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Behind the anime
Original Creator
Yoshiyuki Tomino is an anime creator best known for creating the Gundam anime franchise.
Our catalog credits Yoshiyuki Tomino, a director, writer, and lyricist, on 101 titles. Their listed hometown is Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Their birth date is listed as November 5, 1941. Years active: 1964–present.
Behind the scenes, the most common credits are original creator (41), storyboard (19), and episode director (13).
Our catalog lists 101 credits, including The Blessing, Seisenshi Dunbine: New Story of AURA BATTLER Dunbine, and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Special Edition.
Their hometown is listed as Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
The person behind the work
Yoshiyuki Tomino is an anime creator best known for creating the Gundam anime franchise. Began his career in 1963 with Osamu Tezuka's company, Mushi Production, scripting and directing episodes of the first Japanese anime television series, Astro Boy. He later became one of the most important members of the anime studio Sunrise, going on to direct numerous anime through the '70s, '80s and '90s.
He is perhaps best known for his transformation of the "Super Robot" mecha anime genre into the "Real Robot" genre with 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam, the first in the Gundam franchise. Known for using numerous pseudonyms.
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58 titles listed
