New IRONMAN movie images

Besides Batman, Ironman used to be my one of the favorite superhero. At the begining i don't like the design of Ironman... I start loving it after i saw the trailer, above are some cool images of Ironman
Ironman official sites

GastroBoy 2

ha, you can see his eye in this version... he seems naughty.

GastroBoy

Vacation

AstroBoy

Flying

終於有時間可以畫兩筆...

Kamen Rider The Next Trailer

香港首個仮面ライダー展覽今天是最後一天，這陣子實在太忙也太累、加上荃灣對於我這個住在香港東人來說是有點遠，終於沒有去。 之前朋友邀請我參展，其實也很想參加，可惜時間實在太少...希望想過的點子日後可在這裡貼上。
如果邊位友人去了，可否post些相片來看看？ Thanksss

Batman Chapter 01 Help Me!!!

This is the First episode of Isaak Fernandez Rodriguez short film.
Very moody and fun, it is a very good example on playing with moody lighting with simple shapes , cool!!
http://www.isaakfernandez.com/
You can see his introduction and more good short films here:
http://www.animwatch.com/

Burning Safari

很喜歡的一條短片，不論設計及技術都有很高的水準。包你看得開心 !
他還有個網站，有很多 concept art 及 making of 的圖片及片段。
www.burningsafari.com

Felix One Hundred

Felix x100, I love this one!

Crazy Days !!

thats enough... give me a break !

剛過去的五星期，很難想像是怎麼過的。人事變動，工作進度脫期，在調整期間不斷有新的問題要跟進處理，每天開會開會再開會。能真正坐下來工作(創作)的時間由傍晚才開始，可是那時已幾近虛脫，已沒有心力。再加上每天不斷有新的工作及難題...工作量天天累積、百上加斤。

頂唔住! 壓力太大有時會自言自語鬼食泥或忽然鬼上身似的大叫長嘆~ 嚇死人

在此請各方好友原諒我在段日子在工作上的反應極度"遲鈍"，變成了最討厭的"樽頸"位。sorry! 也多謝在身邊一直替我分擔工作又分憂的好同伴 ! Million Thanks

這樣的日子還未完的，但已經有點曙光，希望儘快可以回復正常。

Limited Toy Design's G-force action figures

Gatchaman (G-force) action figures designed by Limited Toys Design , see more detail information in Wendy's Gatchablog.




all photos above sourced from Gatchablog

For me, this is cool but i will wait for the HotToys version.
More picture and information from TOYSREVIL'S I LIKE TOY

Limited Edition Softbank Gatchaman Cell Phones

Check out these Gatchaman limited edition cell phone designs. In addition to these variety graphics style of shells, all the icons and notifications on-screen are themed. The Classic Gatchaman graphics...cool !!

Clockwise from top left: menu screen, screensaver, text message notification, incoming call notification.

Kasley & DenMark

今天11月10日是 Kasley & DenMark 的大喜喜日子，在此祝福他倆永遠幸福快樂 ◎ DenMark 大個仔啦 !

在婚禮的場地中展示了很多他們的甜蜜照片，當中最喜歡是這一幅。好幸福呀! (opss, 手震... sorry)

Imagi > Graphic Novel

這個又是一個新的攪作，先來漫畫小說，有機會變成動畫...

Imagi Animation Studios has picked up rights to a sci-fi screenplay titled Fluorescent Black from Matt Wilson. According to Daily Variety, the script will be adapted as a graphic novel before being made into a film by the studio that produced TMNT and upcoming CG features based on the classic anime properties Astroboy and Gatchaman.

Fluorescent Black is described as a futuristic action flick is畫 set in Singapore and the Malaysian peninsula. The graphic novel is expected to be finished by mid-2008 and is slated to grace the cover of the July edition of Heavy Metal magazine. While Imagi’s previous acquisitions have come from the comic-book world, this will be the first one that the studio itself sends to the presses.

Street Fighter Trailer

Gatchaman & AstroBoy The Most Highly Anticipated Among CG Film Projects With Anime Roots

還記得約一年前第一次在機場書店看到這本書Japanamerica: how Japanese pop culture has invaded the U.S.，馬上翻來看，看了目錄，更嚇一跳。
Chapter 1 : May the G-force Be With You
Chapter 2: Atom Boys
世事真的巧合，還是大家有相同的視野，imagi 所開發的兩套電影正正就是 Gatchaman 和 AstroBoy。英雄所見略同，Roland Kelts認為日本的潮流文化正續漸入侵美國。於是請他來分享...

Roland Kelts (author of Japanamerica) calls Gatchaman and AstroBoy as the most highly anticipated CG film projects with anime roots with his latest article posted exclusively on Imagi's website.

Hong Kong (October 30, 2007) -- A new article by noted author and lecturer Roland Kelts will be posted exclusively on Imagi Animation Studios' website (www.imagi.com.hk) on October 30, 2007.

In this new essay, Kelts examines Imagi's next two upcoming movies -- Gatchaman and AstroBoy -- and places the studio at the crest of the current wave of Hollywood movies with Japanese pop culture roots.

Kelts' acclaimed book, Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S., explores the American experience and fascination with Japanese pop culture. The paperback edition—updated and with a new epilogue by the author—will be released on November 13.

Click on "What's New" on the Imagi website to read more about why Roland Kelts calls Gatchaman and AstroBoy "the most highly anticipated" of all projects, reflecting the rising convergence of American and Japanese cultures.

About Roland Kelts
Roland Kelts is the author of Japanamerica, the first book that directly addresses the American experience with the Japanese pop phenomenon. He is also a Lecturer at the University of Tokyo and a co-editor of the New York-based literary journal, A Public Space. His first novel, Access, will be published next year. His articles, essays and stories have been published in Zoetrope, Playboy, Doubletake, Salon, The Village Voice, Newsday, Cosmopolitan, Vogue and The Japan Times, among others. He has lectured at New York University, Rutgers University and Barnard College, and he is a graduate of Oberlin College and Columbia University. He currently divides his time between New York and Tokyo.

如果你有看近年來製作的美國電視動畫，便會發覺在表達方式及風格上都有很多日本動畫的影子。其中最佳的例子是 Teen Titan，Superhero竟然會"大粒滴汗"....

Happy Halloween!!

I don't have time to draw a new picture, I just reuse the last year version.
wooo wooo wooo! Happy Hallween to everyone ! ! ! 哈佬喂 !!!

Imagi：Challenging Pixar from China

一篇關於Imagi的有趣文章：Imagi：Challenging Pixar from China，以下是轉載自Ming在動畫筆記本內的翻譯版本：

一年前，Tim Cheung 在人人夢想的地方 -DreamWorks Animation 製作 Shrek 系列長片，不過今天，這位35歲從德州來的美裔華人在香港郊區一棟舊倉庫中教新手如何製作電腦動畫，手下這54個動畫師中，有些之前作推銷，有些之前是工程師，還有一個之前在7-Eleven工作。香港或許是中國電影的中心，不過據 Cheung 指出，這些員工大部分缺乏經 驗，顯然香港並非製作動畫的理想環境，不過 Cheung 和其他從Imagi過來的人才將改變這樣的狀況，他們一直從好萊塢業界中延攬知名老將，其中許多來自 DreamWorks，這些人都將擔任領導的腳色，訓練 Imagi 的員工如何製作電腦動畫。

不過這不是個簡單的工作，Imagi 在 2000年時創立，它曾經是一家製作塑膠耶誕樹的公司，不過2002年時，工廠賣給了 Carlyle Group，並且將經營重心放在動畫上頭，之後在2004年他們替NBC製作了一齣叫作 Father of the Pride 的電視卡通，不過NBC數月後取消了這個節目。至此之後，Imagi 將目標放在大銀幕上，並在今年3月時推出了他們的首部動畫長片－忍者龜 (TMNT)，影評有好有壞，雖然上映首週登上美國票房冠軍，不過這部影片迅速地流失掉它的觀眾，目前為止票房94 million，一家跨國投資集團－ Goldman Sachs 在 4月的一個研究報告中指出，票房急遽下跌可能是因為影片是在香港而非好萊塢製作，因而犧牲了該有的品質。

在Imagi的首部 電影上映之前，投資人將它的股價往上膨脹，期望電影能夠因此獲得大勝，不過之後電影雖然表現不錯，卻不如預期中的優秀，股價應聲下跌。Douglas Glen，之前在Mattel當副總裁，目前擔任 Imagi 的 Co-chief Executive Officer和 Executive Director，他說，影片首映之前股價是有一些非理性的上揚，雖然之後股價下跌，不過TMNT還是可以稱作一部成功的電影，更何況它是第三部在美國票 房冠軍的亞洲電影。

有著製作預算上的優勢，Imagi打算贏得更好的成績，上個月底，Imagi 宣布與 Warner Bros 和Weinstein 的合作關係，在 TMNT 總製作預算的32.5 million中，這兩家好萊塢發行商就提供了27 million，他們宣布將發行另外兩部Imagi即將推出的影片，兩部均由非常知名的日本動畫改編而成，分別是 Gatchaman 和 AstroBoy。

Glen說那些對 Imagi 心存悲觀的投資者應該看看Imagi影片在香港製作的預算優勢，Imagi 就像其他好萊塢動畫公司， 使用一流的好萊塢導演、編劇還有設計師，不過勞力密集的工作都在香港製作，以便達到價格上的優勢，Glen 說，基本上我們是間好萊塢的公司，只是我們可以 付給員工加州一般薪水的1/6。Imagi 不是唯一一家試圖登陸美國市場的亞洲公司，先濤數位製作公司(Centro Digital Pictures) 是另外一個例子，它製作過昆丁塔倫提諾的 Kill Bill 中一些特效畫面，同時也和Disney共同製作長片寶葫蘆的秘密 (The Secret of the Magic Gourd)，這部影片是 Disney 第一部與中國公司共同製作的長片。

還是有人懷疑這些本土 製作是否可以與好萊塢的大公司競爭，David Webb是其中一個，他說，不是每個人都可以成為Pixar，這是個競爭激烈的市場，不是贏就是輸，他之前一直將Boto列為年度最優股，不過最近他發現 Imagi 已經不再賺錢(去年虧損了9 million)，忍者龜的熱潮並沒有持續太久，事實上自從他們結束賣聖誕樹的生意後，就一直在虧錢的狀態。但儘管如此 ，其他人還是對Imagi抱著正面的態度，Goldman的分析報告也說，我們相信Imagi還是可以獲利，只要他們接下來的影片可以達到跟 TMNT 一樣 的成績，關鍵在他們製作預算上的優勢，Imagi 每部影片平均花費35 million，這個價位比 Pixar 的94 million或是 DreamWorks 的130 million都低得多，所以Imagi每部影片應該都可以賺44 million。

Image 在好萊塢召兵買馬，也愈來愈多人加入他們的的團隊，10月時，Imagi宣布之前Mainframe Entertainment 的 Senior Vice-President, Ken Tsumura 將成為新的 Executive Vice-President，掌管製作部門，而 Jakob Jensen，一位在 DreamWorks 及 Disney 的老將，則將擔任 AstroBoy 的動畫指導。另外一個新員工就是 Cheung了，他將擔任 Vice-President for Animation，他說香港公司的氣氛就像 DreamWorks 在作 Shrek 第一集前一樣，在Imagi工作，就像在8或10年前在 DreamWorks 沒什麼差別。

◎閱讀原文︰Imagi：Challenging Pixar from China
◎有關 動畫筆記本︰是近期喜歡的部落格，有很多有關動畫的資料及獨到的分析，喜歡動畫的朋友不要錯過。
◎imagi press release: Tim Cheung's Appointment: VP of Animation
◎imagi press release: Jakob Jensen Named Animation Director on AstroBoy
◎imagi press release: Ken Tsumura to Oversea Production at Imagi Hong Kong

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Imagi x Hot Toys -> 1/6 Astroboy + Gatchaman High-end Figures

IMAGI ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH HOT TOYS FOR GATCHAMAN AND ASTROBOY TOYS

Hong Kong (October 23, 2007) – Imagi Animation Studios (Imagi) today announced that it has entered into a licensing relationship with Hot Toys Ltd. (Hot Toys) for collectors' action figures based on the studio's next two CG-animated feature films, Gatchaman and AstroBoy. Under the agreement, Hot Toys will design, manufacture and globally distribute highly detailed 12-inch models of the principal characters in the two movies.

The Gatchaman and AstroBoy toy lines are expected to include high-end collectible figures. "We are delighted by the new collaborative relationships we have formed with Imagi, which extends our collectibles product line to CG-animated film-related characters. Many of the Hot Toys staff are long-time fans of Gatchaman and AstroBoy, including myself. With our experience in producing classic AstroBoy collectibles and other finely crafted products, the Gatchaman and AstroBoy collectibles will closely replicate the look and story line of the films," said Howard Chan, President of Hot Toys. The toy lines will ship with the release of the two films, to maximize impact and generate greater interest in both the movie and toys. Gatchaman is slated to release in Spring, 2009 and AstroBoy in Fall, 2009.

"Hot Toys has demonstrated an ability to craft collectible figures with an extraordinary level of detail and realism," said Felix Ip, Imagi's Creative Director. "Imagi's richly-detailed CGI characters are a perfect fit with Hot Toys' meticulous modeling approach."

www.hottoys. com.hk
imagi press release

a limitedtoysdesign G-force teaser

Thierry from Limited Toys Design drops a teaser image of his upcoming G-Force (Gatchaman) 1/6-figure series (utilizing Darkbox Workshop's Shadowman as base):

source: toysrevil.blogspot.com/
The atmosphere of photo looks cool, but the figure proportion is not that good.....PS* this is not a official figure for the Gatchaman movie

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actually this is just a color test... sometime i like draw something abstract...

NYC in TMNT

There is a interesting article from Ironic Sans to review and analysis look of New York City in animation, here is the one talking about TMNT's NYC...
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The TMNT have once again been adapted for the big screen. According to the movie’s opening narration and also the official movie summary, the movie takes place in New York City. But while it sure looks like it takes place in New York, something’s missing. See if you can figure out what it is.

Here’s a shot of the city from the movie:

Okay, it looks pretty good. I don’t really recognize any of the buildings in this view, but they got the general feel right, down to the water towers on the rooftops. Here’s another shot:

That’s a pretty good rendering of a New York City streetcorner. Okay.

Another lovely skyline shot. I still don’t recognize any buildings, but I suppose that could be the Brooklyn Bridge in the image. Kinda hard to tell.

But wait. What the hell is this building? I guess I’m fine with fictional buildings in a fiction movie, but if it’s supposed to be New York City, shouldn’t we see some of the real buildings, too? [Read full article from Ironic San]
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What do you think? Do you agree with those comment? : )

Sucks or Rules

有個新的網站專搵嘢來比試，讓網民投票來分勝負。各式各樣項目都有，如 Google vs Yahoo、PS3 vs Xbox360、 Roadkill vs Happy Tree Friends etc. 有d都幾無聊...
其中一項是 : Live Action TMNT vs CGI TMNT
到我post這為止，結果是 90% : 10%.... (79 vote) ，未完結的，有興趣的可以 Reg做 memeber改投一票。 SucksorRules.com

TMNT Wal-Mart Promotional Poster

An image of a poster to be used in a potential Easter 2008 Wal-Mart promotion. more turtle news at: the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com

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just a loose painting with all my beloved elements:
robot + white + orange + circles + close up + graphic front view...

Kung Fu Panda Teaser Poster

做齣好戲...

這段時間一直在想，究竟 Production Management 的精義是什麼 ?
其實不就是這個嗎?
Give the best to the "show" within the budget !

所有管理上如人手及資源上的安排都是基於這個前設。做齣好戲...

New Astro-boy website

A new Astro-boy website called http://astro-boy.rightstuf.com/
There are many stuffs about classic Astro-boy , take a look.

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Gatcha-Links

I did some research on Gatchaman before, i share the links i found for all Gatchaman fans:

Gatchaman Movies
● Imagi Official Sites
http://www.imagi.com.hk/web/
Go to top menu and click [Our Films], then click [Gatchaman]

● Gatchaman Movies on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Ninja_Team_Gatchaman_%28film%29

● ScFi Japan's Gatchaman Movie Report
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2006/06/10/gatchaman-returns-to-the-big-screen/

● Gatchaman on IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818257/

● ADV official Gatchaman official site
http://www.advfilms.com/titles/gatchaman/

Gatchaman General
● Gatchaman on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatchaman

● 科学忍者隊ガッチャマン at japan wikipedia
http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=29992049&postID=1807063893685469679

● Tatsunoko Database
http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/tatsunocomm/Database/Gatchaman/gatcha.html

Artists
● Amano, the orginal Gatchaman Character Designer
http://www.amanosworld.com/

● Alex Ross's Battle of Planet Gallery
http://www.alexrossart.com/artforsale.asp?sc=ARBP1

Fans Site

● Gatchablog from Wendy, lots of Gatchaman news
http://gatchablog.blogspot.com/

● Gatchaman- Home of the White Shadow
http://www.chronicsite.com/gatchaman/

● Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman
http://www.vacuform.com/Gatchaman/GatchMain.htm

● Gatchamania.net, fan art and forum
http://www.gatchamania.net/

● Veronika's Gatchaman page
http://www.gatchaman.com/

● Gatchaman Link List
http://www.ajpmak.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a/g/

● Kena's Gatchaman Base (Taiwan)
http://gatchaman.tw/

● Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4

● Utoland Chronicle
http://www.utolandcity.com/

● Transmute! Gatchaman
http://www.gatchonline.com/

● Tatsunoko Fan Club USA
http://www.tatsunokousa.com/

● Jun's Joint
http://junsjoint.com/


Related
● Gatchabin
http://gatchapin.com/

To be continued...

Imagi Animation's AstroBoy

◎Shown above is the still of the new CGI AstroBoy (from imagi internal teaser version only). It does not reflect the final look of AstroBoy.

Jakob Jensen Talks AstroBoy

"For Danish-born animator Jakob Jensen, to animate Japan's classic manga "AstroBoy" at Hong Kong's Imagi Animation Studio seems like a difficult challenge, despite his background at DreamWorks. After all, AstroBoy is virtually a national treasure of Japan, but far less well known in the rest of the world. But Jensen has confidence that he can make "AstroBoy" fly.

" 'I want to apply my DreamWorks experience and implement philosophies I learned at that company into the work flow and the pipeline of the studio in Hong Kong to make AstroBoy as empathic in the U.S. as he is in Japan," said Jensen, 32, the animation acting director for "AstroBoy" at Imagi.".........
Source: The Holywood Reporter
● JAKOB JENSEN NAMED ANIMATION DIRECTOR ON IMAGI'S “ASTROBOY”
● News on Twitch
● imagi official website

"拗柴"

打籃波是我唯一的運動。一向打波都很少"剷籃"、"爆籃"、甚至入籃底搶籃板。原因如下︰
1. 懶... 2. 身形力量技術都唔夠... 3. 害怕與別人交換體液... 4. 最大的原因是儘量減少身體撞而受傷，年紀大身體壞，每次受傷都很長手尾...

意外始終是意外，在你最估計不到的情況下發生....
昨晚打波在幾無厘頭的情況下"拗柴"！Damn! 今早起來，完全不能行走。原本安排的工作，全都被打亂了。一下"拗柴"，就馬上換來金錢及時間上的損失.....幸好有買保險，最討厭還是要在超忙的日子天天抽時間做物理治療。超痳煩呀!!

對上一次意外是一年前，又是打籃波"吉魚蛋"，竟然可以"吉"到手指骨裂，做了個幾月物理治療.... 嗚~嗚~嗚~嗚~嗚~

TMNT Up for Scream Award

The CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature, TMNT, is listed among the contenders for the second annual Scream Awards, a two-hour event that will recognize the best in horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic books next month in Los Angeles. The ceremony will tape on Friday, Oct. 19, at the Greek Theatre, and will premiere on Viacom’s Spike TV on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). No host has yet been announced to succeed actor Samuel L. Jackson, who presided over last year’s festivities.

Animated by Imagi, the Weinstein Co./Warner Bros. release TMNT has been nominated for Best Comic-to-Screen Adaptation. Based on the comics by Peter Laird and Kevin Munroe, the movie is up against Warner Bros.’ 300, 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Paramount’s Ghost Rider and Sony/Columbia Pictures’ Spiderman 3.

Warner Bros. came out ahead of all other studios with a total of 20 nominations. Adapted from the graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 leads the pack with 12 nominations, including The Ultimate Scream, Breakout Performance (Rodrigo Santoro), Most Vile Villain (Rodrigo Santoro), Most Memorable Mutilation and Best Director (Zack Snyder). Grindhouse and Spider-Man 3 tied for second with 11 noms each.....
source: animation magazine

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Reebok x Voltron

Reebok Voltron Lion Force Pack
Reebok is going strong this year with many different releases and here is a preview of their latest project. Their latest series is the Voltron Lion Force Pack which consist of five different shoes that is inspired by an early eighties Japanese animation called Voltron. All the colorways of the shoes in this pack are inspired by a character in this animation and the materials used are mainly patent leather and leather. Animation inspired sneakers just might be the new thing as Nike will be dropping the Transformers Air Trainer III and now Reebok with these. Watch for these Voltron sneakers to drop this Fall in October. Voltron is of course one of the better cartoons / toy lines from the 80’s and if you’re unfamiliar with the show then please just move along because these sneaks won’t interest you. For the rest of us each pair in this line is colored and patterned according to each of the 5 lions in the cartoon. The shoes include the Court Victory for the black lion, the Pump Omni Lite for the yellow lion, the Ventilator for the blue lion, the ERS Racer for the green lion and the Insta Pump Fury for the red lion. It’s also rumored that each pair will include the corresponding figure basically forcing nostalgic collectors to buy each one in order to complete their Voltron collection. (Optionally you can just grab the Voltron 20th Anniversary Masterpiece Edition like yours truly recently received for his birthday.)

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隨意揮筆遊走， 腦海裏不斷4字。粗糙的質感、混濁的顏色、不清潔的黑影、一點暖色是一點希望吧！

50's live-action Astro boy

the Flying Astro boy

This is the Clips from live action Japanese Astro Boy I found on Youtube Astroboy looks really.... "awesome..." (you can see clips of Gigantor TV shows as well)

當年真人版的Astro Boy實在太靚仔了，那個比例很有趣...

In 1962, MBS released a Live Action movie, a compilation film made up of episodes from the 1959-60 live action TV series that came before the 60's animated television series which loosely followed the manga. The opening sequence (around 1 minute) is an anime type animation, and the rest is a Black and White movie. The whole movie lasts for 1h15m. Wikipedia

Gatchaman Film Poster

© 2007 Tatsunoko Production Co. Ltd. / Imagi International Holdings Ltd.

AstroBoy Film Poster

© 2007 Tezuka Productions Co. Ltd. / Imagi International Holdings Ltd.

Gatchaman and AstroBoy Get Distribution

IMAGI ANIMATION STUDIOS ENTERS INTO GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH WARNER BROS. PICTURES AND THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
Hong Kong (September 27, 2007) – Warner Bros. Pictures, The Weinstein Company and Imagi Animation Studios agreed upon principal terms for the worldwide distribution of the feature films Gatchaman and AstroBoy. The announcement was jointly made by Jeff Robinov, President, Production, Warner Bros. Pictures; Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Company; Imagi Co-CEOs Douglas Glen and Francis Kao; and brokered by The William Morris Agency.
The new pact builds on the success of TMNT, Imagi’s first theatrical motion picture, also distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Weinstein Company. TMNT opened in March 2007 at the top of the U.S. box office.
“ Imagi is breaking new ground with big action pictures done entirely in CG animation,” said Robinov. “It’s an exciting new genre, with the potential of attracting big mass market audiences.”
“TMNT had the kind of beautifully choreographed action sequences you’d expect from Hong Kong animators,” said Weinstein. “The next two films will confirm Imagi’s reputation as the world’s leading action hero animation studio.”
“We are delighted to be allied with the marketing and distribution power of Warner Bros. Pictures and The Weinstein Company,” said Glen. Added Kao, “We’re making Hollywood-style movies with Hong Kong-style excitement and stories that are fusions of Western and Asian themes.”
Read more....

希望明天有好事發生。

今天接二連三的地收到壞消息，是EQ的突擊測驗嗎 ?
♪~~ ♪...
餐搵餐食餐餐清；鑊鑊新鲜鑊鑊堅...
無貨無電捱得幾天？
周街屎如噴泉日日掃不完。
♪ ~~唔駛理我，我發開口夢、
天天難過天天過.... ♪
唱下歌、緩和一下情緒啫... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

希望明天有好事發生。

中秋快樂 !

Mask Rider The Next

Kamen Rider The Next official site 有很多更新，各位拉打粉絲必要去看看。
在火焰下的V3好像好看一點。
Mask Rider The Next 最新造型

機械人電影

Transformer的成功(票房)，證實"機械人"電影在市場上的肯定，也促使Holyhood製作更多有關"機械人"的電影。華納(Warner Bros. Pictures)在早前宣佈拍攝 RoboTech 的計畫，由 Tobey Maguire (飾演Spiderman, Peter Parker) 擔任主角。RoboTech其實是指的是三部不同的日本卡通影集，包括超時空要塞((The Super Dimension Fortress Macross)，機甲創世紀(Genesis Climber Mospeada) 和超時空南十字騎兵 (Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross) 所剪輯而成的卡通片集，80年代在美國電影播放。曾經看過的朋友都覺得有點不倫不類。華納將要拍攝的主要是 Macross。

另外 New Regency 和20 Centry Fox 也宣佈拍攝 Voltron (百獸王)。
最後是Weta製作的新世紀福音戰士，我在早前的Post都有題過。相信已經泡湯了吧。

其實自己一直也喜歡機械人也一直希望可以拍成電影，不論我喜歡Transformer與否，Transformer 也開拓了一個 Holyhood 電影的新市場，Transformer 2 預計2009年暑假上映。相信會有更多公司拍機械人電影。 希望不要一窩蜂濫拍......

Maguire attacking big screen in "Robotech"
www.voltron.com
'Voltron' gets bigscreen go
www.robotech.com

題到 Macross又有很多想講... 待續

Korea Gatchaman x MazingerZ !?

無意中發現這個Gatchman老Dub韓版，十成像天野喜孝的人設，七成飛鷹俠的造型。最"頂癮"是加個像鐡甲萬能俠的機械人，分體後"夾硬"變成五部戰機。完全唔夾，都幾搞笑.....片名叫"007"，但不太清楚是那一年的作品及有多少集。

Paul Dini Scripting “GATCHAMAN”

Hong Kong (September 21, 2007)– Paul Dini has been signed to collaborate on the screenplay for Imagi Animation Studios’ upcoming CG animated motion picture, Gatchaman. Announcement was made by Francis Kao, Co CEO & Chief Creative Officer. “ We are excited to have Paul on our talented Gatchaman team,” said Kao. “His extensive background in animation and superhero comics will contribute greatly to this ambitious action movie.”

“The original series was one of the classics of early anime, and the film will be very true to the Japanese source material,” said Dini. “As a studio, Imagi is constantly breaking the boundaries of animated adventure. Not only are their action sequences amazing, but their characters are driven, complex and play for life or death stakes. It’s a great environment for a writer with a rather dark take on animation.”

電影編導Paul Dini 的事業橫跨動畫《蝙蝠俠:動畫系列》、電視《迷》及漫畫《Detective, The World’s Greatest Superheroes》。 他是Emmy、Eisner and Writers Guild of America Awards 的多次獲獎者。Dini 現在亦是 DC Comics 2007 每星期系列《Countdown 》的策劃人。他的創作 Jingle Belle and Mutant，Texas 依舊常常出現於 Dark Horse、 Oni Press 以及其他刊物。Dini與他的妻子─魔術師Misty Lee，一起推出一個以他們創作的木偶Little Rashy為主角並廣受歡迎的互聯網短片。
read more, imagi press release
more infomation about Paul Dini at Wikipedia
簡單一句: Paul比Kamen更了解Superhero的世界，更加掌握 Gatchaman...