Gundam 00 – 13 (& some other stuffs)

First, let’s begin with my thoughts (although I’m pretty much forgetting about them anyway)

- Marina sucks as a female lead. I’m tired of repeating this over and over again.

- Now that the world all know Exia’s pilot is a midget.

- Hong Long should use a less “fabulous” mask. He doesn’t look any cool but stupid to me. And the kung-fu scene is kind of showing off.

- Tieria seems can’t stand it if he doesn’t grunt every once in a while.

This week ranking: Tieria > Lockon > Setsuna > Amen

Now, some news. These are take from Gundam 00 LJ community:

Gundam OO blu-ray release scheduled for Summer 2008

Ep titles:
- Ep14: Dawn of Determination, Ep15: Broken Wing, Ep16: Trinity

Mecha designer interview:
- The key point of the second half of the first season will be the appearance of a certain Mobile Suit (not Thrones)
- The Ptolemy was originally designed on paper as a strong battleship
- Exia’s design was dictated as “a good Gundam given to a child”

From Official File Vol1:
- Before Lockon joined CB, he was involved in blackmarket dealings
- Allelujah is the thinker, Hallelujah is the fighter in terms of capability
- Allelujah can pilot a MS for a day longer than the other 3 pilots
- The second season will have radical changes in the direction of the story
- The positions of the Gundams will also change by the second season

Interview with Mizushima:
- It is an intentional idea to develop the characters from scratch and watch them grow. You will start by thinking “I don’t undersand these characters at all”, but upon reflection in October when the second season starts, you’ll have a completely different opinion
- The main characters are supposed to be people with “insufficient communication skills”
- Lockon and Allelujah are by design “good people”
- Lockon is a pretty stressed person inside
- Allelujah looks up to Lockon as a wiser and more experienced person
- Tiera has the worst characteristics
- Setsuna is the main character who doesn’t speak much
- Patrick will be making a comeback soon

Ep14 – Dawn of Determination

The meisters learn of a global military exercise that’s being arranged. Even though they know it is a trap for Celestial Being, they must intervene.

Ep15 – Broken Wing

The meisters are locked in a fierce battle against almost a thousand mobile suits. In reality, the military exercise is a trap to attempt to capture all four Gundams. As the overwhelming odds stack against their favor the Gundams fine themselves cornered.

Ep16 – Trinity

Alehandro Conner, one of the watchers put in place to survey the intervention of Celestial Being looks back on results of the intervention so far.

Ep17 – Throne Assault

The crew of the Ptolemy are surprised by the appearance of the new mobile suits even they didn’t know about. When the three pilots contact the Ptolemy, Sumeragi leads them to the mothership to question their true intentions.

Ep18 – Malicious Target

As the three new mobile suits go forth to destroy and disarm military installations all over the world, Setsuna begins to have doubts about their intervention actions. Meanwhile, Celestial Being’s agent Wong Liumei begins her investigation into who they are.

And here’s the pic of the Throne pilots

Personally, I don’t like the trio idea no matter what. Plus the two guys look like a mix of Lockon + Amen + Patrick. The trio remind me of the trio durggies from Seed and Seed Destiny. They jump out and makes thing more complicated. Hope that Sunrise will do something interesting with them rather than make them being cheeky and elite and then smashed to death by the four meisters in the end. It’s boring this way (although I don’t mind the part of “smashed to death”)

~ by Any on January 7, 2008.