Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We had a (happy) change of schedule this week which requires us to shuffle things around. Please enjoy this interview that pmc did with Adelaide Jenkins, the game director of Phantom Brigade, a mech PC game that had its v1.0 launch on Steam at the end of this past February. Adelaide had a lot of excellent things to say about her own experience with mechs as well as how Phantom Brigade is influenced and inspired by other mech media. Please find Phantom Brigade at t...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We are breaking up our discussion of G-Saviour along that most traditional of Gundam demarcations - the transition into space! Andy (@EnginVIR) joins Stephen and pmc to talk about the films grounded first half from the characters to the mechs and all the charms of 90s Sci-Fi TV. Please find Andy here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnginVIR Site: http://thebigoarchive.com/ Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly ...
Mar 31, 2023•2 hr 52 min
G-Saviour for the PlayStation 2 is a direct sequel to the events of the G-Saviour movie and so this podcast is the direct sequel to our production history of the movie! ZappaSlave joins pmc and Stephen to cover the key personnel and companies behind the development of the PS2 game as well as share some of their takes on how this game stands up in 2023. Please find Zappa here: ACE Axis Communications & Entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqO5kQk4HQWkyCLMIh1XHXw Twitch: https://www...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! At last we are happy to share our final cour 1 discussion episode covering The Witch from Mercury. Gundam expert Tom Aznable returns to ponder the misadventures of Guel, Nika, Suletta, and more! Please find Tom here: https://twitter.com/TomAznable Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly on our Patreon page: patreon.com/giantrobotfm Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTR...
Mar 19, 2023•2 hr 34 min
Welcome to UC 0223! Stephen and pmc are joined by Mark Simmons (@toysdream) to discuss the personnel and process at Sunrise that lead to the creation of the live-action film G-Saviour, including looks at key personnel, related projects, and the various cross-media blitz accompanying G-Saviour and the Gundam 20th Anniversary Big Bang Project. Please find Mark at these links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/toysdream Website: http://www.ultimatemark.com/ G-Saviour promo mentioned on the podcast: G-Sa...
Mar 17, 2023•3 hr 15 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Radio Free Mercury bears down on the conclusion of the first cour! Game developer and critic Nat Clayton visits to brief us on some of her interests in mecha and talk through this impactful episode. Find Nat Clayton here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/its_natclayton Linktree: https://linktr.ee/itshorizon Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly on our Patreon page: patreon.com/giantrobotfm Giant Robot FM is hoste...
Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! A new Radio Free Mercury is here! With help from Maddy, pmc and Stephen review the various plots and character arcs assembling for what will presumably be a violent two-part finale at Plant Quetta. What could possibly go wrong! Please find Maddy here: https://twitter.com/hyakushiki0087 Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly on our Patreon page: patreon.com/giantrobotfm Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero ...
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr 52 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! More Witch from Mercury talk on this episode of Radio Free Mercury! While pmc is busy traveling, Thaliarchus and Russell join Stephen to talk through many topics including animation, relationships to UC Gundam, relationships to other shows, and more! Please find Thaliarchus and Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright at these links: Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright: https://thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlord-kinbright Thaliarchus on twitter: https://twitter.com/thaliarchus Find Russel...
Mar 03, 2023•2 hr 22 min
This episode of Radio Free Mercury was originally published on December 7, 2022 on our patron-exclusive bonus podcast feed. Here is a playlist for past Radio Free Mercury episodes published on our main feed: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TnsTFfpWJsUbMgiPz0eE9?si=6d618189f8f84d3a Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Podcasting is a team battle, just like this week's duel. On our team this week is returning guest Adam Wescott, who has also been covering Witch from Mercury weekly over on Slashfilm....
Feb 26, 2023•2 hr 4 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We're all still out here vibrating about the latest Gundam TV series, so we invited on two excellent guests, Thaliarchus and Russell Latshaw, and talked over various points about the first cour of The Witch from Mercury! Various topics include gunpla, memes, engagement by new audiences, length of the series, melodrama, and more! Please find Thaliarchus and Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright at these links: Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright: https://thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlo...
Feb 24, 2023•2 hr 7 min
This episode of Radio Free Mercury was originally published on November 30, 2022 on our patron-exclusive bonus podcast feed. Here is a playlist for past Radio Free Mercury episodes published on our main feed: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TnsTFfpWJsUbMgiPz0eE9?si=6d618189f8f84d3a Giant Robot FM listeners, welcome to the wild world of business formation. Feddie Scum GM A-Mac visits the podcast to discuss the nature of Miorine's leadership, the various responses of our Earthian heroes, and ho...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 28 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Another special treat here for the mecha video game fans: pmc, Stephen, and guest Coop Bicknell of Dude, You Remember Macross reconvene to talk about how 13 Sentinels is sitting two years later! Following that intro, we share the portion of that original conversation focused on the game itself from the characters, to the aesthetic, the ending, and even the RTS gameplay. Please follow Coop here: https://twitter.com/RiderStrike The Kamen Rider Kuuga article: https:/...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 42 min
This episode of Radio Free Mercury was originally published on November 22, 2022 on our patron-exclusive bonus podcast feed. Here is a playlist for past Radio Free Mercury episodes published on our main feed: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TnsTFfpWJsUbMgiPz0eE9?si=6d618189f8f84d3a Giant Robot FM supporters, shall we Gundam? Renata Price visits the podcast to talk through all the beats of this party episode including who has the worst vibes, how Suletta exists in this world, and how much we a...
Feb 12, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! This week we're providing an update on our previous Armored Core simulator podcasts by way of discussing two recent articles about Armored Core production history and also briefly discussing the Armored Core VI news. It's just Stephen, pmc, and the core this week! SafeHunter9207's r/KingsField post on early FromSoft history: https://www.reddit.com/r/KingsField/comments/10eveid/i_wrote_some_behindthescenes_information_about/ Shmuplations-translated 1997 Armored Cor...
Feb 10, 2023•42 min
This episode of Radio Free Mercury was originally published on November 9, 2022 on our patron-exclusive bonus podcast feed. Here is a playlist for past Radio Free Mercury episodes published on our main feed: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TnsTFfpWJsUbMgiPz0eE9?si=6d618189f8f84d3a Hello listeners! Another episode of Radio Free Mercury is here! The excellent Lau R. Griffin joins Stephen and pmc to talk through episode 6 "A Gloomy Song" while bringing about many firsts including Lau's first pod...
Feb 05, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! It's the dawn of a new bonus podcast series - Moonrace Wireless will be covering individual episodes of Turn A Gundam on a bimonthly basis! For this first episode, we invited on the premiere Turn A expert, Feez, and got into all the introductory bits of Ep. 1, "Howl at the Moon." Future episodes of Moonrace Wireless will be made available as a part of the bonus podcast series on our Patreon, so please support us at patreon.com/giantrobotfm if you are interested in...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 47 min
This episode of Radio Free Mercury was originally published on November 2, 2022 on our patron-exclusive bonus podcast feed. Here is a playlist for past Radio Free Mercury episodes published on our main feed: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TnsTFfpWJsUbMgiPz0eE9?si=6d618189f8f84d3a Elan Ceres is ice cold, but here on Giant Robot FM we are anything but! First time guest TanukiType joins pmc and Stephen to walk through ep. 5 and its implications, from binding agreements to battlefield terrain to...
Jan 29, 2023•1 hr 49 min
This episode was originally published on September 13, 2022 on our patron-exclusive feed. Hello Giant Robot FM supporters! We are proud to present you with our latest Simulator episode covering the 1992 SNES game Xardion - a 2D action game which sits at the crossroads of a number of companies including Gainax, Asmik, and Jorudan, as well as involving the labor of a number of freelancers. We are joined by Jeremy Kaufmann (@whydoisay) who provides a wealth of excellent knowledge on the game itself...
Jan 27, 2023•2 hr 38 min
This episode of Radio Free Mercury was originally published on October 26, 2022 on our patron-exclusive bonus podcast feed. Here is a playlist for past Radio Free Mercury episodes published on our main feed: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TnsTFfpWJsUbMgiPz0eE9?si=6d618189f8f84d3a The one and only Space Queen Emily joins pmc and Stephen to talk through the greatest hits of ep. 4 of G-Witch with lots of tangents for twitter and games. Please find Emily on twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceQuee...
Jan 22, 2023•1 hr 23 min
This episode was originally published on our patron-exclusive bonus podcast feed on October 19, 2022. Here is a playlist for past Radio Free Mercury episodes published on our main feed: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TnsTFfpWJsUbMgiPz0eE9?si=6d618189f8f84d3a Hello Giant Robot FM patrons! Coop Bicknell of Dude, You Remember Macross and other excellent work joins us to catch up on Witch from Mercury and walk through the third episode. We all wonder: will Elnora/Prospera be a good parent in the...
Jan 15, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Today on the main feed we're releasing the audio for our recent State Machine stream where we went over the past year of podcasting and also announce some of our plans for the future. We wanted to share our appreciation for everyone we've worked with and the support all of you have shown us as well as get into what's coming up next. Twitch VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1704206872 Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot...
Jan 11, 2023•52 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We are between shows here on the main feed and so this week we are sharing with you our previously patron-exclusive Simulator episode for the 2nd and 3rd Armored Core games: Project Phantasma & Master of Arena. Furthermore, we are also including a bonus addendum that expands on a few things about the Armored Core PlayStation "trilogy." These were all originally recorded before the announcement of Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. Part of the reason we're rele...
Jan 06, 2023•3 hr 18 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! As we look to the dawn of a new year, we bring our coverage of the first season of The Big O to a close with special guest Toussaint Egan! We cover all three of Daemonseed, The Enemy is Another Big, and R-D. Merry Heaven's Day and a Happy New Year! Find Toussaint at these links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSaintOfTous Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/users/thesaintoftous Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM direc...
Dec 30, 2022•2 hr 34 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Please settle in for a Winter Night Podcast as Space Queen Emily stops by to cover *Beck Comes Back* and *Winter Night Phantom*, episodes 9 and 10 of The Big O. Please find Emily on twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceQueenEmily Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly on our Patreon page: patreon.com/giantrobotfm Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY) Art by DuarfS ...
Dec 23, 2022•2 hr 48 min
Dark secrets under the sea? The secret to life itself? These memories and more are discussed as pmc and Stephen are once again joined by Andy of The Big O Archive to talk through The Call from the Past and Missing Cat, the seventh and eighth episodes of The Big O. Please find Andy here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnginVIR Site: http://thebigoarchive.com/ Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly on our Patreon page: patreon.com/giantrobotfm G...
Dec 16, 2022•2 hr 42 min
Giant Robot FM listeners! Head to your favorite bar, hopefully across a foggy bridge, and enjoy our discussions on Bring Back My Ghost and A Legacy of Amadeus. Schmullus joins us to cover the ghosts and beats of these fantastic episodes! Find Schmullus at these links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Schmullus1 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/schmullus1 Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly on our Patreon page: patreon.com/giantrobotfm Giant Robot ...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 56 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Having electricity problems? Wondering what's underground? Chef Lu Bu steps into Giant Robot FM to help Stephen and pmc explore the mysteries of Electric City and Underground Terror, eps. 3-4 of The Big O. Find Lu Bu here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChefLuBu_ATL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChefLuBu Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly on our Patreon page: patreon.com/giantrobotfm Giant Robot FM i...
Dec 02, 2022•2 hr 26 min
Giant Robot FM listeners! An old man is here and he needs you to save his daughter from the crooks. No, not that daughter! And not that old man! Jeez. Friend of the pod and Bomb Squad Productions co-host Ethan Halker visits the podcast to talk through the beginning pair of episodes of The Big O and explore the nature of performance in Paradigm City. Please find Ethan here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sundown_McMoon ZekeFilm: https://www.zekefilm.org/author/ethan-halker/ Bomb Squad Productions T...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 51 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! A new saga begins on the main feed - our coverage of the first season of The Big O. To help Stephen and pmc through this journey, Andy (@EnginVIR) of The Big O Archive joins us to cover the history and creatives behind The Big O. Please find Andy here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnginVIR Site: http://thebigoarchive.com/ Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Support Giant Robot FM directly on our Patreon page: patreon.com/giantrobotfm Gian...
Nov 18, 2022•2 hr 56 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We're taking a week off here on the main feed between our coverage of Cucuruz Doan's Island The Big O. In the meanwhile, please enjoy this discussion of Ep. 2 of the Witch from Mercury from our patron-exclusive bonus podcast feed! This episode originally premiered on our patron-exclusive feed on October 12th. The Cursed Mobile Suit is here and ready to take you straight to jail for Gundam crimes! Russell Latshaw joins pmc and Stephen to talk more Utena, The Tempes...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 33 min
