Gundam Defends Japan

Are there freelance pilots? ^^;

Ah, no. There arent freelance that I have ever heard about. The only drawback to joining the army to pilot a gundam, is it would probably end up like the army or the airforce now. A bunch of people want to fly jets, and most of them sit around doing other things. The very lucky few actually get to fly. We can all dream though.

I dont know how far off these are. Imagine being the generation that sees this enormous machines come to life. We have all the available technology, screens, cameras, lasers, and firepower. Carbon science is advancing and stronger and stronger armors are being developed all the time. I always wondered why advancement has not proceeded in this area.

REALLY?!?!
man tht would be awesome but America would find an some reason other than WMD to have a pre-emptive strike just to steal it all away

here we go... the gundam invasion... I want a valkyrie invasion also..

It's about time someone started building Gundams...

Yes, I'm interested in piloting a yellow horned, multicolored machine with beamspam capabilities and hoping to meet a mask rival in the battlefield piloting a red-colored machine that went 3 times faster than usual ones. Problem is, I lack the qualification of looking rather effeminate as well as lacking the necessary personality of being a whiny, brooding, unstable, emotional young man.

do they plan to build mechas from Sky Girls and Gurren Lagann as well? XD

Nah joining the army they probably would give you some lousy gundams to pilot.

Based on my gundam watching experience, you should start searching for some radical organization that wants to save the world and stop the war with their 4 awesome gundams.

I knew it, I KNEW IT!

GUNDAMS WILL BE REAL IN THE FUTURE!!!!

YES!!!!

yes gundam! I most likely wont to pilot one! But it would be even better if they gave me VF21 from Macross Plus!

Do u think the agility of the gundam will be as good as the movie! I dun want to end up kill by tanks or notmal jet plane!

Mobile suits are not just a dream...We should remember that almost all the modern technologies we see and feel today are products of mans incredible imagination...from the Da Vinci's contraptions, to Star trek's gizmos. There is an idea, I have no doubt it will become a realization in the not so distant future or should I say that it's already being done and existing but we just don't know anything about it for now.

The capabilities of the gundams, especially its thrusters and proportion systems are way beyond our current machanical capabilities.
However if there be a viable gundam-like machine, I would join the underdogs and maintain their stubborn ideology.

if gundams were real i would join the army in a heartbeat

Just joining the army will not exactly get you a gundam. You will need an extraordinary amount of trust before they put something worth millions (or billions) of dollars into your hands. The problem is, human life is not worth that much. I love the idea of having gundams, but it scares me enough how we have problems with nuclear weapons already.

It would be even better if they had fin funnel system :x

I guess the most technologically viable thing to build at this time would only be the guntank....

Woot~ I'm one step closer from piloting a Gundam Mk-II ^^;

-_-", real giant robots would make the worst kind of war machines... cool... but not very effective. Smaller robots would make sense, but you don't get the feel of sitting inside it....

gundum
sure is will be a good shooting target for the airforce, tanks, rpg, artilery, and missles.

awesome................ anime really inspires real world isn't it? lol

As awesome as it would be, unlikely we'll get anything like a Gundam in terms of today's warfare.

Closest thing we "could" get is a walker, and even then they'd be a problem in nearly every field from maintenance to urban survivability.

I don't think humanoid war machines will be realised until there's a major change in the way warfare operates

personally, i prefer the Arm Slaves from Full Metal Panic.(especially ARX-7) but i would not mind having Gundams as well.
I think the ministry chose to focus on gundams because it has been around for a long time and is probably better known compared to other mechas.

It's finally happening ^^, giant robots defending Japan lol. Can't wait to see Godzilla and all those other big monsters fight the Gundam.

Come to think of it, I've never seen an episode of any Gundam series that showcases how pilots operate a Gundam...

Personally, I think creating a gundam for warfare is still a far off dream. I doubt it's possible to make an effective gundam with our technology right now. It'll just be a giant walking target if it can't be as mobile as gundams from zeta and onwards. Maybe a hundred of years from now might be possible(alas gundam 00).

Ken:

Your point about needing trust to operate something that costs millions is true to a point. I've been in the Army for a year and a half, and yet my job in my unit is to drive an M3A2 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle. They cost about 3.2 million dollars each. And I've only been in the Army for a year and a half - I have friends assigned to Bradleys who have been in less time than I have.

An F-16 costs about $19 million each and the newest pilots have only been in the Air Force for maybe a year, year and a half.

Really, it's less about trust in the person themselves and more a trust in the training they've received. I'd only driven a Bradley three times in my advanced training before I got to my unit. An F-16 pilot goes through about a year of training before he or she gets to their unit - but that's because an F-16 is so much more complex than a Bradley.

One engineering issue with a real life gundam would be the power source batteries will not make the cut the closest practical power source I can think of would be either a gas turbine or large diesel engine or a non conventional option a mono propellant H2O2 gas generator like in the vanderbilt prosthetic arm.
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2007/8/20/rocket-powered-mechanical-arm-could-revolutionize-prosthetics
Though in theory the leg joints could be made more robust then the links in a track but it also would be more difficult to repair in the field.

interesting that the Ministry of Defense is taking serious on bipedal mechs but the astronomical costs on R&D, building and maintenance.

@Membrane

we might not have the sufficient power source to power advance personnel units but there has been some advancement in nuclear fusion research and maybe sometime in the future human could develop mobile fusion reactors that could power these war machines

ikimasen lol
lol.. japan... the place for all fantasies~

Is it to combat the pokeman?
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5895/1184439861974ec4.jpg

Another solution might be the ultra compact fission reactors being developed by nasa for powering a manned mission to mars.
If you can generate 6 megawatts of power for the vasimr rockets you can travel to mars in less then 45 days.
Some of the concepts such as the Israeli Am242 reactor might be able to power a gundam.
http://www.tfot.info/articles/26/americium-power-source.html

Bwahahaha!

I'm sorry. As much as I'm a big fan of Gundams... They ain't gonna happen in real life.

I like the Kotoki Fix pic Danny. Nu Gundam?

if i were a gundam pilot, i'd rename myself to Kale Amsel. IKIMASU! hehehe.

:D Wow ,If they do start to build gundam imagine how much research would have to be put into it, i mean come on. It's not gonna come that easily. a 20 foot tall robot.

need info on where can I sign up in the gundam unit

i personaly think that it is technicaly possible but we wont be around to see it happen i beleive that it will at least take a couple of centurys
but i dont really see how a gundam can be usefull in the battlefield of the future it will have the same vulnerabilitys and dowsides of todays MBTs espacially with advancements in the manufacturing of portable and highly effective ATGMs anyway i think its cool lol

personally i think its a bit of a no go. They may look cool but they would just be impractical in real war. not to mention that each one would cost billions if not trillions of $

That doesnt stop me wanting one though, and if they did ever do it they will have to beat people back at the gates of the recruitment office with sticks.

sniper + gundam armor piercing shell
gundam are totaly pawned

i just want to remind that we can not be 100% sure that a gundam can not be of any use in the battlefield because we have seen this in the past with the tank that was thought to be to large and vulnarable yet the tank has proven it self to be a wonderfull instrument of warfare samething for the airplane when in WW1 genarals beleived that besides recon missions the plane can not do much in the battlefild so only time would tell us if it would be a success or a failure

"Here Bolobolobolobolo! I have a nice new mech for you to play with!"

It would be better if they MP Knightmare frames, like, an RL version of the Nissan Dualis.

Well, I'm sure many of us have different views (I told some of my friends about it, and they responded back in either harsh criticism or total ignorance) but imagine how it'll push the boundaries of engineering and information technology!

Being optimistic, I'd certainly hope it'll proceed on with walker unit developments.

Yea.Some of my friends will scold me gundam nuts...However i still luv em N of course wan to pilot them IF there is a chance.

Japan is making all my Dreams Come true.. (Yes All of them)

w00t! let's get those gundams flyin' ^^

Piloting a gundam isn't really high on my "want to do" list, surprisingly, despite me being a big mecha fan. I'd much rather have something along the lines of an Ingram AV-98 Labor!
Better chance of it happening too!

Gundams are just Eyecandy!

You know I always joked about this around friends.
"You know I'm pretty sure they have Gundams/ other robotic monstrosities hidden in the Tokyo Bay or off the coast of Hokkaido in case of emergencies."

hell yeah!!

sorry for double posting,

could you link us to the *.PDF file, danny?

well, if was given a chance. i would accept it. i mean, it will be a dream come true. riding inside a true robot is one of my fantasy dreams. i like it. hehehe

I think we are more likely to see a Gundam Live Action movie... but the real deal? When did they discover Gundanium alloy? ;)

Will it fly to space? XD If so, sign me up. ^^

cool!! XD

Hey, isn't that pic the backcover of the early package of Gundam Fixes? =)

I would like to sign up to pilot one now, but I'm not a 14 year old socially confused boy so I guess I'm not a candidate.

I'd pilot a Gundam but it'd suck 'cause I'd never get to be a "Newtype". :D

That would friggin rock! I would def join the army to pilot a gundam! It would be so AWESOME!

OMFG

no, I would rather design the next version :) Creator over pilot for me.

I wonder... I guess Anti-Gundam groups in conflicts and wars would aim for the legs (with Stinger missiles and the like)... Got to reinforce those parts if Gundams or other mechas would be created and mass produced.

Welcome to the Future if this is proven to be true!

OH YEA, GIVE ME ONE OF THEM.
well, i assume they won't everyone pilot them. Kind of Air Force, if you join does not mean you will fly.

WOW. i cant wait for a satelite cannon to blast everithing!

How about using evangelion like cable as its source of energy?

but thet would limit it's mobility...

rnurmin,
It is but goes well with the article.

Kite_DH,
Here goes
http://www.mod.go.jp/trdi/infomation/happyou/Program.pdf

Jorweek,
Sure is.

technically speaking it's impossible. how are we gonna make a thing that big fly and stays in mid air? not forgetting preforming acrobatic movements as well.

nothing is impossible as long as u have the will

xDD

just like man go to the moon....gundam is possible though...50 years from now maybe... and maybe it will be used not for war..but 4 evacuation and stuff...

btw where did u get that pic's....awesome photoshop i say...

No thanks. I'll ride the badass Tallgeese/Custom Flag-type suits built to counter the Gundams. :)

As long as they don't make it 8 stories tall. If they are going to do that they may as well paint a bull's eye on it. Realistically the robot would be something like a "power armour" of 2~2.5 meters tall, used for construction, logistics, emergency (hazardous environment operation, like fire rescue). I don't see it being used as a weapon. I mean, a guy wearing a t-shirt and sandals and equipped with a shoulder mounted armour piercing rocket launcher can easily take out a small (or big) multi-million dollar mobile suit.

I wish after 10 years, it will become true *smiling*.

oh if they invade korea or china or especially the U.S.A i will seriously make a A.C and bust there gundam asses back to tokyo =_=. anyways it is worth looking forward to if they make a gundam in the next 15 or 10 or 20 or any years. but it would cost massive amounts of $$$

they showed this on tv
it was on Attack of the Show on teh channel G4.
they said that this gundam project originally started a model type thing (Im assuming maybe just for a show for kids or something) but now they are developping fully-functional suits
they cost about $750,000,000 to build

i personally would love to see these things get built although if they are going to be used as weapons it can be a bit of a problem.

and people sayign these are going to suck and wtv well yeah of course, the first generation ones anyway.

here's my prediction:
they WILL be built within the next few years ( i cant give an estimate but lets say maybe 5-15 years)
theyre most likely going to be fairly slow and womky controls and they most likely wont be able to fly
of course these will just be first gen models

over time these things are goign to get better and better and who knows maybe they'll be just as swift and agile and they are in the show. maybe they'll even be able to fly ( although teh space flight may be a but of a stretch)

as for their weapons, well who knows
we'll just have to wait and see

As much as I would want it to be really made, mobile suits are just plain impractical. Too expensive for a highly vulnerable machine.

"Look! lotsa joints! wonder what would happen if I stick an RPG between them!!"
"Wow! Boosters on the back! I bet they're connected to a highly combustible fuel supply!!"
"Bipedal robots! can they still walk with one leg??"
"The uber important hands used for grappling weapons and hand combat are lined with really thin armour! guess what happens next..."

Only in SciFi

"Realization of Gundam" Revealed:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-29/japan's-defense-ministry-to-explore-realizing-gundam

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/japan's-gundam-personal-equipment-system-revealed

Doesnt Japan scared of the atomic bomb from U.S ? If they really build somthing like that
for war....
They'll get pawn of their undies XD

p.s I love 2 see one if its build NOT FOR WARS!!

technicaly that it wold have to be mobile doll since gundams have people in them... however pioliting a Mobile sutie would be awsome!

I'd love to pilot a Gundam, but I'd rather pilot an EVA, or Shining Gundam so I can do my Domon Kasshu "Shining Finger" imitation from G Gundam

Not that long ago I actually got into a pretty heated debate about how real gundams could be built. We discussed everything from armor and even how the internal systems worked and even the best cockpit setup. Given the current technology we could really build a gundam right now.

What we came up with in theory would be using memory metals in the inside portions to act like a skeliton(since memory metals flex and then return to their original shape it would keep the gundam from breaking down too easily) and then the latest armor as the outer shell and high powered servo motors in the joints. As for power we could use a hydrogen fuel cell as a power source. For the cockpit we decided that the aircraft styled cockpits seen in most of the Anime's really wouldn't work. Instead we decided that a "Mobile Trace" system like in G Gundam would be best. Using a telemitry suit and helmet would make controling the gundam far easier than just using foot petals and control sticks.

The best part about our plan is that all the needed technology already exists. We just need some way to actually build it. So if Japan really is going to build it then I'd really like to see that happen.

mmm I lvoe to pilot gundam but I like more on ADA Jehuty form zone of enders

id join, at least until they make armored cores, superior to gundams! still love gundams tho

I wish Gundams would come true.

The idea of the Gundam, or even more realistically, Gassaraki is really cool. If it existed, I'd have done everything imaginable to become a pilot of one. But NEVER wish for these things to be real. That is unbridled insanity.

Have you observed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, have you seen any WW2 or Vietnam footage? How bout what's going on in Africa? Could you imagine how much worse it would all be if you added battle-suits for the men doing the killing? They could fly, go into space, unleash inhumanly fast destruction and mayhem. It would all just bring Hell one step closer for so many people caught in the crossfire. I love this stuff in my entertainment, in my fiction and story, where it's all controlled by Benevolent high minded types who actually care for humanity. But remember, those are characters created by fun loving writers like me. In the real world, the guys who control the killer robots are actually trained to kill, so KILLING is what they do when you hand them a superior tool. Japans history shows that when they have power, they use it to kill. Ever hear of WW2? America and Russia, just as guilty too.

Lets keep this kind of thing in our entertainment, forever.

Do you really believe someone can create a sufficient power source to move this giant stuff? Can't even imagine that power tool!