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  1. You know what? After the next episode review after this one I am going to do something different: Instead of reviewing it my way like a Cracked.com intern, I am going to act like random forum members and impersonate them while still reviewing! :lol: What? It isn't like anyone is reading them. Here comes episode 18 up the throat.

    Captain Gundam and Bakumetsumaru are transported onto Gunparries back the the SDG base with Cobramaru climbing outside of one. After the heroes are in the medical bay, he sneaks around the ship where he gets cocky by not using his cloaking.

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    Tonight on TruTV's World's Dumbest: Dumbest Ninjas!

    Cobramaru disables the camera with a dart and shortly does the same to two GM guards, but instead of conking out they simply do not see him.

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    Worst metaphor for anti-drug PSAs ever.

    Meanwhile, CG is undergoing repairs with his soul drive exposed while Baku says he can heal easily if he eats a hundred of rice balls made by Shoot's mom. Shoot, his mom, Sayla, and the bridge bunny, who now has an actually feminine voice, start making rice balls.

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    Shut up, Ed.

    Zero starts catching on and decides to make some himself with his big ones being Baku's favorite of the batch.

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    Tada! It is maaaagicaaaaaaal.

    As Baku gorges himself, Zero tries flirting with the still unnamed bridge bunny who now graduates from background extra to minor character status.

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    However, the radars go off claiming that Dark Axis forces have begun invading, causing every active member of the Gundam Force to head out including Commander Haro in his custom white Gunperry.

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    Yes I am aware a second question mark should not be there.

    However, we cut to CM who cackles as he reveals it was all a trick to force everyone to leave as he continues to go through the base's security.

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    It would be perfect once some Cosmic Era hate is presented.

    CM uses the last remaining camera to announce himself saying he will destroy their castle (his term for the base) in a very haughty attitude.

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    Haaaaaail Coooooobra!

    Baku tells Shoot that Cobramaru was notorious at Arc for destroying nine castles with his face only being revealed after that announcement and the destruction of the base would make his tenth. CM makes his way for the connecting pylon between the base and the satellite it hangs on since the pylon is the only part of it not composed of the uber-strong gundanium. Not wanting Neotopia to get squashed he goes after CM in a helicopter ball.

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    Go go gadget gundam!

    CM easily wails on the helicopter ball and reaches the pylon.

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    Now if only we had an op op at the beginning.

    However, Shoot uses the ball's claws to hang on CM's tail as it is surprisingly strong as it easily sways it around despite poor leverage.

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    To be fair, Godzilla movies follow similar physics.

    Shoot being in trouble activates CG's soul drive just as his repairs are complete. He heads out with Physalis Gundam style booster addons and flies toward the scene of the fight.

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    Stargate: Catapult, only on Syfy.

    Cobramaru barely manages to fight back as Captain Gundam Falcon Punches him into the sky, forcing the ninja-bot to fly away in failure.

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    Manly attack is manly as all hell.

    The team is called back to base realizing the alarm was a fake and they have to get GunBike out of a tree.

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    This is why Team Rocket should not teach our children.

    The episode ends with Ashuramaru healing a wound he had in the last episode and he explains in the Zakozako hour that Musha Gundams have a Nanoskin System, allowing them to heal their wounds without repairs.

  2. Some days I simply never want to get out of bed because the idea of dying does not seem all that negative. Oh yeah and episode 17 is here.

    Getting ticked off at the main three field commanders, the unnamed commander uses his funnels to punish them before introducing a Musha Gundam from Arc named Ashuramaru.

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    Oh yeah, he seems evil plenty.

    After trashing a horde of zakus, he scares the trio and says he wants only to fight his old rival (oh gee guess who). The Musai heads for the zakurello gate while in the asteroids another Musha Gundam that joined the Dark Axis named Cobramaru slowly catches up. Why he is not on the Musai is anyone's guess.

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    Them snake eyes, man. Not for regular casino goers.

    Meanwhile we see Baku polishing one of his two swords and accidentally uses Fenn to polish it at one point. After he and Zero bicker for a bit, this comes from the sky.

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    A bass solo is demanded.

    Baku can read it since it is from Arc and heads off alone to find Ashuramaru waiting for him. They both decide to fight to the death because they are rivals and I have to admit this is a well done action scene and it takes up the rest of the episode. With that here are the highlights: Baku learns of Ashuramaru joining the Dark Axis

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    Ashura grows more arms as the rest of the SD Force looks on

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    We get a back story on a humiliating defeat without death that caused the dark side turn

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    Ashura goes into a demon form and heavily damages both Baku and Captain Gundam

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    and after Shoot gets in the away Ashura and Cobra decide to vamoose saying they will return.

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    The Zakozako hour briefly goes over the Musha Gundams being from Arc and how the Dark Axis recruited traitors to help them conquer it.

  3. Why did you like it, again

    Because it shut the hell up and did what it intended to do, in this case being entertainment. Contrary to popular belief I do not always expect everything to be entertaining, just what you are trying to accomplish (having a message, commentary, fun, artsy, etc) and how well you try to do it to that target audience. I try putting myself in the position of said audience with said mindset whenever possible and judge it based on the merits of itself and similar peers, not something as silly as a specific structure or awards. Why I like something like MD Geist is because it knows it's target audience and delivers, giving action fans action. If you want character development then guess what, thousands of other stories with THAT are out there for THAT audience, go watch one of those, do not act like story police and saying something like that is required or cannot be allowed just because of silly traditions or whatever. That is why media is so diverse, because not everyone will enjoy everything. You guys read stuff about me liking stuff like this because that is what I normally watch, but it is not the only thing I watch nor is it all I enjoy.

  4. Getting back on topic before people start derailing it for no logical reason, still going through the other half of Vandread and not much changes outside of samurai hair woman dying (which causes the gun freak to change outfits for some reason) and a new Vandread showing up. I was expecting a little more, but I guess that is too much to ask for.

  5. No idea why I did not post this yesterday, I guess I got sidetracked. With that here is episode 16.

    Continuing from the last episode, the Kamousai 2 (what was in the last ep) is at the bottom of the ocean and the Superior Defenders cannot get to it. That is until Chinese Dr. Eggman comes up with a solution since nobody else can swim.

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    Could you imagine Ben Kingsly playing this guy?

    With that in mind he introduces new toys err I mean gundams to the Gundam Force, specifically the GunDivers.

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    Working for Mike Myers on Halloween night so said John Carpenter.

    After stock footage of them doing olympic dives into the ocean, they go into their submarine forms while Shoot and CG follow in a ball designed for undersea exploration.

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    No I do not know what is in the box, Brad Pitt.

    Meanwhile, the Dark Axis is also looking for the Kamousai 2, but with everyone loving their new underwater packs it prevents everyone except Grappler Gouf from taking the mission seriously.

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    Darn it you guys, everyone stop having fun!

    The Superior Defenders find the Kamousai 2 and try to bring it to the surface only for the Dark Axis to get epically PO'd and fire missiles (wouldn't torpedoes make more sense?).

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    Unless you are Michael Bay.

    Meanwhile, Zero tries flirting with the bridge bunny from the last episode, who still sounds male but at least not as manish, by being semi-haughty.

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    This is not Utena, stop with the rose fetishes!

    After Fenn burns the rose for comic relief, the GunDivers take on the Dark Axis with very little trouble. However, Zapper Zaku taunts CG about how he can't be touched underwater since his weapons are not designed for underwater combat. Destroyer Dom comes in and blasts the hillside that the Kamousai 2 was resting on.

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    And everything went boom, the end.

    Shoot's ball gets trapped underneath as it plummets down to a depth of 10 kilometers.

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    Nickelback called and they wanted their song back.

    With neither side wanting it to go down, both the SD forces and Dark Axis join forces much like in Char's Counterattack, but to little avail. Commander Haro approves of the release of the other five GunDivers.

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    This one not based on sentai footage!

    With their help, the Kamousai 2 is eventually brought back up and Shoot even thanks the Dark Axis, who are to embarrassed to respond.

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    Yeah, well, uh, err....

    After Z2 spoils the moment, the control horns on the Kamousai 2 reactivate and it starts spinning out of control again.

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    Much like Jason Voorhees.

    The GunDivers do a synchronized whirlpool attack with their propellers to send the Dark Axis forces flying off underwater.

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    Here I thought swirlies cannot be good.

    The GunDivers are accepted onto the team, GunBuke complains he did nothing, and the Zakozako hour has the zakus complaining about how they keep losing.

  6. Now if only that had any truth to it.

    Anyway, I watched MD Geist 2 earlier, this easily made my top 20 anime of all time with it upping the action scenes, including the final battle, and reduced the sex junk. I also started watching Vandread: The Second Stage and like before it is still stupid except the effects and action have somewhat improved, real shame the new character is also annoying. I did like the back story of the Harvest though.

  7. I just finished some anime called Vandread and needless to say it was very stupid. On one hand the music was awful, every character save for the old lady, that doctor guy, and Meia was unlikeable (Jura and Deta especially), the final battle was disappointing, and the idea of gender wars was vastly under played. On the other hand, the pacing was surprisingly good, I did like the mechs and the Nirava, the Harvest in and of itself was cool, and the mascot was amusing. Also, how is this a harem series? It looks like a more bad love triangle between two selfish snobs with one of them being a ufologist. This series might have been awesome if they actually made a gender war, you know, LEGIT. Like actual fighting between the two outside of the first episode. For some reason this series reminds me of Nadesico except without the pointless otaku and bureaucrat jokes; speaking of which I finally grew a heart with their aestivalises and other mecha. Sorry Nadesico, your mechs were not bad at all, it just took me a while to accept you.

    Anyway, I will watch Second Stage soon, but recently I found spots to watch some really beloved cult anime called MD Geist which seems to be up my ally, I wonder if it'll be death metal and violence? It seems actiony enough.

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