tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post2429380522460375946..comments2023-10-03T00:09:27.749+09:00Comments on The Adventures of a Foreign Salaryman in Tokyo: Can I have a "Gundam" please?Mr. Salarymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874380653396343115noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-18916926693366532922009-12-29T10:14:51.516+09:002009-12-29T10:14:51.516+09:00I have the same predicament whenever we are going ...I have the same predicament whenever we are going for our Japan trip. Just buy a Gundam, they say. And there I was standing at the Gundam section in Yodobashi completely at loss.linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273605189937933589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-79868730901479144632009-12-16T17:39:35.712+09:002009-12-16T17:39:35.712+09:00Err, you'd really have to consult an expert! T...Err, you'd really have to consult an expert! There are so many robots in Gundam shows, partly so they can sell models of all of them.aimlesswanderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-40915483068831238672009-12-15T19:34:44.223+09:002009-12-15T19:34:44.223+09:00Penguin and Aimless - I'm basically with Pengu...Penguin and Aimless - I'm basically with Penguin here, but I think that your explanation helped a bit here Aimless. <br /><br />But is all those huge robots "Gundam" robots or are there subtypes of them?Mr. Salarymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874380653396343115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-82506111614786665132009-12-13T19:40:59.571+09:002009-12-13T19:40:59.571+09:00Gundams are huge robots who are best piloted by an...Gundams are huge robots who are best piloted by angsty 14 year olds (who just happen to get into the cockpit and be natural genius pilots), who either work for or against a secret organisation with its own giant robots and angsty teenage pilots. I think they are generally humanoid, and often the Bad Persons have animal or such looking robots.<br /><br />Something like that, anyway!aimlesswanderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-10588418777922594162009-12-13T17:40:16.257+09:002009-12-13T17:40:16.257+09:00One of the disadvantages of living in Japan is tha...One of the disadvantages of living in Japan is that people sometimes expect you to be an anime/manga expert/fan. Unfortunately (for them), while I recognize a Pikachu at forty paces, that's about it, and I still have no idea whether "Gundam" is a name or a collective noun or some kind of robot/tentacle mutant.ThePenguinhttp://barwick.de/japan/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.com