Anime Discussion Thread - Page 5223

On August 30 2015 02:12 Unleashing wrote:
A big part of the gundam also has to do with some of the pilots often being essentially psychic.

On August 30 2015 02:24 Numy wrote:
So what you saying is if Japan created Jesus then yes they could easily dominate

On August 30 2015 02:45 Slaughter wrote:


Only if he has his Imouto to protect.

The main use of the Minovsky particle was in combat and communication. When the Minovsky particle is spread in large numbers in the open air or in open space, the particles disrupt low-frequency electromagnetic radiation, such as microwaves and radio waves. The Minovsky particle also interferes with the operations of electronic circuitry and destroys unprotected circuits due to the particles' high electrical charge which act like a continuous electromagnetic pulse on metal objects. Because of the way Minovsky particles react with other types of radiation, radar systems and long-range wireless communication systems become useless, infra-red signals are defracted and their accuracy decreases, and visible light is fogged. This became known as the "Minovsky Effect".

The disruption of electromagnetic radiation is due to the small lattice of the I-field creating fringes that long wavelengths cannot penetrate, and that diffract wavelengths that have similar distance with the fringes. This diffraction and polarization process disrupts the electromagnetic waves.

The only counter measure to the "M" particle in the series was to install bulky and expensive shielding on all electronic equipment, but only to counteract the effect it had on electronic circuitry. While this could be done for space ships and naval ships, this ruled out the use of precision guided weapons, such as guided missiles. Due to this, the military use of Minovsky particles ushered in a new era of close-range combat. This is the primary reason for the birth of the Zeon close-combat weapon: the mobile suit.

On August 30 2015 03:21 Sentenal wrote:
Children, allow me to educate you on Gundam, and the magic physics excuses the series uses to justify their existence. In the modern world, everything is going long distance unmanned tactical warfare. Why make a 15 meter tall robot when someone can just shoot it with a missile from thousands of miles away, or blast it away with a tiny little stealth drone from the sky? The reason is because in Gundam, they have bullshit magic physics science.

In Universal Century Gundam, this means that that shit wouldn't work because of the Minovsky Particle. Mobile Suits in UC Gundam are powered by a "Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor", which basically is a helium 3 reactor that as a side effect, produces said Minovsky Particle. To quote the Gundam Wiki,

Now, this is all bullshit physics magic that doesn't exist in the real world. But in Gundam's world, this is why modern weapons went the way of the dinosaur. It follows that if our world was somehow able to invent a Mobile Suit with the same properties and abilities, then it would be able to overcome most modern weapons.


Coincidentally, I don't believe Gundam Wing has a similiar excuse, so there isn't any real reason for Mobile Suits to be a thing in Wing.

On August 30 2015 03:23 Toadesstern wrote:
All Japan needs is to have Hayamin tell all the Otakus that they have fight something and afterwards repopulate the world. No need for Jesus or Imoutos. If you ever had to deal with p2w japanese nerds in rankings you know they'll get impossible stuff done with credit cards. Surely there's a way.

On August 30 2015 03:41 Numy wrote:


Otaku's don't know how to repopulate though because anime always ends at kissing.

@Sent - Thanks for that. It's cool that they came up with bullshit to justify it at least in UC. That helps separate fantasy from sci-fi imo.