Yoshiyuki Tomino
In 1979, Tomino directed and wrote "Mobile Suit Gundam", which was highly influential in transforming the Super Robot mecha genre into the Real Robot genre. Mark Simmons discusses the impact of "Gundam" in his book, "Gundam Official Guide":
In an interview published in "Animerica" magazine, Tomino discusses what he was trying to accomplish with "Mobile Suit Gundam":
Although the last quarter of the show's original script was canceled and it had to be completed in 43 episodes, its popularity grew after three compilation movies were released in 1981 and 1982. "Mobile Suit Gundam" was followed by numerous sequels, spin-offs and merchandising franchises, becoming one of the longest-running and most influential, popular anime series in history, being chosen as No. 1 on TV Asahi's "Top 100 Anime" listing in 2005.
Gundam Reconguista in G
"Gundam Reconguista in G" is Yoshiyuki Tomino's first major original animated work since "The Wings of Rean" in 2004, though he had directed a CGI short for "Gundam's" 30th anniversary in 2009 called "Ring of Gundam". The character designs of the series are by Kenichi Yoshida, who had his first character designs credit in Tomino's "Overman King Gainer". The mechanical designs are by Akira Yasuda, who previously worked with Tomino as character designer in "Turn A Gundam" and mecha designer in "Overman King Gainer", Kimitoshi Yamane, who also worked with Tomino in "Overman King Gainer", and Ippei Gyōbu, an advertising illustrator who was working on his first mechanical designs. Yuugo Kanno is the composer of the music.