Published by Giant Robot FM
Giant Robot FM is a podcast navigating and discussing mecha anime old and new, real and super, from Macross to Gundam to Gunbuster and more! Your hosts are Stephen Hero, a teacher and freelance writer, and pmcTRILOGY, a recovering engineer and streamer.
Listen on Apple Podcasts2 hr 32 min
What better way to reach your destination on this (US holiday) travel day than via Ep. 12 of Turn A Gundam, "Underground Passageways." First-time GRFM guest Lagrange Point Press talks with pmc and Stephen about this episode which really kicks the Loran/Dianna relationship into high gear. Find Lagrange Point Press here: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lagrangepointpress.bsky.social Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY) Graphic design by DuarfS ( https://www.behance.net/maezurita ) ( https://www.instagram.com/duarfs) Art by Szkin (https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net ) Music by fretzl (@fretzl) ( https://www.youtube.com/fretzl)
2 hr 9 min
This podcast was originally published for patrons on November 8th, 2023. It's time for the Fall of Nocis and we're not talking about Autumn! Szkin, whose excellent art adorns the podcast feed, talks with pmc and Stephen about ep. 11 of Turn A Gundam with the continued Kihel/Dianna swap, Guin's failure of imagination, and the circumstances leading to war. Please find Szkin at these links: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/szkin.bsky.social Site: https://szkin-art.carrd.co/ Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY) Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkin.bsky.social Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 14 min
This episode was originally published for patrons on October 25th, 2023. Hello Giant Robot FM patrons! A new Moonrace Wireless awaits you as Feez once again visits with pmc and Stephen to discuss this most important of turning points in Turn A Gundam! Please find Feez at these links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/feezy_feez Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/feez.bsky.social Moon's Cocoon Site: https://tsukinomayu.com/ Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY) Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 1 min
Hello Giant Robot FM patrons! We've got the first of your October 2023 Moonrace Wireless episodes and this time, we can assure you, "It's a Gundam!" Valondar joins pmc and Stephen to talk through the arrival of Corin Nander and what it means for the rest of the cast, the people of Earth, and the Moonrace. Please find Valondar at these links: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/valondar.bsky.social PodCastle in the Sky: https://podcastleinthesky.wordpress.com/ Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY) Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 12 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! First-time guest Brandon Bovia and returning friend GundamPixel join pmc and Stephen to discuss Hathaway's Flash book 2! To be clear, we're discussing the book, but let's be honest we have all just seen the film adaptation so that does come up. Thank you to David Bednar for reading excerpts! Please find Brandon here: https://bsky.app/profile/brandonbovia.bsky.social Please find GundamPixel at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/gundampixel.bsky.social Site: https://www.gundampixel.com/ Please find David here: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/shoebill.moe Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 10 min
This podcast was originally published for patrons on September 27th, 2023. Hello Giant Robot FM patrons! We've brought you a podcast, several pigs, a flock of chickens, and, of course, Laura's Cow! Dylan aka deve_dy joins pmc and Stephen to cover this wide-ranging episode with all the usual stops including bicycle history, settler colonialism, cattle transportation, and more! Please find deve_dy here: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/devedy.bsky.social Tweet us @giantrobotfm and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY) Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
1 hr 57 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! It's Hatha-May and we're here with our discussion on the first book of Hathaway's Flash. Topics include how is Hathaway as a Gundam protagonist, what's the deal with Kenneth and women, and more! Please find Maddy on bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hyakushiki0087.bsky.social Please follow Coop here: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/riderstrike.bsky.social Site: https://riderstrike.carrd.co/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 51 min
Hello Giant Robot FM patrons! Moonrace Wireless is back and it's party time! We're joined by Feez and Megan D (aka Brainchild129) to cover all the bits of episode 7 from bread to parties to dresses and everything in between! Please find Megan at these links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/brainchild129 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/brainchild129.bsky.social Manga Test Drive: http://mangatestdrive.blogspot.com/ Renaissance Josei: http://renaissancejosei.blogspot.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MeganD Please find Feez at these links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/feezy_feez Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/feez.bsky.social Moon's Cocoon Site: https://tsukinomayu.com/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
1 hr 51 min
This podcast originally releases for patrons on August 30th, 2023. Hello Giant Robot FM patrons! We are here with the 2nd Moonrace Wireless episode of August and it's a fine one for closing out summer - there are trains and trucks and plots and more. Sheena (@MissMacross) joins us to talk through how our current roster of characters is faring from Loran's competence to Sochie's appetite for destruction. Please find Sheena here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/missmacross Site: https://missmacross.com/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero (@_stephen_hero) and pmcTRILOGY (@pmcTRILOGY) Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
3 hr 15 min
This episode was originally published for patrons on August 23, 2023. Hello Giant Robot FM patrons! We have returned to Turn A! Nicole aka Nanopocalypse joins fellow Delaware Valley denizens pmc and Stephen to Hello Giant Robot FM patrons! We have returned to Turn A! Nicole aka Nanopocalypse joins fellow Delaware Valley denizens pmc and Stephen to talk about her Gundam and Turn A fandom experience as well as dive deep on ep. 5 and what it tells us about Poe, Harry, and more! Please find all of Nicole's links on her site: https://nanopocalypse.art/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 57 min
Back from the history episode, Mark and BJ join pmc and Stephen to cover the Beltorchika's Children novel itself along with plenty of general Gundam digressions. Taiga Ichikawa's Interviews w/ Yutaka Izubuchi: https://ichikawataiga.com/2021/11/02/6buchi/ https://www.ichikawataiga.com/2021/11/03/7buchi/ https://ichikawataiga.com/2021/11/06/10buchi/ https://ichikawataiga.com/2021/11/05/9buchi/2/ Please find BJ at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeonicscans Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeonicscans.bsky.social Patreon: http://patreon.com/zeonicscans Site: https://zeonic-republic.net/ Please find Mark at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/toysdream.bsky.social Site: https://ultimatemark.com/ Gundam site: https://www.gundamunofficial.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ultimatoy/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://twitter.com/szkin_art Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 28 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Firmly in the land of CCA novelization, Tomino and Char sickos Pike and Dylan join the pod to discuss Hi-Streamer Vol. 3! Thank you to GundamPixel for reading excerpts! Please find Pike here: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/redcomets.net Blog: https://redcomets.net/blog/ Please find deve_dy here: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/devedy.bsky.social Please find GundamPixel at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/gundampixel.bsky.social Site: https://www.gundampixel.com/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://twitter.com/szkin_art Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 34 min
This podcast was originally published for patrons on July 1st, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We've made it to the end of GQux - thank you for your support and we hope you've enjoyed watching GQux with us and the conversations we have brought to Side 6 Soundwaves! Please find Tom here: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomaznable.bsky.social Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 20 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! We are back with Vol. 2 of Hi-Streamer, the Quess volume. Space Queen Emily, the Quess defender, and Ethan Halker, line art enjoyer, return to GRFM to cover all that happens as Hi-Streamer morphs into a Char's Counterattack novelization. Find Emily on: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/spacequeenemily.bsky.social Find Ethan at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/sundownmcmoon.bsky.social Bomb Squad Productions: https://bsky.app/profile/bombsquadprods.bsky.social Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 3 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Happy new year! Tomino book club continues with a discussion on Vol. 1 of Hi-Streamer. If you don't know where to get it, please head over to Zeonic Scanlations: https://zeonic-republic.net/?page_id=3408 Please find Thaliarchus at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/thaliarchus.bsky.social Itch: https://thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlord-kinbright Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thaliarchus Please find Russell at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/russelllatshaw.bsky.social Space Kaleidoscope: https://spacekaleidoscope.com/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://twitter.com/szkin_art Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 24 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! The next chapter of the Tomino book club begins with two works that are often discussed but maybe misunderstood: Hi-Streamer and Beltorchika's Children . Thankfully, we once again have the aid of experts Mark Simmons and BJ to walk us through what these are and why they were made (and what the most important mobile suits to come out them are). Please find BJ at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeonicscans Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeonicscans.bsky.social Patreon: http://patreon.com/zeonicscans Site: https://zeonic-republic.net/ Please find Mark at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/toysdream.bsky.social Site: https://ultimatemark.com/ Gundam site: https://www.gundamunofficial.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ultimatoy/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://twitter.com/szkin_art Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 20 min
Welcome to the grand stage at the Yomagn'tho theater! This week, we're doing a production of Lady Macbeth, like every week. Kycilia's orders. Also, David Brothers joins Giant Robot FM for the first time to talk through Alphacide and all its implications. Please find David here: Site: https://www.iamdavidbrothers.com/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://twitter.com/szkin_art Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 21 min
Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! Even if your visors were left open, please keep your ears open for our final Zeta novel translation as the translator, TheIdeon, and the commissioner, FlyAwayNow, return to the podcast to discuss both the final novel as well as the Zeta novels more broadly. Please find TheIdeon at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/theideon.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BystonWellStories Site: https://gunbusternovels.wordpress.com/ Please find FlyAwayNow at these links: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/flyawaynow.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/flyawayn0w Project Wingman: https://store.steampowered.com/app/895870/Project_Wingman/ Project Red Sun: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3437690/Project_Red_Sun/ Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://bsky.app/profile/szkinart.net Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 51 min
This episode was originally published for patrons on June 16th, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! This week, returning GRFM friends Ethan and Rex hop on to discuss the escalation, the animation, and everything in between! Please find Ethan at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/sundownmcmoon.bsky.social Bomb Squad Productions: https://bsky.app/profile/bombsquadprods.bsky.social Please find Rex at: Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/rnaboursiii.bsky.social Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rnaboursiii Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://twitter.com/szkin_art Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl
2 hr 37 min
This podcast episode was originally published for patrons on June 8th, 2025. Hello Giant Robot FM listeners! You should know that, in our dreams, there is always a podcast about GQux. This time, Adam Wescott returns to chat about the characters of GQux as well as the impending implications of multiverse or other ideas and what that might portend for our characters new and old. Note: there's a little bit of scuffed audio in this one, must have been another timeline. Please find Adam at these links: Aniwire Newsletter: https://aniwire.ghost.io/ Comics Beat: https://www.comicsbeat.com/author/adamwescott/ Crunchy Roll News: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/author/adam-wescott Unpacking the Shelf podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unpacking-the-shelf/id1625503745 Start Menu: https://www.startmenu.co.uk/?author=660d9e0ae30ef70ebdbe2111 Skeet us @giantrobotfm.bsky.social and write to us giantrobotfm@gmail.com Giant Robot FM is hosted by Stephen Hero and pmcTRILOGY Support us directly at patreon.com/giantrobotfm Graphic Design by DuarfS https://www.behance.net/maezurita https://www.instagram.com/duarfs Art by Szkin https://twitter.com/szkin_art Music by fretzl (@fretzl) https://www.youtube.com/fretzl