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.
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam
Tobia decides to be with the Vanguard, who reveal to him that the Jupiter Empire has spent several years building up its military strength to destroy the Earth Federation, with whom it has a partnership. Now armed with this information, Tobia is trained in mobile suit piloting by Kinkedo and to discover his own Newtype abilities. He flies into action as pilot of the XM-X3 Crossbone Gundam X-3 mobile suit."Crossbone Gundam" has had four sequels, all written and illustrated by Yuichi Hasegawa:The characters and mecha of "Crossbone Gundam" often appear in the "SD Gundam G Generation" video game series. The series also appears in "2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha", part of the long-running "Super Robot Wars" franchise; it is the first non-animated series to be given plot significance in a "Super Robot Wars" game. In 2010, "Crossbone Gundam" appeared in "", Super "Robot Wars"' action counterpart.