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Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! The next chapter of the Tomino book club begins with two works that are often discussed but maybe misunderstood: Hi-Streamer and Beltorchika's Children . Thankfully, we once again have the aid of experts Mark Simmons and BJ to walk us through what these are and why they were made (and what the most important mobile suits to come out them are). Please find BJ at:...

Welcome to the grand stage at the Yomagn'tho theater! This week, we're doing a production of Lady Macbeth, like every week. Kycilia's orders. Also, David Brothers joins Giant Robot FM for the first time to talk through Alphacide and all its implications. Please find David here: Site: https://www.iamdavidbrothers.com/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠giantrobotfm@g...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Even if your visors were left open, please keep your ears open for our final Zeta novel translation as the translator, TheIdeon, and the commissioner, FlyAwayNow, return to the podcast to discuss both the final novel as well as the Zeta novels more broadly. Please find TheIdeon at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/theideon.bsky.social Patreon: https://www....

This episode was originally published for patrons on June 16th, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! This week, returning GRFM friends Ethan and Rex hop on to discuss the escalation, the animation, and everything in between! Please find Ethan at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/sundownmcmoon.bsky.social Bomb Squad Productions: https://bsky.app/profile/bombsquadprods.bsky.social Please find Rex at:...

This podcast episode was originally published for patrons on June 8th, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! You should know that, in our dreams, there is always a podcast about GQux. This time, Adam Wescott returns to chat about the characters of GQux as well as the impending implications of multiverse or other ideas and what that might portend for our characters new and old. Note: there's a...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! If you were looking for that missing chunk of Solomon, we still haven't found it BUT we did find the missing chunk of Solomon footage! Dawn of the Anime Nostalgia podcast joins pmc and Stephen to handle the trials and travails of being anime podcasters on a changing internet. Please find Dawn at these links: Podcast: https://animenostalgia.blogspot.com/ Bsky: ht...

Axis is here! So are SpaceQueenEmily and Ethan Halker to discuss the 4th Z Gundam novel and cover the long digressions, the irrepressible horniness, and whatever is going on with the Sears catalog in the Universal Century. Find Emily on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/spacequeenemily.bsky.social Find Ethan at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/sundownmcmoon.bsky.social Bomb Squad Productions: http...

This episode was originally published for patrons on May 26th, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Sorry for the delay on this - some scheduling and technical issues got in the way. If you notice Stephen's audio is a little crunchy towards the end, no you didn't! Alice and Brian of the On the Shoulders of Giants podcast visit with pmc and Stephen to cover this explosive round of GQux, ta...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! It takes a few tries, but we finally return to space and the Zeta Gundam novels! Maddy joins pmc and Stephen to consider all the angles - the homoerotic text, the solar world-building and surprising elements in between. Please find Maddy on bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hyakushiki0087.bsky.social Thank you to Dawn of the Anime Nostalgia podcast for reading excerpts...

This podcast was originally published for patrons on May 18th, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We are halfway through GQux and that means it's time for some Bask to Basics with Grant aka Gen_Ironicus. You'll never guess who he believes is the real identity behind Annqi! Please find Grant at these links: https://bsky.app/profile/mynameisgrant.bsky.social https://rss.com/podcasts/wskrs...

This podcast was originally published for patrons on May 12th, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Back to the normal Monday release for Side 6 Soundwaves, we bring you discussion on ep. 5! Nyaan may not know about the kira-kira, but we do and returning GRFM friend Thaliarchus joins us to discuss this episode and the GQux project. Please find Thaliarchus at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/thalia...

Editor's note: Please accept my apologies for the scuffed audio on the one track. This one was recorded under unusual circumstances and you should blame me, pmc, for this issue. Char expert Pike and Kamille/Fa expert Dylan talk through the second of the Zeta Gundam novels with Stephen while pmc is off traversing the deep woods of Massachusetts. Please find Pike here: Bsky: https://bsky.app/pro...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Stephen is out this week, having chosen a normal life over obsession with the Red Comet, and pmc is your host! Filling in for a GRFM co-host again, Coop Bicknell returns and we are also joined by the excellent Maddy! Equal parts analysis and speculation, we hope you enjoy this week's conversation around Ep. 4 Witch's War ! Please find Maddy on bsky: https://...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Welcome to the end of The Beginning as we see Machu get a taste of Clan Battle and we try to dissect whatever is going on with Challia Bull. Expert poster GundamPixel joins pmc and Stephen to discuss the experience following GQux in Japan as well as to dig through all the fine details of ep. 3, Machu in Clan Battle ! Please find GundamPixel on bsky: Bsky: https://bs...

This episode was originally published for patrons on April 21st, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Come back with us six years into the past to see how things played out differently in 0079. Thankfully, we have Char expert Pike on the pod to take us through the proceedings. Special thanks to Coop for filling in for me (pmc), a person who spent the weekend at the Jersey Shore. Please follow Coo...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! You best start believing a sign of Zeta, 'cause you're in one! TheIdeon and FlyAwayNow join pmc and Stephen again to discuss the first Zeta Gundam novel and speculate (knowingly and unknowingly) on what is to come... Please find TheIdeon at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/theideon.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BystonWellStories Sit...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Zeta coverage starts now! Apologies for some scratchy audio this week, we had to resort to the backups but don't worry there's plenty of beautiful info here about how the Zeta Gundam novels were translated into English and what you can expect from all five(!!!) going forward. Zeta Gundam Book 1: https://gunbusternovels.wordpress.com/2024/01/30/mobile-suit-ze...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! GRFM friends Ethan and Emily are back to round out our discussions on the original Mobile Suit Gundam novel trilogy. Find Emily on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/spacequeenemily.bsky.social Find Ethan at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/sundownmcmoon.bsky.social Bomb Squad Productions: https://bsky.app/profile/bombsquadprods.bsky.social Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsk...

Welcome to the Kuzco Al show! Along with your hosts, Thaliarchus and Russell Latshaw drop in to share various points covering the second novel of the Mobile Suit Gundam trilogy, Escalation. Please find Thaliarchus at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/thaliarchus.bsky.social Itch: https://thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlord-kinbright Please find Russell at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/r...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Main feed coverage is back - and we're here again with Mark Simmons and BJ and a new format! We're discussing the first Mobile Suit Gundam novel, Awakening, and our observations run the gamut from technical language to Char language. Please find BJ at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeonicscans.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeonicscans...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! The Gundam book club starts now! On this episode, Gundam experts Mark Simmons and BJ of Zeonic Scanlations join to help us kick off this 2025 literary effort. As we'll be starting off by reading the Frederik Schodt translations of the Yoshiyuki Tomino Mobile Suit Gundam novels, we recorded this discussion about the context for those novels and how Tomino ended u...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We are at the end of the Megazone 23 coverage - and it has been a roller coaster. This is an episode for the haters and we hope you enjoy the discussion trying to figure out what happened here. Please find Caitlin at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/alltsunnodere.bsky.social Megazone 23 review on ANN: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/megazone-23-th...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Welcome to the distant future of Megazone 23, just don't watch the news or ask where all the people are! Space Queen Emily and Ethan Halker return to help ask what could have been and laugh at the misfortunes of Eiji Takanaka and company. Find Emily on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/spacequeenemily.bsky.social Please find Ethan at these links: Bsky: ⁠https:/...

Hop on your hog, count your grenades, and get ready to roll for the back half of Megazone 23 Part 2! If it's all too much, you can simply leave like BD inexplicably does at the end of this film. Find Emily on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/spacequeenemily.bsky.social Please find Ethan at these links: Bsky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/sundownmcmoon.bsky.social⁠   Bomb Squad Productions: ⁠ htt...

Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We return to the zone, but things have changed. Regular friends of the podcast Ethan and Coop join up to cover gore, sex, and all the others delights of Megazone 23 Part 2. Please follow Coop here: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/riderstrike.bsky.social Site: https://riderstrike.carrd.co/ Please find Ethan at these links: Bsky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/sundownmcmoon...