We run down the myriad of announcements made at Gundam Conference 2026 SPRING in advance of Mobile Suit Gundam's 50th Anniversary in 2029! For starters, the short film, A boy with Gundam, touches our hearts but leaves Isaac wondering where the monoeyes have gone? Plus, we ponder whether SEED Freedom needs a sequel; should the MSG remaster really be a remake; what exactly does new "footage" mean for the Wing fans; and should we make a pilgrimage to Japan for Gundam Con 2027, the Tomino exhibit, the landmark, and the various festivals... on Gundam Day? There's also hololive x MSG... whatever hololive is? Tomino save us!

50th Anniversary news @ Gundam.info

The second film in the Hathaway’s Flash movie trilogy, MSG: Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, hit US theaters on May 14, 2026, and we were there to bask in all its silver screen glory. We discuss the film at length, including Hathaway's dismantling of Lane (again); Alyzeus as Bandai's War Machine; whether Lane is a cyber newtype or just a drunk E.T.; Anaheim's implied policy on beam saber colors; weighing the evidence if Brinks' cat is a newtype; and predict whether Bandai / Sunrise will pull the ultimate punch, among others. Plus, Isaac dons his Bask goggles to justify Kimberley's squishing incident and discovers that he is somewhere between Degwin and Bask. Double plus, the Colony Drop crew enjoys a post-film dinner at the most thematically appropriate place: Outback Steakhouse!

Let's go for part three, Bandai!

We begin our road to Zeta by investigating how Zeon's Char Aznable of UC 0079 became the AEUG's Quattro Bajeena of UC 0087. There is no better way to do this of course than cracking open Hiroyuki Kitazume's 2001 manga, MSG: Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait Of Young Comet! On this episode, we review and discuss the first half (volumes 1-7) of this often polarizing story, including M'Quve's unquestionable demise redux, whether Maharaja Karn is really a Peacecraft from the After Colony timeline, Axis' Windows installation being out of date, the relative distance of Axis to the Earth Sphere, cameos galore, Fabian the (false) space rizzler and his frozen roses, the sliding scale of increasing Gundams, Char Aznable being without a sail for the first time in his life, and the triggering event in young Haman Karn's future that sets her down the path to become ZZ's final boss. Plus, Isaac is forced to read about Char on his birthday... and he likes it?