Director of “Mobile Suit Gundam”-World Exhibition by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Held at Iwami Museum of Art, Shimane

2020.02.10

This is the world’s first exhibition to review the work of Yoshiyuki Tomino, who served as the general director of many original animations such as “Mobile Suit Gundam” and “Legendary Giant Ideon”. The exhibition will introduce multi-talented talent based on about 3,000 materials such as storyboards, design drawings, original drawings, cel drawings, and lyrics written by theme songs written by Director Tomino.
Many related programs, such as a talk event by Director Tomino, are also planned.
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Director Yoshiyuki Tomino has also written lyrics for the theme songs of his own work under the name of “Iogi Rin”. At this stage, the theme song singers, MIQ and Aki Okui, will be invited to listen to the lyrics and recording episodes and explore the world of music from a music perspective.

Date : February 24, 2020 (Monday, National Holiday) 14:00 (13:30 Open)
Venue : Grantois Small Hall
Cast : Tomino Yoshiyuki
MIQ (“Dabine Tobu”, “Holy Warrior Dunbine”, “L-Gaim -Time for L-GAIM-“, “Heavy Machine L-Gaim”, etc.)
Aki Okui (Late ending of “∀ Gundam” “Moon Cocoon”)
Moderator : Ryota Fujitsu (anime critic)
Fee : Free admission (advance application required / capacity 400)

* If there are many applicants, a lottery will be made. Application deadline: Friday, February 7, 2019
* A special exhibition ticket or stub and a museum passport are required.
* For details on how to apply, please visit the Grantois HP special site.

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