Mobile Suit Gundam
Gundam Factory extends operations for all the fans who couldn’t make it to Yokohama during the pandemic.
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Full-scale reproduction of anime’s Last Shooting finale and more draws fans to the bayside city.
These iconic series, spanning sci-fi to sports, were instrumental in paving the way for anime of subsequent decades.
Yokohama’s life-size Gundam always looks incredible, but on this day the timing was just right to take it to a whole other level with an incredible wide-angle shot.
Head-raising ceremony held for new/Nu Gundam, the first life-size mobile suit in west Japan.
Loyal soldiers and citizens of the anime’s Principality of Zeon can stock up on supplies for any years-long fights they envision.
Yoshiyuki Tomino’s anime career stretches all the way back to writing for Astro Boy, but it might be coming to a close.
Japanese anime Twitter takes a look back at characters who have been around so long you might not recognize them in their original forms.
Mobile suits become permanent part of the town’s infrastructure, with more team-ups to come.
Anime mecha saga leaping to live-action in tie-up with streaming giant, Chinese theatrical release also planned.
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Legend of Zelda’s traveling Koroks set to travel to our homes as adorable plushies from Japan
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