INTERVIEWS

In an attempt to help curb the slew of misinformation in the fandom surrounding various Gundam figures over the many decades, this page will serve as a compendium of translated interviews. Interviews from staffers will mainly be relegated to their respective headers unless it’s a series of them from a particular mook/magazine (like Great Mechanics, etc.).

An Interview with Yoshiyuki Tomino (Rapport Deluxe, 1986)
20 Years of Gundam, as Told by Yoshiyuki Tomino (Gundam Millenium, 2000)
Animerica Interview with Yoshiyuki Tomino (Animerica, December 2002)
Interview with Mobile Suit V Gundam Chief Director (Great Mechanics, 2023)
Gundam Ace’s 22nd Anniversary Interview with Tomino
Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Universal Century Summary (Gundam F91 Perfect File, 1991)
Director Tomino’s Incisive Comments on Games (Gundam Millenium, 2000)
Understanding Turn A in Today’s Context (Great Mechanics DX 18, 2011)
Yoshiyuki Tomino’s THE CHANGE #4 (Futabasha Change, 2023)
Insights from Ogata & Inoue on Tomino (World of Tomino, 2021)
G-Reco: Post TV Series Broadcast (Great Mechanics, Summer 2015)

 

Producer Ogata on the UC NexT 0100 Project (Great Mechanics, Summer 2018)
Sunrise × Gundam Ace Roundtable Discussion (Gundam Ace, 2021)
Guiding Gundam into the Future (Sunday Mainichi, 2022)
The Soul of “G” That Transcends Time (Shouwa 50, 2023)
The Monstrosity of Mobile Suits (Davinci, February 2023)
Gundam Goal (Gundam Ace, Summary Only)
The Flow of Mecha, Humanity and the World (Great Mechanics, Spring 2015)
The Battlefield: Where Two Men’s Destinies Intersect (Great Mechanics, Winter 2015)
Gundam’s Enduring Strength (Great Mechanics, Summer 2021)
About Cucuruz Doan’s Island (Great Mechanics, 2022)
Gundam Series and its Future (Great Mechanics, Summer 2024)

Harutoshi Fukui on the Hyper Beam Javelin (Dengeki Hobby, Februaru 2012)
Behind the Process of Gundam UC, Etc (Gundam Ace, April 2023)
Destination of the Newtype (Gundam Ace, February 2024)
Harutoshi Fukui on the Upcoming Film (Great Mechanics, Autumn 2018)
Destination of the Newtype (Great Mechanics, Spring 2019)
The Future of Newtypes as Envisioned by Gundam NT (Da Vinci, 2018)
Special Interview with Screenwriter Harutoshi Fukui (Dengeki, 2019)
The Journey & Future of Universal Century Gundam ① (Da Vinci, 2020)
The Journey & Future of Universal Century Gundam ② (Da Vinci, 2020)
The Journey & Future of Universal Century Gundam ③ (Da Vinci, 2020)
The Journey & Future of Universal Century Gundam ④ (Da Vinci, 2020)

G-SAVIOUR: From Inception to Creation (Great Mechanics, 2001)

Online Interview with Producer Takuya Okamoto (2022)
Kana Ichinose x Lynn Interview (2022)
Kana Ichinose x Lynn Interview 2 (2022)
Talking with Takuya Okamoto
Producer Takuya Okamoto Interview #3 (2022)
Screenplay Writer Ohkouchi Interview Summary (2022)
Staff Interview #3 Ichiro Ohkouchi (Gundam Ace, 2022)
Staff Interview #5 Lin Junbun (Gundam Ace, 2023)
Kanetake Ebikawa (Gundam Forward, September 2023)
Wataru Inata (Gundam Forward, September 2023)
Ippei Gyoubu (Gundam Forward, September 2023)
Kenji Teraoka (Gundam Forward, September 2023)
Takayuki Yanase (Gundam Forward, September 2023)
JNTHED Interview (Blu-ray Vol.1, 2023)
mogumo Interview (Blu-ray Vol.1, 2023)
Ippei Gyoubu Interview (Blu-ray Vol.2, 2023)
Wataru Inata Interview (Blu-ray Vol.2, 2023)
Kanetake Ebikawa Interview (Blu-ray Vol.3, 2023)
Kenji Teraoka Interview (Blu-ray Vol.3, 2023)
Takayuki Yanase Interview (Blu-ray Vol.4, 2023)
Takashi Ohmama Interview (Blu-ray Vol.4, 2023)
Ichiro Ohkouchi Interview (Blu-ray Season 2 Vol.3, 2023)
Hiroshi Kobayashi Interview (Blu-ray Season 2 Vol.4, 2023)
Kenji Teraoka x Takayuki Yanase (Great Mechanics, 2023)
Kana Ichinose as Suletta Mercury (Animage, 2023)
Ichiro Ohkouchi x Seiichi Shirato Interview (Newtype, 2023)
Takashi Ohashi (Newtype, 2023)

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM ZZ

Special Contribution: Thoughts on the Start of ZZ (Animage, 1986)

GM Interview ① Sunrise’s Shigeru Horiguchi (Great Mechanics, Spring 2001)
G-Saviour: From Inception to Creation (Great Mechanics, Summer 2001)
in Universal Century: RGM-79N GM Custom (Great Mechanics, Autumn 2002)
SEED: Redefining Mobile Suits for the 21st Century (Great Mechanics, Winter 2002)
Producer Ogata on the Flow of Mecha, Humanity and the World (Great Mechanics, Spring 2015)
Yoshiyuki Tomino on The True Future Starting from G-Reco (Great Mechanics, Spring 2015)
The Battlefield: Where Two Men’s Destinies Intersect (Great Mechanics, Winter 2015)
Yasuo Ohtagaki on Depicting Gundamisms (Great Mechanics, Spring 2016)
Morifumi Naka on Depicting Thunderbolt (Great Mechanics, Summer 2016)
Special Feature: 40 Years of Mobile Suits (Great Mechanics, Autumn 2019)
Gundam Series and its Future (Great Mechanics, Summer 2024)
New Possibilities: U.C. ENGAGE (Great Mechanics, Summer 2024)

GUNDAM 00:

Seiji Mizushima on the Future of Gundam 00 (Great Mechanics, 2018)

GUNDAM NARRATIVE:

Producer Ogata on the UC NexT 0100 Project (Great Mechanics, Summer 2018)
Harutoshi Fukui on the Upcoming Film (Great Mechanics, Autumn 2018)
Toshikazu Yoshizawa on the Film (Great Mechanics, Winter 2018)
Harutoshi Fukui on the Destination of the Newtype (Great Mechanics, Spring 2019)

GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM

Mitsuo Fukuda on SEED FREEDOM (Great Mechanics, Spring 2024)
Kunio Okawara & Kimitoshi Yamane (Great Mechanics, Summer 2024)

CG Director Tomohiro Fujie (Animage Plus, 2021)
Interview Summary with Kimitoshi Yamane (Great Mechanics, 2022)

Interview 08: Executive Producer Naohiro Ogata

GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM MOVIE

SEED Journal: Interview with Director Mitsuo Fukuda (Gundam Ace, 2021)
SEED Journal: Interview with Director Mitsuo Fukuda (Gundam Ace, 2023)
SEED Journal: Interview with Novelist Liu Goto (Gundam Ace, May 2024)
Interview with Director Mistuo Fukuda (Shueisha, 2024)
Fukuda’s SEED FREEDOM Premiere Comments (January 2024)
Interview with Mitsuo Fukuda (Animedia, 2024)
Interview with Kunio Okawara (Animedia, 2024)
Interview with Kunio Okawara (AnimagePlus, 2024)
Interview with Mitsuo Fukuda (Animage, 2024)
Mitsuo Fukuda on SEED FREEDOM (Great Mechanics, Spring 2024)

MOBILE FIGHTER G GUNDAM

Interview with Fuyunori Gobu (Rapport Deluxe, 1995)

YOSHIKAZU YASUHIKO

Interview Summary (Gundam Ace, March 2022)
About Cucuruz Doan’s Island (Great Mechanics, March 2022)

YASUO OHTAGAKI

Gundam Thunderbolt Summary (Great Mechanics, 2017)

MISCELLANEOUS

Yoshie Kawahara on G-Saviour in 2024
Yuuichi Hasegawa Interview Notes (Crossbone Mecha Exposition, 2021)
Gundam 0080 Staff Notes
Moon Gundam Roundtable Discussion (Gundam Ace, April 2022)
Furuhashi “Time Travel” Interview Comment (Great Mechanics Info, 2014)

GUNDAM WING INTERVIEWS

Creators Interview: Aoki x Sumizawa x Midorikawa (EW Blu-ray, 2017)
Five Gundams for Five Pilots: Hajime Katoki (Anime V Special, 1997)
More Than One Answer to Gundam Wing (Anime V Special, 1997)
(Animerica Magazine, May 2000)

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