Turn A Gundam‘s fourth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on April 30, 1999.
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #4 “Soldiers from Home”
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #3 “After the Festival”
Turn A Gundam‘s third episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on April 23, 1999. This is the first of many episodes whose screenplay is credited to a woman—Miya Asakawa. Director Tomino sought to have many women on staff and scriptwriting duties is one area in which this was prevalent.
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #2 “The Coming of Age Ceremony”
Turn A Gundam‘s second episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on April 16, 1999. It followed the highly-applauded premiere episode.
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #1 “Howl at the Moon”
Turn A Gundam‘s first episode was broadcast on April 9, 1999, after a production process that lasted over two years. It celebrated the Gundam franchise’s 20th anniversary as part of Sunrise’s “Big Bang Project” and marked the return of director Yoshiyuki Tomino to the series from a 5-year hiatus. This episode was selected by fan-poll to receive an audio commentary for the Blu-ray release.
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – ED1 “AURA”
Turn A Gundam‘s first ending song is titled “AURA”. It is written, composed, and sung by singer-songwriter Shinji Tanimura and its music arrangement is by Yoko Kanno.
Turn A Gundam Volume 4, Chapter 18 – “The White Doll of Peace”
We’re back! After a months-long break, we’re returning to bring you further scanlations of the Turn A Gundam manga.
This manga is an adaptation of Turn A Gundam‘s story by Atsushi Souga. While it shares the same overall plot, it diverges from the anime in many ways. Volumes 4 & 5 have some very noticeable changes from the original story, so be on the lookout!
There are 5 volumes in total. Our goal is to scanlate the entirety of this manga series.
The Team:
Feez – Organization & Typesetting
Peytral – Translation
idango – TL Checking
Nanopocalypse – Editing
Volume 4, Chapter 18 scanlation:
MEGA folder (includes complete vol.3 download)
Mediafire
Turn A Gundam Resource Compilation (v. 5.0)
This serves as a consolidation of materials and resources for English-speaking audiences. Contains links to manga and novel translation projects, notable interviews, audio commentary translations, selected blog posts and articles, and a MEGA folder with many goodies.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions on things to add to this post please contact me. You can reach me in the comments below or via Twitter @feezy_feez.
CHANGE LOG:
April 9, 2021 v5.0 – another massive re-haul
April 9, 2019 v.4.0 – massive re-haul and reorganization of content
May 24, 2017 v.3.0 – pastebin relocated to WordPress and re-organized, many new sections added
CONTENTS:
- WHERE TO OBTAIN?
- MEGA FOLDER
- THE HISTORY AND PRODUCTION OF TURN A GUNDAM
- TRANSLATION PROJECTS
- MEAD GUNDAM
- INTERVIEWS
- BD AUDIO COMMENTARIES
- SAKUGA MAD
- SELECTED POSTS, ARTICLES, AND TWEET THREADS
- TURN A GUNDAM GROUPWATCH
- MISCELLANEOUS LINKS
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – OP1 “Turn A Turn”
Welcome to yet another new series of blog posts! This is one I’ve had in mind for a while, and I’m rewatching the show (for, if I recall, the 8th time?) to facilitate the process. The goal is to provide analysis and staff & production info for all fifty episodes, along with the OP/ED songs & animations!
Turn A Gundam‘s first opening is titled “Turn A Turn”. The lyrics are by Yoshiyuki Tomino (under the pseudonym Rin Iogi) and its vocals are by Hideki Saijo. The production of this opening song was a very rushed ordeal, with the music composition completed only two weeks prior to its broadcast debut.
The History and Production of Turn A Gundam: Part I – Victory Gundam & Battling Depression
It’s Turn A Gundam‘s 22nd anniversary! To celebrate, I’m unveiling something big.
Welcome to a series of blog posts detailing the history and production of Turn A Gundam! My goal is to provide an accessible source of context and knowledge for reference purposes, and to improve discourse. This is the culmination of research I’ve done over the past decade. It’ll be divided into four parts for easy reading as follows:
- Part I – Victory Gundam & Battling Depression
- The 1980s
- Victory Gundam
- Depression
- Part II – Influences & Inspiration
- Part III – Prelude to Turn A Gundam
- Part IV – The Era of Turn A Gundam
Without further ado…
Continue reading “The History and Production of Turn A Gundam: Part I – Victory Gundam & Battling Depression”New Project Announcement: “Turn A no iyashi”—the healing power of Turn A Gundam
A while back I acquired a holy gem—”Turn A no iyashi”, which literally translates to “Cure of Turn A”, but I think a more appropriately localized title would be something among the lines of “The Healing Power of Turn A”. In this book, director Yoshiyuki Tomino writes about how creating Turn A Gundam healed his soul. It is essentially a memoir or autobiography detailing the thoughts and struggles Tomino faced in the 90s leading up to Turn A. It is a very revealing and vulnerable text; Tomino talks about his depression, his past & present, his time at Mushi Production, his wife and daughters, and goes into depth on the production process.
