Mecha Designers Summit Vol.10 was held (March 18, 2020)
Update date: March 27, 2023
"Mecha Designers Summit Vol.10" was held on Saturday, March 18th, 2023!
How was the immortal masterpiece "Mobile Suit Gundam" born? ?
The original production team talks about the production site and the secret story of its birth, and it will be broadcast live on YouTubeLive!
This Vol.10 was the final episode of the Mecha Designers Summit (talk show)!
Commemorative photo with the performers and the Gundam Zaku Monument (c) Sotsu/Sunrise
Talk show situation
date and time
Saturday, March 18, 2020
Talk show distribution: Approximately 90 minutes from 1:00 p.m. An archive of the day's talk show will be distributed from the " Mecha Designers Summit YouTube Channel " as soon as it is ready.
venue
Inagi Transmission Base Pair Terrace (516-2 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi City)
Access: Underpass of Inagi-Naganuma Station on JR Nambu Line
theme
Mobile Suit Gundam is an anime series that is extremely popular all over the world. This is a popular series with new releases still being produced. The first "Mobile Suit Gundam" began broadcasting in 1979. With its strong story that doesn't focus on good and evil, the drama created by attractive characters, and the design of mobile suits based on the story's worldview, it made a difference in robot anime, which was targeted at elementary school students at the time. It was an ambitious work, being the third original work by Sunrise, a recently established animation production company.
Vol.10 features Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who was in charge of character design and animation director for Mobile Suit Gundam, and Kenichi Matsuzaki, who created the worldview and wrote the script for the war in space. Kunio Okawara, who designed the "mobile suit" that became the foundation for the robot category, will be invited to talk about how this timeless masterpiece was born, including some behind-the-scenes stories from the time of its creation.
"Space Warrior" RA Heinlein illustration (C) Kazuki Miyatake, Naoyuki Kato/Studio Nue)
Mobile Suit Gundam setting materials, initial draft (C) Sotsu, Sunrise
"Mobile Suit Gundam" setting materials (C) Sotsu/Sunrise
Performer
Mr. Kunio Okawara (mechanical designer)
Born in 1947 in Tokyo. Lives in Inagi City. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University. Joined Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. (currently Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd.) in 1972. After ``Science Ninja Team Gatchaman,'' he specialized in mecha design. Freelance since 1978. In Sunrise's works, he has been in charge of mecha designs for real robot anime such as ``Mobile Suit Gundam'' and ``Armored Trooper Votoms'' as well as super robot anime such as the Brave series. Currently, in addition to animation work, he is actively working both domestically and internationally, including car design and receiving offers from overseas to design figures. Received the Distinguished Service Award at the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival.
Representative works include ``Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'', ``Time Bokan Series Yatterman'', ``Muteki Steel Daitarn 3'', ``Mobile Suit Gundam'', ``Armored Trooper Votoms'', ``Brave Exkaiser'', ``Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'', ``Gundam Build Fighters'', ``Time Bokan 24'', etc. many
Mr. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Born December 9, 1947 in Engaru-cho, Mombetsu-gun, Hokkaido. manga artist.
After attending Engaru High School and Hirosaki University, he entered Mushi Production Training School in 1970 and became an animator. After working at Mushi Productions, he became a freelancer and worked on numerous anime works such as ``Space Battleship Yamato'', ``Brave Raiden'', and ``Muteki Steel Zanbot 3''. Worked on ``Mobile Suit Gundam'' as a character designer and animation director. After 1990, he left the animation production field and became a manga artist, winning numerous awards for his work on historical works such as ``Namji,'' ``Rainbow Trotsky,'' and ``The Royal Dog.''
"Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN" was serialized from 2001 to 2011. The work was made into an anime, and he also served as the general director, returning to the animation scene for the first time in about 25 years.
The anime ``Mobile Suit Gundam: The Island of Cukrusdoan'', which was released in June 2022, has also been well received.
Mr. Kenichi Matsuzaki
Born October 15, 1950. Originally from Tokyo. Scriptwriter. While in college, he ran the SF visual kei fanzine SF Central Art. After graduating, he founded Crystal Art Studio with his friends Takachiho Haruka (then known as Takekawa Kiminori), Miyatake Kazutaka, Kato Naoyuki, and others. In 1974, it was reorganized as Studio Nue.
Early on, he worked as an illustrator, and participated in Space Battleship Yamato as a design collaborator. He then switched to being a scriptwriter for Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3, and wrote the scripts and conducted science fiction research for Mobile Suit Gundam and Space Runaway Ideon. He has worked on the original story, script, and series composition of works such as Super Dimension Fortress Macross. He planned and published Space Warriors GUNDAM CENTURY, a special issue of Monthly OUT that allows readers to enjoy the worldview, mecha settings, and war history of Mobile Suit Gundam from a different angle than the anime. He is now freelance, and writes original stories and scripts for not only anime but also games.
host
Mr. Makoto Ishii
Born in 1971, from Ibaraki Prefecture. He writes mainly about movies, animation, hobbies, etc. He writes for Monthly Gundam Ace, Monthly Hobby Japan, Monthly Cinema Walker, Animage Plus, MOVIE WALKER PRESS, etc. He also composes and writes booklets for software packages of Gundam series works such as ``Mobile Suit Gundam THE ORIGIN'' and ``Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Platoon.'' Author of “Yoshikazu Yasuhiko My Back Pages” (Ota Publishing), “Master Grade Gundam Ism” (Ota Publishing), etc.
Archive videos of past events are also available!
It is now available on " Mecha Designers Summit YouTube channel " .
Eel Transmission Base Pair Terrace Workshop [Canceled due to rain forecast]
Named after the sightseeing center of Mechanical City Inagi, the ``Inagi Outpost Pair Terrace Workshop'' is a Japanese manufacturing experience workshop where both adults and children can enjoy original workshops designed by various companies. It's an event.
venue
Inagi Pair Park (This is the park in front of the Inagi Transmission Base Pair Terrace)
Note: Please note that this is not inside the Inagi Transmission Base Pair Terrace store.
date and time
Saturday, March 18, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Notes
Please refrain from contacting Inagi Base Pair Terrace directly.
Workshop List
| Exhibitor name | Contents | Trial fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanto Precision | making metal lanterns | Paid |
| 2 | Rocky Kasei | Making plastic keychains using injection molding technology | Paid |
| 3 | L☆Chika Factory | Electronic circuit experience | Paid |
| 4 | Hatano Seisakusho | Making animals made of screws | Paid |
| 5 | Kaori Shizuka | Making objects made from old paper with book motifs | Paid |
| 6 | MisakiEura | Food replica art making | Paid |
| 7 | Duskin | Hands-on workshop to learn about cleaning | free |
| 8 | Ritalico Wonder | Programming experience | free |
cooperation
Inagi City Tourism Association
Twitter: @inagi_life
Inquiries regarding this page
Inagi City Industry, Culture and Sports Department Tourism Division
2111 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi-shi, Tokyo
Phone: 042-378-2111 Fax: 042-377-4781
