Editing Yoshiyuki Tomino (section)

===1970s===
Tomino made his directorial debut with 1972's {{nihongo|''[[Triton of the Sea]]''|海のトリトン|Umi no Toriton}}.  This show, loosely based on [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s manga ''Blue Triton'', showed a different perspective than the traditional "good vs. evil" show.  The star, Triton, a 10-year-old boy, is the last survivor of the Tritons, a tribe from [[Atlantis]] that was wiped out by the supposedly evil Poseidons.  However the viewers learn later on that the story was not so black and white after all.<ref name="Anim-vol10">{{cite magazine | date=December 2002 | last = Machiyama |first=Toma | magazine =Animerica |volume=10 |issue=12 |title=Interview with Yoshiyuki Tomino – The creator of Gundam, before & after! | pages=40–41}}</ref>

In 1975, Tomino worked on ''[[Brave Reideen|Brave Raideen]]'', his first [[mecha]] work, in which he directed the first 26 episodes. ''Raideen'' was renowned and influential in its innovative portrayal of a giant machine of mysterious and mystical origins, and has gone on to inspire numerous other directors and series, including [[Yutaka Izubuchi]]'s 2002 series, ''[[RahXephon]]''.<ref name="AnAc">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeacademy.com/profile_tomino_yoshiyuki.php |title=Profile: Tomino Yoshiyuki |publisher=AnimeAcademy.com |access-date=5 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618123953/http://www.animeacademy.com/profile_tomino_yoshiyuki.php |archive-date=June 18, 2007 }}</ref>  Tomino also later worked on 1977's ''[[Voltes V]]''.

In 1977, Tomino directed ''[[Zambot 3]]''. Certain sources cite this series as the origin of a nickname used by some anime fans, {{nihongo|"Kill 'Em All Tomino"|皆殺しの富野|Minagoroshi no Tomino}}, due to the high number of character deaths (although Tomino had directed and worked in a number of series in which the vast majority of the protagonists survive).<ref name="Anim-vol10" /><ref>{{cite book | year=2001 | author = Clements, Jonathan |author2=McCarthy, Helen | title= The Anime Encyclopedia | pages=159 | publisher=Stone Bridge Press| isbn = 1-880656-64-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dsn.jp/~comet/anime/anime-ideon.html|script-title=ja:ロボットアニメ万歳|language=ja|access-date=22 February 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070228032037/http://www.dsn.jp/~comet/anime/anime-ideon.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 28 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mondo21.net/column/no16.html|script-title=ja:コラム|publisher=Mondo 21|access-date=22 February 2007|language=ja |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071024035616/http://mondo21.net/column/no16.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 24 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="TGE_KEAT">{{cite web|url=http://www.runswithscissors.ws/gundam/features/killemall.html|title=Kill Em All Tomino|publisher=The Gundam Encyclopedia|access-date=5 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230015317/http://www.runswithscissors.ws/gundam/features/killemall.html|archive-date=30 December 2007}}</ref>

In 1978, Tomino conceived, wrote and directed the successful Super Robot series ''[[Daitarn 3]]'', which featured an unusual mix of spy adventure, drama, sci-fi and irony. The series introduced many "pastiche" elements which became popular in the Eighties. The lead character, Haran Banjo, is considered one of the most multi-layered and fascinating anime characters in history.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 1979, Tomino directed and wrote ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', which was highly influential in transforming the [[Super Robot]] [[mecha]] genre into the [[Real Robot]] genre.  Mark Simmons discusses the impact of ''Gundam'' in his book, "Gundam Official Guide":
{{bquote|With its new, realistic approach to giant robots, Gundam changed the face of mecha anime and split the genre into two.  Single-handedly inventing the "Real Robot" subgenre, ''Gundam'' forced all of its predecessors to be redefined as part of the "Super Robot" subgenre.  Not surprisingly, Real Robots became all the rage after Gundam.  Shows such as [[Fang of the Sun Dougram|Combat Armor Dougram]] and [[Combat Mecha Xabungle|Walker Machine Xabungle]] followed the trail Tomino had blazed.<ref name="Simmons_41">{{cite book | year=2002 | author = Simmons, Mark | title=Gundam The Official Guide | pages=41 | publisher=Seiji Horibuchi | isbn = 1-56931-739-9 }}</ref>}}

In an interview published in ''Animerica'' magazine, Tomino discusses what he was trying to accomplish with ''Mobile Suit Gundam'':
{{bquote|The bottom line is, I wanted to have a more realistic robot series - unlike a super robot – where everything is more reality-based, based on a humanoid robot. Right from the beginning, the roots of the mobile suit came from the worker robots that were building the space colonies back then, and they would become more technologically advanced, to the point of becoming a weapon, and that was the whole lineage of the robots I had in mind since the beginning. So the whole idea, my idea, of trying to have a robot series in space without it becoming a stupid story was based on wanting to make a story and surrounding it with reality – more realistic possibilities was the underlying concept.<ref name="Anim-vol10-37">{{cite book | year=2002 | author = Machiyama, Toma |title=Animerica Volume 10, Number 12 Article | pages=37 | publisher=Seiji Horibuchi }}</ref>}}

Although the last quarter of the show's original script was canceled and it had to be completed in 43 episodes, its popularity grew after three compilation movies were released in 1981 and 1982. ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' was followed by numerous sequels, spin-offs and merchandising franchises, becoming one of the longest-running and most influential, popular anime series in history, being chosen as No. 1 on [[TV Asahi]]'s "Top 100 Anime" listing in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=7458|title=TV Asahi Top 100|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=23 September 2005|access-date=5 August 2007|archive-date=6 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206035734/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=7458|url-status=live}}</ref>