spoilers for G-Gundam: Wong's making up new rules to test Domon because Master Asia wants him to pilot the Devil Gundam.

A single villain maybe although personally I think Ribbons outdid her by manipulating the entire world and Celestial Being behind the scenes for a decade;) and the Zanscare Empire in the UC timeline decimated the Federation and almost conquered Earth.

Glemy.

Has Vertical said anything on doing more Gundam related stuff? I think they've said the Origin was a success, but nothing's really come out of them since Volume 12 of Origin. Maybe a convention soon?

So we just finished G Gundam and I've got some mixed feelings on things and enjoyed others.

Positives:

Domon and Rain's relationship
George, Sai Saici, Chibody, and Argo
Gundam designs
Unique concept that was a nice break from the norm
Decent soundtrack
Great ending

Negatives:

Very repetitive
Final Round rules make no sense
Lackluster true villain
Animation can be quite lacking in areas
No backstory on the Shuffle Alliance whatsoever. Who are they? What do they do? When were they created? Why do they exist? What is the role of each member? Like what differentiates the categories? Is Joker better than an Ace? Why is the Queen a male character? Why couldn't they spend 2 episodes less in the Final Round to develop this?
Very little in the way of plot

Overall, I enjoyed the series, but this is a show that seems to better be left doing in chunks instead of watching hours upon hours of episodes in one sitting. It just gets too repetitious at times and none of the rules make a lick of sense. Nevertheless, like I said above, it was a unique concept and I'm glad that Sunrise tried to do something new even if it failed in some areas. There were some good matches here and the main characters were quite likable. I actually didn't see the truth with Rain's father happening, so that was a nice little twist. It isn't going to be anywhere near my favorite Gundam series, but it is a good one.

BTW, I do want to say that while the dub was good despite the annoying name changes (and some of them do not make any sense like why Lumber Gundam was changed to Grizzly Gundam, especially when they didn't change the subtitles to them), I do wish they had given the characters accents to match their countries. Like the British dude. Speaking of which, I'm confused on one thing. When he appeared in the Final Round they were talking as if he had died, but he didn't die unless it happened off screen. Was it meant to be metaphorically speaking?

Unicorn Re:0096 Episode 3

Can't find any differences in this episode. Except the redrawn hand again, of course. And they combined OVA episode 1 and 2's footage.

Lol at Micott looking like she doesn't give a shit when they're watching the Unicorn fight.

We watched 0080 this morning and I have to say that this was actually quite enjoyable. I saw it for the first time in Jan of 2000 and thought it was absolutely boring, so I have never watched it since. One of my friends owns it on DVD so I borrowed it from him and I am quite glad I did as it was a well written little story with a different perspective on the war, and one that was done intelligently. It isn't going to enter my top five favorite series, but it will be one I will now be buying on BD whenever Rightstuf gets around to it. I'm glad I gave it a second viewing, especially after so long, because it was worth it. It was also nice to see a Gundam OVA not feel like it was being dragged out unnecessarily.

I found a big list of links to where fan translated Gundam manga is available.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...4TXV--Acs/edit

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2tuqu4nMc...1230247c78.jpg

The new HG Force Impulse looks so good.

Oh hell yes. Right Stuf just put up pre-orders for their import of the Gundam Thunderbolt Blu-Ray set! This is fantastic news. Such a good show. When generic junk like Iron Blood is on I can always rest easy knowing a good OVA series is still getting to shine too. Already got my order in on this one.

1. What is Thunderbolt?
2. I thought IBO was supposed to be amazing?

Gentle Chapman (John Bull (Royal)/Grand Gundam's pilot) died early on in the series after his match with Domon in Neo England, of heart failure from overdosing on stimulants. So yeah, he was actually dead by the time of the tournament.