Tag Archives: Mobile Suit Gundam

I See What You Did There AKB0048 Episode 05, and We Cool

Posted on May 30, 2012 by ghostlightning

[AKB0048 Episode 04] The conceit (or at least, one of the main ones) of AKB0048 is how each idol character in this far distant future is a “successor” of the present day AKB48 idol group. Now I know next to … Continue reading →

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The Purpose of Possibility: What Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Does for the Universal Century Narrative (The First of Three Posts on Mobile Suit Unicorn 05)

Posted on May 29, 2012 by ghostlightning

[Mobile Suit Unicorn 04: Sermon From The (Mobile) Suit; The Despair of Zeon At The Bottom of The Gravity Well; The Eternal Captain – Bright Noa; Coffee With a Runaway Princess] As a human being I put a lot of … Continue reading →

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Kio’s Howl To The Earth Was Fierce But Tamed, and This Saves The Federation: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 33

Posted on May 28, 2012 by ghostlightning

[Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 32] I approached this episode anticipating a rage-induced warpath from Kio after the death of Shanalua. I wasn’t mistaken but the key thing here is how his aggression was restrained, and notably not by Flit, but … Continue reading →

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The Power of Love & Friendship: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 27

Posted on April 16, 2012 by ghostlightning

[Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 26] A lot of things went down, and most likely a number of red herrings in terms of character deaths. I’ll let you guys bring these up for discussion in the comments, as I’m going to … Continue reading →

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The Ace Pilot in Gundam

Posted on April 15, 2012 by ghostlightning

A recent comment on the events in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE episode 26 got me thinking. Yeah…it happened Asemu’s character arc went exactly where I had hoped it wouldn’t. But knew it would since revealing that he failed to inherit … Continue reading →

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