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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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01:36:25

10.4: Last Stand in Kasarelia

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2024/02/17

Show Notes This week on MSB: Thom thinks it will be a short episode (the runtime proves that to be a lie), not that much happens (except for all the things the characters say and do), and Nina discovers that Xeno's Paradox can apply to research pieces! All that AND we talk about Victory Gundam a bit. Please listen to it! You can find the full show notes in this public post on our Patreon. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland

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01:14:31

10.3: Unfriendly Fire

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2024/02/10

Show Notes This week on MSB: blood in the streets of Uwig as B.E.S.P.A.'s cruelest soldiers descend upon the city. Uso (and your hosts) struggle to cope with the horror of it all, Katejina is lucky to be alive, and Shakti is not very good at hiding for someone who's been hiding for most of her life. The full show notes will be available soon on our Patreon and on our website. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the

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01:27:13

10.2: The Prince and the Pauper

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2024/02/03

Show Notes This week on MSB, it's episode 2 of Victory Gundam: The Day He Met the Machine. We discuss this much more conventional opening episode, more dubious translation choices, running gags, production priorities, and lots more. Plus Nina presents the first part of her research into the social fallout of the asset price bubble and the place of young people and otaku in Japanese society as of 1993. Please listen to it! You can find the show notes on our website and in this public post on our

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01:34:18

10.1: Podcast to the Victory!

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2024/01/27

Show Notes Show notes for this episode will be uploaded to our website and this public post on our Patreon soon! 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

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00:37:54

Prelude to the Victory

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2024/01/20

Show Notes Show notes are available in this public post on our Patreon and will be uploaded to our website shortly. 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

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01:29:53

9.15: Legendary Tale of the Epic Saga (Chapter: the End)

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2024/01/13

Show Notes This week on Mobile Suit Breakdown: it's the end of this first era of SD Gundam! In lieu of research, we cast our minds back across all the SD shorts that we've [enjoyed|endured] to render a final verdict on it and discuss what we liked about it, which ones we'd recommend, and what it all meant for the Gundam franchise. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European

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01:09:25

9.14: Legendary Tale of the Epic Saga

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2024/01/06

Show Notes On MSB this week, SD Gundam Matsuri takes us back to the medieval world of Suda Doaka for a new saga of good versus evil, Thom finds it impossible to be objective about medieval mecha, and Nina profiles composer Okada Tohru! Show notes will be uploaded to our website soon, and in the meantime they can be found on this free post on our Patreon. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware,

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00:52:36

9.13: Mobile Suitors

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/11/11

Show Notes Surprise! While we were away someone else translated the second part of SD Gundam Matsuri, so now we get to reap the benefits of their hard work and you get a new episode of Mobile Suit Breakdown about it. Enjoy! Show notes are available on our website! 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

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00:19:03

9.12: Flightless Biped

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/10/28

Show Notes This week on MSB, Thom returns to Zeta Gundam to talk about the Homo Avis flying machine and, for the first time as far as we can tell, reveal its real world inspiration! Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! 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

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00:35:27

9.11: Music Soothes the Savage Beast

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/10/21

Show Notes This week on MSB... it's finally time for the first part of never-before-translated SD Gundam movie SD Gundam Matsuri - SD Command War Chronicle: Gundam Force: Super G-Arms: Final Formula vs Norm-Gather! It's time for Space Battles and Rock Operas as the forces of good, evil, and music team up to take down an eldritch horror from beyond the stars. Check out the MSB translation available in the PDF attached to this post and then listen to the episode for the best (and only?)

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00:19:11

9.10: Goodbye Summer

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/10/07

Show Notes This week on MSB: Nina returns to one of her favorite research topics: the history of food! This time she wants to know all about the shaved ice dessert made from frozen Dom in SD Gundam Mk II part 3. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! 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,

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00:38:59

9.9: Your Fave is a War Criminal (Part II)

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/09/30

Show Notes As promised, Thom is back once again to walk you through the alleged war crimes he's identified in Soldiers of Sorrow and Encounters in Space, plus the answers to a few of your questions. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! 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,

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00:29:02

9.8: Your Fave is a War Criminal (Part I)

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/09/23

Show Notes People love to call Gundam characters 'war criminals,' but are they really? And if so, who and why? What war crimes did they commit? Who is history's greatest monster? This week on Mobile Suit Breakdown, Thom dusts off his legal skills and dives back into the first Gundam compilation movie with a copy of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in hand to see what he can find. Disclaimer: this podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not legal advice

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00:33:14

9.7: Demons - Harbingers - Protectors

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/09/16

Show Notes On the podcast this week, Nina was inspired to answer once and for all whether Lt. J.G. Bernard Monsha, veteran of the One Year War and future member of the Titans, is in fact a mythical bird-demon from Japanese folklore. Along the way she discovered that the answer to the question "what is a tengu?" is actually pretty complex. Join us for MSB 9.7: Demons - Harbingers - Protectors for the definitive answer. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit

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00:54:10

9.6: Tiger of Solomon

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/09/09

Show Notes This week on MSB, Thom still can't stop talking about Anavel Gato and a 2014 interview with 0083 director Imanishi Takashi offers some unexpected insight into Gato's historical antecedents. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! 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,

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00:19:33

9.5: Hour of the Hippo (P.M.)

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/09/02

Show Notes On the podcast this week, Nina finally gets to talk about a screenshot that's been sitting on her desktop for years, and the Hour of the Rabbit-hole that it led her down as she explored the history of time in Japan. And yes, we did call a previous episode "The Hour of the Hippo" but that was the Hour of the Hippo A.M. This one is a completely different hour. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within

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00:23:23

9.4: White Devil

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/08/26

Show Notes On the podcast this week, Thom wants to know how we know what we know about Amuro Ray's war-time nickname. He emerges from the sticky morass of continuity with a surprising answer and a few thoughts about benefits and downsides in the Gundam franchise's approach to developing its own imaginary history. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or

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00:25:21

9.3: Edge of Childhood

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/08/19

Show Notes On MSB this week, Nina returns to War in the Pocket to examine the contents of Al's back pocket as displaying in the show's 'eye-catch' sequence. In particular, she digs into the history of the swiss army knife, its origins, its rise to international popularity, and what it might have meant for an audience in 1980s Japan. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland

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00:40:30

9.2: War Fantasy

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/08/12

Show Notes This week Thom overcomes a cold to take his turn dusting off an old idea for a research piece, although his first pick isn't really very old at all... On MSB 9.2, Thom digs into the 架空戦記 (kakuu senki / fictional war chronicles) genre of alternate history science fiction: its characteristics, historical origins, and the many connections tying it to Gundam generally and Stardust Memory in particular. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written,

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00:28:49

9.1: Playing with Guns

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast ·

2023/08/05

Show Notes No break in the MSB action this time around as we dive immediately into Season 9 with research from Nina on 'toy' guns: air guns, BB guns, and especially airsoft guns, inspired by Al's friends in War in the Pocket. How does the history of airsoft connect with the development of "real" guns both in Japan and around the world? How is airsoft affected by Japan's notoriously stringent gun-control laws, and what does it really mean to 'play' war games? And could you put your eye out

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