Author Archives: Merlin
Iron-Blooded Orphans: A Gundam Tragedy
And here we finish off my Gundam-themed Mecha March. I produced quite a bit more than I expected. In the last month, in addition to a few commentaries, comparisons, insights, and theories, I have reviewed several installments of the Gundam … Continue reading
SD Gundam Force: Gundam for the Kiddies!
The peaceful land of Neotopia, where humans and robots live in peace, is invaded by the evil, extra-dimensional forces of the Dark Axis. The only hope for this utopia lies in the SDG, the Super Dimensional Guard, led by their … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #436: Peace is Not Given
“Peace is not something that is given to you.” – Relena Dorland/Peacecraft, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Relena is a young woman who has already lived a storied life. From this life, where she has stood at the very forefront of … Continue reading
What’s Wrong with Suletta Mercury
As the latest in a very long line of installments to the Gundam franchise, The Witch From Mercury was all but guaranteed to at least begin with a substantial audience. The trick has always been to keep and perhaps expand that … Continue reading
G Gundam: An Anime-ted Video Game
I’ve compared other Gundam related titles to Romeo and Juliet, an opera, and even the Bible, but I would have to say that what Mobile Fighter G Gundam most reminds me of is a video game come to animated life. Here, the … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #435: The Importance of Everyone’s Story
“Everyone’s got a story.” – Feldt Grace, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 1, Episode 24, “Endless Poem” Feldt and her comrades have spent a long time together, both in conflict and when they’ve been relaxing, but somehow they’ve never learned … Continue reading
My Top Ten Hottest Gundam Girls
As long as there have been gundams, there have been gundam girls. The gundams have given us giant mecha suits, sci-fi knights fighting epic battles both on Earth and in space, and the girls have given us something very nice … Continue reading
Gundam 00: Gundam’s Religious Text
People worship many things in many ways. Some devote themselves entirely to ideals and ideologies, to the good of their people or to the way of the warrior. Others invoke the name of God, a name that is so very … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #434: Ending Vengeance
“Someone’s killed for killing another. Then that guy is killed for killing him. How is that kind of twisted thinking ever going to bring us peace?” – Cagalli Yula Athha, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Episode 31, “Grieving Skies” Cagalli says … Continue reading
My Five Favorite Gundams
In the continuing spirit of Mecha March and with so much of Gundams on my brain that I’m looking forward to the end of Witch from Mercury if only to get a little break from the franchise for a bit, I … Continue reading
Merlin's Musings 