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>>14992861
As final boss as a song can get
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V38Ga6qKkJ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7kvSmVaFMw
Apparently a favorite of his, to boot.

>>14992861
Gotta go with one of his duets with Horie. All great, this is my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OT2Qr3aqIQ

>>14992883
God all those Kinnikuman themes are great. "Let's just get Akira Kushida, Icihiro Mizuki and Takayuki Miyauchi to sing insert themes for 50+ wrestlers, it'll be great."

>>14992723

> There's a bunch of vague similarities
> In a franchise
> An entity that thrives on similarities by definition
> That must mean they're planning to connect them
> I mean, why wouldn't they want to connect the newest entry to one of the most unpopular entries in the franchise commercially and critically?
> Instead of any of the more popular entries?

Well, at least there isn't someone suggesting THIS will finally be the entry to connect to CC as a prequel like people were suggesting for AGE and 00.

>the ripped off X-Rounder not once, but twice
shamefur

I will admit, I laughed when I saw SPYAIR as comparison.

You need go to go to sleep, and I think you may be drunk. You can't come up with a magical formula for height to speed. Humans aren't equal to each other in speed. Mechs will be even more disproportionate.

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>>14992576

Well, naturally there will be differences. Aside from the variance between different humans, there's technology and design to take into account with mecha.

Some mecha are clunky and creaky and sluggish; some are mind-bogglingly agile; hell, some are shaped like lions and cheetahs and such.

Still, I wonder what kind of conclusions we can draw from what we've seen...

>>14992549
Im pretty sure the Evas break the sound barrier

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>>14992491
It makes sense in a mystery-driven plot not to give out all the details immediately, but it also needs to catch your interest to reel you in and make you want to become invested in the story and characters. Everyone's actions are so vague and disjointed that it is hard to care about anything that is going on.Everything felt like an excuse to have action scenes happen. The only mystery here is where the coveniently-placed Gundam came from and how anyone present at that facility had the resources, knowledge, and expertise to make functionable a centuries-old machine that no-one alive knows how to reproduce.

The plot also suffers from inappropriate tonal-shifts that make it nigh-impossible to determine this anime's level of self-awareness. It rides this awkward line between comedic satire and grimdark, dystopian drama.There are wide gaps of uninteresting dialogue that reveal virtually nothing in service of virtually nothing, it became a task to pay attention to these scenes. It also doesn't help that I couldn't stand almost the entire cast of characters, which I'll get into, now.

Not one of these characters has displayed any depth to them, they are all one-dimensional, cliched, unlikeable, and most-importanly: unrelatable. Apparently, from what I can figure, the primary protagonists are a living weapon and his cool-dude-sterotype handler. Said living weapon seems completely devoid of emotion and does what his handler tells him to do without so-much as a twitch, which includes murder(also has creepy scent-fetish). --->cont. part 3

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>>14992494
Mikazuki is a remorseless mind-slave and I'm not sure what we're supposed to feel for him, other than pity and anger (same basically can be said about every "protagonist" character). He was not "chosen" by the Gundam, but rather he was single-minded enough to risk his life on potentially-fatal augmetic surgeries that made him, literally, the only one capable of piloting it. When at the controls of the Gundam we never get the idea that he is ever in any real danger or that anyone can even pose a challenge. For some reason he is the love-interest of the damsel-in-distress character even though he is an emotionless 'tabula-rasa'. He is unstable, incredibly dangerous, at the helm of an advanced weapon, and at the behest of a teenage boy. Terrifying.

Mikazuki's handler, who's name escapes me, is somehow even-less likeable. Despite his desperate origins he still manages to be this brash, handsome, alpha-tough-guy-teenager who always knows what to say and does unimaginably-risky things that, somehow, turn out more-or-less ok in the end. Everything he says is coated in a thick layer of cheese and he makes me want to punch him every time he opens his stupid mouth. This asshole is no Kamina and feels horribly forced / out-of-place for the setting. --->cont. part 4

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>>14992498
The antagonists are headed by moustache-twirling do-badders who want to do bad things. The only notable baddie was also, ironically, one of the only characters I liked: Crank. He was the only one who seemed to behave like a sane individual and gets brutally murdered for it. After he realized he was fighting child soldiers he retreated out of a sense of morality and honorable integrity. He then gets berated for abandoning the operation and is ordered back to complete his task. Knowing that if he stepped down, someone else would just step-up with a whole brigade of mechs, so he goes alone to minimize loss-of-life. He challenges Mikazuki to an honorable melee duel to settle the matter, but scarcely has the heart to to give it his all because he realizes he'd rather die than kill children. As he sat dying in his ruined mech's cockpit, he gives Mikazuki some heartfelt last words. Last words that Mikazuki cuts short with two consecutive shots from his handgun, followed by sniffing a bracelet a girl gave him in one of the creepiest scenes I've ever sat through.

All the other characters are just props for the stage.

In the end I am left feeling confused and dirty, it was like some kind of fever-dream. I feel like I watched a Japanese mad-man's interpretation of 'Lord of the Flies' and only makes me think of Mobile Suit Gundam in the most superficial way possible.
[[Opinion ends here.]]

Now that I got that out of my system I'd like to ask a few questions that I am genuinely curious to get answers to, for any who feels that they can give a reasoable response.

-What is the general concensus for this anime? (for either Western or Eastern audiences)

-What am I missing? (things I overlooked, cultural boundaries, obscure genre, etc.)

-What was your initial reactions when watching for the first time and your overall opinions of the anime?

-Does the anime change in any significant way beyond the first five episodes?

Only subs for ZZ. First half is really goofy Banrise shenanigans to sell toys. Second half becomes a Tomino series.

>>14992411
I know its only in subs I just still wasnt sure if i should watch it

Marida is a Puru. That's it. Go watch Unicorn.

>>14992103
Thunderbolt

>>14992103
Build Fighters, Unicorn, 00?

>>14992152>>14992103

only the first Build Fighters, DO NOT watch try. Its a piece of shit.

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>>14992046

>>14992046
>Manliest man
Gets rekt by a teen, acts salty and claims it was the suit who won
Sasuga Zeon.

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>>14991976
*actual autistic screeching*

Must. Kill. Titans.

*more autistic screeching*

>>14991976
>Who was better?A-Laws or Titans?

Better in what sense ? Both organizations were instruments of oppression. The difference between the two if there was one was that in the Titans no one was really redeemable, not so in the A-Laws. By the end of 00 a number of A-Law officers rebel. You don't get that in the Titans (1 is not enough).

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>>14991989
Titans did nothing wrong

>>14991809
He wanted it to activate its NT-D system and transform to reveal its iconic Gundam faceplate and v-fin, the constant scourge of Zeon ever since Amuro's rampage during the OYW.

>>14991809

> The lead unit can transform a GM like mobile suit in to a Gundam
> In other words, it can turn in to a Gundam

Gee, I wonder.

>>14991809
Wait, didn't you make this thread just last week?
Is this a glitch in the Matrix?

>>14991678
No. They canonically lost the OYW. Even their insurgent remnants lost.

The only way for Zeon to win is if Bandai completely retcon MSG or creates some alternate timeline story like Gihren's Greed.

I'd actually like a series where they win, just so that there can be a follow up series where they're the overlords and being as shit as ever while the fractured EF is the underdogs and we can get some kind of insight in to the faces and personnel leading the EF and the ideals of their soldiers for once - rather than them always being a distant, faceless bad that is lent some humanity by the tepid support of the protagonists.

Or just make a show that starts off with the premise that there was a recent, succesful Zeon uprising at some point and we're going from there. You don't even have to show said uprising really.

Mind you, any such show would probably both have Zeon as the top dogs and paint the EF as faceless bad while making them the ultimate losers as well as the people who lost the war, so it probably would't work out regardless. I just think it'd be nice to see some sympathetic personnel in the EF besides our protagonists and put some faces to their leadership for once.

They're dead, Jim.

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Early eps are really vague faction-wise. Who does what becomes clearer later.

>>14991656
>>14991656
>>14991656
Watching Zeta as well, but I'm in the last quarter. Indeed the two main conflicting parties of the series should be soon cleared out, the 5-6 first episodes are quite rush-y in-universe but they take a break at some point.

Now though there is some opposition, I'd say they aren't as obvious as in 0079 where the two antagonists make more sense (imho). The One Year War is basically an indenpendance war turned super ugly, the conflict in Zeta is much less obvious, with basically a military subsection of the Federation (the Titans - which are some sort of space waffen SS really) being fought by a group (the AEUG) deeming that the Federation went too far after the OYW (and the destruction of the last Zeon bits). It's two groups fighting each other, not two nations as in 0079 and sometimes it's hard to get how it could turn into something that big, though there is some explanations (which aren't super satisfactory I think).

And among all that, there are some weird allegiances I still don't quite get myself. As in how does everyone from 0079 especially is cool with Lt Quattro (nudge nudge) exactly? Some like Amuro I can understand, but others like Bright...? I mean, it's cool to see Quattro as some sort of mentor figure and for him it makes sense to be there, why is he tolerated by the others is a little bit more dubious, especially when they plain get friendly and all.

>>14991656

You have Titans, who are a subsection of the federation, and AEUG who are rebels fighting against this subsection of the federation. Sometimes the feddies get involved as well in helping the Titans.

>>14991936

>As in how does everyone from 0079 especially is cool with Lt Quattro (nudge nudge) exactly?

Kai's letter was a thing. Other than with Amuro, it isn't totally clear that he is Char at first. That and Char is known as someone who was actually fighting against the Zabis all along, so it's not like he is a hardline Zabist like Haman, who they did have issues allying with. The rest really had no reason to think poorly of Char beyond him being a former enemy combatant, which isn't a reason.

It's too bad that the titians are so fragile.

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>>14991344
>the mechs of Titanfall
I have no idea what you're talking about. Whatever those walking garbage dumpsters are that they have in that Call of Duty clone of theirs, they're not mecha.

>>14991453
>and then there was this faggot
Hey you memes are fucking stupid, you should stop posting them.

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***Graze Group Build***
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Pick any 1/144 or 1/100 kit from the Graze family (Pic Related), and paint and customize it. As far as customizing it, I'm going to place a limit on that. The limit is 50% additions to the kit.
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>Snapshit once again provides quality entertainment in his echo chamber

>>14991023

Really hoping my order from HLJ gets here in time, since it was on backorder. I'd like to participate this time.

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>>14991015
Every time that part looks like the chest is part of the sword

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhDtQr21-9Y

>>14991098
If this song doesn't make it into V, we riot.

Is it next week yet? Can't wait for monhun party.

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For red, dry eyes, Clear Eyes is awesome.

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>Doing a Y x3 + X attack makes Nadeshiko's butt make a "bling" sound.
>She shouts "UCHUU KITAAA" at the start and when you win as her.
>Shinnosuke is buddies with both Terui and Hikawa and they have to go beat up (Or apprehend?) Asakura in the story.
>Takeru recognizes Shinnosuke while they're chasing Fourze.

Also, unlocking Amazon on the Spirit Board unlocks the Amazons mission (#23) where you have to beat up a really strong Jin as Haruka to unlock both of them

From the hour or so I've played Rider Revolution I'll give a small review for people wanting to know more than "It's just AKRG".

If you've played AKRG2 it's a bit different, the fighting on different planes is the same but it feels like you have more combos and are generally more agile than before, but enemies are harder to hit on the planes for whatever reason. Instead of being thrown into a linear level and just going right they've gone for a Metroid kind of thing where you access different rooms, there's basic platforming now, and you have to replay levels with different types of security cards to access different rooms. There's a bunch of missions separate from the story to play (Can't remember if ARKG2 had them or not, it's been a couple years), and you unlock them as you unlock new Riders or save them in the story.

The story levels also seem pretty big, I've only gotten through half of the first level in maybe 30 minutes while fighting every enemy along my path and taking the detours. However, since it's a kid's game they fling health items at you every four feet (I already have 20 life orbs on me, and only 2 of them were from QR codes), but the enemies themselves also hit like trucks when they're not basic mooks.

TL:DR - If you like beat 'em ups it's still pretty simple, but it's still a good chunk of fun and a good improvement over the older ones.