Yoshiyuki Tomino
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Yoshiyuki Tomino, 2008 Taipei Game Show
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Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 喜幸 Tomino Yoshiyuki?) November 5, 1941 Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Rin Iogi Minoru Yokitani Minami Asa |
| Alma mater | Nihon University's College of Art |
| Occupation | Mecha anime creator, animator, songwriter, director, screenwriter, novelist |
| Employer | Sunrise |
| Known for | Gundam |
Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 由悠季 Tomino Yoshiyuki?, born 富野 喜幸 November 5, 1941) is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, songwriter, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art. He is best known for creating the Gundam anime franchise.
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 1979-80 and Space Runaway Ideon in 1980) won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award.
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