How can you not love Japan for justifying a giant robot statue of Gundam in the middle of the city. Imagine driving through downtown Los Angeles and passing a giant transformers statue… why not? Right? It was actually put there to promote the 2016 Olympic’s bid and to promote tourism to Odaiba.
The Gundam statue stands 59 feet tall! So to be eye level with it you’d have to be about six stories up.
Gundam is a Japanese anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino which is seen as a symbol for positivity and inspiration.
“In Gundam, you see a young man get on board a giant robot, he reads a tech manual and he says, ‘I can fly this thing and save the world’ – and in fact, he does.
“I think that hopefulness is what the Japanese see in robots.”
It really makes you admire the positive attitude and cultural relationship the Japanese have with robotics and technology.
(Via- BBC UK)
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