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AICN Anime-Gatchaman Movie Concept Art
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Column by Scott Green
Twitch notes Imagi, the studio behind the new TMNT CG movie has posted concept illustrations from the pre-production work for their adaptation of Gatchaman on www.imagi.com. The images can accessed through their Flash interface by selecting "Our Films", then "View Images."
Tatsunoko's 1972 (Speed Racer, Macross/Robotech) adventure sci-fi Science Ninja Team Gatchaman was adapted for American TV as Battle of the Planets in the wake of the Star Wars phenomenon, then again as G-Force in 1986. Recently, an unedited version of the anime was released in North American on DVD by ADV Films.
Starting the transforming sentai team tradition, Gatchaman mixed the idea of costumed superheros with a host of vehicle based mecha. A team of five highly train bird-themed teen ninja, working for the International Science Organization, thwart the evil Galactor's plans of environmental and world domination. While aspects like the series' adversaries, such a mummy on a biplane, serve as examples of what would now be consider high-camp, comparable to silver-age comics, its imaginative action and its serious sense of consequence have maintained the work's respectability over the years.
Twitch also reports that TMNT writer/director Kevin Munroe has indicated that he plans to stay close to the original anime and re-use its villains.
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Besides... first.
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Damn you Michael Bay
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from the Battle of the Planets comics
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been a while since we saw that so there ya go!!
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It's from the DVD release... just a random Gatchaman image. I didn't grab anything from Imagi's site.
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Man. Thanks.
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?em htiw od ot tog nam ruoy s'tahW !namahctaG I
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uoy...rof...gnitiaw...m'I
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Im waiting patiently,for both my love of G force and concept art..
BTW ,Id rather get a Big Guy and Rusty than an Astro Boy flick -
Drat you all to heck.
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I remember this shown on british television in the late 70's early 80's about the same time as The Space Sentinals.
There was an annoying character that spoke only in some fucked up bird dialect "brrt ping twooop". -
I always really dug the Americanized, redubbed version of this (Battle of the Planets), especially because Gee Force wasn't afraid to hire the mentally handicapped. First you had Tiny, who was clearly not all there, and then there was Keeyop, who was just a gibbering, slobbering mess. Jason was the shit, though. Was that the name of the guy in the nose-cone race car?
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TO LOAD!!!!! C'MON!!!!
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Such great memories from my childhood. Bring it on! (Sans 7-Zark-7 natch)
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Yeah, Jason was the brooding malcontent. Far more interesting than that goody two shoes, Mark.
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a friend of mine absolutely _loves_ Gatchaman. he thinks the guy in it, who's not the main hero but the "bad guy" (sorry can't remember his name) is a total psychopath in Gatchaman, punching the fire button on the ship multiple times rapidly to destroy an enemy when just once would have done, or something like that.
Anyway, any news on the live-action Blood The Last Vampire movie? I hear they have Gianna Jun starring in it and are filming now all over the world. Interesting that this is getting the Hollywood live-action treatment before Ghost In The Shell (which I think is more popular and interesting), but there ya go. -
He did a bunch of those paintings a few years ago.
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That was an abomination. Fun as a kid, repulsive now I'm an adult. However, Gatchaman, in its original Japanese incarnation is fantastic!This p.o.s. fucking site is slooooooooooow. Someone get the images and put them somewhere else. Damn fucking flash-obsessed web designers.p.s. Berg Katse is the name of the "bad guy."
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but somehow the thrill of CGI movies is long gone, at least where i'm concerned (box office probably says different). What i would like is a live action Robotech HBO 12 part series. Jesus Christ, if I had the money i would make such a series myself, the budget exists for such things. Just look at Rome, and Band of Brothers. Imagine, combining the CGI of BSG's Maelstrom episode with HBO, and think of the adult themed mechanized warfare/alien-human sex/gore soap opera that would emerge! I can see it now, a pale, dark green-haired Christina Ricci, in a tight grey/black leather uniform, piloting a Zentraedi fighter while the Earth beneat burns, and columns of smoke rise towards the battlefield in the sky! Tell me you would not have it so!?
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... check this shit out and smile!
http://tinyurl.com/pocjb
To the the old-school animation fraternity I say 'Hail!'
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I loved this show as a kid when it aired during the late 70's and early 80's in Ireland. Jason was my favourite character too. Moody fucker that he was. Can't wait.
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dudes, IESB has posted the pictures
http://tinyurl.com/3alnte
nice, very nice, I wonder if Kevin is ever going to do El Zombo
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almost as gorgeous as having Catherine Bell play Motoko Kusanagi :))
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Please don't suck! Make it a serious movie without the cutsy lame humor directors seem to think is necessary and it just might be awesome.
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Still havent watched any of it yet,thats a big job,still love the music and designs........Doctor Sin= Please could you tell me which version do you have? I Got this one http://tinyurl.com/ywv6jb Didn't pay that much though :>,I saw about 5 different versions out there so I went for the ones I saw as a kid,any help appreciated.Big Up Casey Kasem.Hold this everybody...http://tinyurl.com/29vo6s
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Man that was such an awesome show as a kid in the late 70's. Can't wait to see how they update it for the feature.
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Please don't sell out. There is only one thing that requires damning. At this point I think you're either superwasted or someone's on your computer.
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The second one's not him. Compare the User ID again.
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So when I reported this back in January why did it not get an article?
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Both are my fave's! Can't wait!!
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