It's good to know I'm not the only one. Even the fact that Kio is being taken in by a family like that is taken from Gundam Unicorn.
That said, Gundam AGE has been blatantly copying previous Gundam series as well if you ask me. Though the 3rd Arc does it in even a worse way. They even copied the concept of the "Box of Laplace".
I hope the next Gundam series will be a bit more original with less childish looking character art. Hopefully the adaptaion of Gundam: The Origin will be made by the same team as the one that's working on Gundam Unicorn. Gundam Unicorn is one proper anime that shows how a new series based in Universal Century should be made many years after the original UC series.
Well it was said from the beginning that they were going to introduce from ideas of other Gundam series, so yeah did we not know they were gonna go this all along -_-
Maybe Gundam needs a refresher but I like this series for the nods to other great Gundam series, and this is to introduce new fans, so eat your pudding.
Dafuq with your comaparison of this series to other Gundam series. I'm sick of reading comments of complaints that this anime is worse than the other Gundam anime series( even the ms design damnmit!). Crap! If don't want the anime, don't watch it. Kill yourseleves. t(-_-t)
They've stated from the beginning that AGE would pay homage to other Gundam series. They try to please you guys after asking for a series like this and you all call "Rehash!" Now stfu and die.
seriously, for god sake.. just 1 comment and opinion u guys go talking harsh and strong hate.. this stuff is common in nowadays anime entertainment.. denied all u want but the fact is there. we dont hate it, its just thats how we fan express our interest.. leave the harsh and hate behind.just take it easy
Actually all gundam series take cues from the first three series seed was just as bad and 00 was kind of original until the Alaws.Anyway what I trying to get at is the whole gundam series is a ripe off since Zeta, and even that took plots from the first series.Don't get me wrong while I am and fan of gundam the only original thing in the gundam universe is half of the moble siuts designs
Do you know who makes gundams more and more unoriginal??! The fans... They making a big fuss over new Gundam series being "not Gundam" (I'm talking about 00 S1 and first time UE (AGE) looks more like an AI rather than human piloted machine). So that Sunrise has to take a more traditional way by putting homages in order to please the fans. But what happened after is the fans rage over the series not being original.
I got to say I liked this episode. It was nice to see the effects of war and that they are human. Too many times in these series you don't see one side really hurting, like in Seed the Plants never had the problem of war ravaging theirhome. Anyways the problems of the Vegans is a nice addition to the story cause it makes their hate way more justifiable as apposed to a war of attrition. Finally their is something more to the war.
The Vagans have very advanced technologies for weapons but they still don't have the technology to cure their diseases caused by the Mars ray? They can't even provide free educations for the sick children and now all they care is to search for the lost weapon cache? They should be focusing on curing themselves first instead of waging wars against Earth
Dude, look at half the world (N.Korea, Pakistran, Syria) that has the resources and money to put their country in order - and look what happens? They spend half their time cursing at the americans and killing each other due to the wrong clan/religion/gender.
And Vagans have a very real excuse to be obsessed with revenge.
This episode was awesome only because we got to see the Vagan world and how they lived. This episode indeed pays homage to Unicorn, but who cares. I love the fact that they showed us that Lord E was also affected by the Mars Rays. This episode gets a 10/10 for me.
You come up with original designs, it's not Gundam. You come up with weird technology and rules of the world, it's not Gundam. You get everything good from Gundam, tell the fans you'll put it into a series, and do so, it's a rehash or ripoff.
The technology should be applied to the MS design so they truly original (OO gundams for example). Weird technology---> less realistic:is it gundam? I don't think so. I can accept solar furnace or even nuclear(which is why I hate SEED designs) as technology, but what is so called technology in AGE series? Absolutely nothing, they move solely by human emotion(Super Robot detected. Just... ridiculous, combining everything good? yeah the material can be good but if the execution is terrible this is what happened. It's not about originality but there's absolutely no gundam-ish feel when watching this. Even with OO's completely new ms design, I can still feel the same concept of what is gundam. In age, gundam is not more than just main character, o more, can be less.
You know what really sucks, that the Orbital only lasted 2 episodes haha. But overall I love Gundam AGE and it's homages, great show. And I'm looking foward to this "more adult" design approach with the darker theme like 00.
Seriously if you guys didn't expect this back in the asemu arc you'd have to be a complete idiot. O well, it took awhile for this show to pick up where I wanted, but it is finally getting there.
The only problem of AGE for me is the character design. Every time I look at it, it doesn't seem right. Everyone's head is too big. Well, I'm not that picky about character design, actually, not at all but you can clearly tell that the design is intended for younger audience which doesn't fit so well with Gundam(I have no problem watching Inazuma Eleven).
I believe there are some sketch of the characters that looks just right(better proportions) which would be nice if they actually use them.
Every gundam series is a copy of the 1st gundam, well, except G gundam. Politics, war, 2 factions fighting agaisnt each other, human population decreasing due to war, sacrifices. etc.... When they bring in a world tornament championship, ppl say its not gundam. When they bring aliens, complains arises that it is not gundam.
Every Gundam design is a copy of the 1st gundam and zeta. White, blue, red, transformable, V-fin heads. Except maybe Arche or some ridiculously awesome designs from G Gundam that have failed to impress the majority. Mermaid gundam anyone? rofl..
So really, just stop complaining on copying and rehash. why didnt anyone complain that God gundam has two beam sabers, was white, had vulcans on the head, had a core fighter, had blue chest, red feet, zz type twin v fins and that it look real "Gundam-my" and not original? -.-
CONCLUSION: if its entertaining, if it gives you something to look forward to each and every week, Its a hit. Its good enough. Complain on things such as not captivating enough, doesnt let audience sympathize with characters, slow pace, fast pace, shitty voice acting, shitty action scenes, bad fucking animation. MOTHER FUCKING RECAP EPISODES JUST 2 EPISODES BEFORE THE FINAL EPI, AND 2 EPISODES AFTER THE USELESS CALEFARE CENTERED PINK HAIR FAKE PRINCESS EPI. OR COMPLAIN ABOUT UNORIGINAL SCENES: LIKE......SAME FUCKING BATTLE SCENES EVERY FUCKING EPISODE.
*Best scene of seed destiny: Impulse vs Freedom. Everything after is the same fking thing. And shit tons of people can complain about it? and talk about how Strike freedom is the best damn thing to grace our television screens? Fuck me. It just flies in, hi-mat full burst, boom. Thats fucking all. Even freedom gundam had better scenes than that, Gundam Seed Was an AWESOME SERIES that had shit ton of character development, romance, etc... Seed destiny would have been somewhat decent if it followed what it did up to the point of freedom's destruction. After that was just sudden romances (LunaXShin, MeyrinXAthrun), absolutely ZERO character development, and ATROCIOUS fight scenes, except for Destiny Gundam vs Destroy Scenes.
Can I just say I think Age is ok so far, is it amazing no, is it beyond bad no, will it be remembered...no, is this episode ripping off Unicron ep 2 most likely yes, however I like the idea of the main character seeing someone elses viewpoint for a change so its ok with me. If people hate it..ok, if some one likes it...ok.
However.... No one has yet to point out how creepy that the main guy in charge of the Vegan and his wife see the resemblence between Kio and their dead kid....they put him in the same room that was their son's, with a family picture, and letting him wear the same cloths....this is kinda creeping me out......
Listen, it's not "Ripping off" you stupid idiot. None of the episodes are. They stated way before that they are going to be paying homage to all the other Gundam series. Even if it's just small and you won't notice it. Stop saying it's ripping it off. IF YOU WANT RIP OFF, LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER GUNDAM SHOWS! None of them payed homage yet they get praise for it but when Gundam Age does pay homage, it's a rip off. GOSH! Wtf is wrong with you guys?
Other series have their own originality, but still within the concept of what Gundam is. If gundam being no more than just MS that used by Main character not even originalty in design, I don't see the difference with the generic Super Robot shows that I will forget it after watching "Awesome Real Robot Shows"(read: Gundam). Just this show is so generic and can't bring the awesome feeling when watching other Gundam series.
I think it would be great if either Lu or her brother Deen pilot the Legilis. It would make the fight between them and Kio very emotional, espically if it is Lu.
veigan soo poor cant afford their on gundam.. =3
ReplyDeleteAs if Zeons could afford their own gundam as well. :p
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this may upset few people... but i strongly smell unicorn on this one..
ReplyDeleteAs in they're gonna reverse-engineer the AGE system and create the AGE-D system for the Legilis?
DeleteIf so, then Flit better hurry up with the AGE-FX
I Know right!? I noticed that since the preview! XD
DeleteIt's good to know I'm not the only one. Even the fact that Kio is being taken in by a family like that is taken from Gundam Unicorn.
DeleteThat said, Gundam AGE has been blatantly copying previous Gundam series as well if you ask me. Though the 3rd Arc does it in even a worse way. They even copied the concept of the "Box of Laplace".
I hope the next Gundam series will be a bit more original with less childish looking character art. Hopefully the adaptaion of Gundam: The Origin will be made by the same team as the one that's working on Gundam Unicorn. Gundam Unicorn is one proper anime that shows how a new series based in Universal Century should be made many years after the original UC series.
This has Unicorn all over from the moment they've captured Kio. It's so obvious it's not even funny.
DeleteAt least I like the fact that the Vagundam was created from reverse engeneering.
Well it was said from the beginning that they were going to introduce from ideas of other Gundam series, so yeah did we not know they were gonna go this all along -_-
DeleteMaybe Gundam needs a refresher but I like this series for the nods to other great Gundam series, and this is to introduce new fans, so eat your pudding.
@capricorn:
Delete>>hoping something original from Gundam Origin when it's just a reharsh of first gundam....
Yeah, "original"....
Dafuq with your comaparison of this series to other Gundam series. I'm sick of reading comments of complaints that this anime is worse than the other Gundam anime series( even the ms design damnmit!). Crap! If don't want the anime, don't watch it. Kill yourseleves. t(-_-t)
DeleteThey've stated from the beginning that AGE would pay homage to other Gundam series. They try to please you guys after asking for a series like this and you all call "Rehash!" Now stfu and die.
Delete5 Anons before me: THANK YOU.
Deleteseriously, for god sake..
Deletejust 1 comment and opinion u guys go talking harsh and strong hate.. this stuff is common in nowadays anime entertainment.. denied all u want but the fact is there. we dont hate it, its just thats how we fan express our interest.. leave the harsh and hate behind.just take it easy
Legilis design is... just plain awful. Reminding me of the cool F91 but with feminime touch. Definitely no good.
DeleteActually all gundam series take cues from the first three series seed was just as bad and 00 was kind of original until the Alaws.Anyway what I trying to get at is the whole gundam series is a ripe off since Zeta, and even that took plots from the first series.Don't get me wrong while I am and fan of gundam the only original thing in the gundam universe is half of the moble siuts designs
ReplyDeleteDo you know who makes gundams more and more unoriginal??! The fans...
DeleteThey making a big fuss over new Gundam series being "not Gundam" (I'm talking about 00 S1 and first time UE (AGE) looks more like an AI rather than human piloted machine). So that Sunrise has to take a more traditional way by putting homages in order to please the fans. But what happened after is the fans rage over the series not being original.
Stupid Gundam Fans should just die!!
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DeleteSadly, Haters gotta hate
I got to say I liked this episode. It was nice to see the effects of war and that they are human. Too many times in these series you don't see one side really hurting, like in Seed the Plants never had the problem of war ravaging theirhome. Anyways the problems of the Vegans is a nice addition to the story cause it makes their hate way more justifiable as apposed to a war of attrition. Finally their is something more to the war.
ReplyDeleteThe Vagans have very advanced technologies for weapons but they still don't have the technology to cure their diseases caused by the Mars ray? They can't even provide free educations for the sick children and now all they care is to search for the lost weapon cache? They should be focusing on curing themselves first instead of waging wars against Earth
ReplyDeleteThe reason they have such advanced weapons is because of said weapon cache.
DeleteDude, look at half the world (N.Korea, Pakistran, Syria) that has the resources and money to put their country in order - and look what happens? They spend half their time cursing at the americans and killing each other due to the wrong clan/religion/gender.
ReplyDeleteAnd Vagans have a very real excuse to be obsessed with revenge.
This episode was awesome only because we got to see the Vagan world and how they lived. This episode indeed pays homage to Unicorn, but who cares. I love the fact that they showed us that Lord E was also affected by the Mars Rays. This episode gets a 10/10 for me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Wendy's love rival has appeared. If Lu continues to live and they find a cure then just maybe Kio's son will have light red hair.
ReplyDeleteYou come up with original designs, it's not Gundam.
ReplyDeleteYou come up with weird technology and rules of the world, it's not Gundam.
You get everything good from Gundam, tell the fans you'll put it into a series, and do so, it's a rehash or ripoff.
If you want something original, watch a new show!
The technology should be applied to the MS design so they truly original (OO gundams for example). Weird technology---> less realistic:is it gundam? I don't think so. I can accept solar furnace or even nuclear(which is why I hate SEED designs) as technology, but what is so called technology in AGE series? Absolutely nothing, they move solely by human emotion(Super Robot detected. Just... ridiculous, combining everything good? yeah the material can be good but if the execution is terrible this is what happened. It's not about originality but there's absolutely no gundam-ish feel when watching this. Even with OO's completely new ms design, I can still feel the same concept of what is gundam. In age, gundam is not more than just main character, o more, can be less.
DeleteYou know what really sucks, that the Orbital only lasted 2 episodes haha. But overall I love Gundam AGE and it's homages, great show. And I'm looking foward to this "more adult" design approach with the darker theme like 00.
ReplyDeletePeople really needed to stop bitching about Age not being original, other gundam series have somewhat copy from other gundam series too in the past...
ReplyDeleteGood show awesome mech design and a good plot line all in all a good series overall loved the hints towards gundam x bit flash system
ReplyDeleteSeriously if you guys didn't expect this back in the asemu arc you'd have to be a complete idiot. O well, it took awhile for this show to pick up where I wanted, but it is finally getting there.
ReplyDeleteThe only problem of AGE for me is the character design. Every time I look at it, it doesn't seem right. Everyone's head is too big. Well, I'm not that picky about character design, actually, not at all but you can clearly tell that the design is intended for younger audience which doesn't fit so well with Gundam(I have no problem watching Inazuma Eleven).
ReplyDeleteI believe there are some sketch of the characters that looks just right(better proportions) which would be nice if they actually use them.
well look like wonder if all this would not happen if 2 faction get along & find a cure on it?
ReplyDeleteyet only matter to it lead to yea soon later of reveal flit “YOU ARE WHAT YOU HATE”.
Every gundam series is a copy of the 1st gundam, well, except G gundam. Politics, war, 2 factions fighting agaisnt each other, human population decreasing due to war, sacrifices. etc....
ReplyDeleteWhen they bring in a world tornament championship, ppl say its not gundam. When they bring aliens, complains arises that it is not gundam.
Every Gundam design is a copy of the 1st gundam and zeta. White, blue, red, transformable, V-fin heads. Except maybe Arche or some ridiculously awesome designs from G Gundam that have failed to impress the majority. Mermaid gundam anyone? rofl..
So really, just stop complaining on copying and rehash. why didnt anyone complain that God gundam has two beam sabers, was white, had vulcans on the head, had a core fighter, had blue chest, red feet, zz type twin v fins and that it look real "Gundam-my" and not original? -.-
CONCLUSION: if its entertaining, if it gives you something to look forward to each and every week, Its a hit. Its good enough. Complain on things such as not captivating enough, doesnt let audience sympathize with characters, slow pace, fast pace, shitty voice acting, shitty action scenes, bad fucking animation. MOTHER FUCKING RECAP EPISODES JUST 2 EPISODES BEFORE THE FINAL EPI, AND 2 EPISODES AFTER THE USELESS CALEFARE CENTERED PINK HAIR FAKE PRINCESS EPI. OR COMPLAIN ABOUT UNORIGINAL SCENES: LIKE......SAME FUCKING BATTLE SCENES EVERY FUCKING EPISODE.
*Best scene of seed destiny: Impulse vs Freedom. Everything after is the same fking thing. And shit tons of people can complain about it? and talk about how Strike freedom is the best damn thing to grace our television screens? Fuck me. It just flies in, hi-mat full burst, boom. Thats fucking all. Even freedom gundam had better scenes than that, Gundam Seed Was an AWESOME SERIES that had shit ton of character development, romance, etc... Seed destiny would have been somewhat decent if it followed what it did up to the point of freedom's destruction. After that was just sudden romances (LunaXShin, MeyrinXAthrun), absolutely ZERO character development, and ATROCIOUS fight scenes, except for Destiny Gundam vs Destroy Scenes.
---- End of rant, over.....----
Can I just say I think Age is ok so far, is it amazing no, is it beyond bad no, will it be remembered...no, is this episode ripping off Unicron ep 2 most likely yes, however I like the idea of the main character seeing someone elses viewpoint for a change so its ok with me. If people hate it..ok, if some one likes it...ok.
ReplyDeleteHowever....
No one has yet to point out how creepy that the main guy in charge of the Vegan and his wife see the resemblence between Kio and their dead kid....they put him in the same room that was their son's, with a family picture, and letting him wear the same cloths....this is kinda creeping me out......
Listen, it's not "Ripping off" you stupid idiot. None of the episodes are. They stated way before that they are going to be paying homage to all the other Gundam series. Even if it's just small and you won't notice it. Stop saying it's ripping it off. IF YOU WANT RIP OFF, LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER GUNDAM SHOWS! None of them payed homage yet they get praise for it but when Gundam Age does pay homage, it's a rip off. GOSH! Wtf is wrong with you guys?
DeleteOther series have their own originality, but still within the concept of what Gundam is. If gundam being no more than just MS that used by Main character not even originalty in design, I don't see the difference with the generic Super Robot shows that I will forget it after watching "Awesome Real Robot Shows"(read: Gundam). Just this show is so generic and can't bring the awesome feeling when watching other Gundam series.
DeleteI think it would be great if either Lu or her brother Deen pilot the Legilis. It would make the fight between them and Kio very emotional, espically if it is Lu.
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