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?     

Bandai Namco called and they need record breaking profits and they need them yesterday!  Luckily, Sunset Productions has arrived with a solution: license the Mobile Suit Gundam brand into as many punny products as humanly possible.  No industry shall be left unexploited and no demographic shall be left unsatisfied.  Cucko clocks?  We’ve got those.  Cashews?  We’ve got those too.  Organ donation advocacy?  Oh, you better believe it!  Get your wallets out, because you’re going shopping!

Gundam Trivia @ Anime Expo 2024

Recorded July 6, 2024; LA Convention Center Panel Room 404AB; 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

Calling all Gundam fans! Come test your Gundam knowledge with the Colony Drop Podcast! Whether you’re a grizzled veteran of the One Year War 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 prize! Gundam trivia all set! Ready! GO!

Watch the VIDEO version here: https://youtu.be/0nrr9VWZI-4

HUGE thanks to our sponsor BURBANK'S HOUSE OF HOBBIES https://houseofhobbies.com/

The One Year War is almost at its close in December 0079, but something is amiss in the Principality of Zeon... We follow Leopold Fieseler's investigation of the shadowy organization known as Valkyrie which has one goal - to kill Gihren Zabi!  If you enjoy Gundam politics and One Year War lore, The Plot to Assassinate Gihren is a veritable multicourse dessert.  We take in a Zeonic opera, witness another use of the Ginias juice, see a firefighting Z'Gok in action, and slowly learn that Kycilia has eyes and ears everywhere.  Plus we discuss how many Gwazine's exist and contemplate whether General Henri's Colony Defense Battalion is a bunch of sandbagging SOBs!

We discuss our lists of five battles, characters, mobile suits, scenarios, or situations we want to see more of in future Gundam projects.  Isaac digs deep for more faction lore, including the nukes of Blue Cosmos, the corporate militaries in the Ad Stella timeline, and even all seven space wars!  Meanwhile, Brian asks for clarity on the rarely referenced Four Avengers, the mysterious Valkyrja frames, and the wannabe noble Buch family.  Plus, we talk about the Bugs for the second episode in a row - that has to be some sort of Gundam podcast record!  Let us know what you want to see more of!

Pull up a chair to hear the tale of how on May 8, 2024, we became two of the most unlucky Gundam fans in the United States trying to watch the new film Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom.  In better news, we will be running Gundam trivia at Anime Expo 2024!  Plus, we have a new mascot and need you to help us name her!  Double plus, Sunrise reanimated part of Aura Battler Dunbine?  Are you kidding me?  Attack, attack, attack~~~!

This episode features sound effects from Pixabay here and here.