1.1: 1.1 - To Live and Die in Space

Episode Notes

In this episode: the 70s in our universe and in the Universal Century, in belum medium, aesthetics musical and visual, and... what's my age again? (what's my age again?)

High-level overviews of events of the 1970s, in the world and in Japan.

Here is the book cover (center) that Thom mentioned, with an example of Tomino's preferred color-scheme for the White Base. You can find more great information from the translator at his website

The Zeon "Zaku II" mobile suit, and a photo of Japanese soldiers from the Special Naval Landing Force in the gas masks that, we think, inspired the design of the Zaku.

Additional information about The Death of the Author and its place in literary criticism.

And finally the intro song, "Tobe! Gandamu" (for pre-karaoke practice!).

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The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Both edited for length.

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