Monday, July 28, 2008

realistic ironman?

A look at the Exoskeleton Robotic Suit by Raytheon, under development for the U.S. Army. It’s a wearable robot that amplifies its wearer’s strength, endurance, and agility. The May issue of Popular Science likened the Exoskeleton to the Iron Man in the movie of the same name and suggested it blurred the lines between science fiction and reality.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

AstroBoy Hair make up



The two make up artists is standing by... there are around 20 people waiting for the make up

see the astrboy-hair!! good demo.

The booth is smaller then i expect and the way how the video being showed is not that good.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Astro Boy Hair Makeovers Offered at Comic-Con Int'l

From the producer of Madagascar, the director of A Shark's Tale and the studio that brought you The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comes the big screen versions of Astro Boy and Gatchaman, (a.k.a. Battle of the Planets). Both films are due out in theaters worldwide in 2009.

Imagi Studio's bang-zoom version of Osamu Tezuka's iconic robot boy seeks to reinvent Japan's most beloved cartoon character for Western audiences. Intriguingly, Yoshitaka Amano, the original character designer for Gatchaman will also be at Comic-Con. Coincidence? Mmmaybe.

Will these new versions soar to new heights or crash and burn? Drop by booth #3530 and see concept art from the film now in production and get a contact high from the possibilities.
There will be a Astro Boy Hair Makeovers Offered at Comic-Con Int'l

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Trailer


宮崎峻新作.

ASTRO BOY at COMIC CON/SAN DIEGO

IMAGI STUDIOS AND SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT BRINGING FEATURE FILM ASTRO BOY TO COMIC CON/SAN DIEGO

Los Angeles, July 16, 2008 – Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment will be at COMIC CON in San Diego, booth # 3530, introducing its upcoming CG-animated motion picture ASTRO BOY. The film's director, David Bowers and producer, Maryann Garger will be attending Comic-Con on Saturday, July 26, and will be available for media interviews at booth # 3530.

A special-edition ASTRO BOY oversized BAG will also be distributed to anime fans on a limited basis at the show, July 24-27 at the San Diego Convention Center. Visit the Imagi booth #3530 between 11 AM and 4 PM on Saturday, July 26, for our "ASTRO BOY Hair Makeover." Fans will be transformed by getting the superhero's iconic, black pointed-hair look!

Slated for worldwide theatrical release in 2009 from Summit Entertainment, ASTRO BOY will feature the voices of Academy Award®-winning actor Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane and Eugene Levy with Freddie Highmore in the title role. David Bowers (SHARK TALE) is directing from a screenplay written by Timothy Harris, with Maryann Garger producing (MADAGASCAR).

ASTRO BOY was created by the "god of manga", Japan's Osamu Tezuka, in the early 1950s. The iconic character has since found wide popularity around the world as the hero of three acclaimed animated television series spanning over four decades, besides being one of the top licensed properties for merchandising. Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist. Our hero embarks on a journey in search of adventure in a netherworld of robot gladiators before he returns to save Metro City. ASTRO BOY is the second CG-animated feature film from Imagi Studios, following on the success of its 2007 box office hit, TMNT.

Imagi's first theatrical movie, TMNT was released in March 2007, opening #1 in U.S. box office revenue, only the third time in history that an Asian-made film has achieved that honor. Imagi has development operations in Los Angeles, California, and CG production studios at its Hong Kong headquarters.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Will Hollywood gild the Japanese lily?

They flew actor Emile Hirsch in from Paris, directors Larry and Andy Wachowski from Los Angeles and a gigantic, British-made IMAX screen from Canada. The screen and its massive banks of speakers were hoisted into place by no fewer than seven cranes. A parade of Japanese celebrities, including internationally renowned actor Hiroyuki Sanada and the top-heavy Kano sisters, posed before a life-size model of the Mach 5--the groovy, gadget-rigged racing car at the heart of Speed Racer, Japan's latest anime property to undergo a Hollywood makeover.

At the movie's Japan premiere in Tokyo Dome, I was given a vertigo-inducing tour of the IMAX projection tower, which loomed above the floor and the audience. The equipment looked sleek and vaguely sterile, like props from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, and my chief concern was not falling into the seats and people gathering below.

As I've noted before in this column, last summer's Transformers, based on a Japanese giant robot toy and anime series, was itself a giant at the global box office. Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to adapt Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira as a live-action film, and Spider-Man Tobey Maguire will do the same to Robotech, another anime originally produced by Tatsunoko Production Co., the company that first created Speed Racer.

Titanic titan James Cameron is making Battle Angel from a manga called Gunnm, Steven Spielberg will remake Mamoru Oshii's anime classic Ghost in the Shell, and even Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka's seminal kid robot from the 50s, arrives in cinemas worldwide next summer, bolstered by the voices of Hollywood heavies Nicholas Cage, Donald Sutherland and Nathan Lane, among others.

Hollywood's zeal for Japanese stories can be attributed to the protean talents of Japan's artists. But it's also a sign of the American movie industry's lust to crack potentially lucrative rising global markets, such as China and India.

As Americans are wont to say: "There's gold in them there hills."

While I watched Hirsch and costar Christina Ricci swerve and soar through a plethora of high-tech special effects, gold and money were very much on my mind. An estimated 120 million dollars was poured into the making of the movie, and piles more were spent on its supersized debut at the Dome. All that bedazzlement and star power doesn't come cheap.

The irony, of course, is that their source material does.

In Japan, manga and anime were and remain comparatively low-budget entertainment media. Thick manga comic books are still printed in black-and-white on thin and easily thumbable lightweight paper stock. Anime producers maintain low overhead, paying their staff minimum wages to work long hours and offering lean marketing outlays. With few exceptions, the studios themselves are located in suburbs far west of central Tokyo.

What many in the domestic industry wryly call "the curse of Osamu" has outlived the artist: In the '60s, Tezuka sold his work to Japanese TV networks cheap, partly to get it seen, and partly to destroy his competitors. We now call such draconian practices "dumping."

But the low-budget, homemade nature of anime is a key component of its charm and aesthetic appeal. The overstuffed narratives of the original Speed Racer, for example, were an intimate reminder to Western kids like me that storytelling is a messy, wildly original business, an inherently democratic domain. We weren't choosing anime over American shows in the '80s because of soft power or coolness: We watched Speed Racer, Transformers, Battle of the Planets (Gatchaman) and Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) because they made us feel like we were a part of the process.

In short, they were interactive stories.

Hollywood isn't evil, but it is a top-down business. Executives approve, directors and celebrities are contracted, and lots of money gets tossed into the mix.

But what seems to be missing in Hollywood's current Japanophilia is an understanding of love. Like early rock 'n' roll, punk, and hip hop from the Bronx and East L.A., Japanese pop culture appeals to us today because it's honest--and a little quirky. And if you neglect the quirks, you lose everything.

Kelts is a Tokyo University lecturer who divides his time between Tokyo and New York. He is the author of "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S." (www.japanamericabook.com), now available in an updated paperback edition. His column appears twice a month.

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

AstroBoy interview...


please see the ASTRO BOY – Exclusive Interview with Director David Bowers and Producer Maryann Garger at collider.com

another interview at IGN:AX08

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Batman Poster


I like all Joker series posters, this is one of my favorite!

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Cutting-edge Concept to Design Concept Car

BMW GINA Light Visionary Model concept car has skin, skeleton, blinking eyes

This angry-looking skinned beast is the BMW GINA Light Visionary Model. GINA, which stands for Geometry and Functions in 'N' Adaptations -- whatever that means -- is shelled in a textile fabric wrapped around a carbon fiber and metal frame. This means that the skin and skeleton can bend and contract like, well, real skin and skeleton. For instance, the doors bend up, the headlights are exposed like eyeballs under eyelids, and the hood opens from the center like some sort of gaping maw to expose the engine. Even the interior is skinned and modular: only the dash displays that you need at any item are available via openings. Don't get too excited, though -- this is purely a concept and nothing you'll see in a showroom any time soon. We can dream, though, right?


That's so flexible on design process and sve alot of time to do the mock-up model!!! more images at autoblog.com

CONTEST: Win a T-Shirt from Astro Boy

source: MovieMaker.com
Astro Boy is still in the early stages of production and the film won't be released until sometime in 2009, but it's never too early to start a contest. We're giving away some t-shirts from the movie and we even have another way to snag a free shirt as well. If you're at the L.A. Anime Expo this week, which runs from July 3-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and you stop by the Imagi Studios booth (#913) and mention MovieWeb.com, you'll get a free t-shirt as well! But if you won't be at the Expo, you can just click below.
Winners Receive:
- Astro Boy t-shirt
Or, if you can’t make it to the event, enter here to win one of your own!
you can also enter the contest through http://www.movieweb.com/contests/

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Gatchaman OVA Series on Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll has acquired rights from Fireworks International for the North American digital distribution of the 1994 Gatchaman OVA series. The 3 episode series was initially released on American home video in 1997 by Urban Vision. The series will be available for free online viewing and commercial download on the Crunchyroll website beginning this month.


“We are excited and proud to work with Fireworks International and Harmony Gold on this project. Not only do we bring all three (3) episodes of this legendary anime to the public, but we will also be providing an additional gift of free virtual ‘badges’ for people who purchase the download” states Kun Gao CEO and President of Crunchyroll. Gao continues with “we are very pleased to bring another amazing anime series from one of the main pioneers of the anime industry-Tatsunoko Productions.”

Fireworks International Senior Vice-President of Digital Acquisitions and Distribution Jonathan Ford commented, “Crunchyroll is an ideal platform for the re-launch of the classic GATCHAMAN™ title in July. We are excited to bring this title to the Crunchyroll community where the viewers can watch and enjoy this title online in outstanding quality.”

The three (3) episodes are entitled The Dragon King, The Red Specter and The Final Countdown. Fans are encouraged to go online on July 2nd and join the 5 brave young teens (Ken, Joe, Jun, Jinpei and Ryu) as they attempt to foil evil and save the Earth.

GATCHAMAN™ (1994; 144 minutes; Three (3) 48 min. episodes, unrated) is directed by Hiroyuki Fukushima, written by Akihiko Nishiyama, character designed by Yasuomi Umezu and produced by Tatsunoko Productions.

Synopsis:
It's five against thousands in a fierce, fast-action battle to save the Planet. Piloting their prized ship, the GodPhoenix, the Science Ninja Team launch their counterattack against Gallacter's entire army of assassins. The Gatchaman are back, big time! Revamped, stylish and more dynamic than ever, the new GATCHAMAN™ manages to modernize the characters, without compromising the design of the original series. Here are all your favorties - Ken, Joe, June, Rock and Jimmy - with a great new look and killer attitude. This new Original Video Animation (OVA) is sexier, more action packed and completely surpasses the animation in the original 70's series.
read more on activeanime.com

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

More Heroes on Tatsunoko vs. Capcoms.

oh no! Gatchaman was K.O. by Ryu! I want to see him more fighting technique...

here is the list of characters:

Tatsunoko characters:
  • Ken (Gatchaman)
  • Casshern (Casshern)
  • Tekkaman (Tekkaman)
  • Yatterman One (Yatterman)
  • Polymar (Hurricane Polymar)
  • Gold Lightan (Gold Lightan) [Note: He can only be played solo, and has one life bar instead of two.]
Capcom Characters:
  • Ryu
  • Chun-Li
  • Alex (Street Fighter 3)
  • Morrigan (Darkstalkers)
  • Batsu (Rival Schools)
  • Soki (Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams


Tekkaman and Batsu Ichimonji from Rivial School are new announced caharacters

There is news that the game will be playable next month (soon) in locations in both Tokyo and Osaka — Taito Hey! in Akihabara and Ikebukuro GIGO from July 10th to the 13th and Osaka's SEGA Avion from July 25th to the 27th. Announced fighters for both the Capcom side and the Tatsunoko side include Batsu Ichimonji from Capcom 2-on-2 fighter Rival Schools, Chun-li, Ryu, space knight Tekkaman, Gatchaman and Casshern. In the flier for the arcade location test, it says there will be a new character announced. who else?? I'm curious to know.
more screenshots from my last post
http://www.capcom.co.jp/tatsucap/

Sunday, June 29, 2008

WANTED 《殺神特工》


看過Trailer後,
WANTED馬上成為我的最期待電影之列。星期六下午返港,買了漫畫機上重溫晚上即刻到戲院。看過後確實喜歡,沒有失望。動作場面比漫畫來得更"型"更"激"第一場天台戰已經可以大叫"AWESOME!!!"最後的一場也是型到震! 故事只是用上了漫畫原先的基本人物設定,故事世界觀有很大的分別
電影講述一位寂寂無名又平凡的小子韋斯里傑遜(Wesley Gibson)如何成為一位公義執行者,25歲的韋斯里 (祖韋特飾) 生活平凡,終日游手好閒,偶有工作亦常被老闆責駡,女朋友又對他視若無睹,生活對他來說沒有任何意義,直至他遇到霍詩 (安祖蓮娜祖莉飾),一個性感又神秘的女人。霍詩邀請韋斯里加入一個神秘的刺客組織,原來他剛死去的父親是組織的殺手,韋斯里要繼承他的衣缽,組織全力訓 練韋斯里,希望喚醒他體內潛伏的強大力量,讓他可以為父親復仇。 經過組織眾多出色又帶點邪氣的高手的教導,包括謎一般的組織領袖犘根費曼(Morgan Freeman),韋斯里開始享受他從沒想過要擁有的力量。同時慢慢地,他發覺這個神秘組織的存活是因為一套古老而又牢不可破的法規:他們順應天命,執行 死亡指令。他呢?他要聽從組織安排為父報仇?抑或善用自己強大的力量成為英雄?韋斯里將要學習沒有人教導他的事─—命運是由自己掌握!

至於原作漫畫的世界觀
是更DARK當時所有的SUPERHERO已被組織Fraternity完全剷除,世界由SUPER-VILLAIN所控制。與電影中Wesley Gibson被描寫成SUPERHERO剛好相返:他被訓練成為新一代最TOP的KILLER及SUPER-VILLAIN,進行各項的剌殺及找尋殺父仇人。他殺人如痳,在漫畫裡他的女友及好友一早被他殺了。如果跟足原著,都幾難出到街 漫畫中Wesley的Costume造型


安袓蓮娜飾的FOX在漫畫中的造型

看時也有很多的感觸
,Act 1的結構豈不就是Gatchaman的頭段? 就連那場安袓蓮娜側身翻車越過警車的動作設計,也與Gatchaman一場Joe (G2)的飛車追逐有九成相似。看見如此撞橋起初心有點酸的,但是" Damn, it works very well!" 也證明給很多否定我們的人 " This is what we had before, it should work very well !".....看過Wanted,相信更有信心把Gatrchaman那些動作設計推展得更"盡"更"激"


麥克米拿是現今數一數二頂尖的漫畫家,他與著名漫畫發行商Marvel合作,作品包括熱爆全球的《蜘蛛俠》及《變種特攻》,其改編自漫畫的電影系列熱爆全球票房。《殺神特工》是他創作的另一套迷你漫畫系列,首度搬上大銀幕,誓將創造又一套攻陷全球票房的電影。

導演添姆碧文比托夫曾執導俄羅斯史上最成功的科幻電影《守夜神》系列,《守夜神》系列的電影更打低《魔幻王國:獅子女巫魔衣櫥》,創下俄羅斯史上最高的票 房紀錄。添姆碧文比托夫處理科幻電影經驗老到,加上《殺神特工》製作費高出《守夜神》系列以億美元計,電腦特技更目不暇給,絕對能帶給觀眾豐富的視覺享受 及震撼的官能刺激。
Official website
Mark Millar: Wanted - From Comic to Film, 1
Mark Millar: Wanted - From Comic to Film, 2

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Astro Boy is Coming to L.A.'s Anime Expo

Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment will be at Anime Expo� 2008 (Booth #913 and #915) introducing its upcoming CG-animated motion picture Astro Boy. A special edition Astro Boy T-shirt will also be distributed to anime fans on a limited basis at the show which will be held July 3-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center
http://www.anime-expo.org/

Kevin Munroe Talks 'Gatchaman' & 'Dead of Night'

This is the interview of Kevin, he talks about 'Gatchaman' & his new movie 'Dead of Night':
"When we last looked in on director Kevin Munroe, he was a week away from the release of his all-CGI version of the film
Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles. Not that he was resting on his laurels. He was in Hong Kong getting ready to work on what he thought would be his next film, a CGI version of the anime classic Gatchaman.

But a lot can happen in a year. In that time, Munroe left producer Imagi Animation and Gatchaman. Why?

“That’s the big question,” says Munroe from his home in L.A.. “It’s such a simple and complicated thing at the same time. Basically, I was a huge fan of the original series. We talked about it back then. I also don’t think you can look at the lack of success of Speed Racer and say that applies. There’s a power and universality of Gatchaman I think will work no matter what. There’s a way to reach a truly broad audience. That’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to make it a real sci-fi action thing. But as the year went on, there came creative differences. So we parted ways.

“Am I bummed about it? Yeah. It’s one of those jobs where we tried everything and it just couldn’t work. I can’t say I absolutely know what’s good and what’s not, but I certainly knew what I wanted to do with it. Especially after the Turtles experience, where we really wanted to push the envelope and came up against a lot of obstacles. I felt Gatchaman would have been the chance I was looking to push the envelope that was started with Beowulf and Ghost in the Shell.”

Not that Munroe has much time to be bitter. Hyde Park Entertainment (Street Fighter) and Platinum Studios (Men in Black) presented him with an offer he couldn’t refuse. They asked him to direct the film Dead of Night.

For those who don’t know the title, Dead of Night is based on an Italian giallo Dylan Dog. It has been one of the top selling titles in Europe since its debuted in 1986. Created by Tiziano Sclavi, it tells the tale of a former Scotland Yard detective turned paranormal investigator. Although the character is based on the actor Rupert Everett, Brandon Routh was cast to play the hard luck gumshoe.

“You know, I’m really jazzed about this project,” says Munroe. “In many ways it’s like many other projects I’ve done in the past, which is take something that’s purely fantasy and try to ground it in the real world and relate-able to an audience.

“What happened is the guys at Hyde Park and Platinum heard that I had left Gatchaman and sent me the script. After that last experience I was planning to take a vacation, but after I read the script I signed right on. It’s just really cool."....................................

Kevin, i miss you, hope you are doing well!
source: newsarama

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

DragonBall Live Action GOKU



電影《龍珠》主角孫悟空曝光發哥做龜仙人,點睇??

Monday, June 23, 2008

SHOCKER



YEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
More SHOCKER art
糞ボルト@落描道場

Hottoys 1/6 IRONMAN Figure


終於在Toyku Toy show展出了Ironman 1/6 Figure雖然遲了很多,但以Hottoys的高質素製作,俞遲出只會令更多人期待。沒買 figure己好一段日子,damn!又要來了... 不過令我最期待的,還是自家的Gatchaman Figures...

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Ultraman at Toyku Toy Show





thats a 4 meter Ultraman built by tons of Ultraman figures...
I can't go this year, I can only browse the photos from internet only...

Friday, June 20, 2008

Gatchapin Figure

好醜,但係又好鬼Cute...

商品名
ねんどろいど 科学忍者隊ガッチャピン ガッチャピン1号[グッドスマイルカンパニー]《予約商品07月発売》
商品コード HOB-FIG-9104
備考 画像は試作品を撮影したものです。実際の商品とは異なる場合があります。
メーカー グッドスマイルカンパニー
発売日 08年07月未定
シリーズ名 ねんどろいど
原作名 科学忍者隊ガッチャピン
コピーライト (C)タツノコプロ・フジテレビKIDS
造型師 ねんどろん
製品仕様 ABS&PVC 塗装済み可動フィギュア・ノンスケール・全高:約100mm
専用台座付き
解説 原型制作:ねんどろん
制作協力:中村文年(GSC 3Dチーム)

全国津々浦々、老若男女に愛され続けているキャラクター「ガチャピン」と、名作アニメ『科学忍者隊ガッチャマン』のコラボレーション作品『科学忍者隊ガッ チャピン』より「ガッチャピン1号」がねんどろいどとなって颯爽と登場!地球の平和を守るため、特殊スーツに身を包み悪に立ち向かう正義のヒーロー。換装 パーツを使用すれば変身前の姿も再現可能。正義のチャレンジは続きます。
標準小売価格 3,000円(税込)

These figures set is cute too, it captured the personality of Gatchaman but more silly and cute.





Gatchapin DVD

Gatchapin official website
Gatchapin at FUJI TV KIDS CLUB
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