Danica Davidson
October 11, 2024 
Tokyo’s Science Museum has some serious otaku credentials with its current Gundam Next Future Science Exhibit. It put out an official statement on social media:
[Announcement] “GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE SCIENCE Exhibition ~For a prosperous future life~” will be held at the Science Museum from Thursday, October 3 to Tuesday, October 22
This special exhibition combines the spectacular world of the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam series with cutting-edge technology, allowing you to experience the future. The exhibition can be viewed for just the admission fee.
The Gundam exhibit is broken down into three segments: Space Age of Technology, The Possibility of MS, and Innovation of Future Lifestyles. And The Possibility of MS exhibit lets you play Rock Paper Scissors. With giant robot Gundam hands.
The hands come to us courtesy of the life-sized RX-78F00 Gundam that used to be in Yokohama. The Yokohama Gundam Factory closed earlier this year; it was actually supposed to be shut down sooner, but it proved too popular. One of the things that Yokohama Gundam would do for visitors was to play Rock Paper Scissors. And apparently that mechanical pastime was so popular the museum wanted to get it on it, too.
If you’re able to visit the Science Museum in Tokyo, the Gundam Rock Paper Scissors games are held between 10:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. Four people can play in an hour, so access to those giant hands is pretty slim. But the Science Museum still wanted people to see the hands in action, so they shared this video.
いよいよ10月3日(木)から22日(火)まで科学技術館で「GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE SCIENCE展 ～未来の豊かな暮らしのために～」を開催します！
TVアニメ『機動戦士ガンダム』シリーズの壮大な世界観と最先端技術が融合した特別展。
会場ではガンダムの巨大なハンドも起動！
詳細は↓https://t.co/LWzcy5lnWX pic.twitter.com/HEVF8VyztU
— 日本科学技術振興財団・科学技術館 (@JSF_SMT) October 2, 2024
The museum is not particularly expensive. Adults get in for approximately $6.40, middle school and high school students cost approximately $4.40, senior citizen tickets are priced at $5.70, and kids older than four but less than middle school are $3.40. This implies that anyone under four gets in for free.
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
