Where did the "biosensor" explanation come from? I don't think it's ever mentioned in either season of Zeta. I thought this was just supposed to be Newtypes powerscaling to have Bleach-esque spiritual pressure.
>Bleach
>>23593062I don't know of a better shorthand that constantly inspires comments of "Kono Puresha". You gonna cry about it?
The novelizations that were being written simultaneously with the show. Also Ideon, Dunbine, and L-Gaim all have soul power shit so people weren't that surprised when the next show in Tomino's timeslot had that too.
>>23593055Novel and TV guidebooks aside, Emma just cryptically tells Kamille that the Zeta Gundam has the power to take in people's souls to power itself up before dying, so even the show establishes the machine is causing the weird phenomena
>>23593055I think on the earliest mentioning was this early 90 MS history bookit say this :■ Bio SensorThe Bio Sensor was a system installed in some MS (Mobile Suits) such as the Z Gundam.It was designed to respond to the pilot’s mental state, particularly the Newtype ability, allowing the machine’s performance to temporarily exceed its normal limits.Although it appeared as if the mobile suit itself possessed willpower, this was actually due to the amplification of the pilot’s psycho-wave output through the Bio Sensor system.This system made it possible to perform maneuvers and reactions beyond the capabilities of ordinary human pilots.The technology surrounding the Bio Sensor was highly classified, and even within the Federation forces, its details were kept secret.It is said that the development of this technology was related to the research into the Psycommu system, and that it represented one of the earliest attempts to integrate man-machine interface technologies that responded directly to human thought.
>>23593092that makes it sound like kamille/ the zeta are cursed to consume the souls of people around it like a lich instead of people willingly lending the zeta their power after death
>>23593055Zeta novel had it, but that's technically its own thing.Other than that it started being mentioned in databooks and mooks and shit before ZZ appeared in its own show so it's not some later retcon or whatever.
>>23593098Don't worry, they're women. Their whole purpose is to give birth and then have their still-beating hearts ripped out and devoured by the Aryan for a permanent powerlevel boost.
>>23593089>Also Ideon, Dunbine, and L-Gaim all have soul power shit so people weren't that surprised when the next show in Tomino's timeslot had that too.Did I say that was my issue? I just don't like nerds needing their anime powerlevels to be justified by technobabble.
>>23593055>>23593092Bio-sensor is mentioned in volume 4 and 5 of Zeta novels.
>>23593098>that makes it sound like kamille/ the zeta are cursed to consume the souls of people around it like a lichYes.
>>23593094A series focused on the elite team of researchers studying Psycommu and Newtype phenomenon would be sick.
>>23593055the Zeta issue still irks me to this day. Kamille designed the Zeta, why the fuck he doesn't know about the biosensor thing
>>23593650Do you really think that Anaheim would take his design as is?
>>23593549Then A New Translation managed to fit that concept in to the point where he's genuinely aware his Zeta has one to absorb the spirits of the dead to kill Scirocco for good. In the original? He wasn't aware of it.
>>23593650maybe he figured it was something to do with the life support system and didn't look into it very hardgiven that he gets the zeta right around when shit starts hitting the fan, he probably had more important things to worry about on it than that
>>23593650Same reason amuro doesn't know what psychoframe can do. Newtype magic is newtype magic. Also kamiyu only redesigned it, he didn't make it from scratch.
>>23593701According to the show, it's a combination of the base of the Zeta's design was a combination of the MkII and Rick Dias by Kamille with an all new armored design, and neither one have something similar.But, yeah, this part gets completely ignored and retconned by external material.
>>23593718>According to the show, it's a combination of the base of the Zeta's design was a combination of the MkII and Rick Dias by Kamille with an all new armored design, and neither one have something similar.>But, yeah, this part gets completely ignored and retconned by external material.Where did the Kamile didn't design the Zeta Gundam/"Zeta Project" retcons start anyway?I assume it comes from the book "Mobile Suit Gundam Official Creative Works Anaheim Journal U.C.0083-0099" since that's what the Gundam wiki sources for the development section of the Zeta Gundam article but are there any earlier examples of this happening?link to Mobile Suit Gundam Official Creative Works Anaheim Journal U.C.0083-0099:https://e-hentai.org/g/2905765/c4fbcba486/?p=3
>>23594478I'd assume Z-MSV, given how it's where we got Prototype Zeta from.
>>23594478>>23594488Yeah, Z-MSV is the culprit with its Prototype Zeta. So, like, right after the show. It's also probably why it stuck since it's so old. The Prototype Zeta (with no transformation, which is what ends up credited to Kamille) supposedly was finished even before they could steal the Mk2s.
>>23593655The piss baby purist fanbase seems to think it’s 100% his design
>>23594529I think that they identify themselves with Kamille too strongly.
