1. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel

    To be fair, Bit's not always this smart, as shown by his fight with the blade liger. "Hm, I usually attack by jumping along the side of the enemy and slashing as a I pass. And this zoid has a giant sword mounted right in the path I would be on if I tried that.......I'm gonna try it anyway!"...
  2. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel
    Threadmarks: Episode 3 Part 3

    I suppose I could have wrapped up in the last post, but then you wouldn't have seen the last few shots of the episode. Leena is totally thrilled, since she ended up being the only one to earn any kills this battle.....and to be fair, she did find a away around the no win scenario she was in...
  3. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel
    Threadmarks: Episode 3 Part 2: Leena of Troy

    Harry is crushed by Leena choosing someone else, and mopes over his loss back at his own base, which we see is loaded with rack after rack of Zoids. At this point, it's pretty clear Harry is That Kid. You know, That Kid who always had more money than you, That Kid that had more toys than you...
  4. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel
    Threadmarks: Episode 3: Leena Toros is a terrible person

    As the episode opens, we see a large, rhino type zoid blowing up a bunch of rev raptors, in what a robotic voice calls a training exercise: I'm not really sure what the practical value of doing target training at point blank range is, particularly not with the massive rotary cannon used here...
  5. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel

    According to the wiki, yes, but as far as I can tell there's no direct reference between the two. Tsundere's alternate between nice and not very nice. Leena alternates between not very nice and psychotic.
  6. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel

    Six total, Leena can be seen firing 4 shots and the start of the fight, and later says she fired that many and has 2 left.
  7. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel
    Threadmarks: Episode 2 Part 3: The fight

    Bit maintains his fire, pockmarking the cliff face and slowly walking his fire up the mesa toward Naomi, with his 6th and last shot landing right at her feet, and jettisoning the gun once it's empty. It's strange more warriors don't do that sort of thing, opening each engagement with some...
  8. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel
    Threadmarks: Episode 2 Part 2

    I'd like to establish that I'm very certain that Naomi is a strong, independent women that doesn't need no man, she gets one anyway. For a certain value of "man", anyway. Bit arrives, and manages take out both of the goons, in a sequence of events that was clearly supposed to be accidentally...
  9. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel

    Yes and no. The Liger is fast, but it's far from the only zoid capable of reaching that speed. It's max speed is about 90 meters per second (and it doesn't appear to be as agile when moving at max speed), while Naomi's maximum range is at least 900 meters and probably a fair bit farther. That...
  10. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel
    Threadmarks: Episode 2 Part 1: Our Hero Arrvies

    So, our first episode past the pilot begins. The team is putting the Liger through it's paces, assessing what it can do now that' it's actually got a pilot that can control it. Presumably there's no Jane's Fight Zoids or similar publication. Of course, the real purpose behind this is to...
  11. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel

    It's not just theoretically on TV, we see games being televised in the series (presumably via something more advanced than standards cameras). And it should pay for itself fairly easily. US football earns about 15 billion a year, mostly in TV revenue, for a sport like this with a global audience...
  12. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel
    Threadmarks: Episode 1 part 2: The Inevitable Happens

    Well, ok, he only technically steals something. Namely the Liger Zero, which suddenly powers up, cuts through the ropes, and invites him into the cockpit. Then it roars and bolts of the hanger. Through the wall. The Liger is actually intelligent, so it's on the hook for this particular bit of...
  13. Battlegrinder

    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel
    Threadmarks: Episode 1: Meeting the Team

    Wiki link: Zoids: New Century Episode 1 So, just to get this complaint out first, I'll note that the show has two persistent issues throughout every episode. 1. There is next to no consistency in how much damage various zoids can withstand or unleash. Sometimes they'll stand up to prolonged...
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    Anime & Manga Battlegrinder Watches Zoids: New Century Zero, AKA The Adventures of Terrible People and also Naomi Fluegel

    So, as I've mentioned a few times in the past, I've never watched much anime. I recently remembered that that is not quite true, I actually did watch one years and years ago as a kid: Zoids. Specifically New Century Zero, and maybe a tiny bit of the first series. I don't think I was really into...
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