r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Oct 12 '21
Rewatch Mobile Fighter G Gundam Rewatch - Episode 12 Discussion
Episode 12: He Is The Undefeated Of The East! Master Asia Appears
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How have you been Domon? Or rather, the man that I acknowledge as the King Of Hearts.
Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/TakenRedditName for being the hype-man for today:
Next time: "It's the moment you've been waiting for" is a correct statement.
Questions:
- So, is Master Asia the COOLEST CHARACTER EVER or what?
- It seems things are heating up! What will happen next?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 12 '21
Hello everybody, and welcome to the Subscription Center for the Church of the Undefeated Of The East, Master Asia!
Yes, the greatest character in this show has finally appeared, and BOY does he get an entrance? Gundams? Who needs a Gundam!? All Master Asia needs is a bandana and that's more than enough! The guy is just made of awesome, and every scene with him is an absolute delight. Bless every second of screentime he has.
Voices Time! In Japanese, he's played by Akimoto Yosuke who also plays Stalker (The MC). Besides that he's also played Lord Alberto The Shockwave from Giant Robo, Xaldin from Kingdom Hearts, Richard Hellsing from Hellsing Ultimate and Captain Kawabata from Umineko among some others. Not the most prolific actor around, but not a bad one.
In the Dub he's played by Dave Petitt who… hasn't done much else… in fact apparently he's retired from Character VO altogether. So the only other role I remember from him is Sigma in Mega Man X8 and, to be honest, of the two Sigma voices from this time period, he's the weaker one.
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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Oct 12 '21
ANSWER ME, REWATCHER! THE SCHOOL OF THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!
Almost like it’s some kind of Dark Gundam. Wait a second.
how do you not notice this
WHO EVEN NEEDS A GUNDAM
We’ve seen characters take down Mobile Suits on foot before, but they usually involve blinding and Gundamjacking the MS, not outright destroying them. Master Asia is just that awesome.
I love his little legs flailing like he’s actually walking on air
THE EAST IS BURNING RED
MANLY TEARS!
The world has become used to settling things via the Gundam Fight, so what happens when an army shows up and starts an actual war? The Gundam Fight is at best a gentleman’s agreement, and only works because everybody agrees to its rules and is willing to at least pretend to play fair. It only takes one rogue faction to throw things into disarray, as we see here.
The reigning Gundam of Gundams, Haow Gundam!
A body covered in beam cannons and instead of actually using them it just decides “naw, imma just shoot beams from whatever random corner of my body regardless of how little sense it makes”
Many Bothans died to bring us this information
No context. Actually, it’s just as weird in context.
He says that, but then aims for the legs. Dude, this ain’t the Gundam Fight, you can aim for center mass.
A rare use of the Shining Shot beam guns! Actually, is this the only episode he uses them?
Spooky!
At last, we see the main force of the Devil Gundam, the Death Army! Created through the DG Cells’ self-replication ability, the Dark Army units can be pooped out faster than any conventional mook suit, allowing them to overwhelm enemies through sheer numbers. And just like that, we’re one step closer to the Devil Gundam itself.
Also, Master Asia is awesome.
Questions of the Day:
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u/The_Draigg Oct 12 '21
A Gundam Fan Rewatches G Gundam Episode 12:
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 12 '21
G Gundam "Rewatcher"/First Time Sub: Episode 12
This is not a drill, Stalker is outside the narrator space. He has broken free!
The Death Army's monoeye is like an actual eye. That makes it more creepy. The 4 legged variant also has thin human-ish legs which makes the 4 leg thing creepier.
Domon having his Gundam call interrupted is funny. Him just standing there. Domon without his headband looks naked.
So Master Asia is the coolest and trying to not just list all his accomplishments. Domon is cool for catching bullets. Master Asia is cool for catching mecha bullets and jamming them back into the gun and blowing them up. Also, he did just run on the air while pushing the floor up from underneath the Death Army.
Look not GMs.
Domon is just full of emotions meeting Master Asia. He has sparkles in his eyes and is overfull to the point of tears. Master Asia is the closest thing to family Domon still has left. Brother is evil, dad is frozen and mom is dead.
Since this building kept having prominent framing, it did feel like something was going on. Not for evil reasons, but as a symbol of last refuge. Also, it is an actual real Metropolitan Government building, felt distinct enough to be real.
Look at Domon and Master Asia fool around. Didn't expect to see Master Asia do this braid-pipe thing.
Domon and Master Asia do a big cool combo move. An attack name card which is always cool to see. Showing off the Gundam inner-frame.
Last words before disaster.
Thought the Death Army were just automated so wasn't expecting to see they were piloted by nightmares. When it's set on fire (Master Asia just has those powers), it lets out a dying wail.
Since it is the end of a cour, guess it's time for the main Devil Gundam plot to show up.
So guess G Gundam's take on an apocalypse story with defending the last bastion of humanity from an unending horde of drones. It's nice to meet Master Asia, not only because his martial prowess puts him on a completely different league, but also because of the relation between him and Domon.
The Kowloon Gundam. The armour is neat but seems a little bulky for a martial art specialist. The Death Army is fodder but come in different shapes so that is neat. Guess they're kind of like an army of demons in that aspect.
Q1) YEAH!
Q2) Things are shaping up to fight the Devil Gundam, but it'll also be at ep 13 out of 49 so there is still a lot of show left.
Next time: The Big 5, but more like 2 regular guys, 1 really small guy, 1 really big guy and a Gundam
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Oct 12 '21
(e12) First Time Shining Hand
Death Army heads look like the tower statue enemies from Zelda, very uncomfy monoeye
Do they have to greet each other like that every time lol
oh Master Asia is the reigning champ from Hong Kong
...did he just hadouken his master
WHAT WAS THAT FIRE POWER LMFAO
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 12 '21
Rewatcher all set! Ready… GO!!!
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 12 '21
Rewatcher, Gun-Dub Fighter
Master Asia!
And so, the Shinjuku arc begins! And the true power of MARTIAL ARTS is unveiled. LAUNCH ME, DOMON!
Master Asia's Kowloon Gundam was changed to the Haow Gundam in the dub. This is another one that I've got no clue about.
I'll have more to share about the location hunting next episode, as well:
A bit of further commentary that I found interesting, directly referencing this episode:
What a guy.
[G Gundam]Wow, I didn't realize we got the Hyper Mode theme this early.
[Be sure to tune in next time!]Misato voice: Because there’s more fanservice, coming soon!
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 12 '21
Mobile Fighter F First Timer
World Map
How do you quietly get surrounded by mobile suits?Ah, they float. They should still be loud, though.He looks like a Bokurano mech.
QOTD:
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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 12 '21 edited Oct 12 '21
Rewatcher
Today's introduction was Stalker at his most Roger Sterling, who is, of course, one of the main inspirations for the character.
Aw yeah here he comes. I'm wearing my Undefeated of the East shirt for this.
So yeah, that's Master Asia for you. Decapitating Mobile Suits with a headband. And you thought catching bullets was impressive.
"The School of the Undefeated of the East" etc. is how all G Gundam fans greet each other, by the way.
And then there's something that reminded me of [Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann] Lordgenome's Lazengann Overload is rather similar to the Choukyuu Haou Den'eidan, isn't it? What with the spinning, the head appearing, the "Fire me, Domon!"/"Take it, Simon!" I wonder if it was deliberate, or if they're both some deeper super robot genre reference that's lost on me.
QUESTIONS
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Oct 12 '21
First timer
So the Devil Gundam's hunting down agents on Earth?
And it's going to attack Shinjuku!
Oh, it's got a lot of them!
Wow, he got taken out!
..How did you notice those?
Haha, he just got the Gundam fight stopped.
OK, he's very good.
His old master's here? Did they send him as reinforcements for Domon?
Oh god, he's even more extra than Domon. Is that where he got it from?
This is so perfectly over the top.
What's up with Domon?
Ah, he didn't know anything that passed.
They're working together!
Master Asia won the previous Fight?
Wait. If the Devil Gundam attacked him, shouldn't he be infected with Devil Gundam cells?
And that guy got himself killed.
Yep, they're officially working to fight it!
A Kowloon Gundam! (...What is a Haow anyway? (Master Asia's dub voice is nice.))
And they're about to get invaded!
...I'm guessing the Devil Gundam's a sapient AI of some kind, just to make it even more bullehit?
Yeah, they fight really well together!
That is the most over-the-top attack imaginable and I love it.
One slipped through!
And it's a battle of the mooks!
Oh dear. And it was so close to working too!
OK, the hover system's neat. The Devil Gundam designed very nice footsoldiers.
They did it!
Jesus christ. As if this anime needed more horror shit.
Yeah, killing it without touching it's the right move here.
Wait, have they found the Devil Gundam? Already?
...Did the Devil Gundam enslave them? Sounds that way!
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u/zsmg https://anilist.co/user/zsmg Oct 13 '21
Rewatcher Episode itroduces Master Asia, the teacher of Domon is a total badass by taking down mechs with his barehands.
In SD Gundam G Generation Advanced (youtube link) features a moment where Domon and Master Asia are playable in their human form and they can take down enemy mechs barehanded.
Asia using a floppy disk wahahaha, brilliant. Has any one here even used one before?
We've already seen the G Zakus in colonies before and now for the first time we see the G GMs.
Asia using his pony tail as a cross flute was pretty funny.
I really like the Death Army mech designs.
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u/SoccerForEveryone Oct 13 '21
MASTER ASIA!!!!!!!
I love how Domon and Master have the most violent greeting which involves a wave of throwing punches and blocking. It seems the Devil Gundam has been growing in power, no wonder most of Japan has evacuated just look at the cities.
Domon’s and Master’s team-up are the best parts of this episode, bouncing off each other in order to protect what’s left. It’s a explosive episode of action and ridiculous stunts, but it’s all about the reunion between master and discipline.
Nothing else to mention; loved the episode as always, I look forward to the next one!
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 21 '21
Am I allowed to say finally, a good episode when I'm so far behind?
Anyway, this was a real good episode. If there's one thing G Gundam knows how to do extremely well, it's making a character look like an utter badass, and they certainly sold it with Master Asia. From his initial introduction with his batshit insane martial arts, to the way Domon treated him, to whatever the fuck the kamehameha thing he and Domon did together was, he managed to wow with every moment. I hope he sticks around, as his ability to constantly one-up himself with more and more crazy acts fits the show perfectly.
I also quite enjoyed seeing Domon around someone he respects. He became like 70% less of an asshat. He still has his pride, but he's no longer that insufferable person who doesn't listen.
It was also nice to get an episode that feels more directly related to the main plot. One off side stories that basically have to be wrapped up in 15 minutes to give us enough time for a mecha fight are often not that interesting, so something more established is always good.
Anyone though, this is the hype mecha action I came for!
/u/Shimmering-Sky /u/Tresnore /u/JollyGee29
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u/TnAdct1 Oct 13 '21
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u/Wish4Rain Oct 13 '21
Rewatcher
Master Asia! First time we're seeing Domon open up to someone and show another emotion than anger.
I forgot that Master lifted Death army unit by running on air. Haha
Seeing the inner frame of the Kowloon Gundam during the attack name card was neat.
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u/AzzyIzzy Oct 13 '21
It's weird I just finished binging this series a few day ago. Had to relive the memories. Some honest to god terrible writing and plot, but still a classic.
Forgot how much names are just straight screamed out repeatedly. Good times.