#urðr hunt

[toskarin]

I haven't kept up with Urðr-Hunt besides admiring the mobile suit designs, but I just have zero interest in anything that wants to do like... what it's trying to do

it's inherently really funny to try and do a "between-seasons spinoff story" with something that's so closed-circuit that it destroys all possible stakes

like yeah I wonder what happens with that venus rebellion lol

[teragames]

Preparan un anime de "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans Urðr Hunt"

"Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans Urðr Hunt", el spin-off de @g_tekketsu, tendrá su propio anime.

Se ha anunciado el lanzamiento de un anime independiente para Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans Urðr Hunt, un juego para smartphones spin-off que se lanzó originalmente como parte de la app Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans G de Bandai Namco Entertainment, que finalizará su servicio el 11 de enero de 2024. Aparte del avance sobre estas líneas, aún no se han revelado más detalles…

[newsintheshell]

Svelato il nuovo progetto di “Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans”

In arrivo serie e videogioco mobile per lo spin off Urðr Hunt.

Presentato ufficialmente il nuovo misterioso progetto legato al franchise Gundam, anticipato in estate, che andrà ad espandere l’universo della serie Iron Bllooded Orphans. Bandai Namco ha aperto un sito svelando la produzione di un videogioco mobile e di una serie animata intitolati “Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urðr Hunt”.  

Lo spin off sarà diretto ancora una volta da Tatsuyuki Nagai (Ano Hana, Kokosake) presso lo studio Sunrise, ma sceneggiato da Hajime Kamoshida (Just Because!). Il character design sarà ad opera di Michinori Chiba (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Basilisk), mentre i mecha saranno progettati da Naohiro Washio, Kanetake Ebikawa, Ippei Gyoubu, Kenji Teraoka e Tamotsu Shinohara. I fondali saranno realizzati da Kusanagi (Hakumei to Mikochi), mentre Masaru Yokoyama (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Occultic;Nine) tornerà a comporre la colonna sonora. 

Gli episodi della serie saranno pubblicati online all’interno dell’app.

Di seguito i primi bozzetti diffusi in occasione dell’annuncio:

Wistera Afam

Demner Kitako Junia

Corna Kosa

Gundam Hajiroboshi

La serie tv “Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans” prodotta da Sunrise, diretta da Tatsuyuki Nagai e sceneggiata da Mari Okada (Nagi no Asukara, Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou), ha fatto il suo debutto nel 2015 con una prima stagione di 25 episodi, proseguendo con una seconda l’anno successivo. Entrambe sono disponibili in streaming, sottotitolate in italiano, su Crunchyroll (su VVVVID invece è rimasta solo la seconda).

SilenziO)))

[FONTE]

[recentanimenews]

Gundam Franchise to Release New TV Anime "The Witch from Mercury" & Film "Cucuruz Doan's Island" in 2022

Three anime projects were announced at the "2nd Gundam Conference" streamed today on September 15, including a new TV anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and a new anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island. Both of them are scheduled to be released in 2022.

  Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury will be the Gundam anime franchise's first TV series in seven years since Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans in 2015-2017. No further information has been revealed yet, except that it will be broadcast on TV in 2022.

  As its title suggests, Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island is based on the first Mobile Suit Gundam TV anime's 15th episode of the same name, which was aired in Japan on July 14, 1979. The first series' character designer / chief animation director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko will serve as the director. No details have been released other than that it is scheduled for theatrical release in 2022.

    2022年、ガンダムシリーズ3作品の公開が決定！ 新作TVアニメ『機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女』 新作映画『機動戦士ガンダム ククルス・ドアンの島』 『機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ』特別編のTV放送も！https://t.co/oSRALCJtZ0#水星の魔女 #G_Witch#ククルス・ドアンの島#g_tekketsu pic.twitter.com/XXVeYNLl0O

— ガンダムインフォ (@gundam_info) September 15, 2021

    In addition, a nine-chapter special edition of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans will be aired in the spring of 2022 to coincide with the release of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G smartphone app. During the broadcast, a part of the latest work Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Urðr Hunt by the reunited staff of the Iron-Blooded Orphans TV series will be also introduced.

    "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G" short PV:

    Source: "Gundam.info" website / Twitter

  ©SOTSU, SUNRISE

©SOTSU, SUNRISE, MBS

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

[muscleunit]

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-15/gundam-iron-blooded-orphans-anime-gets-9-part-compilation-tv-special/.177385

New IBO dropping in 2022!!!

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SJ/M’s unacceptable and lazy usages of real world places/cultures

I’m aiming to make this the most comprehensive list of SJ/M stealing bits and pieces of world history and pretending like she came up with them. Feel free to comment down below or send an ask if you can think of anything.

The addition of adaptation of names from some real-world places is included either because of insensitivity (Hybern and Prythian) or mostly because SJ/M doesn’t try to represent any of the cultures she takes from.

Note that this post will keep getting updated as I discover more evidences of unacceptable usages of cultures. Also note that there is every possibility that some resemblances are purely accidental and/or unintentional. So take it with a grain of salt.

T/HRONE OF GLASS

- Most of the cultural activities mentioned in Tower of Dawn are rip-offs of Mongolian culture and seem to resemble the Dothraki from Game of Thrones very closely.

- Pagan holidays mentioned in the books:

Yulemas* is celebrated in Erilea despite there already existing an established religion consisting of 12 gods and goddesses.

Samhain* is a festival celebrated by Irish and Scottish people.

Beltane* is a festival celebrated historically in Ireland and Scotland.

- Nehemia is probably derived from the Jewish leader Nehemiah who helped rebuild Jerusalem. Instead of trying to work that into Nehemia’s narrative, SJ/M killed off Nehemia to serve a white woman’s narrative.

- Mycenae is a historical site in Greece.

- Illium is an actual Greek city as well.

- Ravi in KoA is named after a Hindi word which means “sun”.

- Strangely enough Ravi’s brother is named Sol after the Roman god of the sun.

- Suria, where Ravi is from, is also a synonym for sun in Hindi.

- Mab is from the story of “Queen Mab”.

- Maeve is a sexual goddess in Irish mythology who was actually raped. So making Maeve a rapist in the books was hurtful.

A/COTAR

- Nagas belong to Hindu/Indian mythology included in a book that’s clearly a very western fantasy and has little to no PoC representation. 

- Illyrians were an actual indo-european tribe with close relations to modern day Albanians. S/JM is not the first person to feature them in her work but other authors have used versions of the name like “Illyria” by Shakespeare, “Ilirea” by Paolini, “Valyria” by GRRM etc. which are acceptable.

- Calan Mai is actually a celebration of spring in Welsh culture. As @gemorsedd put it so eloquently, SJ/M turned it into a festival about Tamlin being unable to control his hormones.

- Hybern is derived from the classic latin name of Ireland which is “Hibernia”. 

- Prythian is a modified version of the ancient name of Britain “Prydain”. COINCIDENTALLY, Prythian VERY closely resembles the UK. It’s also possible that she plagiarised the name from Anne Bishop’s Daughter of Blood.

Note for further reading: Read @blakeseptember’s about why SJ/M was especially insensitive in including Prythia and Hybern in the ways she did: https://blakeseptember.tumblr.com/post/187088853587/hybern-as-ireland

- Bharat is actually the Hindi name for India which is mentioned in ACO/TAR. Not only is it mentioned that Feyre’s father was sailing to Bharat to trade in cloth and spices (which was exactly what British colonialists and traders did when they sailed to India), it’s also said, quite clearly, that Feyre’s mother died of Typhus while her cousin died of Malaria (IN BHARAT). By doing so SJ/M is blatantly promoting a very colonialist view of India. 

The Malaria mention: “My mind was void, a blank mess of uselessness. Could it be some sort of disease? My mother had died of typhus and her cousin had died of malaria after going to Bharat. But none of those symptoms seemed to match a riddle. Was it a person?”

The Trade of cloth and spices: “I swallowed. ‘Eight years ago he amassed our wealth on three ships to sail to Bharat for invaluable spices and cloth.’”

- Myrmidons feature in A/COWAR. The Myrmidons is actually a nation from Ancient Greek mythology (led by Achilles in the siege of Troy). 

- Harem pants which are worn in parts of South and Middle-east Asia feature in the books where they’re introduced into a court consisting of white people only.

- F/eyre’s floral tattoos are very reminiscent of mehendis which are very important to Indian, Arabic and North African cultures but it’s a trait given to a white woman here. Read this post.

C/RESCENT CITY

- Danaan is from Tuatha de Danaan (celtic mythology) / Danaans is another name for Greece in the Iliad, used interchangeably with “Argives” and “Achaeans”.

- Avallen is Avalon (the legend of King Arthur). Ruhn’s story also bears a very close resemblance to the legend.

- 6 point star = Star of David

- Lehabah = a word in Hebrew meaning "a flame" (להבה)

- Mount Hermon = an actual mountain place in the northern part of Israel.  In Hebrew: הר החרמון.

- SPQM’s full form is Senatus Populusque Midgard. Which is awfully close to the SPQR of the ancient Roman empire which is Senatus Populusque Romanus

- The river Tiber mentioned in CC is actually a Roman river.

- Midgard, in Norse mythology, is the home of mankind. In Norse mythology.

- Sandriel: Comes from the angel Sadriel, the angel of order. S/JM added an “n.”

- Orion “Hunt” A/thalar: First name is pretty obvious, Orion as in the hunter which is where his name “Hunt” comes from. Probably from the god Attar called Athtar in Southern Arabia. Attar is sometimes considered a storm god explaining his lightning powers, but also linked to the Morningstar aka Lucifer. No explanations are given regarding as to how the constellations of our world are the same as that of SJ/M’s fantasy AU.

- Shahar Daystar: From the dawn deity Shahar. Also linked to Lucifer.

- Jesiba Roga: A Croatian respelling of Baba Yaga. Jesiba Roga, is quite literally just a combination of Ježibaba (a figure closely related to Baba Yaga in West Slavic folklore) and Baba Roga (the Croatian version of of Baba Yaga). 

- Danika Fendyr: Danika is a Slavic dawn deity. Fendyr comes from Fenrir a wolf in Norse mythology. 

- Isaiah: Taken from Isaiah 14:12-15 which details the fall of Lucifer. It’s also easily accessible from Shahar’s Wikipedia page (which may imply that SJ/M uses Wikipedia for research and just steals/lazily incorporates whatever she finds along the way.)

12 “How you are fallen from heaven,

O [a]Lucifer, son of the morning!

How you are cut down to the ground,

You who weakened the nations!

13 For you have said in your heart:

‘I will ascend into heaven,

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;

I will also sit on the mount of the congregation

On the farthest sides of the north;

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,

I will be like the Most High.’

15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,

To the [b]lowest depths of the Pit.

- Fury Axtar: Hunt is likely related to Attar or maybe even Ishtar or Ashtaroth. It’s unclear right now. Ishtar is sometimes linked to Lucifer as well. It’s possible that she’s named after the Furies in Greek mythology, deities of vengeance.

- Micah Domitus: Micah is a prophet in Judaism.

- Syrinx: A chimera in this book, a nymph known for her devotion to Artemis.

- Urd: The god of flame and shadow possibly the name comes from Urðr one of the three Norns in Norse mythology.

- Luna: A Roman moon goddess

- Cthona: “Chthonic”, in English, describes deities or spirits of the underworld, especially in Ancient Greek religion.

- Vanir: The Vanir are actually group of Norse gods.

- Asphodel Meadows: A section of the ancient Greek underworld where ordinary souls were sent to live after death.

- Hel: Hel is a goddess but also a location in Norse Mythology for the dead. Depictions of Hel depend on the source of the information. It’s strange that Hel and Asphodel Meadows belong in the same place, translating to lazy world building on SJ/M’s part.

- Midgard: In Norse Mythology basically the plane of existence of humans.

- Laconic Mountains: Named after Laconia the administrative capital of Sparta.

- Nidaros: Where Bryce grew up. It’s the ancient name of Norway’s capital when the Christian kings ruled. It’s now called Trondheim.

- Istros River: Taken from Istros of Ancient Greece

- Valbara: Taken from the super continent Vaalbara

- Pangera: probably Pangea, the huge supercontinent on which dinosaurs lived

- Crown of Thorns: In reality it’s a symbol of Jesus but in the book it’s branded onto the foreheads of angels who rebelled in a war some decades ago.

- Keres: Phillip Briggs’s terrorist gang is named after the Keres who are “goddesses who personified violent death and who were drawn to bloody deaths on battle fields.”

- Sailing: A Norse funeral custom for Vikings as seen in movies like How To Train Your Dragon 2 and Thor: The Dark World. Here’s more information on it, but it seems SJ/M got it wrong. Most Vikings were usually cremated and it was mostly used for Kings and Chieftains (Danika might fall into the Chieftain category).

- 33rd Imperial Legion: Could be a reference again to Jesus who was 33 at his death.

- The Ophian rebels (of which the the Keres rebels are a subgroup of) are named after Ophian, and elder Titan in Greek mythology.

Sources I’ve derived some facts from so far:

- Sapir Englard on Goodreads via @spaceshipkat’s tumblr post using Hebrew in CCity.

- @bittenwrath for basically everything in crescent city. 

- @blakeseptember’s tumblr about Hybern’s origins.

- An anon dropped by with “Hel”

- @chenmighty and @tavithelibrarian pointed out the Illyrians.

- @sylphene and @omourningstar for Prydain

- @ok-boomer pointed out that Yulemas, Samhain and Beltain are all pagan holidays.

- @gemorsedd For pointing out Calan Mai

- An anon pointed out the Norns, Danaan and Avalon.

- @mimiofthemalfoys for the Bharat, malaria, typhus, spices and cloth mention.

- @kryingkardashianz for Danaans being another name of Greece and Myrmidions.

- an anon pointed out Nidaros

- @shurislut for mehendi and harem pants

- @sanktaalinaa for Jesiba Roga

- @croissantcitysucks for the Ophian Rebels

[hjamesp]

[coeurvrai]

There’s also a little index explaining the “Four Houses of Midgard”. 

Interesting and confusing, but also confirms that this worldbuilding is just gonna be a slapstick of different things, like Maas normally does. Considering the fact that Midgard is the Norse term referring to our world or Earth. We’ve got Greco-Roman shit, we’ve got Norse Mythology, we’ve got some Jewish terms thrown in there too.

THE FOUR HOUSES OF MIDGARD

As decreed in 33 V.E. by the Imperial Senate in the Eternal City

HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD

Shifters, humans, witches, ordinary animals, and many others to whom Cthona calls, as well as some chosen by Luna

HOUSE OF SKY AND BREATH

Malakim (angels), Fae, elementals, sprites,* and those who are blessed by Solas, along with some favored by Luna

HOUSE OF MANY WATERS

River-spirits, mer, water beasts, nymphs, kelpies, nøkks, and others watched over by Ogenas

HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW

Daemonaki, Reapers, wraiths, vampyrs, draki, dragons, necromancers, and many wicked and unnamed things that even Urd herself cannot see

*Sprites were kicked out of their House as a result of their participation in the Fall, and are now considered Lowers, though many of them refuse to accept this.

Well, this explains the title at least. I don’t know why you would put in “ordinary animals” under a House if it’s supposed to delineate between different species in Crescent City - also referred to as the Eternal City - but okay, whatever floats your boat or whatever.

Also, as some people feared, it is in fact a fucking mess of different types and species. Great. I guess Maas was like “this bad boy can fit so many different kind of fantasy races and creatures”, and actually went through with it, and her editors didn’t stop her. Which, I mean, shouldn’t surprise me at this point.

I don’t know why the ocean/water creature house isn’t titled the same as the rest of them, and it’s a minor thing, but the inconsistency bothers me a little.

Also, nøkks btw, are also known as nixies, and are apparently shapeshifting water spirits. I don’t know why they couldn’t just come under “river spirits” or whatever, and have to be their own term. Maybe there’s an in-universe answer where the nøkks are a proud and/or powerful species and claim to be their own thing, and differentiate themselves from other spirits. I don’t fucking know.

I’ll try not to touch on the Judaism aspects too much because Maas is Jewish and I am not, and in the end she can do whatever she wants with her own culture, but why are Malakim not just known as Malakim period if you’re seeming intending to use the term in place of “angels”.

Also it’s confusing because Hunt is referred to as a Malakim, but then the archangels are referred to as archangels, so are they treated as entirely different things because referring to Hunt as a Malakim makes it seems like it’s a rank or something. So like is Malakim the name of ALL angels, or just one specific type of angel??? I am confusion.

There’s also vampires. You can’t hear or see me but I’m sighing right now. Pour one out, guys. Maas managed to fit vampires in.

Bryce is half-human, half-Fae so she belongs to two Houses. I don’t know how that’s relevant or what that would mean, but it’s something. Though I’m sure by the end of this trilogy she’ll have Bryce give up her humanity and become a fully fledged Fae or whatever.

Also the Houses are ruled/patroned by different Gods, so that’s great. Cthona is the one for the titular House of Earth and Blood, which I’m guessing is supposed to be a reference to “chthonic”, as in deities associated with the Underworld. It also means earth, so I mean, at least we’re on brand, I guess.

House of Sky and Breath are ruled by Solas and Luna, self explanatory, and I’m guessing that Lunathion is named after the latter. House of Many Waters is ruled by Ogenas, which I feel like is supposed to be a reference to something but Google isn’t giving me anything. It certainly seems like Greek. House of Flame and Shadow is ruled by Urd, which seems to be a reference to Urðr, one of the Norns or Norse goddesses of fate and destiny (like the Fates/Moirai in Greek Mythology).

I don’t know what Lowers are, assuming creatures that don’t come under one of the Houses, or what they could possibly be besides sprites being one of them. I guess it would be insulting to be considered lesser/lower than a normal animal, especially when normal animals are just for some reason put in the same category as witches and shapeshifters.

[pkjd]

“Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urðr Hunt” is a new spin-off series distributed via a smartphone game app. A PV and key visual has been released.

-Staff-

Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai

Series Composition: Hajime Kamoshida

Character Design: Michinori Chiba

Mech Design: Naohiro Washio, Kanetake Ebikawa, Ippei Gyoubu, Kenji Teraoka, Tamotsu Shinohara

Background Work: Kusanagi

Music: Masaru Yokoyama

via: https://g-tekketsu.ggame.jp/

[iron-blooded-orphans]

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans – Urðr Hunt Trailer

[galaxiarick]

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - Urðr Hunt

[recentanimenews]

Former Nogizaka46/AKB48 Member Rina Ikoma Voices The Lead in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Urðr Hunt

    It has been confirmed that former Nogizaka46/AKB48 member Rina Ikoma is cast as the protagonist Wistario Afam in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Urðr Hunt, a spin-off to the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans anime series.

  26-year-old Ikoma previously made a brief guest voice appearance in the Dropkick on My Devil! TV anime in 2018, but this is the first time she has played the main character in an anime. "I feel a lot of pressure to be involved in the Gundam series, a great work with a long history, but I am also very honored and happy," she says. "I would be glad if I can introduce myself to the fans of the Gundam series and deliver the new Rina Ikoma to those of you who have always supported me! Please look forward to the release of the app in a few more weeks!"

  Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Urðr Hunt will be available in the forthcoming game app Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G, which is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2022. The app's official website introduces the character Wistario Afam as "a boy born and raised on the Radnitsa Colony on Venus. His parents died early in life, and he took over the colony management company, Afam Equipment, at a young age. He is a cheerful and decisive person, and has a big dream to make Venus a tourist destination."

    【情報解禁】 ============== スマートフォンアプリ 「機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズG」内配信アニメ 『機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ ウルズハント』 主人公 ウィスタリオ・アファム役 ????https://t.co/3ODrjm0Aef ==============#機動戦士ガンダム#鉄オルG #生駒里奈 pic.twitter.com/yqqkMps5fy

— 生駒里奈 スタッフ (@ikomarina_staff) April 5, 2022

    "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G" short PV:

    Sources: Rina Ikoma official website / "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G" official website

  © SOTSU, SUNRISE, MBS

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

[unicorns-and-whiskey]

Predictions: The issue is 4-6 pages of explanation of the Great Darkness/Wōden’s plans/his secret room in Valhalla, followed by 20 pages of Urðr hunting down and murdering Wōden with her bare hands. Update: I was wrong for the best reasons.

[gundam-gic]

Quando ti dicono che in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - Urðr Hunt, potresti rivedere Mikazuki e Orga.... #JustForFun https://www.facebook.com/GundamItalianClub/photos/a.512072532206006/2427730497306857/?type=3

[omniotaku]

Anime of Interest 2019 

One Punch Man Season 2

Mob Psycho 100 II

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Movie

Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] II. lost butterfly 

Rising of the Shield Hero

Dr.Stone

Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch 

Youjo Senki Movie - Saga of Tanya The Evil

The Promised Neverland

Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urðr-Hunt

[ljaesch]

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Anime Gets Spin-off in App

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Anime Gets Spin-off in App

Sunrise and Bandai Namco Entertainment have announced that the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans) television anime series is inspiring a spin-off titled Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans: Urðr-Hunt(Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urðr-Hunt). The staff from the anime reunites for this spin-off, which will be available in a smartphone…