Zakrello Development History

[@madmalkavian3857]

I swear Zeon had 2 R&D teams for the one year war. The official military team who made functional equipment, and the team of monkeys who have been exposed to nothing but super robot anime. The team of monkeys were fired post OYW but some have snuck into the official military of both Zeon and Earth Federation.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Well look at Nazi Germany teams which made paper stuff like beyond the H41 battleships upto H44, Ratte, etc. Which never any serious considerations or actual off the board. Complete jokes or just completely wild. Then stuff like the Type XX U boats, Panzer IV, MG43, Maus, V1 rockets (Sure latter two was ineffective especially the former which would of been another of the elephants like the Tigers were. The latter of the two however did land one of the concepts of the designers to NASA which led to the Saturn V rocket. Which nobody would say failed in it's mission), etc. Stuff like that direct opposite of the former in that earlier sentence (except the Maus imo). Efficient, on par, and maybe in some instances better than the Allied ones are armed with. This and the Zeon ones is why engineers should be a showing that going too far means you would lost the war. Short leashes and good enough should be the mentally which worked for Allies as they Won. Which the Fed did also like the Allies and won too. The two (Zeon and Nazi Germany) being simlair wouldn't be a ironic either as it probably based off the former for the Zeon. Which was sending that kind of message from the Gundam show.

[@magnatcleo2043]

Funny you should mention monkeys, considering that, at some point in the One Year War, somebody designed a mobile suit for literal newtype chimpanzees. The MS-06MS Barbus is a mobile suit which is basically a Zaku with arms in place of the usual legs and a generator for its four beam rifles, and apparently it worked. It was completely forgotten for decades, but it was still a surprisingly capable unit considering that it missed out on decades of mobile suit advancement.

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

@@magnatcleo2043 victory gunfam was a fever dream

[@TonyMonsanto]

They had 3 actually, MiP, Zimmad, and Zeonic Industries plus they contracted Anaheim Electronics

[@The_Str4nger]

The Zarkello fits more in Mazinger Z than in Gundam. It really looks like one of Dr. Hell's goofy robots

[@yanchunchan9321]

Search up Zarigan G8, one of Dr. Hell's Mechanical Beasts, that thing's basically a marine Zakrello

[@ALASTOR101.]

goofy robots is all Zeon does

[@mercenarygundam1487]

@@ALASTOR101. Mostly the Mobile Armors

[@ALASTOR101.]

@@mercenarygundam1487 what about all the amphibious MS, Zaku Tank, Gyan, and Zeong

[@mercenarygundam1487]

@@ALASTOR101. Amphibious Mobile Suits: Adorable Zaku Tank: For remote areas, last stands and construction with worker Zaku Gyan: Looks like a knight and a cool looking one Zeong: Char made it look badass but needs legs.

[@letronixRULES]

Nothing like a big mobile armor Pac-Man to make it harder on everyone on the war. I wish we could've seen more of it.

[@First-Name_Last-Name]

Don't forget about the "Space Sperm" MA-04X-3 Umgarma. This or it's just my problem having a dirty mind.

[@redohealer2]

Looks more like it should be underwater.

[@andrejg4136]

When I first saw it, I just assumed it was an underwater assault machine made to kill subs and aircraft carriers.

[@akiraguy]

makes sense.

[@casvalcat3546]

It's a fusion of shark and praying mantis lol

[@ВасилийМорозов-л7х]

I think that it actually was intended to work underwater. However, as the Zeon forces escaped back to space, they used a procedure I call "reverse Grublo", adapting a water MA into a space one.

[@mercenarygundam1487]

Imagine seeing a Zakerello rushing at you in the dark. Next one dom or gelgoog please?

[@danishsyed1068]

Actually we got poll more advanced of Zeta or Gm

[@JeanLucCaptain]

It's basically a Scyther😎

[@BenedictAndroid]

The Zakrello is without a doubt my favorite mobile armor. I love how different is. It’s so ugly it’s endearing.

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

how about a aquatic zakrello? ;)

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

@@DarkAlex1978 if the MA-05 Bigro could be made into the MAM-07 Grublo then why not? ;)

[@algernonilfracombe]

"Once we mass-produce the Zakrello, our credibility will be toast!"

[@hafirenggayuda]

No love for Acguy?

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Zeon is so understaffed that they let a 10 year old design a mobile armor, it seems

[@abnerdoon4902]

Imagine piloting an Oggo because high command blew their money on weird mobile armors.

[@banebeard]

@@abnerdoon4902 I'd still take an Oggo over a Ball

[@abnerdoon4902]

@@banebeard I'll pick the Core booster over both.

[@kauske]

I don't even think a child would make something that bad, I blame M'quve. I'll bet the design process went something like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYHGXol7pqeDfqs

[@banebeard]

@@kauske I figured really good drugs were involved, I mean look at that damn "face"

[@calthepeacelovingclover5935]

I remember reading a parody of the Zakrello where Kycilia introduces it to Char and Char's reaction was basically the same as mine when I first discovered its existence. Its like the "Hunt down the freeman" of Zeon MS.

[@Adam-nc6qg]

Holly shit 😂

[@ホタテ-u5l]

シャア「デザインした奴の顔を拝みたいものですな」 キリシア(マスクを外す)

[@kakarot197]

Always expect the unexpected on this channel. Kakarot’s notes: The MAN-00X’s name is written in Japanese as Bachizaado (バチザード) so writing and pronouncing it as “Bartizard” in English made the most sense to me. Afaik, this obscure machine has never received an official romanized spelling.

[@tachunkathelord2875]

So we aren't getting a gm development history? :(

[@krg-diver4655]

Question: which is your personal favorite Mobile Armor in the whole Gundam franchise (not including Mobile Weapons that turn into a MA)

[@superjk-2.0]

Zaku II ground and marine development history is not in the playlist

[@comentnine1574]

Hi Kak I was wondering have you thought about doing a video on Muv Luv’s Mecha the TSFs?

[@gm2998]

I don't know if this means something, but "Bachizaado" has similar pronounce to "batizado" (Christening ceremony in portuguese).

[@autobeemations5913]

the zakrello looks like it belongs more in a super-robot series in my opinion.

[@jalpat2272]

well gundam kinda was the first that break mold its still try to founding their identitty as "realistic" mecha.

[@TheWarmachine375]

@@jalpat2272 I dunno. Gundam stopped pretending when they introduced space psychics, astral ghosts and reality bending powers. It's basically Super Robot.

[@jtacomm2960]

you may not like it but this is a mobile suit peak performant

[@kl1thedominion]

I'll admit, at first glance I read Brawrello as BRAWLrello and was disappointed its scythe arms weren't replaced by giant, novelty boxing gloves.

[@magnatcleo2043]

It wouldn't make it look any more ridiculous than it already does, but it really should have cartoony, spring-loaded fists.

[@therasslintheatre2960]

I sear to the Omnissiah, that thing is a spawn of the DG Cells that escaped Future Century and landed in Zeon's armory just to get mass-produced and start the nightmare all over again

[@retrogamer41_sepiamta]

As dumb as the design of Zakrello is, I myself like the design of this Mobile Armor. For some reason, I find some appeal to it's design. Wish this MA has a Model Kit.

[@yanchunchan9321]

www.1999.co.jp/eng/m/10005593 I have this guy, it scales well with the Assault Kingdom series of candy toys even though it looks out of place next to them. It's actually a really good kit for its time and perfectly captures its goofy charm. If you want, there's also the Haropla Zakrello, which is a Haro cosplaying as a Zakrello

[@casvalcat3546]

There is 1/250 scale kit of Zakrello. It got reissued.

[@TheBigExclusive]

The Braw Bro weapons aren't just wire-guided. They are power cables that transmit energy to the weapons.

[@heroedeleyenda05]

I love when theh take a goofy 60s mecha design and update it and make it look baddass/practical

[@ORLY911]

There was also a mobile suit in Crossbone Dust that was more or less a Gabthley with chainsaw arms whose mobile armor mode turned into a zakrello

[@paakdisayaniyom]

Zakrello, the rejected Kikaiju from Mazinger Z.

[@yanchunchan9321]

Zarigan G8, one of the one-off Kikaiju, actually looks an awful lot like a marine Zakrello

[@theheartgold101streamarchi2]

Finally, a video on the strongest Mobile Suit of the One Year War.

[@DashsChannel]

We need a Melon Bread mobile armor

[@PenPen077]

Really wish they would give the zakrello more screen time

[@ARCCommanderOrar]

Yay more development history!

[@Flameville]

I love these videos

[@goufr3540]

The Zakrello is really style over substance and that is saying quite a lot considering the various MS and MA Zeon had developed. Especially when you the much cheaper designed and easier to pilot Bigro with its claw arms, large missile tubes and mega particle cannon to.

[@porakiyadraekojin3390]

I really loved those last two versions and really hope that Bandai eventually makes model kits of them (I'd love to try my hand at a kit bash of the two if it ever happens)

[@frigginresulrum]

Umgara Designer: "So it'll burst out of the enemy mobile suit's chest after it incubates in the reactor" Engineers: "What?" Umgara Designer: "What?"

[@DashsChannel]

And then it will grab a beam cane and a top hat and dance out of the battlefield while singing "hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gaaaal!"

[@josephochoa9861]

@@DashsChannel check please

[@solaireofastora5999]

Zeon High command: "I think you're on drugs and you're mentally unwell. Here's your funding and permission"

[@lelouche25]

This is how I imagine Zeon R&D works. *three TV's simultaneously playing Gatter Robot, Mazinger Z, and Supre Robot Wars. Zeon Scientist then snorts two lines of coke and go* LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO!!!!!

[@Quarataia]

You won't believe, but I was searching for zakrello when I found this.

[@tomefilho3902]

This machine is what makes me ask: "Why"?

[@OuroborosChoked]

And that's why you'll never fit in with the Zeon boys. Feddie betas ask why. Zeon Alphas ask, "Why not?"

[@arashitendou5941]

As super late as my comment is here’s how I’d reply: Me: it’s a little thing called our budget and your wasting it on this crap when we got these things called Gelgoogs and Rick Doms that are PROVEN tech Zeon: we need something for our special space mages to use Me: last I checked we got a ton of Zaku 1s and 2s hanging around and maybe some Goufs still use them instead of wasting resources and money building whole new stuff that MAY work, slap your space magic weapons on them

[@solaireofastora5999]

​@@arashitendou5941yeah but that's not cool enough. Behold! I call this the Zakrello New type! Complete with everything the Zakrello has with the only difference being that it has bigger thrusters

[@electrichydra5944]

Zakrello go zoom.

[@electrichydra5944]

@@zobris ):

[@TheHiddenBoss]

The Zakrello doesn’t even remotely look like a Zeon military machine. It’s more so like a main unit for an alien mechanical swarm or a hive. Attacking in a massive invading force with overwhelming firepower and blades that can cut through any defensible outpost or structure. The Bartizard can be a tank focused evolution to the Zakrello while the Umgarna can be the more dangerous alpha machine leading large groups of Zakrellos at once.

[@itszeronizer597]

That’s a pretty good idea actually.

[@chasinthroughthedecade]

As Super Robot-ish this design may be (most likely no thanks to IRL producers at the time still unable to get over Super Robot designs), I love how other media tries to explain how designs like this fit in Real Robot settings. Of course, they are still ridiculous, but at least they tried to explain.

[@TheLVJ]

Finally, QUALITY content!!!

[@AlexRoivas]

The Zakrello redesign for MS Era book looks so good compared to the original MSG design.

[@Xeno-The-Wanderer]

and it then made a return in Build Divers Rerise as a mobile suit that seemed fairly effective using it's blades

[@barrybend7189]

I wish there was a Mathuss transformation type version and make it a colony attack craft.

[@Dogasupreme]

Honestly, I really dig all of these Designs! If there was a Modelkit of the Brawrello, or that Space Snake lookin mf, I'd definitely buy em. Then again, they'd probs be PBandai.

[@vustvaleo8068]

the original design is so corny that it resembles a Pokemon long before Pokemon existed..........

[@greatgatsby0174]

I personally feel that the Zakrello would fit in with the Zanscare empire’s mobile suits like a glove.

[@AlexRoivas]

In UC Engage, Peche Montage pilots the Brawrello at the end of thr war

[@frannyfranfrancis]

Umgarna looks like an alien chestburster! Thanks for the lore content!

[@Felix24148]

If you watch the video: Gundam The Ride, there's a great scene of two GMs taking out a Zakrello

[@anwenlokier2292]

In my school vr game the zakrello was unique mobile armour and had a different version in the game called the gigarello a unique version of zakrello that was a docking unit once dock with goalius or any other gundam frame units they become possessed like the gigarello take over the mobile suit controls

[@ki-youngjang4067]

Before watching the video, I'm guessing the engineers were extremely drunk when designing this uhhh mobile armor.

[@delpheus7658]

I really love MS development videos, especially ones focused on the One Year War. As a hobby, I'm gathering information about my favorite Gundam time period (U.C. early years), and your videos on GM's and Zaku's have been incredibly insightful. This comment is not directly related to this video but I wanted to say I hope to see more videos of this type, and that is why I subscribed. Please keep up your amazing work.

[@jamimuhammad3699]

I remember this mobile suit because I played Mobile Suit Gundam Survive that damn thing was op as hell at the time.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

7:38 Man did the Qubeley have some shallow competition?

[@ilhamshobri461]

that thing looks like oversized ball with two thruster and two arm

[@joshstreet6819]

Kakarot when might we see a development history on the GM's?

[@TheBattleMaster100]

I love this channel. You show so much information that you can't find easily

[@heavyarms55]

This was NOT an episode of Development History I expected. But it was informative. I consider myself a pretty massive Gundam fan, having loved the series since I was a wee lad over 25 years ago. But I had no idea this machine had variations at all.

[@andrewac1096]

7:20 This guy seems rather cool

[@killerreadbooks]

Keep the development coming my guy! Love these videos

[@Regal99]

Anyone else reminded of Monsterbot, Repugnus, from Transformers?

[@pingpong5877]

The engineers must've been thinking about appearances rather than practicality when designing the Zakrello.

[@Bobert2020]

Was so sad that they removed this in the movies. Does this appear in gundam the origin?

[@yanchunchan9321]

It did in the manga, as a mass-produced unit

[@PaladinodoCerradooficial]

This mobile Armor is the moment you know the sponser want only a moster of weak.

[@kauske]

I think it's likely they wanted something 'toyable', a lot of the MA's seem to be in that vein of 'this would make a cool toy.'

[@TheShardsFamily]

I never get tired of that midnight Fenrir music in the background

[@dount566]

Yeah, nose corn art is a lot easier on the eyes than an actual face XD.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Zakrello is actually quite terrifying in appearance 👁️👹👁️

[@fishpop]

The face of the Zakrello reminds me of that thing in VenomMyotismon's pelvis. I'm still waiting on an HG/Figure-Rise Battle Armour Diver Nami.

[@M3TABL0X]

Fun fact there is a haropla actually based off of this

[@alexisnunez2877]

Can’t wait to hear more on the Val Varo some day or any mobile armors thanks!

[@jcwg8314]

Could you please make a video on the standard Moebius mobile armor from Gundam SEED? I know it's just a grunt MA, and not very impressive even as a grunt, (it's basically the Cosmic Era's version of the Ball) but I really like the design. It looks like a fighter designed for space, rather than a jet fighter given rocket engines like the UC ones did.

[@kenjones9326]

Agreed. That is one freaky, funky piece of gear.

[@martinhennigan1113]

It faces stiff competition but the Zakrello is a lock to win most ridiculous looking Zeon weapon.

[@MasterArchfiend]

Yay! Refreshing my page to find Development History! Side Note: You might want to take some time to clean up the Gundam Lore playlist. It's a bit of a mess.

[@r4n638]

I Was Playing G Generation Overworld When I First Saw These, I Was Confuzzled "Why Would They Put This Kind Of MAs And Not MSs Like The Astray Frames, CBs Early Gen Gundams". Now I Know...

[@Kull1339]

I, will never understand how they came up with some of these. They were unique that is for sure

[@kauske]

Behind the scenes? It's because the design is toy-able most likely. A lot of the more odd designs are the way they are for the sake of merchandising. Which requires creative writing to justify them in-universe. But specifically the higher ups wanted the Gundam, White Base and affiliated MS to be suitably designed to be toys for younger viewers, hence the colours and blacky designs.

[@Kull1339]

That, does explain absolutely everything I have wrong with the UC machine designs, fed style suits are pretty consistent and zeon style are more, this was meant for the same show right? Though I do love some of them

[@kauske]

@@Kull1339 Basically the higher ups did not give a damn about the bad guys for the most part. So the designers got to do whatever they wanted, and we got some of the most iconic bad-guy vehicles ever made thanks to that. After the original, they realized that the merch money wasn't in toys aimed at really young kids, but older kids and teenagers with gunpla. Hence why everything after the OG is designed more complexly to make cool models. At the same time, they didn't want to just totally retcon the original series, so they kept homage to it via the colours and other elements in the Gundams. But the OG gundam was designed with ~5 year olds in mind.

[@Kull1339]

@@kauske zeta and ZZ has some nuts ones too, gaza c, barzam, Hamma-Hamma. The only thing weirder then the designs are the names haha

[@kauske]

@@Kull1339 The barzam is kind of toy-able, but most of the others seem too sharp and delicate for young kids compared to the chunky shape of the original gundam and white-base. White base even has externally manned turrets, as if they wanted to make it easy to sit action figures in them as a playset.

[@tomhuynh3867]

Origin manga be having them mass produced over the bigro

[@nikoladedic6623]

Welp, we now have confirmed info about Brawrello fighting during OYW with footage.

[@LainWithSweetTea]

God some of the goofier zeon mobile armors were so weird. Although some were horrifying on the battle field one can't help but giggle at these designs

[@itsgab5745]

Umgarna looks like a boss I fought in R-Type and out of all these designs that one and the goblin shark looking one are my favorite!

[@itsgab5745]

@Falcon Shadow Nova I see what ya mean lol, looks more like a chest burster though. If you want Xenomorph! Crossbone Gundam: Jupiter Empire EMS-07 Erebado

[@crystalclearchaos5387]

The brawrello was awesome in the short clip we got in the mobile game

[@justanotherimperialfist]

"Which also gave the mobile armor a very snake like appearance" *White color scheme and bulbous body with long tail* Yeah... yeah a... a snake... yeah...

[@hazel6088]

Lets be real this MA was created so the protagonis had monster look a like enemies

[@ZeonicMerc-nt3cv]

I fear no man, nor mobile suit, but that thing. . . *points to the Umgarna* it scares me.

[@Tamachii12]

Zeon overseer: How ugly you guys can make a mobile armor?, Zeon Engineers: Yes !

[@NASCAR511]

Sponsors and sellers wanted a more super robot styled series in the production of Gundam, this must have been the response to them xD

[@gameryang3306]

Why Zeon engineer created a MA that looks like a toy? XD

[@Regal99]

Merchandising.

[@TheHiddenBoss]

I did long suspect that the Zeon outsourced all their weapons and mecha development to toy manufacturers during the OYW. Their tanks and jets look like something out of a GI Joe cartoon, the entire amphibious MS line except for the Hygogg look like children’s mascots, and their MAs look like they belong in a completely different mecha anime altogether.

[@justagundam]

I like how the newer designs fixed this abomination's horrible missteps. Especially the Umgarna.

[@xamel94]

the bartizard design was new to me i really like that design

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

ONCE THE ZAKRELLO IS MASS PRODUCED, WE’LL BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE EARTH SPHERE

[@jdrainwater7353]

Seriously Zeon out of all the things you could have built, you built this. A shark faced monster.

[@adamofblastworks1517]

6:13 giving each operator one of the eyes is really dumb when they are on opposite sides of the "head." It would be acceptable if they were "stacked" on top of each other, with both having full range.

[@rashdolphin4921]

I'd love to see a video on the gromlin series of MA, most bizarre one year war paper designs to exist

[@torteweenie8406]

i love these development history videos

[@tranvietphu1298]

The Umgarna is just a xenomorph at it's juvenile form

[@cindyflodeen1323]

I’m hoping for gundam the origin mobile suits and/or gundam thunderbolt suit variants. I love everything about your channel it’s very informational and entertaining!

[@TheDaltonius]

Mobile suits: humanoid Mobile armor: I can be whatever i want as long as I am “cool”

[@filipjudar4781]

Zakrello Kai does remind me of fighter jets with nose cones painted like sharks' mouths

[@weirdchick257]

I love the lore of Gundam.❤️

[@ReaVen443]

Umgarna looks like the Baby Xenomorpf from OG Alien execpt gray.

[@solaireofastora5999]

"Thw Zakrello had multiple design issues" What it looked like: Engineering: "I understand the mouth beam cannona and the big thrusters but what the hell do you mean it has scythe hands?" Designer: "But it's cool"

[@GozXz]

I am making a gundam hobbyist game and was looking to do some oddball NT mobile armor to test some newtype features against my NT MS post OYW but pre-zeta. The MAN-00X-2 Brawrello just may be the armor I need. Now, convincing my brother to fly it... that's a different story lol.

[@rogue_newtype4364]

I have a suggestion for next development history, well maybe a few. Let’s see how about the RX G-line series, the Gouf, guncannon?

[@impreza0109]

Can we get a pilot career/history video? For example Amuro piloted so many suits during his time with the EF and some of them were only mentioned in MSVs. Thanks

[@0supermoose804]

Come on Katoki, this is the Ver Ka we need.

[@snukastyle]

The Bartizard is a sweet MA-I'd love a Gunpla.

[@thetechnition3898]

I think you should put an estimated time in action in the spec's if the mobile suits to add more of a timeline of the development still love these videos either way

[@BBCAMedia]

oh boy! another development history!

[@ineon_playz9964]

There should be a char version of this. It will be three times faster.