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...

Imagi > Behinnd The Scene

從構思到完成口吋足足製作了三個多月的 Imagi > Behinnd The Scenes 在日前終於完成。希望以較有趣生鬼的方式介紹 imagi 的動畫製作流程，當中有很多抵死的 Flash animation...

Creative department, you can see Director Kevin

Modeling in progress

Animation process

整個構思是來自Fun Factory，大量小人快樂地合力建造一些偉大的工程...
please go to Imagi website and click Behinnd The Scenes, have fun!!

順便在此出個 Production Credit 多謝下大家...
Gace Jee 》Art Direction, Graphic Design
Cathy Leung 》Co-ordination, Graphic Design, Proof Reading
(即全天侯阿四 :p)
ManKit 》Motion Graphics
Kenny 》Programmer
Asia 》Copy Writing

要用 Flash player 8 先睇到，可按此下載

Q&A with Director on Gatchaman

There is an Exclusive interview of Director Kevin Munroe on Gatchaman, please go to imagi website, click "What's New" at the main page.
Gatchaman 導演 Kevin Munroe 的最新獨家訪問。
請登入主頁按 "What's New".
www.imagi.com.hk

Clay-Drawing 03

Clay-Drawing 02

Do you know who are those characters?

Clay-Drawing 01

I don't know why but I love clay character a lot...even though there is no color. I drew this picture last year around the same time...

微涼...

正在幹一些極不想幹又非幹不可的工作，扮演著不應該扮演的角色，好想儘快返回自己原有的崗位。大家生性一點，你我都不用這麼煩。

管理管你，你自己攪得好好地，亦不必我來管你。兄弟姊妹們幫幫忙、出多點力、一起『 做齣好戲 』吧！

今天的天氣一流......稍為舒緩一下沉重的工作壓力.
看著天空，耳邊啍起林憶蓮的"微涼"...

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).

A complete list of 200 Scream Award nominees can be found at www.scream.spiketv.com, where fans can vote for their favorites from Friday, Sept. 7, through Friday, Oct. 19. The site will also feature exclusive red-carpet and backstage coverage of the event.
source: animationmagazine

TMNT DVD Review

Here is a pretty detail TMNT DVD Review, check this: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/dvdizzy/tmnt-633.html

EVA Live action Trailer?

這條片在YouTube已經有了很久。初看時相當興奮，嘩！大 Cast 喎....
片中的鏡頭及美術風格很不一致，CG也是很只是電玩的質素，真是Weta的製作嗎？
看清楚，其實只是Fans的自行製作的 Fake Trailer 而已......
不過的確很期待能看到真的EVA Live Action Movie Trailer。

Live Action Neon Genesis Evangelion

You can see a lots of concept art from this clips. I don't know what's the status of the development, is that on hold? I am not sure...
由 Weta 製作的EVA電影一直沒有音訊......計劃可能已經告吹了。