? The Men Who Created Gundam – Manga

In 1978 animation director Yoshiyuki Tomino set forth to change the Japanese animation industry. Japanese science fiction had churned out numerous tales of semi-autonomous robots that would often come to the aid of humanity. Tomino wanted to see a more realistic robot narrative. His vision was one where the robot was utilized more as a tool manipulated by man. With renowned artist Yoshikazu Yasuhiko by his side, Tomino would change the way the whole world came to see Japanese animation. The toy and comics industries would build an empire around it. This evolution would be a war in its own right! Battles were fought in the offices of the animation studio! Conflicts were equally as heated in the recording booth! The Men Who Created Gundam, by Hideki Ohwada?is a hilarious adventure that takes you on a wild ride through this journey.

?About The Contributor

Born in 1969, Hideki Ohwada is a beloved comedic manga creator. Best known in the West for his long-running mahjong political parody The Legend of Koizumi, Ohwada actually made his debut in 1999 on the baseball comedy Fun Koshien. Since then he has contributed to nearly two dozen series, mostly for Kadokawa Publishing. While Ohwada may be best known for his sensational genre work in the West, he is respected across Asia for his passion for the Gundam franchise. Ohwada has been working within the world of Gundam continuously since 2009 and has created a number of works that have seen multi-media adaptations.

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