Depicting Gundam as partners of peace who coexist with humanity in a world where life in space is commonplace

The goal of the GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION at the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan was to connect people around the world through Gundam and to serve as a place that inspires people to think about the future.

The Gundam series has depicted a future where people live in space, which is now becoming a reality. GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION presented a world where life in space was commonplace.

The approximately 50-minute interactive tour allowed visitors to experience the journey into space not just through images visually, but also physically, offering a step-by-step experience from PHASE 0 to PHASE 7. A small robot character named Haro served as a guide, taking participants on an epic space journey beginning with the Orbital Elevator. In the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime, mobile suits were depicted as weapons used in conflict. Still, at the Expo, they were redefined as partners for peace who coexist with humanity, presenting visitors with hope and possibilities for the future.

The pavilion also featured exhibits with sustainability in mind, with a space colony sculpture made from Gundam model kit runners (the frame of a plastic model kit). At the Gunpla Academy held at elementary schools in Osaka Prefecture, 2,000 runners were collected from elementary school students and used to make the sculpture. In addition, as an exhibit of future energy, spherical botanical lights were installed among the plants and trees inside the pavilion. Botanical lights illuminate simply by inserting electrodes into the soil or near water. The exhibit showed how these lights generate electricity using electrons released in the soil or water as microorganisms that coexist with plants go about their life activities.