i just saw this coo trailer today…even tho its been out for a while. theres a new live-action movie being produced in japan based on the old anime casshan (casshern): robot hunter. its not one of the better known animes in america, but the sci-fi channel…back before the days of cartoon network and toonami, played the 90’s remake of casshan a few times during their anime blocks saturday morning. the original casshan was released back in the early 1970’s, and followed the story of a human who fights the robot oppressors of the future by giving up his humanity to become an android himself. the new “casshern” live action movie veers decidedly away from the old post-apocalyptic imagery and is very steamboy-meets-1984-esque. industrial cities, flying airships, mechanized iron robots, numerous orwellian imagery…even a bit of russian constructivism too (along with the use of cyrillic). very coo. i actually had a hard time putting the two together when i first saw the trailer…id forgotten about the old anime til i saw this trailer. ill definitely have to check out the movie when its released on dvd.
and another anime android getting a modern live-action makeover…theres a new cutie honey trailer out as well. yea…best not to ask.
> casshern: robot hunter the movie
> cutie honey the movie
i think i remember the original casshern. wasn’t the setting very post apocalyptic and the main character a ninja-ish guy in a grey cloak? if it’s the one i remember, it was really bad-ass. can’t believe it’s going to be a live action film.
Devilman the movie is coming as well
http://www.devilmanthemovie.jp