Giant Gundam Dominates Shizuoka

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The 1:1 monster RX-78-2 Gundam formerly menacing Tokyo has been re-erected in Shizuoka with upgraded armament. Below the animatronic statue can be seen in detail, as ever striking a particularly impressive figure against the night sky.

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Its move to Shizuoka sees it occupy a central spot just to the north of Shizuoka Station, with the installation set to last from now until the conclusion of the Shizuoka Hobby Fair at the end of March, 2011, leaving plenty of time for pilgrimages.

The upgraded beam sabre glows at night and shimmers in the sun during the day, making for an impressive sight – otherwise the display is substantially the same.

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    Comment by Vicious
    16:27 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Thats looks so Epic.
    Wake up one morning.

    It's.. it's..It's a gundam!!!

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    Comment by shoranhimura
    16:38 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I know what you mean *-*

    but the reaction should be O..O..OMG!! ITS DA GUNDAM!!11!1 *heart attack*

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    Comment by Yoshii-kun
    17:42 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Beautifully constructed. Just beautiful...

    Amuro will be very proud

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    Comment by MasterYuke
    10:14 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I want to see an anime take place in Shizuoka now, to find out if Simmonsing has spread too far...

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:59 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    ... you totally missed the reference.

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    Comment by Ken
    22:39 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    light saber is kinda fail, but we can't blame on them cuz our technology is not advanced enough to make the real one.

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    Comment by Tomoya-san
    02:41 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Dude,if the arms law was nonexistent there,they would have already made one.

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    Comment by Majineko
    06:26 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    or is it @k?...

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    Comment by TehBoringOne
    11:39 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Tomoya-san:

    Not really.

    http://gizmodo.com/5029056/peaks-plasmablade-is-sci+fi-like-surgical-tool-of-the-future [http://gizmodo.com/5029056/peaks-plasmablade-is-sci fi-like-surgical-tool-of-the-future]

    This is a surgical tool made for civillian use. Think of what a military could have in the future, if not today.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:15 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You're retard

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:20 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    h

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    Comment by miguelknight
    00:02 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    There's a gundam down here... surround and destroy it!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:22 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I estimate 5 maybe 10 more years till Gundams are fully functional like the animes

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:15 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol...

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:27 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Probably not that quickly. We can get a smaller scale one to work, but not something of that size. But the beam saber and the rifle, maybe.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:52 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Where's our flying cars?!

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    Comment by Rya
    06:29 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "But the beam saber and the rifle, maybe."

    Sure, just carry a nuclear reactor and 5GW worth of batteries around. You might get out one shot... but it probably won't be pink or green or a beam because a pulse is much more devastating.

    Don't take anime seriously ffs.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:53 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Anon @ 05:52 09/07/2010

    Did you mean Helicopters or Airplanes?
    Silly anon, they already exist!

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:43 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Er, that Gundam in all those pictures could probably lay siege to the Americas, as well as most of Europe. Japan just needs to find a substance strong enough to stand up to the joint movement. The only reason this RX-78-2 hasn't left it's place with just one pilot is because the joints would probably break on the first leg lift.
    Come on, Japan! Make some Luna titanium already!

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:20 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    How about the fact that it couldn't possibly contain it's own power source with our current technology? You ignorant fuck.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:32 10/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    eva is more plausible

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:49 10/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @11:20
    Are you sure it doesn't already have that installed?

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:40 28/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @14:49 10/07/2010

    i can't tell whether that's sarcasm or not, but if the power source would be in it, then it would be a generator, that needs constant maintenance and makes alot of noise. wouldnt it be easier to just get electicity from the local electricity company?

    just a thought.

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    Comment by DHYohko
    00:43 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol, so reminded of of an episode in gundam wing....or is that what you were aiming for?

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    Comment by vitrium
    16:31 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    looks like el barto struck again on the last pic

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:19 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    LAST SHOOTING!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:36 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Epic over 1 million! Now that's something!

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    Comment by Azure Xuchilbara
    19:07 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    They have a bloody awesome Gundam and all we have is a giant, middle-aged rusting lady on a pedestal...

    *salutes the Gundam*

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    21:27 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ours has fire~

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    Comment by Azure Xuchilbara
    21:46 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    But theirs has a Beam Saber...

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:13 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    America has a woman (3d/real)
    Nihon has giant robot (2d/fantasy)

    i would say they accurately depict the interests of the contries as a whole.

    america is the porn capital of the world.
    Nihon is the anime/manga capital of the world.

    *salutes Liberty AND RX-78-2

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    Comment by Azure Xuchilbara
    23:44 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You're right...

    ...

    ...

    ...

    Now if only someone would draw RX-t8-2 and the Statue of Liberty having sex...

    *crosses fingers and silently says a perverse prayer to the Rule34 gods and goddesses*

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:22 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Be glad ... Belgium has a pissing kid

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:20 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Russia has a 60 m tall Mother Victory. When I was a kid I always fantacised about her and Liberty making out.

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    Comment by Ikuhisashiku
    14:46 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Azure

    Always remember rule 35.
    Always.

    And if you're really desperate, it doesnt hurt to draw it yourself...
    *cough*

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:50 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Brazil has a demi-god from a 2000 years-old legend.

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    Comment by pluki7
    04:27 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The legend actually says he is really God.

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    Comment by Jeen
    16:41 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    North Korea don't stand a chance if they try to attack Japan.

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    Comment by Majineko
    Comment by Anonymous
    17:02 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    NK is already can't stand a chance if they start a war. But they don't care to take as many of their enemies down with them like China used to said that they doesn't care to sacrifice 300 mil (half their pop at that time) people with US.

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    Comment by Ikuhisashiku
    17:05 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hmm...
    Moving robots with beam sabres versus a tiny country with only a crazy dictator and a few handfuls of nuclear weapons...

    I'm sorry. My money is still being placed on the country with moving robots.
    Kind of hard to beat that, ya know.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:41 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sorry, this thing cannot move.
    The moving robots are small robots who work in hospital.

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    Comment by Ikuhisashiku
    14:53 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I was referring to sometime in the (distant) future. But you get my point.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:12 10/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sometime in the (distant) future. When they start having "moving" robots, Korea is gonna have moving nuclear weapons too :D

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    Comment by vocaloidfan
    17:41 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    my money is on country who owns newtype.

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    Comment by Ikuhisashiku
    17:02 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    ... The only thing that would be more epic is the next logical step...

    Actual Gundams that can move and be piloted.

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    Comment by vocaloidfan
    17:33 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    and I will excitingly wait for my country to be invaded !!
    *unconditional surrender* (as long as they let me touch it)

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:06 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    nah. it takes too many money to build. and they probably have to build a nuclear reactor inside like freedom

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    Comment by Jorori
    21:21 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I heard somewhere that with today's technology it's possible to build a fully functional Gundam. The costs? Less than a modern NASA Space Shuttle.
    Why nobody built one yet? Well, In real life a Gundam would be almost useless...

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:53 08/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Our technology would only be sufficient for building one that can move around and do stuff, but not for one that would actually be effective in combat.

    Just what kind of usefulness such a weapon would have in real life battlefields can only be guessed at. People say it'd be useless no matter how advanced the technology, and that this technology could be used to build more effective "conventional" machines (say, high-mobility tanks or some high-maneuver/VTOL aircraft). But they used to say this about tanks and aircrafts too back in the day...

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    Comment by dukemagus
    03:49 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    in fact... something similar to "arms" could be useful in a tank-like vehicle... if you can change weapons at base (let's say... exchange missle launchers for machineguns when facing regular foot soldiers... and arms can aim more freely) it makes a prety versatile weapon

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:09 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    All you need is a good, portable, very efficient power source. Then just versatility to the suit and you could be looking at a fully functional Knightmare Frame ...

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    Comment by Ikuhisashiku
    15:03 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If there's one thing an army of actual gundams would be useful for, it would be intimidation, at the least.
    When facing an army of huge robots (about 30 or so will do just fine) with beam sabres, most countries would quickly turn tail and run.

    Their dependability in combat?
    Well, that would depend on just how well equipped they are.
    For example --
    An enemy's first reaction, after all, would be to try to blow up aforementioned giant robots with craploads of rocket launchers and other types of explosives. As such, the obvious countermeasure to that would be to give the robots anti-missile systems and heavy fortifications to be able to withstand the blasts.

    If you ask me, I'd say some gundams would be damn useful in a war. But, like i said, that would depend entirely on how well equipped they are.

    Maybe I'm just too optimistic, though.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:53 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    after you said that.. Gundam must learn one or two thing from metal gear.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:56 10/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The human body and things (such as giant robots) aren't the most effective form to move or carry arms into combat.
    So that's a good reason why chances of a giant robot making it to the battlefield at any time in the future are pretty small.. human sized robots (androids) capable of using the same tools as we use ourselves however.. I could see that work.

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    11:27 09/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Japan would be one step closer to WORLD DOMINATION!!






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