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Animage 01/1988 – TALKING UP: YOSHIYUKI TOMINO VS YOSHIKI TANAKA
The following is an interview Animage magazine held with Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshiki Tanaka to promote the upcoming movies Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack and Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars. The label “AM” denotes that one of the Animage staff is speaking. [Originally translated and posted August 28,…
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Animage 12/1979 – Yoshiyuki Tomino Answers 67 Questions
As part of a larger feature on the currently airing Mobile Suit Gundam in the December 1979 issue of Animage, Director Yoshiyuki Tomino answers 67 questions sent in by fans. Questions are numbered as they appear in the article and Director Tomino’s answers follow, with section titles in between. I’ve added a few of my…
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ホワイトベース5号 (White Base No. 5) – Ichirō Nagai Interview
Title: ホワイトベース5号 (White Base No. 5)Publication Date: January 1, 1980Circle: 機動戦士ガンダム F.C. (Mobile Suit Gundam Fan Club) Doujinshi (同人誌) are self-published works, such as manga or novels, created by fans. You may have heard the term in relation to events like Comic Market (Comiket) in Japan. This particular book, White Base No. 5, is similar…
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Animage 09/1979 – Thoughts on “Amuro and His Mother” by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
The following is a translation of an article written by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, character designer and animation director of Mobile Suit Gundam. This can be found on page 22 of the September 1979 issue of Animage. As a brief translator note, while the official English title for episode 13 is “Coming Home”, I’ve used a direct…
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The Anime 11/1981 – Shūichi Ikeda Interview
As part of a larger feature on Char Aznable, The Anime magazine included a short interview with Shūichi Ikeda in their November 1981 issue. [Originally translated and posted November 17, 2025].
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Newtype 09/1985 – Saeko Shimazu interviews Director Yoshiyuki Tomino
In this short article from the September 1985 issue of Newtype magazine, Saeko Shimazu (voice of Four Murasame) asks Director Yoshiyuki Tomino a few questions about the character she plays and her role in the series as a whole. [Originally translated and posted December 19, 2024]
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Gihren’s Greed Projects
This post summarizes my Gihren’s Green projects for those searching for content by post tags.
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Monthly OUT 05/1986 – Interview with Kazuki Yao
The following is a translation of an interview with Kazuki Yao, voice of Judau Ashta in Gundam ZZ, from the May 1986 issue of Monthly OUT. [Originally translated and posted March 21, 2025.]
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Char’s Counterattack Cinema Book – Interview with Director Yoshiyuki Tomino
Released by MOVIC in 1988 alongside the film, the Char’s Counterattack Cinema Book is a companion resource to the film, with multiple pages of color screenshots, an interview with Director Tomino, and plenty of concept art. In this post however, we’ll only be covering the interview. This interview also contains many footnotes from the book…
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Char & Garma’s Fun!? Military Academy – Interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Animedia 07/2016)
The following is a translation of an interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, creator of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga and director of the OVA and TV series, published in the July 2016 issue of Animedia. [Originally translated and posted September 27, 2023].
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