#ZApper Zaku

[100-yardstare]

I honestly can't remember who my "first" monster crush was as a kid cause I didn't even know Monster Fucker as a thing existed until well into my late 20's so here I am analyzing myself and all the monster boyfriends I used to have trying to decipher who the first king was like

[sugoi-konjou]

me and @thatboxylady have been together for 9 years today, and known each other for 10 this year, so since we met through sd gundam force i thought i should draw these two morons for our anniversary card :^)

[bobauthorman]

Thanksgiving is coming...

So catch yourself some wild game!

Uh, try to avoid artificial food.

[blazeraptor]

I had a lot of fun this past weekend.

[self-shipfromtheeast]

Hey…*sheepishly walks into frame*…hey…how y’all doin’?

So um…this happened recently:

This always happens! It’s always old F/Os that come screaming back into the forefront! Heaven forbid any new ones come into my life, they’d never stand a chance lmao. Any way, let me introduce to everyone Zapper Zaku, the most recent relapse 🙃

Five things you need to know about him:

1. He’s from SD Gundam Force, a childhood anime that I love dearly

2. He has the same VA as Cromdo, my Bugsnax F/O (in the dub)

3. The red color scheme v much reflects his personality. Hot-headed, short-tempered, trigger-happy, etc.

4. He occasionally uses alliteration in his insults

5. He makes many different angry noises that give me lots of dopamine

Bonus number 6: He’s a bastard (affectionate) and I love him so much ❤️❤️❤️

[self-shipfromtheeast]

Zapper:

-👑 “Gunner” (S/I does not own/use weapons, but this one is their favorite)

-“Babe”

-“Sweetheart”

-“Jumpstart”

-“Honey”

-“Your Grace” (sarcastically, affectionate)

-“My Soul Drive” (only used around Captain and the main 3 cast. Cap absolutely HATES it, but everyone else thinks it’s sweet)

S/I (Just gonna call her Kira):

-👑 “Tank” (Zapper loooves this one, he’s built like a tank so it fits)

-“Hun”

-“Love”

-“Dear” (sarcastic, affectionate)

-“Sir” (reserved for ✨spicy✨ moments)

What kind of pet names does your F/O give you? Is it the usual kind like "darling" and "honey", or the stupid (light-hearted) kind, such as "Shmoopy woopsy yummy bear"?

Maybe a third thing?

[bearballing]

what qualifies something to be Queer Media anyway. does it have to be About being lgbt or just contain themes and or characters that are ?

if the latter then beast machines is the best queer media because there is a subplot that is a ""love triangle"" between 3 characters and there are themes of homophobia and self identification (gender allegory) and etc etc etc

i'm jk though. beast machines is not actually good.

[smellslikebot]

i got reminded that SD gundam force exists, which reminded me of a time i was playing an MMO years ago where i knew someone whose username was Zako or Zaku or something. and one time i called him "zapper zaku" & he hit me with a "-_-"

[zapgraptrash]

10 years ago today, i decided "oh no i ship them" about zapper zaku and grappler gouf from the kids' anime SD Gundam Force. it was widely disliked by 95% of "real" gundam fans, largely forgotten as a whole, and the second season's english dub never even aired on tv and was a direct to dvd release (4 years after the original japanese version aired).

for funsies, i made humanised versions of zapper zaku and grappler gouf. humans are easier to draw than robots right. but somewhere along the line, my investment in these humanised forms was so great that they had basically become my own characters, even though they retained the (nick)names zapper and grappler.

i had intended to make a whole webcomic about them, along with other characters that had also started out as expies from robot shows, but the scale of it was kind of too much for what i wanted to do and also i am one of the many who work full time jobs to pay the bills and all that. but i've been drawing them regardless consistently for the past 10 years, i don't know if The Comic will ever become a thing, but i do not intend to stop making silly little things (and the occasional full-effort piece) about zapper and grappler. they have been with me since i was 21 years old and are integral to my life and like, my general existence.

the video by all means does not contain every single thing i've drawn of them since 2013, just Most of the things i've drawn of them together. it's 10 minutes and 4 seconds long, it's a mash-up of 2 versions of I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) originally by meat loaf and of course written by jim steinman because that guy is also integral to how these characters developed lol.

happy anniversary, fuckos!

[ljaesch]

Voice Actor Eiji Yanagisawa Passes Away

Talent agency Production baobab has announced that voice actor Eiji Yanagisawa passed away on November 12, 2024 from a brainstem hemorrhage. He was 57 years old at the time of his passing. In anime, Yanagisawa’s roles include Danroku in Getter Robo: Armageddon, Gunbiker and Zapper Zaku in SD Gundam Force, Takayanagi in Genshiken, Genzō in Naruto, Elk’s father in Arc the Lad, Okabe-sensei in The…

[thatboxylady]

Certified multiple degrees in whatever the fresh hell is going on with Zapper Zaku.

lmfao

[jakobsdoodles]

Zapper Zaku is among one of the best parts about SD Gundam Force, he’s so loveable!

[td-inactive]

A collab between me and @jakobsdoodles of Zapper Zaku (L) and Grappler Gouf (R) stuck in a rubber ball. Sketch: Both Lined: Me Coloured: Jakob Shading: Me

[westiefromtheeast]

Okay, I HAVE to share this info that I just discovered. Childhood me -demands- that it be known to finally be vindicated. Now stay with me:

This guy here is Cromdo, a character in the PS game Bugsnax. A game that I have recently become very interested in. He is voiced by Rick Zieff, as shown.

Mr. Zieff does not have a well-documented VA career (at least on Wikipedia) but what I want you to focus on is the text at the bottom, especially the name ‘Danny Katiana’.

Because...fans of the obscure early ‘00s anime ‘SD Gundam Force’ (myself included) pictured below:

Those fans might recognize the red character on the right as being Zapper Zaku, a high-ranking member of the antagonistic Dark Axis forces.

Well, guess who voiced Zapper Zaku in the English dub?

TL;DR: A video game character that I like also voiced my favorite character from an obscure childhood anime and the thing barring knowing that info was the fact that he used a ‘stage name’ as his credit.

[blazeraptor]

I finally made a gatling gun for Zapper

[the-faxx-macheen]

Never saw this meme until that huge blank meme post and I knew immediately what I had to do