Gundam 00 — Episode 8
I’ve been busy with various things since Saturday morning and only just managed to watch episode 8. Off topic, but everyone should watch Freedom. Jiyuu wo tsukame!
Fanservice dissemination at maximum output
I like this episode. It keeps everything I hate to a minimum. Namely: Saji’s ignorance and Setsuna’s angst.
Summary
A certain terrorist organization does not like Celestial Being’s unilateral actions and decides to bomb innocent civilians as a threat, which is totally ironic.
Celestial Being’s intelligence network desperately tries to locate the terrorists responsible for the bombings, but it’s too late as the terrorists have already cleared out their hideouts. The various national intelligence agencies (NRO, BND, DGSE) lend Celestial Being a hand by “accidentally” leaking the biometric data of the terrorists involved.
The responsible party turns out to be an European terror network called “La Edenra” (transliteration may be incorrect), a radical environmental preservation group. (This is totally wtf since Celestial Being isn’t exactly destroying the environment.) The AEU is making use of Celestial Being to remove a long-time threat to its own security.
“Anything you say, my mistress.”
Thanks to the leaked intelligence, the Gundams successfully wipe out the major operating bases of the organization. Surprisingly, La Edenra has bases all over the world, including Marshall Islands and South America, even though it is supposedly an European group. Liu Mei-sama suspects that the organization has financial backings from certain nations and instructs her sex slave Hong Long to investigate.
Paedo alert!
And on the sidelines, Setsuna meets with Marina in Scotland and they have hawt passionate discussions over their differing views of war and peace. Also, we learn that Azadistan was the country that fought a war with Kurdistan six years ago. And that Marina is a very lonely woman desperate for human interaction and probably a closet paedophile to boot.
Thoughts
Beach! Fanservice! Scotland! Ijou desu!
Screencaps
Setsuna bought a wig!
“This ship is in such a sad state without the girls around.”
“Not true. I’m actually gay.”
Dear Sunrise: Please make Liu Mei-sama the main character
She looks troubled. As usual.
Australia — kangaroo stalking
HRL territory — Gobi desert or Beijing in 300 years?
Union territory — generic rainforest
Scotland — generic mountains
“Hey kid, I’ll give you a candy if you follow me into my car…”
“Sorry lady. My mother told me not to take candies from strangers.”
“Right before I shot her in the head.”
OMG! Exia is being eaten up by a virus in the Matrix!
“Touch my breast.”
Mmmm…
Damn fishes.
Meanwhile, in another ocean.
Are the holes cost-saving measures…?
Heh. I wonder if they will ever come to Singapore? I want to see mechanical Merlions that shoot missiles.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:22 am
I hate how they made Marina 24, & Setsuna 16. It seems from the OP that they will have some sort of intimate relationship, not saying lovers for sure, but the age gap is just too big.
I’ve seen animes that fuck up relationships with a one year difference, mainly all school based romance animes.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:10 am
Sofar I haven´t watched anything that is even close to Shinn in emo from Setsuna…
Saiji, bound for some yaoi love… which after first interception he regrets so much he must go and cry to Louise who just slaps him in the face and leaves him.
Thank God they´ve kept his screentime to a minimum.
And with that, hard to watch the raw with lots of technichal terms?
November 26th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Just finished watching a subbed version. WOW. Setsuna is official a moron.
Last episode he GOT OUT OF THE COCKPIT
This time he reveals his true identity…..Setsuna is no secret agent.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
A decent episode, untill “FCK U I’M A GUNDAM MEISTER!!!!!” wow real WTF moment for me. I totaly didn’t see the point in doing that.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
I thought Setsuna should be the one giving his candy to Marina.
I think since Singapore is part of the HRL, there is nothing much to really talk about. I doubt if the makers even know that Singapore exist (just like some people who thought that Singapore is part of China.)
Btw I thought it should be Liu Mei being Hong Long’s sex slave instead of the other way round?
November 26th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Hey DM, can you tell us what do you think about Shinsen-Subs translation accuracy with their gundam 00 subs? It seems mendoi is becoming slow again so I was wondering if I can watch their subs without worrying about getting weird BS like the nyoron subs…
November 26th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I haven’t watched Shinsen yet. Maybe I’ll take a look at it later.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
lol, it’s hard to imagine that you’re singing praises of gundam00 like 6 episodes ago.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
I think the name La Edenra is French, or maybe the name of the group could be something close to “The Eden Garden”, since “La” means “The” in French, and “Edenra” is close to the word “Eden”. What an apt name for a radical enviromental preservation group. You should know what the Garden of Eden is.
I am getting the Shinsen Subs now. The group doesn’t seem to have much word mashing as Nyoron, IMO.
This seems to be a slow month for anime fansubbing. I am still waiting for Eclipse to release Hayate No Gotoku Ep 34.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Hold on, people complaining about slow release on Thanksgiving weekend? Honestly…
Also, TLer of Hayate/Shana II in Eclipse got married, hence delay in subs.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Woops, meant TSer, but point still stands.
And to add comment to this doublepost, my god, Felt is way too developed to be a 14 year old. Good thing Sumeragi’s breasts have acclimatized to Earth’s gravity and aren’t personal flotation devices anymore.
November 26th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
@Ryuko_Hikaru
The katakana is ラ・イデンラ. I don’t think it’s French, maybe Italian or Spanish. Even if it is any one of the three languages, the Romanization would be La Idenra or La Idenla (”Edenra” is English-influenced). And I don’t believe it can be French because “en” in French is not pronounced IPA /εn/.
Of course, given how they Iaponicized ”Virtue”, it could entirely be French.
November 26th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
[sigh] I wish Tomino would take over because right now this show really sucks. Every battle thus far has been a walk in the park for Celestial Being despite the fact that one of their Gundam Meisters has DID. Why can’t they have Hallelujah take over and become a thorn in CB’s side?
November 26th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
If Tomino takes over…we shall see mass deaths :S
November 27th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Thanks quen, I didn’t notice that.
I don’t think Tomino would have alot of death issues if he takes over. Zeta Gundam was probably his only killer work since he is having depression back then (and probably the BEST Gundam work in the series EVER).
The only thing is that the show is moving a little too slowly. Perhaps Nabeshin takes over? xD
I just watched Shinsen this afternoon. Not really that bad, but Veda = Vader? So you mean we are getting a Death Star at the end of this anime?
November 27th, 2007 at 2:30 am
So, the Celestial Beings are instruments preserving the status quo of the trilateral balance of power. So whose interests does the CB really serve, in preserving this existing world order?
November 27th, 2007 at 10:53 am
lol… kangaroo stalking……
November 27th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Im thinking CB are trying to get the entire world to unite against them, in effect ending wars between the nations. Seems to be what it will take to have a chance of bringing them down too.
Also im beginning to agree with Pinko, Setsuna needs to be shot in the back.
November 27th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Oh, and as to the holes in the plane.
300 years and they dont come up with new, much more aerodynamic and lightweight designs? Really?
If anything im annoyed at how similar everything is to today.
November 27th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Right. So the only visible development in flight dynamics for the next 300 years is two huge holes in the wings.