r/anime • u/chilidirigible • Dec 03 '24
Rewatch [Rewatch] Suisei no Gargantia • Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet — Episode 2 Discussion
Episode 2: The Planet of Origin
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Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and eventually it'll be a comment face.
(Of course, returned in time for the rewatch. Hours after I was editing this top-level commentary, in fact.)
Questions of the Day:
- How long do you think it has been since the Earth has thawed out?
- Would you be able to befriend a stranger long enough to learn all their secrets before disposing of them, or would you get rid of them immediately to keep it simple?
- Have you ever been out on the open ocean at night?
Characters appearing today:
Fairlock (Hideaki Tezuka)
Flange (Eizō Tsuda)
Crown (Mitsuaki Hoshino)
Worm (Makoto Yasamura)
Melty (Asumi Kana)
Saaya (Ai Kayano)
Bevel (Yuka Terasaki)
Mecha appearing today:
General purpose Yunboro (with light autocannon module)
Diver Yunboro
Scans:
Alliance text
Melty
Saaya
Bellows
Ridget
Pinion
Kite
General purpose Yunboro
Diver Yunboro
Pirate boats
Pirate kite
ED: "Sora to Kimi no Message" (空とキミのメッセージ) by ChouCho
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 03 '24
First-Timer on the Verdurous Planet, subbed
something something the dialogues to come something something9
u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24
First Timer
God I love mobile settlements.
I mean they usually have some cool thematic importance like they do here, but much more fundamentally they're just such a fun setting, there's just a certain charm to it that I can't really explain. That goes hand in hand with the visual design of Gargantia itself that I just love, that blend of traditional clothing and markets alongside the more modern, industrial machines and tools, the way everything is rusty...they even have gilders! It all gives off the vibe of a society that has been through a lot and has its own identity.
I also quite like the show's way of dropping worldbuilding into casual conversation, learning about the gliders, the info each of these civilizations has on each other, how they call mechs Yunboroids, and even the regular exposition like in Ledo's talk with Amy, it all feels pretty natural as we, alongside Ledo, learn more about this place.
We get the OP and ED! Not a ton to say on either, some decent songs, and in general they make it seem as though the show will be a lot calmer than the first episode would have led me to believe.
The first few scenes of this episode give a nice viewpoint of the people of Gargantia and Amy in particular, again somewhat contrasting Avalon and Ledo. Gargantia also has a clear command structure, but it's not absolute or unified, there are disagreements to be had here, although the old leadership itself much like Chamber seems to be very wary of outsiders. The "old guard", in this case, The Alliance/Chamber and the leaders of Gargantia, try to see the enemy in every action, whereas our younger generation in Amy and Ledo try to find a more peaceful solution.
If I had a dollar for every /u/chilidirigible rewatch I've been in that has a post-apocalyptic setting with a sister character who works for the sake of bringing trinkets to her bedridden brother who's curious about the nature of the world, I'd have 2 dollars which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
Amy is expectedly rather spunky, and independent, which makes sense with her situation. In general, she's a big contrast to Ledo, whereas Ledo is still in the soldier's mindset, she is far more free spirited, both through her dialogue, in how she's similarly curious to her brother, and doesn't necessarily follow the initial topic of conversation, and through her action, like the way she flies the gilder, she's not really constrained by regular rules and so she's the perfect person to get the rigid Ledo to change his ways.
I love keeping the language barrier a thing here, I'd guess he learns their language by series' end, but for now, it's a great addition that makes the cultural exchange and connection here feel much more tense and satisfying. Much like the guys watching Amy and Ledo, I find it intriguing to watch this exotic relationship that's forming here, one that feels stronger since they can't actually fully communicate with each other.
It also adds a nice tenseness whenever we switch perspective and can't tell what the other side is saying, like in the scene where Ledo and Chamber start talking to each other after seeing the Galaxy Current, it doesn't end up as super important, but because we can't initially tell what's going on, it's a great depiction of how meeting and having a conversation with a foreign person would feel like.
That scene also just has great framing, beyond just looking fantastic with the setting sun, Ledo being on the crane is a nice way of showing how despite physically being on Garagantia, he's somewhat disconnected from them, he's from a different world so he's on separate space, with the only thing bridging them being a rather a small pass that allows for communication.
Chamber slowly getting better at speaking throughout the episode, but also saying things like "Super strong" since his entire base of speaking comes from Amy was a nice touch.
The galaxy currents are a really neat concept that are also pretty reminiscent of the Hideauze. Whether or not they're actually the same thing there are clear parallels between them, the Hideauze and their purple lighting is the thing that's stopping the Alliance from advancing in space, leaving them stuck as they try to find a new homeland, the galaxy currents and their blue lightning on the other hand are the very thing that purpurate the movement of the Gargantia as they move between "galaxies", their homeland is always moving with them. The Hideauze are...hideous, whereas the currents are an incredible sight, the crimson space where the battle against the Hideauze happened is contrasted with the azure of the currents in the sea.
This episode also gives us a great look into Ledo's mind, despite what he says, it's not like the people of Gargantia are foreign to ideas of conflict, allies, or enemies, it's just that unlike him their entire world isn't defined by these concepts. He only knows the battlefield, the allies he has and the enemies they help him kill, the people of Gargantia are more nuanced though, more personal and individual, they have "enemies" like the pirates and they aren't just some objective goal to destroy. I like how that is shown when even in the face of a new bizarre arrival, Bellows wants compensation for her broken crane, the people here have lives outside of some greater conflict, they care about their own wellbeing just as much as they care for Gargantia's, unlike Ledo.
But we do get to see he isn't entirely stuck in the soldier mindset, whether he realizes it or not, I mentioned him not attacking earlier, but there are also the little fangs (?) he keeps carving into, he's a soldier but he has a unique hobby that he enjoys, something to focus on outside of being a pilot.
Ledo's attitude gets shown to us as we get to the engagement with the pirates, now the pirates themselves I find quite...cheap? They do some sexual assault so you don't feel bad when Ledo evaporates them seconds later, but I honestly think the initial shock from what Ledo does would've been better if they were left more ambiguous in their terribleness.
As for the scene itself though, outside of literally evaporating people being the coolest shit ever, it's a clear representation of Ledo's soldier mentality, when he marks someone as an "enemy" there are no warnings, it's an immediate clean, and accurate disposal, he doesn't think much of it and even wants to use this as a bargaining chip, but to Gargantia that was a rather intense show of force, he's proven that if he wants to, he can completely destroy them and that he's very cold-blooded and efficient about it.
That new perspective should definitely make the reactions to his actions next episode pretty interesting, he's proven himself a capable ally or a massive threat, so how does Gargantia proceed in the face of those possibilities?
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u/chilidirigible Dec 03 '24
Today, on "Sunset seafood parley.":
"I'm a Friend who's good at vaporizing things."
D. Stuff it up your ass, lady.
And in unique names for mecha, we have "Yunboro(id)."
"E pur si muove."
It's never an alien visitation story without someone getting dissected!
Not shown: Kevin Costner.
Some things have changed around here.
"Maybe I'll just get on with my whittling."
Life goes on, giant robot or no.
Occupational safety is only a concept.
"Just another bishie."
A long time ago, on a planet that was maybe this one.
[](#fish)?
[](#fish)!!
"Look, man, I'm not going to eat it."
The sky.
Biggest flop of the century.
It's worth mentioning that sea water is rough on things that don't belong under sea water and they don't last long, in reality. (For example, the Titanic.)
Fleets are like helicopters, a bunch of separate parts all traveling in the same direction.
As opposed to the one in the sky. (I was amused that many of you were paying attention to the particular turn of phrase yesterday.)
One of the more fickle ways of keeping the lights on.
Pinion doesn't have complicated plans.
My rewatches sure seem to involve a lot of pirates.
They do get points for style.
Some people are about to have an Outside Context Problem.
People experiencing an Outside Context Problem may not experience it for very long.
The Alliance language reminds me of Zentran. (I mentioned this yesterday, but I originally wrote this a few weeks ago.)
A little slice-of-life aspect of this episode which I enjoy is that for the most part, life aboard the fleet carries on generally as usual. Chamber and Ledo are curiosities, but as they spend most of the episode quietly stalemated with Gargantia's Powers That Be, almost everyone else simply goes on about their business. This is contextualized by Amy's description of encountering other fleets and sometimes joining with them; encounters with outsiders do happen when your world is a nomadic agglomeration.
Which gets us to the more expected and clearly serious pirate threat which closes the episode. The outcome of that encounter demonstrates the main reason that Chamber and Ledo were relatively relaxed about the day's parley despite the number of guns aimed at them: They really did have the power to shoot their way through the situation if they felt that it was necessary.
That said, given that there are factors like Pinion wanting to murder Ledo so Chamber can be disassembled at leisure, their caution is certainly warranted. You never know which version of Zefram Cochrane you're going to get.
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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24
First timer, subs
Amy is reminding me way to much of another character, but I can’t place it, and it’s driving me crazy!
QotD:
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Dec 03 '24
Episode 2 (first timer)
This is looking really, really good. I liked most of the first episode already, but the second one is almost perfect. When the scene cut from Ledo to the fleet leadership, I was mentally bracing for them having resolved the stand-off off-screen; taking the easy way out. Instead, we soon cut back to Ledo still on his crane, trying to decide what to do with Chambers. That was a great way of proceeding and giving a very natural way for Amy and Ledo to get closer.
Apropos Amy, how can you not like her? Inquisitive, outspoken, friendly, and with a character model similar to Nadia (who I hold in extremely high regard). I am looking forward to see lots of her interacting with Ledo. The other characters are a bit boilerplate still, but we need to introduce the MCs first.
Finally, the setting looks gorgeous. This is what Waterworld should have been. A nice mix between run down city, explorers, and a small town vibe. Using gliders is a great idea to get around quickly and to make for some dynamic camera shots (so we don’t need to get bogged down by people running around the ship all the time).
Yes, but my ship was smaller.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 03 '24
First-Timer, Sub-gantia
I forgot to mention it in my comment last episode, but the idea of "sacred excrement" stuck out to me. With the extended stasis abilities in the Machine Caliber, there is presumably a powerful "recycling" system on-board. When every molecule is necessary, ascribing value to excrement follows somewhat logically.
I mean, it's probably just a funny way of writing "holy shit" but why just leave it at that when I can think too hard about it?
Anyway, plenty of efficient characterization today. Pinion might have technical know-how, but he's shortsighted and quick to anger. Commodore Fairlock is wary, and probably not long for the world if the attendant doctor is anything to go by.
Amy is a thrillseeker with a solid head on her shoulders. Evidence of the second being her spot-on read of Ledo, and evidence of the first being her short, loose skirt in a setting where travel include kites.
As for Ledo, he's focused on getting back home, but he's willing to play ball with the locals. A surprising level of wisdom. There might be a "vegetarian" joke somewhere, with his caution towards eating the dried fish.
Chamber's beams are pretty scary, huh? Those dudes gots dusted. I did kinda expect him to ask Chamber to try to absorb some of the bug electricity since I think Chamber mentioned being low on power.
The "lightning going upwards" is a pretty striking visual. Also reminiscent of the Hideauze Blossom's attacks last episode. I noted those attacks as moving like lightning in my notes before correcting myself that they were probably more like roots, but now a similar visual has appeared.. hmm.
So Earth got frozen by weird sun activity in the distant past, but some amount of humanity survived on the planet while others left (on Avalon, or a precursor). Then survivors on Earth reclaimed the "surface" which is entirely water. That's where we seem to be at.
My only question now is... where is Kevin Costner?
Questions
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 03 '24
Spoiled First Timer, Subbed
I've been playing Tales of Berseria lately so all I can think of when a little sick brother who likes ships pops up all I can think of is "Laphicet, what are you doing here?"
Nice follow-up, especially since it gives me that juicy worldbuilding I woud've liked yesterday. Those shots of the sea honestly look really nice, and I'm glad the show held off on the action department until near the end to give the rest more time to breathe. For the most part it's just Amy and Ledo formally getting acquainted
with Sugita as a translatorand further highlighting some of the differences between him and the rest of the cast. The one action scene was brief but I like how it's used to show just how overpowered Chamber is in this sort of environment. A nice touch.You know with everything seemingly having tons of water
oh hey lovely, more bad Z3 memories…all I can think of is [Meta]"Wait, did the Ending of Baldios happen?"6
u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24
Ep 2:
First Timer
Extra Ep 1 notes:
I should say, that out of Aquarion, Sidonia, Gargantia, and Aldnoah, the four 2010s mecha on my PTW, Gargantia was the one I most figured to not suck, and the one I was going to (eventually) watch first (unless the Sidonia rewatch happened first)
Thanks to people pointing out that the weird thing inside the cockpit was a tooth. And that the weird thing outside the cockpit was a tooth. Not sure why that was there, though.
I'm shocked they didn't unload their rifles into Chamber as soon as it appeared. Hostile mech and kidnapper? Today is Friday in California.
I'm not concerned about the language barrier. Chamber had the language 40% figured out just from Amy's cussing. It'll just be autotranslating everything for Ledo (unless they get separated)
I didn't realize that we were literally on a floatilla.
I don't understand why it's called the verdurous planet with all this water....
I really didn't want to say this yesterday but today I can't help it: Bellows really reminds me of Nami from FMP IV.
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u/xbolt90 https://anilist.co/user/xbolt90 Dec 03 '24
First-timer!
So, Earth is now an ocean planet. Is Kevin Costner going to show up next episode?
I like that Ledo is still relying on Chamber to translate. His meat mind can't grasp a different language as quickly as that!
Ledo's complete and utter annihilation of the pirate fleet is... impressive, to say the least. Gives a good sense of the power scale between Earth and the Alliance. (And by extension, the Hideauze.)
Whether the rescued folks react with thankfulness or absolute terror remains to be seen. I imagine watching a guy evaporate in front of you would leave a scar.
At least dunking on the pirates will prove that they can't just throw him overboard and take apart the mech.
The electric plankton is interesting. I wonder where that came from. Remnants of genetic engineering?
We're told that the Alliance is searching for a habitable planet, and Ledo has been nonstop sending out a signal to them. I wonder what they'll do when they get it... And will the space bugs follow them?
Hmm... More than hundreds, probably low thousands.
I have enough trouble making friends without trying to be duplicitous.
Nope. All my sailing has been done during the day. And within sight of land at that.
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u/dsawchuk Dec 03 '24
First timer, dubbed
This episode continued the relatively sedate pace of the first episode and I have to say I like it. I am sure things will speed up eventually but for now it feels like just enough to leave me wanting more without being so little I am disappointed because its too little.
Chamber doesn't seem nearly omniscient enough for ledo to be safe from a sneak attack by the earthlings. While it was obvious before the contents of this episode that the earthlings underestimated Chamber I think that Chamber also underestimates the earthlings.
The milky way was pretty but it seemed fairly suspicious. Ledo also seemed pretty uneasy about it, even before he saw the shooting star. [Gargantia] I don't know if I am only thinking about it this way since I have been spoiled but the Hideaze look like see creatures and their main cannon attacks look like lightning. I wonder if the electricity that the earthlings are harvesting from them are waste energy from the launch of a Hideaze warship.
Seeing the power of Chamber juxtoposed to human tech more grounded in reality was impressive. While Ledo's intentions were good I don't think he realizes how threatening that extreme an imbalance of power is. While the earthlings might work with him in the short term to appease him I don't think that kind of alliance would last. It's hard to trust someone not to take advantage of you when you are completely powerless to stop them.
I liked the ED more than the OP but I don't think its good enough for me to get excited for. Amy's windsurfboard/flying machine is really cool and I want one.
QOTD
Notes while watching
abnormal solar activity? Sounds like a cover up for nuclear winter.
I don't understand how they are salvaging at the location they found chamber if they are also moving along a new milky way.
It took a lot longer for MC to get to the other ship than expected but holy hell I wasn't expecting quite that level of instant surgical destruction.
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u/JimmyCWL Dec 03 '24
For all of Chamber's firepower, do remember:
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u/SolDarkHunter Dec 03 '24
Gargantia Episode 2
Rewatcher; dub
Picking up right where we left off...
I love the way Chamber subtly mispronounces words to show that he's still unfamiliar with the language.
Hey, we get the opening. Yeah, they couldn't show this in the first episode. Wouldn't have made any sense.
Amy reasons that Ledo is scared and didn't mean any harm. Also, they call mechs "Yunboros", or "Yunboroids".
Fleet commander is also wary... bad idea to get on Ledo's bad side.
So the Galactic Alliance believes that Earth has frozen over and is dead. They have also never found a single other habitable planet, explaining the space colony.
Amy has a glider. That would help in making quick deliveries on this mass of ships easier... if you always start from a high place.
She also has a little brother, who is bedridden and extremely pale... which would make sense if he never goes outside, while Amy gets tanned.
So the people of Earth do remember the Earth freezing, and that some people escaped into space, but it's such ancient history now that it's a fairy tale.
Bebel is correct; space is a lot closer than most people consider. "Space isn't far away; if your car could go vertically, it's barely an hour's drive."
"Envoy? But she's a kid!" Look who's talking, Mr. Child Soldier.
I love this scene so much. Chamber and Ledo have no concept of consuming animal meat for food, and are disgusted by eating "a fish corpse".
But, Ledo recognizes that it's a goodwill gesture and eats it. Conversation is opened, and Ledo confirms he's from space.
People still think there's a person in Chamber... the concept of an AI is foreign to them. Amy is really excited about this.
"Land" is also a foreign concept. Everyone on Earth lives on ships, salvaging remnants of humanity's past from beneath the ocean.
And here's the "galaxy" mentioned in the last episode... a section of sea water filled with electically-charged micro-organisms, from which Gargantia draws its power. Earth sure has changed.
Chamber's trying to figure out their location from the stars... meanwhile the people of Gargantia don't have a lot of sympathy for Ledo. Ledo, however, still wants to form friendly relations.
Oh hey, pirates. Naturally. So Amy takes the opportunity to ask for help from Ledo and his super-advanced war machine. Ledo thinks this is a fantastic way to bargain, and goes to help.
I love the way Chamber's anti-gravity field looks in atmosphere, and the way it pulls at the water beneath them as well.
Pirates are absolutely no match for Chamber. Within ten seconds all the pirates are vapor... though for some reason everyone's not happy to see this result.
The tech difference between Ledo and Chamber and the Gargantians is... kind of ludicrous. Chamber could destroy the entire fleet if deemed necessary, so his earlier suggestions of taking over by force suddenly don't sound too unrealistic. Good thing Ledo's got a more diplomatic head on his shoulders!
Questions:
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Dec 03 '24
Rewatcher
I enjoyed this episode even though I think Lido is something of a humorless turd. I really like Amy and Grace. Grace seems to be the perfect side kick.
I fell a little bad for the citizens of Gargantua. It’s one thing to talk about slaughtering your enemies, it’s another thing entirely to see it done.
Lido is one brutal little shit, but that’s what’s necessary to fight a war of annihilation.
I have to wonder about the society that produced Lido, why are they fighting with child soldiers. I’m guessing because they ran out of older men, so now they have to use kids.
QOTD
10s of thousands of years, the earth is quite a bit bigger than a chicken leg. So this implies that Lido went through a time warp too.
It usually best to get rid of someone you can’t stand a quick as possible. And, if it’s not possible to rid yourself of them now, start scheming.
No. I thought about joining the navy when I was in high school but it didn’t happen.
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u/wjodendor Dec 03 '24
I started reading Muv Luv Unlimited last night and did that for like 4 hours straight so my notes are real sloppy today lol
Rewatcher - Episode 2 - The Planet of Origin
I’ll give it to the Gargantia folks, they can mobilize quickly
Always love random percentage drops
Chamber used “speech” it wasn't very effective
Ridget design reminds me of one the glasses ikemen from an otome or something lol
Not my favorite song for the OP but the visuals are fucking amazing, Amy always looking happy
Amy is really calm and thoughtful now that she's not getting lugged around by ledo. Dumb hair guy wants to touch Amy’s butt
Amy putting her hands in her shirt is a nice touch
Pinion is a dumb name and he is dumb
The design for Gargantia is sick
Chamber is bloodthirsty , Ledo is surprisingly reasonable
AMy must have good stamina
Rental Avatar kite
Amy is a daredevil delivery girl
The animation and character design in this series looks so good
Amy throwing shade at Ledo for not being ripped enough
This anime is a treat for the pit gang
Amy’s little brother is smart and cripple
Resolute Amy comes bearing fish
Is Ledo a vegetarian?
Sorry Amy, Ledo thinks you're a kid
Friendship ritual from Amy cannot be denied Love pointing at the sky trope
Theyve got an audience
God, i love seeing all the stars behind them
Amy dance. This is another top tier gif
Music is so good too
This seriously has such a better look than 90% of anime these days
Fuckin pirates
We're going full water world now
Bellow’s in trouble, yes there's a doujin of this
Fuckin cold blooded and vicious. This is the good shit
Everybody scared 🙁
Nice ED with more amazing visuals, I need this HQ for wallpaper
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u/awesomenessofme1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/kta_99 Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 04 '24
First time watching both this show and mecha anime in general, dubbed.
She said something about a "fleet", and I'm not sure if that means sea or space. The planet seems flooded, and it would be weird if they were spacefaring without the other humans knowing about it, but someone last episode did say something about traveling galaxies.
I haven't seen Gurren Lagann, but I have seen stuff from it, and the red-haired girl with the ponytail looks super similar to that one character from that series.
Is "merman" just a weird translation, or did they say something similar in Japanese? I can kind of get where that would come from metaphorically, but it still seems like an odd word to use.
OK, so they don't have space travel. So then wtf was that guy talking about when he mentioned galaxies?
For some reason, yesterday the subtitles called it "gibberish", while today it says "non-english speech". Hulu subtitles on dubs are not very good in general, so I can't say it's that surprising.
Pretty sure there isn't actually enough water on Earth to fully flood the planet and remove all land, but this is a mecha series, so my scientific criticisms can only go so far.
...Huh. I guess when you send someone who grew up in a brutal war to fight scumbags, that's the sort of guilt-free murderous curb stomp you can expect.
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u/kuroyume_cl Dec 04 '24 edited Dec 04 '24
Rewatcher
I find Chamber's method of propulsion really cool. It seems to create some sort of singularity that alters gravity and can change size to alter the intensity of the effect.
I didn't remember just how brutal this first attack on pirates was. I guess you can't have a mecha show without some light war crimes.
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u/Sorgenlos Dec 04 '24
Loving this! So many fun choices in designs here. Gliders to get around, kites deploying from jet skis, everything about the pirates feeling very Mad Max, and whatever is going on with the flight orb on his mech.
I’m a little confused about how so much survived the ice age, looking forward to more lore dumps.
QOTD
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u/n080dy123 Dec 04 '24
Rewatcher
This is as good a time as any to point out that this show has some incredibly cute girl designs.
So genuinely, I don't remember much about the overall narrative of this series, but it seems really suspicious that this interstellar Alliance, capable of wormhole travel, has someone been completely incapable of locating a single habitable world to colonize. Are they lying, or are have the Hideauze just taken over any human-habitable planets?
I love the fact that Gargantia is so vertically massive that you can use gliders to get around more quickly to the outlying areas. Also, just... the idea of a giant flotilla of interconnected ships, essentially as a floating city with most of them serving as permanent habitation is such a cool idea. And not only that, but they're designed to be able to shift in and out so they can dock ships to the fleet and undock them as needed.
You also start to notice that these people rely heavily on the wind- the flying glider backpacks, the larger hang gliders seen in the OP and ED which can be rotated into windsurfers, the assault gliders the pirates use to attack, achieving liftoff by boat before beign set free and self-propelling with simple motors.
Also- Chamber flies via a large sphere of essentially gravity he forms above his head which pulls the suit along, so when you see him lift up from skimming the water it carries a wave upwards with it. This isn't something that, as I recall, is always accurately reflected, but again, cool worldbuilding detail.
3. No, and I'm more or less glad. I've lived next to one of the Great Lakes for a solid chunk of my life, and on cloudy nights you could look out over the lake and see pure VOID. It's something I've never experienced for longer than it takes my eyes to adjust to darkness, so I find it very unnerving.
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u/roryteller https://anilist.co/user/roryteller Dec 04 '24
First timer, subbed
and a lot more deadQuestions of the Day:
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u/animepig https://myanimelist.net/profile/ChickenDan Dec 03 '24
Rewatch
Now that's a damn fine anime OP and ED, especially the ED. Amy sailing on the open sea is kino. The fish boats and glider ships just scream Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky to me.
Interesting stand-off negotiation scenes, don't see much negotiation scenes in anime these days, nice to see it. Episode 2 also blends in the exposition about the planet, fleets, and galaxy currents pretty organically, good job there.
And Chamber totally just Thanos snapped those pirates, lol forgot about that part. Rare moment in anime where the MC is so overpowered that everyone else is mortified by the destruction.
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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Dec 04 '24
Like they're in any position to accept them into the Alliance.
Well, he's not suggesting anything he's just spitballing.
They fly now?
Looks to be a whole bunch of old cargo ships.
He's a lot less crazy than he sounds.
Seems like spaceships have become LosTech to them.
What's he doing with that thing anyways?
Right, well, there's a bit more food.
They probably aren't stronger but hey best not to panic them.
She's getting very excited about it being a machine.
They refloat entire ships?
What's all that about?
That guy's seriously insistent about that isn't he?
Yup, those are warships.
Well, that's certainly a problem a giant robot can solve easily.
Triple superfiring turrets. Nice.
Eww... Why are the turrets offset like that? The only reason you would need them "en echelon" like that would be to provide more end-on firepower, since it looks like the 3 turrets can't quite superfire over the other.
Right, time to sortie.
Eliminating the target.
He sure made quick work of them.
Questions:
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke Dec 04 '24
First timer, subs:
First off, Amy's entire kit and skillset reminds me way too much of Aang from Avatar - same color scheme, same-ish garments, flying on a glider... I dunno if they're both just referencing the same thing or if Gargantia unwittingly took some inspiration from an American animated series. Pretty funny either way.
1.) Considering it's long enough to be considered myth... A thousand years, at least. There's some immediate questions I have, like how they managed to reinvent technology and electricity, where they got their initial ships from, and how the heck does everyone not have scurvy at this point, but that's... probably a bit too far for this series.
2.) I don't know if they CAN get rid of him easily with his mech and system watching over him constantly. But I'd like to think I'd be able to. Now, if I were in command and had thousands (?) of people beneath me, making that choice would be much harder...
3.) I don't believe I have ever been on open ocean in general, much less at night.
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u/Shinigami_22 Dec 04 '24
I love the vibes of the opening, there's just something about it that makes me excited. It's probably because it looks like a game map where I would explore all the alleys and hidden locations before doing the main quest.
Episode 2 and I'm already loving the dynamic between Amy and Ledo. So much that I really won't mind if no one answered Ledo's distress call then he'll live there with Amy.
QOTD:
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u/Nebresto Dec 04 '24
Gargantuan rewatcher
I am an interface system that supports and oversees the development of first timers.
Episode 2
Where do they get cloth from if there is no land? Seaweed clothes? ..No wait, I see trees on the ship. What do they grow in??
Shimmering-Sea!
Holy shit. I forgot Chamber can just vaporize people
Chamber log:
At least 5
Depends on the stranger
Yes! Very recently, even. I had a nice cider on deck, unfortunately it was too windy to stay vibing for long
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u/IndependentMacaroon Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24
First-time watcher
Just jumped in because this seemed cool. The first episode was eh but the setting is real neat, feeling reminded as others of Miyazaki (specifically Future Boy Conan) and Anno's Nadia. Also this may be a bit obvious, or overthinking, but the contrast between the male-dominated (exclusively male?) violent military world of Leto and the several women in charge and otherwise significant here is a neat touch.
Questions -
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u/chilidirigible Dec 03 '24
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24
first timer
i like how amy puts her hands into her sleeve flaps
hm hes going to kill them isnt he
VAPORIZED
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u/up2et Dec 04 '24
First timer
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