高达创世 The Men Who Created Gundam

「ガンダム」を創った男たち
大和田秀树
简介
高达创世是高达漫画系列的最新连载作品。
以搞笑+戏说的方式叙述了《机动战士高达》创造传奇的历程中创作人员们的“神奇抑或神经(囧)”的经历,虽然不少情节离谱无比,但是基本上可当做当年“三癞子社”创作《高达》的搞笑版编年史。尽管里面的内容十分夸张搞笑,但很多事情也确有事实根据。
故事以1978年富野由悠季找到当年的同事安彦良和,向他求助,希望创造一部开天辟地的新作动画为起始,中间戏说了夏亚的声优选拔,板野马戏的来历,高达和扎古的机设来源等内容,也夸张表现了当年高达初代作品不受欢迎,举步维艰,直到播放结束后一年埋没的金子才发光的艰苦历程。最后还描述了1981年高达初代三部剧场版公映后大获成功后的近三十年,在2010年富野,安彦,大河原三位老人看到1:1的高达雕塑时的激动心情。(百度)
In 1978 animation director Yoshiyuki Tomino set forth to change the Japanese animation industry. For decades prior, Japanese science fiction had churned out numerous tales of semi-autonomous robots that would often come to the aide of humanity, but as someone who worked on a number of those works, Tomino came to the realization that he wanted to see a more realistic robot narrative. His vision was one where the robot while just slightly more human in appearance, was utilized more as a tool manipulated by man. With renowned artist Yoshikazu Yasuhiko by his side, and occasionally as his artistic rival, Tomino would change the way the whole world came to see Japanese animation and the broader toy and comics industries built around it. This evolution would be a war in its own right! Battles were fought in the offices of the animation studio! Conflicts were equally as heated in the recording booth! (Goodreads)