Odaiba’s most famous mobile suit is making a partial comeback. The official Gundam account announced on November 13 that the head of the life-size Unicorn Gundam statue will go back on display at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza starting Saturday, November 21, 2026.
Where and when to see it
The head will stand in the mall’s 2F Festival Plaza, the same open-air space where the full statue stood for nearly nine years. According to the announcement, visitors will be able to take in its scale and detail from a distance that was never possible while it sat on top of the full statue. No end date has been given, and the official notice says the display may end or change without warning, so fans planning a Tokyo trip should check before visiting.
Alongside the news, Bandai Namco shared a Japanese-language retrospective video on YouTube, “The Life-sized Unicorn Gundam Statue Last Memories,” looking back at the full replica during its run, Siliconera reports.
A farewell, then a return
The full Unicorn Gundam statue was completed on September 24, 2017, and became one of Tokyo’s best-known anime landmarks, with daily transformation shows that switched it from Unicorn Mode to Destroy Mode and nightly video programs projected on the plaza’s Wall-G screen. According to the statue’s official website, the exhibit closed on August 31, 2026, after a final ceremony on August 29 and a special ten-day farewell program.
The statue replaced the earlier life-size RX-78-2 Gundam that stood in Odaiba, and Bandai Namco has built other giant mobile suits over the years, including the RX-93ff Nu Gundam in Fukuoka and a Freedom Gundam in Shanghai. While the new display is only the head, it gives fans one more chance to visit a piece of the Odaiba icon, this time at eye level.
Source: Siliconera
