Can someone please explain Haro to me? Why does Haro show up in almost every Gundam? Why does Haro help or care so much for the characters it attaches to? Is every Haro the same entity, a different one, or connected parts of a whole like some sort of hive mind? Is Haro invincible? I have so many questions about this mysterious creature.

I'd like to know why the one in G-Reco looks like a penis on wheels.

Amuro originally build Haro because he's a NEET sperg, he then sold the patent for mad bucks after the OYW, which led to it becoming a common toy. Anything outside UC is just adding Haro because it's the mascot now.

>>23304598
Don't use words you don't understand.

>>23304587 (OP)
Amuros soul attaches itself to every Haro.

>>23304587 (OP)
>Is Haro invincible?
Absolutely not

>>23304654
That's gore of my comfort character.

>>23304587 (OP)
Haro is the singularity point in the gundam multiverse. He exists simultaniously in all Gundamverses and is aware of all Gundamverses and events he sees within them.
If Haro isn't in it, then it's not canon to Gundamverse

>>23304654
TANKED that btw

>>23304661
Were there Haros in G Gundam?

>>23304656
War is hell, baby

>>23304682
Is this from Gundam?

>>23304687
no

>>23304587 (OP)
Haros are often just helpful little robots in-setting and a simple and cute mascot, nothing more to it. Also they are not as present as you think: G, Wing, X, Turn A and IBO do not have Haros.

It's the Sunrise mascot.

>>23304687
Ideon is a grown up Jim but angry so maybe, if you squint a little.

>>23304587 (OP)
Haro is basically sunrises corporate mascot.
Ever seen the sunrise opening
https://youtu.be/EwRYZ9fbqms?feature=shared

>>23304703
Eh sometimes Haro does legitimately important things in the plot that gets overlooked since he's goofy

>>23304703
>Turn A
Manga has horrid Haro-shaped Bugs (the killer drones from F91)

>IBO
Cameo on the last episode.

>>23305138
Is he a ninja?

>>23304587 (OP)
Haro is easy to draw, they use him to fill episode time.

>>23304587 (OP)
Pretty much every drone, automatic car, monorail, etc. requires a Haro in G-Witch. Ad Stella is a heaven for Haro fans. Haros even have guns in G-Witch.

>>23305234
Didnt ask

>>23305234
Based
>>23305238
I did

There was something off about the Haro in Victory Gundam, the voice sounded strained compared to his early UC counterparts. I laughed when he got pistol whipped by that Zanscare Officer.

>>23305270
I don't like when they bully Haro. Even the quack girls keep stealing his hat. And why is it an elephant when their team is the pomeranians?

>>23305455
Because I like elephants even if this franchise abuses them.

>>23305480
Why so much mascot abuse?

Harros are the future of personal drones and Ai companions / personal security I hope we see soon

>>23305455
maybe like, the Pomeranians used to be Los Elephantos and they were too cheap to change out the team merch
heh captcha: 2d00t

I don't like Haro.

>>23305138

>>23305692
t. Evil Haro

>>23305138
>>23305720

Holy shit I've only seen the Haro Bits I didn't know there was a giant Haro too

>>23305455
Because Haro is the proverbial elephant in the room. Seriously why does it know so much about the top secret gundam

There's a bunch of monster collecting games with Haro and a bunch if Sunrise robots. I don't know how it works or what the fuck is going on.

>>23305846
susume, giantto haro!
tatte, giantto haro!!

Mr. Pink is my favorite Haro, love how sassy it is.

>>23304587 (OP)
Haro is the key to all this
If we get Haro working

>>23304587 (OP)
>Why does Haro show up in almost every Gundam?
Haro even shows up in other Sunrise animes that have nothing to do with Gundam, if you look hard enough...
Oh to be that Haro pillow, snugly nestled underneath Suzuka's butt.

>>23304587 (OP)
Mascot Character power. It's that simple.

>>23304587 (OP)
Haro is the canonical explanation for how Correct Century functions

>>23306145
I miss Xebec and them inserting Ruri into random anime they did.

>>23306189
Who?

>>23305455

>>23307049
You know who.

>>23304587 (OP)
>this thread
Ultimately /m/, is Haro Balidja?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjdjDz8jhN4&ab_channel=Movieclips

>>23308008
Based

He us ai, cutting edge ai research says ai parses information in a way we do not yet understand and may lay outside the bounds of spacetime (ie look into professor Michael Levin)

Something something Amuro made a silicone angel

>oh by the way this is also the process which the god-warriors from Nausicaa go through to gestate. Growing an ai the way amuro made his Haro.

They are Turn A's eyes on the ground so it knows when to show up and wipe things clean again.

its rather explicitly implied in Sgt. Frog that the newtypes eventually in the far far far far far future turn zeon or the titans or whatever into the keron empire

https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%BC%80%EB%A1%9C%EB%A1%9C

hope this link works

>>23304598
>Amuro originally build Haro because he's a NEET sperg, he then sold the patent for mad bucks after the OYW, which led to it becoming a common toy.
Other way around. Haro was the mascot of the Colony Public Corporation (CPC) - the organisation in charge of building and maintaining the Universal Century's space colonies. A mascot character toy with rudimentary AI interaction was available for purchase to consumers - similar to how we have stuff like talking dolls of kids' TV-show characters.
It was popular among undergrad engineering students to mod these because they were easily accessible and affordable in case of permanent fuck-ups, but still challenging and rewarding to mess around with. Amuro bought one to tinker on intent on passing it to Fraw as a gift. He managed to improve its AI and installed manipulator arms on it by the time the OYW hit their colony and they were forced into the war, after which Amuro had precious little time to bother continue modding his Haro.

Kamille acquires a broken down mass-produced Mk II revised Haro later in Zeta Gundam, which he suspects is actually the original. He repairs it; only for the thing to continuously address him as "Amuro" - which means he was either correct; or whoever started mass-producing them again after the OYW had a very strange sense of humor to themselves.

>>23310778
Bright literally tells Kamille in Zeta that he's a retard and the mass produced Haros all have the names Amuro and Bright programmed into them

>>23304587 (OP)
Victory's Haro was unironically extremely useful. Did way more than Shakti or the dog.

>>23310778
You pulled this straight from the fandom page didn’t you? Because if you did the page on Amuro Ray says
> Amuro has a certain knack for mechanics, including building the famous talking ball shaped robot named Haro
My point here is that fandom isn’t exactly a reliable source.

Anyways the fandom cites this info as coming from “Mobile Suit Memoirs: The Best Mobile Suit UC 0079 - UC 0153 (1999)” has anyone on here read this and confirm if the haro info was actually say here? In addition does anyone know if any earlier lore contradicts this because I swear that in the original MSG Amuro says he built Haro and in Zeta they say that the mass production Haros were based on Amuro’s design, therefore implying Amuro invented it.

>>23311020
It's a Origin retcon. In the OG timeline Amuro Built it, in the Origin one, Amuro tweaked it

>>23311074
>It's a Origin retcon
Why the fuck did Origin make everything shitty. Is there even a single good change?

>>23311074
>It's a Origin retcon.
The whole point of that citation is that the stuff about Amuro just modifying the Haro predates Origin.

>>23311074
>it’s an origin retcon
I know that but I’m wondering if “Mobile Suit Memoirs: The Best Mobile Suit UC 0079 - UC 0153 (1999)” really did the retcon first. If so it would predate the Origin retcon by about 6-7 years because the Issue of Origin that introduced the retcon came out in 2005 or 2006 (can’t remember if it was “ To War” or “ Battle Of Loum” when Tem Ray buys Haro for Amuro)

>>23311082
no

>>23311117
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AD_(%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA)

The Japanese wiki backs that up.

>MS回顧録 1999

Also notes that's actually a reprint of an article by the magazine B-CLUB, which ran from 85 to 98, so it's older. It was specifically written by Koichi Inoue who at the time of Gundam F91 was in charge of organizing and detailed the UC setting to help the production of new animated works.

>>23311137
Ok that so the people at fandom didn’t make it up, that’s good to know.

Anyways am I right to remember that in 0079 it was stated that Amuro built Haro?
Or that Zeta said the same thing?

>>23311170
I haven't closely checked in years, but I think Haro is just "his" in 0079, then in Zeta they mention the White Base Haro being mass-produced so they all recognize Bright.
tbdesu I'm not a hundred percent sure if they explicitly ever said that Amuro was behind that or if that's just sort of a fan joke that grew

>>23311173
I guess I’ll just have to rewatch the first episode MSG and the episode of Zeta where they find Haro. I’ll let the thread know what I find if it’s still up.

>>23311186
there's an outside chance it came up at some point when Amuro shows up, but I'm pretty sure "military pension don't pay shit, the mansion was from those fat haro stacks" was just a joke

>>23311186

Ok I’m back

So I checked both the first episode of MSG and episode 11 of Zeta.

Episode one of MSG doesn’t say anything suggesting that Amuro built Haro. Don’t know why I thought it did.

In episode 11 of Zeta, Bright only says that, “Even the toy versions were programmed with the names of Amuro and Bright” and nothing else.

There may be a scene in MSG or Zeta that states definitely if Amuro built Haro or not but I’m not going to rewatch the entirety of both shows to find out.

>>23311252
fastest way is to dump the subtitle files from the shows so you have searchable text form of the subtitle dialogue

found haro mentioned in episode 3, amuro explains haro as something he built himself

but honestly, this shit is starting to get annoying like discussions on whether kamille designed the zeta or not

>>23311252
>>23311256
and the scene in question

>>23311267
Thank you!
I thought I was going crazy for a while.

There’s the proof everyone, Amuro built Haro!
Take that Koichi Inoue, you idiot.
Thats for trying to gaslight me into thinking Haro was always some dumb toy.

Btw what episode was that said in?

>>23311293
He said it in the post above that one
It's in the fucking filename
Come the fuck on

>>23311293
> Btw what episode was that said in?
Wait I’m an idiot, you said ep3

>>23304598
Image calling a highschooler a NEET

>>23311293
The official explanation is that Haro is like a kit that you buy and then put together, rather than coming pre-made, which is why Amuro is referencing there. But, yeah, considering that Japanese wiki article has Tomino's notes outright saying Haro is Amuro's creation, it's clearly a retcon.

>>23311267
>In a cave, with a box of scraps ..

>>23311337
>The official explanation is that Haro is like a kit that you buy and then put together
I've never seen that before, even the one in origin was already working straight out of the box

>>23304687
Space Runaway Ideon.

>>23311349

It's on the Japanese wiki article. It's described as an "組み立てキット" Assembly kit. This is for the Koichi Inoue lore, which is supposed to fit with the original anime series' dialogue.

>>23306137
Patrician taste

>>23311394
thank you for the clarification

>>23311394
> It's described as an "組み立てキット" Assembly kit.
> This is for the Koichi Inoue lore, which is supposed to fit with the original anime series' dialogue.

That makes more sense, so Amuro still built Haro so the retcon lines up with the Ep 3 dialogue. Pretty clever.

I reread the Japanese wiki page posted earlier (after running it through google translate) and it says the exact same thing.

I guess I should apologize for calling Koichi Inoue an idiot earlier in the thread.

>>23305138
there were also haro easter eggs hidden in a bunch of frames of animation throughout Ideon
mainly spotted them in the explosions

Haro sux im glad he's not in wing

So why is Amuro rich enough to live in a mansion in Zeta if he doesn't get Harobucks

>>23311978
It's a gilded cage. The Federation can't just dumpster him because he was THE hero of the One Year War, so they put him up in a nice house to make him easier to monitor.

>>23311978
He still receives Haro money because they produced a bunch of "Amuro's Haro"s specifically after the war, with the lines for Amuro and the White Base crew.

>>23304598
I wonder what happened in the gcucks' timeline to Amuro, seeing that at least a Haro is around.

>>23311267
Finally settled. I cant understand why anyone would want to retcon this minor detail in the first place.

>>23311201
the mansion was from Sayla's Zeon Gold

>>23311978
Sayla distributed Char's Zeon Gold to the crew of the White Base instead of taking it all for herself
also there was definitely a Haro licensing deal, and also the Federation put him in a gilded cage

Is this the best boxart they could come up with?

It's the same thing as with the titular mecha, as far as I know.

why the fuck would amuro buy a mansion he's the type of guy who would stay in his room all day

>>23315329
he's not rude, he knows he's got all those Feddie handlers and it would be mean to put them out on the streets trying to find a place near him in this tough real estate market

>>23315329
>>23315353
Real question is did Amuro keep the mansion after Zeta/ZZ?