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Anime 3000 Panel - S01E08 -Giant Robots
Last Updated on Sunday, 20 September 2009 09:32 Written by Sean Russell Tuesday, 09 June 2009 05:15
Season One, Episode Eight, Giant Robots. In this week's episode, our panel gives us a comprehensive look into the world of Giant Robots. This episode was designed to give the average Otaku a glimpse into the mind of a Giant Robot fan. What shows should they watch, why are some creators more influential than others, and most importantly, who is Go Nagai? Our topics include: Yasuhiro Imagawa, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, Shoji Kawamori as well as others. They will also give us their top picks at the end of the show. Our panel this week includes: Gerald from Anime World Order, John-Paul from the Fight Bait Anime Podcast, Mike Dent from R5 Central and Carl Li from Oguie Maniax.
Panelist:
Sean Russell (Host)
Gerald (Anime World Order) http://www.animeworldorder.com
John-Paul (Fight Bait Anime Podcast) http://www.fightbait.com
Mike Dent (R5 Central) http://www.r5central.com
Carl Li (Ogiue Maniax) http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/
Runtime: 1:00:00
INTRODUCTIONS: Welcome once again to the Anime 3000 Panel. I'm Sean Russell, your moderator and host. Let's meet this week's panel.
Our first panelist is one of the hosts of the extremely popular anime world order podcast. He's a huge fan of Giant Robots, 80's Anime and Japanese Video Games. Let's welcome Gerald to our show.
Our Second Panelist is no stranger to our podcast and usually finds the time to put out several weekly podcasts over at fightbait.com. John-Paul is on our program.
Our Third Panelist runs the Japanese Pop Culture podcast R5 Central. He's also a contributor for the popular anime magazine, Otaku USA. Let's meet Mike Dent.
Topic #1:
Yasuhiro Imagawa
Creator: Giant Robo, Shin Mazinger Shogeki! Z-Hen
Director: Mobile Fighter G Gundam, MS Zeta Gundam
Notes: I will tell you right now, it's going to be awhile before you see references to all of the shows and people discussed in this podcast. There were way too many to count and I only have so much time in the day. I do however want to have them, so check back at a future time to see a modified show notes. In the meantime, I will post my thoughts about the particular creator. So far I'm the most impressed with this person. Until this show, I confused the works of Yasuhiro Imagawa with that of Go Nagai. I'm a huge fan of G Gundam, having watched it almost six years ago. I see a lot of similar elements in these shows from their grandiose fighting sequences, over the top characters and consistent themes. Next on my list, Zeta Gundam.
Topic #2:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Creator: Space Runaway Ideon, MS Gundam, MS Zeta Gundam
Notes: Our senior writer, Joshua Valencia has been going on about Space Runaway Ideon for months now. I honestly had more respect for Tomino before this podcast, at least as a writer. I still respect him as a producer and kind of look at him as a source of inspiration. Someone pretty much described me when they said he was a great idea man, but not a good writer. I wouldn't say I'm a bad writer, but my ideas are better than the execution of my ideas. My goal in life is to be an accomplished producer that surrounds himself with the best talent. I think in a way, Tomino has done that.
Topic #3:
Go Nagai & Ken Ishikawa
Creators: Mazinger Z, Getter Robo
Robot/Mecha anime created by Go Nagai’s Mazinger Z series
Also credited with transforming mecha with Getter Robo
Notes: Go Nagai is the man. I knew that coming in to this podcast and leaving, I feel that times ten. His accomplishments are unparralled to that of his peers. I've yet to see one of his shows all the way through, but from what I've seen, he really has a style all his own.
Topic #4:
Shoji Kawamori
Creator: Macross, Visions of Escaflowne, Basquash
Mecha Design: Transformers, Outlaw Star, Patlabor
Notes: I think Shoji Kawarmori got the short end of the stick. He's done a lot for mecha, especially in the way of Mecha Design. I think it's easy to write someone off when they've produced a massive body of work. You're not allways going to make amazing products. If we look at what he's done write, I think he's worthy of being in this list. He did the mech design for Transformers for goodness sake. That has to count for something.
Topic #5:
Top Five Giant Robot Picks
Notes: This topic kind of spiraled out of control. I cut a ton of conversation for the sake of time. That's the problem when you get guys together that are really passionate about their "Giant Robots". I hope you enjoyed this podcast and I encourage you to give us a call and let us know what you thought. Did we leave anything out? Did you disagree with anyone on the panel? Your feedback and questions are important.
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Comments (7)
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First of the bat great podcast. We had some real powerhouses of anime fandom on the podcast. I half expected Mike Toole to materialize straight from the ether itself to join on the podcast. I am sure the left over bits will be a lost episode one day. A lost episode I look forward to.
My 2nd point is how much did Carl cry manly tears because he missed on about talking about Tomino? It was like I missed out on talking about Galaxy Angel. There would be nothing but sobbing tears and regret if it were me.
My third point is that I must agree with the panelists. Tomino is plain crazy. His greatest crime in his utter inability to write any sort of romance but insisting on trying to throw it in his shows.
My 4th point is maybe it was on the cutting room floor but I think that Turn A Gundam is one of Tomino's best shows and my favorite Gundam series. The show still has layers upon layers of Tomino's patented crazy sauce all over it but almost always in a good way (an only occasionally in a bad way). There is the closest thing to believable romance in Turn A Gundam. It’s still not great romance but it is not Tomino normal TOMINO SAYS YOU ARE IN LOVE NOW!
Point 5 is that much like Macross 7 it turns out that G Gundam is dumb and silly entries in much more serious franchises. But if you can stand the dumb and silly of both shows there is a deeper layer of pure awesome underneath.
Still a very fun show. Made my day at work a little brighter.
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The show still has layers upon layers of Tomino's patented crazy sauce all over it but almost always in a good way (an only occasionally in a bad way). There is the closest thing to believable romance in Turn A Gundam. It’s still not great romance but it is not Tomino normal TOMINO SAYS YOU ARE IN LOVE NOW!
Point 5 is that much like Macross 7 it turns out that G Gundam is dumb and silly entries in much more serious franchises. But if you can stand the dumb and silly of both shows there is a deeper layer of pure awesome underneath.
Still a very fun show. Made my day at work a little brighter.
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Hmmmm. I sound like I'm in a damn tin can. I wonder what happened. The episode turned out great other than that though.
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|Registered |Y-m-d H:i:s andrewchoiIt seems like there was a problem with the recording on Sean's end. I didn't hear him at all!
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|SAdministrator |Y-m-d H:i:s Sean RussellI don't know if you're kidding, but the reason you didn't hear me, was due to my not talking. I chimed in a little during the episode. Mainly, I wanted to bring these guys together to discuss the topic.
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