Giant Shooty Robots! — A Gundam Podcast

Woah! What's that? A NEW episode of GSR Gaiden! already? Yep that's right! Ash Beardguy aka Ashton Zala, is BACK with another panel for you! On March 1st Crunchyroll announced that Funimation's streaming library would be merged into its own and this understandably sent reverberations throughout the entirety of Anime Fandom...

Welcome to the first episode of GSR Gaiden! Giant Shooty Robots' companion show that covers: Anime, Tokusatsu and all things Geek! 

On this episode, Ash Beardguy aka Ashton Zala, is joined by some heavyweights from the Black Anime Community to discuss the results of the 2022 Crunchyroll Anime Awards! JayLeeTrey, King Telliano,...

It's been a long time coming, but it's finally here! The first episode of Giant Shooty Robots! On this shiny new episode, the Melanated Mecha Men, Ash Beardguy and SentaiFive, reminisce about what first led them to become enamoured with the Gundam franchise and Mecha Anime...

In this BONUS episode of Giant Shooty Robots, Ash Beardguy flies solo to review Chapter 1 of Blade Titans, the Mecha Manga by Ayinde Hall of Studio Mahō. Ash first gives a recap of the chapter and then [at 08:52] he gives his thoughts on the narrative, the characters and why Blade Titans is a triumph both in terms of its art and narrative...

In what is the LAST episode of Build Casters (in its current guise), Ash Beardguy sits down with Ayinde Hall [@YIN_Designs aka @KokujinKreates] of Studio Mahō, to chop it up about Blade Titans, his Mecha Manga series. Ash and Ayinde discuss how Ayinde got into this Weeb Stuff and then do a deep dive and become ensconced in the world and narrative of Blade Titans. They then talk about what led to the formation of Studio Mahō and a bunch of other works that Ayinde has planned...

On the second episode of our two parter, Ash Beardguy, once again chops it up with Mecha Enthusiast and Streamer extraordinaire: Fujimaru Husky. Ash and Fuji have a brief, yet eye opening discussion about Racism and Anti-Blackness within the (Western) Gundam and Mecha Anime Fandoms. Fuji recounts some of the horrible experiences he has had in Fandom over the years and Ash talks about the Gundam Fandom's pretty vile reaction to GundamNerd's GBWC USA 2018 win...

Build Casters is now THREE YEARS OLD!!! To celebrate, you are getting TWO EPISODES!!! On part one, Ash Beardguy chops it up with Giant Shooty Robot Enthusiast, Gunpla Builder and Streamer extraordinaire: Fujimaru Husky (aka Fujimaru No Jutsu). Ash asks Fuji about how he became enamoured with Mechanical Giants, why his Grandma helps to fund his Plastic Model Kit Addiction and what builds he has in the pipeline...

Join Ash Beardguy and SentaiFive for a Special Edition of Build Casters. On this episode, which was recorded LIVE on Twitter Spaces this past Friday just a couple of hours after the finale aired, Ash and Fives tackle Studio Trigger's Spring 2021 Mecha Juggernaut: SSSS.DYNAZENON. They reflect on the characters and their machinations and drool over the show's peerless mecha design...

On this ultra low effort, barely edited episode of Build Casters, Ash Beardguy and SentaiFive react to the massive Gundam Seed related news that just dropped. They share their excitement about the long-awaited Gundam Seed Movie, drool over the Eclipse Gundam and get super jealous over the life-sized Freedom Gundam statue in China. They also briefly talk about the Gundam Universe line finally having a wave that's good enough to cop in its entirety...