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Posted by Transmute Jun on 16-05-2008 at 13:16:

Tatsunoko Fan! I need help!!!!

I need you to help me identify this!!!!

What is it????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdyrq2fZAGE&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbcjUmgZIXA&feature=related

Everyone else take a look too! It's freaky.... Freak3

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Posted by lborgia88 on 16-05-2008 at 13:47:

Bizarre. My first guess was "low budget, Gatch-inspired music videos by Japanese pop group" but a bit of googling suggests that these clips are excerpts of films produced by zen-pictures.net.

It's interesting to see how closely they resemble Gatchaman and its later imitators (Power Rangers etc.)

http://www.zen-pictures.net/english/index02.html

Posted by Transmute Jun on 16-05-2008 at 13:57:

Hmmmm.... it was the wings that threw me off. These costumes seem to be very 'Swan-like'.

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Posted by Springie on 16-05-2008 at 19:21:

Bizarre! Great find, TJ! Big Grin

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Posted by stardust on 16-05-2008 at 20:12:

It's like Gatchaman, Sailor Moon, and Power Rangers all wrapped up in one.
I did notice the little watermark like word in the corner though that said sample. You think they are just test videos for an idea?

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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 16-05-2008 at 23:02:

Way to go girls!!! See the Swans took over in the end...

ROTFL I loved the "action" scenes!

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Posted by tatsunokofan on 17-05-2008 at 01:29:

Hi all!

As lborgia88 already said, it's a film made by Zen Pictures. They're a company that specializes in making low budget direct-to-video costumed heroine films, usually "inspired" by some well known character or series. As you'd expect, these are usually little more than an excuse to have pretty girls in skintight or revealing outfits running around on screen. This particular one is called "Bird Soldier."

James

Posted by clouddancer on 19-05-2008 at 19:24:

Wow,
interesting find TJ.
Thank you for the info James.

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