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Giant Robots - The Core of Japanese Mecha Anime
Fukuoka Art Museum
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This exhibition traces the history of giant robot design and its visual expression in Japanese animation, and asks the question, "What is a giant robot?"
Animation featuring fictional robots (robot animation) is now a part of Japanese popular culture. Fictional "life-sized" robots, such as the "moving Gundam" that appeared in Yokohama, exist in major Japanese cities and are now part of the everyday landscape.
The pioneering "Tetsujin 28-go" (1963) was the first robot animation, followed by the huge success of "Mazinger Z" (1972), and then "Mobile Suit Gundam" (1979), which broke new ground in robot anime. The evolution and expansion of these unique designs, which cannot be seen in animations from other countries, have attracted fans with their ingenuity in design and settings to give visual "reality" to the ridiculous imaginary existence of robots.
This exhibition examines the history of robot design and visual expression in robot animation from "Tetsujin 28-go" to recent years, focusing on the "mechanism" and "size" of the settings that played an important role in creating "reality" for these robots.
Animation featuring fictional robots (robot animation) is now a part of Japanese popular culture. Fictional "life-sized" robots, such as the "moving Gundam" that appeared in Yokohama, exist in major Japanese cities and are now part of the everyday landscape.
The pioneering "Tetsujin 28-go" (1963) was the first robot animation, followed by the huge success of "Mazinger Z" (1972), and then "Mobile Suit Gundam" (1979), which broke new ground in robot anime. The evolution and expansion of these unique designs, which cannot be seen in animations from other countries, have attracted fans with their ingenuity in design and settings to give visual "reality" to the ridiculous imaginary existence of robots.
This exhibition examines the history of robot design and visual expression in robot animation from "Tetsujin 28-go" to recent years, focusing on the "mechanism" and "size" of the settings that played an important role in creating "reality" for these robots.
Schedule | Sep 9 (Sat) 2023-Nov 12 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1600, University and High School Students ¥800, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥500 | ||||
| Website | https://www.fukuoka-art-museum.jp/exhibition/giant_robots/ | ||||
| Venue | Fukuoka Art Museum https://www.fukuoka-art-museum.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 1-6 Ohori Koen, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-0051 | ||||
| Access | 10 minute walk from exit 3 at Ohori Park Station on the Kuko subway line, 10 minute walk from exit 2 at Ropponmatsu Station on the Nanakuma subway line; From JR Hakata Station, take the Nishitetsu bus and get off at Fukuokashi Bijutsukan Higashiguchi. | ||||
| Phone | 092-714-6051 | ||||
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