Pictured: The giant Gundam robot standing guard over it’s own Tokyo theme park (just don’t call it a Transformer!)

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Daily Mail Reporter

10:20 EST, 1 May 2012

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19:19 EST, 1 May 2012

Tokyo has been taken over by this giant robot – which is tasked with standing guard outside the country’s newest tourist attraction.

The 18metre Gundam has taken pride of place in front of the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza complex – which houses the theme park of the animation series bearing the same name.

And weighing in at 35tonnes, it’s a good job it has been nailed to the ground – because it would be likely to pack a serious King Kong style punch if it was ever let loose on the city.

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Watching: Tokyo has been taken over by this giant robot – which is tasked with standing guard outside the country’s newest tourist attraction

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Towering: The 18metre Gundam has taken pride of place in front of the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza Complex

30.APRIL.2012 - TOKYO - JAPAN GIANT ROBOT TAKES TOKYO BY STORM! 18 METRES HIGH AND WEIGHING 35 TONNES THE ROBOT HAS TAKEN PRIDE OF PLACE IN THE CENTRE OF TOKYO! THE ROBOT IS ONE FROM THE GUNDAM TV SERIES!

Heavyweight: Weighing in at 35tonnes, it’s a good job it has been nailed to the ground – because it would be likely to pack a serious King Kong style punch if it was ever let loose on the city

Visitors to the Gundam Front Tokyo venue have the chance to see what life is like inside the popular animation. There is a 16metre wide Dome-G cinema displaying dynamic images of famous scenes in the past series.

And in the Experience Field area,
visitors can view 1/1 Core Fighter Ver.GFT of the first series or the
life-size bust of Strike Freedom Gundam Ver.GFT in the Seed Destiny
series. Italian tour guide Marco Rondoni said on his visit: ‘There is nothing similar in Italy.

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Fun time: Visitors to the Gundam Front Tokyo venue have the chance to see what life is like inside the popular animation

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Battle: The theme park has a 16metre wide Dome-G cinema playing some of the series’ favourite scenes

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Popular: The TV series Mobile Suites Gundam started in 1979 and spawned several spin-offs

‘Mechanic design in particular is
beautiful. It’s so real…all the series of Gundam are really real like a
real war, not like other robots.’

The television animation series ‘Mobile Suites Gundam’ began in 1979. Numerous sequels and spin-offs have appeared.

Despite often being mistaken for the U.S. science fiction robots from Transformers, the Gundam have their own identity and massive fanbase.

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Wow: Despite being mistaken from Transformers, the Gundam have their own identity and fanbase

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Cool

Oh you guys don’t know Gundam? This anime is way more popular than Transformers in Japan, and Its first appearance (1979) is before Transformers came out in the scene (1984). They even operate a “Gundam cafe,” which serve foods and drinks that feature several items in the anime in Tokyo.
This is not actually news for many Japanese… As someone already posted, this big statue has been publicly released since July 2009.

Skynet is watching these machines… Closely

awesome

Come on, stuff like this is hardly revolutionary in Japan. It’s just a giant model.
Oh, and it’s called Anime, and this particular one is of the subgenre Mecha.
Just thought I’d put that out there.

It is nothing new. it was set up back in 2009. Gundam was a major character in a cartoon series. It was rather well known in East and South-east Asia.

Look! A Transformer!!

Mecha.

Gun-who? Never heard of it/them, or whoever they are. I have, however, heard of Optimus Prime, but apparently theyre not related.

It’s a transformer…there I said it!

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