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Gigantor VS Gundam: Which Is Cooler?
AnimeVice Site Mashup —
... Still, the two projects going on around the same time simply invite comparisons. The Tetsujin-28 statue isn't up yet (its official installation opening is October 4th, after the Gundam gets taken down), but ANN spotted a video of the construction of the piece: ...
Tetsujin 28 Huge mecha delayed!
Cartoon Leap Anime Blog —
... The Sky Crawlers) wrote and directed a stage play adaptation of the manga with a six-meter-tall (20-foot-tall) robot replica earlier this year, while Hong Kong’s IMAGI studio (TMNT, Astro Boy) began streaming its computer-animated teaser video last month. Bandai is constructing a Gundam statue of similar size on Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island. Unlike the Gundam statue, the Tetsujin 28-gō statue will be a permanent installation with no moving parts. Source: Kobe Shimbun via ANN Bad thing that this mecha cant move like the Gundam, but it is still impressive. Related ...
Iron God Of Peace ~ Kobe Tetsujin Project
NeoShinka —
... Kobe Tetsujin Project
18-meter-tall statue of Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s Tetsujin 28-gō will be transported to the final site at Kobe’s Wakamatsu Park for assembly at the end of July. Its completion is planned for the end of September with a ceremony on October 4. The Kobe Tetsujin Project’s statue is intended as a symbol of the city’s revival after the 1995 Kobe Earthquake.
18-m Tetsujin 28/Gigantor Statue’s Construction Video Streamed, ANN, 2009-06-24
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