This full-scale Gundam robot is located outside Gundam Factory Yokohama in Japan.
Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton / CNET
Fans of the anime robot Gundam can now visit the life-size giant at the Gundam Factory in Yokohama, outside Tokyo, Japan.
C0 construction of the massive robot completed on July 29th. The Gundam robot stands 18 meters (59 feet) high and weighs 25 metric tons (about 55,000 pounds), according to Sora News 24.
This Yokohama Gundam is built with a mechanical skeleton so that it can actually move its body, including its arms and legs. Engineers test the movement of the robot’s legs, arms and torso on July 5th.
Prizes from Shinto blessed Gundam’s head in a traditional building ceremony called a jotoshiki before the head was attached to the robot’s shoulders with a construction crane.
This Gundam in Yokohama is the second full-scale RX-78 from Japan. De stood first at the Odaiba district of Tokyo before being replaced by the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam.
Gundam Factory Yokohama originally planned to open in the summer, but because of coronavirus delays, it will now open in October.
