Above is the Japanese RealD 3D film poster for 2013's Hollywood tokusatsu film “PACIFIC RIM” illustrated by Yoji Shinkawa (Metal Gear Solid, Zone of Enders). The poster features the Jaeger Gipsy Danger against kaiju Knifehead.
It is said that Guillermo del Toro himself personally asked Shinkawa to draw the poster.
Additionally, various big names in Japanese entertainment media had posted their thoughts about the film. Go Nagai (Mazinger Z, Cutie Honey) said, “I was overwhelmed by the intense kaijū vs. giant robot action. It was fun!”, while character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion) compared the film to Japanese tokusatsu and anime works.
Game designer Fumito Ueda (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus) added that this film has battle scenes that surpass images of the tokusatsu films he saw as a child that etched into his nostalgic memories.
Lastly, game creator Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid, Zone of Enders) posted his own review of the film via a series of Twitter posts:
“I have never imagined that I would be fortunate enough to see a film like this in my life. The emotional rush I had inside me was the same kind I had when I felt the outer space via "2001: A Space Odyssey" and when I had touched the dinosaur in "Jurassic Park". Animation and special effects movies and shows that I loved in my childhood days - they all truly exist in the screen.
Director Guillermo del Toro offers this spectacular vision of massive kaijus and robots in PACIFIC RIM. This film is not simply a film to be respected, but most importantly, it let us dream the future of entertainment movies. Pacific Rim is the ultimate otaku film that all of us had always been waiting for. Who are you, if you are Japanese and won't watch this?
I hope you would accept this inspirational love letter that had traveled across the Pacific, written by Director Guillermo del Toro.”
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge.
To premiere on July 12th, Pacific Rim is Guillermo Del Torro's homage to the Japanese monsters, or kaiju films.
via Anime News Network
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Japan likes it, Next is America's review.
its an over flag!!!