The “GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE SCIENCE Exhibition – For a richer life in the future” will be held at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation from Thursday, October 3rd to Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024.
GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE SCIENCE Exhibition ~For a prosperous life in the future~
Date: October 3, 2024 – October 22, 2024
This special exhibition combines the spectacular worldview of the TV animation series Mobile Suit Gundam with cutting-edge science and technology, allowing you to truly experience the future. This exhibition, which allows you to experience a safe and secure rich lifestyle of the future and the forefront of space development, is inspiring not only the children who will lead the next generation, but also adults.
Dates: Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024
*Closed on Wednesday, October 9th and Wednesday, October 16th
Venue: 1st floor exhibition and event hall at the Science Museum, 2nd floor C room event hall, and other locations within the museum
*Only admission to the Science Museum is required to view the exhibition
Organizers: Japan Science Foundation and Science Museum
Planning and production: Japan Science Foundation and Science Museum
Nomura Co., Ltd.
Planning cooperation: Bandai Namco Film Works Inc.
SOTSU Co., Ltd.
Support: Museum Crew Co., Ltd.
This event is supported by the JKA Keirin Foundation.
In the special venue on the first floor, various technologies will be exhibited in three corners that connect the future depicted in Gundam with the present.
1. Space Age of Technology ~ Technology leading to the space age ~
In the world of Gundam, life in space is depicted. Various space development projects currently underway for the advancement of humanity into space aim to make future dreams and hopes a reality through science and technology.
Various space technologies, such as space colonies that also appear in Gundam, will be exhibited in various ways from the perspectives of “space,” “environment,” and “technology.”
2. The Possibility of MS (Mobile Suits) ~ The Possibility of General-Purpose Humanoid Robots ~
Mobile suits as an extension of “human” physical abilities in outer space. The technical aspects of this will be presented in various experiential exhibits, introducing the latest robot technology, etc. At the venue, visitors can experience a realistic robot operation experience and touch robots that may be used in future space work and disaster sites. Visitors can also experience the fun of operating robots inspired by the Gundam series, etc.
3. Innovation of Future Lifestyle
Technology for humans to live in space. This means looking back at the Earth’s environment from space. Can we verify the technology of “food” and “living” in space and use the feedback to improve the current Earth’s environment? We will consider the possibilities of that future.
Special experience program
(Details on how to participate will be announced later on this page)
1. “Gundam Open Innovation Science Lecture”
A lecturer from the Gundam Open Innovation team will be invited to hold a special lecture that connects “Gundam” to the future of science and technology.
Venue
2nd floor, Room C Workshop venue
How to participate
Registration will be accepted during reception hours at the workshop venue mentioned above.
What is Mobile Suit Gundam?
Mobile Suit Gundam, which began broadcasting in 1979, has a realistic depiction of warfare in which robots are treated as “weapons” called “mobile suits,” meticulous scientific research, and a complex and deep human drama. It established the genre of “real robot anime” that could not be described as a simple moral triumph over evil, which had been the trend in robot anime up until then, and sparked a huge boom.
Since then, the series has been produced as 24 TV animations, 30 theatrical and cinematic works, 27 OVAs, and many streaming, event, and TV specials, and has long been highly popular both domestically and internationally.