Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 ç"±æ‚ å£, Tomino Yoshiyuki, born 富野
喜幸 November 5, 1941) is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator,
director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for
creating the Gundam anime franchise. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa
Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art.Tomino
began his career in 1963 with Osamu Tezuka's company, Mushi
Productions, scripting the storyboards and screenplay of the first
Japanese anime television series, Tetsuwan Atomu (also known as Astro
Boy). He later became one of the most important members of the anime
studio Sunrise, going on to direct numerous anime through the 1970s,
1980s and 1990s. Tomino 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. He
has also won numerous awards, including the "Best Director" award at
the recent 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair (for the 2005 film
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Heirs to the Stars). Two anime series
directed by Tomino (Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979â€" 80 and Space Runaway
Ideon in 1980) won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award.Tomino is known
for using numerous pseudonyms for miscellaneous staffing roles that he
performs in his works, including Minami Asa (é˜¿ä½ ã ¿ã ªã ¿, Asa
Minami) and Minoru Yokitani (斧谷 ç¨", Yokitani Minoru), which are
used to credit himself for screenplays and storyboards he creates, Rin
Iogi (äº•è » 麟, Iogi Rin), which he uses to credit himself for theme
song lyrics he writes. Tomino has collaborated (as Iogi) with artists
such as Yoko Kanno, Asei Kobayashi, MIO and Neil Sedaka.Tomino is
noted for directing several well-known anime series throughout his
career, such as his most notable work, the Mobile Suit Gundam series,
beginning in 1979, and which was later followed onto numerous sequels,
spinoffs and merchandising franchises, Aura Battler Dunbine, Brave
Raideen (in which he directed the first 26 episodes), and numerous
others. His newer work includes Brain Powerd (1998), Turn A Gundam
(1999), Overman King Gainer (2002) and most recently, Gundam
Reconguista in G (2014).
喜幸 November 5, 1941) is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator,
director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for
creating the Gundam anime franchise. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa
Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art.Tomino
began his career in 1963 with Osamu Tezuka's company, Mushi
Productions, scripting the storyboards and screenplay of the first
Japanese anime television series, Tetsuwan Atomu (also known as Astro
Boy). He later became one of the most important members of the anime
studio Sunrise, going on to direct numerous anime through the 1970s,
1980s and 1990s. Tomino 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. He
has also won numerous awards, including the "Best Director" award at
the recent 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair (for the 2005 film
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Heirs to the Stars). Two anime series
directed by Tomino (Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979â€" 80 and Space Runaway
Ideon in 1980) won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award.Tomino is known
for using numerous pseudonyms for miscellaneous staffing roles that he
performs in his works, including Minami Asa (é˜¿ä½ ã ¿ã ªã ¿, Asa
Minami) and Minoru Yokitani (斧谷 ç¨", Yokitani Minoru), which are
used to credit himself for screenplays and storyboards he creates, Rin
Iogi (äº•è » 麟, Iogi Rin), which he uses to credit himself for theme
song lyrics he writes. Tomino has collaborated (as Iogi) with artists
such as Yoko Kanno, Asei Kobayashi, MIO and Neil Sedaka.Tomino is
noted for directing several well-known anime series throughout his
career, such as his most notable work, the Mobile Suit Gundam series,
beginning in 1979, and which was later followed onto numerous sequels,
spinoffs and merchandising franchises, Aura Battler Dunbine, Brave
Raideen (in which he directed the first 26 episodes), and numerous
others. His newer work includes Brain Powerd (1998), Turn A Gundam
(1999), Overman King Gainer (2002) and most recently, Gundam
Reconguista in G (2014).
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