Show Notes

This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 45 - “The Battle of Axis” (アクシズの戦闘), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and continuing research on the Tale of the Heike and it's influence on Double Zeta.

- Books and articles Thom referenced:

平家物語 (The Tale of the Heike), trans. Royall Tyler. Penguin (2012).

- About Sir Accolon of Gaul and Morgana/Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legends.

- Chivalry!

- Wikipedia page for the song "Greensleeves," and one set of lyrics for the tune.

- The recording of "Greensleeves" used in the eulogy for Mashymre is performed by Howie Mitchell & Charlotte Williams, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario.

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