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A bronze statue has been placed at the south exit of Kamiigusa station in Tokyo and cost 20,000,000 yen to erect.
According to the article at Yomiuri, Kamiigusa was where Sunrise first set up.
While the young folks may like the statue, the old folks dont seem to care for it.
Would be interesting to know whether that 20 million yen was tax payers money. If it was tax payers money, would you as mayor give approval for the bronze RX78?
Via Gunota and Alafista.
Posted on 2008/03/22 08:20
Director/代表取締役
登録日: 2006/12/11 10:54
Poor College Student
登録日: 2008/03/14 08:50
if it was something else(wing zero custom) then i maybe would approve of it
Design Consultant
登録日: 2007/08/23 04:32
You know, appreciating the classics is important in the gundam universe. It will make you like the gundam wing even more... trust me.
Poor College Student
登録日: 2008/03/14 08:50
i do appreciate the old gundam series.its just that i like wing more.or they could make it a statue of hi-nu instead
オタク by moonlight, Graphic Designer by daylight
登録日: 2007/11/08 03:25
I agree with you. The classic Gundam is the best.
A 1/10 or 1/11 bust would be more fitting.
The pose is more suited for a human model.
Student
登録日: 2008/03/08 16:07
"gundam" itself is now a part of cultural/history of japan haha
the classic rx-78!! wewt!
Student
登録日: 2007/08/09 05:24
Gundam has been living on in Japan for many years, and I would approve of the statue being placed.
Anyways, THIS IS COOOOOL!
qingy in 25th Macross Frontier Fleet
Valkyrie Pilot
登録日: 2007/10/06 04:57
when you think japan, gundam is one of the things that come to mind. but damn, why did they have to make it that color, now its gonna attract aerial bombings
Design Consultant
登録日: 2007/08/23 04:32
Thats the natural color of bronze once it is acid finished and waxed. This is done to prevent erosion. I think its epic. I would personally fund this public art piece if I had the extra cash laying around. At least this way my taxes would go towards something useful to me, instead of things I will never be able to use (like social security in a couple of years).
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
登録日: 2006/12/31 22:36
Don't worry, it will turn green with time (the patina)
Design Consultant
登録日: 2007/08/23 04:32
actually, broze doesnt patina the way that copper does. With a wax application every couple of years, it should be shiny and.... well, bronze.
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
登録日: 2006/12/31 22:36
I see!
I was thinking of those oooooooold (but still awesome) statues of the Antiquity in the cities of Rome, etc.
That's nice to see that there are products to somehow protect them from the effect of time.
student
登録日: 2007/11/16 21:06
Why not put into a museum?
Design Consultant
登録日: 2007/08/23 04:32
Why not build a museum that looks like the gundam white base? Huh? Yeah?
Student, Spiral Warrior
登録日: 2008/02/04 09:49
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
登録日: 2008/02/02 00:14
In Insanity mode v2.35
登録日: 2008/03/13 03:21
student
登録日: 2007/11/16 21:06
hope they have that budget then... when they get to it.
Student and Otaku
登録日: 2008/03/11 19:59
How about making a museum that looks like an Archangel? At least the front part where the Lohengrin cannon is located is the entrance to the museum..
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
登録日: 2008/02/02 00:14
Manufacturing
登録日: 2007/08/22 12:17
lol if it is pay by tax payer than it definitely NO for me! I paid tax so i know wasting money on such thing is darn stupid and beside tat they should be some under desk money happening when they built stuff like this in our country! Although quote tat price the exact stuff is usually more cheaper!
another risk is! It may get stolen by those drug addicts if u place it outside! Even our steel pipe and road sign get steal here!
Design Consultant
登録日: 2007/08/23 04:32
I think a waste of money is paying people to stay home and not work, so they can have kids and collect my hard earned money. Id rather see these statues everywhere.
Student
登録日: 2007/11/07 06:44
I prefer to see tax money being spent for statues like this instead of tanks, jets, arms etc.
Design Consultant
登録日: 2007/08/23 04:32
That would really be at odds if they actually build a gundam with the tax money. I would be so excited and horrified at the same time.
In Insanity mode v2.35
登録日: 2008/03/13 03:21
You mean welfare???Some people need that help but I really hate the people use welfare to take advantages and not do anything...tax should help the needed.....
Student
登録日: 2007/11/07 06:44
Of course it would be extremely odd, but I just think that it would still be better than spending the money for arms humanity doesn't need :/
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
登録日: 2006/12/24 11:50
I agree! It's much better to spend monies on bridges that go nowhere err, or is that a country going nowhere anyway, grants for studies on what ketchup runs faster... ^^;
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
登録日: 2006/12/31 22:36
Your bridge is the bridge that will link people throughout the world!
Human
登録日: 2007/07/27 10:16
I hope the next one would be a girl or girls from some extremely famous eroge.
The older men would enjoy it too, and maybe some "types" of women.
kintaro in Pineville North Carolina
Student
登録日: 2007/04/24 20:07
Cool statue, but the pose is kinda weird and disco-y. Unless... it's from the cartoon then it's cool.
Manufacturing
登録日: 2007/08/22 12:17
Gurren Langaan Kamina Statue pose!
student
登録日: 2008/01/09 00:12
I'd prefer it to be spent for a statue in 1:1 scale. :D
Then again, there are more useful ways of spending taxpayer's money, e. g. the educational system, the police or the welfare net...
Student, Spiral Warrior
登録日: 2008/02/04 09:49
Definitely approve myself. While the price tag on that is definitely quite a lot (did I read right? 20 million yen?), on the other hand the kind of money the U.S. has been spending on "defense" recently boggles the mind. I'd rather see a good chunk of money go to something like this, which may be regarded as cultural enrichment, than thrown away on over-militarization.
Say, Danny, any chance you could take some better pictures of the statue for us next time you're in the neighborhood?
Student
登録日: 2007/01/03 02:00
Well I'm not totally against it, since Gundam has become mostly a symbol of Japan culture as japan entire anime industries. Don't other countries raise statues to football players and coaches? They're a symbol of their country and culture history so I respect their bold idea of building this.
student and i sell cellphones at Alltel wireless
登録日: 2007/08/17 09:33
that is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life. if i was rich i would have that in my house
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
登録日: 2006/12/31 22:36
That is a great day in the history of the otaku community. Danny, remember about your statue post? Here is your answer! ^^
Twenty million yen though, not very cheap. Maybe Sunrise funds?
I hope that this statue will become a worldwide attraction and be revered over time like it should be.
Psychology Maverick
登録日: 2006/12/25 11:22
Of course, money should always be put to such good cause! I'd recommend more of such statues.
Interactive Media Design and Graphic Design
登録日: 2006/12/26 00:00
wow a statue to an anime "character" I think this is a great idea. They should have made it bigger and more dramatic.
Techie
登録日: 2007/09/27 04:59
They should make a Zaku too
Student
登録日: 2007/08/24 07:49
If anything my comment is: why kamina pose? 0_o; the famous final Zeong shooting pose would be more fitting.
Photography
登録日: 2007/11/01 15:43
That'd be the best thing ever to have a Gundam statue here, but we have to use our tax dollars for stupid things like lowering the crime rate, streetwork, education, and other wasteful things. :P
Student Otaku
登録日: 2008/01/04 16:05
Now that is something I would want to see when I go to Japan. I'm a big Gundam fan, I would love to see it in person.
Filmmaker
登録日: 2008/03/17 15:06
Its about time something like this happen!!! Grew up watching the series...
Student
登録日: 2008/03/14 23:27
Thats the first Gundam right ? If its a Strike or a Deathscythe then the large sum of cash shall be OK.
Student
登録日: 2008/03/14 23:27
Design Consultant
登録日: 2007/08/23 04:32
Astray!! If they did the red frame, I would donate my left kidney (its the bad one.. as in bad uh-oh) to raise the funds.
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
登録日: 2007/01/09 14:21
would prefer a different pose LOL
Hey, does anyone noticed that RX-78 Gundam is pointing its hands to the skies above as if it wanted to pierce the heavens?
大学生/University Student
登録日: 2007/12/04 23:04
You're right, it seems to be doing that. ^^
Architect
登録日: 2007/12/01 20:12
Doesn't it remind you of a dance pose from a certain anime?
Guin in Far , Far , away...
Web Surfer
登録日: 2008/01/16 05:12
a different pose maybe. Who authorize its construction anyways?? Did Sunrise approve it?
Art/Media Student (Wannabe Illustrator)
登録日: 2006/12/28 05:27
If the pose was made more appealing and fitting for a Gundam, I'd approve. But, Tax?... give it to me instead and I'll spend it properly. haha.
Well, why not a 1:1 working scale? or at least fund a development team to actaully build a cool walking warmachine?
Henry in Makati, Philippines
anime/cosplay events organizer
登録日: 2006/12/25 19:05
Human being. Really, I'm not joking!
登録日: 2007/10/22 01:58
LOL, weird pose... Saturday Night Fever?
Architect
登録日: 2007/12/01 20:12
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
登録日: 2006/12/31 22:36
Yup, I was about to say it. ^^;
Architect
登録日: 2007/12/01 20:12
The raised leg kind of did the job. XD
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
登録日: 2006/12/31 22:36
Well, at first I thought about Michaelangelo's painting (the very one on the Sistine Chapel with Man and God), then I saw the hand and face and went "Suki Deshou?"... But you already beat me to it. Well done! ^^
大学生/University Student
登録日: 2007/12/04 23:04
The pose seems like it's piloted by Amuro Gay :-p
In Insanity mode v2.35
登録日: 2008/03/13 03:21
A pose from Kamina!!!!Gurren Laggen
Hikikomori
登録日: 2007/08/22 05:18
As long as there were no other priorities, I would give it a go.
Simply because it's a japanese icon.
And this is coming from a guy who doesn't even like gundam and general mecha animes this much.
Also: congrats for the proper homage. Bronze statues are better choices over colored ones... imho
大学生/University Student
登録日: 2007/12/04 23:04
I'm going to be silly and interpret your words literally Danny.
So this statue has been erected? But I can't see its dolphin standing >_<
オタク by moonlight, Graphic Designer by daylight
登録日: 2007/11/08 03:25
I'll be so mad if the taxpayer need to pay for it even I'm a Gundam fan. =(
Student by day...Ninja by night
登録日: 2006/12/31 18:12
This is truly awesome! I shall go and pay homage to it next time I got to Japan (April 2009!!!)
But you know, they could have saved money and just shown it a porn magazine, I am sure it would have been erect in no time xP
chandraA in Between Jakarta and Jatinangor, Indonesia
Culture seeker
登録日: 2008/03/22 10:57
Another way to waste tax payers money. I mean, 20 million yen? How many gunpla can you buy with that??
I don't really like the statue anyway because it was...bronze...and I prefer modern Gundams.
Why not save up the money and build the real armed and moving 1:1 Gundam instead?
Unoccupied
登録日: 2008/02/16 22:45
1:1 scale Gundam losing an arm and the head, lifting the other hand up, holding beam rifle, shooting up. Statue should include the beam and the Zeong head. ain't that gonna be damn cool? Can even be considered as Japan's National Monument!
Evil King in The Netherlands, a mostly cold and windy place...
student and full-time otaku
登録日: 2007/12/19 00:12
That is cool. I'd pay to have statues like that set up, seeing as to what kind of 'art' sometimes finds its way here. Also, a statue of this size would hopefully make it difficult for certain bronze thieves that sometimes steal small statues here to take it ^^
Student, Part Time Programmer
登録日: 2007/10/12 23:44
Tendou Souji pose.. The Man who will Walk the Path to Heaven and Who will rule everything.. Gundam... o.o
Polytechnic Student, Freshly Entered.
登録日: 2007/01/25 21:08
I don't mind if I were one of the taxpayers, but you'd think they could have just done the "beam saber to the sky" pose instead of... this. In this case they should have had a second statue of Amuro stretching out his hand to the RX-78-2 as well. XD
Student
登録日: 2007/11/02 08:13
Student
登録日: 2007/10/31 21:16
Lazyass human
登録日: 2007/08/15 20:13
This is really awesome... Another must-visit place for those Gundam fans visiting Japan ^^
hm. i wonder if it moves by itself at night? lucky community especially the house closest to it as he can boast of his "new collection" to his peers.
宅男 Otaku/ 工程师 Engineer
登録日: 2007/06/11 14:45
the pose is very un-gundam-ish. >.<
VGI Otaku
登録日: 2007/11/20 12:56
true...
would've preferred the "Last Shooting" pose... well, maybe with complete head and left arm for once...
Meimi132 in Back end of nowhere, aka Norfolk, England
Student and Mcdonalds Grease monkey.
登録日: 2007/12/04 04:05
I would have prefered a Gelgoog myself... but what the hey! It's still a supercool Gundam statue lol. WAAAAAAAY cooler than some old dead guy.
Test Pilot
登録日: 2007/09/19 17:02
obachan ga itteta... ten no michi o ichi, subete o sukasadoru no roboto...
LOL
VGI Otaku
登録日: 2007/11/20 12:56
what, Gundam Kabuto!? LOL
should've used Virtue instead, since she can *cast-off* LOL
kinda OT, but does the term "Cast-Off" originally came from Kamen Rider Kabuto? I've never heard of any cast-offable figurines before KR Kabuto airs...
Working while waiting for National Services
登録日: 2007/08/22 12:42
Something cool here but I think they should add colours to it.
But I would still prefer a moe figure statue or Lacus there^^
VGI Otaku
登録日: 2007/11/20 12:56
Army
登録日: 2007/07/10 20:10
this is a day where all humans will remember. darn, i want to go there now to take some photos :(
NEET
登録日: 2008/02/17 09:16
Awesome, I approve! That's one good looking statue.
I wonder what the old folks thinks about it, waste of space and money or pretty neat after all?
