Show Notes

This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 25 - "Rommel's Face” (ロンメルの顔) discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the possible origins of a collection of Gundam names: the Gaza-C, Gallus-J, and Bawoo mobile suits, the character Desert Rommel, and Zeon itself.

- Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica pages on the Gaza Strip.

_- Wikipedia page for Gazami crab, and the Animal Crossing entry for the Gazami crab from Nookipedia. Today gazami is usually written ガザミ, but there are also kanji: 蝤蛑. _

_- Is Zeon actually Zion? Fred Schodt recalls that he chose the Zeon spelling to avoid any religious connotations because he assumed Tomino did not intend them. _

- For the Gallus-J: Wiktionary page on the Latin word Gallus (rooster, inhabitant of Gaul, priest of Cybele).

- Not directly related but mentioned in the segment: The Red Hand of O'Neill and the Red Hand of Ulster.

- For Desert Rommel: Britannica biography for Erwin Rommel, Myth of the Clean Wehrmacht, and the
_IMDB page for the movie, "The Desert Rats" (1953). Separately, this British armored division also fighting in North Africa gave themselves the name Desert Rats. _

- Wiktionary page for the kanji (Japanese character) on the Bawoo mobile suit, and the Wikipedia page that explain hyougaiji.

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