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{{quote|"By directing combat and war pieces, I could experience catharsis and successfully avoid committing a murder in real life. In this sense, I'm really grateful for that because I was conscious that I had such homicidal traits, to be honest."|'''Yoshiyuki Tomino''', about his "[[Kill'Em All]]" reputation.}}
The [[Trope Namer]] for [[Kill'Em All]], Yoshiyuki Tomino began his career in anime as a part of [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s Mushi Productions, working on the storyboards and screenplay on ''Tetsuwan Atom'' (''[[Astro Boy]]'') in 1963. From the 1970s onwards, he was one of the primary members of the Sunrise animation studio, and went on to direct the [[Super Robot Genre|Super Robot]] series Yuusha Raideen in 1975, and Zambot 3 in 1977. Two years later, he went on to direct [[
Tomino is known as one of the first mecha anime directors to break out of the mold of the basic good versus evil characterizations that are especially prevalent in mecha series, and with Gundam and its sequel, established that the protagonists and antagonists are really [[Not So Different]] after all. Which is a one of the reasons why he earned the [[Fan Nickname]] of the Bald Wizard. The other one is, obviously, that [[Exactly What It Says
However, Tomino is also known as "[[Kill'Em All]] Tomino" for a number of series where much of the main cast gets killed during the [[Grand Finale]]. Among these series were [[Zambot 3]], [[Space Runaway Ideon]] (where ''his two expies'' get killed off), [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
It is alleged that the worst of his [[Kill'Em All]] tendencies were due to [[Creator Breakdown|bouts with depression]]. While a number of his series even in the 1980s ''did'' have happy endings, it wasn't until the mid-1990s, after ''V Gundam'', that he finally worked through his problems, and consistently avoided killing off entire casts ever since. The recently released compilation movies of ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Despite this reputation, Tomino has a habit of following a tragic series with [[Lighter and Softer|a comedic one]], following ''[[Zambot 3]]'' with ''[[Daitarn 3]]'', ''[[Space Runaway Ideon|Ideon]]'' with ''[[Xabungle]]'', and ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
[[Love Hurts]] is also prevalent in Tomino's Gundam series. In at least two instances, the hero has [[Killed Off for Real|killed]] or seen his [[Love Interest]] killed in battle, and the love interests of supporting characters have been killed in various senseless manners, or if they're lucky, as part of a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. This leads to the thought that being a Gundam pilot ''isn't'' the most dangerous occupation in a Tomino series; rather, it's [[Cartwright Curse|being a Gundam pilot's girlfriend]]. On the flip side, Characters in a comedy series seem to attract Harems, and get the implied Harem Ending. Notable examples are [[Xabungle|Jiron Amos]] who while implied to have picked Elche is left open for the possibility of having Rag too, [[Overman King Gainer|Gainer Sanga]] who despite confessing his love to Sara holds a VERY close friendship with Cynthia Lane (Which Sara didn't seem to mind in the end), and [[Daitarn 3|Banjou Haran]], who has ARTWORK of being flanked on both sides by beautiful women in their sexy underwear (Jetpacks, too, if we count the parting shot of ''Daitarn 3'''s first episode. Even [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
[[Urban Legends]] love to claim that Tomino despises all the ''Gundam'' shows he didn't make. Some say that he physically attacks anyone who dares mention ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
As an aside, Tomino occasionally writes lyrics for some of the songs that appear in his shows; when he does, he uses the pseudonym "Rin Iogi".
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Finally, Tomino appears as the main character in ''[[Gundam Sousei]]'', a heavily fictionalised account of the production of ''[[
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