Gundam AGE

[vejita613]

As per requested, I will create a new thread.

(copy/pasted from other thread)
{SAGE} Gundam AGE episode 1 720p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=251468)

Overall, pretty generic.

CONS (mostly nitpicky stuff):

-"Yeah, UE attacks other places, but theyre not going to attack here".
-And then Flint argues with the teacher...like THATS going to change anything. Shouldnt he be taking that to like the admiral or something? Since you know, they trust him with the development of a mobile suit anyways.
-SFX are pretty generic. Then again, I thought the same thing about 00 and I got over it. Also sounds like theyre recycling SEED SFXs too.
-Friend of mine was complaining about how AGE and UE can take alot of shots and show no damage. Doesnt bother me too much, considering the tone of the show. Plus, that short of thing has been seen before in Gundam.

PROS:
-MC is apparently a freaking genius. Built his own damn Gundam. And apparently they gave him full control (atleast in in development). And, so far, it doesnt look like its gotten to his head like certain other Gundam protags. Yeah, hes a bit anti-social but hes just trying to save the world and such.
-Still not a fan of the character designs, but the Mobile Suits didnt look too shabby.

Thats all I got for now really. Considering that its only the first episode and its intended audience, I dont want to be TOO judgmental. As I said before, I will keep my expectations low and hope for the best.

[Barumonk]

The entire episode felt a bit rushed, but not too bad. My biggest problem is how they jumped from:

"Dying mother hands him designs to a gundam." -> "Kid has designs to a gundam, he is a god damn genius." -> "Kid has designs to a gundam, nearly zero learning curve inside cockpit during an actual battle when it was stated that it was so early in development that they only managed to do a mobility test to see if the gundam could even walk."

Even the whole fact that the commander in charge of the single mobile suit which has any chance to save the entire colony was just like:

"What are you doing?!"
*stern look
"Okay, let the 14 year old with no training pilot it."

Aside from the commander and that engineer who looks like Dr. Robotnik's brother, everyone else seems really normal. On the point of normal though, likelyhood that the sub-commander guy who was zoning out is a UE spy? 70%.

[Harima Kenji]

Isn't a young boy w/o piloting experience jumping in a MS a returning occurance in Gundam series?

What I recall, Frit mentioned that the MS testing procedure was too slow, because he knew it would work.
He built the suit himself, so I think it's only natural that you know how to pilot it. And since it's a gundam series, he's also a piloting genious..
I think he was allowed to sortie because there were no other capable pilots or something.


That 'sub-commander guy' seemed to hyperventilate to me.

[shinta|hikari]

They had no choice but to allow him. Heck, it's not even such an issue, since they could not stop him if they tried.

This show is generic Gundam drivel.

[Barumonk]

Isn't a young boy w/o piloting experience jumping in a MS a returning occurance in Gundam series?

Well, at least the recent main characters have had some type of experience or a more valid past than their mother handing them the designs to a gundam. In 00 they all had training at some point with mobile suits before the series actually started. In SEED, ultimate coordinator bullshit aside, Kira was an engineering genius who was actually helping design the gundams (by helping his professor) and was studying robotics and probably by extension mobile suit design. SEED Destiny they all had prior training. Kamille in ZETA did amateur mobile suit design and was exposed to them constantly. Amuro studied robotics and even built his own.

My point is that it feels rushed to say that he had no interest in mobile suits and then his mother hands him designs to one of the most advanced mobile suits of his era and so he turns into a genius. We don't even get to see this on screen at all, it's just something we have to take people's word for with a short two minute segment. If he is such a genius that he can handle reading mobile suit designs and actually doing helpful work during it's creation then why the hell is he in the same class as all the normal people? Why does his teacher act like everything he says is bullshit? I got the impression that the military was just humoring him because he gave them the designs to a legendary weapon and that the teacher and the rest of the class were calling him out.

Yeah, then he drops in an untested mobile suit that he had designs for and rips apart a veteran pilot within moments after walking out the bay doors. /facepalm

[Kraco]

I think I've heard enough to make an educated decision not to watch this show. That sort of thing Barumonk just described is exceedingly high on my do-not-like list.

[Splash!]

The kiddiness of this show just feels awkward in a Gundam setting. Flit looks like the age where he should be playing with Beyblades or Cards or something, not piloting war machines meant to destroy and kill (Although if the target audience is indeed little kids, I doubt there will be any killing). Mixing kids and Gundams just seems like a bad idea to me...
Also, I noticed him having trouble climbing a ladder, and then moments later I am lead to believe he can proficiently pilot a Gundam?

Anyways, it doesn't seem like a show for anyone older than 15.

[RyougaZell]

Im not that big of a Gundam fan as others... but I honestly don't saw a problem with the first episode. The style reminded me a lot of the original series with Amuro and the gang.

[Harima Kenji]

How are the subs from {sage} ?
Is this the only group that subs it?
I streamed the first episode using aussieproxy.info, but it doesn't seem to work with ep 2 :(

[vejita613]

As far as I can tell, they are the only group subbing this. Theyre not too bad, but then I'm not usually picky when it comes to sub groups.

{sage} Gundam AGE Episode 2 720p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=253097)

Not too sure how I feel about the AGE builder. Otherwise, an interesting episode.

[Illrenmazou]

I thought it was cool. I just hope it won't become some deus ex machina. That Yurin girl reminds me a lot of Tifa from Gundam X.

[Harima Kenji]

Yurin is pretty much Tiffa Adil :p
Something tells me she is connected to the UE.

The Age builder is an interesting idea, but the high speed building of parts is a bit overdoing it in my opinion. Although the CG was pretty sweet :D
Analysing the combat data and coming up with a countermeasure is fine, but making it in a few seconds is just too much.

[Illrenmazou]

1026
[sage]​_Mobile​_Suit​_Gundam​_AGE​_-​_03​_[720p][10bit][CA6F22B7].​mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=254873)
[sage]​_Mobile​_Suit​_Gundam​_AGE​_-​_03​_[480p][B6E98769].​mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=254874)

[Barumonk]

I feel like episode 2 and 3 were able to alleviate some of my initial problems with the show. Overall I don't think its completely terrible, but.. yeah, the bad guys are furries. I'm done.

[Harima Kenji]

So far the show keeps me entertained. Fights are decent, story is nice so far.
I have to say, the exploding colony was very nicely executed. Showing previously seen places go up in flames is amazing.

[masamuneehs]

Prewatching:
so at first i was like "a new Gundam show? oh, well it'll probably be another UC based spinoff that doesn't add any-... ...what? NOT A UC SPINOFF? then... ... then... wait... .... oh god, no... .... ....wait... aliens? ... no. no. nononononononononnonononono"

i've watched just about every Gundam show ever. i'm watching this.

still, i'm more than a little broken up inside. it honestly feels like this franchise has lost touch with so many of the things that made it great (insight on war, politics, technology and the interplay between the three), in order to stick with the things that made it popular (middle school boy got the coolest robot ever).

it really sucks that i'm going into this knowing that i can't honestly expect it to be any good, or to hold it up to any high standards. that's exactly what i used to watch Gundam for, to have a "standard". sure, it was often overly serious, largely nonsensical philosophical drivel combined with color-gradient censored montages of naked teenagers adrift in the cosmos, but it was more than entertainment. it was trying to be something more important.

tl;dr
Gundam was serious business.
Now it's Pikachu in space.
Tomino needs to come back
and be deprived of his anti-depressants.


11 Random Things That Masa Found When He Went To Watch Gundam AGE Episode 01: The Savior, Gundam and Wept

00:10 - Pew pew pew. Pew pew pew. Even the sound effects are already phoning it in. And we're ten seconds in.
09:40 - ah, the faceless enemy. and they even make animal growls... i am somehow not impressed. then again, Char's awesome red suit and cape didn't wow me either at first...
10:54 - "what are the UE really?" ... ... well... that may be a mystery i can get into. it could add a wrinkle or two into this seemingly overly simple story.
06:08 - Doctor Robotnik's parallel universe goody-two-shoes brother is so going to deus ex machina the shit out of this show
20:55 - Rule 1 of the UE: Leave no dead. And that answers a lot of my questions about how humanity sucks so hard against these alien guys.
15:45 - i Lol'd. that Largan guy is so fucking stupid. i'm going to laugh so hard when he finally dies and they try to pass it off as serious, because this cretin deserves to be dead before the first ED even rolled.
14:14 - they CENSORED OUT the Feddy mobile suit getting cut up. too graphic for this audience? not in last century it wasn't, right?
16:42 - "flit will be fine. his determination is as good as a soldiers." <-- if you can figure out what is wrong with this sentence, you know why i'm not in love with this show.
22:00 - red ship and single slit eyes. they really have turned Zeon into Zombies... Alien zombies...
17:48 - a female character who might be the only character i like in a Gundam show? this whole thing is backwards
20:14 - but the kid can carve up the CharZaku with three nasty stabs to the cockpit (is he trying to explode the nuclear reactor, or is that never going to happen in this show?) and it's the triumphant moment of the episode. yuck.

[Illrenmazou]

Well, there was G Gundam and I love it despite being too goofy and alien compared to the rest of franchise so I'm giving this series a chance.


Tomino needs to come back
and be deprived of his anti-depressants.

A little off-topic, but this might pique your interest:
UC, 1000 years later... (http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2011/10/tomino-yoshiyukis-new-project-g-reko.html)

[Illrenmazou]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_04_[720p][10bit][493EE9A1].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=256600)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_04_[480p][C3FF15A2].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=256599)

[Barumonk]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_04_[720p][10bit][493EE9A1].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=256600)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_04_[480p][C3FF15A2].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=256599)

Coming back to say that I was wrong about the enemy furries, instead he is an ally/rival furry. Improvement? Honestly once you get past the ears.. yeah. He is experienced, level headed and likes to pick on the main character who's name I didn't bother to remember. Best character in the show and he has only been in one episode.

[Illrenmazou]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_05_[720p][10bit][BEE3501B].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=258458)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_05_[480p][14ED6399].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=258470)

[Harima Kenji]

[sage] Mobile Suit Gundam AGE - 06 [720p][10bit] (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=260068)
[sage] Mobile Suit Gundam AGE - 06 [480p] (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=260069)

I have to say, I'm liking this series more and more.

When I saw the 'worker suit' It immediately reminded me of another MS.. let me know what you think :D Just look at the build and details.

We finally get to see the Titus next week.

Strange thought: We're already getting close to halfway of Flit's part of the story... If devided equally, each generation will be 15-16 eps long..

btw: does anyone know the advantages of the 10bit version over the 8bit(normal) version?
My media player (WDTV Live) can't play it, so I have to watch it on my PC...

[vejita613]

Thanks for keeping up with this guys. Ive been slacking a bit, too much other stuff going on irl...

So far, my biggest reasons for watching is Wolf and the captain. Wolf is always entertaining whenever hes on screen, and the captain is so bad ass that he can not only avoid court martial by blackmailing the commander of the station, BUT he can take off his hat and trench coat to reveal......ANOTHER HAT AND TRENCH COAT!

[Harima Kenji]

The captain surely is the most interesting character at the moment.

[masamuneehs]

well finally got to watching episode two. tried to go into it with a lot less of a critical eye...

a few parts of this episode were enjoyable. my favorite moment came when the Feddy Captain was just going to preserve the battleship and escape, abandoning the civilians. it's nice to see that the Feddies still have some ridiculous assholes in their ranks. at least they haven't neutered the political commentary that much... and it was nice to see the old man make a sacrifice, and cool how the "captain" (i guess he's captain now? and I guess he's also an elite hacker or something to alter all the files on the battleship to say that he's the captain =p) kicked some ass and grabbed the wheels of power, but still, this show is laugh out loud kiddy at times.

they have a deus ex machina machina. i really need somebody to explain to me how energy works in this Gundamverse. They're pull the COLONY CORE right out of the colony, but that core can only provide five hours of life support? Has the COLONY been running off of energy that isn't produced by it's CORE? But a twelve year old boy designed a machine that instantly creates fully synchronized, improved weapons for a mobile suit, and it's a box just sitting there?

psychic girl is keeping me interested. Emily's taken a huge stumble in my eyes when she blindly raced after Flit. i'm also starting to get interested in the bearded "captain". bold man, bold whiskers.

[Illrenmazou]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_07_[720p][10bit][1827C4FB].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=261569)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_07_[480p][005A0D4A].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=261570)

[masamuneehs]

gonna try to catch up in this show a bit.

episode 3, in which the old man does everything. i suppose the final enemy didn't necessarily know Flit was out of ammo... if there's more single character efforts in the ballpark of that guy's in 3, this series might actually be pretty good.

episode 4, in which Yurin (i really do almost laugh out loud every time they say her name) overtakes Emily in the masa main character shipping universe. no girl who tries to sink you like that is going to be the one for you.

in the future they will use cables to transfer data

also the episode 4 for people boasting about their ability, but sucking super hard. Wolf is the reincarnation of that guy I hated to death from Gundam00. He had some nice aim though... Also, I am going to assume that the reason the UE did NOTHING about running right on top of the Gundam and Wolf's Genoace scrimmage is that they honestly did not see them. whatever they have that jams others is jamming them. that or they take the shortest buses ever.

Grudek and his beard may yet save this thing. then again, he did let two of his best units sortie for no good reason at all.

[vejita613]

SAGE Mobile Suit Gundam Age EP 8 (http://bt.edwardk.info/groups/nishishi-subs/%5Bsage%5D_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_08_%5B720p%5D%5B10bit%5D%5B4C356CD0%5D.mkv.torren t)

So far, still kinda have that "meh" feel with this series.

[masamuneehs]

i actually watched 5 and 6 last night and enjoyed them. now that my expectations for this series have been nuked to zero, i'm again pleased if/when they show a more mature side to the show. i thought they did a great job showing how Flit's kindness, and everybody's totally lax behavior in this show, can come back to bite them in the ass, like when Desel stole the Gundam. ...of course, the fact that he simply GAVE IT BACK sorta ret-cons any point they may have been able to make about "don't be overly trusting / kind"... but this is a show for middle and elementary schoolers...

Grudek is the man. I like how he's willing to bust heads and play outside of the rules... i do wish they'd explain how the hell he gets all his info and manages his uber hacking tricks...

some things in this show are never going to make sense. there's a ton of lampshading going on, and even some of the stuff that could be used to develop an interesting, concrete backstory is just sorta thrown out there as though to cover up some embarrassed writer's laziness (the whole "civil war" in 6 was pretty much them saying "now, imagine that LOGH happened during this part here"). in their defense, since this is supposedly set tons of years after humanity has moved into outer space, they've got a lot of room for fucking around.

it's amazing that i can abide Emily. i guess when you've seen one teary-eyed, war-hating female friend of a Gundam pilot, you've seen them all. i also sorta love the fact that that genius old man who builds fucking awesome weapons for a kid yet to hit puberty, is pretty much always Flit's bitch.

so, yeah, i'm actually sort enjoying this show in parts. it pretty much looks like the death knell for the Gundam franchise as far as originality goes, but it's not bad for a show aimed precisely at this demographic.

episode 8
Shades of G Gundam. Kneeing the opponent in the groin area is a pretty ugly way to win a fight, but I've gotta admit that I like the melee lasers.

Not as much as I like Wolf Ehniack and the G Ex-S (extra special). I don't think there will ever be anything in a Gundam show that I like more than the words "dual high-powered beam sabers". Also saying that the best special feature of his mobile suit was that it had him as the pilot was hilarious and badass. I'm a maniac for the Ehniack.

we all learned a lesson, and took a step forward... ...except Grudek, who spilled the beans on the fact that the Federation is/has been working to suppress technology while people IN THE FUTURE have been living in WOODEN SHACKS

i actually really enjoyed episode 8. sappy and kiddy still? sure, but it had its moments.

[masamuneehs]

Episode 9 from sage.
http://sage.gundam.eu/2011/12/gundam-sage-09/

[vejita613]

SAGE Mobile Suit Gundam Age EP 10 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=267445)

Spallow didnt get much screen time unlike Titus. But, they really need to give all the other suits some better weapons if they plan to do anything against the UE.

[masamuneehs]

SAGE Mobile Suit Gundam Age EP 9 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=267445)
they really need to give all the other suits some better weapons if they plan to do anything against the UE.

i still can't believe they had ZERO weapons when they sortied against that UE outside of the factory. also, it was mighty convenient that the Gundam got there like a second after it was asked for. Grudek had a good episode, and the first half of this seems to be building to at least sort of a climax. next is a warm-up battle as an appetizer for the main dish?

[vejita613]

SAGE Mobile Suit Gundam Age EP 11 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=269634)

No new episode next week.

[vejita613]

SAGE Mobile Suit Gundam Age EP 12 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=torrentinfo&tid=273053)

Funny how as soon as he stops eating the chocolate, he becomes a good guy.....

[Illrenmazou]

To fill out the gap:

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_13_[720p][10bit][79485DAF].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=275039)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_13_[720p][3CAC832E].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=275147)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_13_[480p][77DFB544].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=275040)

Latest episode:

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_14_[720p][10bit][13C7D174].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=276837)

Most of us totally saw that coming but, damn, that's one well executed episode.

[Harima Kenji]

It really was a very nice episode! It felt like a good ol' Gundam for 'grownups'.
It's true that the Yurin - Lalah role was painfully obvious, but it was done very well. When Flit snapped it became a mature gundam series. The next episode will most likely be very sweet. As (likely) the last episode of the generation it'll go out with a bang.

Sparing Desil will haunt him for the rest of his life.

[Illrenmazou]

Last episode of the 1st generation:
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_15_[720p][10bit][8075C124].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=278774)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_15_[480p][0198C005].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=278776)

[Illrenmazou]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_16_[720p][10bit][F2599D59].mkv (www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=281668)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_16_[480p][85FA9C10].mkv (www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=281669)

[enkoujin]

Necromancer powers, activate!

This show is unbelievably great. I look forward to this show every single Sunday and the pace is really picking up with generation 3 - everything is so much better than both generation 1 and 2.

[enkoujin]

I can't let the discussion on this underrated Gundam series die!

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_36_[720p][10bit][45C9E0D0].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=323831)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_36_[480p][FCB818AF].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=323830)

[enkoujin]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_37_[720p][10bit][3A51C6FD].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=325565)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_37_[480p][FEFB2612].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=325564)

[shinta|hikari]

I'll bite. Start a discussion then.

[enkoujin]

I really enjoyed the aging character of Flit here.

You don't see many series where you see continual updates to a character over a span of several decades. It also feels realistic because it does show how adults were able to form their stubborn and self-justified ideologies due to something that happened in their childhood.

What really bothers me is Ezelcant's recent revelation that he intentionally leaves holes in his plans to "test" Earthlings or something like that. Doesn't he realize the urgency of his people and himself? Shouldn't he just exterminate all opponents and establish a settlement on Earth to reduce the fatality of the Mars Rays sickness? The reasoning in the latest episode was just bad and these holes in his plans backfired on a grand scale because surviving troops could be recovered and used later to weaken the Vagan army.

Other than that, I don't have much to talk about; I'm not much of a discussion starter.

[shinta|hikari]

I agree with you about Flit. Even if I hate his guts, it is interesting to see a character change to such an extent, while still maintaining his core goals.

Ezelcant probably wants co-existence with the humans on earth in the end, as long as they fit his standards.

What I am really confused about is why super pilot suddenly left his family. He said that he wanted to clean up the Federation, but there are so many ways of achieving that without being an asshole. He could have at least taken his family with him, or informed them of what he wanted to do. Pretending to be dead does not seem to benefit anyone, even him.

The gundam fights in this show are absolutely boring. I find that they just get in the way of the story,

[enkoujin]

Ezelcant probably wants co-existence with the humans on earth in the end, as long as they fit his standards.

Wouldn't it be a problem trying to convince his seemingly racist population to accept living with humans? It would seem counterintuitive if this was an intention and how he betrayed that one politician who was the Earth Federation President in the last episode of generation 2 where Flit purged anyone in power with ties to the Vagan.


What I am really confused about is why super pilot suddenly left his family. He said that he wanted to clean up the Federation, but there are so many ways of achieving that without being an asshole. He could have at least taken his family with him, or informed them of what he wanted to do. Pretending to be dead does not seem to benefit anyone, even him.

In the very beginning of generation 3, Asemu mentioned something about a mission. It is possible that his last mission was to fake his death and join the pirates to intercept any federation-vagan spy ships that would be crossing through that unknown territory (his real objective).

I hope it gets explained when Asemu rescues Kio with the coming episodes why he pretty much abandoned his family. I tried rationalizing reasons why he would do this, but there are a lot of holes in the hypotheses I came. My best explanation was that the mission he mentioned at the very beginning of generation 3 was actually to take his own death and then provide surveillance in that region where he can intercept Federation-Vagan spy ships. The faking of his own death could be used to protect his family because if he's dead, his family can't really serve as hostages.

Maybe he was told by the Federation to find the EXA-DB and Asemu realized how corrupt the Federation was, so he took this information and formed his own organization to destroy it first?


The gundam fights in this show are absolutely boring. I find that they just get in the way of the story,

Kind of... there's nothing too notable about many of the battle scenes so far in the series so far.

I don't know why, but I always expect X-Rounder abilities to go off in every dire situation involving Kio. That aspect, during the battle scenes, is pretty suspenseful for me.

[shinta|hikari]

Well, Kio seems to be the best pilot, at least in potential, among his family. I do enjoy that fact, even if I do not care for the battles themselves.

About Ezelcant's goals, like I said, he will only do it if humanity passes his standards. If they don't, I think he intends to simply purge them and colonize earth. He is not proactively moving towards coexistence, but merely allows the possibility to be there.

Racism in Gundam is always harsh. but they always get peace (of some form) in the end. so I won't be surprised if that is how this will end up.

I don't think Asemu was ordered by anyone. I think he himself realized the necessity of someone cleaning up the Federation and doing things that are not normally allowed by the regulations in his previous post. This is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it has allowed him to get crucial information and items that can change the direction of the war. My only gripe about this is the fact that he abandoned his family for the usual stupid reason of "protecting" them, when that could have been achieved just as easily without keeping them in the dark and hurting them by doing so. It is just such a trite and idiotic plot point that it irritates me to no end.

[enkoujin]

Late releases:

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_38_[720p][10bit][95997EDF].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=328745)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_38_[480p][EB3075B1].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=328746)

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The Vagan had very piss-poor defences... I don't think I can even rationalize a reason why they have such bad defence considering Zanald and his crew had docked onto the Second Moon base. I think it's clear to say that the Vagan's attack on Earth is an all-in military strategy... has Ezelcant not anticipated the Earth Federation getting access to EXA-DB first so that they can warp travel?

I've seen some speculation elsewhere that Kio is progressing to become the Kira of Gundam AGE because he didn't actually try to kill any of the Vagan mobile suits that were trying to stop him from leaving. Do you guys think that this is true or is it because he didn't want any kind of hazardous debris falling from the sky to injure the Vagans (Dean in particular) or was it to avoid attracting a lot of unnecessary attention?

[enkoujin]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_39_[720p][10bit][425DB276].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=330138)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_39_[480p][7579C5F3].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=330133)

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Great action episode, though I thought the bit with Ezelcant hacking away at the AGE-3 during his flashback seemed pretty awkward, though.

I can see the final battle with Flit, Asemu and Kio against Fram/Zanald/Deen, Zeheart and Ezelcant. That's definitely something to look forward to.

[shinta|hikari]

I hope the next gundam age upgrade is something unique. This boomerang shooting version is the most boring ever.

[enkoujin]

Honestly, it looks like bits/DRAGOONs systems from Destiny except that they're melee and only strike the heads of the enemy suits. It's going to be another pacifist protagonist again with a no-kill policy...

[shinta|hikari]

FNLs suck.

[enkoujin]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_40_[720p][10bit][1267A1CF].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=332164)


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This is what I was expecting out of AGE. The characters themselves represent a change of ideas... you have the hardliner conservative who seeks to destroy every single Vagan, the strategic liberal who wants to keep a balance of powers on both sides and a revolutionary who seeks to salvage both sides of the war.

Sadly, I felt there there could have been more moments between Kio and Asemu and Flit. I'm going to mention it time after time, but those damn kids and Wendy in this final arc have absolutely no relevance to the plot or characters at all. And yet, they continue to show up and take up precious screen time...

In addition, Ezelcant dies... I don't know if it's a tradition in Gundam, but I've always noticed a pattern of the most prominent leader of one side having an immediate or cheap death. I bet you that when Ezelcant took Kio's biodata to use the AGE device, Ezelcant used some of Kio's genetics to genetically engineer that dude or girl in the chamber.

OP and ED were excellent and I look forward to the appearance of the fully upgraded AGE-1. Dark Hound doesn't look like it's got any upgrades for the final arc and has disappointed me a lot so far (I swear it's worse than the Double Bullet).

[enkoujin]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_41_[720p][10bit][9169E16B].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=334384)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_41_[480p][927B3FE3].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=334389)

[enkoujin]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_42_[720p][10bit][F4CC3E20].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=337259)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_42_[480p][E7DE52B2].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=337258)

[enkoujin]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_43_[720p][10bit][566536B3].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=338937)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_43_[480p][FCF9E1B0].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=338936)

Call me barbaric, but Kio and his pacifist strategy is absolute bullshit.

Why can't there just be a series where brute force wins?

[enkoujin]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_44_[720p][10bit][3CC427EA].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=343608)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_44_[480p][F5C50DE5].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=343609)

[enkoujin]

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_45_[720p][10bit][38F264AA].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=345868)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_45_[480p][939BB206].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=345870)

4 more episodes left!

[shinta|hikari]

Holy Fuck.

What the hell was Zeheart doing? He ordered Fram, who I really liked, to die then just goes off committing suicide for no good reason. I was hoping that the naked communication thing at the very end would convince him not to shoot the cannon.

Could he have been any more stupid?

Why do all the good characters keep dying in this show? I could care less if grumpy gramps, emo dad, or whiny brat died a horrible death, but those that are actually interesting (excluding Zeheart, he was the character I disliked most) just keep dying.

[enkoujin]

What the hell was Zeheart doing? He ordered Fram, who I really liked, to die then just goes off committing suicide for no good reason. I was hoping that the naked communication thing at the very end would convince him not to shoot the cannon.

I wouldn't know what else I would do in his shoes after firing that cannon; cannon's down, your forces are sparse and the only other immediate weapon you have available to counter the gundams is sitting idle. I'm pretty sure the reason why the Legalis lost to the Dark Hound was purely due to story plot so there could be some emotional closure between Zeheart and Asemu.


Could he have been any more stupid?

I guess not.


Why do all the good characters keep dying in this show? I could care less if grumpy gramps, emo dad, or whiny brat died a horrible death, but those that are actually interesting (excluding Zeheart, he was the character I disliked most) just keep dying.

I think it's because the director realized what a big mistake it was to fit in all those unnecessary people and themes (Springan, the children, Wendy, Wootbit, three sand brothers, useless crew members, Dean, Shanarua, Emily, young Dique, etc.) and couldn't fully flesh out the three main characters and Zeheart. So we have half-assed characters that we see every week and when we see someone fresh, they're killed off because the script was half-assed written.

[enkoujin]

Shit, I've been busy lately.

[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_49_[720p][10bit][698AF321].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=355302)
[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_49_[480p][2E251044].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=355303)

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Holy shit, that was really REALLY bad.

Series went super downhill since everyone went up to space in the third generation; oh well, here's hoping the next Gundam series does better.

[vejita613]

Finally caught up with everything.



Holy shit, that was really REALLY bad.
Series went super downhill since everyone went up to space in the third generation; oh well, here's hoping the next Gundam series does better.
Eh...it wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't good. Really, I kind of felt like the second generation was the height of AGE and everything just went down hill from there.

The saddest part of AGE for me was that there really wasn't anything memorable. For Zeta it had Kamilles fight with Scirocco at the end. SEED Destiny, it was Strike Freedoms first launch. 00 was "GN flag out of nowhere!" at the end of the first season. About the most memorable thing for me from AGE is the destruction of the Diva. Otherwise, I just...didn't care. That probably sounds alot harsher than I intend, but I kinda just felt apathetic watching the whole thing. I didn't feel excited or sad or angry. Just...apathetic.

I don't think I could ever bring myself to say that a Gundam series is bad. I just find it unlikely that I will ever go back and rewatch this series anytime in the near future.

Also, kudos and apologizes to you guys for keeping this thread going. I know I kind of dropped the ball on it, but I found it really hard to watch each week. I was spoiled each week by Gundam Guy and wouldn't bother watching an episode until just before the next one came out.

[shinta|hikari]

This was bad.