Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast

Having protagonists get trapped in video games has been a popular anime premise in recent years. What would getting trapped in a Gundam video game look like? Isaac takes us into the world of Kenji Everybody who is trapped in a Gundamized Final Fantasy via a mishap with a bottle of Ramune that leads to a jaunt across timelines with Gaia Gear technology and battles with AI. Brian takes a completely different path with Gundam Survivor which is essentially a One Year War trauma simulator that's equal parts MK Ultra, Battle Royale, and Hatchet. What kind of Gundam video game would you like to get trapped in (or trap someone in)?

Would you sign up for a Gundam co-branded credit card? We sure would! We discuss all the perks and discounts that such a program should have, including the cards that already exist in Japan and Hong Kong! Isaac envisions a travel sweepstakes and an ace pilot leaderboard, while Brian demands Bandai complete the Gundam spending synergy circle. Plus, we discuss Kou Uraki's 0083% debt problems, the Nutcracker Squad out to get those who possess the SEED factor, and the Tomino-san credit rating agency. Gundam Visa with Mitsui Sumitomo Bank: https://www.smbc-card.com/nyukai/affiliate/gundam/index_lp.jsp Gundam Visa with Dah Sing Bank: https://www.dahsing.com/html/en/credit_card/card_products/program/gundam_card.html

Anime Expo and San Diego Comic-Con 2025 bestowed so much exciting Gundam news upon us that we absolutely must talk about the implications. Whether you like anime, cards, manga, minis, or movies, Bandai/ Sunrise are coming for your wallet in every way possible and we are here for it! Plus, Isaac attempts another baseball analogy and demands Bandai sell a mushroom cloud mini for Natural use only! We hope to see you all in theaters for all of these special events coming your way! Anime Expo / San Diego Comic-Con news recap: https://en.gundam.info/news/video-music/02_14637.html New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Anniversary Video -Operation 30th-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueB0oNajuEg New Mobile Report Gundam Wing 0.5: Half Preventer-7: https://en.gundam.info/about-gundam/series-pages/gundam-w/news/publications/02_14594.html Gundam Eight: https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_Eight Gundam Card Game: https://www.gundam-gcg.com/en/ Gundam Assemble: https://global.bandai-hobby.net/en-us/site/gundam-assemble/

We set our thrusters at maximum and head into the Zeknova that is Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX! After coming down from our Kira-Kira high, Isaac muses at Mash donating his leg and bemoans the lack of total Zeonic victory he was promised, while Brian is incensed at the continued pattern of bad parenting across the timelines and delivers a PSA on spray paint safety. Plus, we discuss the Zeon civil war, Char's need for a haircut, Shuji's true identity, and a cameo from Australian Isaac!

Stop us if you've heard this Gundam setting before: In the near future, humans have largely fled a ravaged Earth in favor of giant space colonies where they war amongst themselves using giant robots called mobile suits. We've been there and done that several times over - in fact we are doing it right now in GQuuuuuux! So let's think of something new: What are some fresh new settings that future Gundam series might explore instead? We discuss a wide range of ideas including the asteroid belt, black holes, Saturn, and Proxima Centauri, among others. Plus, we eulogize Stargate Universe, Isaac demands justice for Pluto, we discuss all the steampunk genres (who knew solarpunk is a thing?), and Isaac unleashes his inner armchair astrophysicist on black holes and entropy. Where would you set the next Gundam series? P.S. Gundam Trivia is confirmed for Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles, California! Come join us on Saturday, July 5, 2025, 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM, Room 402AB!

In 2010, Sunrise graced the world with the best Gundam film ever made: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie -A Wakening of the Trailblazer-. After five years of covering Gundam, we finally review this masterpiece to give it the credit it so rightfully deserves. So buckle up and join us aboard the Ptolemaios for the last time as Allelujah fights Waymo; zombie Ribbons takes a WWE chair shot; Setsuna grabs the Metal Cap and joins the Borg; and the T-1000 gets renamed the Extraterrestrial Living Metal Shapshifters. Someone should really check on the Azadistanis... Happy AFD, listeners!

On February 28th, 2025, the latest Gundam film, GQuuuuuux -Beginning-, arrived in theaters across the USA... and you bet we were there to bask in the glow of Gundam on the silver screen! Join us as we discuss our thoughts on the film, including is the GQuacks/GKwucks debate a potato/potahto situation? Is the Red Gundam really a Beetleborg gone rogue? Did the Zeknova open the newtype dimension? Did Degwin retire to hang out with Garma at the opera house? Who or what is the Rose of Sharon? Are the Pomeranians too poor to even be competing in Clan Battle? Plus, everyone must choose a side in the fast approaching robot mascot wars: Haro or Conch!