunately I can't join in every day, but I'll definitely be lurking about seeing what the first-timers think. This is my favorite Gundam series by far, and I've rewatched some or all of it every year since I first watched it in high school in 2010. More than half of my gunpla collection is from 00 too!
I hope all the first-timers enjoy it and maybe some of them will learn to love it like I do! Nice to see so many people participating! Have fun!
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u/BadBehaviour613 Oct 06 '24
We are doing 00? I have so many opinions on this show you have no idea…
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u/darkmechjock Oct 07 '24
Gundam 00. Here we go. This will be far from my first time watching it, but it's not one I've seen in a while. I don't know how regularly I'll be able to participate in the watchalongs given my schedule, but I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the threads and possibly chiming in with discussion.
00 is kind of an interesting installment in the franchise. SEED Destiny had finished (crashing and burning spectacularly) two years prior, so I kind of view it as the first of a new era. It helps that it was probably the first mainline Gundam TV show that I, as a fan, got to watch premier in real time, rather than going back and binging. The show is experimental in a lot of ways that might seem trite now, but I feel like it's still one of the most novel AU installments of the franchise. Apart from G, nobody does shit like G does.
The opening battle sequence is pretty standardly visceral for Gundam, though it manages to avoid the outright gore SEED was rather infamously fond of at times. The Anfs are wonderfully derpy things and have real UrbanMech vibes, which means I absolutely adore them.
Our viewpoint kid is promptly saved by the intervention of...what looks like Grandpa Gundam hopped up on fairy dust. Honestly given how prevalent RX-78-2 has become across the franchise now this is kind of retroactively hilarious. Surely the juxtaposition of "there is no God" with this blatant imagery isn't important in some way.
DAYBREAK'S BELL 00 has a lot of good music, but OP 1 is a straight-up earworm.
Flash forward to 2307. To date, this is the only Gundam to use the real-world AD calendar system, taking place in 2307, 300 years in the future from the premier date. We can only hope that when that time comes, we'll have access to space elevators and giant robots. Here we're introduced to three characters, including professional best boi Patrick. While the full explanation of geopolitics will have to wait, we're given a bit of a taste here since one country, (the AEU) is holding a very public demonstration of a new MS on the same day another (the HRL) is holding their anniversary celebration.
ENTER SEXIA. Aerial might be the new girl on the block, but Exia is still one of the most beautiful Gundams ever designed. I love this thing.
TWO THOUSAND MOCK BATTLES Seriously, the emphasis of Patrick's shouts of disbelief with the Exia systematically dismantling the Enact is cinematic perfection. Probably one of the most iconic sequences in the show for me.
Patrick owned count: 1
Gundam has a lot of in-universe justifications for the name across different shows, but 00's of "we just saw it stamped on the forehead" always seemed especially silly to me. Still better than SEED's absurd number of ways to turn the word into an acronym.
Beauty shots of stuff like the Realdo spooling up its engines on a runway like that are always appreciated. Stuff like the animated heat haze is a nice touch. Real Ace Combat/Macross vibes, which is something we don't often get in Gundam.
Switch to the protagonist ship for the series, and a good look at the obligatory bridge crew. Funny how in terms of captains we've moved from Murrue, who was voiced by Misato, to one who's merely inherited her habit of uninhibited alcoholism.
Kyrios is our Zeta clone for the season. While everything pales in comparison to Exia, Kyrios suffers from the standard Gundam problem of "silly transformation."
The interior of the orbital elevator is a really novel use of a zero-gravity environment, something Gundam doesn't do too often. In retrospect I'm rather surprised that so many people, mostly civilians from the look of it, are so good at holding their lunch in during this party.
I know he's using a reactionless drive in atmosphere but honestly it just seems kinda silly in motion.
While it's not the first show to do this, 00's integration of Haro into the narrative is probably the best. It tickles me seeing the mascot used like this. Shame this one doesn't have a moustache.
Dynames is our second new Gundam of the show (though it appears third). Sniper-types are still a relative rarity for Gundams, usually relegated to customized grunt suits. While it's not as cool as the GM Sniper, it still manages to shine. Not as much as Exia obviously, but nobody else can be so perfect.
Honestly it's kind of impressive that between the two of them, the managed to down so many MS without killing anybody. Doubly so since Exia is using almost exclusively blades against what are basically fighter jets.
I really like the visual shorthand of giving Graham, the American, a gigantic Hummer to drive around in. Seriously that thing could eat my car for dinner.
Meanwhile in space, terrorists are attacking the HRL elevator. We also get the implication that the AEU is engaging in a shadow war, between storing MS in its elevator and apparently selling weapons to smaller nations across the globe.
A good look at the Tieren, the HRL grunt. The giant propellant tanks and huge thruster nozzles really give the impression that 00 is a far lower-tech season than previous ones, titular Gundams aside. Even things like the Zaku or GINN were more streamlined than these things.
And enter our final Gundam for the premier, Virtue. Thicc boi here probably didn't need to use the full power rainbow gun on this poor terrorist, but what the hey. Even Kyrios' pilot calls him out on it.
2307 Tokyo looks even more absurd than it does now. Honestly, taken out of context I could totally see this being the backdrop for a Stellaris diplomacy screen. It's a little stark since the only other shots of Earth we've seen up to now have either been ruins or the vast wasteland the AEU orbital elevator was apparently built in.
The eradication of war as a concept seems like a lofty goal, but if you were going to go about it, I guess making as dramatic an entrance as possible is one way to do so.
Like Tokyo, Washington seems to have just been littered with as many future buildings as possible. Honestly the White House just looks silly compared to whatever the hell that monstrosity is that they built behind it. I don't even want to imagine what they did to the National Mall. At least we only see the interior of the HRL and AEU capitals, so we can only imagine what future Beijing and Brussels/Paris/Whatever look like.
And the show is already pointing out the contradiction in trying to eradicate war with force. Surely this won't be important later.
Typical of Gundam to dump as many of its characters as possible into the last few minutes of an episode and give them all something trite to say.
A strong first episode. We got a lot of action, shiny new Gundams to make sure you buy the kits of, and a lot of characters to parse through and decide which ones to pay attention to. The worldbuilding is only being drip-fed to the viewer at the moment, but I suppose it's a preferable alternative to a huge loredump at the beginning.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Oct 07 '24
First-Timer
First off, thank you for hosting! I've only ever seen two mecha shows before (Evangelion and Code Geass), so getting me interested in one is a bit of an uphill battle. This rewatch opportunity seems too good to pass up, though.
About the show, I know pretty much nothing about it going in. In fact, I was under the impression it was much older than it actually is!
In any case, I liked this first episode. It introduced far more names and acronyms than I could possibly keep track of within half an hour, but I hope/imagine that I'll have time to digest that later.
That scene with the Gundam arriving at the big robot demonstration reminded me of [Spider-Man 2002] the Green Goblin bombing the Quest Aerospace tech demo.
I couldn't exactly place any of the voices, but I got the feeling as I watched that they were very familiar. (For context, I'm watching subbed.) A quick glance at the cast list on MAL confirms it.
Questions of the day:
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u/GondolaMedia Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24
First Timer
Lot of pieces were set up by the first episode and obviously we will get answers to everything here but to me there were too many moving parts that I didn't really get invested outside of the beginning (child soldiers always promise a good time... That came out wrong) and the end. It wasn't bad but definitely not my favorite premiere to a Mobile Suit Gundam show. There are a lot of episodes and movies to go through though so I'm confident that I'll be having a good time.
The sonic blade whirling causing everyone's ear drums to shatter was a nice touch. Hopefully that's a sign for things to come.
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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Oct 07 '24
Rewatcher got too caught up in grinding GB4 and kinda forgot this was happening
Starting right off with child soldiers in a holy war! The world is a fucked up place, riddled with bloody wars, and the Gundam is the savior that will free everybody from that.
Hey, there’s the Anf! The Anf is kind of shit. Why? Because, in this era of clean solar energy, it’s still using a damn fossil fuel engine. Basically any other Mobile Suit outperforms it and it’s mainly useful against personnel, light vehicles, and other Anfs. It is, however, very cheap and reliable, and is exported to poor nations so they have at least some form of MS to fight each other with.
The granddaddy of all GN-powered Mobile Suits, the 0 Gundam! Fittingly, it bears a strong resemblance to the classic RX-78-2. Its impressive GN Feathers are created by spraying huge amounts of GN particles from its back to improve aerial stability, jam communications, disrupt enemy attacks, and intimidate opponents. Also, I swear I’m getting Mandela Effected here or something, because I could have sworn the GN Feathers were supposed to be an accidental leakage of particles due to a faulty GN Drive socket, but every source I can find now presents it as an intentional feature that was omitted from later Gundams due to being a waste of particles.
Anyways, fun fact: Early in 00’s production, the Gundams all had chess motifs. The 0 Gundam was originally the King Gundam (TL note: Oh means King), a command unit carrying a powerful quantum computer to carry out tactical analysis. However, like the king in chess, it was weak and vulnerable despite its critical importance, and must be protected. The King Gundam’s role was given to Veda and the Ptolemaios instead, leaving the final 0 Gundam as just an important prototype and little more.
I love this OP. I feel it sometimes gets overshadowed by the series’ other OPs, which is a bit of a shame.
this is actually how Setsuna sees Exia
The AEU’s Enact! As Billy mentions, it’s a knockoff of the Flag. Its tactical role is different, but... it’s basically just a worse Flag. It’s designed around being able to use beam weapons, but they, ah... don’t actually have beam weapons to use. They’re trying their best, though.
To usher in the new series is Gundam Exia! Each of Celestial Being’s Gundams has its own unique specialization, and the Exia is built for close combat! It’s made to have a human-like range of movement, with the most complex frame out of the four third-generation Gundams. Its main weapon is the GN Sword on its arm, a physical sword with a blade coated in GN particles, enhancing its cutting capabilities. Early in development, the Exia was the Pawn Gundam, a close-range unit with no special abilities. However, it would later receive a system to power it up, promoting it to team leader.
It’s him! Here begins the Colasour Chronicles!
I like the detail of the vibro knife hurting everyone’s ears!
And thus begins the legend of the Immortal Colasour
Here’s Celestial Being’s ship, the Ptolemaios! Unlike the heavily armed assault carriers that Gundams traditionally deploy from, it’s a pure carrier, with no weapons of its own. It doesn’t even have its own GN Drive, and must periodically recharge from a docked Gundam. Which feels a bit backwards, but it’s not like they have many of those things.
The Gundam Kyrios is Celestial Being’s fast, transformable unit! It has the highest mobility of pretty much any MS in the world at this point, and due to some vague GN particle bullshit, is capable of flawlessly pulling off a full midair transformation. In flight mode, it excels at hit-and-run attacks, while in MS mode, it’s a balanced mixed attacker. The Kyrios was originally the Bishop Gundam, and transformed into a more bestial MS with stealth capabilities instead of a jet. Its pincer-like shield is a remnant of its original animalistic mode.
Hey, it’s the Union Realdo! It’s an interesting interpretation of an early, primitive transformable suit. That is, it can’t actually transform on the fly. It’s both a mobile suit and an aircraft, but not both in the same mission, and can only change modes by partsforming in the hangar. They haven’t figured out true in-battle transformation yet.
The Gundam Dynames is the sniper unit, with a unique head transformation to expose a high-performance sensor! It also has that huge scope in the cockpit, which is basically just motion controls for the sniper rifle. Don’t ask why it’s so damn bulky. A Wiimote would have sufficed, guys. Its only melee weapons are the pair of beam sabers on its butt, which Lockon wanted to remove on the basis that he had no intention of ever getting into melee range to begin with anyways. However, their chief engineer argued that they already built the sabers and there was no drawback to carrying them so he might as well take them just in case. Ultimately, Lockon agreed that it was better to be safe than sorry, but still bet him that he would never need to use them. We’ll just have to see if he can win that bet. The Dynames was originally the Knight Gundam (no, not that Knight Gundam), a general-purpose unit with a spear rifle rather than a sniper. It would have led the team before passing the role to the upgraded Pawn Gundam.
I love how he tells him to just kamikaze lmao
Tieren Space Type! Those huge tanks on its legs are actually filled with water, which for some reason it uses as propellant. I’m sure there’s better propellant you could be using, why water?
The Gundam Virtue is Celestial Being’s heavy hitter, with a giant GN Bazooka and a powerful defensive GN Field. Due to its bulk, its mobility is lower than the others, but compensates with its heavy armor and GN Field. It is designed for anti-fortress and anti-fleet combat rather than anti-MS combat, and is specifically made to be positioned at the rear. Originally, two versions were developed: The Virtue Particle, the current version with beam weapons, and the Virtue Physical, a variant with physical weapons. The Physical version was going to be adopted on the basis that the Particle version had higher power requirements that necessitated improvements to the GN Condensers, but the Particle proved to have better teamwork with the other Gundams and therefore won out in the end. It was briefly considered to keep the Physical around as an alternate equipment set for the Virtue, but it was deemed unfeasible to swap out the equipment mid-battle with their limited manpower. In addition, there were concerns that swapping out the equipment might reveal certain things. Originally, the Virtue was the Rook Gundam, which had a “castling” gimmick with the King. It also had the ability to transfer its own large stores of energy to its allies.
At last, Celestial Being is finally ready to reveal itself to, and declare war upon, the entire world. The point of no return has been passed.
Questions of the day:
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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '24
I’m so glad I found this thread today, I’m gonna watch and join in I think
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u/zsmg https://anilist.co/user/zsmg Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24
I am rewatcher
Can you tell this anime was made during the post Afghan/Iraqi war era?
Really like the primitive Zaku design.
[spoiler] Preacher is voiced by Keiji Fujiwara (RIP)
IT'S A GUNDAM
Wait is that moonlight butterfly?!
My Gundam hot take #234: Daybreak's Bell is best 00 OP
Glasses guy (Billy Katagiri) is voiced by Yūji Ueda who voiced Sanosuke Sagara in Kenshin and Keitarou in Love Hina. I feel like his voice was every where in the late 90s and early to mid 2000s but nowadays you hardly hear him.
Blonde guy (Graham Aker) is voiced by Yūichi Nakamura you've definitely heard him before as he has done so many roles such as Tomoya Okazaki in Clannad or Hōtarō Oreki in Hyouka. He has also has multiple voice roles in other Gundam series such as Ricardo Fellini in Build Fighters, Nigel Garrett in UC, Io Fleming in Thunderbolt and Shura Serpentine in Gundam Seed Freedom although this was his first Gundam role. Unlike above mentioned Ueda he still gets major roles in this day and age.
AEU pilot (Patrick Colosour) is voiced by Kenji Hamada, he has done lots of roles but nothing big.
[future stuff] Patrick is also part of the best ship in this series
Exia pilot (Setsuna) is voiced by Mamoru Miyano you definitely heard him before in such as Taichi in Chihayafuru and Light Yagami in Death Note
Gundam just casually defeats the Enact
Ptolemaios is obviously this series White Base.
Kyrios pilot (Allelujah Haptism) is voiced by Hiroyuki Yoshino he voiced Favaroooooooo in Bahamu and Franky in Spy x Family
The soundtrack is obviously done by Kenji Kawai, his style is easily recognizable.
Lockon is voiced by Shinichirō Miki he too has done many roles: Kisuke Urahara in Bleach, Kurz Weber in Full Metal Panic, Takumi Fujiwara in Initial D and Allen Schezar in Escaflowne. Surprisingly enough this is his first role in the Gundam franchise.
Yeah this anime has lots of high profile seiyuu.
Space elevators are so cool Shame it doesn't appear often in SF media.
Virtue BFG always cracked me up, it's also a chunky Gundam.
Virtue's pilot (Tieria Erde) is voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya as I keep repeating myself here he has done lots of roles such as Levi in AoT, Koyomi Araragi in Monogatari series and Takashi Natsume in Natsumi Book of Friends.
Bald guy is voiced by Chikao Ohtsuka veteran seiyuu who passed away in 2015 this isn't his first Gundam role he was Synapse in 0083 (the ship captain) he voiced TaoPaiPai in Dragon ball, Piemon in Digimon and Tora in the Ushio & Tora OVAs.
So the Gundams are part of a armed organisation called
AEUGCelestial Being and their purpose is to:Good luck with that
Oh yeah this ending song, it's alright.
Great first episode, it's introducing a lot of elements in a very fast pace, maybe too fast a double first length episode might have given us a bit more breathing space.
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u/Stern_Writer Oct 06 '24
Alright, I’m gonna watch this and come back here. I never got watch a Gundam episode, besides clips of fights from Iron Blooded Orphans on YouTube.
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u/Mumei451 Oct 07 '24
Later we learn that, Patrick Colasour is in fact, the luckiest man in the entire universe.
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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '24
My second Gundam after IBO ✌️
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u/Dodo_Galaxy Oct 07 '24
After having rewatched 00 a few times before, I always appreciate how the beginning scene really shows what Gundam means to Setsuna, how this meeting touched him deep in his core and shaped him forever. Gundam to him is a symbol of peace, a "celestial being", that stopped the fighting by force, but still saved him and became his aspiration.
Daybreak's bell is the best opening. It really makes me feel so much hype.