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Nov 10, 2014 3:55 AM

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4/5

Episode that I really enjoyed, I like the story between the serious and the light-hearted, between the SOL and the rich context of action.
Plot that not contempt, while still not understanding where is direct, not a afan then I have not read anything about Gundam.
Beautiful designs and beautiful animation, CG excellent.
Also promoted the ending which, while not endorsing the fact of revealing future events, but is a certain charm in the way it reveals.
I can not wait to see the next episode!
Nov 15, 2014 4:52 PM

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So they went into space just to come back to the surface... So why not build a gundam out of that reflector stuff?...
Nov 17, 2014 9:07 AM

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BurntJelly said:
So why not build a gundam out of that reflector stuff?...

Why not build cannons out of glass??
Sieg Zeon!
Nov 17, 2014 9:44 AM
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That is true now that i think about it, didnt they go into space to do some decoy operation so some other mission to occupy the tower could occur?

was this just forgotten or?
Nov 22, 2014 2:48 AM
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The quality of transitions between scenes and dialog seems to plateaued even from earlier episodes. Messy. The art in the fight was spectacular but sequence had me just frequently saying "lolwut", esp. that transition from g-self deflecting laser shots to gunpoint killing Dellensen. Seriously, the studio need to make sure to rewatch each ep. themselves if each scenes makes sense to one another.
Dec 30, 2014 9:33 AM

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I feel bad for Bellri. RIP Dellenson

It was a good fight thought.
Jan 2, 2015 5:04 AM

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Now that was awesome, the battled coupled with the OST was fantastic.

But Bellri himself is pretty weird...hes OK with killing other soldiers of the Captial Army and feels nothing about it...Dellensen's death should have been done a little slowly I think, it was quick and left no impact to me..

NebulaC3I said:
Tohka_Yatogami said:
Bellri looked like a girl when he got his hair tied up in this episode.

Possibly NSFW:


What. Goddam delicious trap. T_T
AozureJan 2, 2015 5:07 AM
Mar 27, 2015 11:20 PM

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The story was dishevelled as ever, and Dellensen deserved a proper send-off, but damn the Reflector effects looked beautiful.
May 30, 2015 11:23 AM

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Oh shit, the first named character to bite the dust. Bellri really got it hard now, killing his teacher without even knowing he was in the Mobile Suit. Too bad he'll probably forget all about this in the next episode.

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May 30, 2016 5:57 AM
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It was obvious Bellri's escape plan would backfire, but I didn't expect Dellensen to die yet.
I don't think he and Bellri recognized each other by how their machines moved, when the G-self rammed it's shield in the Elf Bull's torso it opened a communication channel. Their heard each other in that last moment.
It seems G-Self has some kind of self preservation system, as Bellri is not sure what happened. It's not the first time the unit does something on it's own.

I loved the Reflector Pack, purple is a beautiful color. And turning the enemy beams into energy for the suit is always a cool idea. Sadly as it is very broken I doubt it will see much action. The reflection cells breaking off so easily is probably to give an excuse for it not being used very frequently.
Nov 14, 2017 12:42 AM
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Second important death, Dellensen of the Capital Army and Bell Instructor!!!
I think that Bell is a little hypocrite for his tears when killed the instructor!!! If you have a gun in your hands in a middle of a brawl, the normal is use it, and exists the possibility of kill someone!
Dec 1, 2018 7:06 AM

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This has been pure Tomino all along, with the needless deaths and the 'if you weren't here I wouldn't have to kill you' stuff. But, with Bell's reaction at the end, and considering Aida's continued mourning of her Capt, the way the deaths are handled is interesting. Certainly not forgotten in an instant in the darkness of space.
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Feb 21, 2020 12:36 AM

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I was annoyed by Bellri's ability to fight (kill) his compatriots, good to see some effect here (pretty early though for the usual pilot's removal troubles).
I guess he will be more and more "stuck" with the Pirates, following his actions.

The further we go, the more Capital Tower seems to simply search for an excuse to up its military/technical power and use it.

4/5 "You want to see more of it, don't you?"

deg said:
Dellensen died but I feel no impact at all, the deaths on this anime are not sad at all, but maybe that is what they are going for since this show is meant for kids viewing

This series was an after-midnight show, I doubt it was intended for children.
In case this was not obvious enough, the death here is meant to be meaningful to the hero and affect him (à la Victory). What would serve the purpose of saddening the audience with it? o_o
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Jan 25, 2021 3:21 PM

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Just noticed that the core fighter from the OP just kinda disappears without any in-between animation lol. Just a new frame and it vanishes "in the clouds". Also I guess it's the first episode with some narration after the OP.

Didn't expect to see segways in Gundam but here we are. Also cool elevators and those space gums.

Old-school explosions looked nice.

Apparently the woman with the steering wheel is named...Steer. She's voiced by some Michelle Yumiko Payne, and it's her only seiyuu role in an anime. Classic Tomino. In any case Steer is becoming my favorite crew side character xD That outfit (look at her head!), those lines and movements...so charismatic.

Occasionally some drawings feel off (faces during the briefing at the end?) but the show mostly looks good.

Wondering how Bellri thinks that it's fine to shoot your former comrade unless it's not Dellensen :p Well just more personal experience I guess.

P.S. Dellensen and Cahill are absent from the collective shots in the ED, and are instead walking together with Bellri. Both of them are dead...surely that must symbolize that they both contributed to Bellri's character development, not that he's going to join them later?

P.P.S. Aida-sama didn't seem to contribute anything to the battle again.
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Jul 9, 2022 5:56 AM

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And so the escape plan backfires terribly.
Well, that was to be expected considering he was fighting with the pirates.
Still unfortunate for Dellensen to die so soon.
Jan 18, 2023 1:13 PM

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SAD AND TRAUMATIZED BELLRI SHOULD BE ILLEGAL, LEAVE MY MCS ALONE TOMINO.
Dec 1, 2023 1:47 AM

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Poor bellri, it was unintentional to kill dellensen but obviously he blame himself for his death.
I like how this show handles death, i think bellri's reaction was realistic.
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