Anime News

'Tetsujin 28' Movie From Mamoru Oshii
Date: 12/29/2009
Mamoru Oshii will direct a film adaptation of Tetsujin 28 as his next project, according to Cinema Today via Anime News Network. The property is well known in the U.S. as the inspiration for Gigantor. Oshii has previously directed Ghost in the Shell, The Sky Crawlers, and Patlabor, among other anime, as well as live action features.



Oshii directed a stage play version of the Tetsujin 28 story earlier this year.



Imagi Entertainment teased a CG-animated Tetsujin feature earlier this year (see ?Tetsujin 28 Movie from Imagi?); Oshii did not indicate whether or not the film he announced will be made for Imagi.



The Tetsujin character is powerful iconography in Japan; a large statue of the character was erected this fall in manga-ka Mitsuteru Yokoyama?s home town of Kobe.
Source: ICv2