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| This is superb... i had the exact same reaction to the action/tension..and etc just like Ep14 of Gundam00 of 4 vs 1000 I've never saw the original series, but can someone explain the sides? thats the only thing it confuses me... So theres London Bell - the raiders...i assume they are earth fed? then theres the colonists which were barely existent... then theres the one the princess is with? im assuming they are like a private military corp or something? its just with all the fighting i dont exactly get who is on which side fighting who |
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| Downloading it now. Why anyone who hasn't seen any UC Gundam or have any knowledge of the series would just want to dive into Unicorn is beyond me. God speed to those who try that task out:/ |
martin03345 said: I did fine o__o. We aren't that stupid to figure things out :PDownloading it now. Why anyone who hasn't seen any UC Gundam or have any knowledge of the series would just want to dive into Unicorn is beyond me. God speed to those who try that task out:/ |
| Holy fuck me in the face ! The was awesome, if this keeps up it will quickly become the best Gundam to date. Banagher is pretty nice breath of fresh air, while still being some thing familiar, He more Bad Ass then Kamile and Amuro, but still has enough angst to let you know this is a UC gundam series. And Unless you haven't watched Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam Zeta and Char's Counter attack, your fucking missing out. Just OMG I have missed UC so god damn much. Finally we get a real entry. Also anyone else notice this little Easter Egg? It was from when they where walking around the colony eating hot dogs Now unless your a Total UC fanboy your not gonna get this and even if you are it's still kinda hard to decipher. If you really wanna know what is here: |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| Feels like old school Gundam they even didn't forget to include the crappy main characters with stupid motivations. Obviously I loved it. They also did a good job trying to introduce the Gundam universe to new fans. |
StriderMSFeb 22, 2010 4:25 PM
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| A good opening episode. The pace could of been faster and more action could have been nicely integrated. |
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| A quick and rather bare bones rundown for people who haven't seen previous U.C. installments: Mobile Suit Gundam: The One Year War was a conflict between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon (Side 3) led by the Zabi clan. It stemmed from the fact that Zeon wanted to break away from the colonial rule imposed upon them by the Federation and left the other Sides either allying with the Federation, in ruin from Zeon attack, or claiming neutrality. Of course Gihren Zabi was a Space Nazi to justify our heroes aboard the White Base and the Federation winning despite the fact that space colonies wanting autonomy is a valid claim (which seems to be the basis of Unicorn currently). Zeta Gundam: The Gryps Conflict was fought between the Earth Federation which, since the OYW, had become highly corrupt at the hands of the Titans, and the Anti-Earth Union Group, which was a political faction within the Earth Federation that opposed the fascist policies of the Titans. During this conflict the Axis, a group that consisted of the remains of Zeon who had retreated to the asteroid Axis after being defeated in the OYW, emerged and became the true victor of the Gryps Conflict by playing the Federation and AEUG against each other in order to build an army that would be known as Neo Zeon. It's important to note for Unicorn that Mineva Lao Zabi ("Audrey Burn"), Dozle Zabi's daughter, was used as a figurehead by Haman Karn to give her the ability to lead the Axis and Neo Zeon due to Mineva being the last surviving member of the Zabi clan. ZZ Gundam: Not anime, therefore it doesn't count. Seriously though, the first Neo Zeon movement eventually ends not long after the death of Haman Karn because of a civil war in the ranks of the Zeon sparked by Glemy Toto who proclaims himself as Gihren Zabi's clone. Char's Counterattack: A second Neo Zeon movement is headed by Char Aznable (who is the son of Zeon Zum Deikun, the founder of the Republic of Zeon prior to it becoming a Principality under the Zabis) who fell off the map after Zeta Gundam. This is where the Londo Bell was first introduced since it was a ship under the command of Bright Noa (who commanded the White Base in the original Gundam and the Argama in Zeta and ZZ). Char's genius plan for this new Neo Zeon was to speed up the migration of humanity to space by purchasing the Axis asteroid from the Federation government and chucking it at the Earth in order to make it uninhabitable. It was stopped by Amuro because he was the good guy, but both Char and Amuro died as a result of this. Gundam Unicorn: From what it looks like so far, remnants of Neo Zeon wish to acquire the contents of Laplace's box so they can use them to justify and gain support for another war based on the ideal of self-governance. Mineva is against this, but fails to stop the war from erupting obviously. Full Frontal, as a result of being a Char clone (literally for once), is most likely the one these remnants are rallying around. |
| I loved this episode- the animation was top notch, some of the best Ive ever seen. VA was very good and the story looks really promising (I haven't read the manga so its not spoiled). I would have preferred if they had released at least two episodes at once but oh well. Out of all the Gundam series so far this is looking to be the best. |
| Next best thing since Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team (which is my personal favorite from the MSG series and alongside it is Gundam Wing), but after watching this, Gundam Unicorn, my feelings for Gundam (after thinking it died after Gundam Seed, dont get me wrong not saying it was bad just not my favorite, it was good though) have been revived. Gundam unicorn was amazing im really stoked about it, but this is my opinion, thanks for reading, laterz. |
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| Quick run down of the groups. Londo Bell: They are special forces of the Federation army and Commanded by Bright Noa, former captain of White Base during the one year war. They are made up of former AEUG personnel after they where reintroduced back into the Federation after the Titan Conflict in Gundam Zeta. Neo Zeon: Remnants of the second Neo Zeon movement, created by Char in Char's Counter attack. Currently making another bid for independence. Anaheim Electronics: Civilian Mega Corporation, makes everything from personal computers, to mobile suits and space colonies. Links is currently studying at one of their training centers. Also they made just about every Gundam to date. Aside from a few models. |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| that kept up to my expectations it was so damn awesome! |
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| This is on PSN? Nice. :) I really enjoyed this. They really did a good setup of what is going on. How the people interact was pretty impressive also. Now that worst part waiting who knows how long for the next episode to come. |
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| So apparently why wont be seeing episode 2 until the fall...... fuck it's gonna be a long summer. |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
SilentXenocide said: Jigero said: Where'd you hear that from? I highly doubt it would be a half year between episodes. Other wise it would take 3 years just to show 6 episodes.So apparently why wont be seeing episode 2 until the fall...... fuck it's gonna be a long summer. Its a ova for a reason it going to be like hellsing ultimate |
SilentXenocide said: DarthVantos said: SilentXenocide said: Jigero said: Where'd you hear that from? I highly doubt it would be a half year between episodes. Other wise it would take 3 years just to show 6 episodes.So apparently why wont be seeing episode 2 until the fall...... fuck it's gonna be a long summer. Its a ova for a reason it going to be like hellsing ultimate I know it's an OVA, but so was War in the Pocket, which had 6 episodes and aired all in the same year. and Stardust Memory which had 13 episodes and took a bit over 1 year to air. And then the MS Igloo OVAs which did not have 6 months in between episodes. Those are all Gundam OVAs, why would this be any different? http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=161692 Read it and weep XD...I sorta laughed cause it sounded so ridiculous. But the more I think about it...the more it made sense :P |
SilentXenocide said: I'll be rewatching this episode until it's all edged into my memory. I'm also planning on watching most UC Gundams before the next episode comes out.I won't weep, but I'll probably forget about the show by the time the 2nd episode is out. |
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| That was amazing. I'm astounded with the great launch into the Unicorn story, and I think it's great they didn't try to rush the action. They obviously knew what they were doing; it's a movie, so pace it like one. This one is going to be hard to top in my book... It took everything I could look for in a UC Gundam series, and did a psychoframe overload on it. I'll look foward to the next three years. XD |
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SilentXenocide said: DarthVantos said: SilentXenocide said: Jigero said: Where'd you hear that from? I highly doubt it would be a half year between episodes. Other wise it would take 3 years just to show 6 episodes.So apparently why wont be seeing episode 2 until the fall...... fuck it's gonna be a long summer. Its a ova for a reason it going to be like hellsing ultimate I know it's an OVA, but so was War in the Pocket, which had 6 episodes and aired all in the same year. and Stardust Memory which had 13 episodes and took a bit over 1 year to air. And then the MS Igloo OVAs which did not have 6 months in between episodes. Those are all Gundam OVAs, why would this be any different? Because even though this is an OVA it's more like 6 movies, each with a theatrical release. Also they are almost an hour long, with movie quality visuals. The other OVA's where more like standard OVA's . Just a series that didn't air on TV. on a side note: One the blue ray comes out I'll probably watch it again, but I'll throw it on my Plasma TV instead of watching it on my laptop. Also anyone who is finding it hard to rewatch or watch the Original Mobile Suit Gundam, Watch the 3 movies, they just condense it and give you a crash course. I love Gundam, but watching the original more then once it quite a chore. |
JigeroFeb 22, 2010 11:30 PM
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| Wow, it's actually unbelievable good^^ I really enjoyed it a lot even though at first i thought i wouldn't :) Can't wait for the next episode, it should be a cracker!!^^ |
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| i just can't believe how awesome this is.. it had everything from animation, char design, detail, music, realism, intensity, mecha action, non-mecha action, pace that is enough to make you want the next, story that resembles a good UC Gundam series, and the typical Gundam's main hero.. i just love it.. i don't care if i have to be on standby for it for three years.. it's just so awesome.. and i guess i'll finally be able to watch and rewatch UC gundam series completely by that time.. |
| That first episode was awesome! The overall quality is incredible. Never seen like this in an anime. The soundtrack is outstanding. |
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| Hey peeps, I only watched C.E. and the Gundam 00 series so I dont know much about U.C. Is it reccomended to watch all the U.C. prequels before watching this one? Thanks alot in advance. |
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Valashu said: Sure. Why not? I'm watching the first Gundam right now, and it's great. And if you don't want to watch all the TV-anime you could just watch the compilation movies for each, or simply read the basic story at wiki. But I definitely recommend watching all the Gundams!Is it reccomended to watch all the U.C. prequels before watching this one? Thanks alot in advance. Absolutely_Steve summarized the plot on the second page of this thread too. |
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| Superb episode. It made me wanna watch previous UC series. |
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| Oh yeah, I heard Mineva was the main lead this time. I sooooo need to rewatch UC now. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| On top of this, I think it would be very prudent if you want to understand Unicorn to read the UC TimeLine and it would probably be a good idea to read theMobile Suit Gundam Unicorn wiki too. Or you could just spend a couple of intense months of your life watching all the UC series. I'm guessing that by the production value of this Gundam, most Gundam fans, even the rooks will enjoy this ova weather it's their first Gundam show or not. Of course for the seasoned veterans it's just gravy. Jigero said: Now unless your a Total UC fanboy your not gonna get this and even if you are it's still kinda hard to decipher. If you really wanna know what is here: Good eyes! I noticed this but it didn't click until I read this. I'm gonna have to keep my eyes pealed wider to pick up all these little treasure troves UC facts. I really don't want to wait six months for the next episode. I would think three months would be painful enough. I agree with SilentXenocide, three years is just extreme. Not even Kara no Kyoukai took three years to finish with it's 7 movies. Well it took two years and eight months to finish, but still it had seven movies not six ova's. Whatever, I guess I'll just be thirsting for some more Gundam for a while. Still not completely thrilled with the Pink Gundam. LoL! |
| Watched it multiple time & feels very damn satisfying :) Gonna love the BGM they use,it rocks!! Love when Marida mobile suit's(hard to spell) owns those Jegans with Funnels. Aubrey@Minerva looks cute & have some sort of royalty pride on her.Banagher on the other hand is likable,have sense of justice,not much emo& he also awesome when confronting Marida groups who tried to approach Aubrey. Gundam Unicorn is awesome with it's transformation sequence+BGM.Too bad we will wait a couple of month to watch battle between Unicorn vs Kshatriya +_+ |
| i dunno banagher is kind of annoying. his sense of justice is consistent but naive. the old skool looking hair is a bit annoying too but i get that. |
kisami said: i dunno banagher is kind of annoying. his sense of justice is consistent but naive. the old skool looking hair is a bit annoying too but i get that. Yea almost EVERY gundam UC protagonist is always Idealistic and has a Naive sense of justice, I think it's the whole Shonen thing, Most young boys are like that. Also anyone wanna take bets on how many times some one will slap Links? |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| I guess I'm the only one here to not think that it's absolutely, infinitely awesome. I mean it was good don't get me wrong, but it wasn't mind alteringly awesome. It's only one episode in, Full Frontal hasn't even shown up and the whole idea of a box holding the key to humanity's demise or triumph is a little wacky. I mean I like the fact they went back to the old school UC look for this as the 00 look to me wasn't beautiful at all (especially the mecha designs) but the polish on this seems too great to me. It may just be because it's becoming a new era in the visualization of anime but some grit to it would make it a lot better looking in my opinion. Overall it was good, but I don't think it was awesome and I don't think from one episode one can really get a good look at how awesome a series is going to be but, that's my humble opinion. And to the person who suggested watching the summary movies if you don't feel like watching the series, I can agree that you can do that for MSG but doing it to Zeta is.....unacceptable. MSG made minor tweaks and got rid of the filler and the super robot aspects while Zetas movies damage beyond repair alot of the characterization, ending, and one of the best arcs of the show goes missing. If you just watch the Zeta movies you will truly be missing out on probably the best Gundam and mecha of all time (even though MSG is a close 2nd in best Gundam category, the movies really do a decent job). |
| This time the explosion has more colour :D |
| BEST UC Gundam intro EVER! ^^v |
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| fights - awesome, rest - meh |
| Thank god I played all those Super Robot Taisen games... I actually went through the UC timelines with those instead of the animes. <_< |
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| Amazing Episode... Love the art, and how they used the Afros *LOL* best part = the zaku on display...we know who shot that zaku LOL Watching this makes me hope that they will redo the whole Gundam or at least Crossbone |
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| This was amazing. Top notch animation, music, action. I hope it can keep this up... in autumn. Damn. |
KrylonBlue said: Meh_93 said: Just watched it. I thought it was pretty good, but not great. Kinda confusing, but hopefully the next episode will be better. Does anyone know when it will be out? You've only watched Gundam 00. You need to have seen the original Gundam series and it's sequels. People like you won't understand anything. Wrong, I;ve seen all of Seed, Wing, a few others. I don;t put all the anime I've seen on MAL |
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| I've noticed that Sunrise's OVAs are almost always more like Unicorn in terms of maturity while there TV series has gone for a bit more of the mainstream everyman appeal in recent years. I kind of get a feeling that works like Unicorn are the shows they'd like to be doing all the time but that TV stations and the current mentality of the anime market has forced them to change tactics to the way they are now. That's not to say I hate their TV series like I know a lot of people seem to, but that if it were me I'd always put my bet on their OVA's and movies long before I would their TV series to deliver the full mecha experience. |
Meh_93 said: Wrong, I;ve seen all of Seed, Wing, a few others. I don;t put all the anime I've seen on MAL [sarcasm]Yes, we now have completely newfound respect for such an amazingly dedicated fan like you, and not because all the series you've listed there are AU...[/sarcasm] Someone else can do the honors... Jigero, if you haven't got tired of it yet, I think this guy needs to hear your recommendations for UC. Jigero said: Also anyone wanna take bets on how many times some one will slap Links? "EVEN MY FATHER NEVER HIT ME!... Wait, I've been separated from my father since childhood, and now he's dead... crap." XD |
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midgemage said: Meh_93 said: Wrong, I;ve seen all of Seed, Wing, a few others. I don;t put all the anime I've seen on MAL [sarcasm]Yes, we now have completely newfound respect for such an amazingly dedicated fan like you, and not because all the series you've listed there are AU...[/sarcasm] Someone else can do the honors... Jigero, if you haven't got tired of it yet, I think this guy needs to hear your recommendations for UC. Jigero said: Also anyone wanna take bets on how many times some one will slap Links? "EVEN MY FATHER NEVER HIT ME!... Wait, I've been separated from my father since childhood, and now he's dead... crap." XD If Bright doesn't show up anywhere in this to make a correction, then this truly is not a UC Gundam |
Meh_93 said: KrylonBlue said: Meh_93 said: Just watched it. I thought it was pretty good, but not great. Kinda confusing, but hopefully the next episode will be better. Does anyone know when it will be out? You've only watched Gundam 00. You need to have seen the original Gundam series and it's sequels. People like you won't understand anything. Wrong, I;ve seen all of Seed, Wing, a few others. I don;t put all the anime I've seen on MAL Watch: The 3 Mobile Suit Gundam movies Gundam Zeta the series if you want to see Gundam at it's finest, watch the movie fi you just want a history lesson Chars Counter Attack Gundam ZZ is optional, It's kinda not canon anymore ever since the Zeta movie. But most still consider it canon and call me in the morning if there is any chaffing |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
Wasabi said: Thank god I played all those Super Robot Taisen games... I actually went through the UC timelines with those instead of the animes. <_< This. :) |
| きみ は だれ だい？ ぼく は ラムボ！ ぼく は だれ だい？ きみ は ラムボ！ ラムボ なんでし！ |
martin03345 said: midgemage said: Meh_93 said: Wrong, I;ve seen all of Seed, Wing, a few others. I don;t put all the anime I've seen on MAL [sarcasm]Yes, we now have completely newfound respect for such an amazingly dedicated fan like you, and not because all the series you've listed there are AU...[/sarcasm] Someone else can do the honors... Jigero, if you haven't got tired of it yet, I think this guy needs to hear your recommendations for UC. Jigero said: Also anyone wanna take bets on how many times some one will slap Links? "EVEN MY FATHER NEVER HIT ME!... Wait, I've been separated from my father since childhood, and now he's dead... crap." XD If Bright doesn't show up anywhere in this to make a correction, then this truly is not a UC Gundam They did mention him giving some orders from Londenion. Is that enough? He's supposed to be in it in person later on I think, but since his voice actor is dead I don't know what they are going to do for that. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: martin03345 said: midgemage said: Meh_93 said: Wrong, I;ve seen all of Seed, Wing, a few others. I don;t put all the anime I've seen on MAL [sarcasm]Yes, we now have completely newfound respect for such an amazingly dedicated fan like you, and not because all the series you've listed there are AU...[/sarcasm] Someone else can do the honors... Jigero, if you haven't got tired of it yet, I think this guy needs to hear your recommendations for UC. Jigero said: Also anyone wanna take bets on how many times some one will slap Links? "EVEN MY FATHER NEVER HIT ME!... Wait, I've been separated from my father since childhood, and now he's dead... crap." XD If Bright doesn't show up anywhere in this to make a correction, then this truly is not a UC Gundam They did mention him giving some orders from Londenion. Is that enough? He's supposed to be in it in person later on I think, but since his voice actor is dead I don't know what they are going to do for that. We need a full blown Bright slap for it to be official UC |
SilentXenocide said: Jigero said: Meh_93 said: KrylonBlue said: Meh_93 said: Just watched it. I thought it was pretty good, but not great. Kinda confusing, but hopefully the next episode will be better. Does anyone know when it will be out? You've only watched Gundam 00. You need to have seen the original Gundam series and it's sequels. People like you won't understand anything. Wrong, I;ve seen all of Seed, Wing, a few others. I don;t put all the anime I've seen on MAL Watch: The 3 Mobile Suit Gundam movies Gundam Zeta the series if you want to see Gundam at it's finest, watch the movie fi you just want a history lesson Chars Counter Attack Gundam ZZ is optional, It's kinda not canon anymore ever since the Zeta movie. But most still consider it canon and call me in the morning if there is any chaffing ZZ is canon. The Zeta movies are not canon. Considering Tomino made the Gundam Zeta movies, and didn't even touch ZZ. ZZ was just a spin off cash in. |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
Jigero said: SilentXenocide said: Jigero said: Meh_93 said: KrylonBlue said: Meh_93 said: Just watched it. I thought it was pretty good, but not great. Kinda confusing, but hopefully the next episode will be better. Does anyone know when it will be out? You've only watched Gundam 00. You need to have seen the original Gundam series and it's sequels. People like you won't understand anything. Wrong, I;ve seen all of Seed, Wing, a few others. I don;t put all the anime I've seen on MAL Watch: The 3 Mobile Suit Gundam movies Gundam Zeta the series if you want to see Gundam at it's finest, watch the movie fi you just want a history lesson Chars Counter Attack Gundam ZZ is optional, It's kinda not canon anymore ever since the Zeta movie. But most still consider it canon and call me in the morning if there is any chaffing ZZ is canon. The Zeta movies are not canon. Considering Tomino made the Gundam Zeta movies, and didn't even touch ZZ. ZZ was just a spin off cash in. I'd have to agree with Silent with the movies not being cannon because if it was, then what happens to Haman? If the war between Neo-Zeon and AEUG doesn't occur because at the end of the movies, Zeon retreats, then it makes Char's assent to power hard to explain. ZZ may be garbage and it should have been the series that Tomino revisited and redid in movie form, it's still the true cannon until otherwise said. |
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