Mechtrospective

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!