S6E18 - TOMINO-THON! Mobile Suit GUNDAM F91 (1991) – Revving Up an Aristocratic Gundam

Welcome back to Season 6 of Japanimation Station, where we are continuing our journey into the delightfully deranged mind of Tomino Yoshiyuki with our Tomino-thon – Part 2: The Tears of Time! You can subscribe on all platforms at www.Japanimation-Station.com . As with much of what we’re covering in this half of the season, we’ve talked about Mobile Suit Gundam F91 before. But while we’ve reviewed the contents of the film itself in depth, we haven’t before dived too deep into its troubled, fascinating production, or truly understood why the film is the way it is. So for today’s episode we uncover the history of this perplexing Gundam classic, arguing that the popular understanding of it as ‘a TV series condensed into a film’ is a bit misguided, and examining the various ways it attempted to begin a bold new era for Gundam. As in the past, Jonathan’s a little more positive on the film itself than Sean, but we’re both fascinated by it, and there’s still plenty to break down where Seabook Arno and friends are concerned. Enjoy, and come back next week for the Gundam that finally broke Tomino’s spirit: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam! Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:38 Intro and History: 0:01:38 – 1:30:26 Eyecatch Break: 1:30:26 – 1:31:11 Gundam F91 Review: 1:31:11 – 2:52:23 End Theme: 2:52:23 – 2:54:28 Listen to our original Gundam F91 review on episode 11 of Weekly Suit Gundam from October 2019 – https://youtu.be/uwh3jdP_L6k?si=RFny8pWDgGnfg8dy Subscribe to our YouTube channels! Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcast Read Jonathan Lack’s movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.com Subscribe to PURELY ACADEMIC, our monthly variety podcast about movies, video games, TV, and more: https://purelyacademic.simplecast.com Follow Japanimation Station on Instagram and Threads @JapanimationStationPod https://www.instagram.com/japanimationstationpod/ Read Jonathan’s book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK “Tominoson-G Mk. V” – Music by Thomas Lack, Lyrics by Sean Chapman, featuring Hatsune Miku & KAITO. “The World You See” – Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com