Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Gatchaman!

I am soooo excited about this. Once upon a time there was a Japanese animation called Science Ninja Team Gatchaman about 5 super-powered teenagers. Some Americans saw this, and hacked it about a bit (cutting out most of the violence and the sexual imagery and sticking in badly animated bits concerning an R2-D2 rip-off and his flying dog...) and called it Battle of the Planets, the kids show from the late '70s we all know and love. (It was also retooled into G-Force, and Eagle Riders, but that's another kettle of fish.)

Anyway, Imagi, the company behind the recent CGI Turtles movie, have been working away at a new, CGI version of Gatchaman, and here's the trailer. Don't blink, or you'll miss it. (BTW, that's Joe (Jason in BOTP)'s car, and then we glide up to see the Phoenix. Yum.)

On Imagi's website, you can also see some production shots, including one of Jun (Princess)'s booted legs and her yo-yo. No. that's not a euphemism.



If you want to learn more about the whole history of Gatchaman then get over to Home of the White Shadow for all you ever wanted to know. And boy, there's a lot...!

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