The staff of Mobile Suit Gundam films I, II, III

Creation, conception: Yatate Hajime, Yoshiyuki Tomino
Main Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Director of animation, Character design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Mechanical design: Kunio Okawara
Script: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, Ken-Ichi Matsuzaki, Yoshihisa Araki, Masaru Yamamoto
Music: Takeo Watanabe, Yuji Matsuyama
Artistic Direction: Keiichi Momose

Yoshiyuki Tomino
     Born in Odawara on the 5th of November 1941, Yoshiyuki Tomino started out in the world of japanese animation in 1963 at the studio of Osamu Tezuka, Mushi Production, where he worked on Tetsuwan Atom (Astroboy). After a licence in cinematography, he became a freelance artist and took part in a diverse variety of animes such as Alpes no shoujo Heidi, Ashita no Joe (1970), Umi no Triton in 1972, Kerokko Demetan (Dematan) in 1973, Space Cruiser Yamato in 1974, La Seine no Hoshi in 1975. In 1975, he joined Nippon Sunrise and quickly specialized in SF animes. In 1975, he took the post as director of the series Yuusha Raideen, also in 1977, he directed Super Machine Zambot 3, the first series he conceived by himself.

In 1979, he created Mobile Suit Gundam which came to be a colossal success, propelling him to fame. Being one of the most famous directors from Nippon Sunrise, he then went on to realize an innumerate number of series including Space Runaway Ideon, Aura Battler Dunbine, Heavy Metal L-Gaim, Round Vernian Vifam, but also more recently Brain Powered and Overman King Gainer.

Yasuhiko Yoshikazu
     Born in Hokkaïdo on the 7th of December 1977, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko began to work in the japanese animation industry in 1967 with Mushi Production, the studio created and headed by Osamu Tezuka. It was there that he met Yoshiyuki Tomino, with whom he will then collaborate on a lot of animes.

As a freelance artist, he became the author of both fantastic and historical manga (Venus Wars, Jeanne, Alexander the Great, Jesus Christ) which gave him a great deal of popularity in Japan. Moreover, he worked in various different posts in the Japanese animation industry, designing the characters for series such as Combattler V, Yuusha Raideen, and also he took the job of director of animation and character design for films like Venus Wars, Crusher Joe, Arion, for TV series such as Giant Gorg, etc.

Very recently, he returned to the Gundam Universe to create a manga for Kadokawa again about the very early days of the first Gundam series, called “Gundam the Origin”.

Kunio Okawara
     Born on the 26th of December 1947, he first began working with studio Tatsunoko, for whom he designed mecha for a number of series, including Kagaku Ninja Gatchaman (1972), better known in the UK as the Battle of the Planets.

Joining Nippon Sunrise towards the end of the 70’s, Super Machine Zambot 3 (1977) was his first work for the company, after that he worked on Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979. His futuristic style (at the time) allowed him to work on the following series once he finished work on Mobile Suit Gundam: Armored Troops Votoms, Blue Gale Xabungle, Metal Armor Dragonar, etc…
He’s an artist with an incredibly long career and is still, even today, the designer of mechas for the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny series.

Original Language Actors

Amuro Ray : Toru Furuya
Char Aznable : Shuichi Ikeda
Bright Noah : Hirotaka Suzuoki
Mirai Yashima : Fuyumi Shiraishi
Lalaa Sun : Keiko Han