Anime in Focus: G-Gundam Episode 2

<- Here we have this weeks opponent, the American Gundam


Previous Episode

IN AMERICA!

This episode begins with a guy wearing an eyepatch explaining the rules of this universe, and how people have migrated into space, leaving earth to poor people and giant robot fights. Guess which one of those things gets more focus!

This episode, our hero Kasshu travels to America in order to do battle with their champion, Jiminy Crocket. This episode is fun, because it lets us see what Japan thinks of us Americans. We are introduced to America’s mecha Pilot, who drives a mech that wears a football helmet for some reason. Apparantly while this mecha wears a football helmet, the pilot is a pro boxer or something. Because he’s about to go into a title match with some black guy.

A bit into the episode, we get to what the main character Domon is doing. We meet him in the black guys room, where he is preparing for the title fight with Jiminy Crocket. He beats the crap out of the black guy, and sneaks into the title fight….

Wait, WHAT? An Asian guy passes for a black guy in front of a stadium full of people? I mean he was wearing a cloak over his face but REALLY?

Well, anyways, Domon beats the crap out of Jiminy Crocket, and then challenges him to a giant robot fight, in front of a stadium full of people.

Pissed off by this humiliation Jiminy’s people attempt to get vengeance on Domon. So, the CIA attempts to assassinate him. Ironically, this isn’t what Jiminy wants, as he wants to duke it out with Domon publicly. This triggers a flashback of Jiminy’s back story, where we found out he was a poor orphan boy with a dream. Like all Americans.

A few CIA sabotage attempts later, Jiminy and Domon duke it out publicly. Fight was kind of a disappointment actually. CIA drama was more interesting than the fight. Well, in the end Domon heads out of town into the sunset to find a new opponent.

I’ve actually been enjoying this series and I may continue it without the anime club if they don’t finish it. I hope it maintains it’s cheesy goodness throughout.

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EPISODE 3

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Anime in Focus: Mobile Fighter G-Gundam Episode 1

Ah, being the vice president of the anime club at my local college has a lot of benefits for this blog. It gives me a bunch of people to network with easily, and it exposes me to anime I would never have seen otherwise.

Today, we’re going to talk about Mobile fighter G-Gundam. This is an anime where there has been a major renovation in politics. Instead of sitting around in a debate chamber, countries send a champion to pilot a giant robot and go fight other countries giant robots for the right to rule. It’s like politics, but MANLY.

Episode 1 is where we are introduced to our main character, Domon Kasshu, representing Japan, who is a quiet brooding character, looking for a person in a photograph. Mannerisms remind me of Cloud from FF7, Seeing as while he doesn’t really socialize well, he still has a good heart.  Of course, he’s also a legendary martial artist. You can’t claim to represent Japan if you’re not a legendary martial artist after all.

 Anyway, in this episode, Domon goes to Italy to fight an angry redhead for dominance. While in Italy, we learn that the civilians don’t actually LIKE having guys in giant robots fighting for dominance, because the giant robots smash things, ruining people’s lives. This of course leads to Domon fighting the angry redhead in the middle of the city.

Of course, before this fight we see an incredibly long transformation sequence that involves a lot of posing, while you wonder why the bad guy doesn’t just kick him while he’s doing this transformation sequence. Giant robot shows make no sense.

Overall, I actually found this show quite entertaining actually. The fight scenes are fun to watch, and it’s always fun seeing some giant robots duke it out. Action in incredibly solid, and leaves little room to complain in that department. Overall, first episode is good, cheesy fun.

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