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Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #43 “The Shocking Dark History”

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Turn A Gundam‘s forty-third episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on February 11, 2000. I own a copy of its storyboard and have included comparison shots, which provide an additional layer of perspective on how scene framing and/or drawings began and evolved over time. This episode’s storyboard is by Kazuki Akane, and it is the only episode in which they were involved in. Additionally, this episode was selected by fan-poll to receive an audio commentary track for the Blu-ray release. It received so many votes that two audio commentary tracks were recorded, each with a separate set staff members, proving that it is unquestionably the fan-favorite episode.

Turn A Gundam‘s forty-third episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on February 11, 2000. The illustration pictured is by by Naomi Yamamura from the Gundam Perfect File no. 163.
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Blog Updates

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Heya, folks! Small update. In an effort to future-proof this blog and focus on ease-of-accessibility, I’ve made some housekeeping improvements. I’ve removed the “Resource Compilation” page that acted as a centralized hub of info/links. Having a long list of resources like that was useful when my content was in its infancy, but it’s gotten too large to reasonably update and maintain. Instead what I’ve done is create individual pages for major topics that people are likely to come to this blog for: “Audio Commentaries”, “Episodes”, “Interviews”, “Manga”, “Mead Gundam”, “My Sources”, “Production History”, and “Turn A no iyashi”. I know you can sort through categories to find most of this stuff, but that’s an additional step people have to take and I want to make it as easy as possible. I may add or delete pages in the future.

You’ll notice a number of incomplete items in the “Interviews” and “Manga” sections—yes, all the manga and interviews listed are either currently being worked on or future projects I intend to tackle and provide for the community. So, there’s a lot of content in the future. Thanks, and happy holiday season!

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Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #42 “The Turn X Activates”

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Turn A Gundam‘s forty-second episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on February 4, 2000. I own a copy of this episode’s storyboard and have included comparison shots in this post, which gives one an additional layer of perspective on how scene framing and/or drawings began and evolved over time. This episode’s storyboard is by Seiji Okuda, an absolute veteran in the industry.

Turn A Gundam‘s forty-second episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on February 4, 2000.
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Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – ED2 “Tsuki no Mayu”

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Turn A Gundam‘s second ending is titled “Tsuki no Mayu” (“Moon’s Cocoon”). This song has lyrics by Yoshiyuki Tomino (under the pseudonym Rin Iogi), composition & arrangement by Yoko Kanno, and vocals performed by Aki Okui. It is also this blog’s namesake, i.e. “Moon’s Cocoon”!

Turn A Gundam‘s second ED “Tsuki no Mayu” (tl. “Moon’s Cocoon”)
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Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #40 “Sea Battle on the Moon”

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Turn A Gundam‘s fortieth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on January 21, 2000. Incidentally, this is one of four episodes whose scenario is by Ichiro Okouchi, who’s responsible for the script and series composition on the currently-airing Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.

Turn A Gundam‘s fortieth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on January 21, 2000.
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Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – OP2 “Century Color”

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Turn A Gundam‘s second opening is titled “Century Color”. This song is a collaborative project with RAY-GUNS, who provide the vocals and arrangement. Its lead singer Youmu Hamaguchi composed the song and also co-wrote the lyrics with Yoshiyuki Tomino (under the pseudonym Rin Iogi).

Turn A Gundam’s second opening – “Century Color”
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Thank you for 50,000 all-time views!

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Just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who reads this blog. I recently got a notification that it has passed 50,000 all-time views. When I first started this passion site I never expected to have quite the reach that I now do. Thank you to Turn A Gundam fans worldwide—the U.S., the U.K., Japan, China, Korea, many other Asian and European countries, and more. I will continue to do my best!

Thank you! I will continue to do my best.