Hiya! Been a while, hasn’t it?
I just wanted to start this “half” of the year with something really simple and dumb. And few things are simpler than Dragon Ball movies. This one in particular is kind of just, as I say, “action figures crashing into each other”. But that’s fine, Resurrection F is still kind of fun!
No fuss, no bookend material, just a short video about DBZ, which is somehow blocked in a few countries because Toei is a dick.
Ah well. Enjoy!
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Synopsis: Machu, having escaped from the Sodon by mysterious circumstances, arrives on Earth, and is taken in by the head mistress of a Zeon brothel. She learns that the mistress is a young lady named Lalah Sune, who has tragic memories of herself in an alternate universe. Machu attempts to escape with Lalah, but is told to go on without her. After exploring the ocean floor, Machu comes upon an item called the “Rose of Sharon” – a Zeon mobile armor from beyond with a Lalah Sune in its cockpit.
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Synopsis: In a flashback to the war, Char is tasked with stopping the asteroid Solomon base from falling onto the lunar city of Granada, which would cripple Zeon. Char and his troops prepare to set off explosions from within Solomon to cause it to break up, but Char has his own plans, sabotaging the operation in hopes the asteroid will kill Kycilia Zabi. He is confronted by a Guncannon, and they do battle. He is able to escape the fight, but his Gundam’s Psycommu starts to have a reaction and a strange phenomenon (later called the “Zeknova”) occurs, in which Char and the Gundam disappear. Solomon veers off course.
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Synopsis: Machu plans to flee the colony with Shuji during the Clan Battle match, having Nyaan substitute for her while she gets the money they earned from Annqi. The Psycho Gundam unleashes its destructive power inside the colony, causing mass chaos and panic. Nyaan tries to flee with Shuji, but there’s a Zeknova event and he and the Red Gundam disappear. Chalia Bull saves Kycilia from being killed by Deux Murasame with his mobile armor then he captures the GQuuuuuuuX with Machu inside. Nyaan is brought on board a Zeon ship with Xavier to serve under Kycilia. Chalia decides he has to kill both Kycilia and Gihren at the same time.
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Synopsis: Because of Nyaan’s victory, the Pomeranians are near the top of the Clan Battle Rankings, poised to take on the leaders in the next match. Machu is still recovering from discovering Nyaan piloted the GQuuuuuuX. Chalia Bull requests his mobile armor, the Kikeroga, be brought to the colony. Xavier Olivette’s contact suspects Chalia is plotting to kill Kycilia Zabi. Machu overhears Annqi planning to sell her and Shuji out to the Zeon. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Gates Capa oversees artificial Newtype, Deux Murasame, pilot of the Psycho Gundam. Machu seeks Nyaan’s assistance in helping Shuji. Chalia saves Xavier from being killed by Side 6 security agents. Xavier wonders if he’ll have to take him out to protect Kycilia, who arrives at the colony.
I was pretty lucky this half of the year to cover anime with pretty good dubs, except a couple. I tried to get a variety of them and succeeded beautifully. Now if only I can keep that up for the rest of the year.
Man, that Zeta Gundam dub is rough. But a few weeks ago, I saw people defend it on the Gundam subreddit. I don’t really understand how anyone could find it good. It’s so stiff-sounding and disinterested.
If I had to decide which is worse, underacting (Zeta Gundam) or overacting (Nadesico), I guess I’d choose overacting, because at least it sounds like actors are interested in the material. Nadesico‘s dub still sucks, but it sucks less than Zeta Gundam‘s.
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Synopsis: After getting ejected from the military, former officers Gaia and Ortega of the once famous Black Tri-stars are now Clan Battle fighters who want revenge on the Gundams. Machu is still wondering about her relationship with Shuji, who she witnessed killing during the last Clan Battle, but still intends to join him to go to Earth. After an encounter with the immigration police, Machu and Nyaan split and Machu is cornered by Lt. Xavier Olivette from the Sodon. Nyaan takes over for Machu in the GQuuuuuux in the next match, but is disadvantaged at first because Shuji is sick. However, during the battle, Nyaan sees the “kira-kira” and is able to defeat (and kill) Gaia and Ortega. A jealous Machu is astonished to find that Nyaan was the pilot in the match.
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Synopsis: A new challenger appears for Machu and Shuji in the Clan Battles: a former Federation ace, Shiiko Sugai, “The Witch”. She is fixated on destroying the Red Gundam, which took the life of her Mav during the war. Machu begins to admire the determination of the older woman, but blanches at the intensity of the fight in Clan Battle. The Witch closes in on Shuji, whose supernatural gifts give him the edge and the victory, but at the cost of Sugai’s life.
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Synopsis: Amate Yuzuriha, also known as “Machu”, lives in a comfortably dull life in a space colony cluster called Side 6. Her life changes when she meets “Nyaan”, a courier delivering a mysterious package to a group of underground mobile suit duelists called the Pomeranians. While engaging the police force, Machu stumbles upon the Zeon’s new secret Gundam mobile suit, the GQuuuuuux, which she pilots with only a little difficulty, getting assistance from a young man in another Gundam. Soon Machu is convinced to take part in the underground Clan Battles, all the while the Zeon military forces investigate and try to locate the Red Gundam the young man helping her is using.
Look, I just think putting on a suit and flying around calling yourself Batman doesn’t necessarily make you qualified to be Batman!
Oh, I mean, hey, that Berserk is a pretty neat show, right? It’s kind of like LoGH in a medieval setting. And with demons. Okay, so it’s not that much like LoGH, except that Griffith would make an interesting counterpart to guys like Oskar von Ruenthal and Reinhard von Lohengramm. Guts certainly isn’t Yang or Julian, that’s for sure.
How did I get sidetracked? Oh, right, I was talking about LoGH instead of Berserk. Which is stupid, because Berserk deserves its own conversation. It’s a damn good manga and the TV show, despite some of its flaws, may prove to be a favorite of mine in the future.
