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OP: 「Ash Like Snow」 by the brilliant green
Watch the OP! Mirror 1, Mirror 2
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Summary:
Sometime after the Azadistan incident, JNN airs a report about how numerous scientists and engineers have gone missing in the past 200 years. They make a connection to Celestial Being on how new mobile suits take many years to develop, meaning that Celestial Being’s plans must have been in place for over 200 years. Watching this report is the representative of one of the three main world powers, and he then heads into a meeting about the Gundams with representatives of the two other powers. Meanwhile, Ian and Allelujah are working at the secret Celestial Being base inside an asteroid field near a Union space colony, and Ian comments on how Allelujah should leave things to him. Allelujah is fine with being here and admits that he had stuff that he wanted to think about, but Ian warns him against regretting what they’ve already started. The rest of the Celestial Being group is on Earth, and Wang Liu-Mei is at this moment talking with Sumeragi about how, because of nanomachines, the adverse effects of living in space have dropped. However, from a mental health point of view, they still need to come down to the Earth’s surface, and Sumeragi feels that it’ll take time for man to be able to live in space outside of the colonies.
This causes Wang Liu-Mei to ask if Sumeragi hates humanity’s advancement into space, and Sumeragi answers that humans are still a life form in its infancy, though she doesn’t thinks that that’s bad, and she likes drinking alcohol with gravity around. Wang Liu-Mei then warns that drinking alcohol during the day is bad for her, but Sumeragi feels that she can’t stop even if she wanted to. As for the Gundam Meisters right now, they’re all over the place, with Setsuna returning to Japan, Lockon revisiting a place from his past that’s been rebuilt, and Tieria studying data inside Wang Liu-Mei’s place. Tieria notes to himself that after Celestial Being started acting, disputes around the world dropped 38%. In addition, 68% of companies with military industry connections have withdrawn from that business. The problem is that in accomplishing this, they’ve revealed to the world both the Nadleeh and the Dynames’ ability to fire up to high altitudes, and Tieria also considers Setsuna to be a problem. Meanwhile in Japan, Kinue’s boss tells her that they got amazing ratings for the JNN program earlier, and he wants the next story to be about Celestial Being’s effect on the world economy. Kinue, however, wants to continue investigating Aeolia Schenberg because she wants to find out Celestial Being’s true purpose, and although her boss allows her, he warns her of the potential dangers of going too deep into this.
Around this time, the Union president talks with his adviser about a “Project G” concerning Taklamakan, the Human Reform League, and the choice of a region that has enriched uranium buried underground. His adviser notes that it’s the most suitable place for testing because of its geographic features. The leaders of the AEU are also discussing this topic – specifically how they’ll lag behind Union and the Human Reform League if they don’t deploy their army. They’re worried about public opinion, but they feel that if they produce results, then the public will accept it, so they have to obtain a Gundam at any cost. And as for the Human Reform League, its president feels that their current strategy is needed for his party to lead the world. Meanwhile, at MSWAD’s base, Graham tells his men that the Gundam investigation unit is being officially named Over-Flags. It’s being organized as a Flag-only unit, and they’re joined by several of their elite Flag-piloting peers from across the United States. Graham also reveals that all their Flags are being custom fitted by Professor Eifman, and they’re getting 12 Flag pilots in all.
Over at a Human Reform League desert base, Soma asks Sergei about them mobilizing, so he reveals they and other mobile suit units have received orders even though he personally doesn’t know the details of the operation yet. At the same time, at an AEU base, Patrick is getting punched by his new commanding officer Cathy Mannequin for being late, and he immediately takes a liking to her. Back at Wang Liu-Mei’s place, Sumeragi gets a message from Billy who has something he wants her to read and get her opinion on. Unaware of any of this, Setsuna returns to Japan just in time to see Louise’s mother leave. Since Louise’s mother isn’t dead, Setsuna doesn’t understand why Louise would cry since she can still go see her mother if she wants. Setsuna also surprises Saji by commenting on how peaceful it is here, despite Louise’s crying, and he eventually excuses himself when he gets a message from his comrades. As it turns out, Wang Liu-Mei has learned that joint military exercises will be conducted between the Union, the Human Reform League, and the AEU. Felt realizes that it’s because of them, and Sumeragi thinks that the Human Reform League is teaming up with the others in an effort to contain Celestial Being.
Since it’s just a military exercise, Lasse thinks that they don’t need to intervene, but Tieria suspects that something is going on because he knows how much money it takes to send an army somewhere. Sumeragi agrees with this and tells everyone to enjoy themselves while they can because she knows that they’ll be mobilized soon. She personally heads out to meet with Billy that night to discuss the file she read about the possibility of capturing a Gundam. He wants her opinion as a tactical forecaster, so, without letting on her real identity, Sumeragi says that there’s not enough information about the Gundams. Billy knows that they can’t defeat a Gundam with their current military strength, but the plan is to use overwhelming force to surround and exhaust the pilot. Looking a little worried now, Sumeragi points out that the Gundams might be able to move on autopilot or might even self-destruct to preserve the secrecy about them. She gets even more uncomfortable when Billy praises her for being able to analyze Celestial Being in her own way, and as she gets up to leave, Billy tries to convince her again to come to the Union base since Eifman was worried about her too. When Sumeragi claims that she has something to do, Billy wonders if she has someone waiting for her, so Sumeragi asks him back what he’d do if there was. Regardless, Billy is just content with being able to see her again.
A little while later, the three major powers officially announce the joint military exercises in the name of training for the defense of the orbital elevator. By now, the Union forces are on their way via a Pacific Ocean route, and Daryl and Howard survey the new Flags, but they’re still not sure about opposing a Gundam. Having overheard them, the pilot named Joshua derides their cowardly manner and notes how badly this reflects on First Lieutenant Graham’s own capabilities. In response, Howard points out that Graham has been promoted to the rank of Captain, and Daryl gets angry when Joshua makes a snide remark about Graham being responsible for a superior officer’s death. Graham personally arrives to break up the argument and says that he doesn’t care what Joshua thinks because he’ll clear away any disgrace on the battlefield. Meanwhile, word reaches Wang Liu-Mei that a United States fleet is crossing the Pacific and that the AEU is also headed towards the Human Reform League. Sumeragi by now has figured out that the destination is the Taklamakan Desert where there is enriched uranium buried, and they’ve learned that the facilities there are being targeted by terrorists. If those facilities are attacked, then radioactive substances would leak out, and the damage would reach a global scale. The major powers are holding their military exercises there because they know that the Gundams will come to intervene, and they’ll do whatever they can to get their hands on one.
Despite this, Tieria still thinks that they should go because Gundam Meisters prioritize carrying out their objectives and preserving secrecy over their own lives. He feels that they can’t pilot Gundams without this resolve. And with that, all the Gundam Meisters are mobilized, though Christina notices that Setsuna is currently in the Middle East. Setsuna is actually paying a secret visit to Marina to ask her why this world has been warped. He wonders if it’s God’s fault or if it’s the fault of humans, and after thinking for a moment, Marina replies that God is impartial and that people understand each other, but she still thinks that the world is helplessly warped. By the time she finishes answering him though, Setsuna is already gone. Meanwhile, at an AEU French Foreign Legion base, Ali Al Sarshes meets with a commanding officer about a clandestine mission. After the officer hands him some written orders and entrusts something called the Agrissa to him, Ali Al Sarshes accepts the mission under a fake name. Walking out of the building, he unties his hair and is overjoyed at the prospect of this war.
ED Sequence
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ED: 「フレンズ」 (Friends) by ステファニー (Stephanie)
Watch the ED!: Mirror 1, Mirror 2
The OP’s not bad (I’d almost say it was like a typical Gundam OP in style, though it did show a lot of interesting match-ups and some new Gundams), but the new ED really blew me away. Not only is Friends a good song, the accompanying animation was incredible – I love the contrast of the peaceful haircut with the shots of the sea of blood and of everyone in pain.
Preview:
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You know, when a guy sneaks into a girl’s room at night, it’s usually not to ask philosophical questions and then leave before she’s done talking. It’s not that I was really expecting any romance between the two of them since this hasn’t been that kind of show, but I thought the entire situation was almost surreal. How exactly did he sneak in anyway? Where were her guards? There was already one attempt on her life, so you’d think there’d be more security, not less.
As for the rest of the episode, I didn’t think things would feel so different, but with the new OP/ED, all the new characters, and all the stuff that’s now going on, it really feels like we’ve entered the next stage of this series. It even managed to make me laugh when Patrick’s new commander punched him. I can now only imagine how different the second half of Gundam 00 will feel when that eventually airs in October. Anyway, this was clearly a set-up episode since it had a ton of dialogue and very little action, and next week is probably where things really get going again. I’m especially excited because all of the major characters and factions will take part, and the wildcard I think is what Ali Al Sarshes has been sent to do. Looking further ahead, Newtype’s description of episode 16 makes it sound like a recap episode, but the title of the episode (“Trinity”) makes me think that it won’t be since that’s the name of some new characters. I guess we’ll have to wait and find out…
I like this OP better than the first.
I like both songs better than their first counterparts actually.
新EDの曲すげぇ好き
前のも悪くはなかったんだけどやっぱEDは女じゃないとな
Yay for the thrones in the opening .
Looks like things are going to heat up soon.
..yeah i can feel the cliffhanger ending a la Code Geass coming X_X .
性懲りもなく高山みなみ参戦か。
TWO-MIXでガンダムの主題歌歌わせてもらえないからって
声優で出てくるなよ。
スメラギさんのシャワーシーンをこの時間でやるなら、
ギアス２期もいろんなことやりそうだな・・・
ＰＴＡだのの騒ぎにならなければいいがｗ
OP、なかなかいい感じやん
歌がトミーだったらポップすぎだけど、ブリグリでよかった
EDも前作よりいい
特に窓越しの姫が最高
マリナかわいいよマリナ
曲はまあ普通、ちょっと聞き取りにくいかなと思った。
映像とのリンクは、歌詞のフレーズごとにカットを回す手法じゃないから、印象には残りにくいけど、最低限はあっていると思う。
映像自体はかなりよく動いているから、まあ、後期ＯＰとしては結構いい感じなんじゃないかな。
個人的にはラルクよりはいいとは思う。
This OP will perfect if it’s an ED and Days Break is OP
Vガンは腐がまだ存在しなかった（地下に居た？）頃だから出来た作品だろうな。
しかし、実際こんかいのガンダムに対し腐の影響はどれ位あるのだろうか？
というか制作人はどれ位意識しているのだろう。
すくなくとも種のような、あからさまさ、はあんまり感じないんだよな。
そういうカットも無い気がするし。
Kyaa~~ it’s here!!
Looks like I won’t wait for the subs this one!
this episode is
“only” new openig and ending
no Gundam in action !?
NOw i am pretty sure that Tierra is a cyborg…Anyway, great episode. seems like the “staging the scene” part is done with and now we move on with real story.
Daybreak’s Bell sucks Wana sucks. Ash Like Snow ROX Friends ROX!
Woot! The new opening really makes a difference. I showed it to some friends who don’t watch anime, but really like action-oriented stuff. Now they want to watch it. 🙂
The ending is way better than Wings of word from gundam seed destiny, to be honest I didn’t like Daybreaks bell at first but I grew to like it quickly but the new opening and ending are incredible. I can’t wait to see the translated lyrics.
Actually I really disliked Wana to an extent. I liked how they tied the last few minutes of the episode with a short start of the song and then moved into the actual song, but the song itself I didn’t like so much.
Awesome OP and ED. Mecha scenes gave me shivers.
And hey, it’s the return of the funnels! XD
EFFING AWESOME.
NO. -coughcough- I don’t want a SetsunaxMarina! It just doesn’t work! GAH STAY AWAY FROM HER.
Btw the OP is really good, despite being a Laruku fan. -_-
Love the new songs, especially the OP, it’s amazing.
Now, with the ED. Four Meisters are gay =))
Here’s an OP2 on youtube if anyone does not want to download RAW to see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B06juhaPK0c
Februrary…hmmmm…Sunrise…My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ FTW!
I uploaded high quality version of the new OP/ED on YouTube as well.
Gundam 00 「機動戦士ガンダム00」 OP2 「Ash Like Snow」 by the brilliant green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBf5eYmd5Wc
Gundam 00 「機動戦士ガンダム00」 ED2 “Friends”「フレンズ」 by Stephanie (ステファニー)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tecGAP2Gc0o
Also, here’s the info on the new Gundams and pilots/seiyuus, according to Newtype magazine.
Gundam Throne Drei (ガンダムスローネドレイ)
– pilot (パイロット): Nena Trinity
– seiyuu (声優): Kugimiya Rie (釘宮 理恵)
Gundam Throne Zwei (ガンダムスローネズウェイ)
– pilot (パイロット): Michael Trinity
– seiyuu (声優): Namikawa Daisuke (浪川 大輔)
Gundam Throne Eins (ガンダムスローネアイン)
– pilot (パイロット): Johann Trinity
– seiyuu (声優): Konishi Katsuyuki (小西 克幸)
I prefer the ED. Just got to know Stephanie today. She’s a really great singer and I love her new song. I thought the Gundam with the big gun is Dynames but it seems like I’m wrong.
I notice how all the pilots have the same last name
Oh…both the new OP and ED blew me away!
Incredible quality! No more reused scenes!
I totally love Friends…
They’re absolutely the best OP/ED I’ve seen in a while, if not ever.
The Gundam with the huge gun on its back is Ein, as seen in the 1/144 HG model that was release recently.
http://www.1999.co.jp/10066677
Liz: Uh, the MarinaxSetsuna pairing was obvious ever since the first OP…
Oh, and the whole Aszadistan civil war was an Undercover AEU operation or am I misunderstanding something here?
@Gloranor
No duh. Can’t you notice a person in denial?
Waiting for summary…
and introduction of Red particles…
I thought both the OP and ED were great, especially the OP.
wow! Did you guys see something like ‘Funnel’ weapon in the new OP? It’s seem to use by those Throne Gundams. So I’m guessing AEU would have those Throne Gundams, because UNION have those Flag Fighters team already with all their ACE pilots. And HDL have those super human already, but AEU doesn’t seem to fight with Celestial Being that much. Can’t wait to see new Gundams.
No, that was CB’s Gundams, they’ll appear in ep 16 to help Setsuna and his friend
Well but they still looked EVIL. I guess we will have our current Three Gundam Meisters (without Tiera) fighting against CB, at the end of first series.
Interesting we got Japananese readers here.
And I think Saji’s sister is digging her own grave if she continues her investigation and then we can start calling Saji: “Psycho Saji”.
The new ED and OP are pretty good. I’ve heard Ash Like Snow before it came out and liked it already. The ED is surprisingly good as well. Maybe it’ll foreshadow more character development in the future?
Red GN particles from the new Gundams? (ala. Freedom??)
And red beams? Scary….
@black cat: Are you SURE the three new Gundams wil be on Setsuna’s side? They seem to be fighting in the OP.
@ Gil explain your comment regarding freedom i dont see a connection.) Has anyone noticed that setsuna in the exia actually hits with his beam pistol in the new op :p must be symbolic aswell since that almost never happens (i cant remember it happening but just incase it did i sed almost:P)
the OP and the ED are amazing songs and the animation just blew me away =O
Freedom spewed out similar-looking red particles.(a cool factor?)
VAST improvement in OP and ED, finally up to Seed/Destiny level (you can hate seed/destiny all you want, but everyone admits they had damn good op/ed’s.
@Gil the red particles that freedom spewed out in eps 35 etc were blatently a side effect of the propul. system i.e there was crap caught in the vents however the particles coming from these three new gundams seem directly propulsion related i.e the evil twin version of the G.N particles used by Celestial beings gundams. Not really similar but yes still very cool
Damn, another Gundam with Bit/DRAGOON system. Oh well, it appears in every series of Gundam btw……with GN particles, those Bits/DRAGOONs have unlimited energy, wad a nightmare…..
4 GN series VS 3 Throne series…..i dunno why they fight or just a show but i’m looking forward to it.
what the hell!?Setsuna went all his way to middle east just to sneak into a girl’s room, asked stupid philosophical question, and then left without hearing the answer. That’s why the world is so warped!
OP luv! ED luv! (as expected from Stephanie ;))
Actually, the Thrones are part of CB, although they’re apparently much more fanatical and loyal to CB than even Tieria.
setsuna is as random as ever 🙂
You don’t know what the Thrones view on CB’s ideals are. We only know what they look like and their names. Saying things about them like that RandomDendohfanboy is wrong as we know nothing about them so far.
@DmonHiro: The Throne is CB’s Gundams and they’ll help Setsuna’s group in the next battle, that what I said. But in the end, they’ll be the enemy of Setsuna, maybe. Some inf about it:
Ep17 – Throne Assault
The crew of the Ptolemy are surprised by the appearance of the new mobile suits even they didn’t know about. When the three pilots contact the Ptolemy, Sumeragi leads them to the mothership to question their true intentions.
Ep18 – Malicious Target
As the three new mobile suits go forth to destroy and disarm military installations all over the world, Setsuna begins to have doubts about their intervention actions. Meanwhile, Celestial Being’s agent Wang Liu Meing begins her investigation into who they are.
OOOOOO I See Dragoons ^^”
Dunno Why But One Of Those Red Ones Reminds Me Of Justice -_-
Where is the loving in this world?? Sneaking into a girls bedroom, there should have been some action XD. Anyway, so we have evil good Gundam now, maybe they are like criminals who are forced to pilot the Gundam, so they fight just to destroy. Like the pilot in Gundam 00F.
Whoa… those three mobile suits at the end…. what the hell would they be? A revolt against celestial being?
I would hardly call those “Gundams”. They look way too strange and alien-like to deserve the name ‘Gundam’.
I think that the Throne gundams are more like the extremists of CB, which could be possible and what would expect its setsuna who snuck into her room.
HAHA! Taht gave me a good laugh, but REALLY. When in real life does that REALLY happen? A guy coming into a girl’s room to ask about philosophical questions? xD
lol, oh yes! they know it is a trap but they are still going. BAKA YARO!
Really when will there be smart people that avoid traps.
https://randomc.net/image/Gundam%2000/Gundam%2000%20-%2014%20-%20Large%2023.jpg
https://randomc.net/image/Gundam%2000/Gundam%2000%20-%2014%20-%20Large%2024.jpg
Setsuna is a Stalker!
It seems that their shaping up rivalries already. It’s Allelujah vs Soma, Lo(li)ckon vs Graham and Setsuna vs Ali
and of course we know Tieria’s up to something behind all this.
Wooh yeah Thrones!!! 😀
Look at the OP. Isn’t Wang Liu Mei standing on Union’s logo? Or maybe I’m wrong?
The new ED rocks! It’s nicer than I thought! And I can’t wait to see the new gundams!
This is the kind of OP I hoped this series would have, not that “wishes over their airspace” thingy.
If Tieria finds out Setsuna revealed his identity to Marina, he’s gonna be MAAAAAAAD!
Oooo Gundams with Dark-Red GN Particles??
I’m guessing they’re the evil ones right?
The openings music and the animation was great
but I think the ending deserves more praise although it didn’t have
the flashy animation like in the op it made up for it with more than one way
such as the meisters on the beach or the each of them in there own emo pose
it was mind blowing
Hmmm… Tiera missing a rival and missing much of the actions against the trones… tell me if they ever cach a gundam we’ll likely be the one. The Trones are most likely the more radical side of CB, probably Tieria’s buddies who gone to plan “mass extermination” after Tieria get’s captured or something…
op was nice, and ed made me laugh with the way everyone was acting so normal.
and now we see 3 new next gen gundams ready
Why do I have a feeling that those new Gundams have either a relation to 00P crew or Felt’s parents.
Somethign BIG is coming then… damn it, I can’t wait.
just a prediction but lockon is going to die ahaha…
probably from his evil twin or something
Alright, bout time this series got interesting.
i don’t really like this Gundam series that much.
Because so far nothing amazing is happen. It seems that No one can beat them because of their mobile suits so they don’t even have to try to fight. It dose not feel like the other Gundams series where they have strong opponents to fight and they have a chance of losing or wining that keeps you hoping that they will come out victorious. It more like when they fight someone you know that they are going to win not matter what and that seems boring to me.
@Notes: i think it is kind of funny that you leave that comment now right before we actually get into some crazy Gundam-Overwhelmed type action. up until this episode i would have agreed with you, but this episode just got me pumped up with the way everyone that has some big part in this show is being pulled together finally and we see them all getting stronger. i cant wait until the next couple of eps
No one can beat them? Graham has fought the Gundams to a standstill every time he’s faced them, forced Setsuna to retreat once and was gaining the upper hand on Lockon before circumstances ended the fight prematurely. Ali al-Sarches seems to be able to hold his own against the Gundams as well. This isn’t really a case of “no one can beat them”.
i always love Gundam 00 ending songs!