Released in 2014, Gundam Reconguista in G celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Gundam franchise and saw the return of Yoshiyuki Tomino helming an entry for the first time in fifteen years since 1999’s Turn-A Gundam. Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack.Tomino has since become a star player in the genre directing a multitude of mecha anime and Gundam entries with Sunrise such as : Gundam moved away from simple “good vs evil” storylines and depicting mecha as “superheroes” but as realistic war machines with grounded, nuanced political narratives, to be later dubbed the “Real Robot” genre. The director would go on to pair with the studio again to create the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam series, ushering in a new sub genre of mecha anime works. Tomino began his long standing relationship with legendary anime studio Sunrise with directing works such as the 1975 La Seine no Hoshi and their “super robot” mecha anime Brave Raideen, Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, and Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3. Yoshiyuki Tomino is one of the pioneering creatives in the anime industry having debuted on Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy in 1963 as a writer and storyboard artist. The Person of Cultural Merit awards ceremony will be held at The Okura Tokyo in Toranomon, Tokyo on November 4, 2021.
Sponsored by the Japanese government, the Order of Culture honors select people who have made outstanding cultural contributions. Among twenty-one recipients, renowned director Yoshiyuki Tomino is receiving one of the highest honors in Japan.
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