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Tomino is best known for creating the Gundam anime franchise, beginning with Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979. That series shifted the mecha genre from the Super Robot tradition toward the Real Robot style, in which giant machines are military hardware rather than mythic champions.
Tomino grew up inspired by his father, who worked as a chemical engineer developing pressurized suits for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero at the Odawara Arsenal. He initially wanted to pursue aerospace or mechanical engineering, but a failed entrance exam to a technical high school pushed him toward the humanities. He then studied film at Nihon University College of Art.
Tomino uses separate pen names for different roles. One pseudonym credits his screenplays and storyboards; another, the name Iogi, appears on the theme song lyrics he writes. Under the Iogi name he collaborated with artists including Yoko Kanno, Asei Kobayashi, MIO, and Neil Sedaka.
No. The last quarter of Mobile Suit Gundam's original script was cancelled, and the series concluded in 43 episodes rather than its intended length. Its audience grew significantly after three compilation films were released in 1981 and 1982.
Tomino won the Best Director award at the 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair for the 2005 film Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Heirs to the Stars. Two of his series, Mobile Suit Gundam from 1979-80 and Space Runaway Ideon from 1980, each won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award.
Tomino used his keynote speech to criticize the gaming industry, arguing that video games brought no productivity and that consoles only consumed electricity. He called on developers to focus on quality rather than advanced technology, drawing a comparison to what he saw as equivalent failures in the animation industry.