2022-09-04, 04:08 | Link #181 |
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2nd trailer just dropped.
https://youtu.be/bBjzNiGSC3A Not sure some people will appreciate how much this feels like an academy/school setting out of a harem anime. Not saying that this is a harem, but it feels like the school setting in one as opposed to the gritty war/combat settings we usually get in Gundam. That OP theme certainly reflects that more than a war/combat setting. I actually got some low-level vibes of Ichika coming to the IS Academy from that trailer……. Guessing from the key visual art at the end of the trailer, there will be a Kira/Athrun kind of friendship between Suletta and the Miorine. The main page has been updated with the new key visual and some other updates.
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2022-09-04, 05:57 | Link #182 | |
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The vibe I get is less Infinite Stratos and more Valvrave with the gore shock factor dialed down. There's an optimism from Suletta, tempered by a sinister coldness from the rest of the student body or at least the aloof attitude of the Student Council looking types who are probably all the scions of the major MS manufacturers who conspire to destroy the GUND ARM tech. Someone obviously flips her switch and Suletta shows her absolute pride and faith in the Aerial's technology. |
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2022-09-04, 11:04 | Link #187 |
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I said Valvrave because it has a high school setting, mechs that harm their pilots, political conspiracies, and an actual plot for better or for worse. Infinite Stratos has only the first of the four.
I'm not saying that Witch From Mercury has some curious vibes of a reskinned Valvrave reboot, but... |
2022-09-04, 11:22 | Link #188 | |
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Only lacking super agent to accompany Eri, Eri unconsciously 'attack' her classmate and magical alien race ... or maybe simply, "Do you resign as human being?"
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2022-09-04, 11:49 | Link #189 |
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Looks like Suletta is trying to prove the Gundam and the GUND system through showing it off in the academy? Maybe that's how she's trying to honor her family instead of straight up revenge ?
I feel like they'd make the mask cooler and more intimidating if she was meant to be the Char clone.
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2022-09-04, 15:04 | Link #191 | |
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Fine. I once liked Valvrave before they lost their minds, killed all the male pilots, and wasted time on a time skip that didn't matter. But the first sign of an AI getting curious about reproduction and I walk.
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2022-09-04, 17:11 | Link #193 | ||
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Okouchi was the main writer of both. So either one is a sound argument.
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2022-09-04, 22:14 | Link #194 |
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Does anybody know if this is going to be another split series like 00 and IBO, hence it’s pretty much their trend? I could see the academy story being for the first half and then an actual war/conflict for the second. I’d hate to see them bringing up the moral horror of a four year old not understanding she killed three people just for it to be forgotten with a school story. (this is why I think people out there might not be happy with the idea of this being an academy setting like out of a harem story)
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2022-09-04, 23:16 | Link #195 | |
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Speaking of Valvrave...man, that brings back memories of huge investment and less than stellar satisfaction .
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And I think there's probably a good chance things will get more serious in the second half.
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2022-09-04, 23:38 | Link #196 | |
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Another parts from Valvrave: - Main antagonist is a war veteran (Caim in Valvrave also a retiring successful soldier). - Group of old man wanted to have upper hand over another race despite relatively peace state of affair (Magius). Then from Code Geass, we got: - MC unconsciously killed people after gain access to new power (Lelouch first time using Geass); - MC is red-haired female teenager mecha pilot, attend school and living with her mother after death of significant family member (Kallen); - Main antagonist made speech about current state of world, hiding personal interest to exploit the forbidden power (Charles). Opposing faction attempt to steal mobile suit is from Gundam.
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2022-09-05, 14:52 | Link #198 |
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Not a fan of how the story seems to be portraying transhumanism as the "good side" (something a lot of Gundam likes to do, still think that newtypes and their ilk like the innovados/innovators are dumb), at least they showed the bad side to it in this prologue but the existence of the MC being the chosen one who is able to perfectly sync with technology kind of hints that the story has chosen a definite side on this, but hopefully there's more nuance to this series than I am currently giving it credit.
With that said, the animation and artstyle is on point and am glad they chose to forgo 3d animation for the mobile suits and went with hand drawn instead, this just looks really good in motion.
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2022-09-05, 15:08 | Link #199 |
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I don't know what you're talking about. The franchise has quite a few examples of "bad Newtypes" & "bad Innovados" out there. The "good side" are the people who don't seek war or hurt others (among other virtues).
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2022-09-05, 18:25 | Link #200 |
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What he means is that Gundam usually frames Newtypes and others like them as the future of humanity and therefore a good thing. The GUND system was meant to help humanity adapt to the harshness of space, so this series probably won't be different.
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