Captain Earth - a new anime from Studio Bones

Suddenly, Super Robot Wars Judgement became a lot more lewd.

If I remember right, earlier definitions for libido weren't purely sexual. It is involved, but it's not the focus.

why else do you think Touya needed a female big breasted co-pilot?

Dat Earth Engine...◊

It does look like a mix of Gunbuster and Heroman, doesn't it? And I'm loving it.

Here's to hoping Bandai makes a Robot Damashii or Super Robot Chogokin figure out of this. Or maybe to hoping Sen-Ti-Nel makes this a Riobot figure.

Do we know how big it is, yet?

it actually reminds me of Junketsu◊

edited 11th Apr '14 6:39:23 AM by CmdrStriker

IIRC, Junketsu's design was partially inspired by Gunbuster.

Someone pointed out that Daichi choosing to pilot a robot quickly shows that he has the leadership and initiative of a captain.

New episode is out.

Captain Boomerang best MC.

edited 12th Apr '14 11:56:52 AM by tvsgood

I really hate Salty Dog. I mean, there's a difference between being strict and just being nasty.

and according to the preview , he causes the Earth Engine to malfunction in the next episode. dude's a grade-A asshole. He may be an agent for the Ark faction,which would explain causing the Earth Engine to malfunction and thus trying to force the Intercept faction to give up. hmmm, the plot thickens

Episode 2 was alright. People are still having dialogues consisting 33% of sci fi words with no given meaning to sound mysterious and ominous; the supposed villains have goals; we still don't know what these are. Those headsets are extremely cumbersome, like wouldn't it make more sense to put tracking chips in their arms? Pokemon apparently exist in this world. Promises of showing off your boomerang skills made when you were 11-ish are extremely important.

The thing to take away from this is that Daichi doesn't follow the rules and can summon a gun with his mind now.

As long as they get to the explanations earlier than in Eureka Seven, I'll be okay with it. That show had the crew of the Gekkostate actively hide things from Renton...just to be jerks apparently. At least the scientist guy here keeps "accidentally" letting things slip, even if it's not that much yet.

The headsets create that high-pitched noise that's apparently really painful. It's sort of like an electric fence in that way. Just being able to tell where they are isn't good enough if they can wander out.

edited 12th Apr '14 3:03:09 PM by Zendervai

It seems there are some references to A Midsummer Nights Dream.

Robin Goodfellow, or Puck, is a fairy from the play.

edited 12th Apr '14 3:23:52 PM by tvsgood

I'm sure they could make a chip that would give them a non-harmful shock, or even a bracelet. Meanwhile it doesn't even look like it would be comfortable to sleep in any position other than on your back with that headset and it would probably get really sweaty. I guess the headset just looked cooler, and more invasive to make a point about how Teppei and Hana are being treated like prisoners.

Don't forget Macbeth.

edited 12th Apr '14 3:26:19 PM by Ruise

Right, of course.

Who wants to take bets on whether the Shakespeare references will mean anything or not?

Also, it seems that Orgone energy is the innate desire to live, to build, and to reproduce. It is the energy that fights death itself. The two kids were unable to generate Orgone because they didn't have a reason to live.

Nice job breaking it, Salty Dog. Good news is that Daichi will show Teppei and Hana how great life is!

edited 12th Apr '14 3:47:18 PM by tvsgood

So I wonder if Daichi was able to call the gun like that because it told him too.

Considering they were saying it has a will of its own.

Man, who would have expected a man with a name like Salty Dog to be such a dick? I am both shocked and appalled.

meanwhile, Captain Earth and his Earth Engine need more Rocket Punch.

I don't think that's the guy's name, just the organization. So it's an organization of obstructive bureaucrats.

Code name or not, it's still extremely fitting.

So, everyone, true or false:

• Puck is lying through his virtual teeth, and is generally about as trustworthy as his namesake.
• That guy with the ugly hair has a good reason for acting like a sack of dicks.
• The girl with the flute is the magic gun.
• The villains are all kinds of fun to watch.

I'm going with true for all four, by the way.

Disagree about the villains, they honestly annoy me. I hope he has a reason. For acting like a sack of dicks.

The villain duo are clearly Team Rocket, and the as-of-yet unnamed CEO is Giovanni. Not sure whether Puck is trustworthy or not, but at this point, I don't see any motivation for him to lie. I mean, he'd need a motive to subvert his purpose, even if he's an AI.

I get the feeling Salty Dog will be given some kind of sad backstory later on that will make his motives understandable but not sympathetic, yeah.

Flute Girl is either Daichi's Livelaster or Hana's adorable pet pokemon (look at its fur and eyes compared to the girl's) or both.

Also, I don't really get where complaints about technobabble are coming from. I can't think of a single term so far that isn't reasonably comprehensible in context, and anything that isn't fully understandable will obviously be explained later as part of the show's driving questions.

edited 12th Apr '14 11:01:11 PM by darksidevoid

Seems Kiltgang is a mistranslation on Crunchyroll's part. The official website has it as Kill-T-Gang.

http://captain-earth.net/character/kill-t-gang.php

I've read enough hard and soft science fiction that I was able to pick out what most of the technobabble meant, so that doesn't bother me.

Our steroidal Heroman seems to have a pirate hat on its head, heh heh.

I want the Salty Dog guy to suffer.

The fact I'm getting serious Dr. Ver vibes from him isn't helping.