The Weekly Stuff Podcast #437 – Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island Movie Review & Discussion

<p>We start today’s show by chatting about work, with Sean telling a funny story about getting a teaching certification, before discussing our love for the fantastic anime <i>Kaguya-sama: Love is War, </i>but then it’s time for Gundam! And this week, both <i>Gundam </i>as a franchise and <i>Weekly Suit Gundam </i>as a podcast are coming full circle by returning to the world of First Gundam, with the brand-new movie set in the timeline of the original show, <i>Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island! </i>A remake of the infamous 15th episode of <i>Mobile Suit Gundam </i>– an episode with such a troubled production that creator Yoshiyuki Tomino has never allowed it to be distributed outside Japan – original <i>Gundam </i>character designer and animation supervisor Yoshikazu Yasuhiko returns as director to redeem this story of a Zeon deserter protecting war orphans on a deserted island. It’s an absolutely wonderful movie, as beautifully animated as one would expect from the great Yasuhiko, but also incredibly smart and soulful in its themes and storytelling, finding a particularly compelling story for original Gundam protagonist Amuro Ray, played again here – possibly for the last time – by a never-better Tōru Furuya. This is a great movie, and an absolute pleasure to discuss for our final <i>Weekly Suit Gundam </i>before the launch of <i>Japanimation Station. </i></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><strong>Time Chart: </strong></p><p>Intro & Stuff: 0:00:00 – 0:23:17</p><p>Gundam Cucuruz Doan: 0:23:17 – 2:33:31</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBqje0qmCVn0WkCXJzckaA"><strong>Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://anchor.fm/weeklysuitgundam"><strong>Subscribe to the WEEKLY SUIT GUNDAM Podcast!</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wgtc-radio-we-got-this-covered/id535584943"><strong>Subscribe for free to 'The Weekly Stuff' in Apple Podcasts!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JonathanLack"><strong>Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter!</strong></a></p><p