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Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast

MSB is a weekly Gundam podcast for new fans, old fans, and not yet fans. Nina (a Gundam first-timer) and Thom (a lifelong Gundam fan) analyze, review, and research all 40-years of the iconic sci-fi anime mega-franchise Mobile Suit Gundam in the order it was made. We research its influences, examine its themes, and discuss how each piece of the Gundam canon fits within the changing context in Japan and the world, from 1979 to today. Part history podcast, part discussion podcast, all Gundam

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Mustelid Snoot Boopdown

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2022/04/01

Show Notes Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the

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6.2: Adventures in SD Land

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2022/03/26

Show Notes We're back to wrap up our coverage of SD Gundam Mk II, with parts 2 and 3 in a double header! Luckily (?) there's not much substance to part 2. But Part 3? We've got thoughts. We've got feelings. We've got a lot to say. Plus in the research Thom runs through some of the fun inside jokes and references peppered throughout the episode. Unfortunately SD Gundam Mk II, Part 3 does come with a content warning for transphobia at around the 12 minute mark. We do discuss this in the podcast, and

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6.1: The Rolling Podcast Affair

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2022/03/19

Show Notes He's Woody, we're MSB, and this is episode 1 of Season 6! This week we breakdown SD Gundam Mk II, Part 1: The Rolling Colony Affair. It's chock full of jokes, and about one and a half of them are good. As usual we do our best to figure out as many of the inside jokes and references as we can, but this season brings with it some unique new challenges for your loyal podcast hosts... Give it a listen to learn more! Show Notes _ Puttsun Kamille:_ Weblio dictionary entry for プッツン

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5.8: War in the Podcast

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2022/02/26

Show Notes We're looking back at another season of Gundam through the rear view mirror, and we have a few loose ends to tie up. Lingering musings, listener questions, and a few more research topics! Thanks for supporting us through another season! We couldn't do it without all of you. Show Notes On the state of Sydney and the notion of Canon Books: Azuma Hiroki, Otaku: Japan's Database Animals. Translated by Jonathan E. Abel and Kono Shion. Kodansha Gendai Shinsho 2001, trans. Minnesota UP

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5.7: Grown Up

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2022/02/19

Show Notes On MSB this week, we've stopped crying long enough to talk about the final episode of War in the Pocket, and Thom has a Rapid Fire Research Roundup as he works through a whole bushel of Zeon names and inspirations derived from film, literature, and mythology. Rapid Fire Research Roundup General Rugens: Gundam 0080 setting materials (settei) posted by Mark Simmons. The Wikipedia page for actor Curd Jürgens. A visual aid comparing Rugens and Jürgens as he appeared in The Devil's

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