Recently, a series of unexpected resumption operations in "The Witch of Mercury" on the first floor of Okonoi have once again put this latest Gundam series on the cusp of hot discussion.
And some of the past stories of the first floor of Okanoi and the father of Gundam, Tomino Yuki, have also been revisited, and some netizens have even "combined with facts" to P a picture of the merit.
Ohanoi: How about having your birthday song evaporated?
Tomino: Good, be careful not to let him finish the last sentence!
Even audiences who have not seen "0079", "Z Gundam", "Idean" and other "Kuro Tomino" masterpieces may know the famous name of this "blade factory owner" through various ways.
His Z Gundam led Hyun Obuchi on the path of "Warrior of Love", and EVA was a love letter sent to him by Hideaki Anno, and the first floor of Okawachi, who loves fancy killing characters, is also his own disciple.
However, Tomino is not always so "black". Although it is a bit unconvincing to say this, Tomino's original intention is actually to do "sub-supply animation".
However, he believes that he can't just show children the good side of the world, so he doesn't shy away from death in his works.
Later, he himself reflected on this point, starting from the work he was going to talk about today, he sealed his past self, collected his killing intent, and incarnated as "Bai Fuye".
Of course, this does not mean that there is no bento at all in this work, and today's debut work in "The Witch of Mercury" in "The Witch of Mercury" in Dahanoi, is also this work.
He was invited by Tomino to write the script for episode 23, and the animation supervisor, who would later issue countless bento, also issued his first bento here.
This Gundam work, the first Gundam game of the new century, coined the term "black history" and "ended" all Gundam history.
This is a Gundam that was expelled from Gundam by some fans at the time, and it was also a failed business project.
However, for Tomino personally, this is undoubtedly a significant work. After many years of broadcasting, its popularity among Gundam fans has gradually warmed up.
01
Bearded Gundam
Even viewers who have not seen Gundam should have a general impression of the image of Gundam.
V-shaped antenna overhead, eyes, "Citroen" engraving in the position of the mask ...
Admittedly, this inherent impression does not include the various "special cases" of the Gundam series over the years, and using this standard to identify the Gundam can still have an accuracy rate of seven or eight percent.
And the inverted A Gundam in "Inverted A" first broke this "convention".
I believe that most readers will be hooked by its round head and the antenna that seems to be on the wrong ground when they see inverted A for the first time.
The antenna on the mouth is also a little curved, which is more like a beard than an antenna, and the characters in the play often refer to it as "beard gundam".
The inverted A round rolling place is not only the head, in all the Gundam horizontal comparison, the sharpness of the whole body of the inverted A is low, "the edges and corners are not clear".
Other Gundam look like weapons of war at a glance, murderous. Inverted A looks harmless to humans and animals, and even has a cute feeling.
The inverted A Gundam is designed by American science fiction master Sid Mead. In addition to "Inverted A", his masterpieces are typical American science fiction works such as "Blade Runner" and "Alien 2".
It is normal that his machine is different from the traditional Japanese sci-fi style, and it can even be said that the Inverted A Gundam is already a mechanism in "Inverted A" that is closer to the traditional Gundam work.
Some of the "alien" bodies of Deanna's return army may be because the aesthetic is too advanced, and until now Bandai has not given a corresponding model.
According to the interview information, the inverted A Gundam we see now is already a draft after being completely redone by Tomino.
The first draft of Sid Mead's more evil nature was used on the villain body Inverted X. (Inverted X on the left)
This unconventional mechanism caused a lot of controversy to the Inverted A Gundam. This is also one of the important reasons why it was expelled from the "Gundam Status".
Moreover, to say how the camera looks at first glance, Park Lumi (the protagonist and voice actress of Roland the pilot of the Inverted A Gundam) who was asked about it by Tomino in the interview, can only avoid answering with high emotional intelligence.
However, the inverted A Gundam's mechanism itself is a durable type that is not outstanding at first glance, and the more you look at it, the more pleasing it is, and as long as you are willing to abandon the stereotype that is too old-fashioned, this round Gundam is quite cute after looking at it for a long time.
Bandai also gave MG No. 100, a symbolic serial number, to Inverted A Gundam. The interior of the MG Inverted A Gundam also follows exactly the design left by Sid Mead.
And after watching the story of "Inverted A", maybe you will have the same idea as me: Inverted A Gundam should look like this.
02
Erase the moonlight butterfly of black history
Speaking of inverted A Gundam, the terms "black history" and "moonlight butterfly" cannot be bypassed.
In the story of "Inverted A", the human civilization of the earth is in the period of about the first industrial revolution, and the people of the moon already have MS.
After the people of the moon began to "return to war", the humans on Earth dug out some MS from the ground whose performance far exceeded their technological level.
This status quo of "scientific progress depends on archaeology" is based on a reincarnated worldview.
Human civilization on Earth is not built on a blank piece of paper, but on the remains of previous civilizations.
The human beings in these previous civilizations failed to get out of the death of fighting each other, and finally when the struggle reached its climax, the "moonlight butterfly" appeared, erasing the traces of these civilizations.
Seeing the humble appearance of this round head and round head, everyone should know that the so-called "moonlight butterfly" is the inverted A Gundam, which will spread its butterfly wings, spread nanomachines, and decompose everything on the surface.
These "black histories" that have been erased are no other history, but the "history of Gundam" that Gundam audiences are familiar with.
Neither Tomino nor Sunrise clearly stated what the "extinction" of the Inverted A Gundam was judged by.
Is it that A-Gundam himself judged that "this session of mankind can't do it" and flew out to work? Or do you need a desperate person like Char in the 93rd century of the universe to sit in the cockpit and manually send warmth to human civilization?
Either way, in short, the human civilization in these "war"-themed Gundam series is so finished.
In my opinion, "Inverted A" is to Tomino, what "EVA New Theatrical Version End" is to Hideaki Anno. Of course, in the order in which the two come out, I may have to say this the other way around.
For them, this work has the meaning of "saying goodbye to their past selves". Tomino erases the history of all Gundam works in Inverted A, and Riffraff "says goodbye to all EVA" in Final.
However, the "Gundam" project does not belong to Tomino. Even if he is personally determined to say goodbye to EVA like a riffraff, the Gundam series of "The Original: Yuki Tomino" will be as new as the Gundam series.
Moreover, his own determination is not so strong. After "Inverted A", he also directed a new Gundam TV anime "Gundam G Resurrection".
However, after "Inverted A", Tomino did say goodbye to "Kuro Tomino" - at least he will not kill a main character without warning, and the death toll has dropped significantly compared to before.
It's just that the two "Gundam" of "Shiro Tomino" are not as one-sided as the "Duck Mule Revenge N" that received rave reviews during the "Kuro Tomino" period.
The inverted A Gundam, who erased the black history, has become the "black history" in the eyes of some Gundam fans.
03
A fairy tale called Gundam
Even if the cute-looking Inverted A Gundam has such a terrifying real body, many viewers will refer to this work as "Miyazaki-style "Gundam".
On the one hand, because the character of "Inverted A" is in charge of Hiroshi Yasuda, with a clear world-famous theater style, and most of the content of this series of works is based on children's literature/juvenile literature masterpieces from all over the world.
On the other hand, compared to "Gundam", which smashes colonial satellites and nuclear bombs at every turn and pours poison gas on colonial satellites during war, the story of "Inverted A" itself is also very gentle.
The inverted A Gundam, an anachronistic body, has become a way to stop the war in the hands of the protagonist Roland, and has escaped the fate of being a device for the destruction of the world.
In "Inverted A", both sides of the earth and the moon fought relatively restrained, and both sides had rational peace talkers, even if there was a disturbance of the main battle faction, the lunar side with a higher force value had been retracting its strength, and it did not kill too many people.
They once blew up an MS nuclear reactor, and a nuclear explosion scared both sides. Roland was stunned and carefully carried a few nuclear bombs for almost ten episodes, just to send this thing to the right place to destroy.
When Char was in the Battle of Rum, these few nuclear bombs were not necessarily enough for him to use for a minute.
Roland, the protagonist of "Inverted A", also sets a relaxed tone for this work, because he is really too kind.
When it comes to the role of Roland, many "Inverted A" viewers will not forget his women's form "Lola", and joked that "Tomino XP has been ahead of the industry for 20 years".
Roland not only has feminine beauty in appearance, but also has the characteristics of "inclusiveness" and "kindness" that are common in women.
The first floor of Okawachi, who debuted through this work, became the supervisor of "Gundam", the first true "female protagonist" more than 20 years later, and it has to be said that it is a wonderful fate.
By the way, the heroine in "The Witch of Mercury" inherits Roland's dark skin, and the character of the noble son Sodick also makes me somewhat hallucinate Young Master Gwei in "Inverted A". (Left: Gwei)
Under Roland's control, the extinct body of the Inverted A Gundam can also be used to wash clothes and carry livestock.
In the conflict between the Earth and the Moon, he has also tried to play the role of a mediator. At first, the lunar side was obviously stronger, and he protected the earth side.
After the earth's side swelled along with the will to fight because of "archaeology" and the jumping force value of some lunar technicians, he began to dissuade the earthlings from advancing and tried his best to promote exchanges and peace talks between the two sides.
Even the "Moonlight Butterfly" system of extinction can be used to protect it in the hands of gentle Roland.
When the militants of the People of the Moon turned their guns on the Queen and the Earthlings in the peace talks, in extreme anger, Roland inspired the butterfly wings of the inverted A Gundam.
However, he did not use this butterfly wing to sow destruction, but to protect the two sides behind him who were talking.
Although Tomino intends to put an end to all Gundam with Inverted A, "Goodbye to all Gundams".
However, at the end of "Inverted A", the two moonlight butterflies, Inverted A and Inverted X, hugged each other and turned into a cocoon of the moon, disappearing in the beautiful rainbow light.
This is not Tomino's acknowledgement of all subsequent Gundam works: the machine that erased history has gone, and then it is left to his successors to create freely.
The Inverted A Gundam was originally the ultimate weapon of destruction, but Roland was able to forge a sword into a ploughshare, and he could also use his extraordinary power to stop it.
Even, in the end, in order to stop the crazy behavior of another war maniac, he was willing to cocoon himself.
The belligerent Inverted X pilot was taken away by the two brothers, Gundam, and Roland was released by them.
In the hands of the belligerent and desperate, superbodies such as Inverted A and Inverted X are the demon gods who summon destruction; And in the hands of people like Roland, who truly desire peace, they can also become guardian saints.
Tools are not guilty, those who are guilty are man, and those who are noble are also man. In "Inverted A", Tomino gives the greatest affirmation of people's subjective initiative, leaving the trigger of historical evolution to people's will.
Being able to make "Inverted A" may also mean that Tomino's inner "Amuro" finally defeated "Char", which is why he took the most destructive mechanism and wrote a fairy tale called Gundam.
This is also the most romantic point of the work "Inverted A".