Show Notes

This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 10 - "Sayonara, Fa"/さよならファ - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on what trends and subcultures could have inspired Chara Soon's iconic look.

- Articles about Japan's youth-culture, Visual Kei, and Gyaru:

Takada, A. (1992), Contemporary Youth and Youth Culture in Japan. International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 1: 99-114.

Kawasaki, Ken'ichi. “Youth Culture in Japan.” Social Justice, vol. 21, no. 2 (56), 1994, pp. 185–203. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/29766814. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.

Megan Pfeifle, Globalizing Visual Kei: A Web Series, for JaME (Japanese Musical Entertainment). 2011. Available at https://www.jame-world.com/en/theme/932-globalizing-visual-kei-a-web-series.html

Marx, W. David, The History of the Gyaru - Part One, for NeoJapanisme.com. February 28, 2012. http://neojaponisme.com/2012/02/28/the-history-of-the-gyaru-part-one/

- Archived page from the Japan Fashion Association about gal/gyaru fashion and its origin.

- Google's Arts and Culture photoseries on Japanese youth fashion trends of the 80s.

- Video of Cyndi Lauper's acceptance speech and performance at the American Music Awards.

- Music used in Radio Free Shangri-La episode 7: The Lone Survivor in Paradise includes Way Out West by Twin Musicom.

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