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Farewell Final Ceremony announced for Tokyo’s life-size Gundam statue, will...
Full-scale anime robot statue’s time in Tokyo is coming to an end, leading to an unsure future regarding mecha in the capital. We’re sadly down to the final few days for Tokyo’s life-size Gundam...
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Japanese convenience store Lawson now has stir-fried noodle-cooking robot chefs
Lawson expands the territory of its robo chefs as they expand their menus. You can get plenty of hot meals at convenience stores in Japan, but they usually have a cold start. Head on over to the...
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Gundam’s Char Aznable normal suit becomes roomwear for doing normal stuff in...
It’s the perfect outfit for when you want to start relaxing three times as quickly. The mobile suits of the Gundam franchise tend to command most of the attention from fans, seeing as how they’re...
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Tokyo’s life-size Gundam is getting a new look before its end-of-summer removal
Farewell celebration includes giveaways to help fans look a little more like Gundam themselves. We’re sadly down to the last few months before it’ll be time to say goodbye to Tokyo’s life-size Gundam...
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Gundam teams up with 300-year-old daruma maker for wood-carved anime mecha...
It’s a Gun-daruma! Being a mecha anime, Gundam is very focused on the future. As a matter of fact, it’s so focused on the future that the franchise has made up multiple “Century” and “Era” names for...
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Tokyo’s life-size Gundam anime mecha statue will be removed this summer
Goodbye (again), Gundam. Seeing Tokyo’s life-size Gundam statue is an amazing experience, but also surreal one. Sure, Japan is the land of anime and all, but even then, a 19.7-meter (64.6-foot) tall...
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Hello Kitty is now a transforming truck robot[Photos]
Optimus kawaii. Takara Tomy is the maker of the Tomica, Japan’s favorite brand of toy cars, basically the country’s version of Hot Wheels. However, while Tomica’s bread and butter is detailed...
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McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken...
Char’s invasion of Side 7 looks a little different in this continuity. McDonald’s is the world’s biggest burger chain, so if they’re going to do a collaboration, they’re going to team up with partners...
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Which Gundam is the favorite for fans in different countries? Gundam election...
Top vote-getters for different languages have a gap of more than 30 years between them. The various series of the Gundam franchise are allowed to do their own thing. Sometimes that means space opera...
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A robot joins the team at a fast-food restaurant, but in an unlikely city in...
OriHime arrives at a local Mos Burger to test the future of inclusive work. For technological experiments, Morioka is probably not the first choice that people would think of—in fact, you’d be...
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7-Eleven Japan’s ramen-cooking robot whipped us up a bowl of noodles【Taste test】
7-Eleven is trying to innovate beyond cup noodles, but does this new technology deliver the flavor ramen fans need? Recently, we found ourselves in the mood for ramen as we stepped through the door of...
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Gundam and Reebok team up for new GQuuuuuuX Pumps【Photos】
GQuuuuuuX kicks are ready to help you walk around in mobile suit style. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX isn’t just the newest Gundam anime series, nor is it merely the one with the most unintuitively...
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New anime mecha figure’s pilot is…you!?!【Photos】
Tokyo gift shop offers to put you in the cockpit of the very first anime mecha that had one. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of anime characters who pilot giant robots, and fans can spend...
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7-Eleven showcases its newest robots for cleaning, stocking, and customer...
Can going robotic ease convenience stores’ profitability blues? With Japanese convenience stores reaching critical mass in terms of expansion and available labor, all while in an environment of...
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4-meter-tall smooshy robot and friends coming to the Osaka Expo
Its four giant arms are all the better to hug you with. One of my few complaints with the 2025 Osaka-Kansai World Expo was the lack of robots. There were a few of those cat-waiter models scooting...
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Tokyo hotel has a special room just for Gundam Gunpla plastic model...
Anime-themed room has everything you need to build a Gundam model, including free kits. Ariake isn’t on all travelers’ short list of neighborhoods to stay in while spending a night in Tokyo. Located...
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Tokyo cafe staffed by robots piloted by paralyzed and otherwise housebound...
It’s the Dawn of a new restaurant experience. A few years back, we reported on Dawn ver. Beta, a cutting-edge cafe that employed paralyzed people as waiters by giving them robots to pilot remotely. At...
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Nope, these are NOT Gundam Char Aznable sunglasses! No siree…not at all…
Finally, someone who’s not Char gets to stand in the spotlight’s shine! Very few anime characters can boast anywhere near the charisma and popularity of Char Aznable. Though the ace pilot of the rebel...
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Gundam Wing dinner show to be held at fancy hotel in downtown Tokyo with...
Heero Yuy isn’t going to kill you while you eat, but his voice actor is going to read an all-new Gundam Wing scene. When I hear the term “dinner show,” the first image that springs to mind is an...
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Japan’s robot competition for people bad at making robots now accepting...
The nation’s most not-so-great will put their mediocrity to the test. For over a decade now, the least skilled people in Japan have come together in competition and celebration of not really knowing...
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