Yoshiyuki Tomino is an anime creator best known for creating the Gundam anime franchise.
Began his career in 1963 with Osamu Tezuka's company, Mushi Production, scripting and directing episodes of the first Japanese anime television series, Astro Boy. He later became one of the most important members of the anime studio Sunrise, going on to direct numerous anime through the '70s, '80s and '90s. He is perhaps best known for his transformation of the "Super Robot" mecha anime genre into the "Real Robot" genre with 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam, the first in the Gundam franchise.
