For those who are still watching (like me), here's a nugget for you:
Drama CD: Wedding Eve (courtesy of me)
Spoiler! :
Name romanizations may be wrong since I forgot the official translations. Some things may not be in exact order.
1. Marcil & Shawee arrived. They have both graduated from uni. Mashil is going to be a an engineer in developing MS, while Shawee is going to become a lawyer. They met with Asem & Romary and chatted.
2. Iricia & Wilna arrived. One of them has resigned from the military (can't remember who, but I think it's Wilna). Iricia is desperately looking for a man and hopes that the high ranking acquaintances of Flit are attending the wedding so that she can hook up with one :heh:. Met up with Asem & Romary as well. Unfortunately, according to Asem, the wedding was kept at a small scale, and Flit didn't invite his colleagues save his old friends, dashing the hopes of Iricia :heh:. Btw, in the Drama CD version, both Asem & Romary's parents were there even though they were not shown in the anime save Emily.
3. Arisa & Markks arrived. Dique will be arriving on the actual day itself. Arisa bumped into Marcil, who found her cute.
4. Flit & Emily were talking in another room. They talked about Asem, then shifted the topic to their younger days. Flit then apologized on how much he had been away from the family and that it has been hard on Emily. He then thanked her. Emily said she had already expected this when she married Flit. Flit then said he loved her, to which Emily reciprocated.
5. Meanwhile, in the room where Asem, Romary, Iricia, and Wilna were talking, Iricia went off to find Shawee after finding out that he's going to be a lawyer :heh:. Arisa & Markks arrived. After some talking, Romary didn't feel well suddenly. Asem then asked her to go to where Emily was and lie down and rest. Marrks then asked about Yunoa, whom he had fallen for while previously hospitalized in a hospital (or medical center) where she worked at.
6. Romary entered the room where Flit & Emily were in. Emily asked whether she's alright since she looked pale. Flit said if needed, they can pushed the timing of the wedding later. Romary declined nervously. Throughout the whole scene, Romary was nervous whenever Flit talked to her :heh:. Emily sensed it and hinted at Flit to leave. Flit made an excuse that he needed to contact the Big Ring and then left.
7. Emily then talked to Romary while she rested, and asked her whether she was still feeling nervous around Flit. Emily then told her that that's just the way he is on the outside, and how kind and gentle Flit actually was. When she was giving birth to Asem, she had a difficult pregnancy, and Flit had stayed with her throughout the entire 8 hours (can't remember, I think it was 8 hours) grabbing her hand. Subsequently, because of that experience, when she was giving birth to Yunoa, Flit cleared his calendar and took 3 days' leave, though in the end Yunoa's birth was smooth. Romary wondered whether she and Asem can have such a good husband-wife relationship as them. Emily then said they definitely can and left the room(can't remember for what though).
8. Iricia found Shawee alone and came onto him quite strongly. Shawee rejected her advances and said he likes men. Marcil confesses to Arisa and was rejected. Marrks confessed to Yunoa and was rejected. It was later revealed that Shawee was lying and apparently was carrying a torch for Romary.
9. Flit went to where Asem was and had a father-son talk. Asem then asked what made Flit marry Emily. Flit said that while on his quest to defeat the Vagans, people around him left (or were no longer around him) gradually, all except Emily, who continued supporting him in difficult times. When he realized that, he proposed. He then threw the question back at Asem about Romary. Asem said that Romary was someone he wants to protect and made him want to become stronger to protect her. One of them (can't remember who) then commented that this should be something discussed over a drink and that it was embarrassing. They then both laughed.
10. Emily came with a look of frantic and said that Romary was nowhere to be found. Asem had an idea where she might be.
11. Asem arrived at their previous school, the MS club building to be precise, and sure enough, Romary was there reminiscing. Romary then said that she came here to get courage. And she properly confessed her feelings to Asem.
12. Short epilogue on the minor characters and the wedding day itself. End
I watched the first 2 episodes but couldn't really get into it. The series is just too shonen for me. I figure they need to appeal to the younger audiences again at some point anyways. Gundam OO and Unicorn weren't exactly aimed at the younger demographic.
TheGiftedMonkey wrote:I watched the first 2 episodes but couldn't really get into it. The series is just too shonen for me. I figure they need to appeal to the younger audiences again at some point anyways. Gundam OO and Unicorn weren't exactly aimed at the younger demographic.
And neither was Seed and Seed Destiny. I don't mind AGE actually. At first I was a little, let's say displeased, with the fact that they were making a childish Gundam but over time I got over it as I watched. I mean I don't like the overall childish art but it's still good. Very mature for the most part, especially when compared to western cartoons. But the one thing that really gets me to this day is the fact at how childish, aside for the most part of Asemu, the main characters are. Even as an old man Flit is really irritating about that whole destroy Vegan thing. But i do have a little hope for Kio since he actually seems to be maturing. But that is just what I think.
ben1234 wrote:I like it. It at least tries to solve problems without giant space flowers and Jesus With Lasers
Your worst fears have been realized
The 3-sided thing between the 3 generations is pretty unique though, but the scriptwriter needs to be fired for screwing up on a bunch of stuff.
I don't think Kio has reached the point where he dies only to come back 3 minutes later
I like the 3 generations idea too. It's not something that's easy to pull off. Not even the original Gundam had Amura, Kamille, and Judau fight together
What makes no sense to me is how little the fashion has changed in the 80 or so years
ben1234 wrote:I don't think Kio has reached the point where he dies only to come back 3 minutes later
I like the 3 generations idea too. It's not something that's easy to pull off. Not even the original Gundam had Amura, Kamille, and Judau fight together
What makes no sense to me is how little the fashion has changed in the 80 or so years
Oh you're talking about resurrection. Anyway, I find that the interpretation of the setting and story of the novels and drama CD to be much better.
Btw, just for the extra 22-year old Flit arc, I'm probably getting this (if I can find time to play):
Well being a critic of Gundam anime, the series was one of those "ignore the first three episodes ordeal". The plot started maturing near the end of the Asemu arc,and I loved how Asemu was a normal person. His pressure to appease his father was great for plot development, in all actuality Gundam Age could have just been about Asemu and be just as good (if not better). The mecha designs are meh, no where near the appeal of SEED and the UC time lines. The action scenes were okay, and it had some remarkable battles (battle between Desil and Asemu after ? !@* dies went right into best battles ever category). But once again, no where near that of other series, like Gundam 00 which had the best coreographed actions ever. In short it is an average Gundam series that okay, all aspects are good but never reaches the level of its predecessors.
"To my only desire, bring forth the beast of possibilities"
-Cardeas Vist (Gundam Unicorn)
falcolobo wrote:Well being a critic of Gundam anime, the series was one of those "ignore the first three episodes ordeal". The plot started maturing near the end of the Asemu arc,and I loved how Asemu was a normal person. His pressure to appease his father was great for plot development, in all actuality Gundam Age could have just been about Asemu and be just as good (if not better). The mecha designs are meh, no where near the appeal of SEED and the UC time lines. The action scenes were okay, and it had some remarkable battles (battle between Desil and Asemu after ? !@* dies went right into best battles ever category). But once again, no where near that of other series, like Gundam 00 which had the best coreographed actions ever. In short it is an average Gundam series that okay, all aspects are good but never reaches the level of its predecessors.
And here I thought I was the only one who like Asemu's arc. And I agree that as for the Gundam series I have seen (Wing, both SEED's, some of 00) it is pretty average. Especially in the Mobile Suits Dept., I personally like the Vagan mobile suits better than the Federation's They just look like toys really, specifically the Gundams (with exception of the Age-2 now and the AGE-FX). But what do you expect from a revival series?
falcolobo wrote:Well being a critic of Gundam anime, the series was one of those "ignore the first three episodes ordeal". The plot started maturing near the end of the Asemu arc,and I loved how Asemu was a normal person. His pressure to appease his father was great for plot development, in all actuality Gundam Age could have just been about Asemu and be just as good (if not better). The mecha designs are meh, no where near the appeal of SEED and the UC time lines. The action scenes were okay, and it had some remarkable battles (battle between Desil and Asemu after ? !@* dies went right into best battles ever category). But once again, no where near that of other series, like Gundam 00 which had the best coreographed actions ever. In short it is an average Gundam series that okay, all aspects are good but never reaches the level of its predecessors.
And here I thought I was the only one who like Asemu's arc. And I agree that as for the Gundam series I have seen (Wing, both SEED's, some of 00) it is pretty average. Especially in the Mobile Suits Dept., I personally like the Vagan mobile suits better than the Federation's They just look like toys really, specifically the Gundams (with exception of the Age-2 now and the AGE-FX). But what do you expect from a revival series?
We're brother's in arms then. Lol toyish design. I agree...except for the G-bouncer. I just get shivers from Wing Zero everytime I look at it. Yeah, Age was made to hook the younger crowd into the anime and start Gunpla (ps. the Age kits are actually really good). But some aspects I enjoy, for example Flit has an overwhelming urge to kill all Vagans. This makes sense and makes him probably the only protaginst driven by revenge (Shin does not count).
I actually like the AGE-FX. Nice design, but Vagan wins best mobile suit design category with the Legilis Gundam. That thing is a work of art. At least the design of the Age era mobile suits are realistic and fair (though some of the explanations of the weaponry made my physics mentality cringe). I'm actually glad nothing was too powerful. We had no Strike Freedom spamming beams like theres no tommrow while Jesus is preaching, and I was certainly glad we had no Gundam complexes (im lookin at you Setsuna).
For a revival series I expected more, Sunrise just screwed this over. Zeta was a revival series, and it made Gundam into a household name in Japan. Seed was a revival series, and although it sucked near the end and gave me an enternal hate for Kira it brought Gundam back. Im probably being a bit unfair, but Age has an entire franchise riding on it. Unicorn screwed up with episode 4 and is riding on nostalgia from viewers, but if Age fails we'll have another situation where Gundam goes silent for 5 or more years. So Age better deliver...
sigh...my mecha-otaku took over...
"To my only desire, bring forth the beast of possibilities"
-Cardeas Vist (Gundam Unicorn)
falcolobo wrote:
We're brother's in arms then. Lol toyish design. I agree...except for the G-bouncer. I just get shivers from Wing Zero everytime I look at it. Yeah, Age was made to hook the younger crowd into the anime and start Gunpla (ps. the Age kits are actually really good). But some aspects I enjoy, for example Flit has an overwhelming urge to kill all Vagans. This makes sense and makes him probably the only protaginst driven by revenge (Shin does not count).
I actually like the AGE-FX. Nice design, but Vagan wins best mobile suit design category with the Legilis Gundam. That thing is a work of art. At least the design of the Age era mobile suits are realistic and fair (though some of the explanations of the weaponry made my physics mentality cringe). I'm actually glad nothing was too powerful. We had no Strike Freedom spamming beams like theres no tommrow while Jesus is preaching, and I was certainly glad we had no Gundam complexes (im lookin at you Setsuna).
For a revival series I expected more, Sunrise just screwed this over. Zeta was a revival series, and it made Gundam into a household name in Japan. Seed was a revival series, and although it sucked near the end and gave me an enternal hate for Kira it brought Gundam back. Im probably being a bit unfair, but Age has an entire franchise riding on it. Unicorn screwed up with episode 4 and is riding on nostalgia from viewers, but if Age fails we'll have another situation where Gundam goes silent for 5 or more years. So Age better deliver...
sigh...my mecha-otaku took over...
I don't know about the Legilis. It just doesn't feel Gundam to me. Don't hate me but it just looks so Vagan that the only that looks gundam to me about it is the head and the colors. A gundam paint job on a Vagan mobile suit looks strange to me. But I digress.
I was thinking of watching unicorn but since it's an ova I don't know when it's gonna end. And it bothers me about whether I should wait and watch it all at one or just watch what there is and wait. It's just my bad habits acting is all.
Unicorn is gonna need two years to finish minimum. Episode 6 is coming out next spring, and only Kami-sama knows when episode 7 is gonna be out. So I recommend to watch it now.
"To my only desire, bring forth the beast of possibilities"
-Cardeas Vist (Gundam Unicorn)
Well, I''m slightly more impressed with this series now than Seed. Kio is a pacifist,
Spoiler! :
but he still gets angry and still kills people (well one person)
, and more people discourage him for doing that and at least he feels conflicted over it. Unlike Kira who just decides to that without any hesitation.
Age FX-Burst was pretty cool...but its a Trans-am wannabe but with blades. Doesn't actually seem very effective when thinking about it. But it looked cool
"To my only desire, bring forth the beast of possibilities"
-Cardeas Vist (Gundam Unicorn)
