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Post by mannyD on Oct 29, 2006 9:32:05 GMT -5
hey guys, a new gundam... Title: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Author: Harutoshi Fukui Supervisor: Shinichiro Inoue Mecha Designer: Hajime Katoki "The new Gundam novel, and subsequently rumored 30th year anniversary anime. The story takes place in the Universal Century timeline" remember amuro's last gundam? Nu Gundam RX-93, it has a unicorn symbol on it's shield... i think amuro wud be in this new gundam series
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Post by recca74 on Oct 30, 2006 0:19:54 GMT -5
WHa...??!! That's awesome! I've been waiting for a new Gundam anime series to take place in the UC timeline! Thanks for the news, mannyD! So when is the 30th anniversary? ;D Nice tie in with Amuro's unicorn symbol on the Nu.
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Post by bleen on Oct 30, 2006 7:29:52 GMT -5
Digging the mecha design... (but would have prefered a v-fin) Digging the UC timeline... This could turn out to be great
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Post by coldiron on Oct 31, 2006 12:50:01 GMT -5
I love the line art. Hope some other great designs follow.
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Post by roanstalker on Nov 1, 2006 6:25:38 GMT -5
Looks like stylized RX78 with a different head. Nice.
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Post by Bazookafied on Nov 1, 2006 23:46:09 GMT -5
I find it most intriguing... looks more like a GM. Notice that its intake vents are almost not even there (perhaps just covered?) and its got a strange camoflauge too... how are they expecting to release Gunpla of this guy! (I thought that was a deciding factor in every gundam series!)
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Post by GLaw on Nov 2, 2006 4:57:31 GMT -5
I find it most intriguing... looks more like a GM. Notice that its intake vents are almost not even there (perhaps just covered?) and its got a strange camoflauge too... how are they expecting to release Gunpla of this guy! (I thought that was a deciding factor in every gundam series!) Yeah, I agree. It may be just an another type like Blue Destiny BD01. if in this case, it will be called UC01. Probably we will get to see an advance version of Unicorn which will have a more-closely-gundam-look at the later part of the story and may be called UC02 or UC03.. ;D
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Post by nikodiablo on Nov 2, 2006 20:36:47 GMT -5
The timeline would have to be before Char's Counter Attack (UC0093) if Amuro is to be the character, since I believe that Amuro and Char perished in that period.
Hmm. I always thought that the unicorn symbol in Nu Gundam's shield is just a stylized "A" for Amuro.
Looks like Apharmd Gundam - but can't wait for this one. Hopefully they will also turn this one into an anime or OVA.
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Post by zephyranthes on Nov 3, 2006 15:21:33 GMT -5
Great! The UC Timeline is my favorite too.
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Post by mannyD on Dec 20, 2006 7:50:15 GMT -5
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Post by boyet on Dec 20, 2006 9:23:55 GMT -5
looks like another gundam diversion design. i like it better than the "mustache" turn A gundam.
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Post by mannyD on Dec 26, 2006 8:57:47 GMT -5
from interview of Sunrise board member Yasuo Miyakawa about Gundam Unicorn-
"For a long time, we didn't have a new story for UC. This is where Harutoshi Fukui's novel, Gundam Unicorn, comes in. Gundam normally begins with a visual production. This time, it will start with a novel. We are providing something very worthy without having to rely on visuals. People in their 30's have the desire to read a Gundam novel. This is not a novelization of an anime, but a brand new story. We think this is our new way of proposing to the "First" fans.
The project was started long ago. We are finally able to announce it. It is a story within the UC timeline, but it is not First or Zeta. Amuro or Char won't appear. It is a drama built from scratch. We are not filling in a story between series. This is a new Gundam created by Mr. Fukui. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is the character designer and Hajime Katoki is in charge of the mecha.
Other kinds of exposure will come after the novel has started. It will probably be a long novel. Before we decide to animate it as a movie or TV series, we need to thoroughly investigate it. We would like the fans to enjoy the novel first.
We have created many types of Gundam. Fukui's Gundam is aiming for the atmosphere First Gundam created 27 years ago. We would like the fans now in their 30's to read it. It is like wanting to read a novel sequel of a movie you saw as a child.
Yasuhiko retelling First (Yasuhiko's prior manga novel- Gundam: The Origin) and Fukui's new UC Gundam novel. Those 2 are our gifts to fans in their 30's".
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Post by lurkerx on Dec 26, 2006 10:18:32 GMT -5
NoOoOoO! ! !
Its a NOVEL !?!?!?
I read enough text books, enough work stuff, enough newspapers, enough updates etc.
to read for pleasure, in my own free time? forget it !
They can just take their gift and shove it
Besides gundam was meant to be visual that is the whole point and appeal of anime in the first place.
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Post by www-greattoys-net on Dec 26, 2006 20:15:05 GMT -5
Actually when i saw the pics, the first thing that popped in my mind is Macross Plus' YF-19 Valkyrie ^_^
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Post by mannyD on Dec 27, 2006 2:13:49 GMT -5
same here ben. but if it is a graphic novel, i will be interested. the last gundam manga i've read is Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles, Volume 1 (published by tokyopop). set at the same time and place (on earth) as 08th MS Team (UC 0079). with a story about an Earth Federation experimental unit and foreign legioners (mercenaries) working for Zeon. and i enjoyed reading it, looking forward for Volume 2. this story was also first serialized in Gundam Ace magazine, TOKYOPOP released/published the manga just this year. will try to scan and post some of the interior art.
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Post by mpchi on Jan 19, 2007 1:26:42 GMT -5
Looks like it will be a very very long while before we see this series being animated. I like the design, the all white color scheme, and like the unicorn spike on the head too. Just not the GM eyes.
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Post by Bazookafied on Jan 24, 2007 9:56:47 GMT -5
I'm surprised you Gundam nuts haven't found this yet> And they call it the Kshatriya... From what we've figured out, no-one has confirmed that this is a part of Gundam Unicorn, but its a new mobile suit and it hasn't been confirmed for any other series and it bears the "NZ" classification for its model number telling us that its a Neo Zeon Mobile Suit (and we do know that Gundam Unicorn's story involves Neo Zeon) Ironically enough, this Mobile Suit looks very much like the Quin Mantha and also bears the model number "NZ-666". If you don't know the significance of "666" watch The Omen. This thing is basically calling itself the Anti-Christ!
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Post by GLaw on Jan 25, 2007 4:00:41 GMT -5
Geee.. they love to throw some biblical flavour in new series these days ever since the broadcast of Seed Destiny.
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Post by Bazookafied on Jan 29, 2007 1:17:35 GMT -5
Geee.. they love to throw some biblical flavour in new series these days ever since the broadcast of Seed Destiny. SEED Destiny wasn't the first. If I remember correctly, Gundam Wing's Treize Kushrenada had some controversial comments about "God being a mere symbol created by humans for strength". There were a few other "biblical" references in there too. Biblical flavor dates back to First Gundam with the Black Tri-Stars, who were originally called the Black Trinary, with references to the Book of Revelations.
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