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Weekly Suit Gundam #05 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 39-43
Weekly Suit Gundam #05 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 39-43
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Length:
140 minutes
Released:
Aug 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
It’s the final stretch of Mobile Suit Gundam – episodes 39 through 43 – and if you thought a mere five episodes wouldn’t be enough to fill a full installment of this podcast, you clearly haven’t seen the absurdly jam-packed final push of this incredible show. With the strange, metaphysical concept of ‘Newtypes’ taking center stage, Gundam’s closing episodes are both its most action-packed and its most boldly experimental, as Amuro comes fully into his new abilities and Char tries to harness the powers of the mysterious Lalah Sune. It wasn’t exactly the ending creator Yoshiyuki Tomino and company had in mind – the series was cut from 52 to 43 episodes, with these final five installments having to tell a much-condensed version of a longer original game plan – but as we argue here, it’s nonetheless a stirring, pitch-perfect ending to this all-time great anime, and one worth the deep dive we give it here.
Enjoy, and come back next time for our final episode (for now!) of Weekly Suit Gundam, where we’ll be talking the compilation movie trilogy from 1981-1982 that sent Gundam’s popularity into the stratosphere.
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Enjoy, and come back next time for our final episode (for now!) of Weekly Suit Gundam, where we’ll be talking the compilation movie trilogy from 1981-1982 that sent Gundam’s popularity into the stratosphere.
Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on iTunes!
Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter @JonathanLack
Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter @SeantheChapman
www.weeklystuffpodcast.com
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
Released:
Aug 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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