Making the Tokyo Gundam, Real G, documentary continues (with video)

Crowds gather around the tokyo gundam
(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

The life-sized, robotic Gundam statue in Tokyo’s Odaiba opened to the public earlier this month. Just as interesting as the statue itself is the process that went into building it.  Last month a short article was posted describing an ongoing Japanese documentary Green Tokyo Gundam Project: The making of Gundam -Real G- about the building of the Real G.

The documentary depicts the building of the statue from start to finish, with some amazing time-lapse photography at the end of each volume. Although the documentary is purely in Japanese, it is worth seeing visually. The total number of volumes in the series has yet to be announced, but it seems likely that the series is near finish.

To see volumes 1-8, please see the previous article: Building the life-sized Gundam statue in Tokyo

Name translation notes:

9. Green Tokyo Gundam Project Volume 9: Internal Parts [This segment depicts construction between June 8th and June 13th]

10. Green Tokyo Gundam Project Volume 10: Construction site conditions part 2 [This segment depicts construction between June 15th and June 20th]

11. Green Tokyo Gundam Project Volume 11: Constructing onsite [This segment has no time-lapse depictions]

12. Green Tokyo Gundam Project Volume 12: Always Beginning [This volume is not available online yet]

Vol.9

Vol.10

Vol.11

Vol.12

(To be posted once available)

To see volumes 1-8, please see the previous article: Building the life-sized Gundam statue in Tokyo