Yoshiyuki Tomino is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for creating the Gundam anime franchise. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art.
Known For
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
(1988)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
(1982)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam I
(1981)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
(1991)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
(1981)
Director
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
(2002)
Director
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
(2006)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Triton of the Sea
(1979)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
(1981)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam I
(1981)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
(1982)
Director
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
(1982)
Director
Space Runaway Ideon: Contact
(1982)
Director
Xabungle Graffiti
(1983)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
(1988)
Director
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
(1991)
Director
Aura Battler Dunbine Memorial
(2000)
Director
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light
(2002)
Director
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
(2002)
Director
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars
(2005)
Director
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers
(2005)
Director
The Wings of Rean
(2005)
Director
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
(2006)
Director
Ring of Gundam
(2009)
Director
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie I: Go! Core Fighter
(2019)
Director
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie II: Bellri’s Fierce Charge
(2020)
Director
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie III: Legacy from Space
(2021)
Director
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie V: Beyond the Peril of Death
(2022)
Director
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie IV: Love That Cries Out in Battle
(2022)
Director
Acting
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
(2005)
Japan Sinks
(2006)
Mobile Suit Gundam - 30th Anniversary Documentary
(2010)
Self
Making Gundam: The Inside Story
(2019)
Writing
Combattler V Movie
(1977)
Storyboard
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
(1981)
Characters, Original Story, and Screenplay
Mobile Suit Gundam I
(1981)
Characters, Original Concept, and Screenplay
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
(1982)
Original Film Writer
Space Runaway Ideon: Contact
(1982)
Original Film Writer
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
(1982)
Characters, Screenplay, and Original Story
Xabungle Graffiti
(1983)
Original Story
Heavy Metal L-Gaim II: Farewell My Lovely + Pentagona Dolls
(1987)
Writer
Heavy Metal L-Gaim III - Full Metal Soldier
(1987)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
(1988)
Screenplay, Storyboard, and Original Film Writer
All That Gundam
(1989)
Writer
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
(1991)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
(1992)
Original Story
Gundam: Mission to the Rise
(1998)
Writer
Gundam Wing: The Endless Waltz
(1998)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report
(1998)
Original Story
Aura Battler Dunbine Memorial
(2000)
Writer
Gundam Evolve
(2001)
Screenplay
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
(2002)
Screenplay and Original Story
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light
(2002)
Original Story and Screenplay
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers
(2005)
Writer and Original Story
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars
(2005)
Writer and Original Story
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
(2006)
Screenplay and Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity of the Battlefront
(2008)
Original Concept
Ring of Gundam
(2009)
Writer and Original Story
30th Gundam Perfect Mission
(2009)
Story
Portrait of the Red
(2010)
Writer
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
(2010)
Original Concept
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden
(2013)
Original Concept
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I - Blue-Eyed Casval
(2015)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow
(2015)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion
(2016)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny
(2016)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS Remain of the Red
(2017)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum
(2017)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet
(2018)
Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative
(2018)
Original Story
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie I: Go! Core Fighter
(2019)
Screenplay, Storyboard, and Original Story
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie II: Bellri’s Fierce Charge
(2020)
Storyboard, Screenplay, and Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
(2021)
Original Story and Novel
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie III: Legacy from Space
(2021)
Screenplay, Storyboard, and Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
(2022)
Original Story
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie IV: Love That Cries Out in Battle
(2022)
Screenplay and Original Story
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie V: Beyond the Peril of Death
(2022)
Screenplay, Storyboard, and Original Story
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition III - The Rumbling Sky
(2023)
Original Concept
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition II - The Far-Away Dawn
(2023)
Original Concept
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
(2024)
Original Story
Art
Triton of the Sea
(1979)
Storyboard Designer
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
(2002)
Storyboard Artist
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers
(2005)
Storyboard Artist
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars
(2005)
Storyboard Artist
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie IV: Love That Cries Out in Battle
(2022)
Storyboard Artist
Crew
Aura Battle Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well
(1988)
Creator
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk I
(1988)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
(1989)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
(1991)
Script
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
(2002)
Creator
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light
(2002)
Creator
30th Gundam Perfect Mission
(2009)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I - Blue-Eyed Casval
(2015)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow
(2015)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion
(2016)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny
(2016)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum
(2017)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower
(2017)
Creator
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet
(2018)
Creator