Gundam mecha robot warrior appears in Tokyo

[socalheart]

If you thought giant robots and monsters appearing in Tokyo were only real in movies, then you would now be wrong. A life-sized statue of a Gundam, a giant robotic warrior suit, has been built in a park in Tokyo.

http://image.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/20090611tokyogundamnAPKojiSasahara.jpg

The Gundam statue is based on an extremely popular Japanese anime (cartoon) called Mobile Suit Gundam. The show, featuring large robotic warrior suits, first aired in April of 1979 and has since spawned numerous spin-offs and a franchise reportedly worth billions of Japanese yen.

A group called the Green Tokyo Gundam Project built the statue in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the franchise and in promotion of Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Olympics

The statue itself stands about 59 feet (18 meters) tall, and is said to be a 1:1 replicate of the Gundam from the show. The statue is built with strong, weather resistant materials. Attention has been paid both to detailed accuracy of the statue, as well as its durability.

Read more... (http://www.examiner.com/x-10430-Japan-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Gundam-mecha-robot-warrior-appears-in-Tokyo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGy-6irVQrU&feature=player_embedded

I'm not even a Gundam fan and think this is awesome cool! :thumbup1:

[gtlm2000]

I may go to see it to Tokyo in Summer :)

[Jrocka83]

That is cool.. Then it comes to life and destroys Tokyo! That would be an awesome movie!

[gtlm2000]

That is cool.. Then it comes to life and destroys Tokyo! That would be an awesome movie!


Have you watched Gundam anime?

[Lucinacia]

Oh gawd, oh gawd, oh gawd~~ I want to see this so baaaaaad!!!


That is cool.. Then it comes to life and destroys Tokyo! That would be an awesome movie!

.....And how many times would that make it be that Tokyo has been destroyed/the apocalypse has happened? :D

[Jrocka83]

Have you watched Gundam anime?

No, I never watch any anime. However, I still thinks its awesome.

[DoctorP]

Godzilla will take it out before it does any damage!

[gtlm2000]

No, I never watch any anime. However, I still thinks its awesome.


You should try to watch it :)

[Blues]

Mobile Suit Gundam is the eastern version of the Christ Statue in Brazil :D

Gundam is Japan's Holy Savior, Defender of ecchi and oppai :D

[P_chan]

Too bad it will only be up for two months. Still would rather see a giant red Zaku II:D

[TheLastDon]

:scared: It moves, the end is near, send it to North Korea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykamCJsKFBI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5294231%2Ffull-size-gundam-video-it-moves-it-moves&feature=player_embedded

[Jazz]

Too bad it will only be up for two months. Still would rather see a giant red Zaku II:D

Yeah, that sucks. It would be awesome as a permanent fixture in Tokyo!