Some also joined Neo Zeon in Mirage of Zeon.

Yep, that prototype is from M-MSV so its still part of the Rick Dias tree, just different source material which is the usual Gundam sources contradicting one another. I think it is not a contradiction just because of omission. Prototypes are usually omitted because it is clear that the unit is deri...

yazi88 wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 6:37 pm You forgot the Prototype Rick Dias from Z-MSV. That is the interim between Dowas Custom and Rick Dias.

Well, I was just quoting the source I posted, so no prototypes are included.

Hi, I just wanted some clarification on the Rick dias development. I have seen that the Rick Dias is based on the dowas custom and the gp02 but I have also seen I believe on this forum that it was originally said to be based on the galbaldy beta. Is this just a case of retconing of newer material? ...

I watched the whole thing on TV(at least most of it, may have missed an episode or 2)

Redesign of 28 is pretty good but the story doesn't leave much impression. I completely forgot what it was about.

Well, it is kinda a hard question. AEUG used written off ships from EFSF, meaning the EFSF very likely have some new ships replacing those, just that we don't really know how many and what those are.(Since they write off Salamis Kai's you'd expect them to be something better) And in any case, after ...

Saint Seiya may also qualify, with Cloths (Magical Armor) given by the Goddess Athena, plus the Cosmo power is mystical in nature. Granted this would be more Mystical Power Armor, but still Another factor in the mystic mecha is the cockpit itself. In Neo Ranga there isn't a "cockpit" more...

would the mobile fortress Deca Dence fit in? because IIRC it ran on this monster blood that when used in some sort of machine allowed flight so maybe its magic? (if you ever get the chance watch Deca Dence its a fun show) kinda? replace the name of that juice with "magical power" and that...

The titular thing from Neo Ranga doesn't really have any mystical aspect to it. It's worshipped as a god due to tradition after being encountered long ago by pre-scientific islanders, but it's really just an unconventional lifeform anatomically similar to coral. Neo Ranga, in all sense, is just sim...

Yeah, Brave Raideen is probably the oldest example in anime... though, like most such examples, Clarke's Third Law is in play and its incredible and occasionally supernatural-seeming abilities are actually a product of the sufficiently advanced technology of the lost continent of Mu. There are a nu...

So this may be an odd question, but how far back do mystical themed mechs go? I'm referring to the fact the mech itself seems to be organic in nature, and is more or less summoned by the characters(Like Neo Ranga, Gasaraki, or to a degree Ideon). It seems like something that probably goes back to t...

I've read that the novel version of Zeta Gundam did offer a better argument for Jerid being a newtype by putting him in Bask Om's newtype unit for the final battle... but having never read the novels myself, I can't verify that. Whether he was inducted into that unit because he was actually a newty...

That seems to be a reoccurring issue with the depiction of the colonies, mainly that they never seem to have enough build up or population to match the background info. Logically the density should resemble Coruscant the city planet from Star Wars; although it's worth noting that later UC works lik...

So who has watched this? It's an older and somewhat obscure mech show with and interesting premise (Three sister pilot a Kaiju like Mech as part of the inheritance from a Tropical Kingdom). They end up facing both several monsters and the JSDF itself, who are suspicious of the Neo Ranga. Aside from...

found this old post Welp, here's some useless information from moi as usual. Paging through the U.C. Hardgraph Novel (Zeon Side), I came across a population distribution footnote for one of the chapters. Skipping the in between blurbs that state what happens, here's the gist of it: OVERALL POPULATI...

Considering heat weapons can block beam sabres or similar melee beam weapons, they can be of some use even if not directly use for attack.

D_I wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:11 am

I didn't know they could do that

Since the beam shield basically protects by burning or at least melting the incoming object down, short lancers can penetrate it by simply punching through with enough mass and some ablative coating like anti-beam coating or at least beam resistive coating.

Shot lancers don't employ heat weapon technology. They're inert but extremely tough kinetic energy penetrators that are launched using "railgun-like" electromagnetic launchers for the specific goal of neutralizing enemy mobile suits in situations where the risk of a reactor breach is unac...

True, though there are ways to suppress muzzle flashes... and railguns in a vacuum are going to be naturally less inclined to produce once since the system has no flammable/explosive propellant driving the shell. yes, but in the current state, railguns will produce a lot of heat and heat is very ob...

While this is true, it doesn't really account for the fact that spacecraft are themselves naturally disinclined to swift changes of velocity or direction... particularly in orbit. (Fictional ones aside.) If you see a flash under hostile conditions, you will try to change direction. and it doesn't t...