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I just watched the Menclave sub of Episode 2 after I watched the Nyo…whaterver sub before and now the scene with the Union’s presidnt finally makes sense…

I think Sunrise is bringing in a few other Gundam concepts from the previous Gundam series.

The first is Exia. It seems to be styled after the Epyon from Gundam Wing. Melee only combat, and the beam sword is replaced with the switch sword. I am betting that when Setsuna changes Gundam, the longsword will become a beam sword, either something like the one on Epyon or the METEOR system in Seed.

The next one is Dynames. The sniper gundam idea is model after the 08th MS Team’s GM Sniper model, and the beam pistols is after the Strike Noir’s SBRs. Somehow, instead of the flip-under-armpit beam cannon design in GS and GSD for the Destiny/Blast Impulse gundams, they change it to the carry-on-right-shoulder design. The co-pilot is a Haro, something like Turn-X’s Haro which can pilot Gundams.

Kyrios is the most unoriginal Gundam. The movable frame concept is like Zeta Gundam’s, with the ability to transform between a MS and MA. But the unassisted re-entry into earth reminds me of Zeta’s Waverider mode. Kurio’s pilot is also something like that of Kamille Bidan, quite unsure of his own capabilities at first, and looks at his gundam as though it is part of him.

Lastly is the big fat Virtue. I think there is an inside joke of why it is named Virtue, since most men despise larger-than-average women (yeah that is the “politically correct” term for fat), no matter how virtous they are. Also Tieria Erde looks like a girl. Another thing about Virtue is it’s incredible firepower that often results in overkills, e.g decimating a single terrorist MS with a blast from that BFG, and with that kind of firepower, it reminds me of ZZ Gundam’s firepower based concepts, a double-barrel beam rifle, 2 hyper beam sabers, homing bombard missiles and that freaking high-energy beam cannon on the head.

That is basically what I think about the Gundams. But why do they always design the bad guys’ mobile suits to have that single mono-eye and laughably decadent weaponry? And the Enacts look so ugly, I want the Zakus back.

not that im caring about New Zealand and all….

USA is not obligated to do anything for others as a nation, but it was their own choosing to position themselves as a world leader and international policeman, thus creating a standard of expectation which they clearly cannot fulfil due to limitations placed by partisan politics. They asked for the backlash and they got it.

I also think that its too quick to give Sunrise a quick thumbs up for their use of the Tamil Insurgency/War of Independence. After all the Tamil United Front was under considerable strain in the recent years and internal struggles for power do take place. The conflict itself is not strictly along ethnic lines, and as much as the Tamil Tigers have tried it does not change the fact that there intentions on a new government are not clearly in favor of popular sovereignty and multi-party rule. If Sunrise just leaves it as an ethnic conflict then clearly they have ignored the details regarding the current state of affairs.

I would not be so quick to sing Sunrise’s praises for drawing upon the obvious. If they get details right then that is cause for celebration. However I still do not think that Sunrise or even anime should be the instrument by which world issues and conflicts are presented or used as a trustworthy and definitive source for information.