Legendary Pictures is finally moving forward with the long-awaited Gundam movie project, which was first announced at the Anime Expo in Los Angeles back in 2018. Since then, the project has gone through multiple script revisions and changes in directors. Despite these challenges, the studio remained committed to producing a live-action Gundam film. Recently, it was announced that Legendary has secured a release platform through Netflix, a company known for adapting Japanese anime into live-action, with "Cowboy Bebop" being a notable example. Indie director Jim Mickle, who directed the acclaimed TV series "Sweet Tooth," is set to helm the project, which will feature actors Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo. It is still unclear whether the Gundam movie will be given a theatrical release or will premiere directly on streaming.
In 1997, Banpresto approached Go Nagai to create an advanced version of his famous mecha, Great Mazinger, for the later stages of their Super Robot Wars video game. The design Nagai came up with, Mazinkaiser, is considered one of the most powerful mechas ever created. Its popularity led to its eventual inclusion in the Mazinger franchise's storyline. In 1999, a seven-episode Original Video Animation (OVA) series was produced to explore the origins of the mecha.
Get ready for an exciting holiday treat, Power Rangers fans! BOOM! Studios, the exclusive home of new official POWER RANGERS comics in partnership with Hasbro—the powerhouse behind games, toys, and beloved IPs—is thrilled to announce the release of a remarkable one-shot: MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: ZORD QUEST #1, hitting the shelves this December!
Written By Ken HulseyPicture a wild future where hospitals are only for the perfectly healthy, the two hottest women in town are part android, and the criminals are so outrageous that the police need tanks to handle them. Welcome to Newport, Japan—our fictional playground and the setting for Koichi Mashamoto's quirky 1988 anime series, "Dominion Tank Police."
Get ready, Gundam fans! The Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Side MS Gundam RX-72-2 joins the Metal Robot Spirits lineup, and it’s bringing some serious excitement. This figure not only showcases a detailed internal structure but also features select exterior parts crafted from die-cast metal, giving it a satisfying weight and premium feel.
New Line Cinema’s original anime feature “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Great Mazinger joins Jumbo Machinder! This Great Mazinger Jumbo Machinder Action Figure measures approximately 23 3/5-inches tall. The second Jumbo Machinder revival project celebrates Great Mazinger on the 50th anniversary of the TV broadcast! Standard equipment includes 2x "Mazinger Blades" and the red wing "Scramble Dash!" It has an atomic punch ejection gimmick on both arms, and can be equipped with a "super rapid-fire missile" unit that ejects three missiles on its arms. Also equipped with a large "Mazinger Blade".
Build, pose, and display this Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom Movie Black Knight Squad Shi-ve.A High Grade 1:144 Scale Model Kit. Add it to your Gunpla collection!
A superior version of the Roundfacer upgraded by Korchima's Engineers is back! From the anime series Fang of the Sun Dougram comes a rerelease of the 24th Battalion's Soltic H8-RF "Korchima Special" combat armor! This model kit makes use of snap-fit connections. Glue is not required for assembly. Each joint makes use of a poly-cap, allowing for smooth and easy posing of the finished product. The cockpit canopy is prepainted frame canopy. The kit comes with the Korchima Specials weapons including the Hand Linear Gun and Turbozack. The various markings on the Korchima Special are included as water-application decals. The Fang of the Sun Dougram Combat Armors MAX 04 Soltic H8-RF Korchima Special 1:72 Scale Model Kit - ReRun measures approximately 5 1/2-inches tall when fully assembled.
Specifications Company: Max Factory Theme: Fang of the Sun Dougram Product Type: Model Kits Material: Plastic Scale (Ratio): 1:72 Item Height: 5.31 inches (13.49 cm)
This item has features and themes that are for adults only. Ages 18 and up. Recommended for mature collectors. Here comes a gal and her bunny outfit for your anime statue collection! The Original Character Illustration by Momoko Bunny Chan 1:7 Scale Statue comes with a stand, perfect for display. Made of plastic, she measures approximately 8-inches tall. Don't miss out on adding Bunny Chan to your anime collection!
From Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid comes this Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Lucoa Bunny Version B-Style 1:4 Scale Statue! She features a black bunny suit, colorful hair, and real net tights! Made of plastic, she measures approximately 19-inches tall. Add her to your anime collection! - READ MORE
Thea is one of the main characters in the anime series, Spy Classroom. Her spy name is Dream Speaker and she is a member of the intel squad with Daughter Dearest. Made of PVC, this figure stands just over 9-inches tall. - READ MORE
From Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid comes this Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Lucoa Bunny Version B-Style 1:4 Scale Statue! She features a black bunny suit, colorful hair, and real net tights! Made of plastic, she measures approximately 19-inches tall. Add her to your anime collection!
As seen in the fan favorite Kamen Rider Black tokusatsu series, comes Kamen Rider Black from the popular Hero's Brave Statue Figure line. Made of PVC, this figure stands just over 6 1/2-inches tall.
Thea is one of the main characters in the anime series, Spy Classroom. Her spy name is Dream Speaker and she is a member of the intel squad with Daughter Dearest. Made of PVC, this figure stands just over 9-inches tall.
Can even the mighty Raydeen triumph against the mysterious new threat - Cerebus.
Notes: The events in this issue take place "weeks" after the three humans were teleported to Shogun Sanctuary in issue Vol 1 1. The plane that Genji Odahsu was flying when she and it were teleported is described in this issue as an experimental prototype for a jet-fighter that was being developed by Japan Airlines.
Written by Jerome Alquie & Leiji Matsumoto. Art and Cover by Jerome Alquie
Preview the forthcoming full color, original 'Space Pirate Captain Harlock' series from ABLAZE, personally overseen by the legendary Leiji Matsumoto! In this brand-new Captain Harlock adventure, planet Earth is threatened by an upcoming invasion by the Sylvidres and despite being banished as a pirate, Captain Harlock won't give up trying to save the world. Will Captain Harlock and his crew manage to solve this mystery and save the Earth from yet another menace? Also includes teasers for 3 highly anticipated upcoming manga/manhwa releases from ABLAZE, including The Breaker Vol 1 omnibus (critically acclaimed martial arts manhwa), Versus Fighting Story Vol 1 (Capcom e-sports shonen manga) and Crueler Than Dead Vol 1 (zombie horror seinen manga).
1st Printing. This comic book is in used condition and is complete with all pages and cover attached it has flaws that warrant a grade of NM. Comic will come bagged and boarded.
Venus Wars is a true classic in Japanese Animation. Both the story and animation are truly before their time. The film is in the upper level of the genre. Japanese Anime first really gained popularity in the United States with the release in the mid 1980's of an Americanized version the Macross Series known to most as Robotech. This was the beginning of an underground fan base that began to gobble up all titles that crossed the Pacific. Titles were scarce at first but soon the overwhelming demand led to more titles being released in America. I first learned of Venus Wars from an 1998 issue of Newtype Magazine I purchased at a local comic shop. I wasn't until 1994 when the Sci-Fi Channel ran the movie during their annual Japanese Animation Marathon that I first saw the film. I was amazed at what I saw. The film to this day remains one of my favorite movies of all time.
In the year 2003, a collision with the giant comet has transformed the surface of the planet Venus. In the year 2089, Venus has been colonized and divided into two continents, Ishtar and Aphrodia. Susan Sommers, a bubbly reporter from Earth, travels to Venus hoping to get a scoop on the military tensions that have arisen between the two nations. She arrives in the Aphrodian capital of Io shortly before the city is invaded by the forces of Ishtar, led by General Donner.
Meanwhile, a brutal, Rollerball-esque racing game is being held in a local stadium. One team, the Killer Commandos, is led by hotshot Hiro Seno. The game is disrupted by the invasion and the team quickly evacuates. Hiro's teammate Will picks up Sue on the way and takes her to the garage where the rest of the team is lying low. The invasion of Io is completed in one day, and the politicians, police, and press submit to Ishtar's authority. The city is put under martial law and a curfew imposed. Many of Io's citizens, including Hiro's girlfriend Maggy, try to pretend that nothing has changed since the invasion, but Donner's iron grip on the city is too tight to ignore.
Hiro visits his teammate Jack, who's staying in his uncle's high rise apartment. However, the police see them as trespassers and lead an unprovoked assault against Hiro. He makes a daring escape from their custody, but not unscathed; his leg is pierced by a bullet and he barely makes it to Maggy's home before he collapses. She tends to his wounds, and Hiro shares a few secrets about his past. A photograph of Maggy's father's spurs memories of the farm where he was raised; Hiro reveals that many of the terra-forming farms funded by the Aphrodian government were frauds simply meant to secure land away from Ishtar. That their crops continually kept failing since the plants couldn't endure the constantly changing weather conditions of the planet (despite convincing claims from so-called government sources)! He bitterly notes on how only the politicians made any money out of this situation, that all governments are corrupt, and expresses his frustration and anger at the state of the world. His words trouble Maggy; so much so, that she bursts into tears and collapses into his arms in a crying fit! Hiro comforts her, leading to both sharing an embrace and a passionate kiss. The moment is ruined when her father returns from work; Hiro is ushered into a back room and overhears the ensuing conversation. Maggy's father is a bureaucrat, and he's pulling strings to have the two of them evacuated out of Io as he did with her brother and mother. Maggy is horrified at the thought of abandoning her friends and defiantly stands up for them against her livid father (who views them as just self-centered adrenaline junkies), before he furiously shouts her into silence as Hiro secretly storms out.
Meanwhile, Miranda of the Killer Commandos discovers that their manager, Gary, has been secretly smuggling arms into the city. Raiding his cache, she reveals her plan to demolish the Ishtar tanks that are parked in the old stadium. Gary says that the Commandos would be fools to try such a suicidal mission, but Hiro likes the idea and inspires his teammates. The Killer Commandos lead an assault against the tanks, but underestimate the strength of Ishtar's military. Jack and Gary are killed in the melee, and Hiro nearly shares their fate. At the last minute, however, the team is saved by the Aphrodian Freedom Force, which had also been planning to attack the stadium that night.
Sue and the Killer Commandos are forcibly recruited by Lt. Kurtz, who thinks that their skills as monobikers would be useful in his Bloodhound Squadron. Tensions run high among the Killer Commandos and the team is divided; Will and Sue think that it's important to fight for Aphrodia's freedom, but Hiro and Miranda want nothing to do with war. Will is called out on a mission and Sue begs him to take her along. He instead convinces her to wire her camera to his monobike so he can film their attack. But to Sue's horror, Will disappears in battle. Sue steals a buggy to search for him on the battlefield, only to stumble upon the terrible truth of his death.
Upset over Will's fate, Hiro and the Commandos demand to be freed from the Freedom Force's custody. Lt. Kurtz and Hiro quickly strike up an animosity, and Kurtz challenges Hiro to a race across a ravine in their monobikes. Despite having a ten second head start, Hiro is taken out by Kurtz. Nevertheless, Kurtz is impressed by Hiro's raw talent, and makes him a deal: he will release the Killer Commandos on the condition that Hiro joins the Bloodhound Squadron. Hiro grudgingly accepts his offer, and says goodbye to Miranda and his friends.
Back in Io, General Donner is visited by Sue, who requests an interview with him for the Independent Press on Earth. Once alone with him, Sue pulls a gun and threatens to kill him in order to avenge Will and all the other innocent people who have died in the war. She fails to release the safety however, and is quickly disarmed and arrested. Displaying his sadism Gerhard accosts Sue, snatches away her firearm, then discharges her pistol inches from the side of her head, before putting it to her skull and pulling the trigger, cruelly revealing he's used up all the bullets.
Kurtz leads the Bloodhound Squadron in a surprise and intense strike on Io. Kurtz is disabled, but Hiro manages, through sheer luck and skill, to corner Donner's tank and destroy it by getting Gerhard to fire on him (raging that he shall not be beaten by children), with his shots missing Hiro and striking a runway that collapses ontop of (a screeching with frustration) Gerhard in his tank. With their leader dead, the Ishtar forces are quickly disbanded and Aphrodia is freed from their control. Kurtz and Hiro end their animosity and Kurtz gives Hiro his monobike as a sign of goodwill. While driving through the streets, Hiro encounters the recently released Sue, who's being evacuated to Earth. She thanks him for all of his help, and he tells her to come back and visit Venus again.
Following Sue's tip, Hiro makes the long trek to a refugee camp; there, he and Maggy are happily reunited (thanks to her Siamese cat Andrew). Back on Earth, Sue has given a world exclusive on the Venus Wars. She plans to spend her vacation on Venus so she can rejoin her friends.
The Japanese production company BIGONE Inc has just launched a Kickstarter campaign in both Japan and the United States to raise funds to produce a special effects heavy trailer for their proposed 'Getter Robo' live action movie to be released in 2025 to celebrate the classic anime's 50th anniversary. BIGONE is a newly founded production company by Japanese producer Junya Okabe (Godzilla vs Biollante & Gundam - Mission to the Rise) and Getter Robo would be it's first production.
From Kickstarter:
Getter Robo was first published as manga and anime in Japan in 1974. Since then, there have been many sequels and adaptations in manga and anime.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025, Getter Robo will finally make its debut in theatres in Japan as a live-action feature film.
Junya Okabe will write, produce, and direct the live-action Getter Robo feature film.
Getter Robo was originally a manga series by Go Nagai & Ken Ishikawa published in Weekly Shonen Sunday (a magazine in Japan) between 1974 and 1975, which was also made into a TV anime series.
Among numerous works in the 70s featuring giant robots patterned after the mainstream hit show "Mazinger Z," Getter Robo established the gold standard by incorporating robot combination and transformation elements.
Three pilots respectively controlling "Eagle-Gou," "Jaguar-Gou," and "Bear-Gou," merge their ships to form "Get Machines". They transform into three variations of a giant robot named "Getter-1," "Getter-2," and "Getter-3," each optimized for different combat situations when confronting the Dinosaur Empire, which vows to annihilate humankind.
While the anime series on TV was simplified as a moral story of good guys versus bad guys to fit younger viewers’ taste, the original manga adaptation by Ken Ishikawa was violent and hardcore, which still attracts cult fans today.
In 2025, the series will celebrate its 50th anniversary, beloved by countless fans of anime and manga.
Since obtaining the rights to produce a live-action film of Getter Robo by Go Nagai ＆ Ken Ishikawa, we have been aiming for a theatrical release of the film in 2025 - in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
The Getter Robo live-action film will be full of amazing but technically challenging visual effects.
Ordinarily, visual tests and techniques take place during the preproduction of a feature film. However, unlike Hollywood productions with abundant budgets, most Japanese films must produce and budget these works, separately - on a smaller scale and within a short timeframe.
After countless discussions, we concluded that it would be best to produce a 3 – 5 minute trailer focused on realizing the most challenging visuals necessary for the feature.
