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How To Save The Mecha Anime Genre From Stagnation

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Brian Niemeier
Sep 03, 2025
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Kazuya Tsurumaki, director of Gundam GQuuuuuuX and longtime lieutenant of Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno, recently gave an interview that set off alarm bells in Japan’s animation industry.

His warning was stark: mecha anime might not survive the next ten years; not even Gundam itself.

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