Yeah, this one is badass.

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The finishing touches on the life-size Gundam going up near Higashi-Shizuoka station. I actually have a chance of seeing this some day!

1/1 scale Gundam in Shizuoka, Japan : Construction is almost Completed from darwinfish105 on Vimeo.

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Considered one of Japan’s cutest girls, Angelababy offers a short walking tour of two popular districts in Tokyo.

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Located in Kobe Wakamatsu Park, the giant Gigantor a.k.a. Tetsujin 28-go is finally completed and celebrated with an opening ceremony as shown in this video. Looks like it was a fun time and personally I’d rather see this than the Gundam that stood in Odaiba.

(thx to alafista.com)

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Only in Japan will you find a tourism video that features giant robots and monsters and lots of destruction. Sure, I’ll visit Hakodate based on that.

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More footage of the huge Gigantor robot being built in Kobe. Making progress here.

Here was the other video I posted about Gigantor.

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Work begins on Kobe’s life-size Gigantor. This is the one I would rather see. Expects to be completed in October.

Thanks to JapanProbe.com for the heads up.

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Footage of the Gundam open ceremony practice. Yes, I know, it’s more Gundam but still pretty cool.

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As anticipated, more videos of the amazing 1:1 scale Mobile Suit Gundam standing in Odaiba have been posted. This one is pretty cool. May start doubling up since there are so many.

Another nice capture of Giant Gundam and the surrounding area:

Unless the thing actually lifts off the ground or starts walking I probably won’t post [...]

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To follow up the last post, here’s some excellent footage the 1:1 scale Mobile Suit Gundam in Odaiba.

Love the steam coming off the legs:

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