On the Shoulders of Giants

IT’S SHOWTIME!!!

an image of four horseshoe crabs on a macbook with an audio editing program onscreen. the caption reads "My cats always brother me when I'm on the computer" facepalm emoji

"hey niko how's the edit going?" and its always some shit like this

kojima could write philosophy, but baudrillard could never have written metal gear

a banner image from Iron Harvest with Alice from OSG's cover art superimposed in the foreground.

Hi everyone! Staring next TUESDAY, the 25th, Alice will be streaming IRON HARVEST with discord community member Kryo, with followup streams on every tuesday OSG drops episodes! Come see the Alice fuss europeanly!

on now!!!

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today's stream will hit in about 5 minutes--had a minor technical hiccup, so we're going to hit Battle Suit Aces back up today!! twitch.tv/osg_pod

After two decades of people wondering "what happened?" the question has finally been answered!

The mystery behind Big O's ending has been solved by myself and the perpetually wonderful hosts @osgpod.bsky.social. Mecha community, anime fans, confused Toonami viewers everywhere; you're welcome.

Ep 0060 - The Big O - Part 2 (2004)

The BIG O II day has come, thanks for your patience everyone! Especially big thank you to @spacecolonystudios.bsky.social's Jon Durham, who provided an excellent perspective on the back half of Big O's story! Come see what we're talking about! osgpod.com/posts/2025-1...

Ep 0060 - The Big O - Part 2 (2004)

The BIG O II day has come, thanks for your patience everyone! Especially big thank you to @spacecolonystudios.bsky.social's Jon Durham, who provided an excellent perspective on the back half of Big O's story! Come see what we're talking about! osgpod.com/posts/2025-1...

BONUS - Battle Suit Aces Interview ft. TrinketTom and TrinketEric | On the Shoulders of Giants A giant robot power hour discussing mechs across media, their stories, and why we love them. Join cohosts Alice, Brian, and Niko as we talk through mech design and genre context while begging child so...

Good evening, pilots! We've just uploaded the Battle Suit Aces interview with @tom.trinketstudios.com and @trinketeric.bsky.social from @team.trinketstudios.com! Come hear the devs talk about their journey with game development and their ideas about mecha in this little bonus treat! bit.ly/4r2lEV6

BONUS - Battle Suit Aces Interview ft. TrinketTom and TrinketEric | On the Shoulders of Giants A giant robot power hour discussing mechs across media, their stories, and why we love them. Join cohosts Alice, Brian, and Niko as we talk through mech design and genre context while begging child so...

Good evening, pilots! We've just uploaded the Battle Suit Aces interview with @tom.trinketstudios.com and @trinketeric.bsky.social from @team.trinketstudios.com! Come hear the devs talk about their journey with game development and their ideas about mecha in this little bonus treat! bit.ly/4r2lEV6

an unfinished draft of the Twilight Mirage cookbook.

LIKE our C/W coverage, however, the episode will be accompanied by a cookbook created, penned, and designed by Brian. Here's a quick snapshot of an extremely early, half-done draft of the cover to whet your appetites. I know we're all thinking about one thing with this. Yes. I WILL figure it out.

a drawing of Niko as Togusa from GitS holding a revolver, backed by Alice as the Major upside down in cyberspace, with Brian as Batou with combat knife drawn in the bg.

@irisjaycomics.bsky.social finished her absolute masterpiece of Alice, Niko, and Brian as the Major, Togusa, and Batou for the Year in the Shell! Check this shit out fr!!!

a forecast of the next 4 issues of OSG coverage: 11/15 - Bonus interview regarding Battle Suit Aces ft. Trinket Studios team members 11/25 AVATAR (2009) 12/9 GHOST IN THE SHELL: ARISE 12/23 F@TT: TWILIGHT MIRAGE + Twilight Mirage Cookbook

PILOTS-It's the last FORECAST of the Year in the Shell! Check the thread for some details on the goodies!

CERTIFIED aeria gloris moment!!!! <3 <3

(also yo i've got process shots of this piece up in THE VAULT on my Patreon and Subscribestar, psst patreon.com/irisjay subscribestar.adult/irisjay)

a drawing of Niko as Togusa from GitS holding a revolver, backed by Alice as the Major upside down in cyberspace, with Brian as Batou with combat knife drawn in the bg.

@irisjaycomics.bsky.social finished her absolute masterpiece of Alice, Niko, and Brian as the Major, Togusa, and Batou for the Year in the Shell! Check this shit out fr!!!

big duo deeming niko guilty for another late pod edit

One last announcement for today--due to myriad technical difficulties, the Big O II episode is in the oven, but delayed. Keep an eye out, shouldn't be too long!

promotional art of Mobile Suit Gundam 1979 featuring a weirdly orange haired Sayla Mass and an equally weirdly orange haired Amuro Ray.

By the way, we officially unveiled it during our barely intelligible drunken Ghost in the Shell 2017 commentary track, but in case you missed it: it's Alice's turn to pick the theme for 2026: thus, our first episode of 2026 marks the beginning of our GUNDAM coverage in THE ONE YEAR POD...

promotional art of Mobile Suit Gundam 1979 featuring a weirdly orange haired Sayla Mass and an equally weirdly orange haired Amuro Ray.

By the way, we officially unveiled it during our barely intelligible drunken Ghost in the Shell 2017 commentary track, but in case you missed it: it's Alice's turn to pick the theme for 2026: thus, our first episode of 2026 marks the beginning of our GUNDAM coverage in THE ONE YEAR POD...

we are all equally shocked by this admission

an unfinished draft of the Twilight Mirage cookbook.

LIKE our C/W coverage, however, the episode will be accompanied by a cookbook created, penned, and designed by Brian. Here's a quick snapshot of an extremely early, half-done draft of the cover to whet your appetites. I know we're all thinking about one thing with this. Yes. I WILL figure it out.

Finally, to close out 2025, we have a special episode on Friends at the Table: Twilight Mirage.
UNlike our COUNTER/Weight coverage, we have been recording this in chunks over the course of the year--an UNTOLD podcasting experiment (other than. covering another podcast...???)

Yes--I said PENULTIMATE. Keep your butts in your seats, because we're working on an extremely special project featuring a couple guest voices you've already heard this year, and it will truly cap off our GitS unit experience. I will give ONE detail keyword: divorce.

Following AVATAR, we have our PENULTIMATE Year in the Shell entry on Ghost in the Shell:ARISE, where we'll be talking about the OVA, the 10-ep anime season, and the New Movie in one big cyberpunk swoop.

Our next full episode coverage is on James Cameron's AVATAR (2009). You will never guess who's hosting this one...

On the Shoulders of Giants On the Shoulders of Giants is a giant robot power hour discussing mechs across media, their stories, and why we love them. Join friends and variously accredited mechsperts Alice, Brian, and Niko as th...

First off, coming this Friday (probably), a bonus interview with @team.trinketstudios.com regarding their new mecha card battler, Battle Suit Aces, which Brian streamed the first few hours of--the VoD is up on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/@osg_pod !

a forecast of the next 4 issues of OSG coverage: 11/15 - Bonus interview regarding Battle Suit Aces ft. Trinket Studios team members 11/25 AVATAR (2009) 12/9 GHOST IN THE SHELL: ARISE 12/23 F@TT: TWILIGHT MIRAGE + Twilight Mirage Cookbook

PILOTS-It's the last FORECAST of the Year in the Shell! Check the thread for some details on the goodies!

YouTube video by On the Shoulders of Giants STREAM: Call a Waaambulance for my Waaanzer - FRONT MISSION (SNES)

youtu.be/dvUkWoWDKFc

the VoD of our first FRONT MISSION stream is up! J.J. for VICTORY! J.J. for LIFE!

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twitch.tv/osg_pod STREAMING SUNDAYS - i'll show u my wanzer if u show me urs.... call that a full frontal mission....

it's the zohran campaign format meme but with the snake eater lyrics "I live my life not honor but for you"