I’ve been doing a little bit of research into some of the production backstory to Gundam 0080 lately and found some interesting nuggets of information in several staff interviews I thought I’d share here: Interview with Fumihiko Takayama (Director) He doesn’t (or didn’t at the time) own a telephone. Sunrise producer Uchida had to go […]
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[LYRICS & TRANSLATION] – UBUGOE
June 4th, 2022 
deackychu UBUGOE Sung by Hiroko Moriguchi Lyrics by Goro Matsui Composed by doubleglass 優しさは 怖いものだね まちがえば 深い傷になる そう 守りたいものがあるほど くりかえす約束にも迷う Being kind is scary, Wrong judgments could cause deep pain, yes The more you want to protect something, The more difficult it is to promise again So far 変わることのない Long time 幸せはあるの？ My heart 求める力は なにかを壊すかもしれない […]
ANIMEDIA’S GUNDAM ZZ PART.2
February 6th, 2022 deackychu Today’s quick mini segment deals with a question and answer page in the Gundam ZZ Part.2 book published by Animedia. This doesn’t really add anything, but it’s neat nonetheless to see what people wrote in and asked about: Q: Why does Judau leave with Roux instead of Elle in the last episode? A: In the […]
[Ramblings] – 20 Minute Preview is Causing Waves!
May 8th, 2021 deackychu The re-release of Hathaway’s Flash novels has made some modifications here and there, some minor corrections to kanji, some proofreading, and a couple of new lines. The odd downside to these has been the omission of the internal artwork. It seems, though, that some of the diehard Tomino otaku are having some grumblings over the […]
[Z MSV WORLD] – MSA-004-K NEMO III
May 5th, 2021 deackychu Diving back into some of the older Gundam oddities from the 1980s, here’s some old background information on the Nemo III! Check out the post on Twitter for the kick-ass artwork by Kazumi Fujita! Click the magazine cover below to be taken to the article. ビークラブ6雑誌 B-CLUB Issue No.6 PUBLICATION INFORMATION Publisher: Bandai Released: 1986.04.30 […]
[Interview Notes] – Hasegawa’s Long Ass Interview Notes
April 15th, 2021 deackychu 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
March 30th, 2021 deackychu 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)
March 12th, 2021 deackychu 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 […]
[Investigative Journalism?] – A New View of the Universal Century
March 8th, 2021 deackychu So a rather tongue-in-cheek mook was just released in Japan called [Testimony] Mobile Suit Gundam: 100 Years of the Universal Century as seen by Bungei Shunju. Articles published in the book follow the format of the investigative reporting that the weekly news magazine Shukan Bunshun follows. I’m chuckling over some of the entries in the […]
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March 5th, 2021 deackychu 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
March 3rd, 2021 deackychu 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
March 3rd, 2021 deackychu 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
December 19th, 2020 deackychu 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
December 18th, 2020 deackychu 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 […]
GUNDAM-CLUB ’87-2
December 17th, 2020 deackychu Since I’ve apparently been bit by the random Gundam ZZ info bug, here’s some more fabulous information from B-CLUB 15! Let’s just say that some of the bombshell info dump may come as a shock to some fans. Say hello to Dozle’s 12-year-old mistress? As if we didn’t have issues with the previous post! As […]
GUNDAM-CLUB ’86-11
December 16th, 2020 deackychu An interesting discussion cropped up following the release of Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Anime Podcast‘s analysis of the disastrous origin of Elpeo Ple’s name. The widely accepted explanation is that the staff named her after a famous lolicon fanzine titled Lemon People, which only served to bastardize the “big brother” theme in the series […]
16th Year Celebration Bonanza! (There’s translations this time!)
July 4th, 2020 deackychu It’s hard to believe how long I’ve been working on Gundam-related material. I “technically” count the group formation as of July 4th since that’s when I bought the old zeonic-corps domain, but the first project (Gundam Sentinel) was started on October 6th, 2003. So in every right, I’ve been doing this stuff for almost seventeen […]
[BRIEF HISTORY] – RX-95 Valiant Gundam
January 1st, 2020 deackychu As I was going over a timeline for Hathaway’s Flash, I stumbled upon a timestamp to an event that I was unfamiliar with. It read: U.C. 0095: The Federation dispatches a suppression force against the Jupiter Phantom, a terrorist organization active at Jupiter. So I went digging for information. The relatively bizarre story ran in Comic […]
Gundam Narrative Novel Summary
November 24th, 2018 deackychu Hi gang, As promised, here’s part of the summary for the Gundam Narrative novel! Spoilers everywhere so beware!
User Pruning
August 27th, 2018 deackychu Unfortunately I had to delete all blog users due to rampant spam issues and inactivity. In 8+ years of having this particular theme I acquired over 23,000 registrations. If you signed up at some point I apologize but your account has been removed. If you need to comment on something, please reach out via the […]
