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Yoshiyuki Tomino, 2008 Taipei Game Show
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| Born | Tomino Yoshiyuki (富野喜幸?) November 5, 1941 Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Rin Iogi |
| Alma mater | Nihon University's College of Art |
| Occupation | Anime director and screenwriter |
| Employers | Sunrise |
| Known for | Gundam metaseries |
Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 由悠季 (formerly 富野 喜幸) Tomino Yoshiyuki?, born November 5, 1941) is a Japanese anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. The city was founded on December 20, 1940. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Nihon University ( 日本[[wikt 大学|大学]] Nihon Daigaku abbreviated as 日大 Nichidai is the largest University in Japan. (anime in Japanese, A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made is a Japanese Anime studio and production enterprise It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. is a Metaseries of English Anime, featuring tiny robots or " Kounans " created by Sunrise studios Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan (anime in Japanese, He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art. is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. The city was founded on December 20, 1940. Nihon University ( 日本[[wikt 大学|大学]] Nihon Daigaku abbreviated as 日大 Nichidai is the largest University in Japan.
Tomino began his career in 1963 with Osamu Tezuka's company, Mushi Productions, scripting the storyboards and screenplay of the first Japanese television anime series, Tetsuwan Atomu (also known as Astro Boy). Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was a Japanese manga artist, Animator, producer and Medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine Mushi Production (虫プロダクション lit bug production) or Mushi Pro for short was a Japanese animation studio is a Japanese Manga series and Television program first broadcast in Japan from 1963 to 1966 He later became one of the most important members of the anime studio Sunrise, going on to direct numerous anime through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. is a Japanese Anime studio and production enterprise It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Tomino is perhaps best known for his transformation of the mecha Super Robot genre into the Real Robot genre with 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam, the first in the Gundam metaseries. Word origin and usage The term "mecha" is derived from the Japanese abbreviation for the English word " mechanical " is a term used in Manga and Anime to describe a giant robot or Mecha, with an arsenal of fantastic super-powered weapons sometimes transformable or combined from is a term first seen in the Super Robot Wars series of video games to describe robots or Mecha that are treated as realistic tools/weapons is a televised Anime series created by Sunrise. Written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network is a Metaseries of English Anime, featuring tiny robots or " Kounans " created by Sunrise studios He has also won numerous awards, including the Best Director award at the recent 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair (for the 2005 film Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Heirs To The Stars). The Tokyo International Anime Fair ( TAF; in Japanese 東京国際アニメフェア is one of the largest Anime Trade fairs in the world (aired 1985 – 1986) was a televised Anime, part of the Gundam series and a Sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam [1] Two anime series directed by Tomino (Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979-80 and Space Runaway Ideon in 1980) won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award. is an Anime television series produced by Sunrise. It first premiered on the Tokyo 12 Channel (later to be TV Tokyo) from 1980 to 1981 followed by two feature is a Japanese Anime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in July 1978.
Tomino often writes lyrics for the various songs featured in his series under the pseudonym Rin Iogi (井荻 麟 Iogi Rin?). A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Tomino (as Iogi) has collaborated with artists such as Yoko Kanno, Asei Kobayashi, MIO and Neil Sedaka. is a Composer, Arranger and Musician best known for her work on the Soundtracks for many games seminal Anime films TV series live-action (formerly MIO is a Japanese pop singer who is notable for her musical contributions to some of the most classic Anime theme songs in history Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn New York) is an American pop Singer, Pianist, and Songwriter
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Tomino is noted for directing several well-known anime series throughout his career, such as his most notable work, the Mobile Suit Gundam series, beginning in 1979, and which was later followed onto numerous sequels, spinoffs and merchandising franchises, Aura Battler Dunbine, Brave Raideen (in which he directed the first 26 episodes), and numerous others. is a televised Anime series created by Sunrise. Written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Merchandising refers to the methods practices and operations conducted to promote and sustain certain categories of commercial activity is an Anime Television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sunrise Studios. is a Super Robot Anime series Produced by Tohokushinsha, Asahi News Agency and Sunrise, it aired on NET (now TV Asahi from 4 April His recent work includes Brain Powerd (1998), Turn A Gundam (1999), Overman King Gainer (2002) and most recently, The Wings of Rean, released in December 2005 and running till August 2006. is a 26-episode Anime TV series created by Sunrise and directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. is a 50 episode Anime series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks and the anime Satellite television network Animax, created is a TV Anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by longtime animator Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the Gundam series and written by Ichirō is a light novel series by Yoshiyuki Tomino published from 1983 to 1986 and a 6-episode ONA, broadcast by Bandai Channel online beginning on December
Tomino made his directorial debut with 1973's Umi no Triton. is a Manga series created by Osamu Tezuka, and an anime directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino based on the Manga. This show, loosely based on Osamu Tezuka's manga Blue Triton, showed a different perspective than the traditional 'good vs. was a Japanese manga artist, Animator, producer and Medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine evil' show. The star, Triton, a 10 year old boy, is the last survivor of the Tritons, a tribe from Atlantis that was wiped out by the 'evil' Poseidons. In the final episode when Triton defeats the leader of the Poseidons the truth is revealed - the Poseidons aren't evil after all, and had wiped out the Tritons only because of the mass murder that had been committed against them in the first place. [2]
In 1975, Tomino worked on Brave Raideen, his first mecha work, in which he directed the first 26 episodes. Word origin and usage The term "mecha" is derived from the Japanese abbreviation for the English word " mechanical " Raideen was renowned and influential in its innovative portrayal of a giant machine of mysterious and mystical origins, and has gone on to inspire numerous other directors and series, including Yutaka Izubuchi's 2002 series, RahXephon. is a Japanese Illustrator, Anime designer and director. Izubuchi is credited for designing costumes characters and creatures but most of his designs are is a Japanese Anime series about 17-year-old Ayato Kamina his ability to control a godlike Mecha known as the RahXephon and his inner journey to find a place in [3] He also later worked on 1977's Voltes V. is a Japanese Anime television series that was first aired on TV Asahi starting April 13 1976
While many of the series Tomino has directed throughout his career contained an upbeat and positive nature, in which the majority of the protagonists survive, a number of his shows during the early years of his career in the late 1970s through early 90s, contained endings in which a significant number of characters and protagonists were killed or had died. The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. In 1977, Tomino directed Zambot 3, the final episode of which a large amount of the protagonists kill themselves in order to defeat the main antagonist faction. is an Anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshitake Suzuki, featuring character design by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and produced by Sunrise An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or As a result, the main protagonist character survives and the Earth is saved. Certain sources cite this being the reason for the origination of a nickname used by some anime fans, "Kill 'Em All Tomino" (皆殺しの富野 Minagoroshi no Tomino?), although it should be noted that Tomino had directed and worked in numerous series in which the vast majority of the protagonists survived. [2][4][5][6][7]
In 1979, Tomino directed and wrote Mobile Suit Gundam, which was highly influential in transforming the Super Robot mecha genre into the Real Robot genre. is a televised Anime series created by Sunrise. Written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network is a term used in Manga and Anime to describe a giant robot or Mecha, with an arsenal of fantastic super-powered weapons sometimes transformable or combined from Word origin and usage The term "mecha" is derived from the Japanese abbreviation for the English word " mechanical " is a term first seen in the Super Robot Wars series of video games to describe robots or Mecha that are treated as realistic tools/weapons Mark Simmons discusses the impact of Gundam in his book, "Gundam Official Guide":
| “ | With its new, realistic approach to giant robots, Gundam changed the face of mecha anime and split the genre into two. Singlehandedly inventing the "Real Robot" sub-genre, Gundam forced all of its predecessors to be redefined as part of the "Super Robot" subgenre. Not surprisingly, Real Robots became all the rage after Gundam. Shows such as Combat Armor Dougram and Walker Machine Xabungle followed the trail Tomino had blazed. is a 75-episode Anime Television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23 1981 to also known as Blue Gale Xabungle, is a Mecha Anime Television series by Sunrise, and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. [8] | ” |
In an interview published in Animerica magazine, Tomino discusses what he was trying to accomplish with Mobile Suit Gundam:
| “ | The bottom line is, I wanted to have a more realistic robot series - unlike a super robot - where everything is more reality-based, based on a humanoid robot. Right from the beginning, the roots of the mobile suit came from the worker robots that were building the space colonies back then, and they would become more technologically advanced, to the point of becoming a weapon, and that was the whole lineage of the robots I had in mind since the beginning. So the whole idea, my idea, of trying to have a robot series in space without it becoming a stupid story was based on wanting to make a story and surrounding it with reality - more realistic possibilities was the underlying concept. [9] | ” |
Although the original series was cancelled after the 43rd episode, its popularity grew after three compilation movies were created in 1981 and 1982. Mobile Suit Gundam went on to be followed by numerous sequels, spin-offs and merchandising franchises, becoming one of the most influential, longest-running and popular anime series in history, being chosen as no. 1 on TV Asahi's Top 100 Anime listing in 2005. [10]
In 1980, Tomino directed Space Runaway Ideon, a series which like Mobile Suit Gundam was cancelled on its initial run, but featured movie versions later on. is an Anime television series produced by Sunrise. It first premiered on the Tokyo 12 Channel (later to be TV Tokyo) from 1980 to 1981 followed by two feature The final Ideon movie, 1982's Be Invoked ends in all of the characters being killed and the home planets of both the heroes and villains being destroyed. However, the series he immediately directed afterwards, Xabungle, contained a much more lighthearted and upbeat theme, with the vast majority of the characters surviving, in stark contrast to Ideon. also known as Blue Gale Xabungle, is a Mecha Anime Television series by Sunrise, and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
Tomino followed Xabungle with 1983's Aura Battler Dunbine which featured an ending where all of the heroes except one were killed. is an Anime Television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sunrise Studios. Tomino's next show, 1984's Heavy Metal L-Gaim was again a stark contrast to this theme, with all of the heroes surviving. is an Anime television series begun in 1984 which was directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
In 1985, Tomino directed the first sequel to 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, which was noted amongst the best Gundam series ever produced. (aired 1985 – 1986) was a televised Anime, part of the Gundam series and a Sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam [11] This show once again featured a significant number of characters dying, particularly in the last few episodes. [8] However, the following Gundam series, 1986's Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ contained a much more upbeat, comedic theme in which the majority of the characters survived. The Anime TV series aired on Japanese TV from 1986–1987 was the third Gundam series and a direct follow up to Mobile Suit In 1988, Tomino concluded the saga begun in Mobile Suit Gundam with the Gundam motion picture Char's Counterattack. is an Anime movie set in the primary Universal Century timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC 0093 This was another Tomino feature in which most of the heroes were killed.
Tomino would direct an additional Gundam motion picture, Mobile Suit Gundam F91 in 1991. is an Anime movie which was Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino 's attempt to launch a new Gundam saga set thirty years after Char's This movie, which took place 30 years after Char's Counterattack, re-launched the Gundam saga in a new direction by featuring a completely new cast.
In 1993, Tomino directed his next Gundam series, Victory Gundam, which (like Gundam F91 before) attempted to relaunch the Gundam saga with a completely new cast. is an Anime Television program set in the Fictional universe of Gundam. Like Zeta Gundam before it, this series featured the deaths of a large number of the protagonists. However, this was to be the very last Tomino series in which this was to happen. [12] Each of the series he directed and created afterwards contain much more upbeat and lighthearted themes in which the vast majority of the protagonists survive.
In 1996, Tomino wrote and directed Garzey's Wing, and in 1998 wrote and directed Brain Powerd. is a cult classic three episode Anime OVA by acclaimed Japanese director Yoshiyuki Tomino. is a 26-episode Anime TV series created by Sunrise and directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. In 1999, he returned to Gundam with Turn A Gundam and in 2002, directed two compilations movies for it entitled Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light and Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly. is a 50 episode Anime series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks and the anime Satellite television network Animax, created Also in 2002, he directed Overman King Gainer, and in 2005, Tomino directed 3 compilation movies summarizing the events of 1985's Zeta Gundam. is a TV Anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by longtime animator Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the Gundam series and written by Ichirō His most recent series was the 6-episode The Wings of Rean, which first premiered on the Internet across Bandai Channel, the broadcast beginning from December 12, 2005 with the final episode starting on August 18, 2006. is a light novel series by Yoshiyuki Tomino published from 1983 to 1986 and a 6-episode ONA, broadcast by Bandai Channel online beginning on December Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Also in 2006, Tomino made a special cameo appearance in Shinji Higuchi's tokusatsu film Japan Sinks. is a storyboard artist (especially in Anime) and is one of the top Special effects wizards in Japan, best known is a Japanese word that literally means " Special effects " It is primarily used to refer to Live-action Japanese Film and is a disaster novel written by Sakyo Komatsu in 1973. A film based on the novel was made the same year directed by Shiro Moritani and a remake