Episode 143 of Key Frames, a podcast about anime. You know, I think I'm tired of us being so timely with our episode topics. It was bad enough to be talking about the personal and postmodern apocalypses of Inio Asano immediately after the election, but now I have to come up with a lighthearted blurb about our discussion of anime's obsession with military hardware and the aesthetics of making war while watching the winner of that election send up what amounts to a trial balloon for the imposition of martial law. It's a bummer! But not the same kind of bummer as watching Strike Witches in 2025, I suppose. Anyway, tune in to hear Ben, Duncan, and Jon talk about all sorts of guns and tanks and planes and uniforms! Also, Ben finally finished Xam'd and Jon sticks up for Witch Watch.
Discussed:
Strike Witches (8:46)
GATE (11:24)
Girls und Panzer (16:05)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (17:55)
Turn A Gundam (19:30)
Mobile Suit Gundam (23:46)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (26:55)
Legend of Galactic Heroes (35:25)
Last Exile (46:49)
Porco Rosso (52:35)
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department (59:42)
Witch Watch (1:05:07)
The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl (1:10:12)
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie (1:13:07)
KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!! 3 -Bonus Stage- (1:18:51)
Xam'd: Lost Memories (1:26:02)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) (1:30:45)
Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary Season 2 (1:36:58)
Related Links:
Hideaki Anno's iconic quote about the aesthetic allure of weaponry
Ukraine's recent attack on the Russian air force using smuggled drones
Counterfactuals are fun, but there are no truly decisive battles in history
What is Article 9 of the Japanese constitution?
The war minister who thought it would be better for Japan "to be destroyed like a beautiful flower" than surrender
October 27 is Vasili Arkhipov Day, after the man who stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis from going nuclear
The United States Strategic Bombing Survey indeed concluded that terror bombing of civilian centers was ineffective
Dan Olson has a great explanation of what "Silkposting" is
