SPACE MOTHER BATTLESHIP FUCKING YAMATO: THE FUCKING MOVIE

[Howard Alan Treesong]

2010: The Year Japan Finds Its Balls

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[Mr. Gundam]

When does it come out?

I'm sure it will be horrendously bad, but I'll still watch it. Definitely needs a live action Harlock cameo.

edit: December 2010 release?

[Eric P]

i don't think it makes the jump to live action all that well

[Howard Alan Treesong]

12.1.2010

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I know that the movie will be terrible. But better this than more ! And maybe it will be cheesily watchable!!

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[Mr. Gundam]

Anything is better than more

New Votoms and Gundam OVAs in 2010 rock my balls.

[Great Rumbler]

 

[Bebpo]

$5 says this got greenlit after Star Trek did well.

[Mr. Gundam]

$5 says this got greenlit after Star Trek did well.

That opening shot in the trailer reminded me of the new Trek.

[Great Rumbler]

$5 says this got greenlit after Star Trek did well.

It was announced in July, two months after Star Trek came out, so that wouldn't be surprising.

It's from the director of Returner, though.

[Bebpo]

It's from the director of Returner, though.

 

[The Fake Shemp]

Japan has perfected the art of making films that look like Hollywood films from the 90s! They're only two decades behind now!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

$5 says this got greenlit after Star Trek did well.

It's from the director of Returner, though.

Hey, Returner trailer was awesome!

[Great Rumbler]

It's from the director of Returner, though.

 

Even worse, he directed Baldr Force. 

[Mr. Gundam]

Japan has perfected the art of making films that look like Hollywood films from the 90s! They're only two decades behind now!

I don't think anyone would disagree with you on this. They rival SyFy Original Movies.

[cool breeze]

Returner  

I saw that movie because Takeshi Kaneshiro's character with a trench coat was a character model in The Specialist mod and I would always use it.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

$5 says this got greenlit after Star Trek did well.

that's a safe bet, as also to probably why its using its international english title even in its home market.

However, live action manga/anime adaptations have been on the upswing in Jappyland over the last few years, the Death Note and 20th Century Boys films were all big, big hits.  As was Dororo, Yattaman, Crows 1 and 2, and even that fucking terrible Dragonball movie did decent business in the rice-eating parts of the world.

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

[Mr. Gundam]

The 20th Century Boys films were the only ones that were any good, though.

[Great Rumbler]

I saw that movie because Takeshi Kaneshiro's character with a trench coat was a character model in The Specialist mod and I would always use it.

I saw it because the trailer made it look like "OMG GIANT ROBOTS THAT TRANSFORM INTO JETS AND FIGHT AND STUFF!!" and this was before Transformers killed my desire to see giant robots fight.

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[Mr. Gundam]

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

G-Saviour was horrible, but apparently Oshii has a live action Tetsujin-28 movie in the works.

[Great Rumbler]

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

apparently Oshii has a live action Tetsujin-28 movie in the works.

That could be good, but Oshii really needs to stick with animation.

[Mr. Gundam]

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

apparently Oshii has a live action Tetsujin-28 movie in the works.

That could be good, but Oshii really needs to stick with animation.

Could be good, but remember that he made Avalon.

[Great Rumbler]

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

apparently Oshii has a live action Tetsujin-28 movie in the works.

That could be good, but Oshii really needs to stick with animation.

Could be good, but remember that he made Avalon.

Which is why he needs to stick to animation.

[Bebpo]

The 20th Century Boys films were the only ones that were any good, though.

I want to see these.  Are both out in Japan on dvd?

[Mr. Gundam]

I think so. Part 1 is out on DVD in NA and part 2 comes out in February.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

apparently Oshii has a live action Tetsujin-28 movie in the works.

That could be good, but Oshii really needs to stick with animation.

Could be good, but remember that he made Avalon.

I, uh, really like Avalon. A lot. More than Ghost in the Shell.

[Mr. Gundam]

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

apparently Oshii has a live action Tetsujin-28 movie in the works.

That could be good, but Oshii really needs to stick with animation.

Could be good, but remember that he made Avalon.

I, uh, really like Avalon. A lot. More than Ghost in the Shell.

Avalon was pretty cool during my total weeaboo phase in college, but I watched it again recently and realized how laughably bad it is.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Yeah, I haven't seen it since 2003 or so... Scary. I still don't like Ghost in the Shell at all, though.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

I haven't seen a bad Oishii film yet, and I would include Avalon to that pile o' goodness.  It might have had a better reputation if the American release wasn't so throughly botched. 

The R1 Miramax release included additional narration to english dubbed version (and the only theatrical showing the film ever got in NA) to help "clarify" all the purposeful unexplaned stuff in the movie.  The DVD kept the superfluous narration even if you watched it in the original Polish language, which meant that you would occasionally see unvoiced subtitles hanging in the air, explaining shit that was already kinda obvious unless you were a complete dullard.

Its a shitty treatment of what I thought was a pretty dang good film.  I know, thematically, Oishii very often plays the same couple of notes in every film, but he plays them so well, and with so much style, I don't really care.

edit: shit, Oshii.

[Mr. Gundam]

Yeah, I haven't seen it since 2003 or so... Scary. I still don't like Ghost in the Shell at all, though.

I kind of like the original GitS film. Innocence is pretty terrible, though.

[Great Rumbler]

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

apparently Oshii has a live action Tetsujin-28 movie in the works.

That could be good, but Oshii really needs to stick with animation.

Could be good, but remember that he made Avalon.

I, uh, really like Avalon. A lot. More than Ghost in the Shell.

I might put Avalon above the first Urusei Yatsura movie, but not any of his other animated films. There's just something about Avalon, it feels kind of cheap and bland. I don't think it's just an Oshii problem though, a lot of big budget, CG-heavy Japanese movies feel that way.

Oshii's animated movies have so much more style and character to them.

[Diunx]

looks like shit.

[cool breeze]

The 20th Century Boys films were the only ones that were any good, though.

Crows Zero 1 was awesome

[Eric P]

Eventually we'll start getting live action mecha films, and man, that's got some nice potential there.

apparently Oshii has a live action Tetsujin-28 movie in the works.

That could be good, but Oshii really needs to stick with animation.

Could be good, but remember that he made Avalon.

I, uh, really like Avalon. A lot. More than Ghost in the Shell.

it's pretty bad

[bork]

Yeah, I haven't seen it since 2003 or so... Scary. I still don't like Ghost in the Shell at all, though.

I kind of like the original GitS film. Innocence is pretty terrible, though.

It's the opposite for me.  The original Ghost In The Shell movie was boring as hell. I fell asleep the first time I watched it.  Innocence is the one I kind of like (emphasis on "kind of"); saw it at a movie theater, but I have no desire to ever rewatch it.  The fanboy in me also hates that they didn't draw the characters Shirow-style.

I don't get why Ghost In The Shell is the one Shirow manga that got big movies and a TV series made out of it (years after the comics were released).  Appleseed, Dominion Tank Police, and even Orion are so much better.

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, I haven't seen it since 2003 or so... Scary. I still don't like Ghost in the Shell at all, though.

I kind of like the original GitS film. Innocence is pretty terrible, though.

The fanboy in me also hates that they didn't draw the characters Shirow-style.

I actually like the movies and the TV series more than the manga.

[Mr. Gundam]

I'd rank them TV series >>> Manga >>>>>>>>> Films

[Great Rumbler]

I'd rank them TV series >>> Manga >>>>>>>>> Films

I'd probably rank them: First movie > Stand Alone Complex > Second Gig > Innocence >>> Manga

[Joe Molotov]

Standalone Complex is just about the best thing ever, but I liked both of the movies too.

[Fragamemnon]

campy spaceship action without the absurd ? Looks pretty cool.

[Fortus]

Live action Starblazers? I guess if they put Ghidra in I'll watch it

[Tauntaun]

Need moar space battle movies. 

[WrikaWrek]

Looks like dog shit, and the dude looks like a lady.


That's a fruity ass hair, good lord.

[Tauntaun]

Looks like dog shit, and the dude looks like a lady.


That's a fruity ass hair, good lord.

You don't know much about Japan do you?

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[Mr. Gundam]

Looks like dog shit, and the dude looks like a lady.


That's a fruity ass hair, good lord.

He's in a boy band, so it's not that surprising.

[Himu]

HOLY SHIT FUCK

[Tauntaun]

Looks like dog shit, and the dude looks like a lady.


That's a fruity ass hair, good lord.

He's in a boy band, so it's not that surprising.

Why do you know this?