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Side 6 Soundwaves was my companion listening during the airing of GQuuuuuuX. I also listened to the discussions on the First Gundam novel trilogy; nothing too specific to GQ but a neat listen.
Your brain vs Your brain on mecha
Ya’ll remember MySpace?
Our buddy @spaceleech.bsky.social cut a new trailer for Gainazine. Now that the Gainax story is truly over, couldn't hurt to go back to the beginning, eh?
Mark your calendars: the next GRFM State Machine is set for 3/31! We have A LOT to announce, including:
✅Big Fire Frequency schedule + guest list
✅SV2 Dispatches news
✅Front Mission zine release date (will be shipping next month)
✅The topic of Fan Magazine No. 7
✅And much more!
when a speedrunner says, “now i’m going to show off this one-frame trick”:
this is every podcasting duo
Hiroyuki Okiura, whom Watanabe enlisted to direct the opening of the Cowboy Bebop movies, employs a similar technique to establish verisimilitude. Don't know what we're talking about? Ask DNA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHNw...
Macross Plus has a great sense of place; Eden feels so lived-in. It’s a testament to the team at Triangle Staff that this alien world is so well-realized. As he often does, Watanabe relies on montages of establishing shots to establish realism.
My favorite Nobuo Uematsu piece: "Macross de Chocobo"
To learn more about Watanabe’s love of film, check out his recent visit to the @criterion.bsky.social closet! m.youtube.com/watch?v=kwoC...
He’s got some deeper cuts, too. During an interview Watanabe got to talking about John Carpenter’s Dark Star (1974). He said, “It’s a very dumb movie, so please check it out.” Brilliant.
Of course, if you’ve seen Cowboy Bebop, you know how much Watanabe loves westerns, noir, science fiction, samurai stories, and kung-fu flicks. He has cited The Killers (1946), The Wild Bunch (1961), Dirty Harry (1971), and The French Connection (1971) as personal favorites.
Fun fact: Shinichirō Watanabe is a cinephile, first and foremost—his love of film oozes out of every frame of animation he touches. As he puts it, “I constantly think how it will be interesting, exciting, or unique if we can combine and mix genre A and B.”
isamu dyson would absolutely says these words
Macross Plus (1994-95)
The Gundam ‘bits box’ is full once more - so here’s a giveaway for the lot! Plus, well, a new & unopened Metal Robot Spirits Wing Gundam figure..! 👉 To enter, follow + repost (or quote).
Winner will be picked at random, next Monday 16th Mar, international post all ok! Good luck. 🍀
Good morning
there is no universe in which Char turns down an interview with Chotiner
Choose Your Fighter (Weaponized Writing Utensil Edition)
Suletta's relationship with Prospera in a nutshell:
Anime Herald Magazine's reprint is officially shipping! We have about 130 copies ready-to-go, so order today to help support independent anime journalism.
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Remember when G-Witch had slap bass?