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.
Brain Powerd
"Brain Powerd" was produced by Sunrise and directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of the long-running Gundam franchise. "Brain Powerd" is often compared to the Gainax's popular "Neon Genesis Evangelion", a 1995 anime series with similar themes to "Brain Powerd". Tomino claimed that the plans and overall storyline for "Brain Powerd" were made even prior to the airing of "Evangelion". He stated that he "never meant ["Brain Powerd"] to be an antithesis to "Evangelion"" despite the inevitable comparisons they would receive when his own series debuted in 1998. After deciding not to make any changes to "Brain Powerd", he "resigned" himself to the fact that the public would label his anime an attempt to best "Evangelion". Tomino was enthusiastic about his first attempt at the "organic" mecha subgenre in place of the purely metallic robots he had worked with for so many years in his career. He wanted to write an interesting story for "Brain Powerd" in order to allow those who watched it to do so without "having a nervous breakdown" and to show fans "that there were often other things out there better than anime". Tomino has wished that more animators would see themselves as entertainers, though he admitted that he felt that "Brain Powerd" was not very entertaining and thus a failure in this regard.