Sure it’s a dorky headline, but the fact is that ES loves giant robot combat more than our own mothers, and this year everyone’s fave Mecha saga hits the big three-o. And in Japan they take this kind of thing seriously. So it is that in the city of Odaiba this amazing, 18-metre tall full size Mobile Suit is going up, which, when completed, will shoot ‘mist and lasers’ and move it’s head, fully ready to butt any Zentraidi invaders into submission.
In the greatest giant robot news news ever, Japan has started a Gundam Academy. And no, its not a club for cosplayers, rather a thinktank that has been charged with making Gundam a reality. I think I just wet myself with joy. The best minds in all scientific areas of Japan really are putting their efforts into mecha. Amazing. Shinya Hashizume, a professor of urban planning and architecture at Osaka Prefectural University, said:
“Gundam presents the reader with many challenges that we will encounter. It is vital to begin conducting research into these. Scientific research in Japan desperately needs a flow of new ideas.”
I’m glad Urotsukidoji didn’t have so much cultural impact. Although a Naughty Tentacle Academy filled with Japanese sailor suit girls might be kinda cool.
LINK (Times Online)
