2014-07-05, 18:22 | Link #61 |
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It's obvious the Martians planned this. To be precise, it was the Martians who were left stranded after Heaven's Fall. It's clear that the Martians are the assholes here. That should have been apparent when you saw the little maid talk about how they were the superior race.
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Yeah, I think we'll get to the bottom of why he's so analytical and emotionless as the show goes on. His friends and family seem used to it, if a little exasperated, so we'll see. As for the Vers nobility being responsible. I don't think it was all members, but even if they backed Terran terrorists, it still would be their fault. Also, from what I got from expressions and exposition, it was the Vers Empire that declared war in the first place, and they the humans on Earth seem to just want to feel out this new extension of goodwill. They didn't show anyone being angry and yelling at the princesses motorcade or any sort of unrest in the crown. Most of them were just curious. Its the Vers who seem to be a little more bloodthirsty here, and they were just waiting 15 years for an excuse to attack. Quote:
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I think what happened is that some of the Vers decided to stay living among the Satellite Belt, despite the fact that transport between Earth and Mars was reestablished and they were no longer stranded there.
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2014-07-05, 18:50 | Link #64 |
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So far everything is pointing at the Martians since it seems they really wanted to invade Earth and the princess was in the way.
On the other side, we haven`t seen any Earthlings who want war and the army knew they were no match against the invaders. Still thinking the MC is a Vers/Martian left on Earth 15 years ago.
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2014-07-05, 19:17 | Link #66 |
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(comments about Princess dying and starting the war---and I haven't even seen ep 1 yet)
...Dammit, I called it. It IS an Urobutcher series. BTW mods, what happened to all the other posts put into the pre-air thread? I can't find mine in this thread (the one where I predicted the above happening)
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2014-07-05, 19:31 | Link #67 |
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^Upcoming series subforum.
It's unlikely to happen, since the princess is a female lead in a mecha show and thus needs to sprout speeches about peace and love, but it would be interesting if she were secretly in cahoots with the Vers Knights and their 'assassination' plan. That might explain why she wasn't in the parade. All signs point to her being a Lacus Clyne though. -_- |
2014-07-05, 19:41 | Link #69 |
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Great first episode. I really like the premise and the plot sounds like it has promise. Nice production quality/animation. Here's to hoping that this isn't your generic mecha anime of the season
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2014-07-05, 20:04 | Link #71 |
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Watched the first episode subbed and I am now much more impressed. The background built up is certainly very interesting and now we are heading to the very beginning of the war. The show made it quite obvious that some faction of the Vars empire is behind the assassination, to spark war and probably to get rid of the princess in their bid to take over the empire. So far Earth Federation is still portrayed in good, albeit lazy and does not take the Vars seriously. I won't be surprised if it is later revealed that the upper people are in cahoot with Vars though.
The 2 main character is the flip of the usual character archetype, the cool one for the 1st main while the more emotional one for the 2nd. A very refreshing change. Inaho's reaction to the missiles are priceless . Looking forward to see him piloting the Earth Cataphract. It seems he's the only one capable enough among his peers. Obviously the princess isn't dead, I guess she was in the escort car instead of the target? Lastly, the awesome BGM and the final scene. Very beautiful! Great show. Definitely worth the wait!
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I think she's going to interact with humanity, but don't think she'll play the exact roll that the one in MJP did. This one seems to love her people and her world, and her people aren't really trying to kill humanity because. They really seem more the subjugating kind (though they don't care about any kind of collateral damage. though I can see her use whatever her power is over Aldnoah, to give humanity a hand up since her people basically betrayed her.
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Those 37 referred to Landing Castles in earth's orbit, which look like invading fortresses. Kill, enslave, it's all the same. |
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2014-07-05, 20:52 | Link #77 |
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For those interested, a timeline for the world of Aldnoah Zero. I translated it from notes from a chinese board. According to the poster, it's from official booklet. The notes were posted months ago so I think it's pretty accurate if compared to what information we got today. Warning, reading this might spoil your enjoyment if you intend to learn about the show's world histories though the episodes.
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^Thanks. If it's correct, it clarifies the Vers-Mars situation a lot.
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Here's a look at the map from the episode and what the destruction of the moon (Heaven's Fall) did to the geography of the world. I'm sorry east and west coast of the America, it looks like America lost huge chunks of it's continental land. Half of Australia is gone. And poor South America...
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