If you guys didn't see the news, I've got good news and bad news.

Good news - Zeta is going to be released on BD next year.
Bad news - ZZ is going to be DVD only.

I honestly still don't see what's so great about Blu-Ray.

Could that be due to ZZ not out on blu ray in japan

ZZ is out in Japan. I've owned the discs since 2011.

Uh... better video quality, superior uncompressed audio, better quality discs that are harder to scratch and hold more information, etc. Not sure what you can't understand about that. Hell, animation looks so much more detailed on BD. Old black and white movies have much richer blacks, especially Film Noirs like Double Indemnity and Touch of Evil. The new 4K masters of Bram Stoker's Dracula is absolutely stunning.

Because you get everything in HD. Blu-Ray has been becoming the main home video format for the last 5 or 6 years. Blu-Rays can be like 720p, 1080p, and 4K. Standard DVDs only support up to 480p (576p if you live in Europe). If you watch a DVD on a flatscreen TV, the picture will look upscaled. There is no reason to buy DVD's unless there is no other choice. I always buy movies and TV shows on Blu-Ray. I buy anime on DVD if there is no other way to buy it on blu-ray or if the blu-ray looks like shit (I'm looking at you DBZ!).

I honestly can't tell the difference between 480 and 720p.

Although my laptop is about 6-7 years old so that might have something to do with it.

Maybe you could tell the difference between 480P and 4K then?

4K technology while impressive from what I've heard won't be relevant anytime soon because of how expensive it is.

It won't be in a few years. My laptop I got this year has 4K, so devices are integrating it slowly.

Blu-Ray players and HD TVs can be cheaper to buy now then they where almost a decade ago. I still remember in 2006 when my tech ed teacher said that HD TVs would take over in 10 years from now and he was right. In fact that they became more common quicker beforehand.

I know this thread is mostly anime talk, but did anybody order the Metal Build Astray Red Frame last night?

I forgot about it, until it was too late and I missed the Astray itself. But I did get a preorder for the flight unit, yaaaay.

I don't collect Metal Builds, but I do like the look of some of them. Especially the Destiny and SF.

The only Metal Build I have is Exia

And that was because it had R2 and R3 parts which I can't really get in 1/100 elsewhere.

Wait, there's an Exia R3?

I passed on the preorder for Destiny, and I have never regretted any decision in my life as much.

Technically, Exia came with the R3 parts. the R2 parts came with Exia Repair. Someday I will buy two more of the Exia/R3 set so I can display all the forms. Because I'm dumb and OCD.

It gets brought up in the movie.
Sorta kinda.

Metal Builds look cool, but I don't know much about them.

I don't remember that.

I was going to pre-order it then saw the price. I think I'd rather get the PG for cheaper and I get to have fun building it. It's a bit expensive in my eyes when you're getting a MG sized gundam with some diecast parts. I know it's probably got a nice premium finish and quality to it but I prefer model kits. lol.

Setsuna gets to earth on the Exia, by that point it was already the REIII.
Lockon also uses the Dynames Repair, but the names are never brought up.

Huh.... Yeah, I don't remember Setsuna getting to Earth. I remember the whole colony corp thing in the One flag and him an Ptolemios hanging out in space and him on Earth helping Saji out but yeah.

'lo and behold:

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/...20110829231245

It's more of an MSV type suit that appears in some side story.

Oh... eh. 00 has a shitty Expanded universe, so it's not like I care all that much.

...I think the mangas are better than the series especially the ones starring Fon Spark.

... I think that most of the sidestories kinda undermine the original purpose of the main Celestial Being team. Often times, they are off doing stuff more important then the main team and I don't like that. 00I is about stopping the Innovades from taking control of the GN drives by getting a specific group of them together. I'm sorry, why was something this crucial never mentioned in the show?

Only 00 sidestory I like is the prequel , I think it could make for a good anime adaptation, with some changes.

...That pretty much applies to every series' spinoffs.

I prefer the manga's amoral portrayal of Celestial Being as opposed to the series.

So in other news, the first trailer for Thunderbolt released alongside screenings of Gundam the Origin 2. Here's one of the stills, as the trailer hasn't been released yet.


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YShZSp4Khw...25974226_n.jpg


I also found a better summary of Thunderbolt's plot:
The first part of the story takes place in the ruins of Side 4. It's known as the Thunderbolt sector because the colony debris produces static discharges when they collide with one another, giving the impression of lightning. The area has some strategic significance since Zeon uses it as a supply route to A Bao Qu, thus it is guarded by a special unit of MS Snipers called "The Living Dead." All of them have missing limbs and are part of some program where Zeon recycles its injured soldiers as pilots who use a prosthetic limb interface to control their mobile suits. Their ace is Daryl Lorenz who is one of their top snipers and the main Zeon protagonist.
Meanwhile, a Federation unit made mostly up of the former inhabitants of Mua are tasked with clearing out the sector and opening a hole in Zeon's supplies. Their attempts to take it are disastrous, but one daredevil pilot named Io Flemming manages to sneak up and hijack one of the sniper's mobile suits which eventually leads in him being entrusted with a Gundam modified with heavy armor and additional boosters to flush out the remainder of Zeon's forces.
The second part of the story seems to take place sometime later and a new Gundam is introduced.

Actually, yeah.

If done well it adds depth to the world, not every single event can spin around the protagonist group.

Also, Gundam the Origin 3 coming Spring next year. Here's some the teaser image and first trailer:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oFW0aD2YO-...ntitled-46.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0D5dv4hX2I

Seeing the red Zaku I in the back makes me think it's probably going to be the best Origin episode yet. As a red Zaku I indicates that the first mobile suit battle ever might occur in this episode. Which is one of my favorite fights in all of Gundam after reading the manga. Yes, it's that good, and I want to see it animated. Now whteher the MS on MS fight is going to be CGI or not... is debatable. I haven't seen either episode yet, but all the CGI I've seen has been the Zakus fighting Federation ships or the Guntank early version so maybe MS on MS fights will be hand drawn?

Huh. Neat.

considering every mobile suit shown has been CG so far, it probably will be CGI.

I need that Zaku as an HG please Bandai...

Loved Iron Blooded Orphans this episode! We finally have a ship and they got rid of Hitler-stache Judas as I like to call him, so now the plot can get really going! (Unlike Turn A, which finally got a ship in the 20s, lol)

I think the ship combat was really well done this episode, reminds me of some of the great ploys 00 pulled in season 2, even though it was just using an asteroid to turn around. It was super intense and I loved it. I think CGI for the ships was a very appropriate use here.

The action was also fantastic. Seeing what's his name in the Graze they had as a spare was pretty cool too. Makes me think they're developing all of these Tekkdan characters that we just thought were going to be in the background to eventually pilot an army of MSes by the end of the show.

So wait, I'm confused about Coral's plans (the Gjallerhorn guy in the red suit). First he wants to take out Kudelia for the sake of her father but also spur the independence movement at the same time, hides the report of his squad trying to take out CGS so he can't take the fall. Then this episode, he lets McGillis and Galieo take credit for the mission yet he's fighting in it?

Something interesting about this episode was McGillis talking about the Gundam frames and how they've been important in many of the World Changing events. Either that's a cute little nod to the franchise as a whole, or it might foreshadow encountering other frames with pilots. I know we've seen scans of new Gundams, but as far as I know, they may just be armor interchanges for Barbatos taken from frames not currently being used. So this prospect makes me excited.

well, when you realize Turn A is literally just World War 1 with mechs, it kinda makes sense in that regard.

I guess, but the story moved so god damn slow it felt like forever for something to happen.

this is why i hate daisuke making the other streaming site late on the episode cause im watching via crunchyroll and they are week behind from Daisuke.net

According to the wiki there used to be 70+ Gundam Frames, and the ones announced so far seem like completely new units, not variants of the Barbatos.

You can... switch.
If Daisuki isn't to your liking, gundam.info has it too I think.

Okay. Because I thought I saw that the frames between the Gundams were all the same except for the armor on top, so I was just wondering.

I hate using Daisuki because its videoplayer stutters all the time, even on scenes with not much action to it.

thing is im a big fan on watching anime via app on my game console and so far only crunchyroll as an app for ps4 i would use daisuke more if it had an app. i try to limit my anime downloads now only anime i donload now are funimation ones due to reasons

The inner frame is probably the same, can't break the HG budget.

In my end it's the opposite, stuff like Crunchy is a mess, but Daisuki works perfectly.

Oh dang, I understand, hope more players add that option.

yea thanks. but im fine doing it week late even if have proxy for my ps4 to get american crunchyroll that does not mean i get app on store only in america so yea main reason i download anime from them. any way to get back on track i am happy to hear the adult guy that from ep 3 double crossed them get his just deserts.