Tag: Yoshiyuki Tomino

September 20, 2023 · 1 comment

By Andrew Osmond. For some fans, G Gundam is the series with a giant robot that looks like an American footballer, complete with shoulder pads. Or maybe it’s the show with the British Gundam (“John Bull Gundam”) that looks like a Beefeater, or the Canadian Gundam (“Lumber Gundam”) that wields twin axes. Or the Chinese […]

April 17, 2020 · 0 comments

“Why is that giant robot skipping?” Dr. Jonathan Clements returns to bring some fascinating insight on a number of topics that also gives him a chance to discuss reindeer herders and his love of Gunbuster! We conclude the week with Jeremy and Andy welcoming Dr. Jonathan Clements back to the show to provide a (what […]

August 6, 2019 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Zeta Gundam is sometimes described as one of the darker Gundam series. That’s largely because of things that happen in the last couple of episodes on this set – this really is a series where no-one, and we mean no-one, is safe.

July 7, 2019 · 2 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Gundam is a big franchise, encompassing nearly 40 years of anime, and leaving even some seasoned fans lost amid, say, G Gundam and Gundam 00. Zeta Gundam comes from 1985, when the franchise was in its early days. It’s the sequel to the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam, which Anime Limited released […]

April 4, 2019 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. He knew that there would be trouble when the 10,000 giveaway posters ran out. The crowd was already way too large to fit into the Shochiku Cinema, and risked spilling out into the street to block the traffic near Shinjuku station. One misplaced surge, thought Yoshiyuki Tomino, and the press would be […]