Post by rt054 on Jan 3, 2011 0:42:26 GMT -7
Gundam Unicorn is the newest Mobile Suit Gundam series and it returns to the original Universal Century timeline where it all started. This series is directed by the same person who did Ruroni Kenshin.
Unicorn starts just as the AD (our time) ends and year 0001 of the Universal Century and space colonization begins but a terrorist attack at the Laplace colony ends the life of Earth Federation Prime Minister Richardo Marcenas. Shortly afterwards one of the survivors finds a mysterious box in which the unknown contents can either destroy the Federation in the wrong hands or bring about a new age for humanity. Fast forward to U.C. 0096 3 years after Char Aznable (Casval Rem Deikun) the leader of Neo Zeon fails to drop the Axis asteroid base on Earth. The main character Banagher Links a technical school student has a faithful encounter with a girl who calls herself Audrey Burne but is actually Princess Mineva of the Zabi Family that started the One Year War in the original UC 0079 Mobile Suit Gundam. The encounter results in him reuniting with his father Cardeas Vist of the Vist Foundation who gives Banagher the Unicorn Gundam which is the key to Laplace's Box just before his death and as Neo Zeon remnants known as "The Sleeves" and Earth Federation forces infiltrate the space colony in search of Laplace's Box.
Banagher manages to fight off The Sleeves NZ-666 Kshatriya piloted by Marida Cruz one of several Puru Two clones that survived at the end of Double Zeta Gundam using Unicorn Gundam's NT-D system which deactivates the gundam's limiters and morphs it body revealing psychoframe throughout which greatly improves it performance. NT-D allows the pilot to operate the machine with just their mind but the strain is so great the system has a 5 minute time limit before the system deactivates which leaves Banagher unconscious.
An Earth Federation special forces ship called the Nahel Argama picks up Banagher, Audrey, and the Unicorn Gundam. However The Sleeves and their leader Full Frontal also known as the Second Coming of Char personally pursue them which results in Banagher once again having to pilot the Unicorn Gundam and fight Full Frontal's MSN-06S Sinanju. Despite a valiant effort Banagher and the Unicorn Gundam are captured when the Kshatriya enters the battle and Banagher meets Full Frontal in person. From then on Banagher is involved in a war between the Earth Federation and the Neo Zeon forces revolving around Laplace's Box.
The series will be 6 episodes each about 50-60 minutes episode 1 and 2 have been released in english and on Blu-ray disc
I highly recommend this even if you haven't seen any of the Original Universal Century Gundam series or OVAs everything just seems to go together it's like a high quality mini anime movie. To show it to you I'm posting a 15 minute preview of episode 2 in Japanese dub because I couldn't find youtube videos of the episode previews in english. I'm posting a link to a site where you can watch both Episode 1 and 2 in English dub.
www.watchcartoononline.com/anime/mobile-suit-gundam-unicorn-english-dubbed
On Nov. 18 I brought Episode 2 downloaded on my PS3 in japanese with english subtitles.
Unicorn starts just as the AD (our time) ends and year 0001 of the Universal Century and space colonization begins but a terrorist attack at the Laplace colony ends the life of Earth Federation Prime Minister Richardo Marcenas. Shortly afterwards one of the survivors finds a mysterious box in which the unknown contents can either destroy the Federation in the wrong hands or bring about a new age for humanity. Fast forward to U.C. 0096 3 years after Char Aznable (Casval Rem Deikun) the leader of Neo Zeon fails to drop the Axis asteroid base on Earth. The main character Banagher Links a technical school student has a faithful encounter with a girl who calls herself Audrey Burne but is actually Princess Mineva of the Zabi Family that started the One Year War in the original UC 0079 Mobile Suit Gundam. The encounter results in him reuniting with his father Cardeas Vist of the Vist Foundation who gives Banagher the Unicorn Gundam which is the key to Laplace's Box just before his death and as Neo Zeon remnants known as "The Sleeves" and Earth Federation forces infiltrate the space colony in search of Laplace's Box.
Banagher manages to fight off The Sleeves NZ-666 Kshatriya piloted by Marida Cruz one of several Puru Two clones that survived at the end of Double Zeta Gundam using Unicorn Gundam's NT-D system which deactivates the gundam's limiters and morphs it body revealing psychoframe throughout which greatly improves it performance. NT-D allows the pilot to operate the machine with just their mind but the strain is so great the system has a 5 minute time limit before the system deactivates which leaves Banagher unconscious.
An Earth Federation special forces ship called the Nahel Argama picks up Banagher, Audrey, and the Unicorn Gundam. However The Sleeves and their leader Full Frontal also known as the Second Coming of Char personally pursue them which results in Banagher once again having to pilot the Unicorn Gundam and fight Full Frontal's MSN-06S Sinanju. Despite a valiant effort Banagher and the Unicorn Gundam are captured when the Kshatriya enters the battle and Banagher meets Full Frontal in person. From then on Banagher is involved in a war between the Earth Federation and the Neo Zeon forces revolving around Laplace's Box.
The series will be 6 episodes each about 50-60 minutes episode 1 and 2 have been released in english and on Blu-ray disc
I highly recommend this even if you haven't seen any of the Original Universal Century Gundam series or OVAs everything just seems to go together it's like a high quality mini anime movie. To show it to you I'm posting a 15 minute preview of episode 2 in Japanese dub because I couldn't find youtube videos of the episode previews in english. I'm posting a link to a site where you can watch both Episode 1 and 2 in English dub.
www.watchcartoononline.com/anime/mobile-suit-gundam-unicorn-english-dubbed
On Nov. 18 I brought Episode 2 downloaded on my PS3 in japanese with english subtitles.