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burgers-in-anime · 9 months
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The lack of burgers in Witch from Mercury is giving credence to my theory that burgers are not so much a calling card for Gundam as they are a calling card for Yoshiyuki Tomino. Stay with me here.
Burgers most prominently feature in the original Mobile Suit Gundam, in Zeta Gundam and in Gundam ZZ. Each of them have multiple episodes with burgers, and in many cases, those burgers are explicitly addressed — not incidental details. Zeta Gundam, famously, has Bright chowing down on a burger while Emma drops some psychoanalysis of Kamille on him, but it also has Bright being told off for eating a burger on the bridge. Burgers are all over ZZ, including a scene where Judau hands them out to the crew from a basket. And MSG has a burger as Sleggar Law's death flag, but also an entire episode dedicated to Bright trying to procure salt to make the ship's burgers taste better — both of which were iconic enough to become meals in the Gundam cafe.
And one thing these three shows have in common is that they were all written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
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Four examples of burgers in early Gundam works. The top two are from MSG; the bottom two are (L-R) Zeta and ZZ
Tomino doesn't feature them as prominently in other works, but they do still appear. For example, Victory Gundam still includes a scene of characters eating burgers, and Gundam F91 has a burger on a sign in the background. That second example doesn't seem like much until you remember that F91 was originally planned as a full TV series before being compressed into a movie, and has little opportunity for characters to have downtime — so that one appears at all feels very intentional.
You can also see burgers on display in another Tomino work from the period, Space Runaway Ideon.
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L-R: Victory Gundam, Gundam F91, Space Runaway Ideon
Meanwhile, when Tomino was kicked off the franchise, the burgers went with him. In G Gundam, Domon is offered a pizza, and there is no sign of burgers. In Unicorn, Banagher takes Mineva to get some fast food, but they visit a hot dog stand. In Gundam Hathaway, Hathaway and friends get fried chicken. And in Witch from Mercury, the only food on display — aside from the tomatoes — is cafeteria grub and, uh, slabs of ham.
Really, the only instances I know of burgers appearing in a non-Tomino Gundam are in Wing, and all that has is a burger on a billboard and a Wacdonald's sign — both blink-and-you'll-miss-it background details. While on the surface, this may seem comparable to F91, it really isn't: when you have forty-nine episodes and a movie to work with, you can do a lot more than a sign.
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Gundam characters pointedly eating something other than a burger
And what happened when Tomino returned to the franchise with Reconguista in G?
The burgers came back too!
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Reconguista in G
There is a single exception here: War in the Pocket, not directed by Tomino, does prominently feature burgers (and I don't mean the meme). But that, itself, may be telling. War in the Pocket was the first Gundam series to be made without Tomino's involvement; were the creative leads perhaps inspired to add a gratuitous burger scene to evoke the spirit of Tomino?
All that said, the reason this is still only a theory, and not a master's thesis, is that I don't have all the data yet. I haven't seen every post-Tomino Gundam series (though, frankly, I have no real drive to see what I've missed), and the only one of Tomino's non-Gundam works I've seen is the aforementioned Ideon. If burgers show up in Xabungle, L-Gaim or King Gainer… then I'll really know I've cracked the code.
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drawingquest21 · 11 months
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c0simo9 · 7 months
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Sirbine from Aura Battler Dunbine
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roseillith · 2 months
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Alps no Shoujo Heidi #37 SB: Yoshiyuki Tomino (1974)
Victory Gundam dir. Yoshiyuki Tomino (1994)
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lagrange-one · 16 days
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Gundam 7 E-421
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quattroqunt · 4 months
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Some comments from Yas regarding disagreements he had with Tomino over characterizations in Zeta. I wonder what he meant by Char not wanting to show skin?
This is from a 1993 interview.
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watt-synchron · 1 year
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Sirbine stitch from episode one of New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine
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grayrazor · 3 months
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trutown-the-bard · 20 days
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I feel like I need to go to Japan to kidnap Yoshiyuki Tomino before whatever is happening claims him next.
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retroanimejapan · 7 months
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Aura Battler Dunbine (1983-1984)
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peterkothe · 14 days
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RAIDEEN the BRAVE! 勇者ライディーン
Co-created by Gundam creator Yodhiyuki Tomino, Raideen is an giant ancient robot guardian, created by the the people of the lost continent of Mu! Piloted by teenager Akira Hibiki, he must use Raideen to defend mankind from The Mu’s ancient enemies: the evil Demon Empire and it’s dark god: Baraos!
For years, I only knew about this robot from random toys and the covers of Marvel’s Shogun Warriors comic, but was truly surprised by its unique and grand original story!
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mushyboy · 1 year
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Mobile Suit Gundam //  Yoshiyuki Tomino
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fostersffff · 3 months
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ochichernye · 9 months
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Going to start telling people I’m a Newtype instead of saying I have BPD, sounds nicer tbh
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quattroqunt · 4 months
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TIL that Kamille was inspired by Camille Claudel, a sculptor known for her tragic life.
From an interview between Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hideaki Anno:
Tomino: When I learned about her personal history, I decided to use Camille as a man's name. In fact, everything about the character of Camille Claudel was transferred over to Kamille Bidan. It was somewhat unfortunate for Z Gundam as a work, but I needed a character like Kamille to bring back the feelings that had flown from me during L-Gaim.
Anno: There was later a film about Camille Claudel, but at the time, nobody knew her name. She was a woman who spent half her life in mental hospitals. Kamille also has a mental breakdown in the final episode, so was that influenced by Claudel?
Tomino: Of course it was.
(I'll link the interview source in the replies, since I know posts with links in them don't always show up in the tags.)
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