Episode 7: Reunion
In Europe, Zeon forces retreat when the Federation successfully completes Operation Odessa. Yuri and his soldiers are left behind, but he promises to take them to Ginias's base and get them back to space. He doesn't care if the Federation has the Earth because the war will be fought in space. Meanwhile, Shiro clings to the damaged Apsalus as it flies through the skies. Inside, he finds Aina, and they attempt a dangerous landing, nearly killing Shiro in the process. Shiro struggles to find shelter in a blizzard when he finds his wrecked Gundam, but passes out. He is rescued by Aina, and after finding out that Ginias is not her boyfriend, but her brother, the two begin a budding relationship. Soon after, Norris arrives and battles with Federation fighters above the crash site, leading to Aina's rescue by Zeon forces. Shiro watches as once more she flies away.

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We've been seeing a lot of requests about for Unicorn in comments, emails, and the chatbox, and we decided it needed to be addressed. So, here is, once again, the answer as to whether we'll be doing Gundam Unicorn.

NO, OZC Anime will NOT release Gundam Unicorn. As we have repeatedly stated, our release policies are VERY clear on this point. If a show is available in Region 1 on Blu-ray, it is NOT a candidate for release. For one thing, I'm not in the business of spending MY money on something only to give it away for free to countless people.

This site has always been and will always be about offering shows that are available in Region 1 on DVD in the best quality possible until they become available in R1 at that same quality.

So, don't bother asking if we'll release Unicorn. It won't happen. Requests in the chatbox will be deleted and directed to this post. Comments in episode releases will be deleted. Emails will be responded to with a link to this post. So save yourself some time and save the rest of the staff some aggravation and just don't ask.

Episode 12: Guerrillas in the Jungle
Takenaka begins interrogating Rock, revealing that he was formerly a member of the Japanese Red Army. When Rock questions him as to why he continues to fight for a lost cause, he comments that he fights in order to give meaning to the sacrifices he made in the past for his beliefs. Due to Takenaka's jovial method of conducting the interrogation, Ibraha, Takenaka's comrade, asks Takenaka if he can torture Rock, but Takenaka refuses. Revy and Shenhua raid the camp and escape with Rock, and are followed by a fleet of vehicles under Ibraha's command. Revy and Shenhua dispatch the majority of the vehicles, and Ibraha orders the remainder of his men to continue the pursuit. When Ibraha refuses to order a retreat, Takenaka shoots him and makes the order. Revy delivers the documents to the CIA agents, and admonishes Rock not to be captured again.

Episode 12 - "Guerrillas in the Jungle"
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Episode 11: Lock'n Load RevolutionThe Lagoon Company is approached by Chang, the head of the Roanapur Triad, to transport a briefcase containing information on the Protectors of the Islamic Front, a terrorist group, to the CIA. While they are conversing, they come under attack from the terrorists, but Chang and Revy dispatch the attackers. The group leaves on the Black Lagoon, but are pursued by ships belonging to the terrorists due to the foresight of Masahiro Takenaka, one of the leaders of the Protectors of the Islamic Front. Revy and Rock are forced to leave the Black Lagoon and seek a land route. Takenaka poses as their getaway driver, and although Revy sees through his charade, he takes Rock and escapes. Revy is saved by Shenhua, an assassin in Chang's employ, and she convinces Shenhua and her partner Leigharch to save Rock in order to retrieve the documents.
Episode 11 - "Lock'n Load Revolution"
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Episode 6: Battle Line on the Burning Sand
An informant tells Kiki that he saw a light flying through the desert a few days ago. Shiro and the rest of the 08th Team move out to see if they can find the testing range and the Apsalus. Meanwhile, Michel is distracted from his duties because he keeps reading B.B.'s letters. After days with no contact, tensions are high and Michel's emotions get the better of him. Just as things start to calm down, the Apsalus appears once more, with Aina at the controls. A battle ensues, and after directly assaulting the escaping mobile armor, Shiro is dragged into the sky and out of contact with the team.

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Episode 10: The Unstoppable ChambermaidRoberta forces Benny to crash the car in the port, but awakens Revy in the process. The two begin a firefight, evenly matched against one another. Balalaika arrives with a full complement of soldiers, and forces the two to stop fighting. She explains Roberta's background to Garcia, noting that she is a famed F.A.R.C. guerrilla wanted around the globe for numerous assassinations, bombings, and related terrorist activity. Despite this, Garcia claims that Roberta is an accepted member of the Lovelace family. To finish their duel, Roberta and Revy begin a fistfight, with the onlookers making bets on the winner. The two knock each other out, and Garcia leaves for home with Roberta. Afterward, Rock asks Benny about the background of Balalaika and her soldiers, and Benny reveals that they are former Soviet special forces that distinguished themselves in the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Episode 10 - "The Unstoppable Chambermaid"
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Episode 9: Maid to Kill
Roberta dispatches the majority of the cartel members, and Garcia is shocked at her combat prowess. Revy inadvertently reveals the Lagoon Company's presence during the firefight, and is knocked unconscious when Roberta fires a rocket-propelled grenade at her. Garcia asks the Lagoon Company to take him with them, and they manage to escape. One of the cartel members identifies Roberta as a former FARC guerrilla with a large bounty on her head. Roberta destroys the bar with grenades and steals a car to pursue the Lagoon Company. Having determined Roberta's identity, Balalaika mobilizes soldiers to aid the Lagoon Company. When Roberta catches up to the Lagoon Company, Dutch manages to destroy the engine of her car before almost being pulled out of the car by her and Benny begins driving into alleys and side-streets. As they turn back onto the main road, however, Roberta drives another car into them and latches onto the back of their car with a trench knife.

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Episode 8: Rasta BlastaThe Lagoon Company is contracted by a Colombian cartel to deliver a hostage, and Dutch assigns Rock to watch the boy while they are in transit. Rock learns that the boy is Garcia Lovelace, the heir to one of the wealthiest families in South America, and that the cartel had abducted Garcia after his father refused to allow the cartel to intimidate him. Concerned with the circumstances surrounding Garcia's abduction, Dutch contacts Balalaika for information on the Lovelace family and the cartel. As they enter Roanapur, Garcia is confident that he will be saved by Roberta, the Lovelace family maid. Meanwhile, Roberta is traveling through Roanapur looking for Garcia, and is confronted by members of the cartel in a bar. As the members of the Lagoon Company and Garcia enter the same bar, Roberta begins a firefight with the cartel members.
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Episode 13: Make Up
Aramaki calls a briefing to discuss the events surrounding the sudden appearance and murder/suicide of the members of the Individual Eleven. Techs briefing the team think that the sole survivor of the group may be using a unique face created by a face sculpture with an artistic background. Only two known people in the area have the skill to create a face of that caliber, making Section 9's job somewhat easier.

Episode 13 - "Make Up"
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Episode 5: The Broken Order to Standby
As Lt. Nickard sits down for his lunch, Eledore and Michel return in the Hover Truck. Nickard tells them some mail came for them during their mission, and Eledore sends Michel to get it. Getting news that his song is going to be recorded, the two head to town to celebrate. When they arrive, they are captured by Zeon soldiers protecting the Apsalus as it is repaired. It is here they meet Maria, the woman Nickard was talking about during his lunch. Later, after fighting with one another, the two escape and steal a construction tank when Eledore is heavily wounded. They reunite with the rest of the 08th MS Team and Eledore is shipped out to the rear lines to recover.

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Oh my, its been almost 1 month since we had the last poll. I will explain what happened below, but first...

Results from 3D Anime (1/18/10):

Awesome, I'd watch it! - 90 (30%)
Not sure if want... - 82 (27%)
No thanks, it's only a gimmick. - 86 (28%)
I don't care either way. - 34 (11%)
What does 3D mean? - 7 (2%)

To be honest, these results between "yes" and "no" are surprising to me. I was expecting fans' opinions on 3D anime to be all or nothing or not sure. Since I haven't been bought into the whole 3D push by movie studios, consider me in the "Not sure if want" crowd. I still think it's a gimmick, but I'm not entirely closed to the idea. I'm fine with 3D being used for big screen movies, but I'm concerned with how anime studios would choose to implement 3D within the show. Not all shows would benefit from 3D effects in my opinion. It could also end up hurting shows if production values increase because of additional equipment. I would be ready for 3D anime when it is possible to watch it at home and not have to wear those silly glasses.

Moving on, the reason why it took so long for a new poll was because I couldn't decide on a topic. First, it was going to be anime-related, then I decided to do one related to the release of the iPad, but because it turned out to be a huge disappointment, it didn't seem worth it. I will refrain myself from making any jokes about its name because I've already heard so many that it's not even funny anymore...okay, maybe a little. rant/Like most techophiles, I was really excited about the rumored Apple tablet because it could be a revoluntary device for home, school, and office-use that would be able to convince me, a "PC," to buy one, like the iPod. I won't go into detail about why it's a failure, you can read that on tech sites like Gizmodo or in the Forums for yourself. I wouldn't want to play games on it and if I want to take notes, type documents, or watch a movie, I'd use a laptop instead. Right now, the only things I see the iPad being perfect for is an e-reader, Google Earth viewer, and a very expensive digital picture frame. The iPad has so much potential but Apple didn't deliver. However, I'm sure someday the iPad will live up to its hype with its 2nd or 3rd revision with Apple adding in useful features that consumers actually want...one at a time. And maybe dropping the price while at it would be nice too./rant Well, at least there's the Slate and Courier to look forward to.

And now finally, this brings us to our new topic. You may know of February 14th as Valentine's Day but this year, for most Asians, another important holiday falls on the 14th: the Lunar New Year. Or commonly known as Chinese New Year even though Koreans and Vietnamese celebrate too with what they call Seollal and Tet, respectively. The New Year is a happy time when families gather for feasts and involves festivities like lion/dragon dances, fireworks, lanterns, exchanging money/gifts and giving each other their blessings for a happy and prosperous new year to come.

The year 2010 according to the Chinese Zodiac is the Year of the Tiger. People born in the year of the Tiger are generally charismatic and are defined by characteristics such as courageous, competitive, and unpredictable. They are friendly and loving, but can also selfish and short tempered. Being a seeker of power and attention is what makes the Tiger a natural born leader. They are noble and protective yet will spring to life any second thanks to their instinctive and intelligent nature.
So I ask, do YOU celebrate the Lunar New Year?

Gung Hei Fat Choi!

Episode 12: Selecon
The Tachikomas locate a stealth gate that can only be accessed through the European Satellite system; after passing through the gate, Borma recovers a suspicious file believed to be the virus that infected the Individual Eleven. Ishikawa and Borma attempt to figure out how the virus in the file affects its victims by using the external memories of an infected Individual Eleven member.

Episode 12 - "Selecon"
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Episode 11: Affection
Batou and Togusa are testing eight potential new recruits for Section 9. Each man is paired off to create four different teams, and each team is tasked with tracking the Major; however, the Major proves to be a difficult target to track, and eventually she loses all four teams attempting to track her. Shortly after losing the last team Kusanagi is unexpectedly hacked, leaving her in a seemingly empty street with no communication links.

Episode 11 - "Affection"
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Episode 4: The Demon Overhead
Two Dopp fighters haul the mobile armor Apsalus high in the night sky to begin a field test. Aina serves as the pilot of the Apsalus and begins the test. While there are some minor equipment problems, the Apsalus performs well during the test. Meanwhile, Sanders expresses concern over his supposed curse: his team always dies on their 3rd mission, leaving him alive. The 08th MS Team deploys when they intercept the Apsalus on it's test flight, forcing Sanders to face his fears head-on.

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Huh, Monday already? Anyway, congrats to rauj13, our week 4 winner!

So, what is in store for this week? Well, that's what we are here for!

With Black Lagoon on hold while we wait for new raws, I've been testing some BD encoding of my own for Zeta Gundam. I'm not starting it until 08th MS Team is done, but I just thought I'd mention it.

In new releases this week, I'll be trying for 3 episodes of 2nd GIG, and two episodes of 08th MS Team. I still need to encode the next few 08th MS Team episodes, so those might not be coming until later this week.

Looking ahead to some upcoming releases, we are inching closer to the (hopeful) release of Code Geass R2's final volume and the first volume of Gundam 00 Season 2. I don't want to jinx it, but so far, I haven't seen any indications of a delay for either one. The release plans for those will be finishing off Geass first, followed by starting 00 Season 2.

So, this week, the caption contest is going to take on a little twist. This week, we are going to try a photoshop contest. Instead of being constrained to a single image to caption, this time, you'll be able to use anything you want (other than porn) as long as it also contains the subject for the week. We are going to try this one out this week and see how it goes. If it's popular, we'll start to alternate between caption contests and Photoshop contests. If not...well, we'll see.

This week, the subject is....the 1:1 scale Gundam statue from Odaiba, soon to be put back up in Shizuoka this summer! Click the image below to go to the forum thread where you can enter the contest.



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Episode 10: Trial
On his way home from work Togusa becomes involved in a domestic dispute between Yukadi Shisharow and her boyfriend when the lady suddenly trips in front of Togusa’s car and screams for help. In an effort to protect the woman Togusa fires several rounds into the man’s prosthetic limbs in an effort to disable him; despite this, Togusa fails to prevent the young lady’s death. Since the shooting occurred while Togusa was off-duty a preliminary hearing is convened to ascertain the facts in the case.

Episode 10 - "Trial"
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Episode 9: Ambivalence
The failed attempt to secure the ex-GSDA officer for questioning has proven to be the straw that breaks the camels back, as Major Kusanagi decides to go directly into the Cabinet Intelligence Agency database to determine what Gohda is up to without all the added wires and strings. With the help of Tachikomas, who mount an assault on the building’s defense barriers, The Major (as Chroma) hacks into the Cabinet Intelligence Agency Server Decatoncheir to uncover Gohda's motives.

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Episode 7: Calm Down, Two MenDutch dispatches Rock and Revy on errands throughout Roanapur, and Revy is displeased that she is forced to perform them with Rock. When they stop at the Church of Violence, an organization posing as religious missionaries in order to traffic drugs and illegal weaponry, Rock manages to use his business savvy to repair an agreement with Yolanda, the head of the Church of Violence, after Revy draws a gun on her. Yolanda is impressed by Rock's skill and asks Revy to emulate him. Afterwards, the Rock and Revy begin a violent disagreement at a restaurant, as Rock is furious at Revy for beginning to act like his former superiors in Japan, leaving Revy at a loss for words. Chief Watsap, the head of the corrupt Roanapur police and presumably a friend of Revy's, is forced to stop them, and the two reconcile in a police car.

Episode 07 - "Calm Down, Two Men"
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Episode 6: Moonlit Hunting Grounds
Dutch and Revy leave the Black Lagoon on a motorboat to raid the Nazis' ship. With the Nazis celebrating their retrieval of the painting, the two easily enter the ship, and Dutch instructs Revy to distract the crew while he searches for the painting. Revy obliges, killing all the Nazis she comes across, but Dutch is forced to stop her when she tries to kill the civilian crew members, which Dutch attributes to Revy's unease at accepting Rock into the crew. Dutch eventually finds Rachman, the Nazi commander, talking to Sir Alfred, a former SS member that ordered Rachman to retrieve the painting. Dutch deduces that Alfred hired the Lagoon Company to doubly insure that he would acquire the painting, and Rachman is furious at this revelation. After Alfred ends the conversation, Dutch and Revy kill Rachman, finishing their mission.

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Episode 3: The Time Limit on Trust
Shiro must attack an enemy base from the rear while his team attacks it from the front. Unfortunately, he gets captured by guerrillas on his way there, led by Kiki, the young girl he saw swimming before. In the end, Shiro ends up making friends with the guerrillas by promising to free their village and grant them the war spoils. They help the 08th team destroy the base and drive the Zeons out of the area.

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