117 episodes

Two friends talking about the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and anything remotely related that makes them laugh. The anime, models, manga, novels, video games - we do it all!

Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast Colony Drop

    • TV & Film
    • 4.7 • 17 Ratings

Two friends talking about the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and anything remotely related that makes them laugh. The anime, models, manga, novels, video games - we do it all!

    0116: Gundam 00 Review Part 1

    0116: Gundam 00 Review Part 1

    Finally, the time has come to face our nemesis.  We embark on an exhausting discussion/review of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 1!  While Celestial Being tries to eradicate war, we find that Sunrise did not learn from Gundam Wing's lessons on boredom; Alejandro is The Man with the Golden Gun; OO beats SEED in volume but not in the physics department; and that spider mobile armors truly are the fiercest killers in the mobile weapon kingdom!  Plus, Isaac prays for nukes and issues a PSA about buying GN Drives from Temu. 
    Lock-on!  Lock-on!  Lock-on!

    • 1 hr 51 min
    0115: Space, To the End of A Flash Review

    0115: Space, To the End of A Flash Review

    We board the Thoroughbred, a covert Pegasus-class ship, armed with Gundam Units 4 & 5 and head toward Granada to fend off Zeon during the final stage of the One Year War!  While Gundam pilots Ford Romfellow and Luce Cassell work on their teamwork, Isaac declares there are just too many damn Gundams!  #OnlyOneGundam!  Zeon counters with the skeptical General Nord and the blunt object named Mallet Sanguine in the terrifyingly fast Act Zaku from Pezun.  Can the Gundam pilots get it together in time to stop Mallet’s rage?  Plus, we digest the rocky Konpei Island vs. Confeito naming issue!   

    • 1 hr 12 min
    0114: Gundam Smash Bros.

    0114: Gundam Smash Bros.

    If Gundam Evolution taught us anything, it's that Sunrise ripped off the wrong game.  But here at Sunset, we are smarter than that.  We know exactly which game Sunrise should rip off next.  Join us as we lay the foundation for what would easily be one of the most fun Gundam games of all time: Gundam Smash Bros.!  We discuss potential characters, stages, items, assist trophies, and more!  Plus, we hit tangents of all kinds including Diddy Kong Racing and Wizpig, IG-88 and R2-D2, and whether the SEED Freedom film might include a Kira Yamatwo.  Extra points for any listeners who can guess our Smash mains before we reveal them!

    • 56 min
    0113: Gundam Thunderbolt Review

    0113: Gundam Thunderbolt Review

    We tour the ruins of Side 4 in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky and Bandit Flower where the Federation's Moore Brotherhood goes head-to-head with Zeon's Living Dead Division for control of the Thunderbolt Sector during the One Year War.  Or as we like to think of it - that time when a bunch of Federation volunteers led by some rich kids fought amputees over control of a junkyard in a universe where ice sinks.  We discuss how prosthetic technology seems to have regressed, Zeon's patented shoot n' scoot strategy, the Federation's tendency to slap first and ask questions later, the Psycho Zaku's bootleg psycommu, and the Atlas Gundam's magic skis that also somehow both fly and float.  Plus, we talk about pies!

    • 1 hr 42 min
    0112: The Twelve Days of Gundam-mas 2023

    0112: The Twelve Days of Gundam-mas 2023

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, listeners!  On this episode, Brian handcuffs Isaac to Santa’s sleigh and we fly through our rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas!  Our Twelve Days of Gundam-mas features spinning HLVs, Murrue’s WMDs, GG gas, colony drops (of course), and much more!  Even Afranche Char gets a mention!  PLUS: We create New Year’s resolutions for Gundam characters ranging from the Zabis, Mwu La Flaga, Crux Dogatie, Bandai-Namco itself, and many others!  DOUBLE PLUS: We reveal our original Gundam Christmas stories from last year not previously heard on this podcast – A Fright Before Christmas and A Very Merry Cruxmas!

    • 1 hr 3 min
    0111: Lost War Chronicles (Manga) Review

    0111: Lost War Chronicles (Manga) Review

    We head back to the front lines of the One Year War to read the 2002 manga series Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles!  We join up with Matt Healy’s Special Forces Experimental Unit as they trade blows with Ken Bederstadt’s Zeon Foreign Legion across the Earth.  Despite the Tokyopop version missing the beginning, middle, and end, this manga surprises us in the best ways!  We hear Zeon accents once again, see tanks given no quarter, watch as Ken earns a pitiful ace pilot name, and even visit the Cosmodrome!  Can Matt lead his team to victory?  Let's find out!
     

    • 1 hr 13 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
17 Ratings

17 Ratings

Gloftus ,

This show rules

I love Gundam but its really hard to find content about it in English. Thankfully I stumbled upon this show and it’s really refreshing to hear something about it in a way that you would also talk about it.

taidan19 ,

Perfectly Balanced

I like this show for a lot of reasons. First, the hosts remind me a lot of the hosts of “Fast Karate for the Gentleman” , an old podcast I used to listen to.

Second, I have a feeling that I’m pretty close to in age to the hosts, and so it is perhaps no coincidence that my opinions on a lot of things Gundam align with theirs.

On that note, just what ARE their opinions like? The best way I can describe it is that the hosts know a lot about Gundam, and clearly enjoy it, but they don’t take it - or themselves- TOO seriously.

They can tell you how they feel without denigrating others who disagree. They can dislike something and then move on with their lives. They can find the good in something that isn’t perfect (like Gundam F91) and say as much, because they are adults who understand that things don’t have to be black/white, best/worst, worthy/unworthy.

In short, it’s a healthy attitude that keeps the show informative and entertaining. It’s like hanging out with some pals. And that’s why I say Colony Drop is perfectly balanced.

Axelay523 ,

Good show

Good show, but I noticed that y’all never Wing and especially 00 which is a lot of people’s favorite or at least in their top five. Have y’all seen and done a review of the series yet? Yes 00 is my favorite Gundam series, followed by Unicorn, Zeta, Victory and 0083.

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