My major notes:
- The new OP is wonderful. The number of transitions can be confusing, but I love that they're actually, y'know, experimenting a little with it. All
the shout outs to season 1 are also excellent.
- Ali's custom mobile suit looks like someone took all three Thrones, merged them, put the result on steroids, and painted it A-LAWS red.
- Which means we STILL don't know what Nena's piloting, despite her being in the OP in a pilot suit/cockpit view.
- Hellooooooo Titans! A-LAWS doesn't waste time showing how ruthless they are, deploying a bunch of killbots into the colony gunning down anyone in their
way.
- Alas, poor Exia. Sure, it was missing a left arm and leg, and part of its' face, but it still got punked pretty damn hard by the Ahead. Interestingly,
Random Anime Blogger indicates that the Ahead itself is a new mobile suit design as referenced by Shirin and the Kataron commander's dialogue at the
beginning.
- Louise returns as an A-LAWS pilot in a GN-XIII, but all is not alright with her. She gets migraines and hyperventilates at the sight of Gundams, and is seen
trying to force down pills with shaking hands afterwards. Furthermore, nobody knows why someone like her is in A-LAWS at all, but Ribbons seems to have had a
hand in it...
- I miss Christina already. The new bridge bunny's voice is pitched so high in typical anime "cute little girl" stereotype that I'm gonna get
a migraine listening to her...
- Sergei seems surprised his son is in A-LAWS, but from the OP, Soma soon will be as well....and having to choose between the Feds(and Sergei) or A-LAWS(and
Andrei).
- Still not sure WHY Saji was where he was, but at least he's not a spineless ponce this time. A little unstable, but hey, after season 1, can you blame
him?
- Not!Graham is NOT A CHAR. That said, his mask looks...kinda better than the preview implied, given a better angle on it. Still silly though.
- Billy's apparently scoring with Sumeragi. Good going, Billy, but if the preview's any indication, it ain't gonna last. Sorry, your
girlfriend's got to go SAVE THE WORLD.
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
- The new OP is wonderful. The number of transitions can be confusing, but I love that they're actually, y'know, experimenting a little with it. All
the shout outs to season 1 are also excellent.
- Ali's custom mobile suit looks like someone took all three Thrones, merged them, put the result on steroids, and painted it A-LAWS red.
- Which means we STILL don't know what Nena's piloting, despite her being in the OP in a pilot suit/cockpit view.
- Hellooooooo Titans! A-LAWS doesn't waste time showing how ruthless they are, deploying a bunch of killbots into the colony gunning down anyone in their
way.
- Alas, poor Exia. Sure, it was missing a left arm and leg, and part of its' face, but it still got punked pretty damn hard by the Ahead. Interestingly,
Random Anime Blogger indicates that the Ahead itself is a new mobile suit design as referenced by Shirin and the Kataron commander's dialogue at the
beginning.
- Louise returns as an A-LAWS pilot in a GN-XIII, but all is not alright with her. She gets migraines and hyperventilates at the sight of Gundams, and is seen
trying to force down pills with shaking hands afterwards. Furthermore, nobody knows why someone like her is in A-LAWS at all, but Ribbons seems to have had a
hand in it...
- I miss Christina already. The new bridge bunny's voice is pitched so high in typical anime "cute little girl" stereotype that I'm gonna get
a migraine listening to her...
- Sergei seems surprised his son is in A-LAWS, but from the OP, Soma soon will be as well....and having to choose between the Feds(and Sergei) or A-LAWS(and
Andrei).
- Still not sure WHY Saji was where he was, but at least he's not a spineless ponce this time. A little unstable, but hey, after season 1, can you blame
him?
- Not!Graham is NOT A CHAR. That said, his mask looks...kinda better than the preview implied, given a better angle on it. Still silly though.
- Billy's apparently scoring with Sumeragi. Good going, Billy, but if the preview's any indication, it ain't gonna last. Sorry, your
girlfriend's got to go SAVE THE WORLD.
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."