Show Notes

This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 6 - "The Zssa Menace"/ズサの脅威 - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the possible influence of the novel Don Quixote on the characters of Mashymre and Gottn.

- Wikipedia pages for the novel Don Quixote, the full list of characters from the novel, and character-specific pages for Dulcinea del Toboso and Sancho Panza.

- A discussion of "early novels."

- The definition of "quixotic."

- Britannica page for Don Quixote.

- Sparknotes summary of the novel Don Quixote de La Mancha, and description of the Don Quixote character.

- Japanese Wikipedia pages for the Don Quixote novel and for the anime ずっこけナイトドンデラマンチャ/Zukkoke Naito Don De Ra Mancha.

- Anime News Network page for Sekita Osamu (関田 修).

- Wikipedia page for the Don Quixote, aka Donki, chain of stores.

- Article about Japanese translations and interpretations of Don Quixote.

- An academic paper about the influence of Don Quixote in Japanese literature:

Bantarō, Seiro, and Franz Prichard. “Modern Japanese Literature and ‘Don Quixote.’” Review of Japanese Culture and Society, vol. 18, 2006, pp. 132–146. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42800231. Accessed 4 Sept. 2020.

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