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Visa ✈️ SF (Aug 2-14)
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“Gundam” literally started out as a mash of the words “gun” and “freedom”, which makes it like, maybe the most American thing to come out of Japan?
The series was originally entitled Freedom Fighter Gunboy (or Gunboy) for the robot's gun, with teen boys the primary target demographic. Early production had a number of references to freedom: the White Base was originally "Freedom's Fortress", the Core Fighter was the "Freedom Wing" and the Gunperry was the "Freedom Cruiser". The Yatate team combined the English word "gun" with the last syllable of the word "freedom" to form the portmanteau Gundom.
Big fucking robot
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