Gundam 00 — Episode 25
This is the last episode of the first season, something which I did not realize until halfway through the episode. The ending is rushed as expected and I think that it’s worse than Sunrise’s usual standard. Still, maybe season two will be better? At the very least it will have some funkier spacesuit designs.
Summary
Everyone dies, or at least appears to die.
Gone in 60 seconds
“Pikapi…”
He sees dead people
Alejandro is betrayed by Libonze, the real super villain. Graham and Setsuna fight to the “death”. A destroyed Exia floats in space with Earth as its backdrop while Marina cries over a letter Setsuna sent her before he sortied.
Gay harem
Three years later, the United Nations is officially renamed the Earth Federation (I kid you not). And one year after that, the Earth Federation Peacekeeping Force is formed and the various national armed forces are slowly dismantled and integrated into a joint command. Their mobile suits look suspiciously like Knightmare Frames…
Uh… All hail Britannia?
Saji is now working in space and a few other familiar characters make short appearances in the last few scenes of the episode.
The namesake of the entire series, 00 Gundam, makes a short five-second cameo right at the very end.
Critique
There are a lot of things wrong with how the ending played out, but I shall just focus on the most jarring bit: Graham.
Immediately after Setsuna defeats Alejandro’s bling machine with Exia, Graham comes flying in with his GN Flag looking for a fight. After some clichéd and completely nonsensical smack talking, the fight ends in a draw as both Exia and the Flag are destroyed.
“I am Sunrise’s bitch.”
I don’t personally like Graham much, but this rushed battle really cheapens his entire existence. Having waited for so many episodes and bore the pain of losing two of his close friends, all Graham gets is a short quickie which the scriptwriters forcefully squeezed into the last episode.
We all know that the plot calls for Exia to be destroyed so that Setsuna can embark on a journey of recovery and eventually obtain a much cooler Gundam. But it doesn’t have to be Graham. Setsuna could’ve drawn with Alejandro instead.
And what exactly is the point of getting Graham to make a short appearance in the last episode just to “die” in a spectacular explosion of GN particles?
Darth Veda
Sunrise needed a masked man. Oh for the love of…
Screencaps
Ha/Allelujah’s secret overpower move: using both eyes simultaneously
Mecha guro
“I don’t know what I should do in such situations…”
“Why don’t you try smiling?”
Plamo coming soon
Plamo coming soon
Oh Marina, you silly paedophile
Tieria MkII?
The first Gundam
This was a triumph / I’m making a note here…
I’m guessing the Earth Federation will be opposed by a group of smaller nations who do not wish to give up their sovereignty? They can even call themselves Zeon if they want…
On another note, I am so tempted to upgrade to the newly-released Wordpress 2.5, but I fear for the many plugins that my template relies on…
April 1st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
is that louise behind tieria?
April 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
@Blah
Yeah, i noticed too, he’s standing behind Manequin.
@Arch
The hair clip shows she’s Louise.
Yeah, nice avatars!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:20 pm
ow, well, its seems Sunrise did make some plot&character revolution here, isn`t it, even the bad one…….
can`t wait for the next season, next killing field i think……lol
i think saji would piloting gn-00
hey i`m look so cute in my avatar…..
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 am
the masked man looks alot like Graham…but then could it be Lockon??
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:50 am
lol….i missed everything this weekend..
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:46 am
man, I dont understand the critics…I like the series, but mayb thats because I dont really care about ripoffs and such and because I like flashy impossible to follow combat hehe
Btw that dude behind Manequin most definitely isnt Patrick, and if it is they really screwed up the animations :P
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:36 am
I don’t think that’s Tieria guys. It’s his Innovator twin who happens to be a real girl this time around, lol.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
The Season 1 to Season 2 transition is gonna look like Gundam SEED combined with Zoids Chaotic Century/Guardian Force, now that the world is turning towards the path Aeolia wanted.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Ok i think i’m missing something…what is/are “Innovators” ?
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
I upgraded to Wordpress 2.5 with about 20 plugins active, 0 deactivated, and nothing went wrong or broke. This version changed way less stuff than going from 2.2 to 2.3 did.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
That mask man!!!!!!!
It’s Graham right?!?! (Is a rabid Graham fanboy XD)
I hope Nena becomes useful in the second season. I can’t wait!
Btw, isn’t my avatar from azumanga daioh?
edit: Never mind it changed again XD
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 am
I thought Trans-Am should have finished up all the GN particles for Exia after the fight with Alejandro ended?How does it have enough after Trans-am mode to fight and die together with Graham?
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
did anyone notice how the gn armour’s thrusting sound sounded a lot like the fuel rod cannon sound that the hunters make in halo? i just felt like pointing that out
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
love gundam 00!!! LVE IT!
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
@ kyon
once the GN particles stored up are expended during trans am mode, the gundam reverts back to it’s normal system, it can still move and etc, but it’s performance is lower than normal
whats the bet that ali is gonna stir some shit up during season 2 so that he doesn’t end up out of a job?
April 4th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Ahhhhhh…why does new/returning Tieria have Lockon-esque hair? -_-’ Over obsessed much? Just maybe.
Felt like one of those things where you stare at it for its entire length speechless, and when it stops, it’s an “Uh What?..”
April 4th, 2008 at 10:57 am
are you going to do code geass R2 next?
April 4th, 2008 at 11:47 am
REVELATIONS IN GUNDAM 00 SEASON 2:
>Nena’s purple Haro was actually used by Alejandro Corner as a bugging device to spy on the Trinity. It will later be used by Almarck Livonse to his own advantage.
>The Union colony (where Saji is working) will be a target of a terrorist attack in AD 2312. The Federation’s leader will be given emergency powers.
>Tieria (Regene Legetta) will be working with the Federation.
>Louise’s boyfriend (no longer Saji) is also working with the Federation. Her boyfriend looks very much like Lockon Stratos, which makes Regene constantly jealous of Louise.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Did setsuna die, never heard any anime killing of the maincharacter halfway the series,, i bet he was flying in that new gundam that saji saw. I bet that Saji will end up fighting louise..
Setsuna must be alive becoz he still needs to kill ali sarches. Lockon failed to kill him. btw did Halleluya dissapear forever or does he come back..
Lol all Hail Britannia
April 6th, 2008 at 12:09 am
whats with this Regene Legetta thing, who is it ?