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NEWS: Gundam UC #5's Promo Video Streamed


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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:05 am Reply with quote
Kai Shiden!

It had better be Toshio Furukawa!
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JohnnySake



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:07 am Reply with quote
So I take it I won't be buying this one from Bandai (the U.S. branch) this time (?). I'll be curious if this volume will be available from a company like TRSI or if I'll have to import it from Japan directly.
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sommer89



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:39 pm Reply with quote
I still say the japanese are jerks for forceing their price point on us. over 50 bucks for just a DVD total jerks for not understanding our market and yes im talking to the exexcutives at bandai japan. So what if their price point works in japan we are not all collectors that have deep pockets a 40-60 minute ova is not worth 50+dollars here in the US. I say this as a gundam fan who is not rich.


30 -40 dollars(USD) would be resonable.
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pajmo9



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:40 pm Reply with quote
JohnnySake wrote:
So I take it I won't be buying this one from Bandai (the U.S. branch) this time (?). I'll be curious if this volume will be available from a company like TRSI or if I'll have to import it from Japan directly.


I was kind of wondering if we were going to have to import it directly from Japan as well. I really hope they keep releaseing it the way they have in the past. It would definitely save a lot on shipping.
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luffypirate



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:59 pm Reply with quote
pajmo9 wrote:
JohnnySake wrote:
So I take it I won't be buying this one from Bandai (the U.S. branch) this time (?). I'll be curious if this volume will be available from a company like TRSI or if I'll have to import it from Japan directly.


I was kind of wondering if we were going to have to import it directly from Japan as well. I really hope they keep releaseing it the way they have in the past. It would definitely save a lot on shipping.


I feel bad for the ones that bought the domestic discs. BV just does what they want it seems.
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Majin Tenshi



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:59 pm Reply with quote
penguintruth wrote:
Kai Shiden!

It had better be Toshio Furukawa!


Like Furuya and Ikeda, he still sounds the same and i see no reason not to have him back for the role. I think having him back for the role would also mean his return for the upcoming Origin anime.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:07 pm Reply with quote
Furukawa is my favorite VA. Very Happy
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dtm42



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:25 pm Reply with quote
Hopefully this instalment will be like the great third episode instead of the painful fourth episode. But I get the feeling that this once good series is coming off the wheels very fast. The fact that there's even a black unicorn in the first place is facepalm-inducing, because it craps all over what we the audience have been told thus far about the nature of the key (to Laplace's Box).
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Beltane70



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:20 pm Reply with quote
Glad to see that I'm not the only who noticed Kai Shiden. I was actually wondering if he'd show up in this series.
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shukero



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:36 pm Reply with quote
I still can't understand why they keep deciding to stay with the 1990's art style. Are the same people continuously producing these?
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:16 pm Reply with quote
They use character designs close to Yas' illustrations for the books.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:03 pm Reply with quote
I'm liking the Boom Boom Satellites song.
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Son-kun



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:34 pm Reply with quote
I hope they keep Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's designs for any future UC material. It's pretty much part of UC Gundam as much Yoshiyuki Tomino is for me.
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dtm42



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:44 pm Reply with quote
shukero wrote:
I still can't understand why they keep deciding to stay with the 1990's art style. Are the same people continuously producing these?


Because it appeals to the UC fanboys who are actually going to buy the discs.

I will say the character designs look pretty nice, obviously a lot of effort was undertaken to get the shading and expressions right. Ah, the luxuries of OVA productions.
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shukero



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:34 pm Reply with quote
dtm42 wrote:
shukero wrote:
I still can't understand why they keep deciding to stay with the 1990's art style. Are the same people continuously producing these?


Because it appeals to the UC fanboys who are actually going to buy the discs.

I will say the character designs look pretty nice, obviously a lot of effort was undertaken to get the shading and expressions right. Ah, the luxuries of OVA productions.


I can see where the shading detail is good, but it still looks to me like I'm watching a 1990's cartoon. Guess Natassia sells.
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