Goodness! As if the Gundam project wasn’t enough, there’s been some talks of constructing another giant robot in Japan, which I just learnt a few days ago.
Japan’s plans for the 18 metre, 50 ton giant robot Tetsujin 28 (aka Ironman #28 or Gigantor in US) to be constructed at Wakamatsu Park in Kobe, are currently underway.
From this video, we can see that a lot of body work and welding work have been done. Tetsujin’s head, body, arms, hands, legs etc. They’re all there waiting for the construction engineers to put all the pieces together so it ends up looking like the picture below.
Artists Impression of Tetsujin 28 in Wakamatsu Park
The purpose of the project is celebrate Kobe’s history of breeding successful anime and manga artist, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, a Kobe-born resident at the time, brought us Tetsujin 28 that carried on for many generations so the people will remember him great for the great works he produced. Also having the statue is symbol of revival for the Kobe community as there was an earthquake that happened there many years back and the process of recovery was difficult to go through for the community as a whole.
I must say they’re quite a marvel to look at and it’ll be very exciting when it gets completed for the glaring eyes of the public to see! It was supposedly scheduled for completion in August 2009. However, it’s delayed further for at least 2 months ie more likely either towards end of September or beginning of October as the expected completion dates. Whatever the reason for the delay, hope it’s worth the wait.
For more amazing photos of Tetsujin 28 project, check this link out from CartoonLeap.com.
Source: AnimeNewsnetwork.com, CartoonLeap.com
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July 5th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Cool!
July 6th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Yeah. Though it’s gonna get delayed for another 2 months, so more likely to be completed in early October this year.
Bummer. It’s goona be a long wait for sure…