"Gundam World" Debuts in Japanese Theme Park
posted on 2007-04-15 19:24 EDTExhibit previously displayed in Osaka area reappears in Nasu Highland Park in eastern Japan
Starting Saturday April 21st, the city of Nasukogen in Ibaraki Prefecture will see the arrival of a new exhibit at their local amusement park: an exhibit featuring "life size" Gundam robots.
The attraction, which will appear in Nasu Highland Amusement Park, will be laid out on a "giant diorama" that features a 4-meter (approx. 14 feet) tall Gundam, a model of Char Aznable's Zaku robot, models of the cockpits for robots from the Gundam and Zeta Gundam anime, and a 1/144th-scale "White Base", based on the location of the same name from the anime.
The attraction was previously featured in an Osaka-area park, and has never appeared in eastern Japan before. Nasu Highland Park is better known for its 9 rollercoasters and other attractions. The park will likely see a large number of visitors shortly after the Gundam exhibit opens; "Golden Week", the week-long period in early May where most people are on vacation from work and school in recognition of a number of national holidays, begins one week after the exhibit opens.
Source: Tokyo Anime Center
The attraction, which will appear in Nasu Highland Amusement Park, will be laid out on a "giant diorama" that features a 4-meter (approx. 14 feet) tall Gundam, a model of Char Aznable's Zaku robot, models of the cockpits for robots from the Gundam and Zeta Gundam anime, and a 1/144th-scale "White Base", based on the location of the same name from the anime.
The attraction was previously featured in an Osaka-area park, and has never appeared in eastern Japan before. Nasu Highland Park is better known for its 9 rollercoasters and other attractions. The park will likely see a large number of visitors shortly after the Gundam exhibit opens; "Golden Week", the week-long period in early May where most people are on vacation from work and school in recognition of a number of national holidays, begins one week after the exhibit opens.
Source: Tokyo Anime Center
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