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Posted by LadyPSerenity in News Articles September 01, 2009 at 07:37:41 AM

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard of the life sized Gundam that was constructed at Shiokaze Park on the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. The Robot was 1/1-scale, 18-meter-tall statue of the anime's title robot. The approaching Typhoon #11 was cited as the reason for cancelling the ceremony on the statue's last public day. Yoshiyuki Tomino, gundam creator and Tohru Furuya, Amuro Ray's voice actor, would have participated in the closing ceremony just like they did in the opening ceremony on July 10th.

Planners had anticipated 1.5 million visitors over the two month display period and were greeted with 4.15 million visitors. August 23, 2009 held the record of 185,000 visitors. The enormous, 35 ton, statue was built with fiberglass-reinforced plastic over a steel frame so it can be dissassembled later. There are 50 lights, 14 mist-emitting devices, sound effects and a moving head unit. The planners acknowledged that the fate of the statue after August 31 is "undetermined."

One of the really cool events happened on August 25th where 38-year-old Yasuo Kai married his 37-year-old bride Emi in front of the statue. In total there were 550 couples that applied for this special honor and the Take and Give Needs (T&G) wedding coordinators and famed wedding planner Akemi Ariga chose this couple. Kai was dressed as amuro Ray and Emi wore a traditional wedding dress. Shibuya has some photos.

Source: Anime News Network

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