EP30: Mobile Suit Gundam (Pt. 1)

In which Cass & Alex discuss the first half of Mobile Suit Gundam, directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Nippon Sunrise.

Next month we will be discussing the rest of Mobile Suit Gundam.

Discussed:  getting in the gundam, why anime is like this, seinfeld, the history of giant robot shows, super robot, real robot, malthusian overpopulation, the population bomb, o'neill cylinder, fraw bow, Turn A Gundam, sweatson stero, merrybell gadget, agrippa maintainer, cancer kafka, meme midgard, bobson dugnutt, the great gundam project, minovsky physics, tiny little angels, the tommy westphall universe, minkowski sausage, a harrowing window, grape ape, wow cool robot, sunshine ages, sayla sus, g-forces, g-trousers, the type of guy who wears a suit to school,  Gundam's Yoshiyuki Tomino Reminds Us All That Char Definitely Has Sex, dick extended universe, new yark, being calm, dave lang, lavish french rococo ballrooms, r/malelivingspace, going back in time to play ruff ryders anthem for teddy roosevelt, antebellum lawyer char, fortunate son, your only crime was violating us law, doing sidequests, tom bombadil, mobile suit martial arts, the scent of battle, seeing a bra for the first time in your entire life, your responsibility as an adult being to pilot a giant robot, the kind of face mask that screams "i have an onlyfans", witness the fate of a soldier! i jump out of the white base and create a huge cloud of smoke. when the cloud dissipates im lying completely dead on the pavement, good quality and competitive price

Alex's Book Recommendation: Ways of Seeing by John Berger

Cass's Book Recommendation: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion  by Yukio Mishima

Social:

Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks

Show Mastodon: @[email protected]

Show Email: [email protected]

Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess

Cass's Mastodon: @[email protected]

Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn

Alex's Mastodon: @[email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.