S6E16 - TOMINO-THON! Mobile Suit GUNDAM ZZ (1986) – Creating a ‘Bright’ Gundam

With Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam having successfully revived Gundam, Tomino Yoshiyuki and his team at Sunrise jumped straight into a sequel the following year with Gundam ZZ, a series that follows up on the Argama Crew’s battle with Haman Karn and Neo Zeon, but with a new team of heroes and a ‘brighter’ tone. We’ve always loved ZZ here, with its outstanding central cast, amazing antagonists, and stretches like the Dublin Colony Drop that are among the best bits of Gundam ever made. But since we’ve discussed the series in depth before, we focus more on the history and background of the series this time, while looking at specific standout episodes to better appreciate the series’ place in Tomino’s career.

Enjoy, and come back next week as Gundam hits the big screen with the seminal classic Char’s Counterattack!

Time Chart:

Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:38

Intro and History: 0:01:38 – 2:16:11

Eyecatch Break: 2:16:11 – 2:16:54

Gundam ZZ Discussion: 2:16:54 – 3:23:30

End Theme: 3:23:30 – 3:25:35

Gundam ZZ Episodes Watched for this Podcast – Episodes 2, 3, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 45, 46, and 47

Listen to our original Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ review on episode 8 of Weekly Suit Gundam from September 2019 – https://youtu.be/ciVVxnsfq7E?si=Ggz2JWrbaWBJZQpZ

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