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02-07-2008 21:54
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tatsunokofan
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Hi all!
I would suspect that this is a preview of the Astro Boy movie, not the movie itself. The film is still in production, and won't be released until next year, but Imagi is at the convention to get some advance publicity for it.
Yes, it would be very, very nice if they had something on Gatchaman as well, but expect Astro Boy to be their main focus.
Again, if they don't have much on Gatchaman at Anime Expo, please remind them that there will be a contingent of Gatchaman fans swarming their booth at Comic Con, and that we'd appreciate it if they had something on that film at the con. And if they do have Gatchaman material at Anime Expo, please remind them to make certain they bring it with them to San Diego as well! Hey, I figure every reminder of this helps!
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03-07-2008 17:34
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Okay Gatchamaniacs--I'm back and have some news some good, some bad so be prepared.
Astroboy is the movie Imagi is heavily promoting. It will be out in Fall of 2009. I asked one of the Imagi reps about Gatchaman and she said it would likely be released in 2010 or 2011. With the change of director, they are having to go back to redo character designs. A script is written and storyboards have been done but there were none at the booth.
However, they did show a brief animation test of some Gatchaman footage which will be shown at Comic Con. The only faces I got to see were Jun and Joe (I assumed it was Joe since he was driving a Ferrari type car). There were brief flashes of the birdstyles but they resembled the outfits from the OVA Gatchaman. I also saw the Phoenix, in regular and Firebird mode, it reminded me of the ship in the X-Men movie but from what I saw it had the different compartments for each of the team's vehicles. One scene showed Joe and some guy making a drop off at some shipping docks. The other guy puts down the suitcase of money from some punk buying a heavy duty gun (most likely a Galactor gun). As the deal is going down, Joe chugs back his beer (or soda), throws it out the window and throws the car in reverse grabbing the suitcase on the way. He turns the car around and peels away from the gun deal. The guy who was with Joe shouts something at him and the guy with the gun fires a missle at Joe's fleeing vehicle. Joe can't outrun it so he turns the car sideways allowing the missle to pass through his open drivers window and out the open passenger window on the other side (Very cool!) where it blows up some bad guys.
There was a brief glimpse of Jun with the yo-yo down on its string. From what was shown Joe and Jun look nothing like the Tatsunoko drawings. HOWEVER, the Imagi rep said these were computer tests and the characters may not look like this when the movie comes out. The footage was dated May 19, 2008. There was also some brief fighting scenes but I couldn't make out if it was Ken or Joe doing the fighting. There is one shot of the team in civvies walking away. I recognized Ryu with 05 on his shirt but the shot was only from the back. He looked very muscular--reminded me of a football quarterback. Both Ken and Joe looked muscular from what I could see. Again, it was brief and the characters were walking away from the camera.
There were some shots of Utoland which was kind of like what was seen in the Speed Racer movie but as you went down to street level, it seemed more dark and dank. Didn't see any Galactor soldiers, Berg Katse or a mecha (although there was a shot with two planes heading toward a spriral shaped mountain (?)
That's what I can remember. I'm thinking of going again tomorrow. I try to watch it some more. I can't tape it because they won't allow it--I may try to get some pictures though.
P.S. I attended part of an ADV panel and spoke to one of the founders (I forgot his name-darn!). He said that ADV had been having financial difficulties but have got a new sponsor which they hope to announce in the near future. I complimented him on the Gatchaman DVD's and he thanked me. I asked if it was possible that ADV would do a dub of Gatch 2 and Gatch F. He said that a live action Gatchaman movie was being made and that studio didn't want an English dub around until the movie was finished. (Why I don't know).
If I can remember anything else, I'll post it.     
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lborgia88
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| quote: | Originally posted by Condorfan
Okay Gatchamaniacs--I'm back and have some news some good, some bad so be prepared.
Astroboy is the movie Imagi is heavily promoting. It will be out in Fall of 2009. I asked one of the Imagi reps about Gatchaman and she said it would likely be released in 2010 or 2011. With the change of director, they are having to go back to redo character designs. A script is written and storyboards have been done but there were none at the booth.
However, they did show a brief animation test of some Gatchaman footage which will be shown at Comic Con. The only faces I got to see were Jun and Joe (I assumed it was Joe since he was driving a Ferrari type car). There were brief flashes of the birdstyles but they resembled the outfits from the OVA Gatchaman. I also saw the Phoenix, in regular and Firebird mode, it reminded me of the ship in the X-Men movie but from what I saw it had the different compartments for each of the team's vehicles. One scene showed Joe and some guy making a drop off at some shipping docks. The other guy puts down the suitcase of money from some punk buying a heavy duty gun (most likely a Galactor gun). As the deal is going down, Joe chugs back his beer (or soda), throws it out the window and throws the car in reverse grabbing the suitcase on the way. He turns the car around and peels away from the gun deal. The guy who was with Joe shouts something at him and the guy with the gun fires a missle at Joe's fleeing vehicle. Joe can't outrun it so he turns the car sideways allowing the missle to pass through his open drivers window and out the open passenger window on the other side (Very cool!) where it blows up some bad guys.
There was a brief glimpse of Jun with the yo-yo down on its string. From what was shown Joe and Jun look nothing like the Tatsunoko drawings. HOWEVER, the Imagi rep said these were computer tests and the characters may not look like this when the movie comes out. The footage was dated May 19, 2008. There was also some brief fighting scenes but I couldn't make out if it was Ken or Joe doing the fighting. There is one shot of the team in civvies walking away. I recognized Ryu with 05 on his shirt but the shot was only from the back. He looked very muscular--reminded me of a football quarterback. Both Ken and Joe looked muscular from what I could see. Again, it was brief and the characters were walking away from the camera.
There were some shots of Utoland which was kind of like what was seen in the Speed Racer movie but as you went down to street level, it seemed more dark and dank. Didn't see any Galactor soldiers, Berg Katse or a mecha (although there was a shot with two planes heading toward a spriral shaped mountain (?)
That's what I can remember. I'm thinking of going again tomorrow. I try to watch it some more. I can't tape it because they won't allow it--I may try to get some pictures though.
P.S. I attended part of an ADV panel and spoke to one of the founders (I forgot his name-darn!). He said that ADV had been having financial difficulties but have got a new sponsor which they hope to announce in the near future. I complimented him on the Gatchaman DVD's and he thanked me. I asked if it was possible that ADV would do a dub of Gatch 2 and Gatch F. He said that a live action Gatchaman movie was being made and that studio didn't want an English dub around until the movie was finished. (Why I don't know).
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What's the bad news? That it might not be out until 2011? That Joe litters?
It sounds like much of the characters' and the film's look is still being developed, but this is very interesting what you've found out for us!
I wish ADV well -I am grateful to them for making it possible for me to discover Gatchaman.
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05-07-2008 02:11
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| quote: | Originally posted by lborgia88
| quote: | Originally posted by Condorfan
Okay Gatchamaniacs--I'm back and have some news some good, some bad so be prepared.
Astroboy is the movie Imagi is heavily promoting. It will be out in Fall of 2009. I asked one of the Imagi reps about Gatchaman and she said it would likely be released in 2010 or 2011. With the change of director, they are having to go back to redo character designs. A script is written and storyboards have been done but there were none at the booth.
However, they did show a brief animation test of some Gatchaman footage which will be shown at Comic Con. The only faces I got to see were Jun and Joe (I assumed it was Joe since he was driving a Ferrari type car). There were brief flashes of the birdstyles but they resembled the outfits from the OVA Gatchaman. I also saw the Phoenix, in regular and Firebird mode, it reminded me of the ship in the X-Men movie but from what I saw it had the different compartments for each of the team's vehicles. One scene showed Joe and some guy making a drop off at some shipping docks. The other guy puts down the suitcase of money from some punk buying a heavy duty gun (most likely a Galactor gun). As the deal is going down, Joe chugs back his beer (or soda), throws it out the window and throws the car in reverse grabbing the suitcase on the way. He turns the car around and peels away from the gun deal. The guy who was with Joe shouts something at him and the guy with the gun fires a missle at Joe's fleeing vehicle. Joe can't outrun it so he turns the car sideways allowing the missle to pass through his open drivers window and out the open passenger window on the other side (Very cool!) where it blows up some bad guys.
There was a brief glimpse of Jun with the yo-yo down on its string. From what was shown Joe and Jun look nothing like the Tatsunoko drawings. HOWEVER, the Imagi rep said these were computer tests and the characters may not look like this when the movie comes out. The footage was dated May 19, 2008. There was also some brief fighting scenes but I couldn't make out if it was Ken or Joe doing the fighting. There is one shot of the team in civvies walking away. I recognized Ryu with 05 on his shirt but the shot was only from the back. He looked very muscular--reminded me of a football quarterback. Both Ken and Joe looked muscular from what I could see. Again, it was brief and the characters were walking away from the camera.
There were some shots of Utoland which was kind of like what was seen in the Speed Racer movie but as you went down to street level, it seemed more dark and dank. Didn't see any Galactor soldiers, Berg Katse or a mecha (although there was a shot with two planes heading toward a spriral shaped mountain (?)
That's what I can remember. I'm thinking of going again tomorrow. I try to watch it some more. I can't tape it because they won't allow it--I may try to get some pictures though.
P.S. I attended part of an ADV panel and spoke to one of the founders (I forgot his name-darn!). He said that ADV had been having financial difficulties but have got a new sponsor which they hope to announce in the near future. I complimented him on the Gatchaman DVD's and he thanked me. I asked if it was possible that ADV would do a dub of Gatch 2 and Gatch F. He said that a live action Gatchaman movie was being made and that studio didn't want an English dub around until the movie was finished. (Why I don't know).
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What's the bad news? That it might not be out until 2011? That Joe litters?
It sounds like much of the characters' and the film's look is still being developed, but this is very interesting what you've found out for us!
I wish ADV well -I am grateful to them for making it possible for me to discover Gatchaman. |
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lborgia, let me clarify. For me it was bad news that the movie may not be out next year as I was really hoping it would be. I don't like the idea of waiting until 2011 but I agree that with Springie that it is better to wait and do the film justice. 
P.S. Imagi rep said this footage will be shown at Comic-Con but doesn't think there will be any major announcements about Gatchaman as they are promoting Astroboy.
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05-07-2008 04:15
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05-07-2008 05:50
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) I've decided to go for one day to the Anime Expo. I'll try for Friday--if that doesn't work, I'll try for Saturday. I'll go by the IMAGI booth and see if there is any Gatchaman movie info.
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