Gundam - Q & A

[kk2extreme]

Which series, ovas, movies of gundam where the strongest MS or MA is not gundam?

[StratoSpear]

Originally Posted by kk2extreme

Which series, ovas, movies of gundam where the strongest MS or MA is not gundam?

I can only recall the Apsalus(sp?) from 08th Mobile Suit Team.... That thing was pure monstrosity!

[Kelrys]

Why is it rare to see suits and characters from the MSV series make an anime appearance?

[StratoSpear]

Originally Posted by Kelrys

Why is it rare to see suits and characters from the MSV series make an anime appearance?

Perhaps Sunrise wants to milk us of our money by forcing us to buy Gundam sidestory novels...?

Or perhaps no-one wants to stay behind in a studio late in the night just to draw extra lines for them MSV units... Particularly the Avalanche Exia.

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Kelrys

Why is it rare to see suits and characters from the MSV series make an anime appearance?

MSV's were originally created by Bandai to expand the toyline for the original Mobile Suit Gundam (where designs like the Zaku Cannon and characters like Johnny Ridden come from). While MSV's have risen in notoriety and importance lately (like how 00V's story is created alongside the main series instead of being an afterthought like the original Gundam MSV), it's still a point that these are designs that aren't intended for animation for a variety of reasons. whether they be rejected designs, designs created after the series has ended or simply add-ons to the existing verse. The occasional animated additions (like the Guaiz Experimental Armament Type appearing in the Gundam SEED compilaton movies, or the Shell Flag in 00 ) are the exceptions rather than the rule.

[Blaat]

Originally Posted by kk2extreme

Which series, ovas, movies of gundam where the strongest MS or MA is not gundam?

Technically speaking every UC Gundam except for 0080, CCA, F91 and V. Granted the pilots weren't usually skilled enough to make a difference.

[Kelrys]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

MSV's were originally created by Bandai to expand the toyline for the original Mobile Suit Gundam (where designs like the Zaku Cannon and characters like Johnny Ridden come from). While MSV's have risen in notoriety and importance lately (like how 00V's story is created alongside the main series instead of being an afterthought like the original Gundam MSV), it's still a point that these are designs that aren't intended for animation for a variety of reasons. whether they be rejected designs, designs created after the series has ended or simply add-ons to the existing verse. The occasional animated additions (like the Guaiz Experimental Armament Type appearing in the Gundam SEED compilaton movies, or the Shell Flag in 00 ) are the exceptions rather than the rule.

I hope the 7 Sword 00 Gundam makes an appearance in Season 2. What are the chances?

[Dark Wing]

Originally Posted by Kelrys

I hope the 7 Sword 00 Gundam makes an appearance in Season 2. What are the chances?

Next to none...If I remember correctly the 7 Swords model was just a concept that never made it into production but was made turned into a kit anyway. Like Eixa Avalanche or Kyrois Gust.

[Celestial]

Originally Posted by StratoSpear

I can only recall the Apsalus(sp?) from 08th Mobile Suit Team.... That thing was pure monstrosity!

Ah, that's one.

Turn-X was supposedly stronger than Turn-A as well, if I'm not mistaken.

And of course, there's Alvatore from the first season of 00, which certainly has stronger raw power as compared to the Gundams.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Celestial

Turn-X was supposedly stronger than Turn-A as well, if I'm not mistaken.

It has been mentioned before that the Turn X, as a fighting machine is superior to the Turn A.

I'd say the Turn X is ranked in the top 05 of strongest MS' that aren't Gundam models, easily.

[Blaat]

Turn X is a MS designed by newtypes for an interstellar warfare, now considering that every MS seen in Gundam can at best be used in an interplanetary warfare I would say yes it's probably the strongest MS seen in Gundam, including the Gundam themselves (not counting those with plot shields of course) ;p

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Blaat

(not counting those with plot shields of course) ;p

Hello Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

[The Monarch of Roses]

Relatively speaking how powerful was Turn-A for a Gundam?(I didn't see much of the series.)

[Rising Dragon]

Originally Posted by The Monarch of Roses

Relatively speaking how powerful was Turn-A for a Gundam?(I didn't see much of the series.)

Well, considering that it can wipe out every piece of technology on the planet with a single move...

[The Monarch of Roses]

Originally Posted by Rising Dragon

Well, considering that it can wipe out every piece of technology on the planet with a single move...

Butterfly mode, right? I enjoyed the anime and I liked Loran/Rolan, but I didn't see much regarding the suit itself.

[Shiroth]

Ignoring the Moonlight Butterfly, Turn A was a pretty impressive MS (it is my all time favorite after all). When we do see it in battle, it was pretty much always on top and on the winning side, though we never really see it being pushed to the extreme of what it can do (i'm not including the last battle against Turn X). A shame we never see a full on fight between Harry Ord and his Gold SUMO. That would have been one to see.

Also, Loran's piloting abilities just kept on increasing as the show progressed.

[C.A.]

Originally Posted by The Monarch of Roses

Relatively speaking how powerful was Turn-A for a Gundam?(I didn't see much of the series.)

Turn A can single handedly destroy civilisation so much that it threw it backwards for 3000 years. Turn X was created to be stronger than Turn A and has plenty of ways to prove it. They both have the same maximum destructive potential, but Turn X has more ways to win in a fight.

Once unleashed, their weapon of ultimate destruction, Moonlight Butterfly, will continously breakdown all forms of technology with its nanomachines. When things are reduced to dust, it quickly saturates the atmosphere and when wind passes through, it becomes a storm. With such a dense amount of particles in the air friction between them causes a mega electrical storm and heat starts building up, fueling itself as a hurricane. This hurricane of heavy particles in the air will then proceed to shred everything within it thats not reduced to dust.

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Ignoring the Moonlight Butterfly, Turn A was a pretty impressive MS (it is my all time favorite after all). When we do see it in battle, it was pretty much always on top and on the winning side, though we never really see it being pushed to the extreme of what it can do (i'm not including the last battle against Turn X). A shame we never see a full on fight between Harry Ord and his Gold SUMO. That would have been one to see.

Also, Loran's piloting abilities just kept on increasing as the show progressed.

Yea, Turn A's normal capabilities are quite amazing.

For defence, it can defend a platoon from a battleship class beam with its I-Field + shield. Its nanomachines can also self repair Turn A itself.

For offence, its a fully multipurpose platform. Its hollow structure allows you to fill and equip it with anything possible, giving it a high fighting potential.

Its body does not have a skeletal structure, instead all parts are connected via its I Field, the particle forces holds the body parts together like magnets and the joints are extremely smooth and rotates freely all 360 degrees, giving it unparalleled agility and action capability.

The creative pilot Loran used Turn A's free rotating arms and wrists to do wonders with its beam swords, he's definitely the best beam sword wielder after Domon in G Gundam.

[The Monarch of Roses]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Ignoring the Moonlight Butterfly, Turn A was a pretty impressive MS (it is my all time favorite after all). When we do see it in battle, it was pretty much always on top and on the winning side, though we never really see it being pushed to the extreme of what it can do (i'm not including the last battle against Turn X). A shame we never see a full on fight between Harry Ord and his Gold SUMO. That would have been one to see.

Also, Loran's piloting abilities just kept on increasing as the show progressed.

Really? I'd always thought he was a good pilot, but I could not be sure then again I am a little past the introduction of his Rolan Ceheck persona. I wasn't aware at just how great of a pilot he was. I'd always assumed him to be a little above average I suppose.

Is there a website that gives a full rundown on the Gundams and MS?

[Rising Dragon]

Originally Posted by The Monarch of Roses

Really? I'd always thought he was a good pilot, but I could not be sure then again I am a little past the introduction of his Rolan Ceheck persona. I wasn't aware at just how great of a pilot he was. I'd always assumed him to be a little above average I suppose.

Is there a website that gives a full rundown on the Gundams and MS?

MAHQ.net's a pretty good place to find information on the mobile suits themselves, as well as other mecha unrelated to the Gundam universe.

[Blaat]

Originally Posted by C.A.

Turn X was created to be stronger than Turn A and has plenty of ways to prove it.

Turn X wasn't created after Turn A. Turn A was created based on the technology found in Turn X, after Turn X drifted into the solar system.