Show Notes

We're looking back at another season of Gundam through the rear view mirror, and we have a few loose ends to tie up. Lingering musings, listener questions, and a few more research topics! Thanks for supporting us through another season! We couldn't do it without all of you.

Show Notes On the state of Sydney and the notion of Canon

• Books:

Azuma Hiroki, Otaku: Japan's Database Animals. Translated by Jonathan E. Abel and Kono Shion. Kodansha Gendai Shinsho 2001, trans. Minnesota UP 2009. Tomino Yoshiyuki, 機動戦士ガンダム, aka Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation. Asahi Sonorama. Volume 1 (Nov. 30, 1979), Volume 2 (Sept. 30, 1980), Volume 3 (Mar. 16, 1981). English translation by Frederick Schodt, 2004. 宇宙翔ける戦士達 GUNDAM CENTURY, aka Gundam Century. Ed. by Matsuzaki Kenichi. Minori Shobo, Sept. 22, 1981.

• Tomino's "Defeatist Manifesto", a long interview in which he mentions his father's role in World War II and his subsequent relationship to Japan as a nation.
• An English summary of the key information contained in Gundam Century, by Mark Simmons.
• Translation of a 1979 interview in which Tomino mentions that the other sides were destroyed during the opening phases of the war.
• _Translation of an interview with Takayama Fumihiko, chief director of 0080, in which he addresses Sydney, the colony drop, and why they chose Australia. _

The Walther MP/MPL

• Wikipedia page for the Walther MP/MPL.
• The Japanese Gundam wiki page on the Zaku MMP-80, mentioning the identification with the Walther MPL.

The STEN

• The STEN on Wikipedia.
• Variations on the STEN added a pistol grip, but still don't look like the GM Cold Districts Machine Gun.
• Some versions added a wireframe pistol grip that was "predictably uncomfortable to fire."

The Sterling Submachine Gun

• The Sterling on Wikipedia.
• A brief illustrated history of the Sterling submachine gun.
• A run down of less-well-known guns used in the Vietnam War, including the Sterling.

The SA80

• Bullpup firearms generally.
• The SA80 on Wikipedia.
• Articles:

Paul Richard Huard for National Interest. SA80: The Worst Military Rifle Ever? Available at

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