ShadowerV2 Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-90835-1-2.html Pics for the Gatchaman vehicles. Quote
Scream Man Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 That all looks pretty faithful to me.... Quote
Bowen Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Still brings back fond memories, even if I only saw the 'Eagle Riders' incarnation Edited March 30, 2009 by Bowen Quote
Uxi Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Was Eagle Riders the one where they all went to metallic shades? Silver/bronze/etc? That G5 looks awesome. Wish it had the mini versions like the old Unifive. And a fiery shroud. Quote
Bowen Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) I don't think they were metallic... I do remember the Phoenix was awesome, white with red wings and tail I believe, a giant bird's head painted on the entire front, and all of their individual vehicles launching from the vehicel... Later on they got that horrible 5-in-1 triangle thing... Edit: Eagle Riders Apparently it were the Gatchaman II and Gatchaman Fighter episodes Edited March 31, 2009 by Bowen Quote
AcroRay Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Sweet. The first darker blue/purple one with the fiery shroud or the second teal one that came with the bird/boomerang? Uni5's first version. Although - call me crazy - I sold the Hino-Tori shell to raise some funds for another purchase. Quote
AcroRay Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) I think he means the 3rd one. I used to have it. Its a triangular combiner. We're talking about Uni5's Godphoenix, not Bandai's GatchaSpartan (which utterly sucks in both concept and execution). Edited March 31, 2009 by AcroRay Quote
Bowen Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) *nevermind* Edited March 31, 2009 by Bowen Quote
Bowen Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 I think he means the 3rd one. I used to have it. Its a triangular combiner. That the one from Gatchaman Fighter (or the 2nd part of Eagle Riders depending on what you grew up with), the one with 5 vehicles combining into one large triangular vehicle? Quote
Scream Man Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 i atill havent seent his new poster. Cant find it onlien either, which is odd. Quote
taksraven Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 i atill havent seent his new poster. Cant find it onlien either, which is odd. There ya go..... Quote
promethuem5 Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 Neato... I'd say the suit still has the right amount of spandexyness balanced with the added armor effect. It's like when they started drawing Captain America with an armored suit... it still looked like spandex, but has the same subtle kevlary effect. Quote
taksraven Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) I take it that everybody has seen this. I *really* wish that they had used this as a basis for a new OAV. Its great!! Taksraven Berg Katse in particular looks AWESOME in it!!!! Edited April 2, 2009 by taksraven Quote
Sir Galahad® Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 I take it that everybody has seen this. I *really* wish that they had used this as a basis for a new OAV. Its great!! Taksraven Berg Katse in particular looks AWESOME in it!!!! You know what is cooler? Check the live action they made for the same scenes (done by Japan Boyband SMAP) Here is the Animation: And here is the Live action: Quote
taksraven Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 You know what is cooler? Check the live action they made for the same scenes (done by Japan Boyband SMAP) Here is the Animation: And here is the Live action: I think that they both (live action and animated) look pretty good. Either way its a huge tragedy that this never went anywhere beyond an advertisment. But at least we enjoyed some new Gatchaman coolness for a few seconds. (If only the Gatchaman OAV had been as good as this) Taksraven Quote
reddsun1 Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) Meh, I'll always like the original costumes the best. Well, except for the guys' boots. The whole thigh-boots-on-a-man look just doesn't work. If the men on the team didn't look like they were wearing stripper-boots, the suits would kick a$$ and take names. Now Jun on the other hand--it's all good baby. Work whatcha got. Something more in an officers or calvary boot length would work so much better for the look of the suit? Not quite so, er, androgynous? Edited April 13, 2009 by reddsun1 Quote
troyness Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 Gatchaman related news: I looked soooo hard for Gatchman t-shirts, with the bird insignia ,and the numbered t-shirts(civilian wear) and I,ve found BOTH!!!!! It,s not an official release from Tatsonoko(which by the way has very little options, for bird insignia OR civilian numbered t-shirts ..the only one I,ve seen ,has been 2 bird insignia versions one on a white t-shirt-Mark=cannon,one on a black t-shirt= non cannon) It,s at redbubble.com,Ross Robinson is the artist,I,ve just recieved them and they are fantastic!!!! Finally you can now choose which team member t-shirt to buy,made on a high quality cotton ....and other stuff ,I think these t-shirts will keep their shape for a long time. Here are the easy to follow steps: 1.you order it 2.it,s Frickin,hand made special order!!!!(sweet!!) 3.a beautiful anime accurate t-shirt arrives (depending on where you live approx$30.00 before shipping etc..) Quote
terry the lone wolf Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Trailer from Anime Expo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtSYrCJO_rk Quote
Scream Man Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 hard to see clearly, but it doesnt look to bad there... Quote
taksraven Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Trailer from Anime Expo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtSYrCJO_rk Thanks a heap for that. Looks OK. The music on the trailer was sucky though. Taksraven Quote
gerwalk25 Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Trailer from Anime Expo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtSYrCJO_rk Berg Katse looks sweet! Quote
taksraven Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Berg Katse looks sweet! Is that Katse at 0.09? If so, he looks weird. Taksraven Quote
protostar8 Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 With all this Gatchaman talk, it's got me interested in seeing the series. Has Gatchaman II or Gatchaman F ever been translated or dubbed (translated with subs would be the best if the dub company included them on a DVD release or something)? Quote
Fusion Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Well if anyone in New York is interested in T-Shirts. Go to the Uniqlo store. They have official Gatchaman T-shirts. If I remember correctly there where two designs. The bird insignia on the front and a image on the back. They are limited edition. T-shirt commercial Uniqlo Gachaman shirt 1 Gachaman T-shirt 2 Gatchaman related news: I looked soooo hard for Gatchman t-shirts, with the bird insignia ,and the numbered t-shirts(civilian wear) and I,ve found BOTH!!!!! It,s not an official release from Tatsonoko(which by the way has very little options, for bird insignia OR civilian numbered t-shirts ..the only one I,ve seen ,has been 2 bird insignia versions one on a white t-shirt-Mark=cannon,one on a black t-shirt= non cannon) It,s at redbubble.com,Ross Robinson is the artist,I,ve just recieved them and they are fantastic!!!! Finally you can now choose which team member t-shirt to buy,made on a high quality cotton ....and other stuff ,I think these t-shirts will keep their shape for a long time. Here are the easy to follow steps: 1.you order it 2.it,s Frickin,hand made special order!!!!(sweet!!) 3.a beautiful anime accurate t-shirt arrives (depending on where you live approx$30.00 before shipping etc..) Quote
taksraven Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 "New" trailer. Its labelled as 2007 concept footage so who knows. After the studio doing this film had a big stuff up with Astro Boy I'm astounded that they are still working on anything. It sounds like they are going to have to scrape together every last cent to get it done..... Enjoy Taksraven Quote
Lindem Herz Posted April 21, 2010 Posted April 21, 2010 They are not finishing it. Imagi is closing offices (Imagi LA is gone already) and has cut down pretty much all personnel that is not necessary to liquidate its assets and auction all the stuff they can. Quote
taksraven Posted April 21, 2010 Posted April 21, 2010 They are not finishing it. Imagi is closing offices (Imagi LA is gone already) and has cut down pretty much all personnel that is not necessary to liquidate its assets and auction all the stuff they can. DAMN! Where did you hear that?? I thought that the failure of Astro Boy doomed them. Taksraven Quote
Scream Man Posted April 21, 2010 Posted April 21, 2010 It did, that's why they arent finishing Gatchaman. Quote
Freiflug88 Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 They are not finishing it. Imagi is closing offices (Imagi LA is gone already) and has cut down pretty much all personnel that is not necessary to liquidate its assets and auction all the stuff they can. I heard that Imagi was actually very close to finishing up with the film and that about a year ago they held test screenings, but reportedly the film still needed a lot of polishing at the time. With luck some one else will acquire Gatchaman from Imagi and release it on their own. Quote
EXO Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 kinda glad it didnt get made... wasn't into the designs... I didn't think Astroboy was tht great. I wanna see something closer to the Alex Ross look which is really just a more faithful adaptation. Quote
Save Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 kinda glad it didnt get made... wasn't into the designs... I didn't think Astroboy was tht great. I wanna see something closer to the Alex Ross look which is really just a more faithful adaptation. I'm with you on that. That video looked like a bad Team Fortress mod cut scene. Quote
Lindem Herz Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 DAMN! Where did you hear that?? I thought that the failure of Astro Boy doomed them. Taksraven http://www.daily-reviews.com/hong-kong-stu...ally-shut-down/ Quote
taksraven Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 kinda glad it didnt get made... wasn't into the designs... I didn't think Astroboy was tht great. I wanna see something closer to the Alex Ross look which is really just a more faithful adaptation. Yeah, I'm like that about remakes in general these days. Unfortunately, by the look of the footage that was released for this film, it would seem that the makers didn't really get what Gatchaman was about and we were probably going to get a very PG rated version of the legend. To me, Gatchaman was always meant to be tougher than such interpretations. Even though it was about a bunch of people dressed up as birds going around fighting the bad guys, it always had this sort of coolness and ruthlessness to it that wasn't captured in the OAV version and probably would not have been seen in the film that seems is not being made anymore. There was a high level of graphic violence in the original show that has not been seen in other similar programs, and the Super Sentai stuff certainly did not follow this model. Like I have already noticed, one of the closest things to imitate the look and feel of the original series was those bloody NTT ads and its a pity that they didn't translate into more. Taksraven Quote
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