Yoshiyuki Tomino
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About
Popularized mecha anime with Mobile Suit Gundam and its numerous spinoffs.
Before Fame
He was a storyboard artist with Osamu Tezuka's company Mushi Productions on Mighty Atom, which became Astro Boy in the U.S.
Trivia
He directed the first 26 episodes of another influential mecha series, Brave Raideen, four years before starting the Gundam franchise.
Family Life
He grew up in Odawara, the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan.
Associated With
He worked with Enuka Okuma, who was one of the voice actors on his Gundam Wing anime series.