Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino has sparked controversy, criticizing Japan’s current political direction and warning that even democratic systems can produce authoritarian regimes.
Tomino voiced concerns about Japan’s political climate in a recent interview in magazine Animage, where he linked current trends to broader historical patterns. He stated that “Even without looking at examples like Nazi Germany, authoritarian regimes are often decided through elections. That’s exactly what’s happening in Japan right now. A mass of ignorant people is truly troublesome.”
He was also quoted as saying “In politics, there is no convenient person to whom you can just ‘leave everything.’ Each and every one of us has no choice but to think seriously. I want Japan to take action toward world peace”.
This remark might be tied to Japan’s increasing laxness on immigration and its announcement of arms sales to fund wars, much like another certain country.
His comments tie into his long-standing focus on war and politics within Gundam, a franchise originally created as an anti-war narrative. Over the years, Tomino has frequently expressed concern that both society and audiences may not fully understand or carry forward those themes.
can’t achieve world peace while disarmed. Pacifists truly need a good beating so you can ask them what are they going to do to stop it.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
I can tell you’ve never known conflict. People who have prefer peace to war.
Ukraine and Russia are both physically and economically destroyed because of the war. More than half of UA is bought out by Black Rock and Russia is essentially Chinese property now.
War is so based! Can’t wait for Japs to be Chinese/corporate property too! I bet we will have more anime and even better games in war time, when Japan fully switches its capacities to arms production and will be struggling with staying on the map.
Also, you got to be a literal, drooling moron if you don’t realize that Japan is about to be thrown under the bus by US, to wage a proxy war with China.
You “love” Japan so much that you are cheering on Japan being demolished, just so US could stay the main superpower for 15 more minutes.
It’s not about immigration, Tomino is a leftist and angry Takaichi wants to revise article 9 of constitution and have a proper military while also exporting Japanese made weapons.
Can’t wait to become the new Ukraine, don’t you? Fucking moron.
I was actually quite sad when I heard Takahiro Kimura died, presumably an utterly wretched dead by a rare disease called amyloidosis… he either together with Yoshitomo Yonetani (both together and by themselves) made some of my mecha faves, GaoGaigar, Brigadoon (Marin & Melan), Gun Sword and even Code Geass.
I didn’t even know the name of this Tomino guy cause I was never into gundam.
P.S.: I like most non mecha works by either aforementioned ones too. But then again, at least one of them was involved in classic smut like Viper and the like.
Those people still ‘got it’ they knew what to do. Things men (and boys) like.
The f♥♥k are you babbling about