Suisei no Gargantia - generic discussion thread

[Newhope]

Excellent frist 2 episodes probably the best this season.

Originally Posted by Hypernova

ep2:
Sign that this series means business: People getting vaporized War of the World style.

The reactions of the officers are getting very annoying, surly she wasn't the only one that can hear Chamber? They talked for a whole night and still people doubt what they heard? Hopefully ep2 show of force will change their minds.

Come on would you trust a complete stranger on just a few words in a world like theirs when a good few hundred lives depend on it.

[lightbringer]

Originally Posted by Shinhwa

3. Who the antagonist of this series is

Probably the only serious antagonist will be those aliens from the first ep, I'd expect them to appear again towards the end. Other than that, this should be a walk in the park.

[Helius]

Originally Posted by lightbringer

Probably the only serious antagonist will be those aliens from the first ep, I'd expect them to appear again towards the end. Other than that, this should be a walk in the park.

Or maybe the Alliance actually, if they wanna reconquer the Earth for themselves.

[lightbringer]

Come to think of it, they are screwed if either the aliens or the alliance guys show up. Even a minor squad from either side could spell doom. The only way out - and it's a grim one but probably the only way for anyone to survive - is if both factions show up and duke it out

[TurkeyPotPie]

This has been my favorite premiere of the season thus far. I've already watched it three times -- I can't believe I missed the panty shot on the first viewing. While I love the sci-fi setting and story so far, I have to admit the girls are a big draw too, which I didn't expect. Very, very cute.

[totoum]

Originally Posted by Blaat

I wish Gen told Hanaharu Naruko to reign in on the over the top huge breast size this isn't an hentai nor a crappy fanservice series.

Considering Gen began as an eroge writer it wouldn't surprise me if he really likes the designs

[Lenneth4]

nice debut but attack on titan won the first episode debut this season

It also reminded macross zero for some reason

[Enternal]

Originally Posted by Lenneth4

nice debut but attack on titan won the first episode debut this season

It also reminded macross zero for some reason

That may be true depending on your opinion but Gargantia still does a great job with the 1st episode. Don't you agree?

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by Blaat

The other complained I have is the character design or to be really exact particularly the adult female character design (especially Ridget) I wish Gen told Hanaharu Naruko to reign in on the over the top huge breast size this isn't an hentai nor a crappy fanservice series.

I didn't like this either or the fact that they focused a bit on Amy's butt.

But then again it's not too bad. The female designs remind me of One Piece fanservice & if I can deal with that I can deal with this.

Actually the one girl's design made me think of a tamer version of Yoko from Gurren Lagann. So if I can deal with that I really can deal with this.

edit: And this was definitely my favorite premiere of the season. Titans was good too but I don't know the fact that this is new for everyone makes it a bit more exciting for me.

[maplehurry]

Originally Posted by Lenneth4

nice debut but attack on titan won the first episode debut this season

OT: No, that belongs to AnH.

Back on topic, I found it weird how the space alliance's technology is so much ahead of earthlings'...

[Xion Valkyrie]

Originally Posted by maplehurry

OT: No, that belongs to AnH.

Back on topic, I found it weird how the space alliance's technology is so much ahead of earthlings'...

Let's assume that there was a massive ice age that froze most of Earth over and that the more technologically advanced/wealthier nations left on colony ships. Their technology would continue to progress as they explored the galaxy. Meanwhile most of the people left on Earth probably died off and the survivors lived in a post apocalypse scenario (ie, Fallout, Mad Max). After the Ice Age ended people probably were able to slowly restart civilization. Notice the Earthlings in episode 1 were all salvagers, so much of their technology is probably salvaged from the era before the ice age. The fact that pirates are so prevalent and powerful indicates that it's still a pretty chaotic age so it's probably not too long after the Ice Age ended.

[Cirno]

I thought this anime was similar to macross zero (even the girls wearing similar clothes), but the post-apocalyptic world setting at episode 2 makes me want to watch Waterworld again for nostalgia's sake.

[creb]

The one week separation between release and sub per episode (due to it pre-airing one week early, apparently) is going to make discussions of this show painful.

At the very least, can we do our best to keep episode comments in spoilers until the actual episode is "supposed" to air? For instance, I'm pretty sure episode 2 doesn't officially air, even in Japan, until the 14th. Yes, it's available early, just like episode 1 was, but common courtesy...

[Midonin]

It's only episode 2 that will have this problem due to the sneak preview BD. Come episode 3, we'll all be on the same page.

[apsody243]

So anyone want to take a guess at how the Gargantia's crew will respond after witnessing what a dedicated annihilation weapon is capable of.

Bellows and Amy didn't seem particularly overjoyed at the fact that Red vaporized the pirates.

[Clarste]

Spoiler for Episode 2:

Well, it seems pretty obvious that they're going to be freaked out and even more cautious around him than they were before. I suppose the real question is how that manifests. Would they try to kick him off the ship because they're afraid of being near him, or will they cower before him and be afraid to do anything that might even slightly piss him off? I can see Pinion planning to attack him and everyone else vetoing it, although I guess that already happened.

[Shinhwa]

Spoiler for Episode 1:

I actually laughed when Amy called Ledo a mother fucker and Chamber translated that for him lol

[leokiko]

Episode 2 has actually been released in english. Gonna watch that now.

And the "mother-" joke was indeed a great one.

[Beltane70]

Strange that two people have mentioned Macross Zero, yet I didn't once think of it while watching the first episode of Gargantia! Strange because of how much I love Macross Zero!

[creb]

I think the Macross comparisons are largely due to how eerily similar the Avalon "pods" and Macross colonies look.