Season 7, Episode 6: Unfulfilled Potential (Patreon)

Now that our discussion of Gundam F91 is largely out of the way, it's time for the first of two All Research episodes as we dig deeper to answer some of our lingering questions. This week: part 1 of Thom's research on Cosmo Babylonia, and Nina's profile on featured singer Moriguchi Hiroko.

Show Notes

Cosmo Babylonia

• This book was Thom's main source:
  
  Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. A History of Babylon: 2200 BC-AD 75. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018.

Moriguchi Hiroko

• Moriguchi's page on Japanese Wikipedia. 
• Her professional website, her profile on NoReason's website (if you want to know her hobbies, favorites, etc. this is the place!), her ANN encyclopedia page, and her Ameblo blog. The professional website, NoReason profile, and blog are all in Japanese. The ANN encyclopedia page includes much of the information from the NoReason profile, translated into English.
• Crunchyroll article about NHK's Gundam 40th Anniversary Poll results, including the top 10 "best" Gundam songs, as voted by fans. 

The recap music this season is His Last Share of the Stars by Doctor Turtle, used under a CC BY attribution license.

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