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Gundam (Page 4)

Gundam Cafe serves up new meals and drinks from the anime series in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 26, 2021
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Taste the flavours enjoyed by the characters, who’ll be serving customers in costume for a limited time!

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• Japan
• (anime • anime food • cafes • COK • cool • food • Gundam • Gundam Cafe • restaurants • robots • themed restaurants)

Free admission to life-size, renewable-energy Gundam center celebrates its eco-friendly movement

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 19, 2021

Gundam takes a one-day break from fighting Zeon to raise sustainability awareness and save fans some cash.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • environment • free • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Mobil Suit Gundam • renewable energy • robots • Yokohama)

Nike’s new anime mecha sneakers look Gundam awesome【Video, photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2021

A new type of shoe for fans of skateboarding footwear and Gundam Unicorn.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • fashion • Gundam • Gundam Unicorn • Nike • robots • shoes • skateboarding • sneakers • Unicorn Gundam • video)

New life-size Gundam statue coming to Japan, and it’s a Nu one!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2021

West Japan gets its first 1:1-scale mobile suit with the last mecha of the anime’s original hero.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • Char's Counterattack • cool • Fukuoka • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Nu Gundam • robots)

Real-world Gundam rations now on sale in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2021

Loyal soldiers and citizens of the anime’s Principality of Zeon can stock up on supplies for any years-long fights they envision.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • food • funny • Gundam • hardtack • kanpan • Mobile Suit Gundam • Premium Bandai • robots • weird)

Gundam’s creator says he can only work in anime studios for three more years due to spinal issue

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2021

Yoshiyuki Tomino’s anime career stretches all the way back to writing for Astro Boy, but it might be coming to a close.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Gundam • Mobile Suit Gundam • Yoshiyuki Tomino)

Japanese stores create clever anti-scalper policies for Pokémon cards, Gundam model kits

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2021

Making sure they end up in the hands of Pokémon Trainers and mobile suit fans, not resellers.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • collectible trading card games • Gundam • Gunpla • models • plastic models • Pokemon • pokemon trading card game • resellers • robots • scalpers • video games • Yodobashi Camera)

“It’s a GUNDAM!” BBC Olympics learns that RX-0 at Tokyo Olympics is not a Transformer

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2021

Not all transforming robots are Transformers, anime fans are quick to explain.

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• Europe, Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • anime • BBC • Gundam • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Olympics • robots • RX-0 Gundam • sport climbing • sports • Tokyo Olympics • Transformers • Unicorn Gundam)

Gigantic Gundam steals the show at the Tokyo Olympics triathlon

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 28, 2021

Some of the world’s greatest athletes hang a left at the life-size anime robot in their race for Olympic gold.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • anime • awesome • COK • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • Gundam Unicorn • life-size Gundam • odaiba • Olympics • robots • sports • Tokyo Olympics • Unicorn Gundam • video)

Gundam Manhole Project launches, brings awesome anime art to series creator’s hometown【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2021

Mobile suits become permanent part of the town’s infrastructure, with more team-ups to come.

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• Japan
• (anime • Gundam • Kanagawa • manhole covers • Mobile Suit Gundam • Odawara • robots • RX-78 Gundam • travel • Yoshiyuki Tomino)

Cardboard cosplayer makes amazing costumes of famous anime mecha…and star of Lethal Weapon?!?

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2021

One unusual medium for two very different characters.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cosplay • cosplayers • crazy • Giant Robo • Gundam • Lethal Weapon • Turn A Gundam)

Gorgeous gold Gundams are good-God expensive【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 3, 2021

For the discerning, deep-pocketed fan who wants to go from Gunpla to Gungold.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • expenive • figures • gold • Gundam • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • Zaku)

China’s life-size Gundam anime robot statue is complete【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 29, 2021

Full-scale Freedom Gundam now standing in Shanghai.

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• China, Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Freedom Gundam • full-scale Gundam • Gundam • Gundam SEED • Gundam statue • life-size Gundam • Shanghai)

Creator of Gundam says his goal is to crush Demon Slayer and Evangelion

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2021

Age has in no way mellowed out Yoshiyuki Tomino.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Demon Slayer • Evangelion • Gundam • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Yoshiyuki Tomino)

Live-action U.S.-produced Gundam movie is coming to Netflix

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2021

Anime mecha saga leaping to live-action in tie-up with streaming giant, Chinese theatrical release also planned.

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• China, Japan, USA
• (anime • Gundam • Legendary Entertainment • Live action • Mobile Suit Gundam • movie • Netflix • robots)

Bandai launches Gunpla Recycling Project to reuse Gundam anime model kit plastics

• SoraNews24
  Apr 5, 2021

Model maker is installing drop boxes at arcades across Japan.

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• Japan
• (anime • Bandai • eco-friendly • environment • Gundam • Gunpla • models • plastic • plastic models • recycling)

A parade of Sanrio characters celebrate Cat Day over Twitter with cat ears and more

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 2, 2021

Gudetama, My Melody, and even Hello Kitty herself don disguises to celebrate the Internet’s love for all-things-cat.

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• Japan
• (cat • Cat Day • characters • Cogimyun • Gudetama • Gundam • Hello Kitty • Kirimi-chan • My Melody • Neko no Hi • Pompompurin • Sanrio • twitter)

It’s not anime, it’s real! Amazing life-size Gundam statue photos look like anime source material

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2021

Gundam awesomeness comes full circle in photo series that shows full-size real-world statue looking like amazing illustrations.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • full-size Gundam • Gundam • Gundam Factory Yokohama • life-size Gundam • photography • robots • RX078 Gundam)

Full-size moving Gundam statue in Japan shows off more moves in new videos【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 1, 2020

Anime mobile suit in Yokohama looks to be fully operational.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gundam Base Yokohama • life-size Gundam • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • Yokohama)

There’s now a moving Gundam anime robot model that you can control with your brain【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 2, 2020

Psycommu technology goes from anime sci-fi to real-world science.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Gundam • Gunpla • models • robots • science • technology • video)

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