God I would kill for that. Always wanted to read Thunderbolt, would love to own it officially.

And yeah Johnny, or as you'd know him at this point in his life, Led Wayline, was in MSV-R The Return of Johnny Ridden. Which takes place in UC 0090. Amnesiac after the final Battle of A Baoa Qu, Johnny (Led) joined the Federation as a survey member examining mobile weapons of the One Year War era. Oddly he was even part of a task force that was looking for him! The types of mobile weapons he studied included those from Thunderbolt as far as I know as well. It opens up the door that he could be in this show in some capacity for flashbacks. That's my hope at the very least. And Johnny could very easily have been present for the battles in Thunderbolt as well. He was kind of all over the place during the OYW.

Sounds interesting. I think it would just be a straight telling of Thunderbolt, but if the story was part on an arc for Johnny Ridden in U.C. 0090, I think that would be cool.

Also people in Japan have been complaining about IBO's violence: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...V2VBywQDLel.01

Of course Japan would have its analog of the Parents Television Council to try and remove everything that normal people can enjoy. Though adopting a TV rating system like we have in the States might help point out what's for kids and what is meant for adults like IBO.

I agree. Also doesn't help that on the surface, IBO has AGE artstyle syndrome, of having a cute design upfront,misleading to some, but ending up being some dark shit.

i was talking about animation but i more an happy with this the only say 2000 gundam i have watch is seed so i do know that current gundam shows remind me of that animation

It also doesn't help that this is being marketed towards kids.

Yup. You can't market a show to kids and then pull the crap they're pulling with Mika. He's a pretty horrific character even for adult audiences.

Yeah the stuff I've heard about him is why I haven't watched IBO it seems a bit too dark for Gundam.*and this is coming from a guy who likes Zeta and Victory*

He's basically a character with absolutely no moral compass who will happily murder people in cold blood if his friend simply tells him to. It's pretty discomforting to watch, but I'm assuming the show is actually going to go somewhere with how self-destructive that relationship is.

Yeah, Mika can be a sociopath, but we have to realize Orga is also just as much a main character as Mika. I have a feeling that Mika will be confronted about this, but I also feel its not gonna be that important considering the Martian plight is the main focus.