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The first Guest of Honor has been announced for Anime Expo 2022, which marks the return of the physical anime convention this July. This year’s event will see a previous guest returning with the announcement that Mobile Suit Gundam mechanical designer Mika Akitaka is slated …Read more »
The upcoming film Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island now has a release date: June 3, 2022. That’s the word from its official Twitter feed, which celebrated the news with a new illustration from chief animation director and character designer Atsushi Tamura. The film is a …Read more »
As a general rule of thumb, you can never have too many life-size Gundam statues. Japan agrees, and that’s why they’re putting together their third life-size Gundam in the country. It’s western Japan’s first life-size Gundam. This Gundam is the RX-93ff Nu Gundam from Mobile …Read more »
Ah, Yoshiyuki Tomino. The lively creator of Mobile Suit Gundam is never shy about sharing his opinion. This time, in an interview with Real Economy, Tomino made this controversial statement: “Japan is no longer an advanced country in terms of animation.” Why? For Tomino, it …Read more »
Content Warning: Eating disorders Sad news came out of Japanese talent agency Aoni Production today, with the announcement that voice actor Saori Sugimoto has passed away at age 58. Known in Japan for her work on children’s programming, Sugimoto passed away on October 21 as …Read more »
The Japanese government has unveiled the names of 21 people who will receive this year’s Person of Cultural Merit honor, and two of them are beloved by otaku. First up is none other than Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. Tomino got his start working under Osamu …Read more »
Gundam is one of Japan’s most successful pop culture franchises, and the life-sized Unicorn Gundam statue at Odaiba district in Tokyo Bay got some extra attention during the Olympics (even if the BBC did mistakenly call it a Transformer at first). The popularity has led …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 is certainly a film with its detractors. And some other detractors. And a couple of fans, maybe? But whatever you think about the UC film, it, uh, exists! And it came out 30 years ago, in 1991. To celebrate, there’s a …Read more »
Celebrated Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino foresees his anime career coming to an end soon. It’s a career full of highlights, including (of course) Gundam in all its forms. But how much do you know about his other works? For decades, he’s been gracing the anime …Read more »
79-year-old Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino says he probably has three more years to work in the anime industry due to health issues. Tomino has been diagnosed with spinal canal stenosis, which is described by the Mayo Clinic as “a narrowing of the spaces within your …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam has no shortage of video games to its name. Coming up is Gundam EVOLUTION, a 2022 FPS game that will pit teams of six against each other in mecha. It’s still a little way out, but there are plenty of other Gundam games to …Read more »
Last month we ran a reader poll on the best mecha franchise, and Mobile Suit Gundam won so handily that we just had to find out which Gundam series or standalone film was most popular. Given Gundam‘s history spanning over 40 years as one of …Read more »
The second Mobile Suit Gundam 00 stage play was previously planned for July 17-26, 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the folks behind it to postpone performances. Now the official website has updated the plans, lining up the second show for February 4-14, 2022 at …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, which hit Japanese theaters June 11 after multiple delays, is pulling in some serious yen. The film has earned over a billion yen, making it the first Gundam movie to do so since Char’s Counterattack back in 1988. Kind of a …Read more »
In 2018, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko announced plans to retire after Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, but it seems there’s been a change in plans. Instead, Yasuhiko just announced that he’s working on a new anime film. He shared this detail during a recent interview with Sunrise …Read more »
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