[4K] Real Scale Moving GUNDAM in twilight Yokohama

18 meters (59 feet) high GUNDAM built for its 40th anniversary at Yokohama, a city facing Tokyo Bay.
On December 27, 2020. Shot with Panasonic HC-X1500.

ガンダムファクトリー横浜
Gundam Factory Yokohama
機動戰士GUNDAM 機動戰士鋼彈 機動戰士高達 기동전사건담

[BikkoArt]

This is so much more amazing in real-life.
I remember Yoshiyuki Tomino (Creator of Gundam) wrote a comment on one of the walls there where he mentions his biggest dream was to have an actual gundam walking and they really did their research for it, but it being impossible due to simple physics and the weights being too much. He also apologized that this was the most he could do at this point in time as he was not able to give us a fully walking gundam. Love that guy.

[SmashMan]

America: we have the statue of liberty
Japan: cool story bro

[Nyamoshi]

生きてる間にこの動く姿が見れたことが奇跡……
日本が世界に誇れることだよこれは。
これは本当に目の前で生で見て欲しい。鳥肌立つよ。
いつかこのガンダムがもっとなめらかに動くようになったら……
その頃には生きてないのかもな……

[SeniorCharry]

The sound effects, voice acting, the Mobile Suit, all of it is so good. I really miss the style and mood of older Gundam animes.

[knightofnyiuh]

It is amazing that you can see this in person and have absolutely no control over your emotions after seeing how small you really are to the toys/models you played with as a kid.

[because-strudels]

Watching this makes me tear up and my chest fill with a powerful upward feeling. I can't imagine what it must've been like to have seen it in person... Gundam forever. Keep striving for a better future!

[jsensei]

This is only the beginning, once you create something like this, you can only think of ways to further and further improve upon it. Good luck, Japan, I'm rooting for you.

[lordjin]

You're gonna need a pretty big glass cabinet to add this one to your collection

[hitokiri]

The engineering and the design is unbelievable

[alexchubbymclynn]

My respect to Japanese engineers and designers! You, guys, know how to impress people!)) Great work

[LightyGab]

Why I have tears on my eyes? This is so epic man and I'm so proud to see something that was considered "nerd media" being appreciated it like this.

[gundam]

Hopefully Bandai will popularize the Gundam franchise in the West again.

[tokyobassist]

As a fan this is beyond epic but really puts into perspective how terrifying the One Year War was. We are so small compared to Gundams and Zakus!

[jasonharrison]

In thousands of years, humans from the future will look at this and think it was some kind of ancient god

[djpat]

This is one of the reasons why I want to go to Japan. You gotta love the Japanese because they made our childhoods great all the way from the 70's.

[Reposessor]

I cant imagine how breathtaking this could be to see in person, omg

[mari_golds-bleeding-ink]

It’s almost terrifying just how huge these things are. Truly amazing work from the engineers and others behind this! I’d love to see this myself someday~

[monotonekami]

This would be be amazing if there were like small hydraulics in the ground that shook as the gundam stepped or moved on the ground but this is all still amazing in general

[bricelettkeman]

This is fantastic! I can’t wait for the day something like this can move at full speed. I’d like to see it sprinting through a field and jumping really high.

[obi-onekenerdi]

I’ve seen videos of one of the day time shows but the music and the lighting in this one makes it so much better. This is quite literally one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. If only I wasn’t so far away from such an amazing feet of engineering