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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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01:08:07

3.28: Blue Bloods

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/03/20

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 30 - "Blue Corps, Part 1” (青の部隊 (前)) discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the Franks. - Books and articles: Edward James, The Franks, Blackwell 1988. Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Taking stock of the Franks: South Asian views of Europeans and Europe, 1500-1800, Indian Economic and Social History Review, 42, 1 (2005). Jonathan Shepard, The Uses of the Franks in Eleventh-Century

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01:32:06

3.27: Footprints in the Sand

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/03/13

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 29 - "Runaway Roux” (ルーの逃亡) discuss our first impressions, and talk to physics consultant and friend-of-the-podcast Iraj about the physics of the Audhumla's battle with the Sadalahn in Dakar. - Regarding the correction made for our last episode, on the pronunciation of W. E. B. Du Bois name, this blog post quotes Du Bois own letters, and his description of how to pronounce his name. - Zeonic Scanlations'

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01:25:02

3.26: My Turn To Be Happy

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/02/27

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 28 - "Leina's Blood, Part 2” (リィナの血 (後)) discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on Pan-Africanism. Wikipedia pages for the Pan-African colors and Pan-African flag. Ethiopian history, and a source for the Ethiopian flag as the source of the Pan-African colors: Smith, Whitney. Flag Lore of All Nations. Millbrook Press, 2003. About Theodosia Okoh, the artist and statesperson who

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01:11:50

3.25: The Demon Judau

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/02/20

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 27 - "Leina's Blood, Part 1” (リィナの血 (前)) discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on Pentax cameras and the mobile suits that appear in this episode. - Pentax Brand overview and a brief history of the Asahi Optical Corporation. - Wikipedia page for Pentax. - A Brief History of Japanese Binocular Production, by Peter Abrahams. _- One example of the kind of thing Asahi Optical made

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01:13:43

3.24: Lonely Hearts

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/02/13

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 26 - "Masai's Heart” (マサイの心) discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the setting: rock formations, architecture, desert trees, inspiration for Masai's name, and just where exactly is the Gundam team, anyway? Petsu-chan's Twitter thread about the Gundam team's route around Africa [SPOILER WARNING - covers episodes not yet covered by Mobile Suit Breakdown]. Papers about

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3.23: Duel in the Desert pt. Deux

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/02/06

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 25 - "Rommel's Face” (ロンメルの顔) discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the possible origins of a collection of Gundam names: the Gaza-C, Gallus-J, and Bawoo mobile suits, the character Desert Rommel, and Zeon itself. - Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica pages on the Gaza Strip. _- Wikipedia page for Gazami crab, and the Animal Crossing entry for the Gazami crab from Nookipedia

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01:30:03

3.22: Never to Return

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/01/30

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 24 - “Sibling Love Blooms in the Southern Seas” (南海に咲く兄妹愛), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the history of childhood in Japan, and how children and childhood are characterized in the Gundam universe so-far. - Articles: Copeland, Rebecca. “Fashioning the Feminine: Images of the Modern Girl Student in Meiji Japan.” U.S.-Japan Women's Journal, no. 30/31, 2006, pp. 13–35. JSTOR,

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01:18:22

3.21: Heart to Heart

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/01/23

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 23 - “The Burning Earth” (燃える地球) (sometimes also translated to English as “Earth Ablaze”), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the history of childhood. _- Wikipedia pages for “child” and “history of childhood.” _ - Papers: Uno, Kathleen. “Civil Society, State, and Institutions for Young Children in Modern Japan: The Initial Years.” History of Education Quarterly, vol. 49, no. 2,

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00:54:51

3.20: Earthbound

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/01/16

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 22 - “Judau, Launch!” (ジュドー、出撃!!) (sometimes also translated to English as “Judau Sorties!”), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the history of recreational ballet and ballet in Japan. - Main paper I consulted about ballet in Japan: Ono, Sayako. “Ballet in Japan: Reconsidering the Westernization of Japanese Ballet.” Journal of Glocal Studies, vol. 3, 2016.

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01:22:08

3.19: Wish You Well

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2021/01/09

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 21 - “Crybaby Cecilia (Part 2)” (泣き虫セシリア (後)) (sometimes also translated to English as "Tearful Cecilia (Part 2)"), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the connection between Cecilia's family and historical Japanese emigration. - Books and articles: Masterson, Daniel M., and Sayaka Funada-Classen, The Japanese in Latin America. University of Illinois Press,

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01:09:19

3.18: Furusato

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/12/26

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 20 - “Crybaby Cecilia (Part 1)” (泣き虫セシリア (前)) (sometimes also translated to English as "Tearful Cecilia (Part 1)"), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the inspiration for the name Milly Childers (and a tangentially related naval disaster), as well as the history of pizza in Japan. - Sources on Milly's life and works: Wikipedia, the National Portrait Gallery (UK), and

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01:21:50

3.17: Time Over

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/12/19

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 19 - “Ple and Axis” (プルとアクシズと) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the origin of Elpeo Ple's name (pronounced ElPee Puru). This episode comes with a content warnings - the research on the origin of Elpeo Ple's name deals with the history, sociology, and legal efforts to prevent creation and distribution of simulated (ie drawn) child pornography in Japan. The topic is also

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01:05:19

3.16: Ple's Brother

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/12/11

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 18 - “Haman's Black Shadow” (ハマーンの黒い影) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the origin of Elpeo Ple's name (pronounced ElPee Puru). This episode comes with a content warnings - the research on the origin of Elpeo Ple's name deals with the history of simulated (ie drawn) child pornography in Japan. The topic is also discussed extensively in the talkback. - Books and

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01:00:46

3.15: Bits and Pieces

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/12/04

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 17 - “Retrieve the Core Top!” (奪回!コア·トップ) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on maglev trains. This episode comes with content warnings - repeated incidents of strangulation, one of which depicts a character strangling one of his female friends, and a scene depicting an adult woman sexually assaulting a teenage boy. We discuss these scenes extensively in the recap and talkback

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01:08:54

3.14: Endra Corps

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/11/21

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 16 - “Melee Aboard the Argama” (アーガマの白兵戦) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on composer Ferdinand Beyer, the rules of war regarding "perfidy," and extramarital romantic and sexual relationships in Japan. - Wikipedia page for Ferdinand Beyer, with references linking his piece to piano-curricula in Japan. - A paper outlining an electronic support system for self-learning

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01:21:03

3.13: Giants and Messiahs

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/11/14

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 15 - “The Phantom Colony, Part 2” (幻のコロニー (後)) - discuss our first impressions, and discuss Cargo Cults and the "White Gods" narrative with anthropology consultant, Allie! Allie was kind enough to provide us with the following references, with the caution that the older of these articles are very much products of their time - with the casual racism that implies. But they do provide perspective on how

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01:11:24

3.12: Lost and Found

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/11/07

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 14 - “The Phantom Colony, Part 1” (幻のコロニー (前)) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on Mesoamerican step-pyramids, shoal zones, and Sweetwater-type colonies. - Wikipedia pages for step-pyramids in general, and Mesoamerican pyramids in particular. - About the Maya city Chichen Itza, and the Temple of Kukulcan (aka "El Castillo"). - Additional detail about Maya and

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01:15:34

3.11: With a Little Help From My Friends

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/10/30

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 13 - “Little Sister!” (妹よ!) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on calcium deficiency, the history of Japanese toilets and the Toto company (東洋陶器), and napkin etiquette. - Symptoms of calcium deficiency (hypocalcemia). - Japanese sources on calcium deficiency and "frustration." - Wikipedia pages for Toto Ltd., the Toto Washlet, and the history of toilets in Japan. - Toto company

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01:12:00

3.10: Hostile Takeover

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/10/23

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 12 - “Leina Vanishes” (リィナが消えた) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the history of women in Japan's news-media industry. - This book chapter provides a good summary, and was the source of most of the statistics referenced in the research this week: Ishiyama, Reiko. “Japan: Why So Few Women Journalists?” The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism, by Carolyn M

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00:57:32

3.9: Putting the Pieces Together

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/10/16

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 11 - “Activate! Double Zeta” (始動！ダブル・ゼータ) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the easter-egg in Beecha's choice of reading material. - An official page about Star Luster from Ninendo for the game's inclusion on the Wii Virtual Console. - Wikipedia pages about Star Luster in English and Japanese. - Very detailed Japanse-language writeup about the game from Game Catalog @Wiki. -

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