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AGE time nao?
>>13939927
Oh look at the time.
Best Gundam MC ever.
>>13940031
no fuck you
shit show tossed into oblivion, good grief
ibo will soon join you
>>13939927
Is it bad that I like this show more than IBO?
>>13940035
AGEfags just want one non-shitposting thread every once in a while
As long as they don't start pushing how great their shit is a good show I think we should let them enjoy it.
>>13940052
>AGEfags
those exist?
I would be fucking ashamed to be one
>>13939927
Favorite AGE Wear what is yours?
>>13940056
Dunno, if you check the number of unique posters when archived you'll probably see a good 2/3s of them. I think they just overlook the bad and embrace the good instead of looking at it as a whole.
Again, fine as long as they don't start to pretend a lack of shitposting on them means /m/ has always liked it.
>>13939927
>nao?
Fuck off.
AGEfags can post with little shit coming their way since the newest show is shit, still it's a pretty shit show.
![latest[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/2lfza5N.jpg "latest[1].jpg")
>>13940043
No, I do too.
Still hoping things will turn around for IBO (a second season could redeem the whole thing or bury it further) but AGE was a lot more entertaining.
With the exception of the female love interests, everyone in AGE got more development and interesting likable moments, and got to change. Nothing like that in IBO.
AGE:
>Flit changes drastically after his arc, becoming revenge fueled until the very end
>Asemu has to live in the shadow of his father and find inner strength, despite not being an X-Rounder
>Kio (as much as I didn't like him) got to live on and see Veganland for a little bit, changing his perspective from his grandpa
IBO:
>Akahiro watches his brother die before his very eyes and acts no differently and learns nothing
>Mika is just Orga and Kudellia's sword (Mika isn't the lead but he still sucks as a character)
>Atra is just there
>Orga does things ocassionally
>Funny gay blonde hair kid almost dies and nothing changes
>Kudellia witnesses Fumitan's death in front of her (someone she's known and trusted her whole life) and changes for one episode before being her self-doubting self once again
>3 major battles resolved by ramming a ship into something
I liked AGE's mecha design better as well but that's pretty subjective. Seeing AGE-1 make it all the way to the end gave me a feel.
>>13940056
I liked it.
I saved it for next-to-last (Seed and Destiny were last) because I believed /m/ about how awful it was supposed to be. And, much like with Seed, its reputation was so overblown that I couldn't help finding it to be better than I was expecting.
It had its flaws, but I could look past them and see what they production team was going for. The did spend WAY too much time showing bloodthirsty psycho vagans and almost no time showing normal vagans who just wanted to be happy, but since I'm of that "all people are my people" mentality irl I liked the message behind Kio's arc. That message wasn't delivered gracefully by any means, but it's still a message I agree with.
(kid Asemu is still my favorite of the three leads, though).
>>13940082
Toss-up between this and GUNDEAD for AGE-1, Double Bullet and Double Blade for AGE-2, and Orbital and Graft for AGE-3.
>>13940082
There is only one answer.Glansa
>>13940242
>its reputation was so overblown that I couldn't help finding it to be better than I was expecting
I find this happens to me a lot with shows /m/ hates. Only one I've come across that really justifies the hate-boner is Destiny. Although the last couple episodes in AGE were Destiny tier if not worse.
>>13940261
>Glansa
>Wear
I commend you for your excellent taste, but you still answered the question incorrectly anon.
>>13940242
>>13940866
I blame the moonbase arc taking up too many episodes to resolve. That being said, I did enjoy the ending despite it's rushed feel. It helps that Ezelcant wasn't a typical mustache-twirling hitler clone that you could somewhat sympathize with him despite his batshit crazy plan for ending war.
Don't mind me, just best MS coming through.
>>13941516
Here's your "you". Enjoy your Re:vitiligo
I loved Gundam AGE, even though I know its not very good.
Gundam AGE has a pretty tight OST. The music is a nice mix of electronica, shredding guitars, and symphonic orchestration that leads to a pretty exciting soundtrack.
Hametsu no Kaze: http://50.7.54.34/ost/gundam-age-original-soundtrack-vol-3/zgthercilk/04%20-%20Hametsu%20no%20Kaze.mp3
Metal as fuck, and gets me pumped to do anything.
AGE FX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MdDeMuBT5s
In a better series, the accompanied scene to this track would be so enriched by this heroic ass anthem.
Unmei no Saki he: http://50.7.54.34/ost/gundam-age-original-soundtrack-vol-2/iwspjiajpg/01%20-%20Gundam%20AGE-2%20~%20Unmei%20no%20Saki%20he.mp3
Only good thing about Asemu was his kick ass dogfighting theme song.
Pic related, even the album art was solid
![latest[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/48VkraZ.png "latest[1].png")
>>13940082
>>13940043
Animation, early pacing and ms designs tops ibo in any level
>>13941881
10/10 had a good chuckle
>>13941988
>pacing
Are you shitting me age has the opposite of IBO problem of having random ms battles for the shit of it without any significance. Its pacing from zeheart school hijinks to return as badguy in 3rd arc is so abrupt and full of staff trying to change things mid series. It is bad in a different way
>>13939927
I'm rewatching some bits of AGE and it's not that bad, just stupid, the best thing about it being that the production staff is passionate about it and likely full of Gundam fans.
>>13940043
After rewatching it a bit there's no reason not to, AGE has passion, IBO has nothing.
>>13942043
I think you might be mistaking the recycled gundam elements for passion
>>13942057
The effort that was put into AGE is obvious. The staff was motivated about the project.
>>13942070
Are there any examples? You seem to be speaking from a subjective point of view? Are you talking about the scripting, storyboarding, animation, design, or what?
>>13942077
Anything that has nothing to do with writing. There are many pieces with nice storyboard, framing, animation and visuals. All the problems with AGE come down to the writing which either doesn't try or is plain stupid.
>>13942091
Animation and storyboard were okay, but there were times that it felt weird. Like the AGE-1 thruster-running during an early episode, or the AGE-2 DH dueling the Legilis and for some reason the scene acted like there was gravity on the ship hull they were fighting on.
>>13942099
It's a 4 cours long show, you have to expect low points in the production. IBO is 2 cours long so far and looks like it was made with the budget for one.
How was the game?
>>13941881
Embarassing.
>>13942131
The only thing I remember about the game was that it spoiled the ending to the anime
>>13941881
>>13941516
>superpilot intensifies
Asemu had one of the best themes
Legilis was pretty neat.
>>13942165
>superpilot
This is the exact point AGE started to go SEED/Destiny level of retarded.
>>13942206
That it was. Too bad it was wasted on that Zeheart retard. Even more so in the movie compilation.
![bdb491a8aa74b5362f410f0e73bc3732[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/j8mEy6W.jpg "bdb491a8aa74b5362f410f0e73bc3732[1].jpg")
I enjoyed AGE. I'll admit that it did start to turn pretty bad towards the end of it's run. But I found a lot of enjoyment from it.I'm probably one of the few people who enjoyed Kio too, even after his change into "no kill" Kio.
>>13940082
Orbital, for sure.
>>13942206
I despise the fact they dropped the visor for generic Gundam eyes. Fuck Zeheart.
>>13940043
At the very least it's better animated
>>13942450
What isn't?
>>13942454
SEED
>>13942459
SEED definitely had more and better animation than IBO even with the blatant abuse of stock footage.
Still the best thing from AGE.
>>13942468
It had pretty character designs and stock footage. I can't think of a single sakuga moment in the entire show that wasn't stock
>>13942469
You're joking right?
Please tell me you're joking
![6ace2ba0b6bffc357ad0772126e5fb26[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JL563hl.jpg "6ace2ba0b6bffc357ad0772126e5fb26[1].jpg")
Is it bad that I have AGE as my favorite Gundam series?
>>13942469
I'd still love a kit of this someday, even though it probably will never happen.
>>13942475
>lying about the best
>>13942476
>Is it bad that I have AGE as my favorite Gundam series?
With so much better stuff available? Yes.
![2cbd58e414b0e05bd9a8dac7ea884ce9[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/k5vOIiI.jpg "2cbd58e414b0e05bd9a8dac7ea884ce9[1].jpg")
>>13942478
Oh well.
>>13942468
Have you seen SEED it looks awful, even the remastered edition looks like total butts.
>>13942521
Are you admitting that you're mistaking artstyle and actual animation?
>>13940224
>Seeing AGE-1 make it all the way to the end gave me a feel
Literal plot armor.
HG Anything that isn't the Gundams restock / re-release never
At least let me buy a G-bouncer god damn it Bandai
>>13942534
Are you admitting that you're stupid? There's nothing wrong with the "art style" of SEED, what is wrong with it is that half of it is awfully drawn and the digital coloring is terrible.
It was made in the early 2000s which was an awkward transitional period and it shows really hard.
Let's go back to anAGEwhen flash animation was still a thing.
>Flit is a dick
http://kenkoudaa.sakura.ne.jp/page242.html
>Can't see shit, Yurin
http://kenkoudaa.sakura.ne.jp/page229.html
>Ganbatte! Captain Einus!
http://kenkoudaa.sakura.ne.jp/page236.html
>>13940043
I liked AGE too
>>13942552
Still not talking about actual animation.
>>13942554
Aw man, I liked these so much back when Age was airing. I'm glad this guy uses flash skills almost exclusively for Gundam stuff.
>>13942008
>zeheart school hijinks to return as badguy in 3rd arc is so abrupt
No it's not. From the onset of the second arc Zeheart has always been set up as the bad guy.
>>13942554
>http://kenkoudaa.sakura.ne.jp/page236.html
I did not need to be reminded of the constant BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEPing on the bridges in AGE3.
HOW DO WE GO FROM THIS
>>13941507
Moonbase definitely took too long to resolve, but there was also the problem of killing a bunch of characters for no fucking reason. Cancer girl's oniisan? 'Hey, I'm here for some reason!' and dead 5 seconds later. Still salty over best girl's death, too. 'Stand in front of your death laser while everyone else just gets out of the way? Sure, even though my entire character was introduced super pissed at you sacrificing pilots like pawns.' And random Fed pilot of the season, who (I think) was in love with Anus? Dead, because, well, we need another character death and he doesn't move merch? Some of those deaths could have been impactful, but there were so many of them rushed through, it just felt cheap.
>>13942476
I'd say you're wrong, but if asked my favourite series, it's still probably Wing, so like whatever you like.
>>13942448
This still annoys me. Legilis with the Vegan visor felt like some kind of violation of Gundam, then the visor drops and it's Gundam with a tail. Why bother?
Still had less predictable deaths than UnIronic Garbage Borephans.
AGE has the worst cast of female characters, the Shrikes all died some having only been in one or two episodes and they're still considered better than shit like Emily, Einus, or Romary.
>>13942630
AGE killed a lot of characters.
>>13942633
AGE girls only serve as baby factories.
>>13942633
Why are they bad? Because they don't die?
Is that how warped your standards are?
>>13942630
>Still had less predictable deaths
Every death in AGE was expected
>>13942643
No it's because>>13942640
They literally never get to do anything actually cool ever. They all are just there to get shipped or die without doing anything.
For example, the worst of this was Fram. Her death was more memorable for how she died and how awesome it was (Obright, a non X-Rounder coming out of nowhere and taking her down in a grunt unit) compared to the death itself
>>13942659
>They literally never get to do anything actually cool ever
Should they? This just seems like a bullshit nitpick.
>>13942665
I mean they never do anything at all. I honestly think even the CE handled women better and they arguably had the same problem.
>>13942643
Because they universally exist either to serve as tragic love interests or mentor figures or to fart out babies. Or to disappear entirely like Millais did.
>>13942643
Have you seen AGE? There are two relevant female pilots I can think of, one is a destabilized psycho pinning for her dead boyfriend, and the other is admittedly not bad until the final episodes, except for her ridiculous mahou shoujo mecha. Mostly though, it's just that they have next to no characterization past their relationship to the man of their life. There are plenty of Gundam series where the female characters take a back seat (but that's partially due to the target audience, so not much sense in complaining about that), but AGE is particularly bad.
>>13942672
>they never do anything at all
They served as impetus for character development (see: Yurine, all the love interests), just like every other female in any other past Gundam has done. I don't think you watched AGE recently, you seem to have an incredibly warped idea of the role of women in it, most likely influenced by years of shitposting and forming your opinions based off of /m/. Let me guess - you have a nice collection of posts screenshotted that inaccurately explains the flaws that you completely believe?
>>13942675
Iirc in the drama cd she dies between gen 2 and 3 taking a sniper bullet meant for Flit.
>>13942683
>They served as impetus for character development
That's not saying anything about their characters or even, again, doing anything. They only solely exist to be paired with men or to die for the sake.
Does anybody even remember Wendy for example
>>13942683
>They served as impetus for character development, just like every other female in any other past Gundam has done.
At least previous women in Gundam have also had something that could be called "character", like Roux or Cecily. Yeah they're more or less support for Judau and Seabrook, but they could also be characters on their own without them. It also helps that they're pilots when can better show that they're helping.
Everybody knows IBO is rotten trash but are we really supposed to sink so low as to wax nostalgic about this shitshow? Seriously, /m/?
>>13942724
Don't worry, in a few years we'll be talking about how under-appreciated IBO was.
>>13942675
>Millais
Who?
>>13942685
Her absence was relly fishy. I thought they didn't want to show her old.
>>13942208
>This is the exact point AGE started to go SEED/Destiny level of retarded.
Why, because skill can actually trump psychic bullshit once in a while?
Found the UCfag.
>>13942747
>Why, because skill can actually trump psychic bullshit once in a while?
Yes. This part was written like some cheap self insert power up shonen trash.
On one hand you have battle hardened people, X rounders that have been on the battlefield since they were kids and talented fucks like Woolf. Even then Woolf struggled against throwaway X rounders. Asemu who already had trouble keeping up with Woolf suddenly found himself completely dominating the strongest X rounders just because "Woolf died". If you want to fap so hard to that skill bullshit you look at the Obright fight against Fram, he had to die for that but he did it, it wasn't unrealistic SAO tier self inserting garbage. Then you have that vagan mook being able to beat up Flit with the power of some shitty magic helmet, and then those completely disappear. When you have tools so fucking useful they can turn grunt units into kamikaze gods of destruction, you'd want a fat lot of them. End of AGE-2 is the beginning of insanity.
Oh yeah, I guess you guys might like these.
Lineart of the game's wears. Game was p fun.
Also gundam MSVs.
>>13942747
Because that 'skill' was portrayed retardedly. Seriously, Woolf trumps a psychic by actually using thrusters to turn his suit, something she couldn't have predicted? Asemu trumps Decil by flying in a straight line while every shot misses, and then Decil just kind of freezes up while AGE-2 swipes at his back? And not only hacks his suit to a bisected torso, but then SHOOTS THE WRECKAGE, because apparently being cut in half isn't good enough for an explosion?
This was my fave MSV.
I liked the Memory of Eden movie too, it was pretty cool. Fixed up a lot of issues I had with the show.
Pity AGE was disappointing as a whole.
>>13942782
>And not only hacks his suit to a bisected torso, but then SHOOTS THE WRECKAGE, because apparently being cut in half isn't good enough for an explosion?
Well, you know, anger at a character's death is best conveyed by blowing someone to kingdom come, clearly.
Also maybe he was making doubly sure because Vagan machines have cockpits in the head, I don't know, whatever.
>>13942776
>>13942781
http://www.mediafire.com/download/k38i21xi9b6yb2q/Gundam+AGE+Cosmic+Drive.iso
Semi translated PSP Iso rip for Gundam Age Cosmic Drive I've held on to.
>>13942640
A realistic depiction of women then.
>>13942793
It was awful choreography. The show suffered from it the whole way through. Remember Baqto? Remember it being a lumbering groundpounder so invincible it'd make Gorg blush? Then Titus shows up and punts it into next week like nothing. And it wasn't even because oh gosh Titus is that strong, no, because the same ep another two or three get diced easily by Woolf just because he arrives and has a beam saber.
They continually set people and machines up as godly only to then have them not even put up any resistance to the hero once the appointed bit of plot happened.
>>13942782
Literally SAO. Something tha really bothers me about AGE is that the execution is all over the place, from lighthearted and irrelevant SOL moments no one cares about, gruesome deaths, immature shonen tone whenever some Asuno needs to show how special they are.
>>13942793
>>>/SAO/
>>13942816
AGE trying to push for some power levels was one of the reason it ended up so retarded.
>>13942807
You forgot badass female pilots toowho don't die
I love watching AGE and riffing on it. There's like, so much wrong, hamfisted, forced, and unintentionally hilarious that I can't help but have a good time watching it.
>>13943017
She was like the only good one and was horrifically irrelevant and underused
![807d4665c78391388765a828168faa81[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1DB2Dxd.jpg "807d4665c78391388765a828168faa81[1].jpg")
>>13942550
I was lucky to get mine without any troubles, but I do feel bad for those who want some of the AGE kits.Captain Einus a super cute!
>>13942554
These are always fun to see.
>>13942624
>so like whatever you like.
And so I shall, because that's what you should do, right?
>>13943017
So basically Wootbit is Asemu's kid with Arisa, right?
>>13943031
Honestly she should have won the Asem olympics, Kio would have been a better character.
>>13942659
>Obright, a non X-Rounder coming out of nowhere
Obright being awesome at the end isn't really sudden or out of nowhere. He's always dependable but not really stand out. In gen 2 he's doing well even using the most outdated MS among his team. And in gen 3 to survive using Genoace when his teammates using Clanche is a feat (even if he mostly just act as turret).
His last burst killing two X-Rounders in a row is not hard to believe then. He got nothing to lose and Diva is his home, so if Diva gonna go down, then he will go down as well.
>>13942789
I dislike how they paint Legilis red in MoE. Cool reference to Zeong's "we don''t have time to paint it in your color" when they left Legilis as it is in TV version.
Zeheart's breakdown in TV is better than the edgy 'drag me to hell' version in MoE
And the last Zeheart x Asemu fight in TV version is disappointing in terms of choreography because it's so short, but the way I see it, Zeheart totally lost it and blinded by rage. And thus he met pitiful end when Asemu easily beat his supposedly superior MS. In MoE they extend the fight but it's not really good either, that fistfight looks silly.
>>13943058
>Obright being awesome at the end isn't really sudden or out of nowhere. He's always dependable but not really stand out.
My post wasn't to knock Obright. I know that he has been badass from Gen 2 (when I said out of nowhere, I meant that it was unexpected).
It was to emphasize that Fram's death was notable for Obright who was overshadowing Fram, who by that point had gone full Zehaato-sama and was completely all over his dick.
>>13942776
So fucking good.
![b2e158de815c9e713b91b64dda38c98c[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/onfeX6q.jpg "b2e158de815c9e713b91b64dda38c98c[1].jpg")
>>13943068
She wanted the Zeheart D badly.
>>13943017
Again like actual women. 1 out of 20 are actually capable of anything and then they end up being underutilized because expectations are so fucking low for women.
>>13943056
Was there anybody who wanted Romary to win over her?
>>13943116
Hanakana-fags
>>13940043
I unironically enjoyed all of AGE.And IBO.The only show I didn't like was G-Reco.
>>13943116
Hell most people wanted Yurin to win too.
>>13943056
That's too lewd for this board anon!Honestly, I wished the AGE game did allow you to choose different females for Flit and Asemu, just for some extra fun.
>>13943158
Well that's why it's spoilered Anon. All lewds go in spoilers.
>>13943147
Everyone loved Yurin, she was pretty much perfect for Flit.
>>13943056
She wasn't in the running to "win" him. She was his bro.
>>13943186
So she had already won.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvTRQr7ns8
>>13943092
What a retard.
>>13943092
I will never not find her hair socks completely adorable.
>>13943239
They are pretty cute.
AGE, despite its obvious problems, is still one of the best Gundam out there.
I like pretty much any Gundam series and find worth in every version, but AGE is one of the most straightforward series. It's not trying to sink you into bull crap of plot twists and knows exactly what kind of story it's supposed to tell.
And is able to tell this story simply, but decently.
Fuck yah AGE-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNGFhy0tm8
>>13943400
Good taste, that was my view on AGE too.
>>13943400
>AGE, despite its obvious problems, is still one of the best Gundam out there.
Come on son
Expanded Flit Gen 1 Arc when? Follow his career and combat record.
>>13944098
>stupid sexy Flit arc
Yup, would watch. One of my favorite parts of Age that never got followed through was the sequence with SSF and little Asem in the best ED in the series/m/ sings when?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueURM7XNgjE
>>13941507
> It helps that Ezelcant wasn't a typical mustache-twirling hitler clone
Yea, instead they washed his hands of everything, treated him a hero despite his plan and made his literal clone the moustache-twirler after no lines and no characterization. Much better, obviously.
>>13943182
> Everyone loved Yurin
Speak for yourself, she was boring as hell in every way and completely forgettable. She was no better than . Or Lu for that matter.
>>13944228
>not loving Yurin
>>13943182
Their relationship is literally a montage scene
Still best girl, but yeah, has to be said
>>13944336
> Emily is concerned, Yurin is a cheerleader
Sounds about right.
>>13943058
Zeheart's death in the TV version is symbolic, in MoE it's theatrical.
Wasn't there a plot point about how being an X-Rounder made them more retarded over time or something?
>>13941919
I loved AGe's OST too it felt really upbeat and childish/playful like Eureka seven's
I like Kio
>>13942630
Honestly looking back,I felt so sad when even some of the side pilots in thee last arc started dropping like lies.
Because even though AGE was a gundam show it had this kids saturday morning cartoon feel to it,so when Obright dies and Fram and that other kid (I think his name was daniel) died I felt kinda sad,I didn't expect that from age.
>>13942685
Aw damn,I was hoping she got to live peacfully
>>13942802
Is any of the story translated or is it just menus and such?
>>13944126
Wow,this ending is kinda nostalgic,I loved the shit outta this one definitely AGE's best ending.
Gen 1's probably ranks second to this
>>13944410
it was just a side comment made by Zeheart,he wondered if X-rounders were just a devolution of humans who relied on their instincts
>>13940224
>>Akahiro watches his brother die before his very eyes and acts no differently and learns nothing
after losing his blood brother he opens up and accepts the rest of the orphans as brothers
Where all the AGE webms at?I have none
>>13945309
Don't have any handy. Have some Video MS Encyclopedia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB7xnf0g-0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsXWlJPc8N0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GR0WcZC77o
>>13945309
Is this Memory of Eden or something? I don't remember Age looking this good at all. Not that it didn't usually look pretty fair by TV standards, but this looks rad.
>>13945469
>Red Legillis
It's MoE.
Also, Gen 3 is really sorta bizarre, isn't it? The named grunts do all the hard work and get shit done while the Gundam pilots keep talking philosophy on the middle of the battlefield
>>13945480
Thanks. Never actually watched MoE and I remembered something about Legillis being different towards the end and well I guess it wasn't the color. And yeah, it's kind of weird now that you mention it, lol.
>>13943400
Age is copy paste of a number of different gundam archetypes and plot points liquified into one series with MS battles directed from the perspective of a JRPG. The AGE system is a video game mechamic that did not translate well into narrative form as is progression of the generation story. Its really bad and should have stayed a video game only.
>>13945115
>I think his name was daniel
Who?
Leil is Zeheart's Angelo, pilot a green Ghirarga and killed by Obright
Jonathan is Obright's team mate, killed by Fram
Deen Anon (great name) is the brother of that cancer girl, killed by space gorilla
Unless you're referring to someone else, those are the people died at the last arc
>>13945115
>so when Obright dies
That one was right in the feels man. Easily one of the most emotionally stirring deaths in the entire Gundam franchise.
>>13942624
Ugh. I feel like all the last-minute characters deaths were for the sake of making it not come off as Destiny's ending where the good guys win in a clean sweep. Personally I feel like things fell apart in Gen2 when instead of actually having shit happen, we just had Asemu and Zehart waffle with their gay love for eachother and Asemu's moping about not being an X-rounder took up waaaay too much of the plot. Also. How come the fuck Macil and Shawee couldn't join Asemu and Romary in the military to help get Zeheart back. Like yeah their parents are military, but they could still beg Asemu to pull some strings for them so they can be assigned to the Diva. Just replace Obright and that other guy with Asemu's friends and I feel like Gen-2's cast wouldn't have been completely wasted.
>>13943058
Another thing they reaaally needed to do in Gen 2 was just introduce Ezelcant ASAP and then kill him off so that Zeheart can blame Asemu for it and be the grand duke of Vagan in Gen 3, but still lead on the front lines because Char. That way when Kio is kidnapped by lardgorilla, his decision to end the war has a bigger impact since Kio would keep asking Zeheart stuff about his dad, thereby justifying Zeheart's line about resenting Asemu for getting to start a family and shit.
>>13945725
This. Heck, didn't one of the staff say something about not needing to explain how the Vagan mechs showed up anywhere because video game mechanics?
>>13945309
>red Legilis
Zeheart managed to piss me more than in the TV show.
>>13945784
In gen 3, Obright was seen mopping the floor of Diva alone. Then he preached Kio about how Diva is their home. He then handed Kio another mop. Which means Obright always carry two mops somehow.
DEEP
>>13946082
If they brought Asemu's MS club friends, there will be complain on how small the world is because the characters got stuck with the same people again.
I like it when they introduced new characters to the team; sure it make the cast list bloated and characterization of each one suffered, but at least it makes the world a bit more believable.
I mean in a sense that it doesn't look like the world isn't populated by just handful of people.
>>13946104
Pretty much.
Watch AGE like it's a video game, and the Vagan fights are just random encounters or boss fights.
![[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_05v2_[720p][10bit][A646DCB1].webm](https://i.imgur.com/fwHNe4t.jpg "[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_05v2_[720p][10bit][A646DCB1].webm")
>>13945309
![[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_14_[720p][10bit][13C7D174].webm](https://i.imgur.com/8U9R6rC.jpg "[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_14_[720p][10bit][13C7D174].webm")
>>13946564
![[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_26_[720p][10bit][4E230B7F].webm](https://i.imgur.com/K99xjmh.jpg "[sage]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AGE_-_26_[720p][10bit][4E230B7F].webm")
>>13946569
>>13945469
>I don't remember Age looking this good at all
I guess people would only remember the shit writing.
![36466340f6f4db0a6b6c43e218e6b063[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/qLpHYNm.jpg "36466340f6f4db0a6b6c43e218e6b063[1].jpg")
>>13945090
So do I anon.
>>13945090
I don't hate him, he's just a kid. Asemu is a faggot though.
>>13946648
>>13940242
>And, much like with Seed, its reputation was so overblown that I couldn't help finding it to be better than I was expecting.
To be fair, people don't really think SEED is bad, but Destiny is so bad that it makes people hate SEED.
>>13947078
>people don't really think SEED is bad, but Destiny is so bad that it makes people hate SEED.
I love this meme
>>13947078
A few weeks ago we literally had someone finish bingewatching SEED and he thought it was so bad that he was afraid to start Destiny.
>>13947100
>Can't separate general consensus from uniformity
Gee, you must be autistic.
>>13947103
>general consensus
>this is what I think so it must be true
You SEEDfags will never win.
>>13947113
If it's such a "meme", then it must be a general consensus.
[/spoiler]And I couldn't finish SEED, the animation was too bad.[/spoiler]
Man all this talk of AGE makes me miss rrobbert184 even more.
>>13939927
first season was the best season
i have no idea why sunrise decided to fuck this series up so hard
>>13947313
I miss him too, his reviews were pretty comfy to watch.
>>13947317
Sunrise? You mean Hino? Any fuckups are pretty cleary his, not that of his employers.
>>13942640
Hello Mechatalk
>>13945309
Made as an experience, checking for interest.https://mega.nz/#!cA91zLyL!9u2MWSUIwFXsidPxf9kbvpjU62U8QizvV4JIbI0ZW3M
>>13947648
Sunrise decided to pin quite a few hopes on Hino and then, despite his apparently blowing off meetings, never really pushed him.
Had they tightened the leash earlier, they might have been able to reroute the crash.
>>13946338
>If they brought Asemu's MS club friends, there will be complain on how small the world is because the characters got stuck with the same people again.
Honestly, the show already had that problem anyway.
At that point, might as well just own it.
>>13948272
Um...it's still Hino's fault, not theirs. Not to mention, they may not have been able to leash him depending on contract. It certainly sounds like they couldn't if you read staff interviews.
>>13948312
They're at fault for hiring him in the first place.
>>13948319
Yea, how dare they hire the public face of several of the best selling franchises of the last decade. Hino is to blame ultimately, not sure why you're trying to defend him.
>>13948327
Don't know why you're trying to defend sunrise. They approve this shit; they are just as much at fault as Hino.
>>13948336
Because writing (or directing) shit is more damning than approving it, especially if you've no choice contractually. I applaud Sunrise for hiring Hino, I think they're dumb for not making him co-director, co-writer and forcing him to do more work (conjecture), but ultimately I blame Hino for fucking it up.
>>13947805
>>13946564
>>13946569
>>13946573
God damn, shame IBO couldn't look this good.
>>13947325
this,I loved this jokes he did at the end. Wish he would update thoughI hope he sin't dead
>>13949968
Last anyone's seen of him he's writing reviews for HLJ. Looks like last thing he's done was 4 days ago. http://www.hobbylink.tv/members/rrobbert184/
>>13950222
Why on earth would HLJ confine him to doing text and picture reviews? They'd get better bang for their buck/free plamo if they supported his vids.
Threadly reminder
>Ansem>Flint>>>Kino
>>13939927
I liked AGE better when it was believed to be about cellphone summoning Gundams and Yurin was actually Flit's descendant from the future coming back into the past to warn him of the future ruled by machines due to the AGE system going rogue.
Would have made for a much more entertaining trainwreck.
>>13950527
I was alright with what we got.
>>13947313
Gundam dot.....teee kaaaay.
>>13948217
And that concludes the BD episodes for the opening arc.https://mega.nz/#!pRlh3ZBA!mXLdj7XK6ve8B1W1AeKe0srZReMEBRNcpwO2mlvVsjchttps://mega.nz/#!4U8hEaIb!HlsuWg6pnGzr1lKl-qq4zH_xQ8T-wC1DhyxSOFdbflI
Seems like there isn't much interest for more. AGEfags may really not exist at all.
>>13948674
For all the shit AGE gets, it really did get excellent choreography all around.
![2073207eafbc36d17fc58417c919601d[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9An4PiR.jpg "2073207eafbc36d17fc58417c919601d[1].jpg")
>>13951021I'm probably one of the few genuine AGEfags around anon, I wouldn't wonder too much about it honestly.
Anyways, thank you for these anon. You can't see it but I'm giving you a thumbs up.
>>13951046
There are currently no subbed release for AGE BD but if fans are really interested, I'll try to release more.
>>13951055
I look forward to them.
>>13945222
when was him not doing this an issue? He ate with them, talked with them, trained with them and even saved them in combat
>>13951060
For now the plan is to at least do the first arc (1-15). Episode 4 should be out today or tomorrow.
>>13943147
>all dat super X-Rounder babies Flit could have
>instead he gets a blank deadbeat dad and a shitter pacifist who puts his own team in harm's way
>>13951080
That's cool anon, just take your time with them.
>>13951066
They wanted him too, but he was self-conscious about labels and made more of his human debris one than warranted.
>>13951273
>self-conscious about labels and made more of his human debris
So there was no actual issue that ever had any real effect, but he said human debris a lot in the arc so that counts
>>13951282
If you don't count someone's mindset and personality then I guess there wasn't, no. That did change though regardless, even if the arc was dumb as shit.
>>13951288
>mindset and personality
That was not an issue before and only came up for drama here. You said he never accepted the others when on the mafia colony they all go hey we are such brothers now it is great
>>13951298
Someone can accept others socially but not personally. It's a shit arc, but a decent idea because there's truth to it.
>>13947805
I really like that he holster's the Hyper DDOS Rifle and it's there in all the animation. I do recall some instances where he tosses it aside...
>>13951306
>accept others socially but not personally
Fuck off with this twisty bullshit. They all treated him the same as anyone else and the same for his actions.
There was literally one other scene this was an issue before the arc (and again no one was shown to be down on him for it in this part) and Orga solves it right there and then telling Guts he is no longer a slave, he is his friends and free to act how he wants. Fucking done, sorted there is no issue. Everyone's actions including his own and especially at the mafia colony arcs repeats "we are such a family now" and that included him saying that.
In a visual medium you can't just say well he was thinking it we just didn't show you, in fact showing the oposite and not implying anything else
>>13947805
The sliced up mech parts looked really good in AGE.
>>13947805
I don't like how most of the time they don't show the actually hit but what happens after, it makes the impact lose a lot of effect
>>13951338
The hit requires the most animation so they often go for cheap.
>>13942542
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFHvclE8H9A
Age-1 kicked so much ass.
>>13942776
4th row first on the left
>You are a wizard asemu
>>13951089
A shame there wasn't an alternate branch option in the games to allow a Yurin end, which leads to a better dad Gen 2 setup, which leads to a smarter Kio Gen 3 end where he takes Lu with him and the two pilot AGE 3 with Lu's latent X-Rounder powers making Kio OP and ending the war earlier.
>>13951537
This is too vanilla for Gundam but considering they did shit like this for UC there's no excuse.
>>13951537
That would have been pretty cool to have, but oh well.
>>13942206
Still waiting for a HG restock of this, Clanche and Ghirarga ;_;
>>13951651
Clanche is pretty good mate, I've got one myself.
>>13951021
There's a party in my pants
And Yurinvited.
>>13951801
Boooooo
>>13945309
>>13945309
>>13945309
>>13945309
Fuuuuuck that animation is so good
>>13951021
I'm late but I appreciate this. I really like AGE and feel it only fell apart in the last 10 episodes or so, and even then not completely.
Thank you, whoever you are.
>>13947731
Mechatalk? /m/ was calling that shit out back when the show was still airing.
It's not like that was only one site's beef. It was a pretty regular issue.
![Mobile.Suit.Gundam.AGE.-.23.-.1080p.BluRay.x264.DHD.mkv_snapshot_02.06_[2016.03.03_21.43.17].png](https://i.imgur.com/71tRFRB.jpg "Mobile.Suit.Gundam.AGE.-.23.-.1080p.BluRay.x264.DHD.mkv_snapshot_02.06_[2016.03.03_21.43.17].png")
>>13951055
There actually is. I saw a Mega for it a year or two ago posted on /m/
>>13951055
>>13953462
Yeah, it's on animebytes actually.
>>13952390
Chris Guanche was calling the female characters baby factories as the show was airing. Mechatalk being the circlejerk that it is, parrots everything Chris says. Including, the term "baby factory" and to this day is how everyone from that forum talks about the female characters in AGE.
I wasn't calling anyone out for using that criticism, I was just drawing attention to the terminology that was used.
>>13947313
Two rs two bs...
>>13950479
For whatever reason he seems to be done with Gundam, maybe Gundam Age burned him.
He will always be my favourite gunpla reviewer.
>>13954455
Can't imagine it was just Age, given he was still doing reviews up until at least the middle of the original Build Fighters series.
>>13953462
>>13953482
Any 720p?
>>13951947
>that Dorado doing cool yet useless move with its arm vulcan
at the very least he died with style
>>13951021https://mega.nz/#!9UEGFCCT!Ddne2N09S48_B6TMDXRAUB-Up4EAuv5bbqgu98mGTBghttps://mega.nz/#!dcEQCARZ!rCz06bX-Ppetd6ZfOk8maZAUFrdcc3oK4Euj9LDkceQhttps://mega.nz/#!sI9lSDbL!9RVhzBJT_uGtajR-dQfOpnfTss2hG-PrbFUqmnFK9Ps
Episode 4 is pretty nice, AGE production is solid. 6 is full of dumb stuff, clumsy flashbacks, slideshow exposition, unintentional comedy, just like IBO in short.
Woolf is awesome.
Desil is creepy.
Don Boyage is old and fat.
>>13939927
Man that nigga did nothing wrong
I can't believe he went out in such a cheap way.
>>13951923
This is about the episode I left on.
Kio's arc was so dry
Anybody remember what episode this was?
>>13954990
Probably early AGE-4 as Kio got his new Gundam and Zeheart doesn't have the Legilis yet.
>>13954994
Man the Age-3 really did nothing wrong to get jobbed so hard by such a shitty replacement
>>13954997
Are you talking shit about the Legilis?
My only problem with AGE is I never understood why anyone would like Asem.
While I recognize the appeal of the elements in his arc (Transforming Gundam, intense rivalry, boosted by the concept of a regular guy trying to beat someone who is superior) but I still believe Asem is by far the weakest of the three.
He's got no special skills, which puts him in a small list of pilots (Kou Uraki and Shiro Amada, off the top of my head) who serve as Gundam leads.
Rather than be a quality that appeals to me, it ends up being a flaw of the character. He goes about it in such a dumb way that I just end up disliking him every time he appears.
Seriously, guy's a fuck hole.
I know a lot of jerk off to the concept of war, so I can understand why a character like Kio (who wants everyone to stop fighting) would be unappealing.
Kio, however, ends up being a better character than Asem because he's got a fairly straightforward development.
Asemu's entire arc is all about uncertainty. While on paper this seems like a beautiful thing, it ends up being done in such a backwards way that it ends up making his character a terrible person in every way.
Also, let's not forget he grew up to become a deadbeat dad who ran away from his family TO PUT EVERYONE IN A STALEMATE SO THAT THE WAR WOULD NEVER END.
Put simply
Kio > Flit > Asem.
>>13955014
>My only problem with AGE is I never understood why anyone would like Asem
Same reason people like Naruto as a character.
>>13939927
IBO makes AGE look good at least AGE was bland in the sense of it's been done way better before
IBO is just nothing the anime
>>13955014
>Kio > Flit
Now you've crossed the line, old man. You can't just say that someone is better than Grandpa Genocide and not back up your claim.
>>13955014
I would rate Flit over Kio, not because of a murderboner but because I think Flit has more nuance to his character, but I agree with you about Asem and Gen 2 in general. The real problem for me is that Gen 2 contributes nothing. It's sixteen episodes about nothing happening and battles that don't matter. You could yank it out, give its episodes to the other generations and not miss anything.
>>13955007
No I'm talking shit on the Age-FX
Age-3 did nothing wrong
>>13955014
>Kio > Flit
This is incorrect
>>13954957
Woolf is always awesome.
>>13954997
I liked the FX, it and the AGE-3 are pretty equal in my views.
>>13954990
Episode 41 I think
AGE has the best enemy designs.
>>13954997
I've always liked the AGE-FX a lot. I like its shade of blue and the various callbacks to earlier Gundams (primarily AGE-1) as well as the signature A symbol being incorporated as the chest itself are really neat. AGE-3 really didn't deserve what it got either though, it was a damn good ZZ homage.
>>13955842
Vagan grunts are pretty good.
>>13943017
I usually really hate character designs that have hair over their eyes, but I really like hers for some reason. Too bad she didn't do shit.
>>13955842
I like the body design, but I can't stand how none of the vagan suits had guns. Having them hold their arms out to shoot made them look pretty silly.
>>13944359
What I don't get about Yurin is that she's a mysterious love interest with an unknown past and unknown powers in a show with an unknown enemy and more characters with unknown powers that isn't ever revealed to be related to the unknown enemy. Like, what is the point of even having her be like that if you're not going to have that reveal come up? It seems like such a waste. Her past and powers are always just a mystery, like her entire character.
>>13956257
I can agree with that for some of first gen and most of 2nd gen, but 3rd gen was fucked up. Especially the Danazine, the Xamdrag, and Sid/Vagan Gear.
>>13956565
She wasn't mysterious, just poorly written and fleshed out.
