Amuro Ray after his first two kills: Trauma and Shock. Banagher after his first kill: OMG, I actually killed someone?! It was an accident! Eri after her first 3 kills: 😍 They look like the lights on my birthday candles!😍🕯️🕯️🕯️
This episode is a perfect example of show-don't-tell. There was plenty of new terminology and context that would have taken several minutes to explain. Instead they gave us bits and pieces to infer what it all means rather than waste our time with info dumps. I'm so hyped for the rest of the series.
This is good writing and world building. Like you said instead of force feeding us details they make the viewer do a bit of exploring and is rewarded for their efforts.
An example would be when a character mentions something about tariff rates. A passing mention, but gives us a small idea of the situation of this universe's logistics.
Like that opinion poll at 4:40, which showed that the Earthians want their government to focus on poverty reduction and fair trade, which meant that Earth struggles with poverty and is in someway economically disadvantaged. While the Spacians focus more on Defense/Security and Free Competition, which means they're probably dominant over the Earthians militarily and economically.
I really liked the introduction of GUND. This is clearly central to the plot, so they gave us a bit of background with its nanotech medical applications and that it was repurposed for military use. We're given a glimpse of the effects it has on the pilots, but it isn't a whole lot. We don't know the full extent of what it can truly do, and I'm looking forward to learning more about it. Edit: Just realized the writer is the same one who worked on Code Geass. This is gonna be good~
Agreed. play devil’s advocate, as of now, we don’t *know* what Prospera’s plan is and who it will hurt in the process, but I can definitely understand her going the distance to get some revenge after what she was put through here
The horror on Elnora's face when she realized her own daughter buddied up with a new weapon of mass destruction along with all its implications... that was a very impactful scene.
I honestly think the look of absolute horror on Elnora's face when she looks down at Lfrith's console and realizes what's happening is probably one of my favorite parts of this whole thing.
@@darrelldundee5045 Watching the enemy soldiers, who were there to kill them, freaking out over the fact that Eri and her dad were singing happy birthday is what really sells the ending for me. The enemy soldiers went there seeing Eri and her family as monsters for what they created (the Gundam) but that moment of innocence was a stark contrast to that notion. For the briefest of moments they saw Eri and her family as people. They were terrified of their own orders that that they dutifully carried out. That's why they wanted to cut communications. They couldn't handle the reality that Eri and her family were no different from them.
just watched ep 20 and then watched this prologue for the first time. Man it sure gives you a different perspective....My like for Delling and the fat dude commander decreases a bit some
When Dr. Carbo had Eli log in, you know what's going to happen. Also, hell of a way to intro a series, Bandai. Wrench my heart apart, why don't you? Amazing, ladies and gents. Looking forward to the series.
Trust me. As a relative newcomer who saw the Earth-based arc of Wing on RUclips back in 2021, and then, after swapping to unofficial services, watched The Original Series, 0080, Thunderbolt S1, Char's Counterattack and is now on the last episode of the Unicorn OVA, planning to watch SEED and either G or Turn A after finishing Unicorn, even I saw what would happen coming. It's the curse of the Gundams: Those who are chosen by fate to enter a Gundam-type Mobile Suit are, with a few exceptions, doomed to lose _something_ in return. For Amuro, it was the sanity of his Father who soon became a delusional nutcase obsessed with the RX-78. For Suletta Mercury, it was her father full stop.
18:18 is simply chilling. The kid's innocence, the mother's horrified expression, the vocal OST. You knew that exact moment Eri's life changed forever and a traumatizing fate of every Gundam MC awaited her.
@@Vali_Z4ne yeah that asshole was irritating monolouging "death to all gundam" like...dude your piloting one 😒 unless its just speaking for the faction in general.
Actually going by Gundams very limited history with prologues, it should be seen as an indicator that the series is going to be very bad. The only other Gundam series that i know of wish has a prologue is build divers. Wish also had a very good prologue only for the series to turn out as one of the worst in the entire franchise.
The mothers face upon realizing that her daughter is the key to a massive weapon hit extra hard. Gosh what an amazing prologue. Gonna finish crying now
The horror of war is upended by the horror a parent knowing the grim future their children will face... Amazing prologue. You got an instant fan of the series.
This 25 minute prologue is absolutely one of the best things I’ve watched all year. This feels like Kill’Em All Tomino 2.0! Utterly riveting and horrific and massively heartbreaking. I am hooked.
yea count me out if it ends up becoming another IBO! for when it comes pet peeves in some gundam series, the kill em all tomino style becomes a massive turn off if you ask some people!
@@bertc9528 Kill’Em All Tomino is a phrase that up sums Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino’s most famous anime where practically all or most of your favorite characters are killed in the story. From Zambot 3 to Ideon to Zeta Gundam to Char’s Counterattack to Victory Gundam, main characters die horrible deaths showcasing the very idea that war of any kind is a losing proposition. Babies, children, dogs, old people, etc.. no one is safe from Kill ‘Em All Tomino.
@@bertc9528 if you ever watch the char's counterattack movie or season two of IBO (which was directed by one of tomino's disciples) you'll then understand the phrase "KILL EM ALL, TOMINO STYLE!"
The dad singing Happy Birthday was one of the most hauntingly beautiful things I've seen in a while. The tone going from lighthearted to serious is nothing new in stories but they really pulled off something special in this. Also, it's jawdropping to see the ceiling for how pretty Gundam shows can look in modern animation get raised even higher. Those laser funnel things reform into a shield was so freaking cool.
I'm surprised I had to scroll so far to find this... it's absolutely stunning! already on par with unicorn or iron blooded orphans. can't wait to see what the main series brings!
Same as me. That is reality of war. Some may say that as a simple way to make a storyline just letting someone killed. But, thats war, no matter who you are, when the time comes, you will die. No matter how eventful that time for you.
Never has a Gundam series first episode hit me this hard, I am VERY hyped to see where this series will go.....not sure my heart will be up for more tragedy though but it comes with the territory when it's Gundam I suppose.
@@mad0038 There's a theory that Suletta and Eri are not the same person and that Eri is Aerial (either her mind or her body in some form is in Aerial). Edit: Also the gund bits could be other children.
@@AaronTheUnwise The synopsis said that Ericht Samaya is Suletta Mercury. Suletta is the alias considering her mom is on the revenge for Delling Rembran, the dad of Miorine Rembran (Suletta's fiancee) the theory (or more like a recurring event) is that everytime a happy birthday sung, something bad happens (i want the elan-not-elan to be alive lol)
@@Q9Teen ofc the synopsis says that it's not gonig to spoil a plot twist, not saying the theories are true nescessarily just that the synopsis may also not be accurate either to keep the surprises
As a father of two baby girls, I tip my hat to the writers. To evoke those sorta feelings so fast, but not leave people confused on plot and what’s going on, fantastic. Can’t wait to watch this.
The writer of this new series is Ichirō Ōkouchi who has written shows such as Code Geass, Valvrave, and Kabeneri of the Iron Fortress. It will be a certified banger of a series and dark as hell.
@@dustf1nger118 He also involved in Turn A anime, 08th MS team, Martian Successor Nadesico, Overman King Gainer, Eureka Seven, and all have appeared in SRW game as well
Being a father of a little girl who is just a year older than this girl, my heart aches by the haunting Happy Birthday song and the sadness in his voice knowing this will be the last time he gets to sing it to her…
All the while his mind being eroded by the gund system...even though he was starting to become a vegetable, he still squeezed out his last happy birthday song for his daughter...😭
That ending had me in tears. As a single parent of a beautiful, funny, and curious daughter...i couldn't imagine her being surrounded by the horrors of future war. This prologue cut my heart life a knife. This is how Gundam is done.
Amazing way to get viewer attached to the characters, and getting them invested the singing in the last part is simply chilling, and forcing everyone around to hear it's transmissions, the child innocents, her mother's reactions I'm simply hooked
really tells that the innocence of a child can be a wondrous and fascinating thing but dangerous at the same time. A quote from Volibear from League of Legends: "The heart of a child is untamed. Violent in its hope. Cruel in its despair."
I saw it slightly differently. Eri’s mom struggled to activate the Gundam so others wouldn’t have to. Yet, despite all that effort, her young daughter is the one who is arguably cursed to pilot it instead.
Military weapons are designed so pretty much even a child can use them and they do. The ease of usability means its easy to train even the stupid on how to use them.
A true Gundam series always shows us the true horrors of war, revenge, etc. It always tells us no one is safe from the reality of these horrors even the main characters. Always been a fan since I first saw 0080, 08th Ms Team, and Chars Counter Attack back in the 90s. To this day Zeta is my favorite. This prologue was masterfully done and they didn't waste a single second of that 20-25 minutes. Gundam Unicorn Spoiler Ahead I really got a Gundam Unicorn feel from this. Banger's Dad gave him the Unicorn while they was under attack and I really felt that vibe when the older lady hooked the little girl up to the gundam and told her to talk to it and when the little girls mom realized her daughter was the only the gundam was connected to.
18:20 The scary thing it's not that a 4 year old child just linked to a Gundam. She did not just iniciated a callback from Layer 33, but she just also iniciated Layer 34, which I suppose it's a Layer where the pilot it's more letal. A 4 year old kid exceeded what a Newtype from previous shows was capable to do on the battlefield by just linking with a Gundam-Type.
Wow. That was depressing ending.. Rest in peace, Nadim.. :'( The Prologue was great and it hit me really hard.. I've already took a liking to the characters and the mobile suit designs look really cool! I'm so hype and I can't wait to see more of this series. And also Happy Birthday, Eri!
Holy crap, she's 4 in this! Kind of expected how things were going to play out in general. But seeing the girl operating the suit with such innocence and as the mother looks on in horror added a whole new layer. Can't wait for the series. I know she'll be older, but just the fact that we see how young she was when it all started.
I don’t think she was piloting it. I just think her body got it running. It’s the mum doing the piloting. Hence when she flys off you see the mums hand on the joystick. That’s what I think anyway. Kid was just exposed to the horrors of war and only part she played was she was needed to get the suit to work.
@@wannabkain4400 the mum was piloting, however eri herself was the one killing the soldiers. She was directly controlling the funnels and even part of Gundam as when she says one two three, the Gundam lifts it's arm in response and launches the funnels
@@chillfenrir6050 that’s possible. Only thing against that is the fact she counts them after they have lit up on targeting not before. But I ain’t denying she could have done that. Wonder if they will address it.
This story of the prologue is tragic but beautifully executed. Truly an emotional masterpiece and amazing set up for the series! Looking forward to watching the Witch from Mercury series.
The tone of this Prologue and the tone of the high school drama which is the rest of the show so far tells me one thing. They're going to switch tones suddenly towards the end of the season and kill most characters we care about in a horrific fashion....which is an MSG tradition. I LOVE IT!
The sound effects and the color light just blow up my mind Even the music And the storyline is really good And the beginning Anakin skywalker too Now THE GOD DAMN WALLET NEED MONEY!
My guess is that the reason Erith was able to reach level 33 was either because she is a child or more likely because the others were just testing Lfrith from a tactical standpoint. because similar to current algorithms and neural networks she fed it an abundance of personal information to the point that it could understand her better and work along with her quirks. Thus it’s responsiveness to her was high because it had attuned itself to her on an intimate level allowing it to accommodate for discrepancies just by knowing who she is. I say this because there is current day reason to believe this is possible because of several AI studies, some of which have pointed to the idea that in the future data will become the new currency because AI will become so data driven it may even be used to give people extra appendages based on how well it understands them. Thus Eri treating the AI like a friend led to the best case scenario where the AI has no issues syncing.
A composite organism? That being said, albeit with somewhat underwhelming execution, I believe you might be interested with the concept behind anime Beatless
This is what I wanted to say, but i lacked the vocabularies for them. You can tell the writers definitely did their homework and have managed to weave the concepts elegantly into the Gundam universe. In fact, they've managed to "update" the sci-fi elements in Gundam to keep up with the real world's on so many sides, it's beautiful
@@lilianchello composite organism? the first thing that came to mind was the fighter plane Yukikaze from the story "good luck Yukikaze" the MC pilot is in sync with the plane, who is by itself a MC in it's own right.
I can see where it's going when dr. Nabo let Eri sat on the cockpit and got connected with Lfrith. But I still got goosebumps when Elnora knows Eri is the one who can penetrate level 33 barrier. The synch process of Lfrith and Eri is much like Evangelion, but unlike Eva is a mother protecting her child, Lfrith and Eri is like sisters, like she mentioned before.
@@ゼロシン I'm afraid it's going that way, as reflected in 2nd season opening.... But don't throw away your Gunpla... If you don't want it anymore, just send it to me. Haha.... It's still one of the best Gunpla ever anyway.
@@VTX00128 Eri is more like Yui. She is the operation system of Aerial, just like Yui is the OS of EVA-01. A clone of Eri (Suletta) pilots Aerial, just like how Rei sometimes pilots EVA-01 as well.
19:09 This action scene is amazing. The sound that is made when the shield is blasted off the mobile suit gives the idea that it is light and hollow. There are also different sounds used when the beams hit the beam rifle as well as the actual mobile suit. There is a lot of weight being shown as well such as the MS being dragged back as the beam passes through it. Really conveyed an image that these suits were very agile but also very heavy
I have a two-year-old daughter. This is how you protect your family as a husband, as a father. Damn, I just shed my tears.. There's no way you're supposed to sing a birthday song like this.
Then give your daughter your smartphones and let her enter your mobile game account and watch her as she touch various button and somehow killing your wallet for pressing the shop and purchasing in game item accidentally for that 1 to 1 scene recreation.
Wow. Just wow. As a father, that ending hit me pretty good. I was worried about this show, as recent Gundam haven't been great, but this prolouge knocked out of the park. And Gundam design is straight fucking cool.
@@androyus maybe he meant recent "Series". Since hathaway and cucuruz doan is a movie format. And Re:Rise is not that bad but the after taste of Divers still lingers there(which is in a sense meh)
I’ve come to love gundam since I started watching it sometime ago . But I’ve also found out the companies that market Gundam are some of the most predatory I’ve ever seen. It’s almost like the anime is just an excuse to release more gunpla
@@KeepaSkateboard if you look into the history on Sunrise, they exist because Bandai Namco sponsored them to create MSG '79 as a means to sell models. The two companies are basically one at this point.
Putting aside that she's only 4 when she accidentally 'marked' her first kills, the fact that the GUND system somehow prevented the transmission of her father singing happy birthday to her to be cut-off is insane.. as if to tell everyone that while life are being taken for whatever reasons, life are also being celebrated in justly manner. Amazing Prologue, by far the best I've seen.
@@Honjetan yes because this show is entirely a new timeline - AD Stella so all the settings are original. You can watch it from the ground up even without seeing any other gundam shows
Been a fan of gundam for almost 25 years now, and I can't remember the last time any Gundam release immersed me as much as this. If this is the prologue, I can't wait for the full series. Bra-Vo Sunrise.
The designs, the OST, the emotions, the characters and writing behind them, the grim foreshadowing. It's a banger for sure and I've been really enjoying building the kits for them Bandai stepped up their game with the HGs.
Already seen it 3 times, and watched it two more times lol. Hope the main show can keep up the quality and momentum. The prologue is absolutely amazing.
i want to dislike prospera but this prologue always reminds me that her revenge plot is justified, she lost her mentor, her friends, her home and her husband all of em killed like they were nothing, and ofc this battle forced eri to took data storm and died later in the story the only problem is she used our pure tanuki but even so she cared for her as well deep inside, she really is a tragic villain
@@kalebaquinomileib8605She manipulated her own daughter, her daughter's lover, the company she was working with, the trust of a mistrusting world, and even tried manipulating an old colleague of hers. What she wanted was justified. How she went about it was not.
I love the Gundam series so much. Its anti-war, anti-military message is powerful and its stories that greed and focus on profits will always be our downfall and that we need to unite as one and be done with silly things like borders is more relevant today than ever.
Or ethnic hate or feelings of group superiority not everyone in Gundam driven by profit, profit just one of the way humans gear for war. Tribalism instinct major cause. But Profit is one of the big causes. And others its Ego.
My girl is 28 weeks pregnant. Seeing the girl fly thru the cargo bay yelling mom!!! Put a smile on my face. I can not wait for my daughter to yell., dad!!!!
This new gen gundam is just sooo beautiful. The creator really knows where to put block parts and round parts. It's not too fat yet not too skinny either, the color scheme is just fit, not too overkill, yet not too dull. It's perfect, it's just really is. I WANT THE METAL BUILD VER. OF IT PLEASE !!!!
@@sightfield did i say you cared? just some random guy saying my opinion on the internet and that opinion happens to be you have shit taste in gundams, but thanks for the free place to live.
Theres quite a bit of details and stuff I'd like to talk about; At 3:41: Theres 3 MP Gundams but 2 were only accounted for in Folkvangr At 5:51: The Council didnt exactly plan for the massacre of Folkvangr with Sarius mentioning whether or not Cardo will comply or not and at 10:53; "Don't we need the council's approval?" "Im prepared to take full responsibility". Delling essentially did this behind the council's backs and Sarius' face at 16:27 is pretty telling... Now at 16:43: Theres a picture of what looks to be a younger Cardo with Asticassia students, meaning Gund was a product of her time at the very school Eri/Suletta is going to. Now for stuff that takes into account the main show. Gundams are pretty much taboo tech with their tech being seen as a curse by Cathedral, despite that theres a Gundam pilot aside from Suletta who pilots the Pharact. His name is Elan "Ceres", Ceres is the name of a celestial object in the asteroid belt, just like Suletta's last name. Hmmmmm... I wonder if Elan has a similar history to our mc and its part of the reason why he's interested in her. Interesting set up this prologue was and a doozy of a wall of text Ive made lmao.
Kinda wild to think that all this time, it was the villain origin story of not only the main antagonist, but also, of the gundam that the protagonist will have to fight eventually
Imagine being a mother holding her child, and you hear your husband singing 'Happy Birthday to You' to your 4 year old daughter, and she joyfully sings back. But the knowledge that these are his final words are stabbing through your every being, as you hold back your tears as to not distress the fruit of your love, as she is celebrating her birthday. This is the 5th time I've watched this, and I still struggle to watch the whole thing without pausing to hold back my tears.
I've been waiting for an original and non-Gupla based series for years now (even though Build Fighters and Build Fighters Try both kick ass). Fingers crossed that WFM kicks ass as well.
@@goodsocksproductions9397 in 22 minutes they were able to create more massive emotional investment than most series could in their first few episodes combined.
Honestly I respect ur opinion but they ran out of shelf life awhile ago it's like they were spamming filler series until they brought back what we REALLY love WARFARE and a good true desperate fight for peace.
It is more than that. The answer just raises more questions. Something REALLY shocking happened to Suletta and Prospera couldn't tell anyone because it would be too crazy. It is still a theory but consider that the last crazy theory was confirmed...
Never before has a gundam franchise made me cry. Not only did the little girl kill other mobile suits without knowing what she was doing she did it to save her mama. The song at the end was touching and the final straw to my water works. 10/10
It kinda seems like a mix of unicorn and Zabanya’s shields. With it separating out into bits, and having an i feild for beam deflection. Come to think about it the X-dividers also give additional thrust when equipped on the back, and this shield does too, so they literally took the three best shields and combined them, next where going to find out it’s made of gundarium alloy and coated in both variable phase shift and nanolaminate
@@ARMsMaster that was a joke, the sheild is already busted I was just making a point, also gundarium alloy and veritable phase shift are also two redundancies of each other, being that gundarium is nearly unbreakable, and veritable phase shift magnetically repeals metal pot physical attacks
@@cashewmiranda5155 Well, if a beam shot is powerful enough to break through an I-field, then the nanolaminate coating won't be able to do anything either.
@@ARMsMaster again not the point, but I’ll argue on this one, beam weaponry lose power as they go, in unicorn that fuck all sized beam had to go through unicorn’s sheilds, unicorn, and banshee’s psychofield to hit the colony. Psychofields deflecting and block beam weaponry just the same as an I field, and seeing as the beam got smaller and weaker with each psychofield it passed through then a beam passing though an I field might not have enough power to melt away nanolaminate
After watching the first two episodes, there better be some god tier character development to fix this story in my opinion lol it’s been nothing like the prologue so far.
@@theophanyy5698 There's like novel about story in between prologue and episode 1. I bet you don't like the main character, but you will understand why she is like that if you know what she went through up to be a teenager. Even the sulleta gender isn't important if we she her backstory of how her mother treat her like a *spoiler* tools for revenge to her husband.
Probably the most perfect lead-in to a narrative I've seen in a while. We're introduced to the major players, characters, and the stakes in such a tight, effective format. And the tug at the heartstrings was just chef's-kiss. It all wouldn't have worked without the score, either. Gorgeous to look at, too. If this were shot-for-shot word-for-word done in live action? It'd hook even a wider audience.
They'd need an Avatar level budget and director which isn't something Hollywood has ever shown interest in investing towards Japanese IPs unfortunately
I'll say it. I ugly cried. I let all that out when it all ended. My heart is NOT ready for the pain I'm about to put it through when I start this series.
Oh.........this.....hit me hard 😭 it felt so......personal...... This will absolutely be one of the best Gundam series out yet if they can keep this type of storytelling throughout the run of the show.....R.I.P. Papa-san
@@KeeperOfSolitude honestly i don't think so. There are a few things in episode one that still hold serious implications. So our MC got close to the daughter of the one who is basically at fault for her father's death for one thing. I wonder why Elnora sent her daughter there specifically. I wouldn't be fooled by the first ep. We still 24 to go.
18:10 and 18:57 I was broken when these scenes happened but then the father starts singing happy birthday I just lost it. This anime started as high school love comedy but we know the classic Gundam will strike like a train again.
No, it's the first time i shed a tears, when watching gundam first prologue. Since Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, and Gundam Blooded Orphans. There is no other than it could bring tears to me. Awesome!!
that was awesome. I was not expecting the prologue to be this intense and the animation was really fluid. I have high expectations for this new gundam series.
@@zafranorbian757 Nope I have watched every gundam series I could find even those Gunpla fighting series. I'm just so happy to see a true gundam series after so many years. The last one like this was Iron blooded orphan. I think that is 7-8 years ago.
@@grunhilde6778 disagree imo blooded orphans is best being honest. Season 1 was good I can't deny gundams being terrorists to stop war is great making you think who's the true bad guy, then season 2 came and it was generic with celetrial being somehow getting an upper hand should be barely surviving and exia being literally god he never had a fatal strike after episode one until one of thr gm drives got ripped in the last episode, it was dumb imo seeing sesuna get powers because of the original gm drives and just be untouchable. The movie was worse because of the plot itself and the antagonists being freaking alien space rocks with he ending being uniting with them. Ibo honestly was better having the main characters suffer to go to a better place though out the series especially season 2 I was broken after that along with Miyazaki dying.
Loved the prologue and looking forward to the main series even more now! I was already invested in seeing how Gundam would do with its first female protagonist and seeing how Eri starts off really makes me wonder where she's gonna go from here. She was so young and tossed right into war without any choice, having to kill in complete innocence which may hit her far heavier as time goes on, especially given how her father died to give her and her mother time to escape.
I think the "Happy Birthday to you" scene at the end of PROLOGUE is a call-back to a scene where Marie's pirates are being decimated in Gundam École Du Ciel, a Gundam manga that also has a female protagonist.
@@stephenbyrne2170 Gundam characters supposed to speak English. Also, non-English speakers also sing the birthday song in English too. There's nothing weird there.
@@stephenbyrne2170 idk the main language in my country is not english but we sing happy birthday in english because probably birthday parties are kinda... A concept we learnt from western culture? So the song is rather universal. Even in eri's time and place i guess...
@@androyus Japan has the birthday song in their native tongue too. At least when I learned Japanese we learned to sing it that way. Though maybe in Japan they sing it that ways anyways.
What I like the most is that they have new beam weapon effects and sound. The characteristics of a beam weapon projectile this time is totally fresh and looking more convincing with that milisecond delay of "charge and release" animation of the laser travelling from the barrel, to when it hits the targets as if it slices through just a bit and doesn't just dispersed immediately upon impact at some shots. Highly curious of this new terminology surrounding the GUND system and it's Permet levels that is somewhat indicating neural load levels the pilot will have to withstand in return for giving the mobile suit higher performance output. Liking that one scene where they show a human with whole cybernetic parts and it's correlation to the GUND technology.
I saw it as a combination of both the psycho zaku from Thunderbolt and the Alaya-Vijnana System in Blood Iron Orphans. Using Neural tech to move to increase reaction time and speed. This series is going to be insane I cannot wait.
I would say that they also included the psicommu/funnel system into the GUND tech. All in all it looks to be a wombo combo of the Alaya-Vijnana system,psicommu/funnel and reuse p (psycho zaku) technology. This series is gonna be amazing to watch!!
The new sounds definitely gave me that same feeling I had when watching Gundam 00 for the first time, when we suddenly hear brand new beam and mech effect sounds that just made the series feel so fresh.
From mecha design to sound effects, music, animation, direction, and all the punch of the story, this series will prove to be one of the greatest in the entire Mobile Suit Gundam history.
This was quite the introduction to Witch From Mercury. I all ready like the MS designs, but seeing them in action made me love them even more. October can’t get here soon enough.
@@upsidedownmachiatto2670 While there are some similarities, the system in IBO is only risky if you deactivate the limiters. While the MS in Witch of Mercury, there’s all ready a risk just by activating the suit. Also, the risks seems to increase the more functions and performance you want to unlock, like the bit weapons. Plus, while Mika does loose more use of his body every time he deactivates the limiter he’s isn’t a complete vegetative state. He even regains use of his body whenever he’s hooked up to Barbatos. While he see pilots in the prologue, become bedridden if they increase the score on the their mobile suit.
@@Gundamninja7 I see. I'm actually onboard with this new direction. That humans aren't fit to go and live in space for extended periods and would need whatever it is they are trying to accomplish. Just didn't like the terms used I guess. Was it Spacians? I still prefer Spacenpoids but that's just my U.C. hang-up.
The prologue hits harder once you finished the whole seasons... now I can't blame Prospera for everything she has done, it's not entirely her fault after all
This prologue definitely makes me want to watch this new Gundam universe, and I hope it's a series that has its own unique quirks because the technology in this particular world is quite high tech and combines some form of bio-technology. We get the youngest pilot in Gundam history (4 years old!) and we also get quite a bit of both political conflict as well as mobile suit action which was both awesome and amazing at the same time! I also LOVE the soundtrack that plays when the Gundam FINALLY deploys for battle, it's haunting yet had a sort of heroic theme to it in some way. Also, in Gundam series the hero (or heroine) gets exposed to the horrors of war and goes through a rite of passage to discover that while the world out there is one that will eat you up and spit you out in the long run, there are things worth fighting for because that's what kept people HOPING for a better tomorrow. I simply can't wait to see where this new Gundam series takes us, and I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
The phrase "Hammer of Witches" is a reference to the Malleus Maleficarum, a late-1400s Catholic text on witchcraft that was a major influence on the persecution of witches. (I'm pretty sure).
I agree. It's always like that with any show with a story, where they have you wait for the next episode to see what happens next. The worst is when they end an episode on a cliffhanger moment where something big is happening and then suddenly, show's over. I know it's to keep everyone in suspense and interested, but it's still irritates me to this day. I don't want the show to stop there, I wanna see the whole scenario play out right then and there. It's a minor nitpick and that is common. 😮💨 That said, I too can't wait to see what this new series has in store for us. 👍
After the last episode my theory is that Suletta and Eri are one and the same. Eri's mind and conscience is within Aerial while the body pretty much reset which became Suletta. Would explain her more naive mindset. We don't know the aftermath of the battle. Could have Eri handle the Permet data storm?? A side effect of the experiment Lfrit Gundam?? It could explain the plan behind Quiet Zero, a way to bring back Eri. It was a bombshell with that episode and confirmed a lot of threads but also left us with many questions more. I am floored with how much of the anime comes back to the Prolouge. It becoming more and more important as the anime continues. Whatever happens I am invested and experiencing it till the end.
Amuro Ray after his first two kills: Trauma and Shock.
Banagher after his first kill: OMG, I actually killed someone?! It was an accident!
Eri after her first 3 kills: 😍 They look like the lights on my birthday candles!😍🕯️🕯️🕯️
She only killed 3.
@@androyus whoops.
Gigachad
@@androyus that we know of
Baby's first warcrime.
I come back here every once in a while to remind myself that Prospera has every damn right to be upset.
They took everything from her and more
Eri and suletta deserve their happy ending, at the very least 😢
This episode is a perfect example of show-don't-tell. There was plenty of new terminology and context that would have taken several minutes to explain. Instead they gave us bits and pieces to infer what it all means rather than waste our time with info dumps.
I'm so hyped for the rest of the series.
This is good writing and world building. Like you said instead of force feeding us details they make the viewer do a bit of exploring and is rewarded for their efforts.
An example would be when a character mentions something about tariff rates. A passing mention, but gives us a small idea of the situation of this universe's logistics.
Like that opinion poll at 4:40, which showed that the Earthians want their government to focus on poverty reduction and fair trade, which meant that Earth struggles with poverty and is in someway economically disadvantaged. While the Spacians focus more on Defense/Security and Free Competition, which means they're probably dominant over the Earthians militarily and economically.
I really liked the introduction of GUND. This is clearly central to the plot, so they gave us a bit of background with its nanotech medical applications and that it was repurposed for military use. We're given a glimpse of the effects it has on the pilots, but it isn't a whole lot. We don't know the full extent of what it can truly do, and I'm looking forward to learning more about it.
Edit: Just realized the writer is the same one who worked on Code Geass. This is gonna be good~
Tomino UC style
Losing her husband, her mentor, her friends and basically her home all in the same day.. Eri was the only one keeping Elnora sane at that point. 😭😭
@Tú oh I haven't read the web novel. If possible, can I please have the link where I can read it? tyia
@@Villan8lle What's your email? I send it.
@@mikhailsharon4331 can u send it to me too?
@Tú omw I want to read the novel tooo
Agreed. play devil’s advocate, as of now, we don’t *know* what Prospera’s plan is and who it will hurt in the process, but I can definitely understand her going the distance to get some revenge after what she was put through here
The horror on Elnora's face when she realized her own daughter buddied up with a new weapon of mass destruction along with all its implications... that was a very impactful scene.
she knew, at that exact moment, that her child would never be able to LIVE a normal life.
It's not a Gundam show if there's no girl in a WMD
It's not gundam without a child pilot.
Also keep in mind she's linked through a system that has crippled and killed grown men before.
@@DHCR-core yeah cause they weren’t important to the story =p
I honestly think the look of absolute horror on Elnora's face when she looks down at Lfrith's console and realizes what's happening is probably one of my favorite parts of this whole thing.
The way the music picks up after that gives me goosebumps every time.
Same, with the music and the voice of eri. Perfection
The part where they sing Happy Birthday and her daughter finishes it after her father dies if that isn't sad I don't know what it is
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Watching the enemy soldiers, who were there to kill them, freaking out over the fact that Eri and her dad were singing happy birthday is what really sells the ending for me. The enemy soldiers went there seeing Eri and her family as monsters for what they created (the Gundam) but that moment of innocence was a stark contrast to that notion. For the briefest of moments they saw Eri and her family as people. They were terrified of their own orders that that they dutifully carried out. That's why they wanted to cut communications. They couldn't handle the reality that Eri and her family were no different from them.
@@darrelldundee5045 my heart was crushed on that part
rewatching 7 months later. Man the prologue gave more chill than before...
Same.
second this
Thirded. After the recent reveals, this is bone-chilling to rewatch...
could be the best gundam anime since zeta.
just watched ep 20 and then watched this prologue for the first time. Man it sure gives you a different perspective....My like for Delling and the fat dude commander decreases a bit some
Not sure who else came back after watching ep12, but uh yeah we are definitely back to Gundam bois. In fact, this prologue showed we never left.
It was all a ruse
Truth is the game was rigged from the start
XD
Pretty sure episodes 1-11 also show we never left, Gundam isn't just about people killing each other.
I stopped after ep 2 lmao. Not because it’s bad, just not big on gundam. Should I continue?
When Dr. Carbo had Eli log in, you know what's going to happen.
Also, hell of a way to intro a series, Bandai. Wrench my heart apart, why don't you?
Amazing, ladies and gents. Looking forward to the series.
I mean, they gave you Iron Blooded Orphans too. lol I think this is going to be the same. Hello PTSD my old friend....lol
Trust me. As a relative newcomer who saw the Earth-based arc of Wing on RUclips back in 2021, and then, after swapping to unofficial services, watched The Original Series, 0080, Thunderbolt S1, Char's Counterattack and is now on the last episode of the Unicorn OVA, planning to watch SEED and either G or Turn A after finishing Unicorn, even I saw what would happen coming.
It's the curse of the Gundams: Those who are chosen by fate to enter a Gundam-type Mobile Suit are, with a few exceptions, doomed to lose _something_ in return. For Amuro, it was the sanity of his Father who soon became a delusional nutcase obsessed with the RX-78. For Suletta Mercury, it was her father full stop.
@@NebLleb * stares in G.Gundam *
@@GabesaNinja *with a few exceptions.* I added that for a reason.
Char clone of this series needs to show up quickly cause I need a mask to cover my tear
18:18 is simply chilling. The kid's innocence, the mother's horrified expression, the vocal OST. You knew that exact moment Eri's life changed forever and a traumatizing fate of every Gundam MC awaited her.
Easily the best part of this. So many chills when the vocals played while her name appeared on the screen.
It's gonna be traumatizing for the kid
I KNOW RIGHT?
I TEARED UP
Las series Gundam son así. Ver niños perder la inocencia y cambiar su vida solo por decisiones de otros
Could not agree more. Enemies will fear her name. Hope the bond between Gundam and Ericht become one.
This has potential to be the best Gundam series in years. I want more.
Gotta wait for Halloween to see the rest of the witch's adventures.
@@zettovii1367 does ep1 actually come out on Halloween?
@@gaemr_o5147 Probably not. Fall premieres for Gundam shows have typically premiered around October 8th.
hell nah bruuh gundam 00 best series
2 and a half minutes in and this scene with the daughter is lame as mess.
That ending has me ugly crying. Absolutely beautiful.
I agree
21:08 Nadim singing Happy Birthday to Ericht is heartbreaking. Dude died protecting his love ones.
Hopefully, Eri gets her revenge to the pilot as a typical "Anti-Char" (just like Amuro, Gaelio, Banagher, etc.)
I cried when Nadim sang happy birthday.
@@Vali_Z4ne yeah that asshole was irritating monolouging "death to all gundam" like...dude your piloting one 😒 unless its just speaking for the faction in general.
@@bukojoetheslapsoils8273 same here
@@Vali_Z4ne Gotta perpetuate that circle of violence and genocide, am i right?
If the prologue made such a great impression to viewers you know the series has much more to show.
hopefully they can keep the momentum
Hopefully
A great prologue. Can't wait to see where it leads to.
Duh?
Actually going by Gundams very limited history with prologues, it should be seen as an indicator that the series is going to be very bad.
The only other Gundam series that i know of wish has a prologue is build divers. Wish also had a very good prologue only for the series to turn out as one of the worst in the entire franchise.
Definitely one of the strongest starts in any Gundam series ever. What a great first impression, can't wait for more.
When the prolouge starts off strong, you can tell the main series will be bangin'.
thunderbolt is better in my opinion
@@rryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy my man, the show isn't even out yet, thunderbolt cannot be better without knowing what it's being compared to
@@rryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy the sad part about sunrise studios is that they dropped thunderbolt when there is still soo much content left.
I almost cried holy shit this is good
The mothers face upon realizing that her daughter is the key to a massive weapon hit extra hard. Gosh what an amazing prologue. Gonna finish crying now
@@ゼロシン Go ahead, throw out the stuff you already paid for because you're buttmad about lesbians existing.
@@ゼロシン Weak
@@ゼロシン Gay😂
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@Hudramshinzoffy I'll take it if you don't want it. Pretty sure many others would too.
The horror of war is upended by the horror a parent knowing the grim future their children will face... Amazing prologue. You got an instant fan of the series.
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I highly suggest watching Gundam IBO and Unicorn while you wait for this release, those are emotional masterpieces
@@johnm7804 thank you for the suggestions. I've been following Gundam for 25 years now, both are good recommendation.
@@johnm7804 when Eri touched Lfrith really reminds me when Banagher touched Unicorn Gundam the first time.
To a fellow Gundam fan, I extend an open handshake, and say, "Good to meet you, friend."
This 25 minute prologue is absolutely one of the best things I’ve watched all year. This feels like Kill’Em All Tomino 2.0! Utterly riveting and horrific and massively heartbreaking. I am hooked.
yea count me out if it ends up becoming another IBO!
for when it comes pet peeves in some gundam series, the kill em all tomino style becomes a massive turn off if you ask some people!
What is "Kill'Em all Tomino 2.0"?
@@bertc9528 Kill’Em All Tomino is a phrase that up sums Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino’s most famous anime where practically all or most of your favorite characters are killed in the story. From Zambot 3 to Ideon to Zeta Gundam to Char’s Counterattack to Victory Gundam, main characters die horrible deaths showcasing the very idea that war of any kind is a losing proposition. Babies, children, dogs, old people, etc.. no one is safe from Kill ‘Em All Tomino.
@@bertc9528
if you ever watch the char's counterattack movie or season two of IBO (which was directed by one of tomino's disciples) you'll then understand the phrase "KILL EM ALL, TOMINO STYLE!"
I am seeing the signs of zeta if you know what I mean
This prologue was such a banger. The sound, the story building and especially the animation ! Now I’m even more excited for the main series!
The dad singing Happy Birthday was one of the most hauntingly beautiful things I've seen in a while. The tone going from lighthearted to serious is nothing new in stories but they really pulled off something special in this.
Also, it's jawdropping to see the ceiling for how pretty Gundam shows can look in modern animation get raised even higher. Those laser funnel things reform into a shield was so freaking cool.
@@ゼロシン you better start piling dude
a gundam series that truely felt like a gundam series, what an amazing prologue.
When the prologue knocks it out of the park, you know we got some good stuff coming.
better than build series
I got thrills at this moment and during all the fight.
I have to admit, I haven't been this excited since Gundam 00.
@@Vejitatheouji iorn blooded orphans : are we a joke 2 u?
@@Vejitatheouji though still just damn this was good!!!
Soundtrack also a masterpiece , can't wait to see the whole series!
I'm surprised I had to scroll so far to find this... it's absolutely stunning! already on par with unicorn or iron blooded orphans. can't wait to see what the main series brings!
18:25 - I'm such a sucker for those kind of vocal drops too. Can't wait for the OST to release.
this is one of the best prologue episode I've ever watched. a solid 9/10 as it masterfully opened the foundation of the anime.
The prologue was 10 out of 10.
I especially love the sound effects and music.
I can feel the suspense and intensity.
The emotion is overwhelming in the prologue. Looking forward for the main story.
Ikr, the sound affects are something new in this series.
Something fresh and modern
The fucking sound design at the end was fire.
@@sotl7749 the beams hitting the I field on the shield were sick. Loud as hell
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I cried so hard when her dad died singing her bday. Not gonna lie the writing is excellent. Can t wait to see more.
do you lie normally then?
same here, it makes me really excited for the main series
OMG. cried a little baby. The moment he started singing happy birthday, I lost my shit. What a great prologue.
Same as me. That is reality of war. Some may say that as a simple way to make a storyline just letting someone killed. But, thats war, no matter who you are, when the time comes, you will die. No matter how eventful that time for you.
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Welp. I'm crying. That prologue ending absolutely wrecked me. My heart is ready for the Witch from Mercury.
Never has a Gundam series first episode hit me this hard, I am VERY hyped to see where this series will go.....not sure my heart will be up for more tragedy though but it comes with the territory when it's Gundam I suppose.
Me toooooooo T-T
@@edenromanov So does its tragedy tragedy is gonna be rivaled to the iron blooded orphans?
@@uzukiaizeni9948 probably not, but we'll see.
I had to poop.
Big shoutout to everyone rewatching this after all those Episode 6 theories started popping out.
What theories?
Yeaaah. This prologue was f up. I have ptsd now. 🙃
@@mad0038 There's a theory that Suletta and Eri are not the same person and that Eri is Aerial (either her mind or her body in some form is in Aerial).
Edit: Also the gund bits could be other children.
@@AaronTheUnwise The synopsis said that Ericht Samaya is Suletta Mercury. Suletta is the alias considering her mom is on the revenge for Delling Rembran, the dad of Miorine Rembran (Suletta's fiancee)
the theory (or more like a recurring event) is that everytime a happy birthday sung, something bad happens (i want the elan-not-elan to be alive lol)
@@Q9Teen ofc the synopsis says that it's not gonig to spoil a plot twist, not saying the theories are true nescessarily just that the synopsis may also not be accurate either to keep the surprises
As a father of two baby girls, I tip my hat to the writers. To evoke those sorta feelings so fast, but not leave people confused on plot and what’s going on, fantastic. Can’t wait to watch this.
The writer of this new series is Ichirō Ōkouchi who has written shows such as Code Geass, Valvrave, and Kabeneri of the Iron Fortress. It will be a certified banger of a series and dark as hell.
@@dustf1nger118 >Valvrave
>certified banger
kekw
@@Lamonticus well, there's that banging incident....
@@dustf1nger118 He also involved in Turn A anime, 08th MS team, Martian Successor Nadesico, Overman King Gainer, Eureka Seven, and all have appeared in SRW game as well
@@Lamonticus Just wrote what was on top of my head at that time. He also did 8th MS team and Turn A you know?
Being a father of a little girl who is just a year older than this girl, my heart aches by the haunting Happy Birthday song and the sadness in his voice knowing this will be the last time he gets to sing it to her…
you're going to make me cry again 😭😭😭
All the while his mind being eroded by the gund system...even though he was starting to become a vegetable, he still squeezed out his last happy birthday song for his daughter...😭
That ending had me in tears. As a single parent of a beautiful, funny, and curious daughter...i couldn't imagine her being surrounded by the horrors of future war. This prologue cut my heart life a knife. This is how Gundam is done.
Hahahaha yeah it was pretty deep.....tell us more about your daughter though!
Amazing way to get viewer attached to the characters, and getting them invested
the singing in the last part is simply chilling, and forcing everyone around to hear it's transmissions, the child innocents, her mother's reactions
I'm simply hooked
My daughter is 4 and looking at Eri shooting while all innocent made me transfer the horrifying feelings her mother had.
I'm speechless.
really tells that the innocence of a child can be a wondrous and fascinating thing but dangerous at the same time.
A quote from Volibear from League of Legends: "The heart of a child is untamed. Violent in its hope. Cruel in its despair."
wat r u talking about?
she just playing one of those music game on the MS display
@@thanthongsupawiwattakut Mom does your weapon of mass destruction have any games on it?
I saw it slightly differently. Eri’s mom struggled to activate the Gundam so others wouldn’t have to. Yet, despite all that effort, her young daughter is the one who is arguably cursed to pilot it instead.
Military weapons are designed so pretty much even a child can use them and they do. The ease of usability means its easy to train even the stupid on how to use them.
this has to be the greatest PROLOUGE i've seen gundam series has ever produce, gives me chills when the dad sang happy birthday damn feels
Shit Since Gundam Wing! Hathaway was Pretty good but not like this Gundam is making a Comeback even like how Yugioh is.
One of the best hooks i've seen period.
Dad has lost is just because the rubbish guy is using dirty machine and dirty equipment, otherwise dad will win
As a father with a young child I had to fight back tears. Please let the main show maintain the same, if not surpass this quality.
full of tear listening to the happy birthday
A true Gundam series always shows us the true horrors of war, revenge, etc. It always tells us no one is safe from the reality of these horrors even the main characters. Always been a fan since I first saw 0080, 08th Ms Team, and Chars Counter Attack back in the 90s. To this day Zeta is my favorite. This prologue was masterfully done and they didn't waste a single second of that 20-25 minutes.
Gundam Unicorn Spoiler Ahead
I really got a Gundam Unicorn feel from this. Banger's Dad gave him the Unicorn while they was under attack and I really felt that vibe when the older lady hooked the little girl up to the gundam and told her to talk to it and when the little girls mom realized her daughter was the only the gundam was connected to.
yea i thought the same too about the unicorn vibe in the vital authentication scene. it also gives off a bit of 00 feel to me somehow? maybe just me
I get a Zeta mixed with Victory (BTW, watch it if you want to see horrors of war) from this.
@@sirpengu5475 On the website, I thought it the Gundam was Exia for a moment until I scrolled back to have a closer look
The main character, is YOU and everyone else.
i mean you could argue Amero Ray was the same way
18:20
The scary thing it's not that a 4 year old child just linked to a Gundam. She did not just iniciated a callback from Layer 33, but she just also iniciated Layer 34, which I suppose it's a Layer where the pilot it's more letal. A 4 year old kid exceeded what a Newtype from previous shows was capable to do on the battlefield by just linking with a Gundam-Type.
The sound team and music in this one could be the best they've ever done, they really nailed the tone.
Um...
As someone going through the OVA Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, I'd have to disagree.
Damn son did you ever watch Gundam Unicorn ?
@Bryan S It also has excellent soundwork (I.E. the punchy, powerful sound of the Unicorn's Beam Magnum).
@@NebLleb How are you going to judge an entire series's music off ONE prologue?
I said COULD be yall chillout lol🤣
Wow. That was depressing ending.. Rest in peace, Nadim.. :'( The Prologue was great and it hit me really hard.. I've already took a liking to the characters and the mobile suit designs look really cool! I'm so hype and I can't wait to see more of this series. And also Happy Birthday, Eri!
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a total of 4 explosions, which Eri described as candles, after she entered the battlefield. what a way to celebrate your 4th birthday
Oh shit... I didn't catch that. Jesus Christ this first episode is heart wrenching.
A cut would be nice too because she didn't get the chance
especialy the last one from her dad
number 4 is also considered a bad luck in Japan and China.
@@ray.7857 I think the last one is from the whole station explode
I come here again. I know why you are here too
Why?
Cus this gundam build from a kid
Because eri is not sulleta, eri is aerial 😮
You are 3 months ahead of us
Hahaha lol
Holy crap, she's 4 in this! Kind of expected how things were going to play out in general. But seeing the girl operating the suit with such innocence and as the mother looks on in horror added a whole new layer. Can't wait for the series. I know she'll be older, but just the fact that we see how young she was when it all started.
Yeah then she makes friends and watch them die T,T oh the feel train is coming.
it ain't Gundam if we aren't shown the horrors of war
I don’t think she was piloting it. I just think her body got it running. It’s the mum doing the piloting. Hence when she flys off you see the mums hand on the joystick.
That’s what I think anyway.
Kid was just exposed to the horrors of war and only part she played was she was needed to get the suit to work.
@@wannabkain4400 the mum was piloting, however eri herself was the one killing the soldiers. She was directly controlling the funnels and even part of Gundam as when she says one two three, the Gundam lifts it's arm in response and launches the funnels
@@chillfenrir6050 that’s possible. Only thing against that is the fact she counts them after they have lit up on targeting not before.
But I ain’t denying she could have done that.
Wonder if they will address it.
This was probably the best Gundam prologue I've ever seen. I got so emotional watching it. I freaking cannot wait for the series!
This IS the BEST Gundam prologue EVER. I have tears in my eyes...
Literal gooosebumps when her name was on the screen
This story of the prologue is tragic but beautifully executed. Truly an emotional masterpiece and amazing set up for the series! Looking forward to watching the Witch from Mercury series.
The tone of this Prologue and the tone of the high school drama which is the rest of the show so far tells me one thing. They're going to switch tones suddenly towards the end of the season and kill most characters we care about in a horrific fashion....which is an MSG tradition. I LOVE IT!
Indeed! Hope the franchise won’t disappoint us fans
I can't wait for the switch from "Anime Ja Nai!" to "Silent Voice" 😁
@@falkyrie5228 seem more like Welcome to Victory.
Well Elan was the first victim in the series
well, Elan is dead. wow.
The sound effects and the color light just blow up my mind
Even the music
And the storyline is really good
And the beginning Anakin skywalker too
Now THE GOD DAMN WALLET NEED MONEY!
Oh and the shield sfx mmmm
My guess is that the reason Erith was able to reach level 33 was either because she is a child or more likely because the others were just testing Lfrith from a tactical standpoint. because similar to current algorithms and neural networks she fed it an abundance of personal information to the point that it could understand her better and work along with her quirks. Thus it’s responsiveness to her was high because it had attuned itself to her on an intimate level allowing it to accommodate for discrepancies just by knowing who she is.
I say this because there is current day reason to believe this is possible because of several AI studies, some of which have pointed to the idea that in the future data will become the new currency because AI will become so data driven it may even be used to give people extra appendages based on how well it understands them. Thus Eri treating the AI like a friend led to the best case scenario where the AI has no issues syncing.
18:23 Eri hit Layer 34 by the time Elnora realised Layer 33 was connected
A composite organism?
That being said, albeit with somewhat underwhelming execution, I believe you might be interested with the concept behind anime Beatless
My guess would be the neuroplasticity of children.
This is what I wanted to say, but i lacked the vocabularies for them. You can tell the writers definitely did their homework and have managed to weave the concepts elegantly into the Gundam universe. In fact, they've managed to "update" the sci-fi elements in Gundam to keep up with the real world's on so many sides, it's beautiful
@@lilianchello composite organism?
the first thing that came to mind was the fighter plane Yukikaze from the story "good luck Yukikaze"
the MC pilot is in sync with the plane, who is by itself a MC in it's own right.
Episode 0 and it already made me tear up. Hope they keep this up throughout the series. Cannot wait for October.
I can see where it's going when dr. Nabo let Eri sat on the cockpit and got connected with Lfrith. But I still got goosebumps when Elnora knows Eri is the one who can penetrate level 33 barrier.
The synch process of Lfrith and Eri is much like Evangelion, but unlike Eva is a mother protecting her child, Lfrith and Eri is like sisters, like she mentioned before.
Eri = Rei 😉
@@ゼロシン that is stupid
@@ゼロシン I'm afraid it's going that way, as reflected in 2nd season opening.... But don't throw away your Gunpla... If you don't want it anymore, just send it to me. Haha.... It's still one of the best Gunpla ever anyway.
@@VTX00128 Eri is more like Yui. She is the operation system of Aerial, just like Yui is the OS of EVA-01. A clone of Eri (Suletta) pilots Aerial, just like how Rei sometimes pilots EVA-01 as well.
@@ゼロシン Your mind is bound by the gravitation of Earth.
19:09 This action scene is amazing. The sound that is made when the shield is blasted off the mobile suit gives the idea that it is light and hollow. There are also different sounds used when the beams hit the beam rifle as well as the actual mobile suit. There is a lot of weight being shown as well such as the MS being dragged back as the beam passes through it. Really conveyed an image that these suits were very agile but also very heavy
I have a two-year-old daughter.
This is how you protect your family as a husband, as a father.
Damn, I just shed my tears..
There's no way you're supposed to sing a birthday song like this.
Same, Man...mine also 2 year old
Then give your daughter your smartphones and let her enter your mobile game account and watch her as she touch various button and somehow killing your wallet for pressing the shop and purchasing in game item accidentally for that 1 to 1 scene recreation.
She's 4
Wow. Just wow. As a father, that ending hit me pretty good. I was worried about this show, as recent Gundam haven't been great, but this prolouge knocked out of the park. And Gundam design is straight fucking cool.
Recent Gundam not great? I don't know, man. Re:Rise, Hathaway, Cucuruz Doan's Island are all great.
Man, that ending made me tear up
Are you including ibo in the recent
@@androyus maybe he meant recent "Series". Since hathaway and cucuruz doan is a movie format.
And Re:Rise is not that bad but the after taste of Divers still lingers there(which is in a sense meh)
@@Madao_Aniki Divers had to flounder so that Re:Rise could flurish.
This was epic, emotional, chilling, & sensational. Raw depth of emotions that it stirred. Immaculate writing.
And amazing execution.
I’ve come to love gundam since I started watching it sometime ago . But I’ve also found out the companies that market Gundam are some of the most predatory I’ve ever seen. It’s almost like the anime is just an excuse to release more gunpla
@@KeepaSkateboard if you look into the history on Sunrise, they exist because Bandai Namco sponsored them to create MSG '79 as a means to sell models. The two companies are basically one at this point.
real ge
18:18 never seen so heavy an shocking moment like this since war in the pocket
Putting aside that she's only 4 when she accidentally 'marked' her first kills, the fact that the GUND system somehow prevented the transmission of her father singing happy birthday to her to be cut-off is insane.. as if to tell everyone that while life are being taken for whatever reasons, life are also being celebrated in justly manner.
Amazing Prologue, by far the best I've seen.
The strange transmission is definitely iconic in Gundam shows. Unexplainable newtype things that just "happen" when there's intense emotions involved.
I also see it as if the bad guys just gave birth to their future downfall.
@@tracearchon7453 So, what you're saying is, Gundam Lfrith is practically saying "look at what you've done. You will all pay."
@@G2BattleConvoy I have a gut feeling even if she is too young to remember the gundam won't forget and will make her remember.
@@tracearchon7453 And she'll then go full Char on them?
saddest thing about this is that eri doesn't even know she killed anyone but overall this is absolutely stunning
🇧🇷🇰🇷
The ignorance of a child
Rather than her killing anyone, I thought the saddest thing was her not knowing her father was wishing her Happy Birthday to his death.
Screw that they deserved that .. she doesn't know her father is dead... A cry when she finds out
@@lpk6372 No one deserves to die in war, they are just cogs in the machine.
After few years of the end of IBO, this gonna be the new series that might be able to gain more mecha/gundam fans. Now I'm so hyped up for the series
Yeaa ..ibo are one of my fav gundam series other than seed,thunderbolt
A few years? It's close to a decade brother
Can I watch this as someone who hasn’t watched any other Gundam media before?
@@Honjetan yes
@@Honjetan yes because this show is entirely a new timeline - AD Stella so all the settings are original. You can watch it from the ground up even without seeing any other gundam shows
I didn't expect to tear up towards the end there but damn you got me. What an incredible prologue
This prologue has to be the most emotional one I've ever seen. Can't wait for the main story
Gundam series always good with their political story-telling. Can't wait to see where this goes.
Probably something in the line, want to monopolize the tech for themself. As for the organization purpose hmm gov take over? .
Well, except for age and some parts of seed
Been a fan of gundam for almost 25 years now, and I can't remember the last time any Gundam release immersed me as much as this. If this is the prologue, I can't wait for the full series. Bra-Vo Sunrise.
I think the only other show/movie to reach this height was Thunderbolt. Gundam 00 gets close enough to be watchable
IBO made me immerse so much and rewatch countless times
The designs, the OST, the emotions, the characters and writing behind them, the grim foreshadowing. It's a banger for sure and I've been really enjoying building the kits for them Bandai stepped up their game with the HGs.
😢😢😢Then you are a fake Gundam fan. There is no good main TV series starting from AGE....
@@person906 😢😢😢😢Go watch Zeta Gundam and 0080 War in the Pocket and you will edit your comment.😂😂😂😂
Here after watching episode 6 and man.....
Right when this Anime is over, I'm sure we all gonna back to this episode and say *"HOLY SHIIIIT"*
"GUNDAM TOOK MY CHILD'S LIFE!"
a-ERI-al :)
Here after eps 14
I'm back here coz Ericht is Aerial and just wanting to watch the prologue back :v
where are you guys now?
This prologue hurts on the same level as Iron-Blooded Orphans. Even more so when it's someone younger than Orga and Mikazuki that pulled the trigger.
Even more when you realize this kid is four years old and already has a kill count of three.
@@benh3518 True. But then again this feels like a Gundam show nevertheless.
Its just like a refresh of War in the Pocket but with new graphics
@@benh3518 Triple Kill.. Quad... Funnels declined
Next gundam show is going to have a the baby in the womb take control of funnels next
Who knew singing happy birthday could get so dark…. This show is going to be awsome
Already seen it 3 times, and watched it two more times lol.
Hope the main show can keep up the quality and momentum. The prologue is absolutely amazing.
i want to dislike prospera but this prologue always reminds me that her revenge plot is justified, she lost her mentor, her friends, her home and her husband all of em killed like they were nothing, and ofc this battle forced eri to took data storm and died later in the story
the only problem is she used our pure tanuki but even so she cared for her as well deep inside, she really is a tragic villain
She definitely has a legitimate grievance, but Thorfinn from Vinland Saga would say "I have no enemies"...
I undestand all that, but simply can't sympathize with her, mainly after the battle she started on earth, and the way she manipulated sulleta
@@kalebaquinomileib8605She manipulated her own daughter, her daughter's lover, the company she was working with, the trust of a mistrusting world, and even tried manipulating an old colleague of hers.
What she wanted was justified. How she went about it was not.
後段看到哭了😭，還沒理解戰場以及人命的女孩，以及對殺人感到猶豫的母親，最後與父親的會合與離別，女孩還不清楚這是與父親的訣別，而父親則是以自我犧牲來換取母女逃離的機會，聽到爸爸在臨死前唱生日快樂歌聽到一直流眼淚😭
Finally. I can watch it officially for the 1st time.
"This is where the fun begins." - Anakin Skywalker
Now this! is pod racing
I’ll try spinning, that’s a good trick
@@electrohalo8798 dont try it
UNDERESTIMATED
Game time started
I love the Gundam series so much. Its anti-war, anti-military message is powerful and its stories that greed and focus on profits will always be our downfall and that we need to unite as one and be done with silly things like borders is more relevant today than ever.
Or ethnic hate or feelings of group superiority not everyone in Gundam driven by profit, profit just one of the way humans gear for war. Tribalism instinct major cause. But Profit is one of the big causes. And others its Ego.
As a relatively new father of a daughter this had me feeling a whole lot of feels and I dont know if I liked that.
My girl is 28 weeks pregnant. Seeing the girl fly thru the cargo bay yelling mom!!! Put a smile on my face. I can not wait for my daughter to yell., dad!!!!
happy basday ... to ... you ....
Yeah its a bit cheap playing to the lowest common denominator huh....also lame and hacky....
@@jaykaye3482 lol what?
This new gen gundam is just sooo beautiful. The creator really knows where to put block parts and round parts. It's not too fat yet not too skinny either, the color scheme is just fit, not too overkill, yet not too dull. It's perfect, it's just really is.
I WANT THE METAL BUILD VER. OF IT PLEASE !!!!
your taste in gundam must be low, this isnt that exceptional
@@0Heeroyuy01 wow i care so much about your opinion... wow
@@sightfield did i say you cared?
just some random guy saying my opinion on the internet and that opinion happens to be you have shit taste in gundams, but thanks for the free place to live.
Theres quite a bit of details and stuff I'd like to talk about;
At 3:41: Theres 3 MP Gundams but 2 were only accounted for in Folkvangr
At 5:51: The Council didnt exactly plan for the massacre of Folkvangr with Sarius mentioning whether or not Cardo will comply or not and at 10:53; "Don't we need the council's approval?" "Im prepared to take full responsibility". Delling essentially did this behind the council's backs and Sarius' face at 16:27 is pretty telling...
Now at 16:43: Theres a picture of what looks to be a younger Cardo with Asticassia students, meaning Gund was a product of her time at the very school Eri/Suletta is going to.
Now for stuff that takes into account the main show. Gundams are pretty much taboo tech with their tech being seen as a curse by Cathedral, despite that theres a Gundam pilot aside from Suletta who pilots the Pharact. His name is Elan "Ceres", Ceres is the name of a celestial object in the asteroid belt, just like Suletta's last name. Hmmmmm... I wonder if Elan has a similar history to our mc and its part of the reason why he's interested in her. Interesting set up this prologue was and a doozy of a wall of text Ive made lmao.
maybe the third got repurposed into the Lfrith?
@@iridium354 you mean Aerial?
@@keyboardt8276 they probably used the third one to reverse engineer the aerial
Kinda wild to think that all this time, it was the villain origin story of not only the main antagonist, but also, of the gundam that the protagonist will have to fight eventually
After the real plot revealed, this prologue give very different interpretation
Imagine being a mother holding her child, and you hear your husband singing 'Happy Birthday to You' to your 4 year old daughter, and she joyfully sings back. But the knowledge that these are his final words are stabbing through your every being, as you hold back your tears as to not distress the fruit of your love, as she is celebrating her birthday.
This is the 5th time I've watched this, and I still struggle to watch the whole thing without pausing to hold back my tears.
Happy birthday *sniffle* to you, happy *sobbing* birthday to youu hoo hooo
shit got me choked up holy shit.
8th so far
It wasn't till this comment that I actually teared up. I was fighting it the entire time.
@@Derrick_H Shi, my bad.
The animation style, the stories and the pacing, probably it can be the best Gundam series in a decade.
I've been waiting for an original and non-Gupla based series for years now (even though Build Fighters and Build Fighters Try both kick ass). Fingers crossed that WFM kicks ass as well.
I mean if it's anything like the Prologue? It definitely will
@@goodsocksproductions9397 in 22 minutes they were able to create more massive emotional investment than most series could in their first few episodes combined.
@@KaloyanKasabov It similar to Unicorn tbh but better
You forgot that diver series
Honestly I respect ur opinion but they ran out of shelf life awhile ago it's like they were spamming filler series until they brought back what we REALLY love WARFARE and a good true desperate fight for peace.
After the recent episode, this prologue becomes more substantial
It is more than that. The answer just raises more questions. Something REALLY shocking happened to Suletta and Prospera couldn't tell anyone because it would be too crazy. It is still a theory but consider that the last crazy theory was confirmed...
Never before has a gundam franchise made me cry. Not only did the little girl kill other mobile suits without knowing what she was doing she did it to save her mama. The song at the end was touching and the final straw to my water works. 10/10
You haven't seen Iron Blooded Orphans? Cuz the 2nd season gets me every time..
@@sydisticsandman lol i laughed when that iconic bgm started
@@chibill467 bgm? Big Gundam mech?
I cry like baby when lockon die infront setsuna
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Phenomenal prologue.
The Rubris/Lfrith's Shield is the best we've seen since the Unicorn, Zabanya, and the X-Divider.
It kinda seems like a mix of unicorn and Zabanya’s shields. With it separating out into bits, and having an i feild for beam deflection. Come to think about it the X-dividers also give additional thrust when equipped on the back, and this shield does too, so they literally took the three best shields and combined them, next where going to find out it’s made of gundarium alloy and coated in both variable phase shift and nanolaminate
@@cashewmiranda5155 Why does it need the nanolaminate coating? It seems to already have what is probably its universe equivalent of an I-Field.
@@ARMsMaster that was a joke, the sheild is already busted I was just making a point, also gundarium alloy and veritable phase shift are also two redundancies of each other, being that gundarium is nearly unbreakable, and veritable phase shift magnetically repeals metal pot physical attacks
@@cashewmiranda5155 Well, if a beam shot is powerful enough to break through an I-field, then the nanolaminate coating won't be able to do anything either.
@@ARMsMaster again not the point, but I’ll argue on this one, beam weaponry lose power as they go, in unicorn that fuck all sized beam had to go through unicorn’s sheilds, unicorn, and banshee’s psychofield to hit the colony. Psychofields deflecting and block beam weaponry just the same as an I field, and seeing as the beam got smaller and weaker with each psychofield it passed through then a beam passing though an I field might not have enough power to melt away nanolaminate
If everything goes wrong and the show ends up bad somehow...at least we will still have this masterpiece
Edit: Oh God, what a ride
This is just the beginning so more sadness will come
After watching the first two episodes, there better be some god tier character development to fix this story in my opinion lol it’s been nothing like the prologue so far.
@@theophanyy5698 There's like novel about story in between prologue and episode 1. I bet you don't like the main character, but you will understand why she is like that if you know what she went through up to be a teenager. Even the sulleta gender isn't important if we she her backstory of how her mother treat her like a *spoiler*
tools for revenge to her husband.
@@sdedy379 what
Something goes bad with Gundam?
Make an MSV
And if that don't work?
Make more MSV
After done watching the whole series I think this Prologue is the best episode
@halohalo4845 _"The Tragedy of, Darth Dochter the Tamagachi."_
Probably the most perfect lead-in to a narrative I've seen in a while. We're introduced to the major players, characters, and the stakes in such a tight, effective format. And the tug at the heartstrings was just chef's-kiss. It all wouldn't have worked without the score, either. Gorgeous to look at, too. If this were shot-for-shot word-for-word done in live action? It'd hook even a wider audience.
I dont know about live action, it will be held back by the child actor
They'd need an Avatar level budget and director which isn't something Hollywood has ever shown interest in investing towards Japanese IPs unfortunately
I'll say it. I ugly cried. I let all that out when it all ended. My heart is NOT ready for the pain I'm about to put it through when I start this series.
Man ai was bawling my eyes out at the end trying to watch but as they sung the Happy Birthday I couldn’t take it
same here, too much onion for me in this prologue...
Her dad became the 4th candle. :(
I feel so much painful death on this series better be ready for the attacks of the onion ninjas.
same
Oh.........this.....hit me hard 😭 it felt so......personal...... This will absolutely be one of the best Gundam series out yet if they can keep this type of storytelling throughout the run of the show.....R.I.P. Papa-san
And grandma 😔
omg................................................. storytelling..................................................................................................................
@@NeonKillsIt what's up with you?
@@yuyusha1478 maybe that episode 1 was just going downhill from what we got here
@@KeeperOfSolitude honestly i don't think so. There are a few things in episode one that still hold serious implications. So our MC got close to the daughter of the one who is basically at fault for her father's death for one thing. I wonder why Elnora sent her daughter there specifically.
I wouldn't be fooled by the first ep. We still 24 to go.
18:10 and 18:57 I was broken when these scenes happened but then the father starts singing happy birthday I just lost it. This anime started as high school love comedy but we know the classic Gundam will strike like a train again.
Most normies just think gundam as some weird people who love big mecha suits fighting 🤪
@@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 those of the build fighter series, which to be fair, was pretty epic in its own right
No, it's the first time i shed a tears, when watching gundam first prologue. Since Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, and Gundam Blooded Orphans. There is no other than it could bring tears to me. Awesome!!
Check out 0080 War in the Pocket
Wait until you watch 0080 War in the Pocket....
00 had its moments the end of season 1
@@hitachicordoba Stardust Memory and 08th MS Team too
10/10 prologue. Hope sunrise can continue this masterpiece in the main story line
that was awesome. I was not expecting the prologue to be this intense and the animation was really fluid. I have high expectations for this new gundam series.
@@Reiman33 lol enjoy not watching anything then
@@Reiman33 imagine giving a shit about CG, get over yourself lol
It's been a long day without you. Welcome back Gundam.
If you have just started G-Witch, you have quite the journey ahead.
@@zafranorbian757 Nope I have watched every gundam series I could find even those Gunpla fighting series. I'm just so happy to see a true gundam series after so many years. The last one like this was Iron blooded orphan. I think that is 7-8 years ago.
@@cosmiccloud4286 00 is the best
@@grunhilde6778 disagree imo blooded orphans is best being honest.
Season 1 was good I can't deny gundams being terrorists to stop war is great making you think who's the true bad guy, then season 2 came and it was generic with celetrial being somehow getting an upper hand should be barely surviving and exia being literally god he never had a fatal strike after episode one until one of thr gm drives got ripped in the last episode, it was dumb imo seeing sesuna get powers because of the original gm drives and just be untouchable. The movie was worse because of the plot itself and the antagonists being freaking alien space rocks with he ending being uniting with them.
Ibo honestly was better having the main characters suffer to go to a better place though out the series especially season 2 I was broken after that along with Miyazaki dying.
@@gayema664 then gundam seed is the best
Man, that is the best Gundam "awakening" scene. Love the music too. 10/10 for the prologue.
Totally reminds me on unicorn gundam awakening hope it surpasses unicorn
@@achlys9895 I never liked unicorn. It's my least favorite part of universal century
Loved the prologue and looking forward to the main series even more now! I was already invested in seeing how Gundam would do with its first female protagonist and seeing how Eri starts off really makes me wonder where she's gonna go from here. She was so young and tossed right into war without any choice, having to kill in complete innocence which may hit her far heavier as time goes on, especially given how her father died to give her and her mother time to escape.
I think the "Happy Birthday to you" scene at the end of PROLOGUE is a call-back to a scene where Marie's pirates are being decimated in Gundam École Du Ciel, a Gundam manga that also has a female protagonist.
Same thoughts too.
Ha. Birthdays. My favorite Gundam trope.
@@stephenbyrne2170 Gundam characters supposed to speak English. Also, non-English speakers also sing the birthday song in English too. There's nothing weird there.
@@stephenbyrne2170 idk the main language in my country is not english but we sing happy birthday in english because probably birthday parties are kinda... A concept we learnt from western culture? So the song is rather universal. Even in eri's time and place i guess...
@@androyus Japan has the birthday song in their native tongue too. At least when I learned Japanese we learned to sing it that way. Though maybe in Japan they sing it that ways anyways.
I came here after watching Episode 1 and experiencing Gundam Utena, I WASN’T EXPECTING LITERALLY WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
Gundam Utena is something i never expected to see in my life and I absolutely LOVE IT.
What I like the most is that they have new beam weapon effects and sound. The characteristics of a beam weapon projectile this time is totally fresh and looking more convincing with that milisecond delay of "charge and release" animation of the laser travelling from the barrel, to when it hits the targets as if it slices through just a bit and doesn't just dispersed immediately upon impact at some shots.
Highly curious of this new terminology surrounding the GUND system and it's Permet levels that is somewhat indicating neural load levels the pilot will have to withstand in return for giving the mobile suit higher performance output. Liking that one scene where they show a human with whole cybernetic parts and it's correlation to the GUND technology.
I saw it as a combination of both the psycho zaku from Thunderbolt and the Alaya-Vijnana System in Blood Iron Orphans. Using Neural tech to move to increase reaction time and speed. This series is going to be insane I cannot wait.
@@Jnunez00 Yeah something like that! Looking forward to this too
I would say that they also included the psicommu/funnel system into the GUND tech. All in all it looks to be a wombo combo of the Alaya-Vijnana system,psicommu/funnel and reuse p (psycho zaku) technology. This series is gonna be amazing to watch!!
The new sounds definitely gave me that same feeling I had when watching Gundam 00 for the first time, when we suddenly hear brand new beam and mech effect sounds that just made the series feel so fresh.
It's i-Field, 00 sword/shield system and Alaya-Vijnana
From mecha design to sound effects, music, animation, direction, and all the punch of the story, this series will prove to be one of the greatest in the entire Mobile Suit Gundam history.
Ikr its the best one ive seen even better than the Iron blooded orphans
This was quite the introduction to Witch From Mercury. I all ready like the MS designs, but seeing them in action made me love them even more. October can’t get here soon enough.
The tech side was great. But isn't this the same with IBO in terms of that eating away at your life part?
@@upsidedownmachiatto2670 While there are some similarities, the system in IBO is only risky if you deactivate the limiters. While the MS in Witch of Mercury, there’s all ready a risk just by activating the suit. Also, the risks seems to increase the more functions and performance you want to unlock, like the bit weapons. Plus, while Mika does loose more use of his body every time he deactivates the limiter he’s isn’t a complete vegetative state. He even regains use of his body whenever he’s hooked up to Barbatos. While he see pilots in the prologue, become bedridden if they increase the score on the their mobile suit.
@@Gundamninja7 I see. I'm actually onboard with this new direction. That humans aren't fit to go and live in space for extended periods and would need whatever it is they are trying to accomplish. Just didn't like the terms used I guess. Was it Spacians? I still prefer Spacenpoids but that's just my U.C. hang-up.
The prologue hits harder once you finished the whole seasons... now I can't blame Prospera for everything she has done, it's not entirely her fault after all
This prologue definitely makes me want to watch this new Gundam universe, and I hope it's a series that has its own unique quirks because the technology in this particular world is quite high tech and combines some form of bio-technology. We get the youngest pilot in Gundam history (4 years old!) and we also get quite a bit of both political conflict as well as mobile suit action which was both awesome and amazing at the same time! I also LOVE the soundtrack that plays when the Gundam FINALLY deploys for battle, it's haunting yet had a sort of heroic theme to it in some way. Also, in Gundam series the hero (or heroine) gets exposed to the horrors of war and goes through a rite of passage to discover that while the world out there is one that will eat you up and spit you out in the long run, there are things worth fighting for because that's what kept people HOPING for a better tomorrow. I simply can't wait to see where this new Gundam series takes us, and I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
Even if the full show doesn't live up to the hype, this prologue truly shined, and I pray for my now sky high expectations to be shattered.
The phrase "Hammer of Witches" is a reference to the Malleus Maleficarum, a late-1400s Catholic text on witchcraft that was a major influence on the persecution of witches. (I'm pretty sure).
The worst thing about this Prologue is that I have to wait to see the rest of it in the main series. Well Done and I can't wait to see more! 😃
when is it? im hyped!
@@adroitws1367 October 2nd, get ready to launch in 28 days!
@@williamradke4290 Thanks!
I agree. It's always like that with any show with a story, where they have you wait for the next episode to see what happens next. The worst is when they end an episode on a cliffhanger moment where something big is happening and then suddenly, show's over. I know it's to keep everyone in suspense and interested, but it's still irritates me to this day. I don't want the show to stop there, I wanna see the whole scenario play out right then and there. It's a minor nitpick and that is common. 😮💨
That said, I too can't wait to see what this new series has in store for us. 👍
@@williamradke4290 would the full episodes be uploaded in this channel? If not, where can I watch it when it cames out?
After the last episode my theory is that Suletta and Eri are one and the same. Eri's mind and conscience is within Aerial while the body pretty much reset which became Suletta. Would explain her more naive mindset. We don't know the aftermath of the battle. Could have Eri handle the Permet data storm?? A side effect of the experiment Lfrit Gundam?? It could explain the plan behind Quiet Zero, a way to bring back Eri. It was a bombshell with that episode and confirmed a lot of threads but also left us with many questions more.
I am floored with how much of the anime comes back to the Prolouge. It becoming more and more important as the anime continues. Whatever happens I am invested and experiencing it till the end.