Shame it wont look as detailed in the comics pages. I am liking it though....bit Wingish...bit of pyhcoframe thing kinda going on. I'll have to see it in action....but a MG eventually would be nice.
Still has a bit of the X-1 to 3 Gundam look but looks more menacing...fitting its Phantom name.
Look forward to playing this unit in future G Generation installments. Guess I'm going to drop Riddhe/Banshee from my "UC Main Character Team." Master: Amuro/Hi-Nu Team 1: Kamille/Zeta, Judau/Full Armor ZZ, Banagher/Full Armor Unicorn, Hathaway/Xi Team 2: Kincaid/X1 Kai, Curtis/X0 Ghost, Font/Phantom, Uso/V2AB
Just curious, when did Katoki Hajime become such a popular gundam artist? I'm not complaining at all, I really do like his artwork. And obviously he isn't the only artist (Okawara, Yamane, Ebikawa to name a few) but his works show up in so much in Gundam be it MG kits with Ver. Ka, Endless Waltz redesigns, Unicorn, etc. Was it the Sentinel series that first put him in the Gundam spotlight?
He has been one of the key designers in Gundam since Sentinel you fool...bow down and worship. Katoki sits next Okawara and Yutaka Izubuchi. Also Kondo does some great weird arse fun designs.
I wouldn't put Katoki on Okawara's level. The guy's good but he lacks the innovation and flexibility to be great. As for why he's so popular, I dunno maybe his proportions are more model friendly?
Katoki is lead gundam artist now. Somehow if Gundam have many different style, it will lose consistency. I dont know why people hate Katoki, he is amazing. Okawara is legend but his time is already passed
I like em both. Okawara has that vintage SuperRobot/Real Robot vibe. Katoki does a more hard scifi look that I mostly like. Both designers have plus and minus's in there hordes of designs.
Anon at 2:53, Gundam fanbase is a hipster based fanbase, when something is famous outside of the fanbase or becoming "mainstream" it is bound to be hated. You'll notice that unicorn is hailed when it's still a novel, but when it was animated and liked by animefan in general, suddenly a lot of people in gundam fanbase hate it.
Wikipedia said Katoki took part in ZZ (1986), but he is much better known for his designs in Sentinel novel (1987). I think it's Stardust Memory OVA (1991) that brought him into the mainstream.
If this is made into an MG. Its either gonna have a frame based of the Crossbone/F91 or....maybe a new frame with a bit of V2 styling....is a MG V2 somewhere on the Horizon? True this green meanie hasn't revealed any possible transform, which would make the as the basis of an MG V2 moot but one can dream.
Also the Kotoki's design is sooo different from the original line art. I like it more butIi do like some of the curves of the orig lineart.
Now that is some badass looking gundam
ReplyDeleteremind me of Spartan from Halo, that green..
DeleteShame it wont look as detailed in the comics pages.
ReplyDeleteI am liking it though....bit Wingish...bit of pyhcoframe thing kinda going on.
I'll have to see it in action....but a MG eventually would be nice.
Still has a bit of the X-1 to 3 Gundam look but looks more menacing...fitting its Phantom name.
reminds me of a pirate...
Deleteas it should.
looks somewhat evangelionish, dont u think?
ReplyDeletemore like Huckebein-ish...
DeleteLook forward to playing this unit in future G Generation installments. Guess I'm going to drop Riddhe/Banshee from my "UC Main Character Team."
ReplyDeleteMaster: Amuro/Hi-Nu
Team 1: Kamille/Zeta, Judau/Full Armor ZZ, Banagher/Full Armor Unicorn, Hathaway/Xi
Team 2: Kincaid/X1 Kai, Curtis/X0 Ghost, Font/Phantom, Uso/V2AB
NOW that would be a dream team.
funking badass gundam
ReplyDeleteJust curious, when did Katoki Hajime become such a popular gundam artist? I'm not complaining at all, I really do like his artwork. And obviously he isn't the only artist (Okawara, Yamane, Ebikawa to name a few) but his works show up in so much in Gundam be it MG kits with Ver. Ka, Endless Waltz redesigns, Unicorn, etc. Was it the Sentinel series that first put him in the Gundam spotlight?
ReplyDeleteHe has been one of the key designers in Gundam since Sentinel you fool...bow down and worship. Katoki sits next Okawara and Yutaka Izubuchi. Also Kondo does some great weird arse fun designs.
DeleteI wouldn't put Katoki on Okawara's level. The guy's good but he lacks the innovation and flexibility to be great. As for why he's so popular, I dunno maybe his proportions are more model friendly?
DeleteWhen I see Kondo's work, I see shoulders for some reason.
DeleteAs for Katoki, he seems to have gotten popular "internationally" after EW.
Katoki is lead gundam artist now. Somehow if Gundam have many different style, it will lose consistency. I dont know why people hate Katoki, he is amazing. Okawara is legend but his time is already passed
DeleteI like em both. Okawara has that vintage SuperRobot/Real Robot vibe. Katoki does a more hard scifi look that I mostly like. Both designers have plus and minus's in there hordes of designs.
DeleteAnon at 2:53, Gundam fanbase is a hipster based fanbase, when something is famous outside of the fanbase or becoming "mainstream" it is bound to be hated. You'll notice that unicorn is hailed when it's still a novel, but when it was animated and liked by animefan in general, suddenly a lot of people in gundam fanbase hate it.
DeleteWell I'm catching up on ghost then :)
ReplyDeleteWikipedia said Katoki took part in ZZ (1986), but he is much better known for his designs in Sentinel novel (1987).
ReplyDeleteI think it's Stardust Memory OVA (1991) that brought him into the mainstream.
MG please lmao
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised even Katoki managed to make this look good, the original lineart and design is really really bad.
ReplyDeleteMost likely it's also one of Katoki's designs.
DeleteIt's Yuichi Hasegawa who makes it look bad, just like what he did to Katoki's crossbone gundams.
Hi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteCan you recommend scanlation sites that has lots of Gundam Manga? or novels translated into English?
I knew it that something like this will happen. A Gundam with no physical V-fin
ReplyDeleteBeginning Gundam from Gunpla Builders OVA came first w/o the physical v-fin.
DeleteEz8 as well didn't have the traditional v-fin
Deleteoh just a note that skull is a human skull.
ReplyDeleteyup....badass
ReplyDeleteCrossbone Unicorn!
ReplyDeleteMore like Crossbone Valvrave
DeleteAn inspiration of Unicorn's destroy mode.
ReplyDeleteAnd Unicorn is inspired by Shining/God Gundam.
DeleteThose flames could be from heat dispassion from the SNRI's Bio-computer system? They don't use AE's Psycoframe anymore far in the UC timeline...
ReplyDeleteIts I-field distorts Minovsky particles creating the flames.
Deletehttp://images.wikia.com/gundam/images/c/cd/EMS-TC02_Phantom_02.jpg
With Katoki you gain Vegetable gundam
ReplyDeleteReminds me of an old episode of Powerpuff Girls where they have to fight alien broccoli
DeleteIf this is made into an MG. Its either gonna have a frame based of the Crossbone/F91 or....maybe a new frame with a bit of V2 styling....is a MG V2 somewhere on the Horizon? True this green meanie hasn't revealed any possible transform, which would make the as the basis of an MG V2 moot but one can dream.
ReplyDeleteAlso the Kotoki's design is sooo different from the original line art. I like it more butIi do like some of the curves of the orig lineart.
with katoki designing it the possibility of a crossbone ova is shiny
ReplyDeleteMan I wish we could get an MG of this...
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