Declaration of a New Anime Century: Our Shinjuku Scramble

November 2019, Animec returned after thirty years to publish a special one-shot issue celebrating 40 Years of Gundam. One of the sections featured a selection of stories about the "Declaration of a New Anime Century" event held in 1981. "Our Shinjuku Scramble" was one of those stories. Read the original here. And view all the …

Gundam Thunderbolt: Kentaro Waki Director of Photography

The following interview is from the animation works booklet that comes with the special edition release of Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky. I highly recommend it for anyone, because the illustrations in it are fantastic. Also, be sure to follow Waki on twitter! — What kind of request did you receive from the director (Kou) Matsuo …

Ask Tomino: Why Do People Tweet Negative Things?

Eina • 16 • Tokyo Q. Hello, Mr. Tomino. I was given a smartphone when I entered high school. I don't use it all that much yet, but after I watch an anime I like, it's fun to go onto Twitter and read other people's thoughts. It's great to find similar opinions or see someone …

Q&A with Granbelm’s Armanox Designer and Chief Animation Director, Jimmy Stone

With permission, these questions and answers were taken from Jimmy Stone's question box that he answers on his twitter. — When I see the design for the secondary protagonist, the black one with cat ears, I can't help but think about the Black Ox from Gigantor. There are lots of homages to Black Ox, but …

∀ Gundam Question Corner with Okawara Kunio & Yasuda Akira

This interview is from the 1999 May release of Animage, so only shortly after the series began airing. It's very short but I hope you enjoy it! Okawara Kunio Mechanical Designer — What kind of meeting did you have with Tomino? Okawara: There were plenty of meetings with Tomino when he was in his trial …

A Look at Urðr Hunt with Producer Ogawa Masakazu

The official site released an interview with the producer Ogawa Masakazu which can be found here! — Urðr Hunt is set to be an Iron-Blooded Orphans spinoff story that you can enjoy in within the new app, but was that the plan from the start? Ogawa: This project started up right around the time when the …

Girls’ Gundam: Yasuhiko Yoshikazu

This interview is from a book called GIRL'S GUNDAM: No Boys Allowed published in 2009 that goes over all the male characters throughout the various Gundam series, but also includes interviews with some of Gundam's creators about how they tried to tailor their shows to attract more women to watch their show. Yasuhiko dives into …

Dougram: A Short Interview with Director Takahashi Ryosuke

This interview is from the 1983 August edition of OUT with a brief word from Takahashi Ryosuke on his, at the time, recently completed series Fang of the Sun Dougram. I will warn you right now that this interview has MASSIVE SPOILERS, so if you absolutely despise spoilers and haven't seen the show, it might be …

Behind Gundam’s Creation

During the production of the first Gundam, many of the staff believed it was a failure—that it would become another one of the many anime lost to time. Despite this, they worked hard until the end and managed to go on to become a cultural phenomenon. To showcase this process, for the 40th-anniversary NHK aired …

Gundam 00 Re:Build The Stage Play

From February 15, 2019, to February 24, 2019, Gundam debuted its first stage play with Gundam 00 Re:Build. Gundam 00 Re:Build is a retelling, or rebuilding, of the first season of Gundam 00. It followed the same general plot lines of the first 25 episodes in a fast-paced action-filled two hours. Because of the two-hour …