Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast

Anime Expo and San Diego Comic-Con 2025 bestowed so much exciting Gundam news upon us that we absolutely must talk about the implications.  Whether you like anime, cards, manga, minis, or movies, Bandai/ Sunrise are coming for your wallet in every way possible and we are here for it!  Plus, Isaac attempts another baseball analogy and demands Bandai sell a mushroom cloud mini for Natural use only!  We hope to see you all in theaters for all of these special events coming your way! Anime Expo / San Diego Comic-Con news recap: https://en.gundam.info/news/video-music/02_14637.html [https://en.gundam.info/news/video-music/02_14637.html] New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Anniversary Video -Operation 30th-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueB0oNajuEg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueB0oNajuEg&t=1s] New Mobile Report Gundam Wing 0.5: Half Preventer-7: https://en.gundam.info/about-gundam/series-pages/gundam-w/news/publications/02_14594.html [https://en.gundam.info/about-gundam/series-pages/gundam-w/news/publications/02_14594.html] Gundam Eight: https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_Eight [https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_Eight] Gundam Card Game: https://www.gundam-gcg.com/en/ [https://www.gundam-gcg.com/en/] Gundam Assemble: https://global.bandai-hobby.net/en-us/site/gundam-assemble/ [https://global.bandai-hobby.net/en-us/site/gundam-assemble/]

Gundam Trivia @ Anime Expo 2025 Recorded July 5, 2025; LA Convention Center Panel Room 402AB; 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM Attention Gundam fans! Are you a Newtype fighting for spacenoid independence? A Coordinator trying to fulfill your Destiny? A fan of mobile suit Clan Battles? If so then come test your Gundam knowledge with the Colony Drop Podcast! We’ll have trivia for all levels and you might win a prize! Gundam trivia all set! Ready! GO! Watch the VIDEO version here: https://youtu.be/PEny3XtWFFw [https://youtu.be/PEny3XtWFFw]

We set our thrusters at maximum and head into the Zeknova that is Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX!  After coming down from our Kira-Kira high, Isaac muses at Mash donating his leg and bemoans the lack of total Zeonic victory he was promised, while Brian is incensed at the continued pattern of bad parenting across the timelines and delivers a PSA on spray paint safety.  Plus, we discuss the Zeon civil war, Char's need for a haircut, Shuji's true identity, and a cameo from Australian Isaac!

We dive into those random topics about Gundam that never quite made sense to us to the point where we had to make up our own headcanon to fill in the blank.  These are Gundam's headcanon head scratchers, or as Isaac calls them, Gunundrums!  From light-hearted subjects like General Revil's age and part time gig as a mall Santa, or elite h4x0r Kira Jesus Yamato forgetting Athrun's phone number; to serious lore tidbits like the lack of Minovsky bombs and large capital ships, we lay all our Gunundrums out on the table.  Plus, Brian unexpectedly earns a position with Blue Cosmos by inventing snow cone machine nukes!  What are some of your Gunundrums?

Stop us if you've heard this Gundam setting before: In the near future, humans have largely fled a ravaged Earth in favor of giant space colonies where they war amongst themselves using giant robots called mobile suits.  We've been there and done that several times over - in fact we are doing it right now in GQuuuuuux!  So let's think of something new: What are some fresh new settings that future Gundam series might explore instead?  We discuss a wide range of ideas including the asteroid belt, black holes, Saturn, and Proxima Centauri, among others.  Plus, we eulogize Stargate Universe, Isaac demands justice for Pluto, we discuss all the steampunk genres (who knew solarpunk is a thing?), and Isaac unleashes his inner armchair astrophysicist on black holes and entropy.  Where would you set the next Gundam series?  P.S. Gundam Trivia is confirmed for Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles, California!  Come join us on Saturday, July 5, 2025, 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM, Room 402AB!