I didn't liveblog this event because I knew that there wouldn't be any news in it, but there were some great random tidbits about the panelists-- director Seiji Mizushima, character designer Yun Kouga, and script writer Yousuke Kuroda --so I jotted down the ones I could for your consumption:When asked how they dealt with the issues of creating a strong story AND being a vehicle to sell merchandise (as Gundam has always been), Mizushima-sensei offered that before they did anything else, they asked Sunrise how many mobile suits they wanted.One attendee asked if Graham Acre and Billy Katagiri were actually a couple, and we were told straight out: there is nothing between them but friendship. But Kouga-sensei applauded the question.Apparently Mizushima-sensei first found out about the project when a drunken producer (who he'd worked with before) called him and asked him to direct it.And Kuroda-sensei actually turned down the project at first. But then he got asked again and he thought that if he turned down Gundam twice he might never work in the industry again. (He didn't say why he turned it down at first.)Yes, Setsuna F. Seiei's real name IS a reference to the film "Turtles Can Fly."An attendee asked about similarities between Gundam 00 and Gundam Wing (such as Setsuna/Marina vs Heero/Relena), and Kuroda-sensei said he'd never seen Gundam Wing when he started writing, so he didn't know about the similarities, since Sunrise never came back with complaints about it.I'm surprised that Kuroda-sensei hadn't seen Gundam Wing (or familiarized himself with it), since it's The Other Big AU Gundam Show. On the other hand, the man is busy, right? Who has time? And it's not like Heero/Relena was so amazingly unique to Gundam compared to any other surly guy/sweet girl relationship, either.It was interesting stuff! I wasn't able to get a sit-down with the Gundam 00 staff, unfortunately, but I'm hoping to get something via e-mail in the near future, so keep
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Got a press release from Bandai Entertainment earlier pronouncing June 29th the official start date for Gundam 00 second season on the Sci-Fi Channel (I wonder when they officially make the move to “SyFy”?), so buckle up and get ready for more GUNDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM, featuring Setsuna F. Seiei, who has an unusual form of Tourettes, since he just yells out GUNDAAAAAAAAM every so often.Speaking of triumphant returns, Nebs notes that the Adult Swim schedule now confirms that Media Blasters' Seirei no Moribito, which originally aired ten episodes before being dropped, will move past episode 10 in its newest upcoming run. Specifically, episode 11 will air on August 22nd.The new run started on June 13th, so unfortunately if you missed the first episode, it wo'nt be replayed in the immediate future. But you could always just swoop in on episode two tomorrow night at 1:30am (or just DVR it). I'm actually pretty disappointed myself because I haven't been HOME to set my DVR, and won't be until Monday, so I guess I'll have to start on episode 3...Anyone want to fill me in?
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Three months after this series finished, and I've finally finished the review for it. Finally.I had such a hard time writing this. It's hard to find a reasonable voice when all you can remember is everything that sucked. It isn't an objectivity issue since you obviously can't be objective writing something that's completely opinion, but it's still hard to fashion your opinion in a way that doesn't make you seem like some fanraging idiot. After all, reviews are also supposed to be subtly persuasive, and it's hard to be persuasive if you sound offended or butthurt about how terrible something is. It's the same reason people tend to take the opinions of fanboys with a grain of salt. Don't be overzealous. Write intelligently. Well, I tried.Honestly, when this series first ended, I wanted to write a long, raging rant about how much I hated the ending and how terribly disappointing the entire thing was on a variety of different levels. But then I put it off and eventually didn't feel like it anymore. I got the urge again as I was writing the review, and subsequently, the review spiraled into a bunch of sarcastic remarks. Some of them got edited out. Some of them didn't. I guess I shouldn't worry too much about it.I do this for fun! This is fun, see? Fun!
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As Gundam has a tradition of making the last episode of the series an action orientated episode, that’s what this episode is. This episode has Setsuna battling Ribbons, and I thought that it was interesting that their fight made each other forces each other to pilot another Gundam. Besides Setsuna battling Ribbons in this episode, [...]
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As this episode is the second last episode of Gundam 00, this episode has a fair bit occurring so I’ll just bullet point of what occurs in this episode. • Ribbions kills Tieria • Billy and Sumeragi become friends once again • Setsuna fights Healing and Revive • Lyle kills Ali Al-Saachez • Andrei and Soma overcome their differences • Tieria’s consciousness has now linked with Veda • Ribbons [...]
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What’s better then a double cross? Well the answer to this question is a triple cross, with Ribbons crossing Regene back, with having Ali Al-Saachez kill Regene, while Ribbons consciousness is now linked to Veda, and that his body is just a container. Before I go into details about this episode, I would have liked [...]
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As Graham and Setsuna have had a rivalry during the course of Gundam 00, I thought that the scene of where Setsuna decides not to finish off, and decides to return to the Ptolemaios. As I am curious that how Graham Arce decided to change his appearance into Mister Bushido, I thought that this episode [...]
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As the previous episode of Gundam 00 was a good episode, this episode of Gundam 00 focuses around Setsuna being to innovate, and possible or not being a human innovator. As this episode partly deals with Setsuna being possibly a human innovator or not, as the previous episode focused a bit on Anew Turner, [...]
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I got an announcement in my inbox from Bandai announcing a street date change for Gundam 00's first releases, the Season 1 Part 1 special edition and regular releases. Apparently due to a manufacturing error the dates have been pushed back from June 16th to July 21st-- ouch, that means they'll probably miss Expo.That said, I'm curious: how many of you watched at least the first season? How many of you are planning to buy the first DVD set, which includes the first nine episodes? And how many of you will be buying the special edition of the first release, which includes the first volumes of both the direct Gundam 00 manga adaptation and the Gundam 00F side story series?I'm looking at the Special Edition, largely because I'm interested in the side story. Besides, at $49.98, if you figure the manga volumes are worth $20, that leaves just the episodes at $29.98, but the regular edition is $39.98. So if you want the manga too, I think the Special Edition is a pretty good deal.
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I’m not going to rant and bitch about Bandai playing stunts with their kit releases with the Gundams of the 00 series having their final variants in 1/144 High Grade at the recent Shizuoka Hobby Show 2009. What I am more concerned with is that Bandai finally got a kit from Gundam 00 into the [...]
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