#gundam ibo urdr hunt

[gremoria411]

*The following post contains spoilers fro Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans Urdr Hunt, episodes 1-22*

As a follow up to my previous post about Urdr Hunt:

Wistario Afam.

Wistario just doesn’t really….. grab me, as a protagonist. And I’m not sure why, but I do want to extrapolate a little. I like that Wistario has a solid, defined Goal, which is to win the Urdr Hunt, and use the prize money to buy and do up the Radonitsa colony.

Gjallarhorn making a play for Katya upends this - not completely mind, but it causes Wistario to pivot to protecting Katya at the expense of the Urdr hunt. This makes sense, he’s able to recover data from the Urdr hunt without directly collecting it himself since he knows and is friends with roughly 3/5 of the other participants (4/5 if we count the Zan brothers). This is a good decision, but it does still cause him some grief, since he knows he doesn’t have the resources to take on Gjallarhorn.

Then he meets Londo Bron, and makes a steadfast declaration of protection/marriage proposal to Katya. This is where he sorta loses me.

It’s not a bad choice, and I understand it’s borne out of his desire for family, which has been slowly building in the background as the series goes on. Thing is….. him and Katya haven’t really interacted other than collaborating on the Urdr Hunt. Honestly, the only person he’s interacted with enough that I would genuinely believe a proposal would be Range. So when I first heard it, I genuinely thought he was bluffing Londo, but then as things progress he’s serious about it, and I just can’t really fathom why, because they just haven’t interacted in any capacity that I feel would lead to romance. What I’m getting at is that Wistario’s wish to buy Radonitsa and do it up to improve the lives of people on Venus feels like the thing that keeps him “tethered”, I suppose. So I kinda lose him when that gets taken away. I don’t disagree or fail to understand his actions, it’s just that it’s such a big part of his personality that I struggle to parse him without it.

Part of this could be a bigger issue of certain characters not being explored enough - I like Range, Katya and Denmer, they’re all either explored enough for me to like them and understand their actions or have enough going on that I can fill in the blanks myself. But Wistario and Korunaru kind of aren’t, and this wouldn’t be an issue if they weren’t ostensibly the main characters. I like Korunaru, but she suffers because I believe her character could have been combined with Katya without losing much in the process, and I seem to recall the marketing pushing her as important.

I’d like to stress that if there’s some sort of Bio section in-game, or some extra side conversations that flesh them out then that sounds great, but I don’t have those in front of me so I can’t really account for them. Wistario’s just fairly obvious since he’s the protagonist, so he kind of needs to have a defined (though not necessarily strong) character.

However, I do rather like his design. It’s got a youth and energy to it that I think goes well with his desire to re-invigorate Venus’ economy, and his clothing’s functional without looking drab, so it’s believable that this is something he lives and works in. His childishness (at least comparatively. Honestly it comes and goes) and friendliness also illustrate that he’s a positive spirit and force for change in a negative environment (read: basically all of Post Disaster).

[feyronsk]

Gunpla Pics with: HGIBO Gundam Hajiroboshi Custom Build

[wordsandrobots]

Today we are referencing McGillis Fareed: Twink Edition.

I'm always impressed by how this side-story de-aged him. The circumstances are perhaps unusual (this is his first meeting with Almiria, so hardly a typical day), but he still seems a lot less impressive than he will be when the series begins and considerably more . . . mild? The first shot where he appears, which is admittedly just a static screen, he's virtually blank, a very different mask than the one he'll adopt when he gains a ranking position.

(This is *delightful* to me given what I did with his 'younger brother' in my fanfic.)

In any case, it's a great bit of retro-fitting, positioning this version of McGillis four years prior to the first episode.

I would be remiss not to mention that I am also referencing Cyclase Meyer: Teen Archaeology Assistant as well.

This demonstrates a less interesting transformation, since the gap between the younger and the adult versions is mostly just a case of 'and then the fictionalised psychopathy kicked in'.

[kydoesthings1]

How I think IBO characters would watch horror movies

If this has been done before I can't find any. Just think of it as my take

If anyone isn't on here it means idk how they would react. I'm sorry Turbines fans

Tekkadan:

Mikazuki - doesn't react to much of anything that happens. Will occasionally say "oh" when there's a jumpscare. Spends the whole time eating the snacks with the other hand holding Atra's

Orga - has a stoic face all the way through. If you ask if he's pretending he'll tell you no

Atra - refuses to watch them, says she doesn't understand the appeal. But since everyone is watching she'll join and sit between Mika and Kudelia. Covers her eyes for the most part

Kudelia - claims it's a good test of bravery. Doesn't scream but grips Atra's arm really tight

Shino - squeezes his eyes shut during suspenseful scenes. Yells way louder than he's scared when there's jumpscares

Eugene - says he won't be scared by a stupid movie. Got pranked by Shino afterwards and screamed really loud

Gjallarhorn:

McGillis - doesn't react to any scary parts. Seems to be more invested in the plot and characters than the horror. Pats Gaelio on the back to comfort him while still looking at the TV

Gaelio - really can't do gore or any yucky scenes, or he starts to feel sick (Carta scolds him for being weak) It's kind of funny to see a man over 2 meters get scared

Carta - acts like she isn't scared, but she totally is. Weak to jumpscares. Yells at Gaelio to release stress. Maybe she wanted to get closer to McGillis, but it didn't work

Almiria - is not allowed to watch horror movies. G-rated only!

Ein - acts unaffected by the blood and guts, but he gets jumpscared. Starts fidgeting during high-tension scenes

Isurugi - his frown lines get deeper when the gore gets really bad. Other than that, not much of a reaction

Julieta - makes faces when there's gore, yelps when there's jumpscares. Looks at Iok disdainfully. Eats all the snacks

Iok - tries and fails to hide how scared he is. Got pranked by Julieta after

Rustal - he's not really paying attention, is he?

Yamazin - alarmingly into the blood and guts. Bonus if it gets sciencey. Teases Gaelio and Julieta

As a bonus, select Urdr Hunt characters:

Wistario - says it'll be fun. Puts his hands over his eyes when there's gore, but he doesn't seem too scared. Eats snacks

Demner - doesn't understand the appeal, but since Wistario, Katya and Korunaru want to see it, he plays it for them. Also supplies the snacks

Katya - can't watch gory ones. Other than that, she's having fun

Korunaru - puts her hand over her mouth during especially bad scenes. If you ask her about the movie she'll say "it was nice" and nothing else

Range - shouts when there's scary parts. Him yelling is worse than the actual movie

Londo Bron - spends the duration of the movie imagining Carta getting scared and relying on him. It does not happen

Cyclase Mayer - says he's not interested, watches anyway. But he doesn't sit down and if you ask he'll reply he's not watching it

Tagging - yells and shakes Batch by the shoulders, but she might not be as scared as she acts. Anyway, she seems to be having fun

Berose - she'll watch it, but she truly does not care

aaand that's it folks! :D

[nerdherd4]

So I guess I’ll make this quick post cause I’m bored in the trailer for the new Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS G app I noticed in the Urdu hunt Section of the trailer they were brief shots of both Naze and Shino Which gives me the impression we might see them in the Urdr hunt although I’m not 100% behind the predominant theory that Naze is this mysterious N character who organized the hunt but I still think he might appear since he has connections to Tamami Rakou that being said what we saw might just be a side story. On a different note In the brief shots we get of Shino and his mobile suit at first I thought it was a Hakukou but when I took a closer look I realized that I guess they had repaired his EB-06/tc2 Ryusei-Go and replace it’s smashed head with that of a Hakuou or another Teiwaz Mobile suit and the busted arm with one from the STH-05R Rouei as well as giving it the Roueis back Thrusters however I couldn’t quite make out the cockpit make.

[wordsandrobots]

Ah, cool, the Gundam Info version was region locked.

Interesting, very interesting - looks like new animation at the start and end of the trailer, and the game cut-scenes for the middle. I'm curious to see which bits of the gameplay/static sections they animate for this. And I assume the lady shown at the very end is probably the mysterious 'N' or closely linked to him, so looks like we'll get a resolution to the plot after all!

Iron Blooded Orphans: Urdr Hunt film announcement, yippee!!!

[gremoria411]

hi, just wondering where are you watching urdr hunt?

There’s a YouTuber, Trafalgar Log, who’s translated and uploaded all the game cutscenes (and a little gameplay).

The entire series thus far can be watched on their channel, and it also includes translations of the sidestories from the game.

[wordsandrobots]

I have acquired the kit for Cyclase's custom Schwalbe Graze (for Blender modelling purposes, you understand) and am delighted to discover the English translation of the manual blurb calls it a 'whimsical' mobile suit.

I realise they mean 'idiosyncratic' but still find it highly amusing to see anything connected to Cyclase 'psychopathic eyebrows and the personality to match' Mayer described as 'whimsical'.

[kydoesthings1]

is the cure to male loneliness passionately making out with the son(?) of the man who may or may not have ordered your father killed (you both have a god complex)

[wordsandrobots]

Hello and welcome to tumblr! And also: thanks a bunch for posting these, it’s been great to have a way to follow the game’s plot!

Iron Blooded Orphans G - Urdr Hunt - Episode 17: Horn and Flower's Shadow [Part 1] (English subs!)

I post my translations here too now!! I honestly think they'll get more traction here because of the tag system, Idk i'm new here

[reubenyeoart]

Fanart - PANDA PAW

Finished a weekend rough paint of my AC build from Fires of Rubicon; wanted to get the colour style of the Gundam IBO: Urdr-Hunt Gunpla packaging, although I didn't render the grunge much.

[mikanrulz]

idk if ur still into IBO bc it's been yrs but if u are, how u feelin about the current side story in the IBO game app

I'm completely out of the loop when it comes to IBO that i had to do a quick google, and... you meant Urdr-Hunt, right? From the trailer, it looks a bit generic lol. MC looks like a male version of atla.

TBH the most interesting chara for me is the middle aged guy riding in the Pink mobile suit? My old-man spidey senses are *tingling*, I could *feel* it lmao

anyway

would you happen to watch the currently airing gundam mercury? There's this stupid arrogant but precious guy I want to introduce to you: Guel Jeturk <3

he kinda reminds me of early series Gaelio lol

EDIT: WAIT I THINK YOU ACTUALLY MEANT THIS ONE RIGHT, VIDAL'S NAMING? IF SO, I JUST 😭😭❤️😊😭🙏

[nerdherd4]

Number's and capacity in IBO

It's always interested me That you'll have times in the Gundam franchise when we will get stats about mobile suits and ships like how many were produced and deplored or how big a mobile suit compliment a ship can handle for people who like having exact numbers however, at least I find that some of this information is kind of lacking in IBO of course part of that is down to my inability to read or translate Japanese so the information I seek could be out there I just can't read it. Like for other Gundam shows, there are art books for the IBO anime that give sketch art and layouts of buildings and vehicles which some of I think have been translated onto the wiki pages the rest I can have fun extrapolating about based on what I know.

Mobile suits

I think it’s been established that mobile suits in IBO while usable are expensive to maintain partly for development and maintenance costs then compound that with the fact that Gjallarhorn is the only one allowed to produce Ahab reactors to power them. I went back and noticed that other than organizations with a lot of capital like Gjallarhorn, Teiwaz, or the Zan clan you can't have them in big numbers, and even for those big groups resources can be limited, a few examples I could think of are the noble families of Gjallarhorn just keeping their family Gundam in the vault 'cause they don't have the money to maintain and use it, it ‘s also been said that the EB-05s Schwalbe Graze had a high operational and development cost and Teiwaz was only able to produce 44 STH-05 Hyakuren even with the cost saving of just salvaging reactors from the debris field, granted both the Schwalbe Graze and Hyakuren are well-performing machines. In the case of both organizations it seems like they were able to also mass produce more dumbed-down versions of their more sophisticated suits like the  STH-16 Shiden or the EB-06 Graze or the really dumb-down AEB-06L Hloekk Graze for everyone else seems like the only other option was to salvage leftover suits from the calamity war mostly Rodi and Hexa frames while maybe easier to find seem to still require upkeep.

Ships

In terms of ships it doesn't seem like we get a lot of exacts they give the number of mobile suit catapults but other than that all I could find in terms of mobile suit capacity was the skipjack-class being able to carry 10 suits but that's when the sketch and designs come in they give more detail, looks at the hangers for Halfbeak-class ships I can't really say for sure looking at the sketches and going back and looking at the show I'd say maybe six that get hung on those clamps you see there.

there is also the half beak-class owned by Jasley Donomikols which opposed to the gjallarhorn models having the hanger at the bottom of the ship it appears that the front of the ship has been along geared to accommodate all the mobile suits but really we only get a look at the launch Bay so I don't really know, however Jasley did say that they outnumbered Tekkadan so I'm going to guess high teens low twenties.

when it comes to armored assault ships like the TIR-0009 Hammerhead or the NOA-0093 Isaribi The number of suits seems subjective in the sketch below you can see three mobile suits lined up maybe you can fit a fourth in there.

The thing is I also remembered something and went back to watch the sixth episode of the urdr hunt game and when Wistario and his crew pick up the Ahab waves of the Rakou Pirate ship they detect one armored assault ship and six mobile suits so my guess is 4 to 6.

Trying to guess the number of mobile suits on the NOA-0132 Hotarubi was a little trickier 'cause even with being a Teiwaz subsidiary I was under the impression that Tekkadan wasn't that rich to afford a whole bunch of suits at once don't think they had a full stock before they broke with Teiwaz so I'm just guessing on the number of hangers and mobile suit bays which based on the concept art there are eight hangers on each side with at least six mobile suit bays in each that make for a total of forty-eight possible mobile suits.

I know at the end of the day this is just nitpicking but like I said for people who like exact numbers like me to get a better scale of the world for more detailed storytelling information like this is appreciated.

[wordsandrobots]

Sadly (or at least, inconveniently, from an English-language perspective; I'm not sure the gameplay was much to write home about) the Iron-Blooded Orphans G app and the Urdr Hunt campaign within were never released world-wide, and the whole thing was shut down at the start of the year (presumably because it didn't make a lot of money, what with coming out two years late).

You can find a lot of footage from Japanese players on Youtube and @trafalgarlog produced English subtitles for all the cutscenes and the side-stories, which can be found here and here.

There is going to be some form of animated production taking the cutscenes from Urdr Hunt and completing them into a full story, but no news yet on when that will be released, or if it'll get an English language release of some sort (although that would obviously be great).

There is a website for it providing character bios and mecha details.

How does one even play Urdr-Hunt?

[g-29astarothtrinity]

Hoping that we'll finally be graced by this Gundam that was teased so long ago.

[gremoria411]

Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans Masterpost Part 2 - Cyclase Mayer and Gjallarhorn

Okay, Cyclase. I don’t really have that much to say on his origin - there’s nothing wrong with “disgruntled former archeologist whose parent was murdered by gjallarhorn”, but it just doesn’t really grab me for some reason. I do still love how utterly unrepentant he is about his numerous betrayals. He does have *some* similarities with Mcgillis for me, but that’s probably only because Mcgillis sees Gundam Frames (or rather, Bael) as the end-all of strength, whereas Cyclase sees Mobile Armours. It’s interesting how they’ve both been negatively influenced by Iznario Fareed however.

It took me a weirdly long time to realise that Cyclase was a Char Clone. Then again, I was comparing him to Mcgillis basically from the start, so……

Hm. I think that the fight at the end with the mobile armour (Mebahiah) is supposed to be an illustration of Afam and Cyclase’s differing philosophies - Afam wins because he has his friends with him to back him up, forming an effective force against the mobile armour, whereas Cyclase, who has sought power in solitude, has his “champion” defeated. It’s further shown with how they treat their allies, with Wistario visiting each in turn and thanking them, while Cyclase just rebuffs Tagging’s attempt at small talk.

Wait, so what was the point of Omden Colony Corporation/Cyclase getting two rings? That feels like it should be significant in some way. I assumed that it was either to emphasise their ruthlessness (they killed someone else for their ring) or the scale of the company (they’d managed to obtain two on their own), but in practice it just means Cyclase has two guides.

Given what mobile armours are capable of - hey, maybe Gjallarhorn was right to suppress the technology? Just gonna throw that out there. Like, the more of them we see, the easier it is to believe how deadly they were, and why the Gundam’s were so necessary. Though obviously, that doesn’t justify Gjallarhorn’s murder of Doctor Mayer.

Speaking of that, it’s possible that that was just an accident which Gjallarhorn had no part in, and Cyclase is just jumping to conclusions. That said, why I think he’s right is the fact that it’s Iznario Fareed, the shadiest seven star of them all. If it had been someone else then maybe you could say Cyclase was wrong, but Iznario? Yeah, definitely murder.

“Does this mean…… the mobile armour isn’t a higher form of being?” - Cyclase, buddy, it’s a giant robot that wants to kill all humans, it’s not that hard a concept to grasp. I do kinda love how absolutely crushed he is that his plan failed though. Like, no “hm, an imperfect god” or “this is but a temporary setback”, he’s genuinely pissed that this didn’t work out and even his “I’ll start again” thing feels like he’s desperately trying to save face. All in all, he’s a good villain because of what he does and how he does it, more so than who he is.

Okina Uroka is an interesting character, especially in contrast to Londo Bron, since they both want the same thing, but go about it in different ways. I like his design, it feels very good for an “old retainer”. I’m genuinely unsure how much power he held in the Issue family when Carta was still alive, since he doesn’t seem at all unused to power. It’s also nice because it’s another exploration of the consequences of Tekkadan’s actions in the main series, showing the far-reaching effect they had.

Another interesting detail is that Okina Uroka mentions “the Baklazan and Falk Families Calculations have been a great comfort to us” and Mcgillis states that they “hadn’t lost their privileges”, so could they also be heirless? If so, it could be that we’re witnessing Gjallarhorn finally crumbling since the Noble families that compose it are really struggling with their lines of Succession. Huh, the Fareed’s also kinda count here, since Iznario’s has no “legitimate” heirs (i.e. by blood). This also presents a fascinating possibility of why the Gundam Murmur wasn’t seen/used - the vault’s locked to a blood relation of the Fareed’s which Mcgillis isn’t, so he wouldn’t have been able to access it.