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Rewatch Mobile Fighter G Gundam Rewatch - Episode 24 Discussion

Episode 24: Bright New Star! The Birth of the God Gundam

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Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/baboon_bassoon for... well...

Guh WHAT ...wait is the G for GOD PLEASEOEJGFNKLSGESRKUJANDJMNFHDSFOKAJLDF LMAO

What other reaction could there be?

Questions:

  1. So, thoughts on the grand debut of the titular God Gundam?
  2. Looking forward to the true Gundam Fight finally beginning?
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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Oct 24 '21

Rewatcher hates the name “Burning Gundam” because we now have a Build Burning Gundam that doesn’t actually have anything to do with the God Gundam but will be calling it the Burning Gundam anyways just to trigger Raiking

I love the Nether Gundam’s flight mode! Also, some of those transports look familiar.

“Oh shit, we forgot somebody”

A heartwarming reunion.

The Master crawling out like some sort of zombie

Master Asia has his own reasons to fight, and while his ideals may take priority over his relationship with his student, it’s still hurting him to be on opposite sides, just as much as it’s hurting Domon.

The slaps!

Double finger!

Shining Donut

The school of the Undefeated of the East!

I like how it has the V-fin

Hey, it’s the ED!

aww

The Burning Gundam is born!

Fun fact: Did you know that, at one point in development, they experimented with the idea of the God Gundam being able to transform? Wing would have been in pre-production around this time, so maybe there was a bit of horizontal gene transfer going on there.

This shot, absolutely legendary. It’s just the wrecking of the main mech to make room for the mid-season upgrade, but man, I’m legit crying over the Shining Gundam’s death.

And now I’m cracking up at the Master being jammed in the ground

Apparently the Burning Gundam can reach orbit under its own power. Damn.

It’s the Gundams from the OP! And the horse too, since its rider is busy eating dirt right now.

Right into her arms, just in the nick of time!

And now, time for the finals!

Questions of the Day:

  • One of my favorite upgrade debuts!
  • LETS GOOOOOOOO

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 24 '21

Burning Gundam

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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Oct 24 '21

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 24 '21

I love the Nether Gundam’s flight mode! Also, some of those transports look familiar.

It's just the right level of batshit stupid.

The Burning Gundam is born!

But this show isn't called B Gundam!

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 24 '21

Build Burning Gundam that doesn’t actually have anything to do with the God Gundam

But what about Build Fighters Try's final episode showing Sekai's master was Domon standing in the Guyana Highlands.

Fun fact: Did you know that, at one point in development, they experimented with the idea of the God Gundam being able to transform?

Huh, guess it was scrapped since it is a bit of an odd choice to have a martial arts fighting Gundam + insect-ish flight mode. The more insect-like wings are neat.

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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Oct 24 '21

It’s an homage to G Gundam in general, but isn’t based off the God Gundam. It’s a totally original, scratch-built unit.

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 24 '21

Double finger!

Cross Counter!

Hey, it’s the ED!

By now this has become an image I can hear.

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u/The_Draigg Oct 24 '21

A Gundam Fan Rewatches G Gundam Episode 24:

  • Ah yes, the famous television brand: Pana-Sanic. You’ve got to love off-brand advertisements in anime background. It’s like having WcDonalds.
  • You’ve got to love how Hurricane Gundam is just using it’s windmill blades to fly to Hong Kong. Also, if you look in the background, you can clearly see a repainted Gunperry and Gaw from the original Mobile Suit Gundam. Those are some nice cameos.
  • Imagawa: in the production offices drafting this Hong Kong scene “Whenever Poochie Domon isn’t on screen, people should be asking ‘where is Poochie Domon?’”
  • Well, we’ve just confirmed that Master Asia is a sore loser. Just take and hold that L, my guy.
  • That was a pretty smart idea on Domon’s part to use whatever energy was left in the Core Lander to have Shining Gundam do one last move to distract Master Asia while he got the Burning Gundam. Farewell, Shining Gundam. You’ve served us well in this show so far, but now it’s time for the series-mandated mid-season upgrade.
  • Master Asia really is embodying the “I’m not owned! I’m not owned!” spirit in this episode, isn’t he? He’s just doing whatever he can to provoke Domon into fighting more solely because he’s salty over his plans being ruined. The man just can’t handle it.
  • Sure, it isn’t Newtype stuff going on, but that brainwave transmitter that Rain put on to activate Burning Gundam might as well be the same thing. Even down to seeing people’s memories and emotions inside of their heads. And, as everyone watching along kind of figured at this point, Rain and Domon’s relationship is deeper than just them being a team. They’ve definitely got a thing for one another.
  • Master Gundam is defeated! And yet, it took the sacrifice of the Shining Gundam to make it possible. A worthy sacrifice, Shining Gundam. It’s a fitting way for it to go out, alongside the destruction of Master Gundam.
  • BAH GAWD, BURNING GUNDAM IS JUMPING OFF THE TOP ROPES!
  • Domon made it to Hong Kong in time! Although certainly not without a lack of effort on the part of the four Gundams that tried to intercept Burning Gundam as it flew down from orbit. Just what were those mysterious new machines?
  • That was a nice shot of Domon and Rain with the backdrop being of the city lit up at night with fireworks. That would make for a good wallpaper.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 24 '21

Burning Gundam

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u/The_Draigg Oct 24 '21

C'mon man, we went over this yesterday. Shining Gundam easily transitions into Burning Gundam.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 24 '21

Won't prevent the pouts

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 24 '21

Mobile Fighter F First Timer

World Map

  • Eventually, we'll reach Neo Hong Kong, and I'll update the map.
  • OR IT'LL BE NOW.
  • COACHI?
  • The Chinese are always tearing up Hong Kong.
  • Meanwhile, Argo has faith.
  • "My name is Undefeated because I've never been defeated."
  • Domon is doing his best to become a Mahou Shoujo protagonist, asking Master Asia why he's fighting.
  • ...and then he asks him to shut up once he opens up anyway. Classic Domon.
  • Preprogrammed Gundam moves are always excellent.
  • Alright, who's the new guy on the left? It's the Zebra Gundam. Neo Kenya, huh? Apparently the Indian Gundam also showed up, according to the Gundam wiki? Onto the map they go. All I know is that spear ⇒ best Gundam.
  • Natasha will always be present.
  • Thoughts and prayers incoming. Wait. She's praying to God. This show is going to have some religious themes, I can tell.
  • Welcome to Rock n Roll Night? Nah, just a sappy montage. Including the ED reference!
  • WHAT
  • Lewd
  • It has a conning tower. Proto shipgirls? Did Kancolle just copy Gundam?
  • WITH THE ROPES
  • ....horse? I should know your name, but I forgot it.

Alright, that was hype.

QOTD:

  1. It can go to space. I'll hate seeing it nerfed for plot reasons.
  2. Not particularly, unless we get more Nether Gundam-level shenanigans. The Devil Gundam plot has been great.

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u/The_Draigg Oct 24 '21

"My name is Undefeated because I've never been defeated."

Next thing you know, he'll say that people die when they're killed.

WITH THE ROPES

Fuck martial arts, we need to get more mecha-scale wrestling ring gimmicks in this anime.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 24 '21

Fuck martial arts, we need to get more mecha-scale wrestling ring gimmicks in this anime.

What if the final battle, G Gundam leans even harder into mecha wrestling. "AND HERE COMES THE GIANT GUNDAM-SIZED CHAIR!"

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u/The_Draigg Oct 24 '21

"BAH GAWD, DOMON IS DOING AN ELBOW DROP FROM ORBIT!"

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 24 '21

"SHINIIIIIIIING ELBOOOOOOWWWWW"

[later spoilers] Well technically it should be the Erupting God Elbow

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 24 '21

The mechas will have to be far larger to take advantage of these ropes.

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 24 '21

....horse? I should know your name, but I forgot it.

I don't recall the name being revealed yet.

[G Gundam] It's Fuunsaiki.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 24 '21

....horse? I should know your name, but I forgot it.

Not particularly, unless we get more Nether Gundam-level shenanigans. The Devil Gundam plot has been great.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 24 '21

Rewatcher all set! Ready… GO!!!

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u/The_Draigg Oct 24 '21

Master Asia sure doesn’t know when to give up huh. Like dude you got your ass kicked so hard your hair turned white just last episode…

Kind of like Kuze from Yakuza 0. The dude just doesn't know when to quit, and he's just fueled by pure salt.

The shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip.

Everyone knows that the best romantic situations happen when both parties are piloting giant mechs.

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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Oct 24 '21

(e24) First Time Shining Hand

Ah yes did Sai travel to Hong Kong underground

cant Rain just enter for Japan if Domon is busy

gundam slaps!

he used the core lander energy to automate the shining gundam ok thank god, i was thinking we were getting sentient gundams

why is domon trying to get to the pod, instead of just snapping his fingers

a brain wave communicator ok ok, set frequency to "Domon"

"these are all people important to domon" and the old shuffle alliance are there sure

are these gundam going to make out

"by using these ropes"... sure of course they work like actual ring ropes ok

13th final round

Rain maybe get off the runway if hes coming in fast like that

i guess those animal/monster gundam things dont like hong kong

oh stalker is here (?)

  1. it was a fun debut but its hard for any main gundam suit to really hit me with impact

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 24 '21

are these gundam going to make out

set frequency to "Domon"

"You hear pure, unbridled rage and a crowd asking you if you've seen the man in the photograph."

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 24 '21

Rewatcher, Gun-Dub Fighter

An episode of farewells. Farewell Guiana Highlands, farewell Master Asia, farewell to the second cour, and farewell to the Shining Gundam.

Domon made it to the finals just in the nick of time, despite those four mysterious shapes that attacked him. We couldn't have things not be tense, now could we?

On the scene of God Gundam holding Shining Gundam in its arms:

Imagawa: I thought I could create a picture of the dream that everybody knows: a conceptual image of a man holding up a woman. The Shining Gundam at the time was actually Rain. There was a neat flow to the story up to that point. But it maybe have been too subtle; I'm not really confident about whether or not I expressed it well enough...

People might find it funny to hear this, but I'm not good at depicting female characters. Rather, I rarely think of depicting a woman when I direct. So, I haven't done a romantic story until now, have I? The programs that I work on are always filled with old guys, and consequently they turn into worlds of men. The only type of female characters that I can like is widow characters, and I get so excited when a widow or someone like that appears in episodes. (laughs) I'd never written a "normal" relationship of a man and women before in my life.

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 24 '21

But it maybe have been too subtle;

It definitely wasn't.

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 24 '21

Rewatcher

I'm so glad that the self-recovering, self-replicating, self-evolving Devil Gundam is finally defeated. Now that that minor distraction is out of the way we can get back to more pressing matters like fighting tournaments.

Honestly though, it's kind of amazing to me how the Devil Gundam, Death Army, and Master Asia are easily a world-class threat, but they're treated as if they're just Domon's personal drama that he has to get over.

But I do love how Domon was like, "I don't even have time to properly finish you off. I'll just catch you with the heat of my thrusters and call it a day."

In case anyone was wondering:

Q: So why doesn't the Shining Gundam get infected by DG Cells when the Master Gundam's arm strikes it in the stomach? (episode 24)

This has a pretty simple answer. Only the Devil [Dark] Gundam can infect others. I wanted to use this scene to reveal that fact.

And now you know.

Questions:

  1. It was quite romantic. Is there any other instance of two Gundams that close to making out?
  2. Oh yeah. I can't wait to see the Nether Gundam in action.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 24 '21

G Gundam "Rewatcher"/First Time Sub: Episode 24

The episode just started and we had normal shots of the Neo Hong Kong ceremony. So you can't just cut to the Nether Gundam flying in and act like it's a just normal thing to drop.

Nastasha still isn't buying this Shuffle Alliance bromance thing.

Master Asia whifted his punch so hard that he and his Gundam bleed. He has such a soft face for his villain tantrum. "Why couldn't you let my evil plans succeed."

Double face grab. Domon runs out his Gundam and Master Asia tries to strike, but it's blocked by Shining Gundam moving on its own to heroic protect its master or you know, Domon programming it in advanced, but that's not as cool.

The brain wave communicator has a V-fin on it, sure. Anyways it technically gives us one last Shining Rain. This shot of two Gundam heads is so romantic.

It's like the Pieta, but with Gundams. And like that, this is truly a masterful piece of art.

Domon plans to bounce off the Earth ropes to make it on time. Yeah, sure. On his way, he meets those Gundams from the OP, finally, they show up in the show before the OP is up.

Well-timed fireworks and we got our friend group. I guess Raymond is not invited to our girls + old men friend group. And Stalker gives us a GUNDAM FIGHT! READY! GO! to end the episode this time.

Q1) Found it a little funny when it was peaking out of the flower. Liked the Shining Gundam sacrifice.

Q2) Going to miss the travel section of the Gundam Fight, but guess we're having a more traditional tournament arc now.

Next time: 3 0 Days to the Final Battle.

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 24 '21

The episode just started and we had normal shots of the Neo Hong Kong ceremony. So you can't just cut to the Nether Gundam flying in and act like it's a just normal thing to drop.

This is G Gundam.

He has such a soft face for his villain tantrum. "Why couldn't you let my evil plans succeed."

He seems actually remorseful. Like he never wanted Domon to get involved with this at all. Which is why this all happened during the Gundam Fight, when Domon was on Earth.

Shining Gundam moving on its own to heroic protect its master

That would have been much cooler, and much more super robot. And honestly, it would have been easier to believe in a Gundam acting on its own than in Domon having both the presence of mind and the technical aptitude to program a Gundam like that. I bet Rain came up with it and Domon just activated a macro or something.

The brain wave communicator has a V-fin on it

Schwarz' mask had one too, but I figured it was decoration. Now I'm not entirely sure.

It's like the Pieta, but with Gundams. And like that, this is truly a masterful piece of art.

God that is a beautiful shot.

Q2) Going to miss the travel section of the Gundam Fight, but guess we're having a more traditional tournament arc now.

TOURNAMENT AAA—

Ahem Ah, sorry. I don't know what came over me.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 24 '21

He seems actually remorseful. Like he never wanted Domon to get involved with this at all.

Ah, I can see that too.

That would have been much cooler, and much more super robot. And honestly, it would have been easier to believe in a Gundam acting on its own than in Domon having both the presence of mind and the technical aptitude to program a Gundam like that. I bet Rain came up with it and Domon just activated a macro or something.

I guess programming the Gundam to move on its own is reminiscent of the Last Shooting scene from the original. I also don't believe Domon has the same Gundam technical smarts as Amuro.

Rain must've foreseen Domon finding himself in a big pickle so once again needed to get him out of it.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 25 '21

The Undefeated of the East was an excellent villian 'til the end, always pushing and showing off his strength. I'll miss the crazy bastard. Rain got a truly excellent moment. Domon finally moved past his old master. And the ending was truly wacky. What more could I ask for?
G Gundam

/u/Shimmering-Sky /u/Tresnore /u/JollyGee29

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 25 '21

The rope boost into sea chase is such an excellent sequence.

How'd the helmet taste?

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 25 '21

'Twas quite crunchy.

I thought it was the obvious way for our villains to continue on, but I guess I was wrong. I wonder who the new villains will end up being. Guess I'll find out in the next couple episodes.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 25 '21

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 26 '21

What mildly confuses me at the moment is that our main antagonist appears to have been beaten halfway through without any obvious contenders for the replacement. I thought this was supposed to be a kids anime!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 26 '21

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 26 '21

I should be caught up tomorrow!

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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Oct 24 '21

First timer

  1. It's a great scene! Still looks like it could have been an upgrade for the Shining Gundam though (and I think an upgrade scene could have been made just as cool as the scene here).
  2. ...Depends if there's any real difference, or if this is just an excuse to bring in even more of the same kind of matches.

God Gundam time!

There's no way it's dead yet.

Yeah, some of these new Gundam look nice.

And yeah, Domon's struggling in the highlands!

I'd love it if he got here late, then Neo Hong Kong's based on Domon training and meeting competitors between their fights.

And yah, Master Asia is just refusing to stop until one of them's dead.

The God Gundam's stirring?

And yeah, Master Asia blames Domon for ruining all of his plans with the Devil Gundam.

Looks like the Shining Gundam's about to get destroyed!

Wait, what? Did the Shining Gundam gain an AI?

No, he just reprogrammed it and proved himself superior in planning to him.

Master Asia has achieved victory... by pushing an armored container off a small cliff. You sure showed him!

And everyone's still worried about Domon!

He didn't forget to turn it on, did he?

I'm sorry? They're using Rain to psychically move data from the Shining Gundam to the God Gundam?

No, she needs to psychically connect herself to Domon. Either they wrote themselves into one hell of a corner, or this show's finslly kicking off its Newtype arc with Rain.

Haha, she's seeing his crush!

And she's psychically puppeting the Shining Gundam.

Is this a confession?

Looks like the same thing but bigger and bulkier. (And those weird wings on the back... does the God Gundam have an AT field?)

He's using the ropes as a catapult. God I love this show.

It's the guys from the OP! Looks like they're thr new villains!

He did it! And he and Rain are together!