GF13-017NJII God Gundam
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The GF13-017NJII God Gundam is a Mobile fighter from the anime series Mobile Fighter G Gundam. It was the second Mobile Fighter used by Neo-Japan. In the US dub its name was changed to Burning Gundam due to Cartoon Network's fears of people being offended by the God name, following an incident where employees of the massive chain store Wal*Mart went through every box of a shipment of Gundam Wing toys and removed and returned all instances of the XXXG-01D2 Gundam Deathscythe Hell.[citation needed]
The God Gundam was developed specifically for use in the finals of the Gundam Fight. When Neo-Japan learned that Domon Kasshu was fighting the JDG-00X Devil Gundam in the Guyana Highlands, it was sent there. Domon then recovered the Gundam and proceeded to the finals, barely making the deadline.
Domon, having never piloted this Gundam, had to learn about its special abilities on his own. This Gundam had a move similar to the Hissatsu Shining Finger called the Bakunetsu God Finger. The God Finger was similar to the Shining Finger in that it used heat to easily damage an enemy Gundam. It could also fire a beam of energy and Domon could use a move called Heat End to severely damage or destroy an enemy Gundam.
Domon developed several other special attacks, such as the Bakunetsu God Slash, to counter his opponents moves. The only other special attack he used often was the Sekiha Tenkyoken, which was taught to him by Master Asia during the finals.
Domon made it to the battle royal on Lantau Island without losing a single match. During the battle royal the Devil Gundam appeared and Domon went to fight it. He was able to destroy it with help from the members of the Shuffle Alliance as well as Rain Mikamura and Schwarz Bruder. After the Devil Gundam was destroyed Domon fought Master Asia in the last match of the Gundam Fight. It would also be Master Asia's last match as he died after it was over.
Unfortunately the Devil Gundam was revived by Ulube Ishikawa who used Rain as the core life unit. Domon returned to the colony and fought his way to the interior of the Devil Gundam. After defeating the Grand Master Gundam, Domon reached Rain and by declaring his love freed her from the Devil Gundam. Domon then used the Bakunetsu God Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken to destroy the Devil Gundam once and for all.
[edit] Armaments/Abilities
The God Gundam has several armaments. The Gundam has four head vulcans, two machine cannons, and two beam sabers. The Gundam Also had many special abilities, some developed by pilot Domon Kasshu. The two main special abilities of note are the Bakunetsu God Finger and the Sekiha Tenkyoken.
The Bakunetsu God Finger used heat energy like the Hissatsu Shining Finger except that the energy made the hand glow orange rather than green. The God Finger could also fire its energy at an enemy target.
The Sekiha Tenkyoken was a technique taught to Domon by Master Asia when they were trapped by a Gundam Head during the finals. It was the only technique that Master Asia had not taught Domon.
[edit] Trivia
- Other than its name being changed into Burning Gundam in the English version, all of God Gundam's attacks that have the word God in them were also changed. An example is that Bakunetsu God Finger was changed to Erupting Burning Finger for the English Dub.
- Domon also says the phrase when the God finger is used: In the dub it is "This hand of mine is burning red! Its loud roar tells me to grasp victory!" This is similar to his Shining Finger speech since the Shining Gundam is the predeccessor to the God Gundam.
- God Gundam was the only Gundam in the series that never lost a fight.
