Mechtrospective

We finally uploaded this! Better late than never! Your brave hosts finally watched the thing they really wanted to see! We have thoughts! I bet you can guess how we felt about it! CONTAINS SPOILERS.

Season 3 starts out with a nervous chuckle! Expect episodes in the near-ish future! I didn't edit this!

We did it folks! We wrap up "season two" of mechtrospective by wrapping up the CORE GUNDAM works by Yoshiyuki Tomino! Expectations and Emotions are high. Let's dig in! Today we cover the seminal 1988 classic Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack! Due to a recording error Devon's mic sounds a little different in this episode, please forgive me!

We FINALLY manage to get to the end of this saga! We have OPINIONS! In this episode we cover episodes 37 - 47 finishing the last Gundam TV anime of the 80s!

After a big wait your hosts return to talk about ZZ! This gundam ride will never end as we discuss problematic yet endearing elements as well as king of the grossmen Glemy Toto! Haman-Sama! ...The show got better! In this episode we cover episodes 17 through 36 of the 1986 classic Gundam ZZ!

Devon and Gio return after another (predictable) hiatus to examine the much maligned sequel to the smash hit Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Devon remain optimistic while Gio fans herself at the very notion of Haman Karn. Things do get better! That is a promise! In today's episode we cover episodes 1-15 of the 1986 TV Anime Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ.

Wow we have a lot to talk about... and not alot of it is about this movie! Mazinger Z is given a somewhat loving revival and we have some opinions.

In this exciting half hour there are apologies, explanations, Getter hype and Gundam grieving.

Devon & Tooch reach the finish line of what Devon thinks is Tomino's best work, you will see the tears of time, or rather hear them coming from our faces. In this episode we finish up Zeta Gundam with episodes 38 thru 50!

The Titans commit more atrocities, The AEUG rises in political power, Char grows up a bit and Jerid loses his soul. Devon is overdosing on Tomino juice and Tooch is a full fledged simp for Haman Karn, would you expect anything less? In this episode we cover episodes 25 thru 37 of the 1985 seminal series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam!

Tooch and Devon discuss everything from Bright Noa's marriage to Kamille's inability to process his own emotions and somehow still have time to discuss the plot! In this episode we cover episodes 15 through 24 of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam!

Hey! This isn't Ghost in the Shell! You are correct! This is another 80s Tomino joint and quite possibly the best one. It's been a long time coming, Devon and Tooch dig into Zeta Gundam! This episode covers episodes 1-14 of the 1985 classic Zeta Gundam, smash sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam!

Devon and Tooch go back the beginning. Boats in space. Blue people. Bee revolutions. Robotic sex pests. Male bonding. Earth... Good... In this episode we cover all 26 episodes of the Original 1974 TV Anime Space Battleship Yamato, aired in the USA as Starblazers in 1979

Devon and Tooch seem to have ALOT to talk about! Let's dig in together into this 7 hour love letter to Misuteru Yokoyama!

This week amidst global pandemics Tooch and Devon eulogize the cast of Space Runaway Ideon and talk about the games they have been playing! New Episodes coming soon! Giant Robo the Day the Earth Stood Still Space Battleship Yamato Ghost in the Shell (Manga) Ghost in the Shell (1995) RE-DO

Devon and Tooch reach the explosive and traumatic finale to Space Runaway Ideon with the 1982 film THE IDEON : Be Invoked. As our hosts mourn those that fall they discuss everything from VOTOMs, Buddhism and Buff Clan Sperm Samples!

Devon and Tooch finish Ideon! Their hearts grow and sink simultaniously. Join them as they discover newfound love for Gije and the stakes begin to raise! The bodies start to pile up! The premature end is in our sights everybody! Today we cover episodes 28-39 of cult classic Space Runaway Ideon!

Today Tooch and Devon go over a fan favorite OVA, officially book ending the One Year War. Both hosts have complicated opinions and Tooch is thirsty for Cima. Let's get into it! In this episode we cover the thirteen episode 1991 OVA Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory!

Tooch and Devon return to The Real Housewives of Logo Dau. Things seem to only get worse for the Solo Ship and things seem to only get better for the show as a whole. Devon and Tooch continue their deep dive and pontificate on Tomino and compare the show it's predecessor! This episode covers episodes 15 through 27 of Space Runaway Ideon!

This week Gundam Guru Devon and the GaoGaiGirl herself Tooch decide that you don't know enough about mecha. So pull up a seat we're about to get EDUCATIONAL.

Tooch and Devon find themselves back to where it all began, both in narrative and according the history of this podcast! Despite the Moon Wars our heroes revisit the Universal Century and discuss in great detail the rise of the Earth Sphere's deadliest himbo Char Aznable! In this episode we cover all 6 episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN which ran from 2015 to 2018.

We're back at it again on Logo Dau! Devon and Tooch tackle the infamous followup to Mobile Suit Gundam in Yoshiyuki Tomino's Space Runaway Ideon! Will the cast be as endearing as 0079? Will Cosmo's afro make him more powerful than Amuro? Guess we'll you'll have to listen and find out! In this episode we cover Episodes 1 through 14 of the 1980 anime Space Runaway Ideon.

This week, Devon and Tooch go deep into their first western show Gendy Tartakovsky's Symbionic Titan. Despite being cancelled before it's time it proved to be much better than anticipated. Join us as Tooch tells Devon all about cartoons that he somewhat remembers!

Devon and Tooch finally finish Armored Trooper VOTOMS. Chirico learns the truth of his origins and the galaxy at large! VOTOMS continues to go off and we are just along for the ride. This may be one of the best finales of all time! "Only god does not sin when he kills, Chirico!" This episode covers episodes 41 through 52 of Armored Trooper Votoms and the OVA The Big Battle.

Devon and Tooch talk about Getter for even longer this time! In this episode we cover the final animated Getter Robo installment, released in 2004 as 13 episodes. Does this OVA hold up to the manga? Are Devon and Tooch Biased? Yes! Kinda. Seriously guys this one is worth it. (Syncing problems and volume levels have been fixed!)

Devon and Tooch go into the Sunsa arc. Chirico faces his past as a Red Shoulder. The Secret Society closes in! Ypsilon is ready for vengeance! And Tooch can't remember Fyana's name to save her life. And then things get weird in Roots of Ambition! In this episode we cover episodes 29-40 of Armored Trooper VOTOMS and the OVA Red Shoulder Document : Roots of Ambition

Devon and Tooch finally talk about Getter again! Somehow they go for two whole hours! Will they stay on topic? Will the plot make sense? No.

Devon and Tooch continue their descent into the HEART OF DARKNESS with Francis Ford Coppola's hit 1979 film Apoca- wait no I fucked up... Chirico continues his descent into the HEART OF DARKNESS in the hit 1983 Anime ARMORED TROOPER VOTOMS... today we cover episodes 14 through 28 also known as THE KUMMEN ARC! CHIRICO IS GOIN' TO 'NAM!

Our heroes tackle an aggressively "ok" anime with some alright ideas while Devon is convinced he could have made it better. We're talkin' about the 2019 13 episode Magic Girl/Mecha/Battle Royale anime GRANBELM!

War is very bad! Tooch and Devon tackle some REAL DIRT in the realest real-robot show so far! This episode covers episodes 1-13 of Armored Trooper VOTOMS and the 50 minute OVA The Last Red Shoulder.

Genres are somewhat deconstructed and our heroes can't say S four consecutive times.

Devon and Tooch return from the horrific Moon Wars. Though weary from battle our heroes are once again ready to cry about robots. Some things have changed. Some things are exactly the fucking same. Stay tuned for more Mechtrospective coming your way... soon!

Today on Mechtrospective, YOU'VE BEEN...THUNDERSTUCK! (its Gundam Thunderbolt)

Devon and Tooch talk about a Getter spinoff manga that's not an awful pornographic bad-art nightmare! (And also talk about the one that IS)

Devon and Tooch GOOOOOOOOOOO!....getter robo go. It's super good.

Dev & Tooch stumble their way through a critique neither of them have the cinema knowledge to back up.

Tooch starts one of Devons fav old game series and hopefully soon to be one of yours! Bungie's MARATHON.

Dev and Tooch look into a little-known but highly requested series that they both love now! Mobile Police Patlabor.

Do you love J-pop idol groups? How about fighter jets? How about transforming mecha?! ...Wow you have diverse tastes. MACROSS DELTA IS FOR YOU!

Quick SD this week but a GREAT one! Gundam Thunderbolt is absolutely worth looking out for!

Devon and Tooch have an amazing revelation about Mega Man Zero and Metal Gear Solid on today's Mechtrospective!

We've been sitting on this episode for a while. It was just too good to show! Yep. We totally didn't forget to air it...GUNDAM THE ORIGIN II.

We're finally back and starting 2016 off with more Gundam! it's 08th MS Team on Mechtrospective.

Mechtrospective is going back to Getter! And things are even CRAZIER then before!

Sad GoVember is over? Let us ease you out with our first Mechtrospective Gaiden on Go Nagai's greatest work, DEVILMAN!

GOvember comes to an end with the closest thing you'll get to an animated Go Nagai Mazinger manga, Mazinkaiser!

Devon and Tooch look at Cutey Honey, a fun old anime based on a MUCH more problematic manga by Crazy Uncle Go Nagai.

Devon and Tooch complete Go Nagai's super robot trilogy, or DO THEY?...Eh, basically.

We celebrate the sometimes silly, sometimes disturbing, always unique work of mangaka Go Nagai, starting with THE ONE AND ONLY Mazinger Z!

Why get spooked by monsters when you can live in crippling fear of humanity destroying itself with its own advancement? It's BLAME! on Mechtroween!

Devon and Tooch delve into the superest of super robots, GETTER ROBO!