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Yesterday we posted about Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino advising today’s Japanese animators to surpass the efforts of the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In the process, he mentioned his initial attempts to surpass George Lucas’s Star Wars, but there’s one renowned creator he was never able to defeat. …Read more »
Everyone loved Tokyo’s giant Gundam statue, but it sounds like two former employees of Bandai may have loved it for a different reason entirely. According to reports from The Tokyo Reporter and ANN News, ex-employees Takashi Udatsu and Takao Kurokawa have been arrested on suspicion …Read more »
The Mobile Suit Gundam 00 anime is getting a stage play adaptation in Japan, and the production’s official site revealed the four main cast members. The play will feature Shouhei Hashimoto as Setsuna F. Seiei, Yuu Imari as Lockon Stratos, Taiyou Ayukawa as Allelujah Haptism, …Read more »
Haro, the famous robot from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, is set to become a reality. The real-life Haro, which goes up for preorder in July, is officially called “Guncierge Haro,” blending the words “Gundam” and “concierge.” “Guncierge Haro” is activated by voice, and reportedly …Read more »
Sunrise is on the way with more Gunpla anime action in the form of Gundam Build Divers, the latest entry in the Gundam Build Fighters series. This one has Kyoya Kujo competing in the Gunpla Force Battle Tournament along with a wide assortment of challengers, and it’s …Read more »
Tokyo Anime Award Festival, the yearly awards show for the anime industry, is currently holding a poll to determine the greatest anime series of 2017 (or, to be more precise, October 2016 to October 2017). The poll doesn’t close until December 24, but the current …Read more »
Over the last few years, the Tokyo International Film Festival has been devoting a lot of energy to anime: the festival has hosted auteurs like Hideaki Anno ( Evangelion ), Yoshiyuki Tomino ( Gundam ) and Mamoru Hosoda ( The Boy and the Beast ). …Read more »
Fans of My Hero Academia may want to make a pilgrimage to Tokyo Skytree Town this weekend. To celebrate the second season of the hit Shonen Jump-adapted anime series, a giant balloon version of main character Deku will be making an appearance at the bottom …Read more »
For three years in a row, the Tokyo International Film Festival has honored an anime director with a series of retrospectives and talk events based around that director’s filmography. Two years ago, it was Evangelion ’s Hideaki Anno ; last year, Mobile Suit Gundam creator …Read more »
A lot of folks were impressed by Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress , the recent post-apocalyptic series from Attack on Titan studio Wit and director Tetsuro Araki. But Gundam creator and anime industry legend Yoshiyuki Tomino? Not so much. So revealed director Araki in the …Read more »
We thought Gendo Ikari shaving off his distinctive and highly-rated beard was the pinnacle of anime-shaver collaboration, but that was oh-so-naive. Razor manufacturer Kai has one-upped Schick with its new campaign that incorporates the original Gundam series to sell its new line of Xfit razors. …Read more »
Tokyo-based band BACK-ON has been making high-energy music for anime openings and themselves for a little over a decade now. After breaking onto the scene with “Chain,” the opening song for 2006’s Air Gear , they’ve since gone on to create openings and endings for …Read more »
Imagine it’s a normal day in the office. Your boss calls you over to his desk and asks you to make some copies. Suddenly there’s a strange sound and the building starts to rumble. Earthquake? Nope – your office is under attack from a giant …Read more »
You may remember our report from last year about J-World Tokyo , the theme park based on famous Shonen Jump properties like One Piece , Dragon Ball and Naruto . At the time, we noted many of the rides and attractions feature English translations, which …Read more »
Yoshiyuki Tomino, creator of Gundam and director of the new Gundam series Reconguista in G , has never been a man afraid to speak his mind. Tomino’s frank advice to a young Japanese woman, telling her to give up on her manga-writing dreams, is a …Read more »
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