The Weekly Stuff #404 – Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Season 1 Review & Discussion

<p>We’ve finally arrived at the most recent mainline <i>Gundam </i>TV series on our <i>Weekly Suit Gundam </i>journey! But before diving into that, we also give thoughts on <i>Halo Infinite’s </i>multiplayer launch, Jonathan’s early impressions of <i>Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, </i>and more news about the unfathomably awful environment that is Activision Blizzard. Then it’s on to 2015’s <i>Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. </i>Tackling the theme of child soldiers more directly than Gundam ever had before, <i>Iron-Blooded Orphans </i>is one of Gundam’s darkest and most violent hours, but also one of its richest and most rewarding, a unique blend of daily life coming-of-age storytelling with hard-edged military fiction that leaves a huge impact. Season 1, which we’re discussing today, follows the formation of the child-mercenary group Tekkadan – the eponymous Orphans with Iron in their Blood – and their journey to bring Martian independence activist Kudelia Aina Bernstein to Earth. It’s a stupendous season of television with tons to talk about, and a pleasure to finally reach and discuss. </p><p><strong>Time Chart:</strong></p><p>Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:04:02</p><p>Jonathan talks <i>Forza </i>and <i>Pokemon: </i>0:04:02 – 0:16:39</p><p><i>Halo Infinite: </i>0:16:39 – 0:38:30</p><p>Activision Sucks: 0:38:30 – 0:49:00</p><p>Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans: 0:49:00 – 3:47:27</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBqje0qmCVn0WkCXJzckaA"><strong>Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://anchor.fm/weeklysuitgundam"><strong>Subscribe to the WEEKLY SUIT GUNDAM Podcast!</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wgtc-radio-we-got-this-covered/id535584943"><strong>Subscribe for free to 'The Weekly Stuff' in Apple Podcasts!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JonathanLack"><strong>Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/SeanTheChapman"><strong>Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter!</strong></a></p><p> </p>