The pair also worked together on Space Battleship Yamato’s storyboards and Brave Raideen, before Tomino launched the Mobile Suit Gundam series in 1979 with character designs by Yasuhiko.
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Since then, Yasuhiko worked on character designs for other installments in the Gundam franchise, including Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam F91.
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He was the director and character designer of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime and most recently, the Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island movie, which premiered in June 2022.
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In 2001, Yasuhiko launched his Gundam: The Origin manga, a retelling of the original 1979 series’ story.