Season 6, Episode 7: You Must Gather Your Party Before Venturing Forth (Patreon)

On this episode of MSB, a humble Bard/Warlock/Podcast/Elf/Water Buffalo teams up with the Prophesied Podcaster of Legend to tackle the Great Demon King SD Gundam Gaiden. Plus, in a shocking twist, SD Gundam manages to introduce yet another capital-p Problem, but at least this time it's got nothing to do with Ple!

Now you must gather your party before listening to the episode!

Show Notes: History of SD Gundam Gaiden

SD Gundam Gaiden Generally

• The origins of SDV (SD Variations) are mentioned in the SD Gundam Wikipedia page (Japanese).  
• Japanese blog post talking about the popularity of SD Gundam at the time (archived). It describes the popularity of SD Gundam at this time as an 'overwhelming boom' among children.  Archived at 
• This Japanese blog has photos showing off a collection of early SD Gundam capsule toys. These toys were released in waves (called Mark 1, Mark 2, etc.) and you can find links to photos from other waves at the bottom of the page.
• The Wikipedia page for the SD Gundam Gaiden videogame referenced in the podcast.
• This Japanese blog talks about Bandai's rivalry with Takara and their Mashin Hero Wataru model kit. 
• Here's an advertisement showing off some of the earliest iterations of the SD Knight Gundam, Musha Gundam, and Satan Gundam toys.
• Here you can see the original version of the Gundiver as it appeared in SDV, and in comic format.

Carddass

• The official website for Carddass, with links to their various properties including SD Gundam.
• On this Japanese blog you can find pictures of late-80s SD Gundam Carddass cards, broken up according to release wave.
• This article about the 2015 reprinting of the classic Knight Gundam/Gundam Gaiden Carddass Cards has some pictures and talks a bit about the history of the series. It's based on this Bandai press release.
• Some info about AMeDAS, the meteorological monitoring system that gave Carddass its name, and here's a Bandai press release where they explain the origin of the Carddass name and its relationship to AMeDAS.
• Here's some more info via Japanese Wikipedia about Beast Wars Animal Kaiser.

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