Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Life Size Gundam Statue Set To Be Erected In Tokyo Park

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Sources: Akademifantasia / Avery Guerra

Here in America we like to erect statues that honor our fallen heroes and political leaders, in Japan they like to do things a little differently. Over on the other side of the Pacific they like to erect statues that pay tribute to their pop culture icons. In Tokyo alone there are two statues of Godzilla and now there will be two that honor the popular giant robot anime "Gundam". The new "Gundam" statue, however, will be something quite unique.

This coming July in Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba island a 18-meter-tall (59-foot-tall), “life-size” statue of a Gundam robot, made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic over a steel frame, will be constructed as part of the “Mobile Suit Gundam 30th Anniversary Project.”

As if building a giant life-size "Gundam" wasn't enough, "The head unit will move and the body will have 50 points that will emit light. Mist can shoot forth from 14 locations on the body."

The statue will be free for the public to visit, but it will only be located in the park for two months. After that time the Bandai Namco Group is not certain where it will be re-located to.

There is already a three-meter-tall Gundam statue located at the Kami-Igusa Station, on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Tokyo's Suginami-ku. That statue was built after some 2400 fans signed a petition. The local of the monument is significant due to its close proximity to Sunrise Studios and the area know as "Anime Town" in Suginami.

Now, if they would only build a life-size Godzilla statue.....that would be something!

See Also: Japanese Teen Model Akina Minami Appears In A Gundam Costume At Premiere / Could The Japanese Anime Series Gundam Shape Our Future? / Nothing Perks Up A Train Station Like A 3 Meter Tall Gundam Statue / Masamitsu Hidaka To Appear At Anime Expo / Bandai To Replace Defective Gundam DVDs / Gackt To Release A Mobile Suit Gundam Tribute CD
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