Season 7, Episode 10 - Artesia Rides Again! (Patreon)

And with that, we wrap up another season! This week's episode covers the SD Gundam short, パパルの暁－冒険少女アルテシア－ 第103話「スギナムの花嫁」(SD Gundam: Dawn of Papal - Adventure Girl Artesia - Episode 103: Bride of Suginam),  originally released on VHS on August 22, 1991, as an accompaniment to 機動戦士SDガンダム劇場版 武者・騎士・コマンド SDガンダム緊急出撃 (SD Gundam the Movie: Musha - Knight - Command: SD Gundam Emergency Scramble).

Show Notes

• Our original translation of the short is available in this previous post.

Possible Influences

• Visual inspirations from Tokusatsu shows:

• Hanna-Barbera's Arabian Knights:

• Zubat / Bride of Suginam comparison:

Citations for the shows referenced:

月光仮面 (Gekkou Kamen) a. k. a. Moonlight Mask, created by Kawauchi Kouhan, produced by Senkosha Productions, 1958 - 1959.

アラーの使者 (Araa no Shisha) a. k. a. Messenger of Allah, created by Kawauchi Kouhan, produced by Toei TV Productions, 1960.

仮面ライダー (Kamen Raidaa) a. k. a. Kamen Rider, created by Ishinomori Shotaro, produced by Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation and Toei Company, 1971 - 1973.

快傑ズバット (Kaiketsu Zubatto) a. k. a. Kaiketsu Zubat, created by Ishinomori Shotaro, produced by Toei Company, 1977.

Arabian Knights, created by Hanna-Barbera Productions, 1968 - 1969.

Profile - 飯塚 昭三 (Iizuka Shōzō)

• Iizuka Shozo’s English and Japanese Wikipedia pages.
• Iizuka Shozo’s profiles on IMDB, Behind the Voice Actors, and Anime News Network.
• His obituaries in the Asahi Shinbun, Yomiuri Shinbun, Mainichi Shinbun, and Oricon.
• Wikipedia pages for Gekidan Wakakusa (劇団若草) (Japanese) and Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (東京俳優生活協同組合 aka Haikyō, 俳協) (English).
• A 2016 interview with Iizuka for the site 声グラWEB (Seigura Web): part 1, part 2, and part 3 (via Wayback Machine).

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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