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Monthly OUT, 10/1979 – Part 2 (Interview with Director Tomino)
[originally posted on 9 November 2024] Picking up where we left off in this magazine, up next is a section titled Fly! Gundam featuring an interview with Director Yoshiyuki Tomino. As usual, “Q:” denotes the interview questions and “T:” is Director Tomino’s response. Q: First of all, I hear that you are going to use…
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Monthly OUT, 10/1979 – Part 1 (Color Pages + Info Sections)
[originally posted 26 October 2023] Monthly OUT (月刊OUT) was one of the first anime magazines, published by Minori Shobō and releasing monthly from 1977 to 1995. This series of posts will cover the Gundam-related content from the October 1979 issue. I’ll be going through this magazine in parts, as there is quite a lot to…
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Char & Garma’s Fun!? Military Academy – Interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Animedia 07/2016)
[originally posted 27 September 2023] The following is a translation of an interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, creator of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga and director of the OVA and TV series, published in the July 2016 issue of Animedia. The letter “Q” denotes the interviewers questions, and “Y” is Yas’s responses. The term…
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Char Aznable Pia Mook – Interview with Shūichi Ikeda
[originally posted 4 July 2023] The following is a translation of the interview with Shūichi Ikeda from the Char Aznable Pia Mook, published by Pia (ぴあ) in 2020. The existence of Gundam has moved from a “point” to a “line” Please tell us how you feel now that Mobile Suit Gundam has reached its 40th…
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Amuro Ray Pia Mook – Interview with Tōru Furuya
[originally posted 22 June 2023] The following is a translation of the interview with Tōru Furuya from the Amuro Ray Pia Mook, published by Pia (ぴあ) in 2020. Meeting Amuro was a major turning point in his life as an actor Please tell us how you feel about the 40th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam.…
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Char’s Counterattack Cinema Book – Interview with Director Yoshiyuki Tomino
[originally posted 13 August 2023] Released by MOVIC in 1988 alongside the film, the Char’s Counterattack Cinema Book is a companion resource to the film, with multiple pages of color screenshots, an interview with Director Tomino, and plenty of concept art. In this post however, we’ll only be covering the interview. The interviewer’s questions are…
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ガルマが死んだ日 (The Day Garma Died), Act 2, 3
This part covers pages 13-17 Content Warnings for Act 2 This work features mature content and should not be viewed by anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please click here to return to the homepage For writingSexual content For imagesNone Act 2 By Akira Inugami, Shigeshi Shiomi, and Shio After…
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ガルマが死んだ日 (The Day Garma Died), Act 1
Title: ガルマが死んだ日 (The Day Garma Died)Year: 1980Subject: Mobile Suit GundamCircle: ガウ特攻隊 (Gaw Special Attack Unit) This anthology is split into twelve chapters, referred to as “Acts”, with story and art by many different authors. As an added note about the circle name, 特攻隊 (tokkōtai) is also the term used in the name for Japanese kamikaze…
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IMAGE! Garma Zabi Image Song Collection (Part 3)
The final few illustrations, even more songs, and the afterword. This part covers pages 84 – 107 Playlist Link Track List Page Number Playlist Track Number Song Name Song Artist Drawing Artist 85 45 PERSPECTIVE Y.M.O. 水見椰子(Yashi Mizumi) 86-87 46 れくいえむ (Requiem) 南こうせつ(Kousetsu Minami) 橘しいな(Sheena Tachibana) 88 47 抱いた腰がチャチャチャ (The waist that I hold is…
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IMAGE! Garma Zabi Image Song Collection (Part 2)
Picking up where we left off with Part 1. It’s all the blue pages! This part covers pages 66 – 84. Playlist Link Track List Page Number Playlist Track Number Song Name Song Artist Drawing Artist 66-67 42 顔 (Face) コンセントピックス (Consent Picks) 八手又かま (Kama Hatemata) 68 43 LONELY IN YOUR NIGHTMARE Duran Duran 上蔌元(Gen…