Details of this event:
Venue: Hachioji Yume Art Museum (八王子市夢美術館), Tokyo
Date: July 17th to September 6th (closed on every Monday except July 20th. Closed on July 21st)
Time: 10AM to 7PM
Admission: General public: 500 Yen, 400 Yen (visitor group with 15 members and above), Students and seniors aged 65 and above: 250 Yen, 200 Yen (visitor group with 15 members and above).
As the leading mecha designer in Japan, Kunio Okawara-sensei has a vast collection of work to be exhibited. The series mentioned include
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman F (科学忍者隊ガッチャマンＦ)
- Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (無敵鋼人ダイターン３)
- Daitarn 3 & Zambot 3 (ダイターン３＆ザンボット３)
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Invincible Robo Trider G7 (無敵ロボトライダーＧ７)
- Fang of the Sun Dougram (太陽の牙ダグラム)
- Combat Mecha Xabungle (戦闘メカザブングル)
- Armored Trooper VOTOMS (装甲騎兵ボトムズ)
- Ginga Hyōryū Vifam (銀河漂流バイファム)
- Panzer World Galient (機甲界ガリアン)
- Blue Comet SPT Layzner (碧き流星ＳＰＴレイズナ)
- Armor Hunter Mellowlink (機甲猟兵ドラグナー)
- The Brave series (勇者シリーズ／ヤッターマン)
- Gundam Ace [Okawara's Factory] (ガンダムエース「大河原ファクトリー」)
- Gundam Ace [Inheritance of the Originals] (ガンダムエース「原典継承」)
and others
Quite a few of them I have never heard of actually ^^;
Anyway, there will two events featuring Okawara-sensei:
July 18th (2PM): Autograph session
August 22nd (2 - 3.30PM): Talk and interactive session.
Mecha fans visiting Japan in July for the 1/1 scale Gundam RX-78-2 statue at Shiokaze Park, Tokyo and in August for the 18-meter tall Tetsujin 28 statue at Wakamatsu Park, Kobe should visit the exhibition as well, to learn more about Japanese mecha design. ^^
Image and information from CD Journal.
