http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/06/11/twisting-in-the-wind/ "All the News That's Fit to Squint" Thu, 17 May 2012 04:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/06/11/twisting-in-the-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Giant Gundam gives Tokyo ‘green’ ally | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photos from Tokyo Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:45:07 +0000 http://www.tokyoreporter.com/?p=87#comment-826 [...] Near the Rainbow Bridge, on the man-made peninsula of Odaiba, a “life size” rendition of a Gundam robot will stand guard as a representative member of the influential “Mobile Suit Gundam” television series, which this year is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The eighteen-meter-high armored figure, replicated right down to its double-nozzle jet pack, sits as the centerpiece of the Green Tokyo Gundam Project, an event that intends to raise funds for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s push for a more environmentally friendly future. [...] [...] Near the Rainbow Bridge, on the man-made peninsula of Odaiba, a “life size” rendition of a Gundam robot will stand guard as a representative member of the influential “Mobile Suit Gundam” television series, which this year is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The eighteen-meter-high armored figure, replicated right down to its double-nozzle jet pack, sits as the centerpiece of the Green Tokyo Gundam Project, an event that intends to raise funds for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s push for a more environmentally friendly future. [...]

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