Bouncing Red Ball

If you’re a Gundam fan, you might be happy to learn that Nippon Travel Agency is now offering the “Green Tokyo Gundam Project Official Tour” through which you can stay at either Grand Pacific Le Daiba or Hotel Nikko Tokyo in Odaiba, where you can gaze at the Giant Gundam from your room and sleep [...]

The giant Mobile Suit Gundam now standing in Odaiba in Tokyo won’t be officially open to the public until July 11 but it looks increasingly ready for action by the day.
After being fully assembled last week, technicians are now testing its arsenal of lights, smoke and sound before the official “unveiling” two weeks from [...]

Put your plans to see the Giant Gundam of Tokyo on hold.
According to reliable sources, the recently erected Giant Gundam of Tokyo, during the recent thunderstorms that swept through Japan, was struck with lightning in the head and burst into flames.

Firetrucks came to the rescue but was greeted with a headless Gundam.

If only it were [...]

There have been a lot of photos and videos of the Giant Gundam on the Net that it has become almost unnecessary to actually ride a train to Odaiba and see the thing with your own eyes.
Here are three more great videos.

Ohta Industries, in order to show off their metal-bending laser technology, has been building a 1-meter Evangelion Unit 00 figure made from stainless steel scrap metal and titanium. Gigazine went to their factory in in Hyogo Prefecture in central Japan and took photos of the metallic robot figure.
Metallic Evangelion Unit 00: videos
The purple eye and [...]

Imposing night-time photos of the 30th Anniversary Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo from Pink Tentacle.

Gundam is alive! Or, at least, he’s already standing unsupported. {Photo by Mainichi}
As reported earlier, this giant 35-ton, 18-meter badass Gundam is set to be unveiled in Odaiba, Tokyo on July 11 in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Gundam Moblie Suit robot franchise. It will be open to the public (for free) until [...]

The construction of the Giant Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo is underway and should be completed in time for its unveiling sometime in early July.
This “life-sized” (18-meter) giant robot is the centerpiece of the Green Tokyo Gundam Project to commemorate the 30th 30th anniversary of the Gundam Moblie Suit robot franchise and will be displayed this [...]