Archive for the ‘INFO’ Category

[Interview Notes] – Hasegawa’s Long Ass Interview Notes

A three and a half-hour interview that translated into some 30,000 characters on paper and I’m wondering if this clears up or muddles thoughts on the Crossbone entries. Here are the notes! Crossbone Interview Notes: Shinichiro Inoue came to Hasegawa before the first issue of Shonen Ace In hand: Tomino’s draft. Hasegawa said “he’ll change […]

[Reflections] – Tomino’s Book on G-Reco

I’m skimming the new Tomino book about G-Reco and it makes my brain hurt. Some of this info is a bit crazy and was either omitted or incredibly vague throughout the series. Not sure if I should attempt bullet points, but here we go nonetheless: FOREWARD Tomino admits he shouldn’t be writing about a work […]

[Framework Friday] – ∀ Gundam Science (Installment.02)

Now that I have a novelization project finished up, I’m trying to figure out how to balance my time with relatively obscure Gundam-related material. So, much like the “Translation Tuesday” posts for novel chapters, I decided on “Framework Friday” for Gundam background material. Aren’t I so clever? I guess that means there will eventually be […]

[Framework Friday] – ∀ Gundam Science (Installment.01)

Now that I have a novelization project finished up, I’m trying to figure out how to balance my time with relatively obscure Gundam-related material. So, much like the “Translation Tuesday” posts for novel chapters, I decided on “Framework Friday” for Gundam background material. Aren’t I so clever? I guess that means there will eventually be […]

A Sampling from Cocoon on the Moon, Fruit on the Earth

   A great many substances are made up of nano-machines, following instructions in the programs they contain. For example,  there are numerous instances of new types of nanomachines that can attach to existing nanomachines, and transform the architecture. If we had introduced a program dedicated to maintaining environmental sustainability on nanomachines, it could have been possible […]

[Data Dump] – Before ∀: Mobile Suits Buried in the Dark History

What started as a casual glance at the MS Evolution Chart from Mobile Suit Bible.86 ended up sending me down a rabbit hole to find more nuggets of information on relatively obscure mobile suits. So, I elected to dive into some of the suits presented in the charts. 「テストベッド∀」 機体解説 ∀ガンダム試作 性能実験テストベッド機 Testbed ∀ Unit Exposition ∀ […]

GUNDAM ZZ NOVELIZATION SUMMARY

Someone help me, please! I’ve been sucked into the whacky world that is Gundam ZZ! This is what I get for venturing too far down the dang rabbit hole. At any rate, I’ll slowly be summarizing chapters from the second volume of the series. At some point, I may review the first one, but since […]

ANIMEDIA’S GUNDAM ZZ PART 2 TIDBITS

Diving down the rabbit hole of Gundam lore is a never-ending task. Nonetheless, when information is staring you in the face as you’re translating from it, it’s slightly embarrassing to admit how you missed something. As our lengthy discussions surrounding all things related to Gundam ZZ continued over on Twitter, toysdream (aka Mark Simmons) pointed […]

INTERVIEW SERIES COLLECTION

Mobile Suit Gundam is said to be one of the biggest epochs in the history of TV animation. For Mobile Suit Z Gundam, the greatest concern with animation in 1985 is that the director who created the work, Yoshiyuki Tomino, would depict that world again seven years later. Still, when talking about these works, once […]

FA-93S FULL ARMOR NU GUNDAM

Continuing on with more random Gundam lore, here’s the info on the FA-93S Full Armor Nu Gundam from the Master Archive booklet. Sadly, there is no other information on this other than what is stated in this booklet. The suit originally appeared in the old B-CLUB MS Complete Collection book as a poster insert. You can […]

RX-94 MASS PRODUCTION NU GUNDAM

Well, I told myself I wasn’t going to do it, but I did… I translated some new info from the Nu Gundam Master Archive book that came out in Japan the other day. At any rate, enjoy some info on the Mass Production Nu Gundam!

Gundam Narrative Novel Summary

Hi gang, As promised, here’s part of the summary for the Gundam Narrative novel! Spoilers everywhere so beware!

Gundam Narrative Single & Soundtrack Details

SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] 7th single “narrative/NOISEofRAIN” Release Date: 2018.11.28 Price: 1620yen (limited edition CD+DVD) Price: 1350yen (standard edition) <DISC 1 (CD)> M1 “narrative” by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:LiSA M2 “NOISEofRAIN” M3 “Christmas Scene” by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki & Tielle M4 “Cage <NTv>” by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Tielle M5 “narrative (instrumeNTal)” *first-run limited edition only* M6 “NOISEofRAIN (instrumeNTal)” *first-run limited edition only* <DISC 2 (DVD)> *first-run […]

RX-78NT-2 GUNDAM NT-2

Been a while since I posted some random material. Here‘s a profile page for a suit from the 0080 MSV line! The plamodel appeared in B-CLUB 44 back in July of 1989 so I decided to colorize some lineart instead! You can still see the original source page at the bottom if you’re into some […]

B-CLUB 28/1988.3 MS-16 GEARA DOGA

Today I’m showcasing some older designs of the Geara Doga line that the mechanical designer Izubuchi crafted when Char’s Counterattack was being drafted. Much like the Sazabi Prototype, these were some of the rejected designs (which were later picked up by Kondo in his manga adaptations). Interesting to note is that the buckethead design showcased […]

B-CLUB 30/1998.5 SAZABI PROTOTYPE

Today’s update of Gundam nostalgia shines light on the MSN-04X Sazabi Prototype that appears in Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Hi Streamer version of Char’s Counterattack. While the original run in Animage magazine debuted some vastly different mobile suit designs, the original artwork in the novel was done by manga artist Yukinobu Hoshino. This particular design builds upon a first […]

B-CLUB 29/1988.4 ABOUT THE JEGAN

It’s time for a throwback to some more random Gundam information from my stash! I’ve translated an article on the RGM-89 Jegan from an old issue of B-CLUB magazine (April 1988) that introduces two lesser known variants of the suit, the RGM-88X and the RGM-91S Enhanced Armor type. Also in the magazine (yet not featured […]

[DATABASE] Gundam the Origin Entry

Taking a break from manga for a bit, I’ve updated the Gundam the Origin database entry with some summaries, character listing and mecha listing for the series. You can find some detailed art and backgrounds for some of the ships and supporting mecha that have appeared in the show so far. Special thanks to TheRealNix for […]

GUNDAM THE ORIGIN MECHANICAL ARCHIVES VOL.3

Once more we’re taking a trip back! Here’s the third installment of Hajime Katoki’s Mechanical Archive! Click the banner below to access all the information! Next time we’ll be talking about weapons from the Origin!

GUNDAM THE ORIGIN MECHANICAL ARCHIVES VOL.1-2

Traveling back in time, here’s the first two installments of Hajime Katoki’s Mechanical Archive! Click the banner below to access all the information!

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