Japan’s genre-spawning robot animation franchise Mobile Suit Gundam will be given a special showcase at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, organizers have announced.
Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Mobile Suit Gundam first aired as an animated series on Japanese television in 1979. The series was later recut for theatrical release as three films, which began screening in 1981. Countless spinoffs, adaptations and sequels followed, as the giant robot genre became an international media and toy franchise phenomenon. The Tokyo festival will screen the first Mobile Suit Gandam film, along with a few dozen TV episodes, other related films released in theaters over the years, and shorts that have rarely appeared on the big screen. The franchise creators and various film figures influenced by the genre will participate in talk events during the fest.

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