Joseph Riggs wrote: > The bit about Japan and a "Special Economic Zone" was flashed on-screen in > Japanese
Missed it, but official site confirms it, and the boy's location in Japan (but how odd that his name is a mash-up of Kanji (a weird name by both Japanese and Chinese standard) and Katakana. > > So far, the conflict are all based on materialism (territory or solar > energy) or > The battle that the young protagonist got himself caught up in before the OP > in Episode 1 > was apparently based on religious differences, given the comments coming from > the > attackers. Probably close enough to racio-historical, but we don't know > certain. You're right! I forgot that bit. But those religious robots are later on the wrong side of the frontline with HRA (not sure if MS models are aligned with religion/ideology). So the three main powers are still relatively secular, perhaps? > As shown in episode 2, CB doesn't appear to have any issues with slaughtering > everyone > on the battlefield regardless of who's fighting for what. Also, one of the > comments at the > end of the episode (iirc, from an unfamiliar looking young man standing at a > window) Who's clearly in the know within CB. So far everything CB says and does publicly and covertly are in the WTF? category but in such an over-the-top manner. The creators have dug themselves a deep hole in just two episodes, they may dig themselves out of it or it may become the biggest stink bomb in Gundam history, either way it's not to be missed! > I mentioned the unknown girl that Exia's emotionless pilot seems to be paired > off with in I agree with Mark, sounds/looks like this lady: http://www.gundam00.net/character/06.html 24 years old: qualifies more as an old hag than a girl. Otherwise reminiscent of you-know-who in Wing. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
