Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast

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We take the podcast on the road and head to Irvine, California to scope out the Gundam Base Mobile Tour!  Join us as we take you on a tour of the Gundam Base Mobile’s merch trailer, the giant RX-78-2, and all the accompanying displays!  During our visit, Isaac plays I Spy a mono-eye but comes up empty; we meet Tyler – the best employee the Gundam Base could have hired...

On February 28th, 2025, the latest Gundam film, GQuuuuuux -Beginning-, arrived in theaters across the USA... and you bet we were there to bask in the glow of Gundam on the silver screen!  Join us as we discuss our thoughts on the film, including is the GQuacks/GKwucks debate a potato/potahto situation?  Is the Red Gundam really a Beetleborg gone rogue?  Did the Zeknova open the newtype dimension?  Did Degwin retire to hang out with...

Last time we covered the best emblems, so now it's only fair we unveil our picks for the worst emblems in the history of Gundam!  Once again, no faction, ace pilot, or team squadron is safe from our discerning eyes.  Our list ranges from the obscure like OZ's tin man and Shagia Frost's emo horse, to the heavy hitters like AEUG's funny circles and the Earth Federation's Brazilian basketball.  What emblems are in your bottom five?  L...

The Gundam franchise has spawned hundreds of emblems over the last ~45 years representing ace pilots, factions, team squadrons, and many other groups.  In this episode, we comb through the archives to find our favorite five emblems of all time!  From classics like the Principality of Zeon, to modern standouts like the Phantom Sweep Corps, to iconic insignias like Amuro's unicorn "A", to enigmas like the Chimera Corps, or to obscure...

In December 2024, Sunrise announced the newest Gundam TV series coming in 2025 titled Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux.  Created by the minds behind hit anime Neon Genesis Evangelion and FLCL, what universal secret is GQuuuuuux hiding?  Just how many u's are in GQuuuuuux?  How do you even pronounce GQuuuuuux for that matter?  Who gave the White Base a green paint wash and go-fast stripes?   Brian fears he might be the old man yelling a...

Happy New Year, Gundam fans!  To ring in 2025, we run down our list of resolutions for Gundam characters, factions, and creators.  From Iria Solari to Mr. Bushido, from Setsuna F. Seiei to Meitzer Ronah, everyone is on the table.  We discuss princesses, anti-princesses, HLVs, disability insurance, home maintenance plans, persocoms, dormant mobile armors, and much more.  Plus, we dare ask the question, perhaps ZAFT just really enjoy...

The King Space Pig has arrived at Zum City with a full mailbag so we are emptying it out in time for 2025!  We start with a delicious tangent about homemade fudge, lay out our 2025 Gundam goals, and then the comments come fast and furious: Coordinators and Innovators seem a tad salty but life goes on.  What happens if Kira gets a cold?  Are civilian shields the key to destroying the RX-78-2?  Does Brian need a hot patchworker mommy...

We join up with Captain Iria Solari's Red Wolf Squadron as they drop into the One Year War's Eastern European theater in Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance!  Despite being on Netflix, Solari's team has a very unchill time as they encounter the nightmarish Gundam EX and have to resort to Zaku Wacky Types patched together in a Zeon junkyard.  In this series where every human looks like an uncanny glazed donut, we discuss Zeon's notebook o...

Gundam Trivia @anime expo chibi 2024

Recorded November 10, 2024; Ontario Convention Center Ballroom A; 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

Attention Gundam fans! Come test your Gundam knowledge with the Colony Drop Podcast! Whether you’re a Newtype fighting for spacenoid independence, a Coordinator seeking Freedom from annihilation, or a new fan that fell in love with The Witch From Mercury, we’ll have trivia for all levels. Plus, you might win a ch...

In October 2024, Anime Expo Cinema Nights brought the Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) compilation films to theaters across the United States and we were there for every single one!  Join us as we journey alongside the Soldiers of Sorrow on the White Base as they fly fearlessly toward the Encounters in Space they are destined for!  We discuss the massive crowds, the eternal sub vs. dub debate, M’Quve’s fate, the Core Booster, espers and e...

Fresh off Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, we take a deep dive into the (limited) lore around the Cosmic Era's genetically enhanced humans known as Coordinators.  We run through Coordinator history from George Glenn's reveal all the way to his brain in a jar.  Plus, Isaac pitches a devious new plot for Blue Cosmos - COORVID-19 - and we discover the Coordinator slur! 

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It's September 0079, and Degwin Zabi has ordered you to destroy the RX-78-2 Gundam at all costs!  How do you do it?!  In this episode, we discuss methods we would have employed to destroy the White Devil.  All options are on the table, including nukes, water, and even pretty women.  Along the way we explore Trowa's connection to Batman, the Sleggar butterfly effect, and create a new amphibious mobile armor unit called the Javy Done...

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom has finally arrived on Netflix!  At long last, we can correct the tragedy that was our theater experience with a proper review!  Made with love for Cosmic Era fans, the film is beautiful but feels a bit familiar to its predecessors.  Lakoose returns with GelGOOGs and smorgasbords; Evidence 01 becomes a replica; an Archangel gets its wings; Kira buckles up even further; and the Queen does her best Ben...

We conclude our discussion of The Plot to Assassinate Gihren with one goal in mind: find the answer to the mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma – who is Reginleif?   Plus, ads are coming soon to a space colony near you; Degwin proves to be a visionary; Command HQ double taps; the Galbaldy appears but the White Rose answers; Lieutenant Stressful freaks out; Oleg turns out to be the MVP; and Stone Cold’s DTA motto proves to b...

Bandai Namco called and they need record breaking profits and they need them yesterday!  Luckily, Sunset Productions has arrived with a solution: license the Mobile Suit Gundam brand into as many punny products as humanly possible.  No industry shall be left unexploited and no demographic shall be left unsatisfied.  Cucko clocks?  We’ve got those.  Cashews?  We’ve got those too.  Organ donation advocacy?  Oh, you better believe it!...

Gundam Trivia @ Anime Expo 2024

Recorded July 6, 2024; LA Convention Center Panel Room 404AB; 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

Calling all Gundam fans! Come test your Gundam knowledge with the Colony Drop Podcast! Whether you’re a grizzled veteran of the One Year War or a new fan that fell in love with The Witch From Mercury, we’ll have trivia for all levels. Plus, you might win a prize! Gundam trivia all set! Ready! GO!

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The One Year War is almost at its close in December 0079, but something is amiss in the Principality of Zeon... We follow Leopold Fieseler's investigation of the shadowy organization known as Valkyrie which has one goal - to kill Gihren Zabi!  If you enjoy Gundam politics and One Year War lore, The Plot to Assassinate Gihren is a veritable multicourse dessert.  We take in a Zeonic opera, witness another use of the Ginias juice, see...

We discuss our lists of five battles, characters, mobile suits, scenarios, or situations we want to see more of in future Gundam projects.  Isaac digs deep for more faction lore, including the nukes of Blue Cosmos, the corporate militaries in the Ad Stella timeline, and even all seven space wars!  Meanwhile, Brian asks for clarity on the rarely referenced Four Avengers, the mysterious Valkyrja frames, and the wannabe noble Buch fam...

Pull up a chair to hear the tale of how on May 8, 2024, we became two of the most unlucky Gundam fans in the United States trying to watch the new film Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom.  In better news, we will be running Gundam trivia at Anime Expo 2024!  Plus, we have a new mascot and need you to help us name her!  Double plus, Sunrise reanimated part of Aura Battler Dunbine?  Are you kidding me?  Attack, attack, attack~~~!

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