Oh Seeeeeaaaaaaannnnn!!!
Ain’t It Cool News has a story on another giant robot movie in the works, this one based on the manga/anime property Gaiking, otherwise known to children of the 70s (such as myself) as Shogun Warriors.
The article follows the gestation of the flic from first being a part of David Fincher’s upcoming Heavy Metal film, (The new Heavy Metal is Animatrix style, but w/ big name directors attached …including Cameron) to it becoming it’s own film.
There are 2 clips attached to the article. The first is just a 70s toy commercial, but scroll down to the second. It’s a teaser made out of proof-of-concept test footage. Just imagine how cool the real stuff could be.
And finally, and this is proof of pure geek dedication, they plan on building these mechs FULL SIZE for practical effects, and taking the texture maps for the CG models off them. That’s right, there will be full-size Shogun Wariors, if not walking, at least being towed around the earth.
Just my little bit of OSSIM for the day.