Sunrise created an anime directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
Mobile Suit Gundam . Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino , it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network and its affiliated ANN stations on April 7 , 1979 , and lasted until January 26 , 1980 , spanning 43 episodes . Overman King Gainer . Directed by longtime animator Yoshiyuki Tomino , the creator of the Gundam series , written by Ichirō Ōkouchi , and featuring character designs by Yoshihiro Nakamura , Kinu Nishimura and Ken ` ichi Yoshida , the series ran from September 7 , 2002 to March 22 , 2003 on Japan 's WOWOW network , spanning a total of 26 episodes . Sunrise (company) . Anime created by Sunrise that have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize are Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979 and the first half of 1980 , Space Runaway Ideon in the second half of 1980 , Crusher Joe ( co-production with Studio Nue ) in 1983 , Dirty Pair in 1985 , Future GPX Cyber Formula in 1991 , Gundam SEED in 2002 , Gundam SEED Destiny in 2004 and 2005 , Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion in 2006 and 2007 and Code Geass R2 in 2008 , thus making Sunrise as the studio that won the most number of Animage Awards .