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Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

Finish your journey with a cruise of the Nile, and relax in comfort as the shore's lush banks, ruined temples, and quaint villages slide by... And join us next time when we visit the beautiful city of Istanbul, as we follow the Gundam Fight to Turkey!

Image collage.

Top: Screenshot from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. Panorama of a village on the Nile. Low rectangular buildings, palm trees, sailboats on the shore, a gibbous moon hangs over the mountains or dunes behind the settlement.

Middle Left: Photograph of two sailboats on the Nile. By Gardiner, David - Original source: De Guerville, A. B. "New Egypt." E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1906. p. 047. CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11512147

Middle Right: Drawing. 'The town of Foua, on the banks of the Nile'. The buildings, palm trees, and sailboats on the shore, echo the top screenshot. Wellcome Collection - CC BY 4.0, https://wellcomecollection.org/works/g8mv2gnd

Bottom: Photograph from approximately 1880 - 1889. Village by the Nile near Gizeh, Egypt. Low rectangular buildings and many palm trees. A pyramid is visible in the background. By G. Lekegian (1853-1920) - Public Domain, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115430310

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

No visit to Egypt is complete without a visit to the Giza necropolis to see the pyramids and the Great Sphinx...

Image collage.

Top: Screenshot from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. Panorama of Pyramids against the night sky. One on the left, two on the right (a larger one behind a much smaller one). The Great Sphinx left-of-center, surrounded by indistinct, low buildings.

Bottom: Photograph. A panorama of the Giza pyramid complex with three pyramids and the Great Sphinx visible. The pyramids are silhouetted against a dusk-sky, the horizon yellow. The relative sizes and positions of the visible pyramids and the sphinx are very similar to the screenshot above. Bottom: By Ahnaf Saber - CC BY 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71346715

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

For reasons of security during the Gundam Fight, you will not be able to see the latest Pharaoh Gundam (though rumors are flying that it has in fact already been destroyed under mysterious circumstances), however several replicas are on display at museums and tourist sites near the temple complex...

Image collage.
Top: Screenshot from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. The Pharaoh Gundam, seated, with scepters held in its hands and its arms crossed over its chest. Three people sit on the ground at its feet.

Bottom Left: Coffin of Ramses II, photographed at the "Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition at the Australian Museum, 2024. The held scepters and arm-position similar to the Gundam above. By Merytat3n - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=145483484

Bottom Right: Photograph from the set of The Mummy (film, 1932). A camera and several crewmembers are focused on an actor in the foreground, but in the background of the set is a seated pharaoh figure, posed similarly to the Pharaoh Gundam above. By Fred R. Archer, photographer - International Photographer, Volume 4, Number 10 (page 16), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51649801

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

The interior of the tomb is a combination of ancient and contemporary aesthetics, the carved and painted decorations less dense but no less skillfully rendered, and a portrait of Dahal Muhammad (painted in oils) hanging above his heavy stone sarcophagus...

Image collage.
Top: Screenshot from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. The interior of Dahal Muhammad's tomb. Figures and hieroglyphics painted on the walls, stone statues to the left and right, and a sarcophagus at the top of a short flight of stone steps. Above the sarcophagus, an large, framed portrait of Dahal.

Bottom: Photograph of the interior of the Tomb of Ramses IV in the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt. Every visible surface, including the ceiling, is carved and/or painted. A massive stone sarcophagus, also covered in carvings, dominates the center of the room.
Bottom: By Tim Adams - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85672168

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

Rendered as Pharaohs, stone-carved Gundam stand guard over the tomb entrance, and pay homage to the Pharaoh Gundam lineage...

Image collage.
Left: Screenshot from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. The facade of Dahal Muhammad's tomb. Two stone-carved, seated, Gundam-figures, adorned like ancient pharaohs, flank the entrance, and a smaller one is carved into the stone above the entry.

Center: Photograph of the facade of the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, the figures flanking and above the entry very similar to those in the left-hand screenshot. By Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=122647312

Top Right: Screenshot from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. Closeup of the head of one of the carved Gundam figures, showing the headdress, collar, and "beard" that typically adorn ancient Egyptian rulers in art.

Bottom Right: Close-up of the head of one of the carved figures at Abu Simbel, for comparison to the Gundam head pictured above. By Holger Uwe Schmitt - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=183019383

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

Visit the tomb of Dahal Muhammad - Neo Egyptian Gundam Fighter and winner of the 3rd Gundam Fight - built in the ancient-Egyptian style...

Image collage.

Top: Screenshot from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. Stone walls and a stone path lead up to a tomb. A figure in the style of a sarcophagus lid is carved into a near wall. At the end of the path, stairs lead to small entryway. The entrance is flanked by two figures carved into the larger structure.

Bottom: Photograph. The view of Abu Simbel Temple from Nefertari Temple. Massive standing and seated figures are carved into the stone, flanking two entrances. One nearer, on the right.

By Benjamin Inbar - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134805322

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

Ruined temples and columns topped with enigmatic sphinxes punctuate the vast and lonely sands...

Image collage.

Top: Screenshot from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. Sand dunes in the background. In the foreground, at two distances (as though flanking a road or path), there are pillars topped with sphinxes.

Bottom: A photograph of one side of the Path of Sphinxes, from the Temple of Karnak at Luxor. A long row of sphinxes, all the same size and facing the same direction. The sphinxes are on short plinths.

Bottom: By fabgilfr - Allée des Sphynx temple de Karnak à Louxor, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78332700

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

There is no better way to take in the stark beauty of the desert dunes than riding a camel...

Collage of images.

Top left: Screencap from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. Four shadowed figures on camels ride through the desert toward the sun, which is half-above the horizon.

Right: Photograph of two riders on camelback, the camels being led by a third figure on foot. The desert is only sand dunes; the sky is grey.

By Zakaria alami m - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76861222

Bottom Left: A figure on camelback appears as a silhouette against an orange-red sky, the sun has just begun to dip below the horizon.

By Saptarshi Bagchi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24012554

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Jun 10

After a lamentably long delay, our G Gundam travel guides are back! It's time for MSB's Guide to Visiting Egypt during the 13th Gundam Fight ~ www.patreon.com/posts/msbs-g...

Image from the anime G Gundam, episode 10. A classic, horror-movie mummy stands at the top of a sand dune, silhouetted against a gibbous moon.

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· May 23

With apologies for the late notice, there's no new episode this week* (the public feed will still get last week's episode, and will have a no-new-episode week next week). After some much-needed rest, both of us are feeling downright chipper, and excited to jump back into G Gundam next week!

Pixel-art of the Shokew mobile suit's head, wearing a headset. There's a speech-bubble coming off of it with sleepy "zzzzzz"s in it.

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 15

For peaceful solitude, nothing beats a log cabin in the woods... And you'd better enjoy woods and mountains while you can! Next time we visit one of the great cities of the world, as we follow the Gundam Fight to London...

Image collage. The two images on the left are screenshots from the Mobile Fighter G Gundam anime, episode 8 - both depicting evergreen forests with shafts of sunlight cutting through the trees. The bottom image also shows a log cabin at the end of a path through the woods.
The two photographs on the right also show sunlight filtering through the woods, and the bottom right photo shows a log cabin.
Photo credits:
Top Right: Back cover of album "Merci" (1984) by Magma.

Bottom Right: By YellowstoneNPS - Cove Patrol Cabin: sunrise through the trees, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=170187870

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 15

Across the continent, explore the rugged landscapes of the Rocky Mountains...

Image collage. The image on the left is a collage of screenshots from the Mobile Fighter G Gundam anime, episode 8 - depicting a panning shot of a mountain, evergreen forest, lake or river, and waterfall. The three images on the right are photographs of various locations around Kootenay National Park in BC, Canada, in the Canadian Rockies, including a distant photo of mountains, a lake or river with mountains on one side and forest on the other, and a waterfall flanked by forest.
Photo credits:
Top Right: By Tupungato, CC BY 2.5,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3568917

Middle Right: By Murray Foubister - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mfoubister/8466087727/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51744486

Bottom Right: By Elpoca at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39480447

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 15

You can also take a boat to the base of the falls, passing under the Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge (commonly known as the Rainbow Bridge)...

Image collage. The middle image on is a screenshot from the Mobile Fighter G Gundam anime, episode 8 - depicting a boat passing under a bridge. The top and bottom images are photographs of the Rainbow Bridge (near Niagara Falls), one from a similar angle to the screenshot from the show, one from farther away.
Photo credits:
Top: By DarkNight0917 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=143659828

Bottom: By Rhododendrites - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132660367

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 15

Walking paths and scaffolding mean that pedestrians can walk right down to the base of the falls, glorying in the roar and spray of the water...

Image collage. The two images on the top are screenshots from the Mobile Fighter G Gundam anime, episode 8, showing characters Rain and Domon on a metal walkway at the base of a waterfall. The bottom two images are photographs of a reddish metal walkway at the base of one of the Niagara Falls.
Photo credits:
Bottom Left: No machine-readable author provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=308096

Bottom Right: By Taxiarchos228 - Own work, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18059293

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 15

Our first stop, straddling the USA-Canada border, the breathtaking Niagara Falls...

Image collage. The three images on the left are screenshots from the Mobile Fighter G Gundam anime, episode 8 - all of a very large waterfall, from different angles. We think it's meant to be Niagara Falls, and the images on the right are all photographs of the falls, for comparison.
Phot credits:
Top Right: By Bob Collowan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89938981

Middle Right: By Photo (c)2007 Helen Filatova - published at Free Photos, Maid of the Mist at Horseshoe Falls, CC BY 2.0, freefoto.ca, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3237106

Bottom Right: By Ethan Sahagun - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89023038

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 15

Time for MSB to follow the Gundam Fight to Canada! Join us as we visit sites of sublime natural beauty, from Niagara Falls to the Rocky Mountains... buff.ly/uvRHMex

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 10

It's time for MSB's guide to visiting Mexico during the 13th Gundam Fight! Home of fan-favorite, the Tequila Gundam, there's lots to do and see - let us show you around ~ www.patreon.com/posts/msbs-g...

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 10

Our Lt. Matilda patrons vote on each month's exclusive bonus episode! The past 2 months they've chosen "Nina's Revenge," where Nina is making Thom read a favorite series of hers: the Temeraire books by Naomi Novik. They just finished Book 2, and eligible subscribers can listen here: buff.ly/LXgnbST

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 7

Gundam ZZ Tarot: The Magician (Chara Soon) illustrated for Mobile Suit Breakdown by @saltyspacenoid.bsky.social

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 6

G Companion #8 - once again, things get musical! For G Gundam episode 8, we listened to the 1985 album, "Merci," by French band Magma... www.patreon.com/posts/g-comp...

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 5

Check out the rest of our G Gundam travel guide at www.patreon.com/posts/msbs-g...

Collage. Top image from the anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam episode 6 - Neo Japan Colony, in outer space. Earth is visible in the background, and Neo Japan colony has been designed to look like the Japanese Archipelago. Bottom image - a topographical map of the Japanese Archipelago. Map credit: 改変元：著作権・使用制限テンプレート参照改変部分：アップロード者 - File:Japan map.png出所は[1] です。 (Down loaded from http://www.demis.nl/mapserver/),
CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1688895

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 5

Meditate on the rock garden at Ryoanji, a place of peace and tranquility...

Collage. Top-left and top-right images are from the anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam episode 6 - Domon sits on a veranda overlooking an overgrown and dilapidated rock garden. Bottom-left and bottom-right images are photographs of the rock garden at Ryoanji in Kyoto, Japan, mirroring the screenshots from the anime.

Photo credits
Bottom Left: "Ryoanji Temple Rock Garden," for Travel Japan - The Official Japan Guide
Accessed Mar. 31, 2026. https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/1145/

Bottom Right: By Nekosuki - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36781334

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 5

Even in ruins, the sight of the ancient city of Kyoto bathed in warm light as the sun sets behind the mountains, is enough to take one's breath away...

Collage. Top-left image from the anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam episode 6 - Kyoto, Japan, one of its pagoda tilted over, the sun setting behind the mountains. Bottom-left image is a panorama photo of Kyoto, with the sun setting behind the mountains and a pagoda visible on the far right. Image on the left is a photo of a Kyoto pagoda silhouetted against the sky at sunset. Kyoto has two famous pagoda - one at To-ji temple, and one at Yasaka shrine - and I'm not certain which is being referenced in the show.

Photo credits
Bottom Left: By Mstyslav Chernov/Unframe/unframe.com - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31120799

Right: By Abhi23.p - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59988878

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Apr 5

Welcome to MSB's Guide to Visiting Japan* during the 13th Gundam Fight! *It is against Gundam Fight regulations to leave Earth while the fight is in-progress. Surely neither Domon nor the Neo Japan government would risk breaking the rules, even for a possible advantage in the competition...

Photo collage. Top image from the anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam episode 6 - an explosion, with rays of light emanating. The color and shape resemble the bottom image, a photo of a Japanese Rising Sun flag. Photo credit: By 来島海峡大橋 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=159609160

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Mar 28

Gundam ZZ Tarot: The Sun (Elle Vianno) illustrated for Mobile Suit Breakdown by @evanpalmercomics.com

An illustration of Elle Vianno from Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam in the style of the tarot card The Sun. An energetic Elle rides toward the camera astride the Mega Rider, towing a chain of chibi mobile suits (ZZ, Zeta, Hyaku Shiki, and Mk II) behind her. They are carrying sunflowers. The sun shines brightly behind them.

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Mar 28

Gundam ZZ Tarot: The Star (Roux Louka) illustrated for Mobile Suit Breakdown by @moldyartichoke.bsky.social

An illustration of Roux Louka from Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam in the style of the tarot card The Star. A spectral image of the Zeta Gundam's head appears in the sky behind her, and she is pouring water from two vases that resemble those coveted by M'Quve in First Gundam.

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Mar 20

The latest installment of our G Companion series is out! For G Gundam episode 6, we watched a sci-fi classic... buff.ly/YHfGQZj

Movie poster for the 1976 film, The Man Who Fell to Earth

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Mar 18

Tour the grounds (and the extensive security!) before entering the prison proper. Note the guard towers, the water tower, the numerous-if-ramshackle walls and fences, and the narrow staircases up steep cliffs...

Image collage. Top-left: Screenshot from Mobile Fighter G Gundam episode 5, showing snow-covered ground, cliffs, and a high guard-tower. The other 3 images are photographs from Alcatraz Prison, showing its guard-towers from different angles.
Top Right: By Loco Steve, CC BY 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54617897

Bottom Left: By Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121698569

Bottom Right: By Emily Mathews from Ann Arbor, MI - Flickr, CC BY 2.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46348567

Image collage. Two images on the left are screenshots from Mobile Fighter G Gundam episode 5, showing steep rocky cliffs, large white buildings with red tile roofs, chainlink fencing, and a tall watertower. The two images on the right are photographs from Alcatraz Prison, showing the watertower from different angles.
Top Right: By Roman Eugeniusz, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53593787

Bottom Right: By Nahid Sultan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=144642415

Image collage. Top left is a screenshot from Mobile Fighter G Gundam episode 5 showing steep, snowy cliffs, with a narrow staircase. There is a chainlink fence, guard tower, and buildings in the background, and a tower (lighthouse?) with a searchlight. The other three images are photographs of Alcatraz Prison, showing the lighthouse, staircases up the cliffs, and crumbling old walls.
Top Right: By Emily Mathews from Ann Arbor, MI - Flickr, CC BY 2.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46348410

Bottom Left: By Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121698247

Bottom Right: By BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada - Alcatraz overview, CC BY-SA 2.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25906853

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Mar 18

MSB's Guide to Visiting The Gundam Graveyard* during the 13th Gundam Fight! (*Alcatraz) Neo Russia's historic 'Gundam Graveyard' is the subject of countless myths and rumors, and with the right tour guide (/bribed guard), it's now possible to see it for yourself! Full guide at buff.ly/JFUF4wr

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Podcast@gundampodcast· Mar 2

February's bonus episodes: the return of The Witching Hour, and a new series we're calling Nina's Revenge! What's in store for March? Stay tuned...