First erected in 2009, a giant scale model of a robot from the classic Japanese anime?Mobile Suit Gundam has returned to Tokyo. More of an enormous model than a traditional statue, the 59-foot-tall goliath has to actually be put together from hundreds of intricately detailed parts. It's a time-consuming process, but thankfully one?YouTube user has captured it?in time-lapse video.
The robot stands on?Odaiba, an artificial island in Tokyo Bay. It originally stood for only one month, in July 2009, and attracted more than four million visitors before being disassembled and moved south to?Shizuoka City, home to many of Japan's scale model making companies. It resided there for nine months before returning ? in pieces ? to Tokyo as part of charity efforts towards relief for the?Great Eastern Japan Earthquake.
Construction of the mighty but sadly inanimate mechanoid takes several weeks, and begins with its steel skeleton. It's a fascinating process to watch ... and kind of makes you wish that the bot would actually spring to life at the end!
Anime News Network via?Geekosystem
This article was written by Randy Nelson and originally appeared on Tecca
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