The Japanese animation company Hikari Productions and the Hong Kong-based computer animation studio IMAGI have launched a website for T28, a teaser video based on Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s classic Tetsujin 28 giant robot manga and anime. NBC aired the 1963-1965 black-and-white anime version in the United States under the name “Gigantor”. The story follows the adventures of a boy who can control a giant robot with his special handheld joystick.
IMAGI Creative Director Felix Ip revealed on his blog last month that his company had created the computer-graphics animation test before he became fully occupied on the Astro Boy film, which will open in the United States in October. Although a full-length film version of “T28? has not been green-lit for production, the new website invites viewers to express whether they want to see one made.
Check the trailer at the website, or right here. What do you think? Should this project happen?
I guess the studio's not out of money after all, huh.
If they can pull off Astroboy then this should be great!
For kids who only know the "Frankenstein Jr." version of this story, this could be good!
Looks like this won't happen either. Sad, man. I hope another studio picks these projects up!