The Way of the Gundam

By the time of the late 1970's, Japan's airwaves were flooded with giant robots.  Every week new adversaries would appear for their super-powered robot heroes to smash and save the day.  However, as the animation genre itself was changing from TV Manga to Anime, giant robots also needed to change into something more meaningful and Yoshiyuki Tomino had an idea how to do it.

Welcome to season 1 episode 34 of Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast! Today Joe and Mark give you a crash course on the making of Mobilesuit Gundam and the plot of the original series.  This week's topic is also at the request of twitter follower "GeoFire" after winning our contest on twitter...a little while ago.  Be sure to like, comment, subscribe, and review as we bring you more content each week!
Timestamps
[7:00] Humble Origins of Mecha 
[8:30] Sunrise & The Yamato
[10:58] TV Manga & The Origin of Anime
[13:45] 1978 & The Age of the Giant Robot
[17:30] Space, Battle Group, Gun Boy
[22:15] Rationalization of Mechsuits & Themes
[25:10] An Amuro Ray of Sunshine
[32:30] Designing the Mobilesuit
[36:10] The One Year War
[42:50] The Red Baron of Gundam
[46:02] Silence for 30 Minutes
[48:00] 80 Shades of Gray & Humanity's Future
[53:10] The Ratings Fall (& Rise Again)
[56:20] A Magazine to Remember
[1:05:20] The Real Feel of Gundam
[1:14:05] Shoutouts From the Twitterverse
Shoutouts:
PlayComics: https://twitter.com/playcomicscast
Intergalactic Boombox: https://twitter.com/boomboxpod
Stephanie Phillips: https://twitter.com/Steph_Smash
https://www.stephaniecomics.com/
Ben Heck: https://twitter.com/benheck
https://www.youtube.com/c/BenHeckHacks
Music Credits:
"Pixel Peeker Polka (Faster)"
Written and Performed by Kevin MacLeod
"Our Young Guts"
Written and Performed by Andy G. Cohen