1:1 Kobe Tetsujin Project Complete!
Construction on the 135 million JPY ($1.4 million) Kobe Tetsujin Project, an 18 meter (60′) tall monument to Tetsujin 28 (Gigantor) weighing 50 tonnes is finally complete. The statue, which is part of the ongoing renewal of the Kobe area since the devastating earthquake, will be formally unveiled on October 4th 2009. Tetsujin 28, a giant robot under the command of Shotaro Kaneda (Johnny Socko) is the brainchild of Mitsuteru Yokoyama, a Kobe native. The first giant robot to appear in a manga (in 1956), the stories were later adapted into several animated television series beginning in 1963.
More videos and images of the construction and completed statue after the break.
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[Kobe Tetsujin Project] via [Japan Probe]
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Image credits:
Mainichi Daily News
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[...] Die Bauarbeiten am 1:1-Nachbau des Tetsujin 28-go Roboters – verwestlicht: Gigantor – sind beendet. Der 50-Tonnen-Koloss wird am 4. Oktober in der japanischen Stadt Kobe enthüllt. Tetsujin 28-go, ein gigantischer Roboter, ist die Manga-Erfindung von Mitsuteru Yokoyama. Der gebürtige Kobe (Kobiner, Kobator?) entwarf Tetsujin über zwanzig Jahre vor der Erfindung des Riesenroboters Gundam – dessen lebensgroßer Nachbau im Sommer für reichlich Schatten in Toyko sorgte. Erste Videos von Testujin nach dem Break, alle Bilder bei plasticpals.com. [...]