Fanboy.com » Gigantor http://www.fanboy.com Comic Books, Animation, Anime, Videogames, Cinema, Toys, Star Wars and Star Trek Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:16:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Control Gigantor With Your Netbook http://www.fanboy.com/2009/12/gigantor-ntt-ad.html http://www.fanboy.com/2009/12/gigantor-ntt-ad.html#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:08:11 +0000 Michael Pinto http://www.fanboy.com/?p=11476

Shown above is an NTT ad for the Docomo for PC service which features Tetsujin 28-go, which is lovingly known to American fans as Gigantor. I love how while the two giant robots are destroying Tokyo the Docomo PC user is still spellbound by his nifty software…

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Gigantor statue in Kobe, JapanWeighing in at about 50 tons and costing $1.5 million dollars the now famous Gigantor (原寸大鉄人28号) statute is the hit of Kobe, Japan. I figured at this point that everyone has seen all the photos of this 60 foot tall wonder, however some amazing videos are just starting to flood YouTube. Here are some of the coolest that I’ve come across so far that can give you a sense of scale:

Found via new-akiba.com.

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Animator Patrick Boivin hails from Montreal, Canada and he seems to love toys and robots as evidenced from this other video:

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