Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast

In December 2024, Sunrise announced the newest Gundam TV series coming in 2025 titled Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux.  Created by the minds behind hit anime Neon Genesis Evangelion and FLCL, what universal secret is GQuuuuuux hiding?  Just how many u's are in GQuuuuuux?  How do you even pronounce GQuuuuuux for that matter?  Who gave the White Base a green paint wash and go-fast stripes?   Brian fears he might be the old man yelling at clouds while Isaac demands those Zaku hips must be lying.  Will there be sparkles and Gundam guitars?  What about the Doms?  We'll find out in 2025!

Happy New Year, Gundam fans!  To ring in 2025, we run down our list of resolutions for Gundam characters, factions, and creators.  From Iria Solari to Mr. Bushido, from Setsuna F. Seiei to Meitzer Ronah, everyone is on the table.  We discuss princesses, anti-princesses, HLVs, disability insurance, home maintenance plans, persocoms, dormant mobile armors, and much more.  Plus, we dare ask the question, perhaps ZAFT just really enjoys all their coups?

The King Space Pig has arrived at Zum City with a full mailbag so we are emptying it out in time for 2025!  We start with a delicious tangent about homemade fudge, lay out our 2025 Gundam goals, and then the comments come fast and furious: Coordinators and Innovators seem a tad salty but life goes on.  What happens if Kira gets a cold?  Are civilian shields the key to destroying the RX-78-2?  Does Brian need a hot patchworker mommy?  Would Isaac rather have the HG Dendrobium or the Destroy?  What is the best punny product you created – hot pockets, My Little Ponies, cereal, or sunflower seeds?  Should Master Hand wield gunpla nippers?  What ever happened to the Blue Destiny?  And where the hell is Kamille when the Earth needed him the most? 

We join up with Captain Iria Solari's Red Wolf Squadron as they drop into the One Year War's Eastern European theater in Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance!  Despite being on Netflix, Solari's team has a very unchill time as they encounter the nightmarish Gundam EX and have to resort to Zaku Wacky Types patched together in a Zeon junkyard.  In this series where every human looks like an uncanny glazed donut, we discuss Zeon's notebook of stock squadron names, probe Solari's psyche for possible ending motives, and recognize Zeon's sleight of hand skills for stealing the GM keys!  What are you waiting for?  Get in your Zack-u or your Saberfish and join the fight!

Gundam Trivia @anime expo chibi 2024

Recorded November 10, 2024; Ontario Convention Center Ballroom A; 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

Attention Gundam fans! Come test your Gundam knowledge with the Colony Drop Podcast! Whether you’re a Newtype fighting for spacenoid independence, a Coordinator seeking Freedom from annihilation, or a new fan that fell in love with The Witch From Mercury, we’ll have trivia for all levels. Plus, you might win a chibi prize! Gundam trivia all set! Ready! GO!

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/JIJJsv5bG98

In October 2024, Anime Expo Cinema Nights brought the Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) compilation films to theaters across the United States and we were there for every single one!  Join us as we journey alongside the Soldiers of Sorrow on the White Base as they fly fearlessly toward the Encounters in Space they are destined for!  We discuss the massive crowds, the eternal sub vs. dub debate, M’Quve’s fate, the Core Booster, espers and even the psychic horse Lady Wonder.  Plus, we even work in an Eastbound & Down reference!  What other Gundam films would you like to see in theaters?

 

Mark Simmons’ painstakingly detailed series vs. film break down on mechatalk for films I & II: https://www.mechatalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=16130

Fresh off Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, we take a deep dive into the (limited) lore around the Cosmic Era's genetically enhanced humans known as Coordinators.  We run through Coordinator history from George Glenn's reveal all the way to his brain in a jar.  Plus, Isaac pitches a devious new plot for Blue Cosmos - COORVID-19 - and we discover the Coordinator slur! 

P.S. Come join us for Gundam Trivia at Anime Expo Chibi 2024 on November 10th! 

It's September 0079, and Degwin Zabi has ordered you to destroy the RX-78-2 Gundam at all costs!  How do you do it?!  In this episode, we discuss methods we would have employed to destroy the White Devil.  All options are on the table, including nukes, water, and even pretty women.  Along the way we explore Trowa's connection to Batman, the Sleggar butterfly effect, and create a new amphibious mobile armor unit called the Javy Dones (with Silvers John!).

P.S. Isaac will have a new microphone soon!

P.P.S. See you all at ax chibi 2024!

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom has finally arrived on Netflix!  At long last, we can correct the tragedy that was our theater experience with a proper review!  Made with love for Cosmic Era fans, the film is beautiful but feels a bit familiar to its predecessors.  Lakoose returns with GelGOOGs and smorgasbords; Evidence 01 becomes a replica; an Archangel gets its wings; Kira buckles up even further; and the Queen does her best Benjamin Button impression (apparently?).  Plus we ask the usual hard hitting questions like, how many governments can ZAFT have in only four years?  What is an N-Jammer Dazzler?  Should Agnes get the death penalty?  Did Foundation realize the foundation of their plan was also its single point of failure?  Oh well, it's their Requiem...

We conclude our discussion of The Plot to Assassinate Gihren with one goal in mind: find the answer to the mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma – who is Reginleif?   Plus, ads are coming soon to a space colony near you; Degwin proves to be a visionary; Command HQ double taps; the Galbaldy appears but the White Rose answers; Lieutenant Stressful freaks out; Oleg turns out to be the MVP; and Stone Cold’s DTA motto proves to be wise life advice as usual.  After the dust settles, we are left with perhaps an even bigger question – who are the Original 11?