After the first announcement back in December, the first images from Mamoru Oshii’s live-action adaptation of Tetsujin 28 (aka Gigantor) have surfaced. The film will be called 28 ½, I guess to seperate this version from the other adapations.
The first shot kinda reminds me of Oshii’s The Sky Crawlers…

[via Twitch & Official Website]

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Seems like director Mamoru Oshii has regained his love for live-action during his work on his latest film Assault Girls. According to ANN, director of titles Ghost in the Shell, The Sky Crawlers and Avalon revealed in Tokyo during a press conference for Assault Girls that his next film will be a live-action adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s classic manga Tetsujin 28 (aka Gigantor).
Imagi Studios are currently working on a CG anime adaptation of the manga named T28, which will (according to IMDb) open in theaters in 2011. Oshii didn’t mention any dates in his announcement, but since he already directed a stage play version of Tetsujin 28-gō featuring a 500kg replica of the giant robot in January I guess we won’t have to wait too long.

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Das Imagi Team haben die Website zur CG Neuauflage des Animeklassikers Tetsujin 28 aka Gigantor aktualisiert und um einen ersten Teaser Trailer erweitert. Wie schon beim Original von 1963 geht es hier um die altbekannte Story von einem Junge, der per Gadget einem Riesenroboter kontrolliert und die Menscheit vor verrückten Wissenschaftlern mit Allmachtsphantasien und eigener Roboterarmee beschützt.

[via felix.ip]

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