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Having stood guard over the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza mall in Odaiba since 2017, Tokyo’s life-size Unicorn Gundam is being retired for good this August. The mega-robot leaves a near-decade legacy as the sole guardian of the shopping mall from seagulls and Gunpla scalpers. Leading to the iconic mecha’s departure at the end of August, the 19.7-metre statue is expected to get a fresh new look with red unicorn-themed decals.
When Gundam Factory Yokohama closed its doors two years ago, fans were delighted to learn that the life-size Gundam from that venue would reappear in Osaka for the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo. In a similar fate to RX-78F00/E, there’s reason to hope the Odaiba Unicorn Gundam will appear again somewhere, in some form, in the near future.
The announcement of the Odaiba Gundam’s departure was made at Gundam Conference Spring 2026 and came alongside a teaser of the ‘Gundam Landmark Project’, a brand new Gundam facility or attraction in Japan that’s expected to attract fans from across the globe. While no reason was given for the Unicorn Gundam’s sudden retirement, we hope the Gundam-less era in Tokyo is short-lived.
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