Mobile Suit Gundam UC Episode 7 'Over the Rainbow' - Your Thoughts On The Final Episode?
For those who have watched the final episode. We would love to hear your thoughts about the last episode.
Was it all that you had hoped for? Was the final battle impressive? Enjoy the ending for all the characters?
Leave us your thoughts and comments below.
*Note that this comment section could be spoiler heavy*
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It was good. I am immensely happy with some of the Zeon units that showed up for a few seconds of glory. I really hope they make some more HGUCs of them along with finishing the ones that showed up at Torrington base. The last 20 minutes... Well. It was what I expected I guess looking at CCA's ending. Seeing the re-done short little scenes from the original MSG just made me so happy. Now I can't wait for Origin.
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Stupid UC hater
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This last episode definitely reached my expectation! It answered and revealed everything you may have question for, including whether Full Frontal is Char or not and also what happened to Char and Amuro after CCA. What exactly is Laplace box, this episode releaved it, it explained what exactly is it and why it is so important that both Earth federal and Zeong wants it. After it explained what it is, I could see why they both wants it so bad because the box plays a major rule to the future and it is Earth Fed's dark little secret! I love it!
ReplyDeleteNeo Zeong is definitely not for a show! It's huge and it's super strong! There was a point I had doubt that both unicorn and banshee won't be able to beat it. Come to think about it, it is like a final boss of the whole story so it has to be overpowered somehow right? Put for some reason I personally think that "overpower" ability should be given to Unicorn because it is the key! The key to start a war and the key to bring peace to both sides. If you've watched the episode you will get what I mean.
Overall, it is the best episode of Gundam Unicorn. It explained all the questions you may have during watching episode 1 - 6 and I don't remember there was a moment while watching this movie made me feel "OMG I'm falling asleep" It was action after action. It is every well directed! This is how every Gundam episode should be. It is definitely worth the wait!
Loved it!
sorry if i asking this, please correct me if i am wrong, so at the very end full frontal is Char? because there were his sister and lalah spirit appearing
DeleteFull Frontal is a human made - cyber new type, char's personality was implanted into him. If you didn't notice, char also appeared as a spirit.
DeleteDoes anyone know where I could watch this at? Links?
ReplyDeleteI downloaded media go and search for the episode there, paid 5 dollars :D.
DeleteIts a good Open Ending to the Federation vs Zeon Story. although we would probably be happier if they have shown what happened after the broadcast.
ReplyDeleteand also Explain How did the Neo Zeong and Unicorn Pull off a ELS like Tech with the Psycoframe. and why the Neo Zeong Turned to Dust like Being hit by Moonlight Butterfly
did full frontal kill himself???
ReplyDeleteso that's what happened to amuro and char ? it was a strange thing but I imo it's better to treat them as missing...anyway it was a fun show ( action x action )
ReplyDeleteI don't know what to say. It was to be expected, but I'm a bit angry that they completely removed Angelo's background (very NSFW stuff, go read the novel if you want to know the fine details), and some hot topics got solved too quickly (most infamous Marida getting blown up in what, five minutes?).
ReplyDeleteHowever, the rest of the episode was very good stuff, though certainly super robot-esque like someone else said in this blog. Not that it's a bad thing, but it was still unexpected and confusing - I will need to rewatch it either dubbed or subbed to properly understand the whole mess.
Also, respect for that nameless Bawoo pilot, the guy managed to be as epic as the Stark Jegan mook from the first episode.
true that, OVA went no-homo, Marida role in this one is just to die vs banshee (and yet in novel she did more stuff, engaging sinanju and such) and NO TWIN FINAL SHOOTINGASJKBLAHDBSJBHDLH
Deletestill, grunts in this one are fun. that bawoo, kickboxing Jegan De vs ninja Schruzum Gallus. fun stuff
WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS WATCHING THIS!!!!!!!!
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DeleteI also want to know what was that "Astral realm". Also, why did Neo Zeong become dust??
ReplyDeleteRandom guessing: it imploded due to the strong psychofield created by the Unicorn Gundam
DeleteBeautiful and disappointing. It's very clear that the production team didn't plan out the entirety of the series and figure out the story they wanted to tell before launching the project, but it was also clear that they poured as much love and effort into this body of work as they could. I wish that they had set up some of the ideas and plot points that ended up driving the climax earlier and more in depth. Several characters and their defining moments could have been better executed with more focus on them and their backgrounds, and several plot points and the overall flow of the story could have been helped if they non linearly introduced some of the conflicts and explored them in depth, rather than try to do a 1:1 with the book's narrative structure. Overall though, solid effort, and they certainly did deliver on the emotional aspects, even though the execution has much left to be desired.
ReplyDeleteIt was a real good episode with a really nice ending. I agree it'll be better to show the epilogue of the broadcast, but the way they left off was a nice note to end. Although they seemed to have blown the power of the Psycho Frame a little out of proportion since it made it too surreal, but then again it's newtype so I'll just leave it at that. What this episode actually did is explain what exactly happened to Char and Amuro too, which is really good. In other words, what Banagher and Full Frontal experienced was what Amuro and Char experienced. The only difference was that Banagher was brought back to where they left off and Full Frontal and Neo Zeong went through time and became what it is.
ReplyDeleteFull frontal didn't kill himself but my theory is because full frontal himself is indeed a reincarnation of Char also because he always referred himself to be just a shell. When they were at the beginning of the universe and met up with the spirit of Char and Lala, Lala said that Char was still Char after all this time and he had done enough to express his thoughts. Full frontal's spirit was in fact Char's spirit itself and ointo a full newtype or merge back with the orignal Char. beside lala and amuro. They then brought back Banagher which I deduce on the fact that they know it's not time for Banagher to move on yet.
Nevertheless, full frontal is not char
DeleteIt was a fitting end. I liked the cameos that were made. I wont spoil anything. =D
ReplyDeleteYou watched Unicorn? Have you been hacked?
DeleteHi Suiton629 what MG models would you want to see being made now that uc is done?
DeleteWhat, Suiton? You already embrace the UC timeline? I thought you only bought some UC models for completion's sake.
DeleteHe flip flops as much as these Unicorn characters do!
Deletenot sure what to feel about it, the novel ending had couple of neat stuff (beam saber overload, Kshatriya throwing its binder to sinanju, GODDAMN DUAL FINAL SHOOTING)
ReplyDeletekinda feel that introduction of neo zeong swayed everything off, and i think i like the event sequences in the novel better than the OVA (FA UC taking on the neo zeon fleet before engaging banshee vs wasting all its FA stuff on banshee)
nonetheless, OVA did a very great job, and still retain the Perfect Lifeform end except Banagher did return back. also thank God for OVA not going for homo-angelo flashback (those OYW flashback are sweet too, by almost immediately subverted thanks to Origin going heavy CG route #nomoresakuga #RIP2Drobots
also, going all super robot at the final battle. further strengthening my cult of Unicorn having a strong MS frame and we all learned to love robots punching robots thanks GBF
watched it on PSN
Deletewhere can we watch this?
ReplyDeleteFelt a bit rushed.A 2 hr episode would have been better.They cut down the part where Banagher sees the future,which was highly disappointing.However OYW flashback pumped me up with nicely animated White Base,Gundam RX-78-2 and of course the Gate of Zedan,also known as A Baoa Qu.On a different note,it seems that Gundam The Origins is going to be CGi & so we won't get Unicorn standard animation.
ReplyDeleteCameos from Amuro and Char confirms that they were really KIA.The ending was open and we don't really get to know the status between the EF,colonies and Neo-Zeon.
The ending song by Aimer was also a bit shorter than her last song in EP 6,but soothes the mood nonetheless.
Hope we get some sort of sequel in the form of Hathway's Flash or Moon Crisis 0099.Till then we have to wait for another year for the Origins.
I cried so much its not even funny : /
ReplyDeleteIt managed to already make a crappy ending from the novel worst. The only note worthy point are the nice MS actions and soundtrack.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I would've loved to see more fighting between Neo Zeong and the Unicorns, but honestly Ep.7 was an emotional rollercoaster for me.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a very touching movie and I'm touched by it..
ReplyDeleteSERIOUSLY SOMEONE GIVE ME THE LINK I NEED TO SEE THIS NOW WHERE ARE YOU GUYS WATCHING THIS FROM
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nwanime.com/mobile-suit-gundam-unicorn-episode-7/video/761d8392739465ded5d3/
DeleteDoes anyone know what the 7 energy ball/ spirit and the 4 planet looking things were?
ReplyDeleteGo download media go and rent it for 3.99 =) well worth it.
ReplyDeletehttps://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/movies/mobile-suit-gundam-uc-(unicorn)-episode-7-over-the-rainbow/cid=UV0065-NPVA92632_CN-0000000000235829
for those of you who want to watch it either go to gogoanime (its not subbed as of 5/17/2014 )
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with the finale. Although I haven't watch this episode, I'm impressed lot of people have already watch this episode so far.
ReplyDeleteNote: laughing on floor much much later xD xD
Good episode but can somebody point out where we see Char and Amuro's fate after CCA? *POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT* I know we see Char and Lalah in the cockpit with Full Frontal, but where do we see amuro? (Besides the flash back) or at least what happened to him? Could somebody point this part out so I can rewatch it?
ReplyDeleteYou hear his (Amuro's/Toru Furuya's) voice talking to Lalah and Char when they leave the remains of the Sinanju capsule.
Delete(Obviously, not as recognizable in the dub :P)
at the end during credits it shows people watching Audrey's speech and when the scene changes to the beach the two people in the foreground look like amuro and sayla because of the hair, at least they look like they be.
DeleteShit! Guys it all makes sense! In the scene with Full Frontal and Banagher, they go "through" or "beyond" time. It is there we meet the spirits of Lalah, Char, and Amuro. At the end of Char's Counterattack (the movie), the fate of Char and Amuro were left ambiguous for nearly 20 years. Gundam UC 7 however, shows us that Char and Amuro have gone beyond time, which is the reason the theme song for Char's Counterattack is titled "Beyond The Time", giving us a hint as to what happened to them. My mind is blown right now, seeing it all come full circle.
ReplyDeleteyou're probably over thinking regarding the theme song. but it's a wonderful idea
DeleteI don't think he is as it does make sense..
DeleteAnon may 19, I have to correct my (anon may 18) statement.
DeleteIt makes sense, but there is a span over 10+ years since that theme song and this novel being written.
So unless the gundam authors already had an idea where Char and Amuro were when they finished CCA, then it can only be considered as a coincidence.
However, I see two more places that supports UltraNHD's idea:
1. there's a manga called "CCA, beyond the time"
2. when Lalah died in Gundam, she said something about time (I have only watched an excerpt, so cannot guarantee accuracy)
Wow at Unicorn's power!!! I feel since they left it with a open ending, everything beyond this point in UC is child's play. If you watched the fight scenes with unicorn you know what i'm talking about.
ReplyDeleteI mean it's hard to believe events in Hathaway's Flash and Crossbone Gundam happened(ye It's written before), as i'm sure Unicorn could have stopped them instantly
Actually it's because of the open ending there's still a probability that Hathaway's Flash, F91 and Victory would still happen.
DeleteI want to know where to watch this?!
ReplyDeleteIsnt it world wide release?!
Ive been rechecking amazon and playstation network all day and nothing! Nothing?!?!?
Dude Amazon don't have Gundam
Deleteonly on PSN: available Smartphone, PS Vita, PS3 not PS4 yet. - JAP/Sub
XBOX store entertainment also available - ENG
The Final ep is worth 4 year waiting, sad that it have to come to an end.
DeleteEPIC Unicorn + Banshee VS Neo Zeong, also bad ass use pyscho field to block Colony Laser, true strength of Gundam Unicorn. Also I was Fucking happy that Sliver Bullet made into the movie, not MSV anymore to bad there not so many action Sliver Bullet.
The only thing that questioning me that they release MG FA Unicorn with beam javelin, in the movie "where is beam javelin". Did Full Frontal really dead in the end that might be a 50/50 answer also how did Neo Zeong got dust, the only thing that Neo Zeong use psycho power to show beyond the time or when Unicorn touch Sinanju, Neo Zeong turn into scarp.
Same here. I paused the movie when I saw Neo Zeong disintegrated. I thought they would give us a classic MS Vs. MA fight after the "time travel" thing (which I don't like much, off-topic). But then all those rising action came to nothing. In simple words, that screwed up the climax.
DeleteIt's pretty disappointing for me. Yes, the high points in the plot of the original novel are all covered so if you haven't read it before it may feel pretty nice. However, there is a flat feeling probably due to the way the movie was put together. Almost every event just came after one another without any build up. You know, stuff like how Banagher met Audrey in the first episode. Here they just went back, even without showing how they got unicorn in, how they found the place. Frontal just came in and then out, in the new Zeong. The laser just fired, and it is jut oh so easy, blocked by the unicorn. And hardly anyone is surprised by that.
ReplyDeleteBut the most disappointing part as an OVA is probably the action scene. I felt the Neo Zeong is probably a bad idea, as it can hardly move. Isn't unicorn's strength is more about mobility? I would very much prefer some light sabre duel between unicorns and sinanju. Or even some fight between human/MS, which can easily happen in the plot and is more convincing. As it turned out, the fight scenes in this movie are subpar, below the quality of every preceding episode I would say. There is just hardly any mech feeling in it.
Kinda how i felt Neo Zeong will is pretty strong, it was static most of time.
DeleteUnfortunately Bandai is the company behind it. All things are double-edged; because Unicorn kits sell so well, its pretty obvious something big is gonna show up in the end, despite it being relevant or not.
DeleteI do agree that the Neo Zeong was pretty much trashed by the two Unicorn without out show off anything in particular. Also, I see a lack of purpose for the Neo Zeong being in the show to begin with besides to fill in the cliche of 'it's a final boss, so its gotta be big'.
You sound gay as fuck sir
DeleteIn hindsight. Remember how the unicorn had all those over the top guns and missiles? Well, that was hardly any use wasn't it? lol. A one time deal to sell the model.
DeleteWell anyone can explain why unicorn's psychoframe crystallized?
ReplyDeleteIt is because they have to pretend that everything crystallizing looks so good and to add the element of super-robots in to this episode. As far as I know, there has been no record of crystallizing of psychoframe in UC history. But there is a slight mentioning in the UC novel that psychoframe itself is a crystal-like material. The rest is left for everyone's imagination.
DeleteUC can get away with these kind of stuff, get used to it. Other Gundam era? Total bullshit
DeleteWell in Char's Counterattack it's stated that the psycho frames produce energy and in Char's Counterattack its physical form was a green light. In Unicorn this was also the case. But as Unicorn has proven, the light(energy) that was being shown was incomplete.
DeleteSo when the Unicorn starts to crystalize you can explain it as its "true form" of energy. Because remember that Banagher became the perfect newtype when the Unicorn crystalized.
Also its a theory that if you compress energy you create matter. And I would like to believe that the crystals are the true form of the psycho frames. On top of that the fact that it was able to recreate its armor reminds me of the Turn A's self repair system.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GAY ENDING TO MUCH ART, NOT ENOUGH SHIZ BLOWING UP
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DeleteJust like the 00 movie...
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I watched early today with a friend. My gods, the other theatergoers were cheering and laughing at several points, especially when you consider the fanservice moments, such as the trip through time (and actually seeing revamped versions of the original series' episode intro sequences; of course we all remember Amuro destroying the BygZam and Sleggar Law's role in it), recycled footage of CCA's finale, and the NeoZeong's Dendrobium moves.
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful to have seen the series to the end. I actually marathoned the previous episodes last night!
Also anybody know the locations shown in the credits? Sadly I only got the rooftop from Zeta Gundam, the resort from zz, the airport from CCA (?) and the house where Amuro met Lala in msg.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the ending quite a bit, but that orchestral bit with the One Year War made it so much more awesome
ReplyDeleteThe episode is a big let-down for me. Perhaps it is because my perspective towards this series. I always like the realistic details and style of Gundam UC, such as a strategic assualt of the Nahal-Agama to Palau in ep.3, using the cannon to shut down the harbor (more detailed in the novel). But the final fight between the Unicorns and the Neo-Zeong only demonstrates the overwhelming power of the protagonist and a fantasy-like time travel. For a more realistic series, they could have made that more subtle (I understand that they would like to refer to the past events) and maintain a consistency in style for the whole series, by giving us a battle of the usual "Gundam UC" mecha style.
ReplyDeleteI know what you are saying, I have a hard time understanding why everyone else seems to think ep7 is great; to me it's the worst among the 7, don't even get me started on why it's bad (your point is certainly one of them)
DeleteMARIDAHH~wahh~ahhh~ T_T
ReplyDeleteOr so I thought I'd be crying over for the loss, but there's too little development in episode 7 on Marida for tears to flow. (Maybe I'll watch again while cutting up some onions)
Ending isn't exactly perfect (like all gundam series). Mineva told Banagher to go back to her...but heck, we don't "see" them together in the end. Not to mention the second last face we see should be the second most important person in the series...which imho, should be Mineva, and NOT Riddhe.
I praise them for the new content. But seriously disliked there rushed plot development and missing segments.
Totally agree. Hardly any character developments at all. Its like they threw in all these characters and said here is guy and girl, they just met, but now they're in love. Or This guy just shot Marida and now only a few moments later, everyone is cool with it?
DeleteZeta Plus had no chance what so ever, I wish they did a better job showing the power of Federation's MS dealing with Londo Bell, considering how fierce the old antique Zeon MS were fighting.
ReplyDeleteLove the reanimated psychedelic aspect of the original series, it really connected brought back 35 years worth of memories!
A must see, probably the best Gundam feature ever!
Love the psychedelic aspect of the original 1979 Series. The ending is great, but I couldn't fathom the old Marcenes got away with "Intend to murder thousands," I like the set of Hassway's Flash, very low key.
ReplyDeleteToo bad the Zeta Plus didn't do much, got its ass kicked by a Jesta, seems improbable considering how awesome ZG is when compared to the old old old Zeon MS, which put up a major fight in this series.
9.5 our 10, a must see for any UC Gundam Fans!
Really well done, expect for the plot part. The last 30 or so minutes the reasons allowing for the story to reach the ending as it is is constantly slapping you in the face with "Because psychoframe!" and "Because newtype!" Honestly, after this episode it's hard to view Gundam as hard Sci-Fi. The almighty Kira Yamato looks bleak compared to Ep.7 version of Banagher.
ReplyDeleteYeah because Clark is totally not considered hard sci-fi. "Because starchild." "Because monolith."
DeleteI think its because you hold it to what you believe is realistic or hard sci-fi. You see the Universal Century has things that we do not have in real life. We have to understand every piece of technology in the Universal Century to understand what happened in Unicorn. I honestly believe that those who have stuck out and watched and read every piece of media of the Universal Century can truly understand the miracle that Unicorn has shown.
DeleteAnd it stayed true to its world. The psycho frames were brought up as this mystical technology, because it is. No one has ever tapped to its full potential (well until Unicorn). Every psycho frame mobile suit at this point has been prototypes and was never truly mass produced (just goes to show how unstable it is). Also psycho frames create energy and can give it mass (that is the light that you see and the crystal (being its perfect form of energy) in the end).
The reason why Newtypes are being exploited in Unicorn is because they are exactly what the Universal Century is about. From the end of 0079 even up to Victory, Newtypes have been the reason for all the warfare. Gundam is not all about robots fighting or politics. Its about evolution and how we as humans would go so far as to kill others than to admit that there are others out there who are better than us. In all of the Universal Century stories it has never just been about Federation vs Zeon (or other Empires). It was about the Federation vs Newtypes vs Zeon. Where the Federation and Zeon sees only one side of a circle where as the Newtypes see the whole circle.
So what I'm trying to say is that Unicorn still is grounded in its reality and grounded in logic.
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My thoughts for the finale are pretty much the same as my thoughts for every episode in the series:
ReplyDelete-fantastic animation
-beautiful direction
-stunning combat (easily the 3rd best in the franchise history--below 0083 and F91)
-poorly written story (nothing but contrivance)
-abysmal characters
So I guess it's a lot better than anything else the Gundam franchise has produced in many, many, many years... but still below the average.
My thoughts on series overall: Plot was awesome but characters were weakly written and developed.
ReplyDeleteMain plot: Awesome! The whole box thing and how both sides were chasing it and the whole resolution and how it affects the UC is more than enough to satisfy.
Characters: Weak. Perhaps the weakest point of this whole thing.
Banagher: Acts like he knew the princess for a long time. Always doing things obsessively for her. I would understand if they were given more time to develop their relationship or even friendship, but no, the writers were like: "Here is guy and girl and they love each other. deal with it ok?" Barely any development at all in this department. I mean Banagher just met his person right?
Audrey Burne: Can't the writers give her more personality? So monotone and boring. Hardly any expressions at all. Yes, she is strong, but also one dimensional.
Riddhe: WTF you shot Marida! and they act alike it's all ok in just a shot time afterwards. The guy pulled the trigger and yet is acting like nothing happened and be all heroic at the end. Felt no consequence or guilt at all after killing her.(And everyone else seems to be ok with it as well.) Oh, and his character during the whole thing was so inconsistent. Poorly written. For example: Loves Audrey from out of the blue. I mean c'mon writers. at least develop your charater's relationships and not just have them falling for this boring princes all of a sudden.
Micott: Most useless character in all of Gundam history. Think about the series as a whole, now imagine it without all of her scenes. Much better right? It seems the writers had ideas for her but all of a sudden abandoned it. Then she just became a minor annoyance. Even Takuya had his uses and I felt he had enough screen time appropriate for his role.
Everyone else was ok, or at least acceptable, or I forget as a write this.
Unicorn "KARATE CHOP CHOP CHOP "! !!
ReplyDeleteThat's been a failing of several otherwise great Gundam stories, most notoriously CCA and Zeta Gundam. All I can figure is Tomino got really bored on those. As for CE stuff, it just all degenerated into inexplicable acronym soup. Every time they wanted to uber the pilots up another notch they just trotted out another gizmo with a catchy but meaningless acronym.
ReplyDeleteAnimation was of course amazing. Sound track was awesome. Had its WOW moments and I was definitely entertained. Ending could have been better. The flash back scenes were cool but WTH?!? How was that all even possible? How Full Frontal and Angelo lost was pretty much lame. I was expecting a better fight scene with Ace Pilots such as them. Still a good episode but too similar to CCA. I love Gundam but this was too much "magic" for me. How the Hell did the Unicorn rebuild its damaged body parts?!?!?! So we know Char is dead but what about Amuro? I'm glad they didn't have the main character get messed up somehow or dead. (Sorry for Spoilers!)
ReplyDeleteWatch it in a movie theater, we got a one time film viewing.
ReplyDeleteMy friend was disappointed because there wasn't enoughYaoi Screen Time - Angelo x Full Frontal ahahaha... XD
I thought the finale was pretty exceptional given the lore of the timeline inside it. The people bashing the character development need to realize that we had 6 hours of it previous to this and for most characters it is enough but some get the short end of the stick. Full Frontal I would have liked an outright answer but if people paid attention that is resolved. The only faction I felt did not get enough development was the Vist Foundation...
ReplyDeleteBut people have to realize that this OVA had the honor of resolving the Newtype storyline that was coming to a head in this series and effectively kinda making F91 and VIctory questionable but more like side stories. Did all of this newtype stuff bug me? A little when the fight with the Neo Zeong but I felt that it should have done a little differently. As for the Axis Shock at the end I was expecting it and it was said in story that laws of physics don't apply and there is a bit of metaphysical messages and ques here. This matches the themes. I don't exactly feel its crappy writing necessarily only when it interrupts a fight like the Neo Zeong.
For me again if they end the Universal century here I would be fine as it provides the answer to the question of newtypes existence, it bookends the Zeon conflict, it also opens the door for the reformation of the Federation and the whole power system since the colonies can now declare independence as it is their right. Which is why I question if it nullifies F91 and Victory. It could or could not. All because of that box. But like I said it bookends the UC timeline and I am fine with that.
I feel that Gundam unicorn holds a rather spiritual approach to its theme. The 'We are all light', " God is the possibilities in all of us'.
ReplyDeleteRolled my eyes when the unicorn used pressure pointing to disable the Neo Zeong. The last bit also seemed forced, the psychoframe went beyond a deus ex function. The way the unicorn also hand-waved the feddie suits with an emp-like thing also wasn't good. I liked the ending though, its not as bleak as the novel and is in line with "Hope" and "possibility" for a better future theme. Its a 7.0 for me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the reception is quite mixed. Mine will be easy : I loved it.
ReplyDeleteI have no shame saying tears rolled my cheeks and my throat was under pressure when Marida died (as she's my favourite character in the OVA) and when Banagher released the full power of the psychoframe, crystalizing the Unicorn, it was just too beautiful.
Of course I went "wat?" because of all the extra magic induced by the psychoframes and newtypes but I didn't let that get in the way of my enjoyment. I'm going past all the "magic crap", the emotions sent during all the psychoframe/resonance/newtype scenes struck me, they were strong and I'm really happy. Sure i'd love an epilogue but I'm pleased by the ending overall
I liked it. I didn't read the novels so I can't offer a comparative point of view about what could be done better or not, but I think it's a very good movie. As the other chapters the animation is impeccable as its music. Kudos for all the diferent mobile suits they integrated along the series. It's a good summary of the mechanical development in the entire Universal Century.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it's not perfect though. The characters are kinda plain and their development is weird (I saw you and I love you Audrey/Mineva), but given the format and runtime it's forgivable IMO. Neo Zeong is cool but I would have prefered a full-speed battle with Sinanju. Also some events do happen too quickly as some other people have pointed.
This final chapter remind me a lot of CCA. A full scale battle with an ending by psycoframe. It might went overboard in that matter but the visual and emotional aspects complemented very well. Different case to 00 movie, where everything went fullcolors but had zero emotional development.
I was glad to have Banagher coming back to Mineva and Frontal returning to Angelo as well. It pains me the death of Marida but the last conversation with Zinnerman was a nice touch from the writers.
It was a nice surprise to finding what actually the Laplace box was and why it was so important. That made clear that, crystalized psycoframes, overpowered particles, time travel and rainbows apart, the strong point of Gundam it's the politics, the evolution of the human being and the search of true understanding. If all Universal Century ended with this, I'd be a very pleased fan.
However I think that even knowing the contents of the Laplace box, we're still a very young species and the conflicts will be very hard to overcome because there's a long trail of blood that is very hard to forgive. F91/Crossbone and Victory are still a very plausible outcome.
But also there's still the "god that is probability inside of us" so a happy ending is also probable.
Can someone explain to me why alberto vist feels so strongly for marida cruz?
ReplyDeleteI know that marida saved albeto's life but is there another reason im missing or some back story i am unaware of?
Alberto sends in Riddhe Marcenas to save marida going behind martha's back to save her.
He fully breaks down in tears after she dies and he heard her speak after she died and said to martha i know you heard her voice as well he is willing to admit it but the others aren't.
I want to understand what relationship they have, it seems a little bit off if the only thing that binds alberto to marida is the fact she saved his life considering his character.
I enjoyed this visually and emotionally striking (if a bit too "magic-y") finale, but I have to admit to being rather sad and disappointed with the whole "fate of Amuro and Char" thing. Amuro has always been my favorite Gundam protagonist (and all-time champion of MS ass-kicking), and Char is my favorite Gundam antagonist. Now, it's not like I ever expected there to be a point when a door opened up and in walked Amuro, alive and well, or it's revealed that Char (the real Char) was hiding all this time to mastermind another insurrection, I understand how unlikely that would be, but closing the door on any outcome more fun and interesting than them being these transcended-spirits-beyond-time-and-space is a real shame in my opinion (though I guess it explains how they wind up in all those SRW games, eh?). It's been over 25 years since CCA (holy shit!), and seeing as how Gundam UC is ostensibly a sequel to it. If you're going to offer some kind of final word on Amuro and Char, and considering all the crazy, unrealistic stuff going on already, I guess secretly I really was hoping for something better. I always felt bitterly unsatisfied with the ending to CCA, but now I kind of miss the "openness" of it; Amuro and Char's own "beast of possibility". I do think that the Char/Amuro moment in this final UC episode is not so cut and dried and bears more examination than I've seen so far, but I don't think their "fate" will be much more satisfying this time than it was last time. Well, I really liked this episode, and the series as a whole,but with any luck, "Over the Rainbow" will not be the final word on Amuro, Char, or Universal Century Gundam either. Y'never know...
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere that there may be up to 40 billion people in the earthsphere. Somebody is always going to get mad at authority, gain power and rise up. This is espeially true if most people are living in colonies which can almost be considered little 'fiefdoms' like in 0080 and f91. Zeon came from side 3
ReplyDeleteWhat I like about it the most is the fact they say the UC will eventually end and people will forget newtypes. It leaves you wondering if all the other gundam series with some other name century is in the same universe.
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