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YOSHIYUKI TOMINO INTERVIEWS
December 19th, 2024 
deackychu Given the complexity of the man we all know as Tomino, I’ve decided to do a weekly deep-dive into some older interviews he’s had with a wide variety of individuals over the years (serialized in Gundam Ace and then compiled into stand-alone books). Although some of them, admittedly, haven’t aged all that well (they were […]
[Moon Gundam Mechanical Works Vol.32] Sazabi Prototype
August 25th, 2022 deackychu Today’s update is brief, but it comes courtesy of the October 2022 issue of Gundam Ace. We finally have detailed information on the Sazabi that appeared at the end of volume 7 of the manga series, so I went ahead and wrote up an article on it here. Once I get my copy of the […]
[SUMMARY] – WITCH FROM MERCURY HIGHLIGHTS
July 14th, 2022 deackychu Quickly rewatching and highlighting some of what’s going on in the episode. Let’s see how far off the mark I am: Front’s 3 districts (?) passed a resolution for a budget to purchase Gundam-type MS manufactured by Aux-Earth. The company’s weapon system are considered a major concern because of BIOETHICAL issues for pilots Accountability of […]
[PRODUCTION LORE] GUNDAM 0080 EDITION
June 15th, 2022 deackychu 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 […]
MAKING OF Z GUNDAM
April 15th, 2022 deackychu Today’s deep dive into random Gundam production lore comes from the 1994 laserdisc release of Zeta Gundam. As many already know, I translated a portion of the original draft from the old Animedia book released back in 1986. But, the neat fact to learn about was that there was a much more complete draft of […]
[Data Dump] – Before ∀: Mobile Suits Buried in the Dark History
March 26th, 2022 deackychu A year ago I started diving into some of the alternative mobile suit designs from Turn A Gundam, so I decided to continue on with another one. FLAT-L06U 都市公安仕様フラット FLAT-L06U Public Peace Type FLAT A number of mobile suits descended upon Earth during the environmental survey by the Moon Race and were conducted in several […]
AN OHTAGAKI INTERVIEW SUMMARY
February 24th, 2022 deackychu In today’s deep dive data series, I elected to dabble into the taboo area of Gundam Thunderbolt and see what Ohtagaki had to say back in the Spring 2017 issue of Great Mechanics. Depending on which side of the fence you sit on, he spells out some stuff that fans may find interesting or even […]
[Background Lore] – Original Gunboy Proposal
February 18th, 2022 deackychu Today’s deep-dive into the world of random Gundam lore comes courtesy of the original proposal for Gunboy, which would later go on to become our beloved Mobile Suit Gundam television series. It’s interesting to see how our famed Red Comet was originally a woman in this adaptation! Click here to read all about it. 宇宙戦闘団ガンボーイ（仮題）企画書 […]
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 […]
[DATA DUMP XMAS EDITION] PRE-OYW EDITION
December 24th, 2021 deackychu I’ve been poking at this for far too long, so without further delay, here’s the first portion of (“updated”) historical info from the pages of an old 2000 Mekton RPG book!
[Background Info] SIDE 6’s NEUTRALITY IN FOCUS
December 3rd, 2021 deackychu Vintage Gundam lore has always been something I’ve been deeply interested in, so today’s info dump is no exception. I don’t know why I’ve been focusing on Side 6 as of late, but I decided to introduce some of the vintage lore explaining their neutrality throughout the One Year War. The lesson: currying favor to […]
[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 […]
[Framework Friday] – ∀ Gundam Science (Installment.01)
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 […]
