"Mobile Suit Gundam F91", Original Release Japanese B1 Poster 1991, Rare Painted Artwork, B1 Poster Size (c.72.8 cm × 103 cm)

This is an original Japanese B1 poster printed in 1991 to promote the Japanese theatrical release of Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (機動戦士ガンダムF91), the feature film directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and released in Japanese cinemas on 16 March 1991. Sunrise’s Japanese and English work pages identify this image as the film’s poster visual, which is exactly what makes this sheet such a standout piece for collectors.

Film background
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 is a theatrical Universal Century Gundam story set in U.C. 0123, in which the Crossbone Vanguard attacks Frontier IV and Seabook Arno is drawn into the conflict, ultimately piloting the new Gundam in an effort to save Cecily Fairchild. Sunrise credits the film to a major creative team: Yoshiyuki Tomino as director, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko for character design, Kunio Okawara for mecha design, and Satoshi Kadokura for music.

This particular poster is especially striking because it avoids the usual crowded character montage and instead presents the F91 as a near-monumental icon: a huge painted close-up of the Gundam’s head against a blazing sky, with the vertical yellow catch-copy ガン・ダム・維・新 and an enormous blood-red “91” slashing through the composition. It feels less like routine anime advertising and more like a piece of graphic illustration art.

Poster design
The artwork on this poster is credited on the sheet itself to 横山 明 / Akira Yokoyama. Akira Yokoyama (1934–2009) was a master Japanese illustrator celebrated for his cinematic and highly technical approach to commercial art. Unlike the flat line work typical of anime, his style favored dramatic lighting, rich textures, and a "painterly" realism that bridged the gap between fine art and promotional media. Beyond his iconic posters for Gundam F91 and The Heroic Legend of Arslan, he was a prolific artist in motorsports and advertising, eventually becoming the president of the Tokyo Illustrators Society.

Printed in the large B1 cinema-poster format, this piece has tremendous wall presence. The electric blue, pink, and gold sky, the heavy black metallic mass of the Gundam head, the sharp yellow antennae, and the vine-entwined F91 logotype give it a dramatic, painterly intensity that is quite unlike more standard printed anime one-sheets. Once framed, it will display fantastically.

This poster is in excellent condition overall (especially considering its age). It has tiny pinholes from previous display and a small tear repaired with archival tape on the verso. Please refer to the imagery (front and back), as this is the exact poster that is for sale. We have provided additional close up imagery of the small tear at the top of the poster. 

It is over 35 years old.

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.