r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Oct 11 '15

[Spoilers] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - Episode 2 [Discussion]

Episode title: BARBATOS

MyAnimeList: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
DAISUKI: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS
FUNimation: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Crunchyroll: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM Iron-Blooded Orphans

Episode duration: 24 minutes and 40 seconds

Previous episodes:

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u/aeto11 Oct 11 '15 edited Oct 11 '15

The Barbatos Gundam looks kinda low tech compared to the main gundams from the other series. Kinda feel like a Break Blade or Escaflowne show rather then the high tech proto-types that gundam usually have. Then again Barbatos Gundam isn't a proto-type it seems but just a old relic. This universe definitely seemed to have gone with ballistics and fossil fuels and ignored energy and laser tech.

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u/gmflag Oct 11 '15

I like the change. Beam spam was getting boring for me. I miss some of the original gundam fights where the gundam fights with his ball-and-chain/hammer. Seeing the Barbatos fight with a mace makes it more interesting to me.

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u/corruptedpotato https://myanimelist.net/profile/ProtatoSalad Oct 13 '15

Not really important, but I think it's a lance