I really wish AGE had been a good show. There was so much potential for it to become an actual thing. Had some good designs and music, especially the game OP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIuSTHutY1U
Yeah, it turned out... yeah. I really like the designs, too.
Was the game ever translated? I seem to vaguely remember people working on it.
no
I'm currently at the beginning of the third act. I've yet to see why it is so shitty. Sure the plot isn't that great or ebtertegning but the mecha porn is still pretty great. At the very least the first 25 episodes were better than IBO's.
>>14364065
>I've yet to see why it is so shitty.
Did you not see the Fardain arc? Are you clearly not seeing the writing problems that have come with the massive timeskips?
>>14364065
>Sure the plot isn't that great or ebtertegning
>ebtertegning
You wanna try that one again? Or is this some meme I should already start getting sick of now?
>>14364108
I think he was saying entertaining
>>14364065
The third arc is where it turns shitty.
>>14363852
Arc 1 one was pretty boring but nothing offensive.
Arc 2 was good, not excellent, but still entertainment. The fact that Asemu was a likable faggot and Age 2 was the best gundam the show, probably also helped.
Arc 3 It's where it all ends up in the shit.
if the show had a better chara design and only two narrative times (1 and 2), it probably would have been more appreciated.
>>14364151
I agree that Arc 2 was better than what came before but Arc 1 still has the Fardain arc
>>14364105
The fardain arc was retarded but as I said, the not-zakus were cool and they spent a lot of time bashing each other in the face so it was ok in my book.
Honesty, Shangri-La or whatever was the name of the first colony in ZZ was worst.
>>14364108
I was having a seizure, it just stopped now.
>>14364118
It's really sad because it started really strong.
>Obari OP that teased the pirate Gundam and Vagan Gundam, oh the anticipation!
>Vagan being actual threat with that slinky of doom and finally invading Earth
>Introducing Abyss team that somehow competent (Clanche being sexy also helped)
>New Diva team including the Captain that looks promising and interesting
>Grandpa Flit being the most awesome grandpa ever
>Strong debut of AGE-3
>Kio and Grandpa Flit doing Open Get! in the desert
>Kio glassing the desert with AGE-3 Fortress
NotJaburo arc is where it turned bad with that unnecessary spy substory that went nowhere. Then everything went downhill and never return after space arc started.
>>14364436
I think that the exact moment the series starts declining rapidly is immediately once the first Fortress fight ends.
Which is weird since the Fortress' debut was really cool.
>>14364436
>NotJaburo arc is where it turned bad with that unnecessary spy substory that went nowhere.
Don't forget "Did we forget to mention X-Rounders are natural minesweepers?"
and
"Oh yeah, truth is, it's all...ahhh...it's been testing them the whole time! Yeah! That's right! ... You buyin' any of that Zeheart?"
Oh yeah, wasn't it a plot point that X-Rounders actually get more retarded over time or something
>>14364714
Yea, there was a one off line about X-Rounders being a devolution. They never really expand on it, but throughout the series, the more powerful the X-Rounder usually the more crazy they are. Even Kio went aut when he used the Burst Mode.
That, combined with the idea of humanity moving away from war and being forced back into it, I think there was a dropped theme in there somewhere.
>>14364714
The helmet of the bad guy give them minor x-rounder ability, which end up dammaging their brains. I've yet to see an X-rounder go full retard beside Dresil but I think it was mostly due to his upbringing.
>>14364745
That bitch in the 10 year old suit that out fought the latest AGE Gundam was crazy as shit
>>14364151
>>14364169
I actually legit think Arc 2 is the worst. It has a nice mobile suit, muh Oldtype protagonist, but the events in it are utterly pointless to the story as a whole, and in fact most of those events are even pointless to themselves. With Gen 1 and Gen 3 I can see ways they could be rewritten to be, if not great shows, at least decent executions of their core stories. I cannot conceive of how to make Gen 2 not suck because any reasons for it to even exist as part of this story have to be made up wholecloth.
>>14364797
How the fuck can Gen 3 not be the worst under any circumstances? Gen 2 at least has some kind of personal development and conflict.
There's a reason it's the one that got the OVA
>>14364818
Not him, but it got the movie because it was the most popular. The amount of development and quality of conflict had nothing to do with it.
>>14364851
>Not him, but it got the movie because it was the most popular.
Gee I wonder why it was the most popular. It couldn't be that Gen 1 and 3 shit the bed hard
>>14364436
Blessed be our Captain NoBully
>>14364878
Popularity isn't and never has been an indicator of quality. You can think it was the most popular purely because of quality, but you'll find little support for the idea I'd imagine since the character designs and melodramatic love triangle almost certainly played a big part in it's appeal to some people.
>>14364899
Okay but that doesn't mean 1 and 3 weren't worse than it because they were
Arc2 also had best Outro and best Mecha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCtweB714n4
>>14364901
If you say so. I stopped watching all three generations a few episodes in out of boredom, so I'm no-one to judge any of them against each. Gen-3 had by far the most interesting first episode or two though I guess?
>tfw #
AGE has some damn nice OPs
>>14364919
>censor the loli
>but not the captain
What?
>>14364909
Gen 3 has a GOAT start
>>14364950
:^]
>>14364919
I like how they point out that it's water coming out of the shower wand.
I think the biggest, and I mean absolutely biggest let down with arc 3 is how under utilized Obright was.and no kit too
![1569[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/38944tp.jpg "1569[1].jpg")
>>14364436
AGE-3 is fucking great. A fantastic modern reimagining of the ZZ that improves upon the original.
>>14365034
Obright's shining moment was the best part of part 4
>>14363852
I wish the PSP games were good...
the story held it back in the worst ways,
has anyone updated/fixed those mega links for the blurya rips of AGE? Gen 1 download works iirc but the rest dead.
>>14364436
Atleast the age upgrades for the 3 main gundams were sick.
>>14363852
It was ahead of its AGE
>>14365284
The earlier concept design was better looking.
>>14366420
Looks like they split the original design into the AGE-3 and the AGE-FX
>>14366420
>and more
oh how I wish...
Sexist grunt suit of any Gundam series ever.
![latest[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/VSWND3s.png "latest[1].png")
>>14366438
They were in the games. A lot of the extra wears didn't really fit with the aesthetic of the show anyways. Would've been nice to see pic related in action though.
>>14366449
it'd be sweet if this guy showed up in another game like musou or exvs.
>>14366440
Right? AGE federation suits were GOAT
>>14363852
At least the animation is better than IBOThat's not a hard feat
A lot of the Vegan grunts were GOAT too like the Gafran and the Dorado. Then they went full retard with that asinine part 3 grunt with a goddamn sword mouth.
>>14366498
gen 3 had not-z'gok and Ghirarga its good in my book
>>14366498
The Vagans have my favorite designs in any AU Gundam series ever.
The rounded streamlined classic Sci-Fi aesthetic with a sharp villainous dragon-like design theme made for some memorable suits.
Pic related is my fav Char clone suit
>>14366498
Almost ZOE-like in the elegance
I knew i wasnt going to be alone. Back in 2011/2012 when AGE was airing and getting hate, i knew it was bad but loved so much about it that i bided my time until the shitstorm abided. I knew from ashes, roaches would survive the fallout and congregrate and praise the fallen Gundam series.
All memes aside, i really enjoyed AGE. Ive seen it twice. Once while it was airing and all at once, binging it with my irl /m/ friends. Let me just say, its a lot more digestable when you arent waiting a week inbetween each episode. It makes the more pointless bits less grating.
What i enjoyed about AGE was a collection of little elements rather than the cohesive whole. The animation was pretty, i loved the action (on ground, felt like SEED without the stock footage; in space, it felt like 00). Im not a /realism/ fag about mechs, so the bright blocky mecha designs that popped on screen were extremely apealing to me (both the Federation and Vagan suits). The show also had a gift of giving us charming (though underused or never fully realized) characters. Grodek was based as fuck; Woolf is introduced as a cocky asshole but in the same episode proves himself of his arrogance, and he never has to be humbled as a character, making him fun; Flit was great because you got to see him develop over like 40 years; Obright was a no nothing skrub who becomes king of the grunts; Seric was smooth sherlock holmes type, and was badass; and there are even one offs like that chocolate bar eating captain who is shown initially as a buffoon, but proves to be sort of intimidating and even honorable (and the director didnt have to include a quirk like the chocolate bar thing, but a little touch like that goes a long way).
I am very aware AGE is probably one of the worst series in the franchise, but i can't help but appreciate it. I want to say i love it, and a part of me does, but its unreached potential does leave a sydney sized hole in my heart.
>inb4 implying
>>14366419
Part of me actually believes this. I think Sunrise will use some ideas from AGE in the future and (hopefully) make them successful.
(I.e, Like SEED's second half paralleling the final arc of X: A single Gundam team caught inbetween two governments bent on the mass genocide of each other's people*)
*Though you could argue Wing kinda did this too
They blew it when Yurin didn't win the Flitbowl
>>14366515
Yes, the Ghirarga its great. I also loved the Legilis, great mix of Vegan suit and normal Gundam.
How did we end up from this sick looking animation to fucking IBO?
>>14366497
>That's not a hard feat
Yeah except that AGE tops many other Gundam TV shows in that department. AGE has a fuckton of well animated stuff.
>>14366977
AGE bombed.
>>14366875
>I am very aware AGE is probably one of the worst series in the franchise, but i can't help but appreciate it
AGE issues are lessened by the fact that it was made to be a kid show, writing is completely shallow and clunky but it's never used as anything more than an excuse to have conflicts and action. Look at IBO doing things completely wrong.
>>14367001
>writing is completely shallow and clunky
Yea, but at least the direction was charming. How scenes and set pieces bled into each other was well done, and in the Gen 1, made it feel adventurous.
If the show was less ambitious in scope or became the longest running Gundam series, it would've benefited from more focus on characters being bad ass and memorable. Essentially using the plot as window dressing. Gen 2 really needed some sweet moments from the rest of Asemu's team, and Gen 3 needed to have more development of its antagonists (i.e Zera Gins)
>>14367001
>its a kid show
It still surprises me that people still uses this execuse
>>14367021
You're talking out your ass
>>14366997
>Yeah except that AGE tops many other Gundam TV shows in that department.
Thanks for the laugh
>>14367058
This just means that you need to rewatch the show.
>>14367042
Not really.
The first generation did the standard monster of the week format, but each new mobile suit was show cased at a new set piece (Nora, a Shoal Zone, Fardain, Ambat). In between the action we had characters develop (Grodeks private investigation, love triangle, black operator dude's mistrust, Flit's shonen drive to beat the bad guy, Woolf taking the senpai role), and learn more of mysteries surrounding the UE. The Diva had to take different approaches to handle each encounter (Mostly different uses of the AGE device, but its fun going into it blind, not knowing what they'll do next. However it was cool to see them recruit Zalam and Euba, and to use tactics to outsmart the Federation)
As far as everything else I said, I found the most appealing thing in AGE was the fun quirks and cool moments the characters had. If it was more a character driven series with a simple plot, I really wouldn't have complained.
>>14367039
Why?
>every Gundam is a kids show!
Yea, but its clear that Sunrise knows that there are several different demographics that watch Gundam. AGE was very clearly supposed to be for a younger audience than 00
>>14363852
If only Hino didn't have the attention span of a child when it came to supervising this one. It's almost like he went "hey, it's Gundam, so I'm sure the staff will know how to adapt this one and it'll succeed."
>>14366887
>Though you could argue Wing kinda did this too
It helps that the latter half was directed by the guy going on to helm X.
>>14367075
>I'm sure the staff will know how to adapt this one and it'll succeed
He was right about the first part then.
I wasn't around /m/ when AGE first started to broadcast, so I didn't get to see the initial reactions to the series until after I decided to check through the archives.
Anyways, I watched AGE after the series was completed, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So much that I consider it my favorite from the franchise.
There was many things that I enjoyed from it, ranging from the characters, the general story, the mech designs (both Earth Federation and UE/Vagan) and the animation that helped the points along.
Of course, that doesn't mean I'm not oblivious to the problems that arose during my watch. It was obvious that the series did start to drop in quality as it went on, but by the time that it did, I believed that the enjoyment beforehand was able to counter what would come next.
Those are my two cents on AGE, just my personal opinions of course.
>>14367124
Damn man, really putting yourself out there.
I saw a few people claim Destiny was their favorite, but I never thought I'd see the day someone claimed AGE was their favorite.
Mad respect to you, as a fellow AGE fan.
>>14367070
Yes really, all the shit you mentioned was poorly handled especially that god awful love triangle nor does it have anything do do with direction. You're just delusional.
>>14367070
Being a kids show does not excuse you from being bad and yes all Gundam anime are kids shows and AGE's pursuit was no different from something like Build Fighters and SD Gundam both of which were praised and loved while AGE was shittied on because low and behold it was awful.
>>14367069
Nope. You just don't know shit about animation.
>>14367001
>AGE issues are lessened by the fact that it was made to be a kid show
No its not. A kid show can be awful just as much as it can be good, labeling as such only makes you look like a jackass and the reason why people are so susceptible to shit.
>>14364118
It was shit since the second arc
>>14367258
>delusional
>>14367272
Obviously you don't.
>>14367278
>Asemu is what happens when no one gets their hands out of theirs asses to slap the shit out of Kamille
Amen to that.
>>14366449
I wish either titus or spallow had been replaced with gundead.
>>14366440
Not even the best looking age grunt.
>>14367376
Honestly, this should have replaced the Glanca or the Flat.
imagine. as the Age series continues, rather than retiring past Gundams, they progress with modern technologies, replacing frames as need be to keep up with the modern machines.
Titus too slow? Spallow to precise? Brocka!
>>14367405
>
imagine. as the Age series continues, rather than retiring past Gundams, they progress with modern technologies, replacing frames as need be to keep up with the modern machines.
If you replace the entire frame its not exactly the same MS. And the AGE-1 did continue recieving upgrades "under the hood" for years to decades while it was hooked up to the AGE device, and was later tuned up and upgraded further with the Glansa. The only reason AGE-1 didn't is because it got wrecked and repaired without the wear system which made it less modular and harder to upgrade.
>>14367070
>AGE was very clearly supposed to be for a younger audience than 00
So was GBF and that was way better executed as a children's show.
It's not hard to make a giant robot kids show, they used to do it all the time. That doesn't mean that it can't be shit either
>>14367422
Sorry, "the only reason Age-2* didn't".
>>14367039
AGE was shit, but while most gundams are intended for "kids", AGE was targeted at kids under 10. They wanted that sweet beyblade/danball/Yugioh/pokemon money and really pushed the hell out of part swapping with all the toys and models.
>>14367443
>They wanted that sweet beyblade/danball/Yugioh/pokemon money and really pushed the hell out of part swapping with all the toys and models.
The really sad thing is that if they had actually tried to do this, and actually pushed the part swapping in the show and went full on kids show instead of this halfway bullshit, AGE would have been better for it
>>14367134
Thank you, anon.
Being a childrens' show is no excuse for bad writing. If anything a show aimed at kids is harder to write for than one aimed at adults, because you need to balance out a plot that is relatively simple but still entertaining with not looking down on your audience. Just because they're young doesn't mean they are retards, and it seems a lot of writers don't get it.
>>14364151
The second arc was completely pointless, the love triangle was annoying and Asemu wasn't likable at all with his dumbass X-Rounder obsession. His stupidity also got Woolf killed.
>>14367001
>>14367443
It wasn't that much of a kid's show though. The character design was really kiddy, which is what turned people off right off the bat, but the story and tone weren't really very different from standard Gundam fare. Guess they were scared of losing any potential audience, so they shot themselves in the foot by trying to have their cake and eat it too.
Build Fighters was much more of a kid's show than Age, and ended up being far more successful. So it seems at least Age's failure taught them to go all in.
>>14367428
At any rate, this failure has teached Level-5 to try again, but with a different franchise.
>>14367889
In the beginning sunrise was promoting the show as being for young kids but with plenty for older and returning fans to enjoy. Unfortuneatly the kiddie designs turned off a lot of older fans and the story bored kids. They basically mashed things they thought the two audiences enjoyed together in the worse way into this mess that couldn't decide who to target.
Compared to BF which went at it from almost the opposite direction with more standard gundam character designs and a ton of cameos for older fans with a simple story and fun battles for the kids.
>>14363852
What made the games any different from the anime? Why were there two versions?
>>14368206
>Why were there two versions?
One contained UC units
One contained AU units
Better than g reco and build try
>>14368206
From what I heard, the game was able to expand on stuff that happened in the series.
>>14368210
Go back to Aldnoah Zero skrub
>>14365301
I like how AGE's third part gave the grunts a chance to do stuff, even if they died in the process. Seric and Obright were probably the most competent people in the entire series, behind Flit in genocide mode.
>>14363893
maybe a fan translation.
I don't see how you faggots can shit on Destiny every day and then act like AGE was good
>>14368247
The Abis Team was AGE's Shrike.
>>14368389
AGE is a masterpiece next to Destiny.
>>14368571
I'd say AGE has even more issues than Destiny personally, what with the main villain getting off scott free and a new guy being introduced in the last episode and given no lines so he can do it and so on.
>>14368589
>a new guy being introduced in the last episode
Zera Gins was introduced early during part 4.
>and given no lines
Zera Gins is the embodiment of many of AGE issues, he's a complete device to force events into a particular situation.
>I'd say AGE has even more issues than Destiny
Not with the writing and certainly not with the production. Destiny is simply fuck awful for anything but the music.
>>14368617
>Zera Gins was introduced early during part 4.
In a tube, and then he disappeared from the plot until the Vagan Gear needed a pilot.
>>14368624
What does it change from being in a tube to being posessed by SID?
>>14368589
I'd take AGE over Destiny because the former wasnt so reliant on stock footage and flashbacks like the latter.
>>14368630
Welp, Destiny production is a disaster while AGE is fucking solid.
>>14368637
>AGE is fucking solid.
A solid turd, maybe
>>14364105
Fardain arc isn't that horrible when you can be done with it in about 2-3 hours instead of waiting a month for the plot to move along.
>>14368659
Its production you dumbass.
>>14368661
Fardain is a bit long but only the episode with the gorilla guy truly sucks.
>>14368667
>Its production you dumbass.
See >>14368659
>>14367428
GBF was shitty as well...
>>14368681
You're fucking shitty.
>>14368681
It was perfectly fine for what it was aiming to be.
>>14368712
Thats how I feel about Gen 1 of AGE
>>14368617
You could have fooled me he was introduced early during part 4, because he's a complete non-character and I'd say AGE's issues are almost entirely with the writing and production. Vera Gins having no lines and character but being a complete plot device being just one example in a show rife with them.
>>14368629
He doesn't change, but the fact he doesn't do anything and is only present in the most technical sense does change him people's perception of him. I wouldn't have even remembered if you hadn't mentioned it. Sure, he was introduced as a concept earlier, that's fine - he was still a non-character with no lines and no presence who only served to act as final boss because the show didn't want to do anything with the actual bad guy.
>>14368712
A cash-in no-effort sequel shat out in an embarrassingly short timeframe?
>>14364105
>People still complain about Fardain despite now knowing what the whole point of going there was.
I don't think you actually watched 1st Gen. Did you anon?
>>14364151
Arc 1 is great if you follow it purely for Grodek and his revenge quest that gets passed down to Flit.
Arc 2 is the boring one since every episode repeats the same formula of Asemu needing to deal with his daddy issues and Zeheart cucking him.
Arc 3 was entertaining at first,and then slowly went downhill when they reached Jaburo.
>>14365034
Pretty much anyone who wasn't Woolf or didn't have "Asuno" as their surname was under-utilized to shit.
>>14366875
>>14367124
>>14367134
Mah niggas!
>>14370806
It doesn't matter if the people in Fardain eventually helped them battle the Vagan because they buried their differences - that doesn't stop it being a boring arc. Then again, I think all of Gen 1 is pretty boring and watching for Grodek doesn't change that. I'd also say that while Gen 3 has a really strong start (in fact, I'd say it's first episode or two are the only properly entertaining episodes in the whole show), it goes downhill extremely fast and once the intro to the generation is over, it's already pretty meh. It keeps going downhill for a good while, but the first episode or two (it's been a while, I can't recall) are the only genuinely good ones to me.
>>14370806
>Arc 1 is great if you follow it purely for Grodek and his revenge quest that gets passed down to Flit.
Grodek's revenge quest is like, in total, something like an hour, maybe less, of Gen 1
>>14370806
>zeheart cucking him
go back to /tv/
>>14368683
>>14370859
Well I would also add Woolf being badass, and Largan being best grunt before Obright, but nobody really seems to care about either of these things.
>>14370868
Only if you go back to your mom.
>>14371781
Woolf is patrician as fuck. I don't really like the senpai trope very much (0079 is great without needing one) but I definitely loved Woolf and thought he was a good foil.
Pic unrelated.
>>14368209
What?
>>14372228
>(0079 is great without needing one)
0079 had one. It's more that Ryu was, as the 'senpai' goes, a fairly atypical case for it.
>>14372291
Good catch there. Yea, i guess you got me. I should say, Woolf is a solid ass by the books senpai
>>14372265
Exactly what he said.
There are two versions of this psp game, each one has bonus mecha from other shows. Universal Accel has MSG, Zeta, CCA, and Unicorn while Cosmic Drive has SEED, Destiny, and 00 units.
The shows concept had a lot of potential, unfortunately the final product had ended up going for a more generic plot line. (I.E, Total pacifism, Vagans are unreasonable sadistic and evil for no real reason.)
Of the three protagonist, Flit by far was the most well written and fleshed out, unfortunately his characters payoff during the final arc is a bit disappointing. I would have preferred seeing Flit becoming a major villain character to the show, allowing his desire to destroy the Vagan to turn him into the same thing that made him hate them so much. They had a good set up to that with him secretly training Kio into becoming a Vagan killing machine, kind of like how Decil was trained to be a mobile suit pilot to fight the Federation, and how is willing to resort to using WMD-tier weapons on civilians and military forces during the final stages of the war.
Is there any evidence of the meme that the series was supposed to be 70 episodes long? What would you added?
>>14372265
The games featured partswapping/Customizing your own unit. They threw in parts/units from other series and each version has unique ones.
Think of it like pokemon games.
>>14364885
I still can't get over her last name is literally anus
>>14373783
http://pastebin.com/UPL0DnKH
>Interview with Hino from Newtype November 2012
> Well, honestly I think we could've used more episodes. For example it would've been nice if there were say another ten episodes for Asem's school part. In the project phase we were originally going to broadcast Age for a year and a half (6 cours = 78 episodes), so the whole show would've been better if we just had more time.
The two articles pretty much show what an idiot Hino was about the whole project. Slapping on more episodes was not going to fix Age's problems. Case in point:
>10 more episodes of Asem's highschool adventures
>>14373803
I don't know. It could've worked me. If they seriously did 10 straight slice of life episodes with a bigger cast, I think I actually would've been pretty invested in him as a character. Ever17 taught me that mundane/boring can be a great set up to dramatic payoffs.
>>14373824
The issue was that the highschool stuff was some of the worst parts of the series. 10 more episodes of it would not have improved it.
>>14373783
Flit (age-1): Show more of the period of him fight the Vagan as a young man before moving onto Asemus plotline.
Asemu (age-2): Delve more into the EXA-DB plotline after Asemu encounters SID for the first time. To make Asemu more reasonable, he fakes his own death and creates a group of pirates to guard the EXA-DB fragment they find and attempt to keep the Vagan and Federation from breaking the balance while the focus on finding out where the other data fragments are hidden across space. Hoping his family would be alright, he hopes his father will ensure Kio grows up not having to get involved in the war against the Vagans.
Kio (Age-3): Have Kio presented in the same nature as Decil was, a young child fascinated by war and adoring it as a fun game, due to Flits influence in secretly training him as a Vagan killing machine. Shaunala is a Vagan spy, not a defector, so Kio would start to have doubts about his grandfathers genocidal teachings earlier. After being captured by the Vagans, Kio learns that Ezelcant is being used a puppet by an A.I system from the EXA-DB, designed to stop technology from advancing to far, and desperately attempting to destroy anything created by technology from the AGE-builder. Kio still meets up with Dean and his sister, however the two siblings would be serving different purposes in the conflict. Dean would be a avid supporter of the Earth occupation agenda from Ezelcant, while his sister would secretly be lending information from within second moon to internal resistance forces who have attempted to release information on Ezelcant to the public. Working in conjunction with Vagan resistance, Kio manages to escape second moon, but Deans sister is a casualty of the fighting between the colonies security forces and Asemus pirate forces, leading to Dean losing any sense of hope for Earth and desiring only genocide for the planets population.
>>14373848
Would watch. Now, give me some fan service. Add some cool Obright shit.
>>14373783
Asuno family (Age-FX): Flit refuses to accept Kios explanation and feels Kio has become corrupted by Vagan propoganda and Asemu. Despite using an obsolite machine, Flit manages to fatally damage the AGE-3, and nearly kills Kio in an attempt to recapture the AGE-3, only barely being stopped by Asemus efforts. Despate to save his own son, Asemu abandons the defense area where the EXA-DB shard is being protected to save Kio and the AGE-3. Seeing the madness that has consumed Flit, the Diva crew chooses to open fire on Flits fleet and joins together with the escaping pirate forces under Asemu. Meanwhile, Zeheart learns the truth of Ezelcants deception and that Vagan is a construct from an A.I system trying to stagnate humanity with the goal of preservation. Before Zeheart can inform the rebellion on Second Moon, he and his unit are attacked by Zanalds space defense force, who had recently been promoted due to their unquestioned loyalty to fighting Earth. Only barely escaping with a small convoy of vessels, Zeheart, Fram and the remainer of his unit escape into space in an attempt to escape from Mars.
Kio manages to survive his wounds, but the AGE-3 is almost completely ruined from the battle Flit Asuno. While Asumu attempts to have Kio return home to keep Romary safe, Kio believes the only way the war can end is to destroy the EXA-DB and the AGE-builder before their influences can lead to the apocalypse. Choosing to break the core belief of the organization he formed, Asemu uses the production facility aboard the EXA-DB shard to rebuild the AGE-3. While repairs are under way, Flit tracks down Asemus forces and orders his armada of reinforcements from Earth to attempt to capture the force. Outnumbered and outgunned, Asemu and the Divas forces fight a hopeless uphill fight against the blunt of the Federations navy. Completing repairs, the AGE-3 is reborn as the AGE-FX, using a fusion of the EXA-DB and AGE-builders technology.
>>14373783
Age FX Cont.:
Even with the AGE-FX's crushing power, Flits forces still continue to rip into the Diva and Pirate forces. As all hope seems lost, Zehearts fleet enters into the fray, proposing using the Vagan fleet in pursuit of them as a decoy for their forces to escape. Using the opportunity, the newly combined fleet escapes from the battlefield as the Vagans and Flits forces begin a violent battle for the EXA-DB shard. Meanwhile, Ezelcants health begins to get the better of him, leading him to the edge of death. The EXA-DB A.I informs Ezelcant that a successor has already been prepared and reveals Zera Geins, a genetically superior copy of Ezelcant. Under the logic that the AGE-builders technology has managed to effect more than 90% of Earth, the EXA-DB A.I decides that Earth and much of the human race must be extinguisted to stop the war of the past from beginning again.Ezelcant dies and Vagans already totalitarian regime becomes even more tight fisted as a plan to directly invade Earth with Second Moon is announced. Using the opportunity to gain total power over the Federation, Flit allows his own friend Frederick Algreus to be sacrificed in battle in order to unify the Federation under his own banner of total genocide against the Vagans. Using the upgrades from the EXA-DB and the AGE-Builder, The AGE-1 is reborn as the AGE-1 Gemini and serves as a demented representation of how far Flits psyche has diminished. Using his new found power, Flit uses many of the taboo weapons from the EXA-DB databanks to quickly remove all life from the occupied lunar base and surrounding colonies of those who support the Vagan. The stage is set for one final vicious battle. Flits facist regime deadset on destroying all Martian citizens and soldiers, Zera Geins, the phantom of the EXA-DB preparing a full scaled genocide against Earth, and Asemus conglomerated forces preparing to destroy the two shards of the EXA-DB to end the conflict once and for all.
>>14373783
AGE-FX final:
Asemu and Zeheart finally settle old scores and agree to work alongside one another for a future of co-existance. Kio, realizing being hesitant in the next battle will only lead to more death, promises to do whatever must be done to end the war. As the final battle begins, Second Moon begins to deploy the La-Gramis laser weapon to open fire on Earth. Flit and his forces prepare fleets of Plasma diver missile and NBC-type weapons in an attempt to quickly kill off the civillian section of the Vagan and end the war. Splitting into multiple groups, the Diva, Zehearts unit and Asemus pirates fight a vicious battle to stop both sides efforts before they can destroy one another. Kio meets with Dean again, who has allowed himself and his X-rounder corps to be augmented by the EXA-DB, ripping away much the natural organic humanity and forcing the X-rounder mutation into full effect. Realizing if the war is allowed to continue, the same madness that had consumed Flit and Ezelcant will extend to others like Dean, Kio prepares to shoot down the X-rounder Corps. With only Dean and Kio left standing, Kio can't bring himself to deal the final blow against him. barely able to control the augmentations forcing his primal X-rounder potential out, Dean destroy his own cockpit to stop himself from continuing to fight.
Zanalds under trained and under performing unit is dispatched by Zehearts unit, leaving La-Gramis open for attack. As Zehearts unit prepares to attack, his unit is disabled by the Gundam Legallis, under the command of Zera Geins. As La-Gramis is within firing range of Earth, Seric and his unit lead a suicide charge into the main cannon firing line in an attempt to divert its firing angle. Obright remains behind to guard the Diva, but Serics unit is destroyed, save for Serics cripple Adele lodged into one of the reaming shafts of La-Gramis.
>>14374016
Got a little too Seed at the end. Otherwise pretty solid.
What happened to the Blu Ray links? They all died
>>14373783
Age FX Final (Uh...final?)
Using his own unit as a suicide bomb to take out the reaiming shaft, Seric request Natora to fire on his unit to set off the explosion. After a moment of doubt, Natora becomes a true captain and sacrifices one of her own comrades for the greater good and fires on Seric. The blast stops the La-Gramis from firing on Earth, postponning the EXA-DBs plans, and dislodging the weapon from the Second Moon Colony. Realizing the weapon is still capable of firing, Natora orders the remaining crew to escape from the vessel. She plans to ram the Diva straight into the La-Gramis firing barrel and taking out both the weapon and the Age-Builder at once. Instead of letting her sacrifice herself however, O'bright offers to guard the ship while it goes on a suicide course for the cannon. The Diva crew escapes as Obright fights one final battle against the heart of the Vagan defensive forces to defend to explosive laced Diva. Even after the Diva makes impact with the cannon, it still refuses to detonate, forcng Obright to use himself as a living bomb to set off the final procedure to detonate the vessel. With the La-Gramis laser destroyed, both sides begin to stand down. With Flits unit nearly wiped out, Flit engages in a one-on-one battle with Asemu in an attempt to deploy a plasma diver missile into the heart of Second Moon. With both Father and Son fatally wounding one another, Flit enters within firing range of second Moons civilian block. Before he can fire, the ghost of Yurin and his younger self appear to him, affirming that he became the monster he swore to destroy. Broken and realizing he has become a fallen savior, Flit pulls his plasma diver missile away from the colony. In that moment, he is struck down by Zera Geins. Asemu attempts to fight back, only to find himself being fatally wounded as well. Kio uses the unlocked powers of the AGE-FX to defeat Zera, and enters into the heart of Second moon to destroy the EXA-DB, SID.
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Age-FX Final (2000 word limit my ass edition)
Kio defeats SID, the Federation and Vagan are both left nearly cripple. Using the chance, Zeheart and his forces take control of Vagan and order a total cease fire on both sides, ending the conflict. Flit is publically demonized a war criminal and a monster and the Asuno name is demonized by the world. With the advancements of the EXA-DB and Age-builder gone, mankind begins to slip into a similar time, a time free of the savagery of the 100 year war. Years pass as Earth and Vagan have come to work together in rebuilding, both co-existing as trade nations. Kio begins to rebuild his life after the death of both his father and Grandfather, choosing to not let his life be bound by old world hatreds. Protecting his aging mother, and choosing to destroy the AGE-FX to stop the mistakes of the past, mankind begins to see a glimmer of recovery after a terrible war.
>>14363852
>Name
>>14363852
>A
>>14363852
>Better
>>14363852
>Fucking
>>14363852
>Captain
Protip: You can't
>>14374124
Really based captain, for an AU, he is close to Bright and Jamil as one of the greats. To bad the guy got killed so pointlessly in AGE-2.
>>14374141Die redpilled, or live long enough to see yourself cucked.Flit needed to continue his legacy.
>>14374149
True, guess he did go out before the writers could gutt what made him likable.
>>14374161
They really should've gone in with the message of anti-understanding, and make the Vagan culture a hundred percent incompatible with Earth. Just imagine, if Vagans were like ISIS or some shit. Make them horrifying and barbaric, but the Federation is seeking peace with them. Grodek and Flit's rage against the Federation government and Grodek's federal skepticism and drive would be a lot better.
>>14374172
It would be an interesting spin on the situation, though there would still need to be a valid reason why the reeing martians keep attacking people for no valid reason. Even the most sadistic and horrible factions in gundam have a reason for being a horde of barbarians. (I.e: Jupiter Empire wanted to turn the Earth into a dead rock just because the leader of Jupiter gets cucked by the Federation.)
>>14374201
Maybe a religion was formed, mostly as spin on Martian Nationalism. Perhaps a reverence in the actual Mars, got of war, but thats hokey.
>>14374204
Maybe the Mars rays are a biological weapon that was released by Ezeclant to create a violent military stat dedicated to fighting earth. Like it degenerates certain mental functions and reinforces violent tendencies, causing the people to become little more than murderous psychopaths over long periods of exposure. An unfortunate circumstance, but nothing can be done other than cutting the problem out by the root.
>>14374210
Maybe something to do with the EXA-DB? Perhaps being an X-Rounder has something to do with using old world advanced technology. Flit starts developing by constant exposure to the AGE Device, and ehat fully triggers him is being inside of the AGE Machine itself during the creation of the Titus parts.
>>14373848
This, but also throw in Ezelcant dying in Gen-2, so Zeheart can become final villain in Gen-3 and be fleshed out more by interacting with Kio, and treating him like a nephew or something as a favor to Asemu.
>>14374172
If they were entirely like ISIS, no political entity would be remotely interested in searching for a peaceful solution.
>>14374552
Except Canada, of course. Thanks, weed dude.
>>14374552
Fine, make them like the Saudis then. A corrupt evil government that the Federation is activley trying to befriend.
