Written By: Ken HulseySource: Japan Zone
The serious PR has started for the movie adaptation of "20-Seiki Shonen" (20th Century Boys). A post-production event was held last night at the Roppongi Hills complex in central Tokyo for the first of the three movie installments, which opens in theaters on August 30. The movie has a star-studded cast, and they were all called out for yesterday's event. But stealing the show was a 9m high reproduction of the movie's robot. Toei reportedly shelled out about ¥40 million for the PR event, with most of that being the cost of the robot. Star Karasawa Toshiaki (45) described the film this way, "It's intense!" The movies are based on the sci fi manga that ran in the "Big Comic Spirits" magazine from 1999 to 2006. There have been distribution negotiations in more 20 countries worldwide, and the movies are likely to be bigger than the recent "Death Note" series. Servers for the official website (http://www.20thboys.com) have been reportedly overwhelmed in the last couple of days due the intense interest in the film.
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