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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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01:08:32

2.43: Rosamia Bound

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/04/25

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and provide analysis of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 42 - "Goodbye, Rosammy" (さよならロザミィ), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the Baund Doc (バウンド・ドック). - - Kobayashi Makoto's (小林誠) Japanese Wikipedia page. - Kobayashi Makoto's Twitter post about different variations on the Baund Doc design. - About Anubis: Joshua J. Mark, Anubis, Ancient.eu. July 25, 2016. Available at: https://www.ancient.eu/Anubis/ -

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01:25:32

2.42: The Next Tragedy

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/04/18

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and provide analysis of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 41 - "Awakening" (目覚め), discuss our first impressions, and talk to special guest Dr. Shar, of Dr. Sharmander Gaming, about Rosamia's psychology. - - Pop article on retrograde amnesia from How Stuff Works. - The famous HM case study on retrograde amnesia. - The infamous Dr. Loftus and false memories. - Cleveland Clinic page on dissociative amnesia or dissociative fugue. - Overview of

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01:20:44

2.41: The Point of No Return

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/04/11

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and provide analysis of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 40 - "Activation of Gryps" (グリプス始動), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and analysis on the voice acting by both the Japanese cast and the cast of the English dub. - - The music used in the TNN was: Prayers, by Admiral Bob used under a CC BY license Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3996-long-road-ahead License:

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01:16:12

2.40: No Rest for the Wicked

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/04/04

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and provide analysis of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 39 - "By the Lake" (湖畔), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on "fortress" Switzerland and indirect kissing. - - Wikipedia pages for the National Redoubt, Swiss armed forces, and "defense in depth." - Probably the first time article I ever read (way back in the day!) about Switzerland's national defense: Kolenberg, Steve. “The 5 Most Secretly Badass Countries.”

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00:05:05

April Fools 2020 - Mobile Suit Businessdeal

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/04/01

Show Notes The music used in the closing section was sourced from Public Domain and CC BY samples uploaded to freesound.org, including: https://freesound.org/people/borralbi/sounds/351980/ by Boralbi (Public Domain), https://freesound.org/people/Hjaarlmarch/sounds/220058/ by Hjaarlmarch (Public Domain), https://freesound.org/people/Metzik/sounds/244155/ by Metzik (CC BY), and https://freesound.org/people/djgriffin/sounds/15488/ by DJ Griffin (CC BY). Happy April Fool's Day! You can subscribe to

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01:15:28

2.39: Aid and Comfort to the Enemy

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/03/28

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and provide analysis of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 38 - "Reccoa's Shadow" (レコアの気配), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the Dijeh mobile suit, and giraffes. - - Articles about sail-backed creatures like the Spinosaurus: Joseph Castro for LiveScience.com, Spinosaurus: The Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur. March 18, 2016. Available at https://www.livescience.com/24120-spinosaurus.html Reptilis.net, Tall spines and

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01:23:15

2.38: Human Sacrifice

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/03/21

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and provide analysis of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 37 - "The Day of Dakar" (ダカールの日), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the city of Dakar, Senegal, and broadcast signal intrusion. - - Relevant Wikipedia articles for background on Dakar, Cap Vert, and French West Africa. Senegal and the French conquest of Senegal, the Emirate of Trarza, and Waalo. Louis Faidherbe, gum arabic, the Mali Federation, and the

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01:24:15

2.37: The Devil's Machine

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/03/07

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 36 - "Forever Four" (永遠のフォウ), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the Tanzania, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and a language note about the name "Bidan." - - Jisho.org online Japanese dictionary search results for "Bidan." - Wikipedia pages for background the history of Tanzania, the "scramble for Africa," German East Africa, League of Nations mandates, and Julius Nyerere. -

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01:17:11

2.36: The Mountain Won't Come to Kamille

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/02/29

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 35 - "Storm Over Kilimanjaro" (キリマンジャロの嵐), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the 1969 American film, "Cactus Flower" and it's likely influence on the previous Zeta Episode (The Call of Darkness/宇宙が呼ぶ声). - Short show notes this week, since we mostly discuss our interpretation of the film. - Wikipedia and IMDB pages for the 1969 film, "Cactus Flower." - Wikipedia pages

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01:06:10

2.35: The Cactus Flower

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/02/22

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 34 - "The Call of Darkness" (宇宙が呼ぶ声), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the Axis symbol and a wrestling move. - - Google image search for “astra star goddess.” - Wikipedia pages for Astraea and Asteria. - About the Astra, Star Goddess symbol. - About the "Charge of the Goddess" text. - About Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, per his personal website, Wikipedia page, and a Vice

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01:18:54

2.34: A Leader For All Spacenoids

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/02/15

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 33 - "The Messenger from Axis" (アクシズからの使者), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on an unexpected bird and the math and science of the Solar System weapon from First Gundam. - - Quora page on identifying the differences between cranes, storks, and herons (answer provided by Doctor of Zoology C.S. Sharma). - Information and beautiful pictures about the white (ish) stork native

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01:19:10

2.33: A Long Time Ago, We Used To Be Friends

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/02/08

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 32 - "Unidentified Mobile Suits" (謎のモビルスーツ), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the history of ice cream in Japan (part 2), and Yazan's turtle tattoo. - - Web resources (in Japanese) about the history of ice

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01:24:31

2.32: Saturday in the Park

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/02/01

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 31 - "Half Moon Love" (ハーフムーン・ラブ), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the history of ice cream in Japan (part 1!), and the conclusion of Thom's research on the Young Officers Revolt of February 26, 1936. - - A book on the history of ice cream, with a few mentions of Japan: Quinzio, Jeri. Of Sugar and Snow: a History of Ice Cream Making. University of California Press,

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01:22:59

2.31: Nothing New Under the Sun

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/01/25

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 30 - "Jerid's Desperate Attack" (ジェリド特攻), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on kissing in Japanese culture, and AEUG, Melanie Hugh Carbine, and the Young Officers Revolt of February 26, 1936. - - Essay on Kissing in Japanese culture: “The Japanese Kiss.” A Lateral View: Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan, by Donald Richie, Stone Bridge Press, 2001, pp

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01:32:30

2.30: The Gambler

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/01/18

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 29 - Crisis at Side Two (サイド2の危機), discuss our first impressions, and discuss the mental and emotional state of a somewhat-more-grown-up Amuro Ray with special guest and consultant in neuropsychology, Dr. Shar, of Dr. Sharmander gaming. You can find Dr. Shar online on YouTube and Twitter. Dr Shar also consulted on MSB episodes 1.27 and 2.16. Disclaimer from Dr. Shar: All views expressed in this interview

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01:16:40

2.29: A Show of Mercy

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/01/11

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 28 - The Jupitris Infiltration (ジュピトリス潜入), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on physical deception and women spies. We are joined by guest-voice Adam Black, who asked us to link to One Earth Sanga, and organization he works with that "expresses a Buddhist response to ecological crises." - - Wikipedia page for Operation Bodyguard, comprised of Operations Fortitude and

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01:33:21

2.28: Fatherless

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2020/01/04

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 27 - Rendezvous With Char (シャアの帰還), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on Yazan's glove and Nagano Mamoru (永野護). - - A very readable overview of the history of dueling, from The New Yorker. - Useful books: John Gideon Millingen, The History of Duelling: Including, Narratives of the Most Remarkable Personal Encounters that Have Taken Place from the Earliest Period to the

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01:14:28

2.27: There Was A Ship

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/12/14

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 26 - The Ghost of Zeon (ジオンの亡霊), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on bridges and the captains who die on them, a hard to translate phrase, and why Jamaican reminds Thom of Rudyard Kipling. - - Background on the bridge (nautical), all or nothing armoring, and conning towers.. - Labeled diagram showing parts of a WWII-era battleship. - Book recounting the final battles of

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01:22:19

2.26: All Of This Has Happened Before

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/12/07

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 25 - Colony Drop (コロニーが落ちる日), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on women at work in Japan of the 1980s, nuclear pulse engines, seiza, and fortune-telling machines. - - Paper about labor force participation of Japanese women: Shimada, Haruo, and Yoshio Higuchi. “An Analysis of Trends in Female Labor Force Participation in Japan.” Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 3, no. 1,

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01:18:56

2.25: Win Every Battle, Lose the War

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/11/30

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 24 - Counterattack (反撃), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on Japanese grammar and vocabulary, Wernher von Braun, desertification, and a final (we hope!) note about "the birds will laugh at me." - - Kotobank page for レクリエーション (recreation). Kotobank pulls definitions from various sources. All definitions in Japanese. - Miriam Webster and Dictionary.com definitions of

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