Editing Gundam (fictional robot) (section)

===Statues===
[[File:啦啦寶都上海金橋的高達模型 (Cropped).jpg|thumb|A life-sized statue of the Freedom Gundam from Gundam SEED in [[Shanghai]]]]
On March 23, 2008, a bronze statue of the Gundam was erected at the south entrance of [[Kami-Igusa Station]] in [[Suginami]], [[Tokyo]] to honor the hometown animation studio [[Bandai Namco Filmworks|Sunrise]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gundam.info/news/hot-topics/news_hot-topics_20080325_1282p.html |title=ガンダムのブロンズ像、西武新宿線 上井草駅前の大地に立つ！ |website=Gundam.info |date=25 March 2008 |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>

As part of the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam series, the company officially announced a project on March 11, 2009, called ''Real-G'' planning to build a '''1:1''' real size scale Gundam in Japan. It was completed on June 9, 2009, and displayed in a Tokyo park.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020110425/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8090946.stm|archive-date=October 20, 2010|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8090946.stm | work=BBC News | title=Day in pictures | date=June 9, 2009 | access-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527142953/http://recommend.yahoo.co.jp/silverlight/gundam/|archive-date=May 27, 2010|url=http://recommend.yahoo.co.jp/silverlight/gundam/|title=1/1実物大ガンダム大地に立つ！]|work=recommend.yahoo.co.jp|access-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref> The 18-meter tall statue was later moved and reconstructed in [[Shizuoka City]], where it stayed from July 2010 to March 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-23/life-size-gundam-statue-unveiled-at-new-shizuoka-home|title=Life-Size Gundam Statue Unveiled at New Shizuoka Home|date=2010-07-23|access-date= 2012-05-04|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-04/life-size-gundam-statue-returns-to-tokyo-in-parts|title=Life-Size Gundam Statue Returns to Tokyo ... in Parts|date=2011-08-14|access-date= 2012-05-04|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> This design became the basis for the Real Grade model in 2010 and the Master Grade Ver.3.0 model in 2013 and makes an appearance in ''[[Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G]]''. In August it was dismantled and reconstructed in [[Odaiba]], Tokyo on April 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-04-22/life-size-gundam-rises-again-at-tokyo-odaiba-in-video|title=Life-Size Gundam Rises Again at Tokyo's Odaiba in Video |date=2012-04-22|access-date= 2012-05-04|work=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/gundam-robot-statue-tokyo-japan-bandai-plaza-divercity_n_1468856.html?ref=world|title=Giant 60-Foot 'Mobile Suit Gundam' Statue Presides Over DiverCity Tokyo Plaza (PHOTO) |date=2012-05-01|access-date= 2012-05-04|work=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref> Until March 5, 2017, it stood in Odaiba along with a gift shop called "Gundam Front Tokyo".<ref name="appetiteforjapan">{{Cite web|url=https://appetiteforjapan.com/2015/12/02/gundam-odaiba/|title=Diver City Tokyo: the ultimate Gundam experience|last=appetiteforjapan|date=2015-12-02|website=Appetite For Japan|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> On March 5, it was announced that the life size RX 78-2 Gundam will be replaced by [[Statue of Unicorn Gundam|a statue of the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam]] from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gundam.info/topic/17635|title=「実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像」新プロジェクト始動！2017年秋、お台場にて展示開始！|work=公式ガンダム情報ポータルサイト「GUNDAM.INFO」|access-date=2017-03-07|language=ja}}</ref>

A second statue based on the original Gundam was announced in late 2018 as part of the "Gundam Global Challenge" made to receive concepts for an animatronic version.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Life-sized Gundam 18 Meters Tall Moves!|url=https://en.gundam.info/news/event/news_event_20181121_0012.html|access-date=2021-05-29|website=GUNDAM.INFO {{!}} The official Gundam news and video portal|language=en}}</ref> The statue, known as the RX-78F00 Yokohama Gundam, finished construction in 2020 and opened to the public on December 19, 2020 as part of the Gundam Factory Yokohama attraction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Japan's new life-size moving Gundam statue unveiled in full dramatic glory|url=https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/japan%E2%80%99s-new-life-size-moving-gundam-statue-unveiled-in-full-dramatic-glory|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Japan Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA|date=24 November 2020 |url=https://gundam-factory.net/en/|access-date=2021-05-29|language=en-US}}</ref> The statue was dismantled in 2024. A rebuilt version called the F00/E will be featured in the ''Gundam Next Future'' Pavilion at [[Expo 2025]] in Osaka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barder |first=Ollie |title=The Life-Size Walking Gundam Is Getting A New Home At Expo 2025 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2024/06/25/the-life-size-walking-gundam-is-getting-a-new-home-at-expo-2025/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> This statue will be in a fixed pose, kneeling and reaching for the sky.

Other statues include the Freedom Gundam from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' in Shanghai, China in 2021'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=&quot;Life-size&quot; Gundam statue in Shanghai catches hearts of fans |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/05/4cfed215f052-life-size-gundam-statue-in-shanghai-catches-hearts-of-fans.html |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Kyodo News+}}</ref>''', and a statue of the Nu Gundam from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]'' sporting a long range funnel weapon (dubbed the RX-93ff) in [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka, Japan]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stenbuck |first=Kite |date=2021-09-15 |title=Life-Size Nu Gundam Statue Will Appear in Fukuoka |url=https://www.siliconera.com/life-size-nu-gundam-statue-will-appear-in-fukuoka/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Siliconera |language=en-US}}</ref>