Foreign media struggles to explain 'life-sized Gundam' captured during Tokyo Olympics games



The Tokyo 2020 Olympics , which began in July 2021, will be held without spectators due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the events will be broadcast around the world. Meanwhile, overseas media have reported that the British public broadcaster BBC and others are struggling to explain the Gundam that appeared in the background of the events.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Commentator tries his best to say 'Gundam'
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The men's triathlon, held on July 26th, had a course around Odaiba Seaside Park, and the athletes swam in the sea at Odaiba for the first swim, then rode through Odaiba, Aomi, and the Ariake area for the second bike. During the race, the life-sized Unicorn Gundam statue, a famous attraction at Odaiba, was caught on camera during the live broadcast, which has become a hot topic both in Japan and overseas.

In the video below, you can see the Unicorn Gundam statue reflected in the video around 35 minutes into the video (around 21 minutes into the race) and around 42 minutes into the video (around 28 minutes into the race).

[Odakura Makoto and Ninar Kenji appear!] Men's Triathlon | Tokyo 2020 Olympics | NHK
https://sports.nhk.or.jp/olympic/highlights/content/de53a540-500f-41e5-8f00-85c28562b23c/

The footage of the men's triathlon is also broadcast overseas ...




This included the BBC.



The BBC commentator tried to explain when the Gundam statue was shown, but commented, '(The players) passed this huge ... statue of 'Gandam', which is a kind of famous robot. Well, I don't know anything about it.' In addition to the Gundam being broadcast, many people have been talking about the commentator's pronunciation of 'Gundam' as 'Gandum / Gandam / Gandumb (Gandam)'. In addition, the commentator was later given a text explaining the statue, saying, 'Gandam, a unicorn robot.'





Furthermore, the sport climbing event that began on August 3rd was held at Aomi Urban Sports Park, which is close to the Unicorn Gundam in Odaiba, and the Unicorn Gundam was once again captured in photos taken during the competition.




On the other hand, when the official Olympic account called Gundam 'the giant robot in the background,' fans responded, 'No... this is Gundam. It's not a robot.'



The official BBC account even called it 'Transformer,' which drew a lot of criticism.






The official BBC account posted a tweet 20 minutes after the first tweet, admitting the mistake. However, in the tweet, they said, 'If Gundam and Transformers were to fight at the Olympics, who would win?' In the reply section, comments such as, 'Transformers are not eligible to participate in the Olympics because they do not have humans on board. Sports that rely on mechanical propulsion like Gundam would not be accepted under the IOC rules,' 'Definitely Transformers,' 'Gundam has the size advantage,' and ' Patlabor will win by taking a middle ground.' were posted.



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