For years, Japanese fans have celebrated the 9th of September as an “unofficial” Turn A Gundam day of sorts—the “official” day of course being its April 9th anniversary. The reasoning stems from the Turn A’s model number, the System ∀99, hence 9/9. Basically, it’s another convenient opportunity to celebrate one’s love for Turn A Gundam! In recent years, fans all across the world have celebrated the event, and you can search the Twitter hashtag #9月9日はターンエーの日 to see what people have posted this year. Lots of fan art, collection photos, and just general love for the show. This is just a quick blogpost roundup picking out some highlights. Enjoy!
Continue reading “2021 “System-∀99 Day” aka Unofficial Turn A Gundam Day”Turn A Gundam Volume 4, Chapter 20 – “Lunar Gate”
Again, apologies for the delay between chapters! I have no excuse. But on the bright side, the next chapter is now available for download. This puts us halfway through the volume.
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 20 scanlation:
MEGA folder
Mediafire
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #11 “The Fall of Nocis”
Turn A Gundam‘s eleventh episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on June 18, 1999.
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #10 “Grave Visit”
Turn A Gundam‘s tenth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on June 11, 1999. This episode was selected by fan-poll to receive an audio commentary track for the Blu-ray release.
The History and Production of Turn A Gundam: Part II – Influences & Inspiration
Continuing my 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
- Part II – Influences & Inspiration
- The Takarazuka Revue
- Dance & Theater
- The Moon
- The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter / Princess Kaguya
- Miscellaneous influences
- The Takarazuka Revue
- 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 II – Influences & Inspiration”Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #9 “Corin Shouts, It’s a Gundam!”
Turn A Gundam‘s ninth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on June 4, 1999.
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #8 “Laura’s Cow”
Turn A Gundam‘s eighth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on May 28, 1999. 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 – Episode #7 “Training to be a Lady”
Turn A Gundam‘s seventh episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on May 21, 1999.
Turn A Gundam Volume 4, Chapter 19 – “The Militia in Space”
Apologies for the long delay, but the next chapter is now available for download.
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 19 scanlation:
MEGA folder
Mediafire
Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #6 “The Forgotten Past”
Turn A Gundam‘s sixth episode was broadcast on Fuji TV on May 14, 1999.
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