On the Shoulders of Giants

Our episode this time is on Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog (2025), where we’re going to Jupiter to get more stupider. It features an interview with Director/Lead Writer Johnathan Duram. Pick the game up here! Mechs discussed: Juno Alien Machine All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Mind control, alternate reality, mass casualties, post-traumatic stress, gun violence, and alcoholism. Check out the developers! Johnathan Duram - Director/Lead Writer Ben Keller – Technical Director Kevin Butler – Artist Daniel Goodman - Composer On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). Join OSG’s Discord here. You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitter @osg_pod, Instagram @osg_pod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

On our 50th episode we’re discussing an anime where the watch could ACTUALLY be considered the mech, Giant Robo: the Day the Earth Stood Still (1992) with special guest Z-Ace. Let’s launch into it! Mechs discussed: Giant Robo Ishinryu Akatsuki Uranus Neptune Gallop GR2 All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: physical and gun violence, light blood, child endangerment/abuse, apocalyptic energy crises, racially evocative imagery, and nazi imagery. Join OSG’s Discord here, and consider supporting us on Ko-Fi here. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, season 1 part 2, and HEY SAITO! FORK OVER THAT WEAPON NOW!** This episode’s special guest is illustrator and comics creator Iris Jay. Mechs discussed: Tachikomas Shells, cyberbrains, and transhumanist elements Multiped Tank Armed Suits All images: on our website. Join OSG’s Discord here, and consider supporting us on Ko-Fi here. Content warnings for this episode: assassination, body horror, misogyny, police violence, state violence, surveillance/stalking, hostage-taking and kidnapping, terrorism, depersonalization, gun violence, physical violence, memory manipulation/brainwashing, violence against minors, organ harvesting. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on the longest Hewlett-Packard commercial ever conceived, Real Steel (2011)! Mechs discussed: Atom Ambush Noisy Boy Zeus Twin Cities All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: child abuse/endangerment and abandonment, and light physical violence. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). Join OSG’s Discord here You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitter @osg_pod, Instagram @osg_pod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, season 1 part 1, the part of the Ghost in the Shell franchise that actually has Tachikomas in it, finally, Jesus Christ! This episode’s special guest is illustrator and comics creator Iris Jay. All images discussed: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: police violence, sexualization, cults, state violence, violence against women, severe body horror related to skin, serial killing, surveillance/stalking, abuse of the disabled, gun violence, physical violence, memory manipulation/brainwashing, mechanical body horror, terrorism. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). Join OSG’s Discord here. You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on Robot Izonkei Joshi no Meiwaku na Nichijou, or, The Nuisance Daily Life of Robot-Dependent Girl (2018), and Alice’s upcoming Notes App apology for adding this to the OSG canon. Mechs discussed: Iris Anya’s Mech AT-7 Cosmos Oberon Unnamed AT-7 Rebuild All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: discussion of urination, diaper fetish, sexualization of minors, depictions of violence. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). Join OSG’s Discord here. You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitch @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on BANG BRAVE BANG BRAVERN!, an anime whose 50 foot tall protagonist sets yet another unrealistic body expectation for gay men. Let’s launch into it! Mechs discussed:  Bravern Deathdrives (various) Type 24 Rekka M2 Exceed Rhino All images: on our website.    Content warnings for this episode: Violence and warfare, and nudity.   On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her).   If you like what you heard, consdier leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice! It actually means a lot in a lot of ways! Join OSG’s Discord here  You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitter @osg_pod, Instagram @osg_pod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com.    Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio.

Our episode this time is on Titanfall 2 (2016), where we discuss the inherent homoeroticism of being held in the big, beautiful hand of a mech. Mechs discussed: BT 7274 Various other Titan Classes All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Content warnings for this episode: depictions of war, blood and gore. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). Join OSG’s Discord here.] You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitter @osg_pod, Instagram @osg_pod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on Ghost In the Shell 1989 Manga, or ‘why sometimes adaptations do improve on the original. No, not the Scarlet Johansson one, the others.’ We’re discussing the source code of it all, Ghost in the Shell: the Manga! Mechs discussed: Fuchikomas Shells That Thing From Mold of Life All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Detailed discussions of sexual content, extensive nudity, gun violence, racism and dystopic prejudices, misogyny, and mild body horror and gore. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). Join OSG’s Discord here. You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitter @osg_pod, Instagram @osg_pod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

This BONUS Minisode is a loose reaction to GQUUUUUUX: The Beginning (2025)! Join Alice and Brian for some regular gushing about What They Did to Gundam!! Mechs discussed: GQUUUUUUX Char’s Red Gundam THE BIG ZAM Further information will be available on our website soon! Content warnings for this episode: Large scale war and death, police states, genocide, imperialism, and PTSD. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). [POTENTIALLY TO BE ADDED: Join OSG’s Discord here!! You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitter @osg_pod, Instagram @osg_pod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on Lancer (2019), a beautiful tabletop role playing game set in a far-future utopia where nothing is scarce and fulfillment is abundant--in which you play as the Omelas Kid. Mechs discussed: There’s a ton of them! Read the Book! All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: discussions of war and violence, transhumanism, cosmic horror, human experimentation, and false reality. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). Join OSG’s Discord here. You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitter @osg_pod, Instagram @osg_pod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

This time around we’re discussing the horror of living as a wifeless wifeguy, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)! Mechs discussed: Gynoids Kim Cyborgs All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Human trafficking, sexual and physical abuse, gun violence, torture, body modification, human experimentation, child endangerment, and organized crime. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). !!! You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on Sunrise’s most ambitious baseball metaphor they’ve ever made. It’s Gunhed (1989)! Mechs discussed: Gunhed Aerobot Other images: on our website. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find OSG on Twitter at @osg_pod, Instagram at @osg_pod, TikTok at @osg_pod, YouTube at @osg_pod, Cohost at @osgpod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send pilot queries (and other questions/feedback) to questions@osgpod.com. Content warnings for this episode: discussions of violence, mild gore, post-apocalypse, and nuclear fallout. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on Ghost in the Shell (1995), a vision of a cyberpunk dystopia so much cooler than the one we have now. Mechs discussed: Shells (Full Cybernetic Body) T08A2 (R-3000) All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: nudity, sexualization, international incidents, gun violence, physical violence, memory manipulation/brainwashing, mechanical body horror. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod, Twitter @osg_pod, Instagram @osg_pod, TikTok @osg_pod, YouTube @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send questions/feedback to questions@osgpod.com. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor. Other royalty-free sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use in commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on any sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is Lightning Round Volume 1, or: a beautiful gallery of women you all submitted for us to discuss! Mechs discussed: Insurrection Prime Eikons Atlans Numidium [Tarantula Hawk(https://moderncarapace.gumroad.com/l/mc001) The other five mechs we talked about AND additional material: on our website. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find OSG on Twitter at @osg_pod, Instagram at @osg_pod, TikTok at @osg_pod, YouTube at @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send pilot queries (and other questions/feedback) to questions@osgpod.com. Content warnings for this episode: discussions of body horror, military experimentation, war, violence, and apocalypse. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

MERRY KAMPFER AND HAPPY HYGOGGNUKKAH! We sit down with Giant Robot FM's own pmcTRILOGY to talk about an OVA that insists we have Mineva Zabi at home, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (1998)! Mechs discussed: Wing Zero Sandrock Deathscythe Shenlong Heavyarms All images and other mechs: on our website. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find OSG on Twitter at @osg_pod, Instagram at @osg_pod, TikTok at @osg_pod, YouTube at @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send pilot queries (and other questions/feedback) to questions@osgpod.com. Content warnings for this episode: discussions of war, childhood trauma, child death, gun violence against children, fascist & nazi imagery, and weapons of mass destruction. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

It wouldn’t be the holidays if we didn’t have the whole family together, and that family includes Raiden. Our DEEPLY DRUNKEN BONUS EPISODE this time is on an average Tuesday for a cyborg ninja, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013). Welcome to the final installment of the METAL YEAR! All images discussed: on our website. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find OSG on Twitter at @osg_pod, Instagram at @osg_pod, TikTok at @osg_pod, YouTube at @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send pilot queries (and other questions/feedback) to questions@osgpod.com. Content warnings for this episode: Racism, war, body horror, violence, dismemberment, sexism, terrorism. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on Tandem Lovers (2010) by Kasahara Tetsuro, a manga that’s basically Maria Watches Over Us, if Maria was a five ton co-piloted war mecha. Mechs discussed: [Tandemine] [Tandemcross] [Tandem Tractor] Other images: on our website. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find OSG on Twitter at @osg_pod, Instagram at @osg_pod, TikTok at @osg_pod, YouTube at @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send pilot queries (and other questions/feedback) to questions@osgpod.com. Content warnings for this episode: allusions to war, mech-typical violence, fan service, student-teacher relationship. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Our episode this time is on *Friends at the Table’s COUNTERweight season (2015-2016), a podcast that covers the average arc of a queer friend group, from gig work to radical regime change. Mechs discussed: Megalo File Regent’s Brilliance Panther Apokine many, many Divines Other images: on our website. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find OSG on Twitter at @osg_pod, Instagram at @osg_pod, TikTok at @osg_pod, YouTube at @osg_pod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send pilot queries (and other questions/feedback) to questions@osgpod.com. Content warnings for this episode: discussions of war, historical conflict, dehumanization, poverty, child labor/exploitation, unethical science, insurgency and counterinsurgency, serious bodily harm, and other topics varying per episode that we may touch on. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!

Prithee take rooted stock upon thine bums and listen to me fair; podcasts hosts with middling audio and a good fun homosexual air; for we speak of stalwart mechs and rude lesbians in space today; Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright and her many, many frays! (Sorry to our special interviewee this episode for mangling the art form here...) Mechs discussed: Various Mechs in Blank Verse Poetry Other images: on our website. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). You can find OSG on Twitter at @osg_pod, Instagram at @osg_pod, TikTok at @osg_pod, YouTube at @osg_pod, Cohost at @osgpod, and Tumblr @osg-pod. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send pilot queries (and other questions/feedback) to questions@osgpod.com. Content warnings for this episode: Death incl. lgbtq+ character death, violence, refugee crises, exoticism, warfare. Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio. If you’ve read this far, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on your podcatcher of choice. It really means a lot!