Hey guys! It’s been awhile. I’m sure some of you are wondering where the hell have I been and what I’ve been up to. There have been less tweets, obviously no blog posts and less updates overall. And once again I’m left saying that my blog isn’t dead. I’m just very busy.
Between helping my sister move, moving myself and my increased workload and responsibilities at work; I don’t have much time for my lovely hobbies. Less anime watching, has led to me fall ridiculously behind. But I’m not done. I fully plan on catching back up with all my anime and manga responsibilities, this includes Space Pirates and Gundam AGE. It’s just a matter of time and effort, plus I need to hook my PC back up.
In the meantime, it there’s any shows for the current season that you think I should check out, let me know.
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First and foremost, for all those who followed Gundam AGE from the beginning, Grodek has finally been released from prison! Woo-hoo! It makes sense since the Vagan’s have been causing so much trouble lately. I don’t know what did it, maybe enough of the old brass died off to allow for his release. Or maybe Flit was able to finally pull enough strings. It doesn’t matter because at least the old badass didn’t have to die in that prison and is finally getting some of the respect that was due to him.
Something else long overdue is Zeheart catching flack for being such poor commander. Read more…
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So this episode answered a lot of the questions I was asking in the previous post. Shouma really is her “fated” person. A phrase and ideal I will once again say I hate. And I’m not saying that because I’m butthurt about Kanba potentially not getting with Himari. Though a lot of information has at this point, not only sunk in, but settled.
Himari really isn’t a blood relation. She’s been adopted basically, which makes Kanba’s lust for her more palpable, somewhat. It also seems that (as I said in the title) this world is far more twisted than I realized. I thought the boiler room, and that area behind the library were all part of some pseudo-reality. I believed they were all accessed through some portal, like the Mushroom Kingdom in Super Mario Bros. But it seems that I was dead wrong. Shouma and Kanba’s dad knew all about it. That boiler room is a real and tangible place that people know of and accept. That’s horrible! Hundreds of these kids, just thrown away and converted into nothingness. An unseen force. I wonder… are the penguins the result of the boiler room? Or am I taking this too far?
I’ve gone on quite the little marathon with this show since the long hiatus I put it on months ago. I thought I wouldn’t really understand this show until a second watch, and that may still be true. But it doesn’t seem that my less than perfect understanding of this show has prevented me from fully enjoying it. It seems that all I needed was a little patience and the show would come to me. Im getting it! Im finally getting it. And I may have finally found the one show this year that rivals anything I’ve seen in anime, depending on how it ends of course.
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Seeing as how Newtypes and Cyber-Newtypes are the only things I can compare the UE to, tha’s the best comparison I can come up with for now. Those moments between the two seemed a little bit rushed. But the alternative probably would’ve been two episodes without any real action in a row.
It looks like the Feddies aren’t completely hands off when it comes to this situation. They can’t afford to send any soldiers to help take care of the UE, but they definitely have spare time and resources to
court-martial a rogue commander. They’re right there to get in the way of Grodek’s plans.
Which brings up something that baffles me. I don’t see why the crew helping him would be rebels and accomplices now, when they’ve been helping him all this time. Sure, the Feddies might not have known they were willing participants, but that still seems to reasonable for how the Earth governments usually handle these situations. I’m expecting a little more corruption and sloth here.
Finally, it seems we have quite a bit of sexual attraction brewing on the ship. A pair of love triangles even. It makes me a bit weary because depending on how dark the show wants to be, these things can be farmed and cultivated for later emotional currency and shock value down the line. I can almost guarantee that it’s been done in every major Gundam series aired. Darker shows like Zeta and Victory abused this technique. I think only G Gundam (unless you count the man-love between Domon and Master Aisha) avoided pulling this trick.
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Time to check off that cliché.
Not a bad episode. It felt like it went by extremely quickly. But I’d usually much rather prefer an episode that runs for 30 minutes and feels like 10. As opposed to an episode that feels like an hour.
So Yark Dole is our masked man, that kid from episode 5 seems to be calling the shots to an extent within the UE, and it seems pretty clear that the UE mobile suits are at the very least unmanned. Are they a hived minded collective AI, or remotely controlled or something else I can’t tell. It still leaves me wondering what the hell is the overall point of the UE though? That part all seems to point to Feddie black ops, or a rogue Feddie agency.
None of this means sh*t to Grodek though. He doesn’t even care anymore if the crew knows he’s a revenge-driven mutineer. I hate to say this, but the black guy with the funny hair has a point. All this is highly illegal and probably punishable by death, too. But this is Gundam, and in a world ruled by Gundam logic none of that matters. What matters is that you do what’s right and stand up for yourself when no one else has the morals, heart or guts to come along for the ride. So everyone listens to a little story initiated by Emily and go on along with the plan without much of any debate.
Oh well, logic aside at least things are moving at a decent clip. This looks like it is going to be a rather exciting first cour. Let’s get this doomed battle started!
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There a quite a few different situations being woven throughout this episode. First, there’s Wolfe’s ambitions. He seems to have some mercenary/paramilitary friends who he appear to be giving him the hookup.
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Thought I’d do something a little different today. Seeing as how Christmas is just over the hill, (the hill being Thanksgiving and don’t you forget about it!) I thought I would get my list of things I want together. Why? Well because I don’t really have any reason to do it for real. I’m a grown man. No one gets me anything. I buy it myself. If I was to ask someone for something, it would probably be something for my kids so it can save me money. But it’s always nice to pretend, and I think it’s a pretty interesting topic. Seeing as how many of us who watch anime are really grown men and women who love watching foreign cartoons and many of us buy figures/figma/nendoroids to go with that hobby we’re also buying toys to correspond to our interests. Face it people we’re big kids. So without further faffing about, here’s my list of grown up toys for me and possibly many other anime fans out there. Read more…
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First of all, it appears Kyotoryuu, Shichika and all is a deviant blade. Not really a big surprise in my book given that it’s been pretty well hinted at for awhile now. I’m with Shichika for now, “so what? Who cares?” He and Togame are near the end and they can’t afford to be reflective now. Though it is kinda funny how Togame ended up starting from number thirteen to one and so on, as opposed to the one to twelve she thought. Read more…
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This is my inaugural post and I’ll keep it short and sweet so as to get onto doing what I love. Watching anime Read more…
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