Show Notes

This week, we recap, review, and provide analysis of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 50 - "Riders in the Skies" (宇宙を駆ける), discuss our impressions, and provide commentary and research on Scirocco's name and the "The-O" mobile suit.

- Japanese Wikipedia page for Paptimus Scirocco.

- Wikipedia page for the Sirocco wind (aka scirocco, jugo, siroc, xaloc, sciroccu, Σορόκος, siroco, xlokk, shirok, siròc, eisseròc, ghibli, khamsin, شْلُوقْ or شْهِيلِي).

- Forbes interview in which Tomino discusses working with Takahata and Miyazaki in the 1970s:

Ollie Barder, Yoshiyuki Tomino On 'Gundam', Newtypes And The Perilous Future Facing Humanity, Forbes.com, available at https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/03/13/yoshiyuki-tomino-on-gundam-newtypes-and-the-perilous-future-facing-humanity/#6c5c38754b8a

- From Anime News Network's encyclopedia, a comparison of the projects where Tomino, Miyazaki, and Takahata overlapped. Looking at the pages for individual projects you can see that they sometimes collaborated directly on individual episodes.

- Jisho.org page showing the Japanese pronunciation of "baptism."

- Japanese Wikipedia page for "The-O."

- Forbes interview with Kobayashi Makoto (The-O's designer):

Ollie Barder, Makoto Kobayashi On Mecha Design And The Importance Of Red And Blue Paint, Forbes.com, June 25, 2016. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/06/25/makoto-kobayashi-on-mecha-design-and-the-importance-of-red-and-blue-paint/#201328e6e369

- Wiktionary entry for "θεός", also known as "theos," and for "theos" in Latin.

- A blog entry from a collector of religious headwear with images and information about the "eboshi" hats.

- Images showing a court noble's costume, including taller "tate eboshi" hat that resembles the shape of The-O's headgear.

- For a brief discussion of a modern Shinto priest's ceremonial garb, including the eboshi:

John Renard, The Handy Religion Answer Book, Visible Ink Press (2012).

- Pictures of modern shinto ceremonial garb including tall eboshi.

- A detailed English page about the different types of eboshi, with pictures, by Joshua L. Badgley.

- Modern depiction of what a