Seven minutes of anime history you didn't know you needed to see.
“Mobile Suit Gundam” series are still favored by various generations, passed its 35th anniversary. The animators who played the core roles in the memorable first series “Mobile Suit Gundam” are Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Ichiro Itano: “We would like to leave the key animations as the film production to posterity to praise their achievements, which influenced not only on the audience but also on the current anime industry.”
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn mecha frames that changed everything.
Direction
Two legends curating their own legacy.
Director
Ichiro Itano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2014 preservation project arrived as sakuga fandom exploded online, bridging old-school craft respect with new digital discourse.
Itano personally selected sequences featuring his iconic missile choreography—the 'Itano Circus'—essentially canonizing his own technique while still alive.
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