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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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01:31:11

2.6: Laius

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/07/06

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 5 “Father and Son” (父と子と), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on parenting in Japan in the 1970s and 80s, a Cat Stevens song, angry ghosts, and posessed crabs. - - Articles on parenting, that give some historical insight and analysis of more recent attitudes and trends: Holloway, Susan & Nagase, Ayumi. (2014). Child Rearing in Japan. 10.1007/978-94-007-7503-9_6. The

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01:25:07

2.5: Loyalties

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/06/29

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 4 “Emma's Decision” (エマの脱走), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on manly tears, masculinity and emotion, and defectors. - - Articles! "The Heike monogatari and The Japanese Warrior Ethic" Kenneth Dean Butler Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 29 (1969), pp. 93-108 Published by: Harvard-Yenching Institute https://www.jstor.org/stable/2718829 "The Return of Kū

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01:09:09

2.4: The White Flag

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/06/22

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 3 “Inside the Capsule” (カプセルの中), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on shihei (私兵) and private armies, the British East India Company, and Japanese composer Shigeaki Saegusa (三枝成彰, formerly 三枝成章). - - Jisho.org page for 私兵 (shihei). - Japanese Wikipedia page for 民兵 (minpei), usually translated as "militia" but actually broader than the English sense of that word. Includes

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01:33:36

2.3: A Boy Named Sue

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/06/15

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 2 “Departure” (旅立ち), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on bird lime, colonialism, Herculine Barbin, and the name Camille/Kamille. - - Wikipedia pages the Black Devils, high-explosive squash head (an explosive similar to the sticky bomb, with explanation of how it functions when used against tank armor), birdlime, and sticky bombs. - "BIRD LIMES AND RAT GLUES—STICKY

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01:25:28

2.2: Back in Black

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/06/08

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 1 “The Black Gundam” (黒いガンダム), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on animation history and technology in the early 80s, and Neil Sedaka and Zeta - transcending copyright. - - Fantastic, global history of animation: Bendazzi, Giannalberto. Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation. Indiana University Press, 2009. - Wikipedia timeline of computer animation in film and

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00:53:54

2.1: Sign of Zeta

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/06/01

Show Notes This week, we lay the groundwork for our upcoming review and analysis of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam! We also recap the first series, Mobile Suit Gundam, for any new listeners who need a refresher. We research the first half of the 1980s in Japan and the world - from politics and economics to technology and fashion, and look into why, several years after the success of the Mobile Suit Gundam compilation movies, the stars aligned to get Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam into production. - - 1980s

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01:51:43

1.39: 1.39 - Encore

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/05/25

Show Notes This week we discuss the third and final Mobile Suit Gundam compilation movie, titled: Encounters in Space. We continue to ask: is it a good movie? Does it make sense if you haven't seen the show? Gundam noob and friend of the podcast, Angela, returns to help us to answer these questions! We also pick apart the differences in story, sound, and animation between the show and the movie, talk about the real actual battleship Yamato, and how Indian religions influenced New Age philosophy. - -

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01:15:59

1.38: 1.38 - Zeon Strikes Back

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/05/18

Show Notes This week we discuss the second Mobile Suit Gundam compilation movie, titled: Soldiers of Sorrow. We continue to ask: is it a good movie? Does it make sense if you haven't seen the show? Gundam noob and friend of the podcast, Angela, returns to help us to answer these questions! We also pick apart the differences in story, sound, and animation between the show and the movie, talk about calendars and the possible significance of the Universal Century year-counting system, and discuss

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01:25:07

1.37: 1.37 - Second Chances

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/05/11

Show Notes This week we discuss the first of the Mobile Suit Gundam compilation movies, titled: Mobile Suit Gundam. Is it a good movie? Does it make sense if you haven't seen the show? Gundam noob and friend of the podcast, Angela, joins us to answer these questions! We also pick apart the differences in story, sound, and animation between the show and the movie, research a possible influence/inspiration for Kikka, Katz, and Letz, summarize the Gundam 40th Anniversary documentary from NHK, and

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01:42:41

1.36: 1.36 - Implications

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/05/04

Show Notes This week we discuss implications for the future of Gundam, special guest Edward Bauer reviews the original voice-work and the dub, listener Renato Ramonda helps us understand why Italy was the first foreign country to air Gundam, and flyinggrizzly digs deep on the art that inspired the Zaku. Special thanks to this week's guest voices: Edward Bauer: Actor, voice actor, and friend of the podcast. Web: http://www.edward-bauer.com, Twitter: @not_eddiebauer flying_grizzly (Sean DMR): Tabletop

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01:44:05

1.35: 1.35 - Aftermath

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/04/27

Show Notes This week, we discuss the Mobile Suit Gundam series as a whole: what do we think of the ending? Do we think the story as a whole is well done? Did the shortened series hurt them? Who were our favorite characters? We bring in special guest Sean Michael Chin to break down the trajectory of the Amuro/Char rivalry, viewed through their fights. And we talk about "Yakeato Sedai" or "The Generation of Ashes," and how their artistic output and political activism likely influenced Gundam and its

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00:55:13

1.34: 1.34b - Parting Shots (Part 2)

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/04/20

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 42/41 “Space Fortress A Baoa Qu” (宇宙要塞ア·バオア·クー) and 43/42 “Escape” (脱出), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: some Japanese vocab, what the heck is an A Bao A Qu?, the Kyūjō Incident, and how Kai made Thom think of the Illiad. - - Myou/みょう/妙 definition from Jisho. - Me/め/奴 definition from Jisho. - Two Tofugu articles explaining keigo (and Thom was right, both honorific language and humble

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01:04:33

1.34: 1.34a - Parting Shots

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/04/20

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 42/41 “Space Fortress A Baoa Qu” (宇宙要塞ア·バオア·クー) and 43/42 “Escape” (脱出), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: some Japanese vocab, what the heck is an A Bao A Qu?, the Kyūjō Incident, and how Kai made Thom think of the Illiad. - - Myou/みょう/妙 definition from Jisho. - Me/め/奴 definition from Jisho. - Two Tofugu articles explaining keigo (and Thom was right, both honorific language and humble

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00:59:02

1.33: 1.33b - No Family, No Homeland (part 2)

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/04/13

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 40/39 "Lalah's Dilemma" (エルメスのララ) and 41/40 "A Cosmic Glow" (光る宇宙), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: Hermes - why might Lalah’s mobile armor be named for the Greek god, and why did the translators decide to call the エルメス Elmeth instead, J-type missiles, and some of the odd place names and vocabulary from these episodes. - - Ovid's Metamorphoses, which contain the story of Hermes

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01:02:35

1.33: 1.33a - No Family, No Homeland

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/04/13

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 40/39 "Lalah's Dilemma" (エルメスのララ) and 41/40 "A Cosmic Glow" (光る宇宙), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: Hermes - why might Lalah’s mobile armor be named for the Greek god, and why did the translators decide to call the エルメス Elmeth instead, J-type missiles, and some of the odd place names and vocabulary from these episodes. - - Ovid's Metamorphoses, which contain the story of Hermes

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01:23:36

1.32: 1.32 - The Man from Jupiter

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/04/06

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 39/38 "The Newtype: Challia Bull" (ニュータイプ、シャリア·ブル), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: Jupiter - why would we go there, and how would be do it?, helium and its uses, and government experiments in psychic phenomena. - - A few articles explaining the role of Helium-3 in plans for near-future nuclear energy production. - About lunar helium-3 mining, including about China's apparent

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00:12:17

April Fools 2019 - Mobile Suit Breaddown

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/04/01

Show Notes We've decided to take the podcast in a new direction. Henceforth this is now Mobile Suit Breaddown, THE definitive bread and bread-related podcast. Yup, it's going to be all bread all the time around here. Please support the official release of bread. Happy April 1st! We hope you enjoy this episode, and we're excited to get back to Gundam with episode 1.32 in a few days! You can subscribe to the Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, follow us

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01:07:20

1.31: 1.31 - Goodbye Forever

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/03/30

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 38/37 "Char and Sayla" (再会、シャアとセイラ), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the Gelgoog’s decidedly low-tech sword, the word “kanchou,” and gold in WWII. - - The warrior monks who favored the naginata and nagamaki were closely affiliated with the mythical warrior demons called Tengu. For more about how the Tengu supposedly taught them the use of their weapons: Roald Knutsen, "Tengu: The

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01:34:08

1.30: 1.30 - The Assassination of M'Quve by the Esper...

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/03/23

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 37/36 "Duel in Texas" (テキサスの攻防), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the early Classical Greek armor that may have inspired the design of the Gyan, Westerns in Japan, and... dueling in Texas. Special Guests this week: Sean Michael Chin and Wen Wang. - - Reddit /r/AskHistorians thread on the linothorax. - Ancient Chinese paper armor. - Linothorax reconstruction project and a New Yorker

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01:27:19

1.29: 1.29 - Monsters

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2019/03/16

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 35/34 "The Glory of Solomon" (ソロモン攻略戦) and 36/35 "Big Zam's Last Stand" (恐怖!機動ビグ·ザム), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the Solomon Islands campaigns and related battles in the Pacific during WWII, Archimedes' heat ray, and weaponized asteroids. - - Source for the quote at the end of Thom's research, touching on what it was like to have been there: Robert L. Eichelberger, Our Jungle

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