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Zeta Gundam
By Andrew Osmond. Gundam is a big franchise, encompassing nearly 40 years of anime, and leaving even some seasoned fans lost amid, say, G Gundam and Gundam 00. Zeta Gundam comes from 1985, when the franchise was in its early days. It’s the sequel to the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam, which Anime Limited released […]
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko: The Interview
By Andrew Osmond. A couple of days after my audience with Yoshiyuki Tomino, I’m once more sitting in a Shinjuku hotel room above the glowering head of Godzilla. This time, I’m interviewing Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who was Character Designer and Animation Director on the 1979 Gundam, though many anime fans met him through his 1980s films […]
Gundam: The Origin
By Andrew Osmond Gundam is the greatest anime franchise, 36 years of warriors duelling in giant metal suits of armour, finding death or glory across several different histories and universes. Gundam: The Origin rewinds to the first Gundam in 1979, which envisaged a space war without aliens, fought between Earthlings and off-world humans, where both […]