When Anime Past Meets Present

So by now many probably know about the whole Gundam 00 and Gurren Lagann licensing by Bandai Entertainment, and if not then they do now.    If you go here you can see a page with two links to “Something Awesome” and “Something Incredible”, but unfortunately nothing to “Something Awful”.  Great website that last one by the way.  Anyways, Something Awesome takes you to the information on Gundam 00’s license and Something Incredible takes you to Gurren Laganns.  I find the later particularly amusing because this is the second time ADV has had a popular series stolen out from under them, the last being Funimations quick move to snatch up the Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid license.  This one was arguably even bolder though as ADV had already announced the license, then did nothing and now it’s in the hands of Bandai Entertainment.  Of course Gundam 00 was a given and it was only a matter of time before it made it to North America, but the latter one is hilarious.   Continue reading ‘Two Great Licenses, One Company And One Hell Of A Steal’

Wow, so what to talk about that I haven’t already in my individual episode articles.  I know I said I would do one, but it almost feels like I’ve said everything I need to say on this series.  I don’t think I’m going to do a monster like some people do, but I’ll see what I can come up with to cap things off. Continue reading ‘Gundam 00 Final Analysis’

Yes Setsuna, Yes It Was, It Was Named After You

No longer shall we wait, for the world did not, even for those who are Celestial Beings. It’s time to cap off the first half of Gundam 00 with one final summary and analysis before we head on to Code Geass and Macross Frontier. Speaking of which, what are those that follow primarily Romance and Slice of Life series going to do this season…..oh man I just got this thought of 30 people following To Love Ru and Kanokon avidly and I’m not sure I can get it out of my head. Let’s work at saving my brain…..”Together, With Gundam”. Continue reading ‘Gundam 00 Episode 25 (Setsuna)’

Anyone remember episode 49 of Zeta Gundam, “Casualites of War”, well this episode might not match it’s bloodbath, but it makes a rather strong effort.  Also two more aside things before we get started.  MS Igloo 2 has been announced and details can be found at it’s homepage.  Yes it’s still 3D CGI and hopefully Sunrise has actually figured out how to do that in a way that doesn’t make the characters look overly creepy and apparently it’s supposed to focus on the Earth Federation’s ground war this time around.  Pretty cool considering the MS Igloo franchise was never supposed to make it beyond the walls of the Bandai Museum. Continue reading ‘Gundam 00 Episode 24 (The Endless Poem)’

So now that we are almost at the end of the first season I’ve decided to do something that nobody else I know of has tried to do.  I’m going to talk a little bit about some of the criticisms levelled at the series and try to address them with my own thoughts.  Some are well though out and accurate while others are not so much in my opinion.  Nonetheless I think it’s worth taking a look at so let’s begin then shall we. Continue reading ‘Looking Back At Gundam 00 Season 1 (Addressing The Criticism)’

Having got back from an interview at Sunrise (it’s a retirement home chain, and no I’m not making that up I swear) it’s time to view something by Sunrise.  Namely episode 23 of Gundam 00.  Big space battle this time and lots of character deaths.  It seems staying alive in this series will require the utmost of skill and luck, the latter of which seems to be the major reason Patty is still alive more than the former.  Let’s not worry about that though and get right into things. Continue reading ‘Gundam 00 Episode 23 (Stopping Za Worldo)’

Unfortunately a combination of thinks that make my life far to hectic and busy are keeping me occupied this week.  As such this is going to be a much less detailed summary than usual with far fewer screencaps and such.  Hopefully people aren’t to disappointed. Continue reading ‘Gundam 00 Episode 22 (Trans-Am)’

We begin tragically this episode as Saji is forced to unzip the body bag of the now confirmed dead Kinue Crossroad.  As a really depressing Violin and Piano combination song plays in the background Saji weeps for his beloved older sister, his last familial tie.  He is all on his own now, or as I am apparently supposed to understand it, gone emo (which I think is entirely the wrong attitude to have about his situation).  If I suddenly lost my girlfriend and then my parental guardian I would be broken up too. Continue reading ‘Gundam 00 Episode 21 (Path of Ruin)’

Hmmm…..*Scratches Head* No That Can’t Be Right

Hey everyone, it’s GM/Nemo/Jegan/Heavygun/Gunblastor/Gundam Head/Virgo/Serpent/Daughtress/Dom/Strike Dagger/Windam time.  That’s right, it’s time to showcase the terror of mass production.  And what is up with this text spacing?  Oh well, here we go. Continue reading ‘Gundam 00 Episode 20 (Blade Of Revolution)’

Hey, can people guess what I picked up today?  Hint: It’s not the latest whatever Idol just released a CD, CD. Continue reading ‘An OST In Review’