Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Closed down at the end of March, the life-size walking Gundam in ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Time is running out to see the famous life-size, moving Gundam mech as Gundam Factory Yokohama is set to close its doors March 31. The anime-themed attraction first opened in ...

Having stood guard over the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza mall in Odaiba since 2017, Tokyo’s life-size Unicorn Gundam is being retired for good this August. The mega-robot leaves a near-decade legacy as the ...

The upcoming Gundam statue will arrive in time for the 2025 Gundam Next Future Pavilion in Osaka Japan, slated for April to October of next year. The mech itself is slated to stand around seventeen ...

A little over 3 years after it made its stomping debut, the mechanized, moving real-scale replica of the original legendary Gundam in Yokohama is no more. But Bandai sent out its walking, talking ...