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To be or not to be a gatchamaniac - that's the dilemma!

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Originally posted by green Well, we've only waited 37 years - what's a few more?

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Hi all!

I wish I'd known about this when it could still have done some good, but apparently over the last couple of days, the liquidation firm Brian Testo & Associates held an auction to clear out Imagi's L.A. offices, an auction which ended yesterday. The vast majority of the items that were sold were standard office furniture, desks, cubicle walls, a number of computers, printers, DVD players, monitors, and the like. Hidden among the items were more iteresting things, like the large Astro Boy in a tube that was displayed in the Imagi booth durring the 2008 Comic Con. There were also a scattering of Gatchaman-related items, including piles of promotional and concept artwork that we've never seen before.

Here's what they had:























Now, from the look of things, the vast majority of these items were actually "removed from the sale due to licensing claims," and as such did not sell. The only items that were sold were the two Joe posters, the Firebird poster, and the lot of hats, watches, and other promo gear. If you wish to look through the auction site yourself, it can be found here:

Imagi Auction

You can find the Gatchaman items by searching for Gatchaman or Removed From Sale.

James

Oh ... sigh ... that's the official end of it then, eh?

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Sighhh

Why do men snore when lying on their backs?
Because their balls fall over their butt holes and they vapour lock.

Wow, that looks great! Too bad they weren't for sale...

Thanks for sharing with us, James!

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Thanks for posting this, James!

Even now, it's still interesting to see some more of their concept art.

I'm guessing this is Joe's, Jinpei's and Jun's vehicles. Very interesting that Jun's bike seems to only have one large wheel.

Thanks for sharing, James! This does leave a sad note, though!

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To be or not to be a gatchamaniac - that's the dilemma!

Wow... It looks like they were farther along with the pre-production than I thought. There was a lot more designs/promo material than I thought there would be!

How sad. Even if someone else did pick-up the rights, it looks like they'd have to start over from scratch.

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Hinotori
Eagle in Charge

Hi everyone! Gee It's been a long time since I logged in here, but anyways, here's some news on my part.

I recently talked to Felix Ip about James' images and the auction. I asked him if he can show us the same images but in better quality. He said he will, but only after resolving something about the rights, licensing and financial issues.

He's currently worried about the movie being picked up by a party who might ruin it due to lack of Gatchaman knowledge. He also promised us fans that once all catastrophe is all over, he'll let us know immediately.

PS: James' images, according to Felix, were the recent designs for the movie.

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Now, Count Your Sins!

What it means is that the idea for making the movie - with a lot of pre-production legwork - is out there. Nobody has picked up the option of making the movie.

It's never actually been cancelled - the studio to make it went bust and so it was shelved and remains so.

There are literally thousands of movies whose ideas have been shelved until somebody picks up the option to make it.

Unfoftunately, animated movies like Gatchaman don't really have a good track record for box office, and tht is the main reason that any studio will make it.

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