Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast

The time has come to revisit G-Saviour - the first Gundam live action film from way back in 1999!  If you don't CONSENT to this experience, now is your chance to back out!  Join us as our hero Mark Curran serves up a sassy one-liner almost as often as his old pal Jack tries to murder someone; General Garneaux gets hot and heavy after green champagne; Mimi can't decide if she's a double agent or ju...

You requested it - no - you demanded it!  We finally sortie in Gundam Battle Operation 2!  Will this be the one Gundam game to rule them all?  As we fight our way through the tutorial gauntlet, the absurd matchmaking times, and the ancient UI just to play the game, we find our preferred MS on unusual sides - Isaac in the Guncannon and Brian in the Gouf Custom.  What world is this?  Plus, Isaac ref...

It's time to empty our mailbag once more in this double-sized episode!  Isaac reveals that Banagher makes him second guess Zeonism.  What is worse - short series with terrible endings or long series that are terrible all the way through?  Should Iron Mask be a newtype cult leader?  Who cleans the toilets under Durandal's Destiny plan?  Is Isaac wearing Dom underwear right now?  What exactly is an...

We finally end the misery by flying through the rest of Mobile Suit Victory Gundam!  The second half takes a dip before it tries to soar at the end as Shakti gets passed around like a football to move the plot along, Junko leaves Brian way too early, Uso bites Lupe's boob, Tassilo gets handsy with Fualla's bells, everybody in Zanscare backstabs each other, the good guys solve everything with kamik...

On this episode, we catch up on the latest Gundam news from the past few months: Isaac thinks the new Requiem of Vengeance might involve the White Devil himself; the Gundam SEED movie lets us know exactly what it's about - FREEDOM (but not Justice); Bandai-Namco give their interpretation of Suletta and Miorine's "marriage."  Plus, Evolution evolves straight to extinction, the Johnny Ridden manga e...

We head back to the frontlines of the One Year War to review the 2022 film Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island (or Amuro’s Weekend Getaway, as Isaac calls it).  The film is a cinematic side story in which Gopp hires women, M’Quve should’ve lead with the napalm, Doan teaches us how to milk a goat, Bright dual wields bridge phones, and the Jaburo propnunciation debate recurs.  Plus, we miss th...

We conclude our review of Suletta and Miorine's journey in The Witch from Mercury!  While we were rooting hard for the show, we agree the ending didn't stick the landing (missed the airport entirely, actually) as Delling sleeps through the back half, Elan Prime's pen is mightier than a space laser, Prospera is for some reason rewarded with a Quiet life and faces almost Zero consequences, and Sulet...

We dive into the first half of the newest (and freshest!) Gundam series: The Witch from Mercury!  Join us as we discuss how Lady Prospera is an enigma wrapped in a Daughtress mask, phlebotinium has a new flavor and it's called Permet, Suletta's age just doesn't add up, convertible bonds are a trap, and bigger guns = bigger fun.  Plus, in a shocking development, Jeturk Heavy Machinery hits Isaac's...

Gundam is a franchise that spans almost all forms of media: anime, manga, models, music, novels, video games, and much more.  So have you ever wanted a subscription service that unlocks... all of it?  Well at Sunset Productions, we have and on this episode we are designing our own Gundam omni-media subscription service!  From anime we've never seen to manga that is just sitting on the shelf, we di...

ChatGPT has taken the world by storm so we take a look at what it is and how it might impact the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.  Can ChatGPT answer hard-hitting questions about Gundam?  What happens when you ask ChatGPT to create a Gundam series?  Join us as ChatGPT generates Mobile Suit Gundam Eclipse, Mobile Suit Gundam: Aces of the Cosmos, and Mobile Suit Gundam Legacy: A New Beginning.   ZDNet:...

Sunset Productions welcomes the millions... and MILLIONS... of Gundam fans to ringside as the next evolution of mobile suit entertainment takes shape before your very eyes - G-Wrestler!  Your hosts, GM Ross and FAZZ, take you through the action as we pitch Gundam Wrestling from training camp all the way to Wrestlemania, in a world where the Char clone is your friend, the Gundams are powered by cha...

In our longest episode ever (because this show is so special) we tackle the first half of 1993’s Mobile Suit Victory Gundam.  We discuss Tomino’s hatred of the show, rumors about his depression, how the tradition of biking was likely revived behind the scenes, Cronicle’s Wal-Mart mask, and Maria’s failed matriarchy led by a man.  Plus, we rename all the characters so they have shorter, easier to p...

This is the episode you've been waiting for!  Sunset Productions has a sit-down, tell-all interview with the creator of Gundam himself, Yoshiyuki Tomino!  Tomino-san answers all of our most burning questions about Gundam, including the live-action film, space exploration, Haro, and more! Happy AFD, listeners! Haro at HLJ Haro at USA Gundam Store More Haro at HLJ This episode features sound effects...

After being unsatisfied with Gundam Evolution, we design our dream Gundam video game: GUNDAMFIELD!  Sunset Productions spares no expenses and has no budgets!  Plus, Brian's kids do an Endless Waltz of sickness and health, a WWE tangent spurs a preview of Gundam Wrestling, we ponder what the Universal Century's currency is called, and Isaac blows our your candles.  

Isaac bought himself a gaming PC for Christmas, so we take the recent Gundam hero shooter video game known as Gundam Evolution for a spin.  We discuss our likes, dislikes, ways we think the game can be improved, and what units we would like to see added to the roster.  Our biggest takeaway - always PTFO!

Isaac woke up one morning and decided he'd had enough of antagonists embracing space fascism in Gundam.  "There are just too many!  They must be stopped!" he said.  So we went to work solving Gundam's problem of space fascism overabundance by presenting some alternatives, including communists, cults (of various kinds), engineers, machines, migrators, monarchies, and a charismatic rebel.  Any liste...

In our first ace pilot spotlight episode, we examine the backgrounds of two of our favorite pilots from the OYW era - Anavel Gato aka The Nightmare of Solomon and Cima Garahau aka The Mayfly of Space!  Gato is so popular, his exploits at Solomon got adapted three different times, but Isaac still isn't satisfied!  Gato's beam rifle was so big that Sunrise had to retcon it and give him an ugly Dom a...

What better way to celebrate Christmas than discussing one of the most heart-wrenching Gundam stories of all time?  Pull up a chair to our Christmas Eve campfire and join us for our review of 1989’s masterpiece, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket!  The Alex was pretty tough, but was Kris’ best weapon a Louisville Slugger?  Is the Alex’s Chobham armor essentially the Universal Century’s 1-U...

On this episode, we examine Gundam's tropes in two ways.  First, we list our top five tropes of which we've had enough!  Then, Isaac plays the lightning round as Brian goes down TV Tropes' Gundam list to identify which tropes are problems and which are just fine the way they are.  How many Gundamjacks is too many?  What shade of gray is space fascism?  Do we still believe a colony drop will really...

Join us for the first annual Mobile Armor Awards!  On tonight's episode, we hand out the most coveted award in the Gundam metaverse - The Golden Explosion - to mobile armors in the Universal Century who've demonstrated excellence (or inferiority) in the following prestigious categories:  Least Memorable Best Performance Most Craptacular Most Intimidating Worst Design Best Design Let us know your p...

We conclude our Destiny review and as expected, not even SEED mode can save this plane from crashing.  The back half is full of twists that don't make sense and super weapons that fire every few episodes for good measure.  Lil' Djibril is more trigger happy than ever, Shin kills Captain McSacrifice, somehow Mwu returns, the writers assassinate Lunamaria's character, Yuna's plan falls flat, Destroy...

Trick or treat!  Sunset Productions is back and giving out treats in the form of Gundam Halloween special ideas!  Brian makes kids dress up and relive the One Year War in order to claim their candy - oh the horror!  Isaac does his best Crypt Keeper impression to spin a terrifying yet punny anthology known as the Nightmares of Solomon!  Brian finishes the trip around the block by sending us to a po...

We activate SEED mode once more and head back to the Cosmic Era to discuss the series everyone loves to hate -  SEED Destiny!  The series starts out strong with ruins of Junius 7 raining down on the Earth and Blue Cosmos exercising their quick nuclear trigger finger.  However, we then nosedive into a rapid tailspin as Cagalli says yes to the dress, Jesus Yamato returns by sacrificing the entire ne...

We run through our thoughts on The Witch From Mercury Prologue!  Are we hyped?  Definitely!  Does Isaac have a lot of questions?  Absolutely!  We consider exactly what layer kills your child, the curious case of Cardo's "death," the possibility of the  L'Frith having A.I. and/or using nanotech, and whether the Development Council's evil blue room with the glass floor should be added to the Gundam...

Our mailbag is overflowing once again, so we dive in to your comments on this double-sized episode!  We run down your suggestions for the Live Action Film opening and Top Female Pilots (including a few glaring omissions...), consider Gundam Wing's place in the universe, saddle up for a showdown with a Gundam pilot version of Blondie who travels a lonely road, ponder whether Amuro and Char should s...