RF 78.2 Radio Gundam episode 03 – Amuro, Take Me Home

Art by our very own Alex

Sami, Maxy, and Alex bring you another dose of real robot chatter, as we talk about episodes 7-9 of the original Mobile Suit Gundam! Also featuring: when a show like Gundam can make changes, our favourite big anime merch thing that ISN’T gunpla, the smell of a woman, the slap, and what is sure to be the internet’s hottest feature for spotting a small electronic ball, HAROWATCH!

Show Notes:

• Follow Radio Gundam on tumblr and twitter!
• Show art by the fantabulous Raiven Tattoos
• Episode art by our very own Alex
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• Resources used:
  • The Men Who Created Gundam, by Hideki Ohwada, Hajime Yatate, and Yoshiyuki Tomino (published by Denpa Books)
  • Ultimate Mark, Production History: Mobile Suit Gundam
  • Mobile Suit Gundam, as available on Crunchyroll (sub/dub)
  • Nathan’s M.U.S.C.L.E. Blog
• A NOTE FROM MAXY: I’ve tried to catch as much car noise as possible in the edit, but some may have made it in despite my best efforts. We’re looking at options to improve the sound from my end, and I apologise for any distractions caused by the various drivers of my neighbourhood.
• Our favourite big anime merch things that aren’t Gunpla:

Maxy’s pick: M.U.S.C.L.E. figures, from Kinnikuman

Not quite Sami’s pick: Pokémon Marbles

Sami’s actual pick: Pokémon Re-Ment

Not quite Alex’s pick: Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Disks

Alex’s pick: Digimon Digivolving figures

• Next episode’s question: The most you’ve been queer-baited by an animé
• Also mentioned in this episode:
  • The music-laden builds of EA Gunpla
  • You don’t need me to link to pictures of Angry Joe and Katsuhiro Harada. It’s not a good comparison
  • Can You Live Entirely Off of Fate Merchandise by Red Bard
    • Maxy: Hey! This person guested on that there Shonen Flop podcast I research for! It’s good!
  • Two and a half minutes of Wormmon in the Digimon dub
  • Amuro really does keep a locket of Sayla’s pubic hair in Tomino’s novel adapation of Mobile Suit Gundam
  • Do people still think about Redwall? I do.
  • The Northen Boys – Nobody Likes Me
• Images related to this episode:

The Trouble with Grandad, a book Alex remembers, and Maxy does not

The erotic pleasures of slapping people, as highlighted by Gundam-san

Harowatch (art by Alex), the hot new segment where Alex tells us where Haro is, what they’re doing, and how it makes them feel.