Touring Japan's Gundam Factory With Armored Core's Chief Producer

<p>Earlier this summer, amid an incoming typhoon, Game Informer visited the Bandai Hobby Center Shinkan, the 132,000-square-foot factory where the entertainment company manufactures its iconic Gundam model kits. If you purchase a new Gundam model kit at your local store today, it originated in this facility in Shizuoka, Japan. The factory contains 35 plastic color-molding machines – 25 electric and 10 hydraulic – all helping produce millions of models yearly.</p>

<p>Bandai Spirits employee Miyuki Nakagiri, the subject matter expert on how exactly the factory operates, escorts us through the building. Our translator during this tour is Atsuo Yoshimura, a video game production manager who’s worked at Bandai Namco for the last 17 years. Notably, Yoshimura worked on last year’s Elden Ring – Game Informer’s 2022 Game of the Year, and most recently, <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/review/armored-core-vi-fires-of-rubicon/a-well-oiled-machine" target="_blank">Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon.</a> Additionally, Yoshimura was instrumental in helping to coordinate <em>Game Informer’s </em>recent Armored Core VI cover story trip. </p>

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