Gundam legend Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, character designer and animation director for the original 1979 Mobile Suit anime and several subsequent anime, says that it was the talent of Neon Genesis Evangelion's Hideaki Anno and his team that convinced convinced him that manga was a better path for him. .
In an interview with Toyokeizai, Yasuhiko talked about various topics related to anime and manga. He describes being blindsided by the amount of young talent entering the anime industry after the success of Mobile Suit GTA in 1979, which shook his growing confidence. In the 80s, Hayao Miyazaki, Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo, Hideaki Anno and many others changed the relationship between manga, which had long been considered “masterful,” and anime, which had now become a medium. communication in its true sense. “When I saw how to make cutting-edge and highly relevant anime, I realized I couldn't do that,” Yasuhiko said. His involvement in anime decreased significantly after several years of following the Gundunda cartoon.
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When asked who was the talent that made him feel 'I can't do that', Yasuhiko replied: “A good example is Hideaki Anno. He loved special effects and anime from his time as a student and made independent films, which was very radical.” and interesting. The film that had the strongest impact on me was Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, released in 1987. I saw it in the theater and was amazed at the incredible thing he did.” Although he was a college student at the time, Anno was a core founding member of the series where, along with writer Hiroyuki Yamaga, Masahiro Maeda, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and others, the now-bankrupt Gainax was founded to film production. Anno is credited for principal animation, animation direction, and special effects.
The director of the original animation turned to drawing manga after watching Hideaki Anno's anime
Yasuhiko praised Anno's passion and pioneering style, which led him to always create things without caring about causing trouble for others or causing the company to go bankrupt. “Mr. Anno and his team don't create their work with that mindset, so they can do amazing things,” Yasuhiko continued. I realized I didn't have the talent or passion to do that. While thinking like that, I saw the path to drawing manga.” Although Yasuhiko's original dream was to become a manga artist, he left the anime industry feeling like a failure.
Other interesting points in the interview include Yasuhiko saying that the manga has reached “perfection,” adding that it is a Japanese treasure. He said the rise of vertically scrolling manga could lead to new expressions; he also praised Space Battleship Yamato as a turning point in robot anime, which is currently receiving a new anime project helmed by Anno.
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The legacy and global reach of GTA cannot be underestimated, demonstrated once again by the reaction to the upcoming international release of the film adaptation of Gundo's original film, courtesy of All The Anime. Yasuhiko played an important role in the history of gundam, including titles such as mobile suit gundam III: Encounters in Space, Zeta gundam, mobile suit gundam Unicorn, mobile suit gundam: The Origin, F91 and Cucuruz Doan's Island.
Crunchyroll airing the original Mobile Suit series of the anime describes it: “Universal Century 0079. The renegade space colonies of the Principality of Zeon launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation, using Humanoid combat vehicles called mobile suits to overwhelm the Federation Forces and conquer.” half of Earth's surface several months later, the Federation finally developed its own prototype mobile suit in a remote space colony. But when the colony suffers a surprise Zeon attack, these new weapons fall into the hands of a group of civilians and cadets. Fate placed a young man named Amuro Ray in the position of piloting the white mobile suit Gunda…”
Mobile SuitGundam
Original title: Kidô senshi Gandamu. During the war between the Earth Federation and Zeon, a young and inexperienced crew finds themselves on a new spaceship. Their best hope for overcoming the conflict is Robot, a giant humanoid robot, and its talented teenage pilot.
Release date April 7, 1979
Creator(s). Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate
Cast Hirotaka Suzuoki, Tôru Furuya, Toshio Furukawa, Kiyonobu Suzuki, Michael Kopsa, Brad Swaile, Cathy Weseluck, Chris Kalhoon
Seasons first
Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate
Production company Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Nagoya TV), Sotsu Agency, Sunrise
Episodes 43
Main actor Toru Furuya, Shoichi Ikeda, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Yo Inoue, Brad Swaile, Michael Kopsa, Chris Calhoon and Alaina Burnett
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Source: Toyokeizai
