Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野 由悠季 Tomino Yoshiyuki) (b. November 5, 1941) is a novelist and animation creator. He began his career in 1963 working for Osamu Tezuka's company, Mushi Productions . He later became one of the most important members of the animation studio, Sunrise, and went on to direct much of their anime through the 70's and 80's before slowing down in the 90's. However, he is best known for his transformation of the super robot genre into the real robot genre with 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam.

With his first work for Sunrise, 1977's Zambot 3 , as well as 1980's Space Runaway Ideon, 1983's Aura Battler Dunbine and 1985's Zeta Gundam, Tomino earned the nickname "Kill-All Tomino" for the high body count of normally-sacrosanct main characters in his works.

Tomino Filmography:

• Wandering Sun (1971 - Director)
• Star of the Seine (1975 - Director)
• Reideen the Brave (1975 - Director - First 26 Episodes)
• Choudenji Machine Voltes Five (1977 - Producer)
• Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 (1977 - Writer, Director)
• Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (1978 - Writer, Director)
• Mobile Suit Gundam (1979 - Writer, Director)
• Space Runaway Ideon (1980 - Writer, Director)
• Blue Gale Xabungle (1982 - Writer, Director)
• Aura Battler Dunbine (1983 - Writer, Director)
• Heavy Metal L-Gaim (1984 - Director)
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985 - Writer, Director)
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986 - Writer, Director)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988 - Writer, Director)
• Mobile Suit F91 (1991 - Writer, Director)
• Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993 - Writer, Director)
• Brain Powerd (1998 - Writer, Director)
• Garzey's Wing (1999 - Writer, Director)
• Turn-A Gundam (1999 - Writer, Director)
• Overman King Gainer (2002 - Writer, Director)