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Join pmcTRILOGY and Stephen Hero as they navigate and discuss mecha anime old and new, real and super. Currently watching: Gquuuuuux and Megazone 23 Part III!
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Everyone in MZ23 Part III sounds like this:

Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)

Remember, kids: Don't copy that floppy.

You ever make a joke 2 minutes after the podcast recording is over? Just spent the night with Side 6 Soundwaves, coming at you next week

Unbothered. Happy. In His Lane. Basking in the Sunshine.

Megazone 23 Part III ep. 1:

This was a fun one! While MZ23 III is nowhere near particularly good, it is at least interesting to talk about. For every half assed idea executed poorly and blatantly unfinished, there's an equal amount of thought put into the setting or worldbuilding. Getting into the weeds about it was a delight!

I also want to talk about the last photo in that AniFem article. It's meant to be like a vertical slice of my own Gundam fandom, sharing not off just official merch that means something to me but some of the fan-made works and pieces from my collection.

No Gunpla Girls Allowed: How Gundam Build Fighters fails its female cast Build Fighters wants to say that #gunpla is for everyone, but it ends up undermining itself and accidentally saying a lot about trends in shounen and the #Gundam franchise in the process www.animefeminist.com/no-gunpla-gi...

We've made it: Megazone 23 Part III! Is it as bad as everyone says it is?! @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social and @spacequeenemily.bsky.social help us answer that question (we give it a fair shake) in what is a spirited 2.5+ hour discussion of episode one! Become a patron to listen!

same energy

me: knock, knock you: who’s there? me: fraw bow’s brother you: fraw bow’s brother who? me: the braw bro you: …

Just sayin'.

Bandai's business strategy since the '80s:

Prep for our upcoming Tomino Book Club continues in earnest:

Wrapped on a powerfully lengthy and mildly deranged podcast recording for Megazone 23 III Episode 1: Awakening of Eve for Giant Robot FM. They just let me Say Things and keep inviting me back, I don't get it.

when my allergies start acting up

And if you want to check out some other podcast appearances I've made since I ended Destroy All Podcasts, check out the Xardion episode of @giantrobotfm.bsky.social: podbay.fm/p/giant-robo... And join their Patreon: www.patreon.com/giantrobotfm

Press release goes out tomorrow or Thursday for embargo - I'll be reaching out to the ANN and CR newsrooms, as well. Have to admit, I'm kind of excited about this.

TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN

So I figured I’d go ahead and formally announce this: I’m moving out of Texas to be up in Canada where it’s safer for me. Moving is expensive. I’m putting together a stream with friends on Monday, May 12 in order to raise money to help with it. I’ll be playing Sonic Adventure 2 for the first time

Need a belated Mother's Day gift? How about some new Side 6 Soundwaves!? @thaliarchus.bsky.social makes the transatlantic journey to break down episode 5 of GQux! In this 2+ hour convo we cover a lot of ground, not least of which is the prevalence of Dunkin in the UK! Become a patron to listen!

Happy Mother’s Day!

"this one goes out to all the mothers out there"

When you've been watching too much Eva:

I’M GONNA KEEP DANCING AT THE

It's not always easy living close to a Zanscare war memorial. Especially with the enthusiasts and the pilgrims and the little toy Zolos and guillotines. But I guess I'll just have to stand up to-

Newtype Magazine (10/1998)—Gundam Big Bang Declaration. This is the event at which Turn A Gundam was first announced. "I want to abuse my authority as director and make all the voice actors women! I want to create a Gundam series full of great female characters." tsukinomayu.com/2025/05/09/n...

Just finished recording on GQuX 5 with @giantrobotfm.bsky.social.

I want to time travel to 1972 just to show a screenshot of this to people on my smartphone and tell them, “I’m from 2025 and this is how everyone talks in the future”

*watching gquuuuuux with my dad* me: dad: what's your favorite treasure shmup? me: i dunno, i like— dad: —mine's kikeroga! me: ...

"Sir, they're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!"

Who wrote this—Jesse Pinkman?

If Saturn Donuts is the Universal Century equivalent of Dunkin, then who's our Ben Affleck?

Podcasting about the first episode of this nothingburger tonight. With each revisit I'm surprised at just how cheap it looks, and I'm not just talking about how the character designer mantle is passed to Kitazume. Lighting and shading are often just given up on, entire sequences made of key frames..

Just saw the title for the episode I'll be talking about and damn. Luck of the draw, huh.

It was not a huge secret that this was in the works, but now I can at least announce that yes, this is happening. I'll post some more details soon. The release schedule will be a bit weird but people will at least be able to read something shortly