A “Gatchaman” fan blog has leaked the first poster from the upcoming CGI-adaptation of the beloved Japanese anime franchise “Science Ninja Team Gatchaman”, which you can check out below. The poster features Joe Asakura, the ninja scientists’ team second-in-command.
“Gatchaman” is about a future world plagued with both environmental as well as technology problems, and five reluctant heroes with a remarkable genetic makeup must become Earth’s defense against extraterrestrial invaders bent on conquest.
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman is a superhero team which was created by Tatsuo Yoshida and originally produced in Japan, and later adapted into several English-language versions. The original series, produced in 1972, is most well-known in the West under the new title “Battle of the Planets”, and the 1980’s run that was retitled “G-Force: Guardians of Space”.
“Gatchaman” is scheduled to hit theaters sometime in 2010.
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By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Superherohype.com)
When the news about this started to float online, I followed every string of news about it ever since. This is our childhood! We've been waiting for a good movie. The fact that IMAGI's doing this movie is going to make it awesome because it's CG! I'd still like it to be 2D just like the classic ones, though.