Shizuoka City Gundam bringing in the big cash
The 59-foot-tall statue will be erected in front of Japan Railway’s Higashi-Shizuoka Station in Shizuoka’s Aoki ward by July. As part of the 30th anniversary of the Gundam anime franchise, the statue stood on the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay last summer and attracted 4.15 million visitors. The planners had only predicted 1.5 million visitors before the statue was built.
The duration of the statue’s stay in Shizuoka is still to be determined, but the city estimates that the statue can attract 900,000 visitors and 40 billion yen over the course of 300 days. According to the city, 9,600 jobs will be created for security, maintenance, and other operations at the site. More details about the exhibit’s duration and related events will be announced at the end of March.
After 300 days have passed the Gundam statue will be moved into another prefecture, most likely near Shizuoka’s Bandai Hobby Center, the factory in which Gundam model kits are produced.
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