Anime Is Not to Be Underestimated: Yoshiyuki Tomino / Animation Director.

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Tomino Yoshiyuki is the creator of "Gundam," an iconic sci-fi robot anime series. For over 50 years his work has explored the social issues facing humankind. He talks about his creative process.

[@Elementa2006]

"Looking at the state of the world right now, I could never do a story about a bright future. The future points to the annihilation of the human race." I see Tomino is being his "cheerful" self as always.

[@DoomResetR]

Proven right by recent events though.

[@Mike-xh2vm]

@@DoomResetR What events though?

[@isaac000215]

I still remember that he actually wanted to destroy UC world during the production of victory

[@CosmoShidan]

@@isaac000215 Yep, that's his attitude toward sequels there. He plain hates them.

[@galdrack5402]

​@@Mike-xh2vmthe continued events of Climate change and most major governments lack of action on it. Combined with the rise of fascists.

[@Lask]

Tomino-san's eyes sparkle and he smiles with enthusiasm when he talks about passing the baton to the next generation.

[@SBaby]

Tomino has been really big on the idea of passing things on to the next generation. He considers that concept to be a fundamental aspect of historical progress.

[@MarathonGuy1337]

That was surprisingly uplifting from the man we all called "Kill'Em All Tomino"

[@alfianfahmi5430]

Damn, he's in 80's now 😕 Hopefully he still stood strong 🙏

[@joadarium9605]

Coming from the man that helped change anime forever with Mobile Suit Gundam. This hits hard.

[@CosmoShidan]

Tomino is one of my favorite mecha anime creators next to Ryosuke Takahashi, Shoji Kawamori, and Shinji Aramaki! His stories have great gusto and are truly hardcore in showing the true cost of war. Not to mention he makes a strong case against state power and dehumanization in his earlier works.

[@OmegaKatanaXIII]

This is a really good interview with the creator Gundam. Gundam is not just about pew pew laser rifles and swords with cool robots but a tale of courption, the danger of weapons, and can we achieve world peace despite humanity being violent. One more thing Tomino did more stuff before Gundam like Zambot 3 aka one of the first deconstruction of Mecha anime, as well as some comedy ones like daitarn 3. That was before Gundam after Gundam he created Ideon one of the most darkest anime of all time. And dubine aka one of the first Isekai anime series ever made.

[@troloinkto]

Dunbine was the very first isekai anime, just a few months before it aired, was published the first isekai novel

[@alfianfahmi5430]

Zambot 3 and Daitarn 3 were literally like Gundam Z and Gundam ZZ before Gundam existed 😂🤣

[@CosmoShidan]

Also, I find Tomino's new view of space habitation to be quite fascinating, though in my personal view, could be tweaked. I say that it would be best to allow for people who live in industrial cities to move up into space, although via public consent, and allow indigenous populations in Australia(Goorie, Koori, Tiwi, ect), Asia (be it the Zomia, Mongolians, Ainu, Hazara, Kurds, ect.), Africa (such as the Igbo, Xeer, Kalahari ect.), the Americas (such as the survivors of the Dakotas, Lakotas, Cherokee, Squamish, 6 Nations, Mayans, ect.), and Europe (in particular, the Romani peoples), should be allowed to regain their original lost territory. That being 781 billion peoples be they nomadic or agrarian, should be allowed to regain their lands and people in industrial agrarian nations should move into space (preferably, I would propose an anarchial society in space).

[@CosmoShidan]

In hindsight, I believe Tomino would share the view about allowing indigenous cultures that practice pastoral, foraging, and horticultural nomadic ways of life, to traditional agriculture to stay on earth. Like in ZZ and Hathaway's Flash, he does point out the shortcomings to force humankind into space without considering their ethnic ancestry and history to their lands.

[@charjl96]

He's been an important figure in my life, even though I've rarely heard the words straight from his mouth.

[@user-kd1qm6sd9y]

Tomino's works have a great appeal with their unique use of language, and translating them would make them less appealing.

[@press3forgreek512]

0:26 I hope those guys aren't scalpers...

[@lynncai891]

Look like a scalper to me.. who the hell buy 5 box of same gunpla? Haha..

[@Devilman6066]

I have watched a lot of Tomino series and movies start to finish. I have even read some of his novels. And out of all of it, I think the fifty episode Zeta Gundam is his best work.

[@Devilman6066]

To be more exact with how much of Yoshiyuki Tomino's work I have consumed. I have read the original Mobile Suit Gundam trilogy of novels, watched the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series, the Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy edit, Zeta Gundam, the Zeta Gundam film trilogy edit, ZZ Gundam, Char's Counterattack, Victory Gundam and all of Ideon, including both film edits. I gave up on most of his other work over time, due to his issues with pacing, uninteresting characters, and poorly executed plots. My recommendation is, watch the original Gundam movie trilogy, and all fifty episodes of Zeta Gundam. Then Char's Counterattack. The rest is mostly, painfully forgettable. ZZ Gundam is average at best. A lot of fans say it gets better halfway through. I say it's a five out of ten, even after it picks up. Victory Gundam has it's moments, but does not have anything over the vastly superior Zeta Gundam. Ideon is pretty damn good when it gets going, and just as groundbreaking as Gundam, but the TV series can be frustratingly repetitive, and it is very dated. The second Ideon film is also very good, and one of the most shocking anime I have ever seen. In a good way.

[@Holder51]

L take, Turn A is the best

[@user-SaputroYono]

​​@@Holder51 I have a question for fans of U.C. gundam(I don't know if you are one or not) but this always makes me curious. So the question goes like this... If "Turn A" Gundam has a universe called C.C/C.E(Correct Century/Current Era) that is the age/era after U.C. In what year did U.C end and give way to C.C/C.E.? All I know is U.C. The longest is the "Victory Gundamn" series because it is set in U.C.105. Edit: I edited my wrong sentence which should be C.C. & C.E.

[@tornado2366]

@@user-SaputroYono C C begans after EVERY timeline except G Reco

[@user-SaputroYono]

@@tornado2366 Sorry because there was a typing error in my comment after I checked it again, it should have been C.C/C.E. (Correct Century/Current Era). Sorry, I'll edit my comment again. Thank you for replying to my comment so that I know if my sentence is wrong. I'll give you a *like* 😉 🍜=👍🏻

[@EzaJAndara]

thanks oldman :3 now im somehow okay with warcrimes and shits

[@dreal500]

With themes like he has why would he say Hajime Isayama work is murder porn? Seems like they have a lot of the same themes. Mad respect to this anime master tho.

[@jongsungchoi9993]

I would literally die to see tomino forge a friendship with George lucas and maybe have a chat, drink Brady 🍸 maybe create a collaberative independent film on common interest of japanese culture philosophy and sci fi. Or maybe tomino can hang out with Jason Jones and Alex Seropian.

[@CosmoShidan]

I doubt Tomino would get together with Lucas as he created Gundam to critique Star Wars.

[@user-SaputroYono]

​@@CosmoShidan If tomino will gone, will he say in what year U.C. ended?

[@CosmoShidan]

@@user-SaputroYono You mean like if he were to say when the UC-era comes to an end? And do you mean whether or not it all ends in peace? Now that is an interesting perspective to think of and ask Tomino-sama before he dies. I wonder what his benefactor, Osamu Tezuka thought of the 1979-1988 run of UC Gundam.

[@user-SaputroYono]

@@CosmoShidan Hahahaha... _"tomino-sama"_ I dont like those bullzit!

[@CosmoShidan]

@@user-SaputroYono eh?

[@user-yourmama]

kids under 10😨

[@mylespreston337]

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[@marcelosadasilva1973]

War reports from daddy, post traumatic disorder, Cautionary tale whatever... No excuse for his constant sadistic killing of women and children in his works. Its truly disheartening that having worked with Tezuka this man chose to go 180 and walk the opposite path which would lead him to the likes of say Nagai Go. Truly disappointing. What a waste of talent.

[@DoomResetR]

>Nagai Go. >good. what's next? Hideaki Anno is a good writer? 3.0+1.0 does not suck? lol..get the hell out of here.

[@mpo48]

Sadistic killing is what makes it based, hes not afraid to show you what really happens in a war

[@Mike-xh2vm]

Women and children? eveyone dies in Gundam, men, women, children , old people, everyone, war sucks. it does not discriminate.