1/1 Scale Tetsujin-28-go
Let me just repeat again: THE JAPANESE ARE AWESOME!!!
They are building another giant robot again & this time it's the legendary Tetsujin-28-go.
For those unaware, Tetsujin-28 was the first Giant Robot to appear in a Manga in 1956. You can even call it the ancestor of all Giant Robot Manga/Anime series.
AnimeNewsNetwork-reports: "The parts of the 59-foot-tall statue will be transported to the final site at Kobe's Wakamatsu Park for assembly at the end of July. It was scheduled to be constructed in August, but its completion is now planned for the end of September with a ceremony on October 4. (The initial plans called for a spring 2008 opening.) ... Unlike the Gundam statue, the Tetsujin 28-gō statue will be a permanent installation with no moving parts."
"The Kobe Tetsujin Project's statue is intended as a symbol of the city's revival after the 1995 Kobe Earthquake. It is being build in Nagata Ward, the city's hardest hit neighborhood which has since been rebuilt and revitalized. The statue also celebrates the life of one of Kobe's most well-known native sons, as Yokoyama not only created the Tetsujin 28 manga and anime, but also Giant Robo and Sally the Witch."
[Above text via AnimeNewsNetwork / More information can be found via The Kobe Shimbun / in Japanese]
Construction Video
Info/images/video credits to http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2009/06/tetsujin-28-go.html
Another great tourist attraction for everyone to visit when they go to Japan.
Sadly the 1/1 Gundam exhibit will be taken down soon....I forgot when, but I think its around end July or August.
Hopefully, Danny Choo's petition will go through & the Gundam will remain there for ppl to see.
They are building another giant robot again & this time it's the legendary Tetsujin-28-go.
For those unaware, Tetsujin-28 was the first Giant Robot to appear in a Manga in 1956. You can even call it the ancestor of all Giant Robot Manga/Anime series.
AnimeNewsNetwork-reports: "The parts of the 59-foot-tall statue will be transported to the final site at Kobe's Wakamatsu Park for assembly at the end of July. It was scheduled to be constructed in August, but its completion is now planned for the end of September with a ceremony on October 4. (The initial plans called for a spring 2008 opening.) ... Unlike the Gundam statue, the Tetsujin 28-gō statue will be a permanent installation with no moving parts."
"The Kobe Tetsujin Project's statue is intended as a symbol of the city's revival after the 1995 Kobe Earthquake. It is being build in Nagata Ward, the city's hardest hit neighborhood which has since been rebuilt and revitalized. The statue also celebrates the life of one of Kobe's most well-known native sons, as Yokoyama not only created the Tetsujin 28 manga and anime, but also Giant Robo and Sally the Witch."
[Above text via AnimeNewsNetwork / More information can be found via The Kobe Shimbun / in Japanese]
Construction Video
Click to viewInfo/images/video credits to http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2009/06/tetsujin-28-go.html
Another great tourist attraction for everyone to visit when they go to Japan.
Sadly the 1/1 Gundam exhibit will be taken down soon....I forgot when, but I think its around end July or August.
Hopefully, Danny Choo's petition will go through & the Gundam will remain there for ppl to see.