Live-action tokusatsu (special-effects) short inspired by
Miyazaki's Nausicaä
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Japanese broadcaster NTV aired a 15-second teaser
commercial for "Kyoshinhei Tokyo ni Arawaru" (Giant God Warrior
Appears in Tokyo), the live-action tokusatsu (special-effects) short developed
by Evangelion director Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Ghibli on Friday.
The short draws inspiration from the Giant God Warriors in Ghibli co-founder
Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga and anime film. (The
commercial aired after the first television broadcast of a newly remastered
version of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on Friday evening.)
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo will present the
full short as part of its "Kanchō Anno Hideaki Tokusatsu
Hakubutsukan" (Curator Hideaki Anno's Special Effects Museum) exhibition.
The exhibition "will spotlight the special craftsmanship such as seen in
'miniatures,' and will present on an unprecedented scale its entrancing world
that is distinct from VFX or CG." The "deputy curator," Shinji
Higuchi, is also the director of the new short and the storyboard artist for
the Evangelion television series and films.
According to Anno, the short will not use use computer
graphics, but will rely on traditional filmmaking techniques like miniatures to
make the "final tokusatsu work." Higuchi added that the short will be
between 5 and 10 minutes long. Anno was a key animator on the Nausicaä of the
Valley of the Wind film, and he later drew inspiration from the film's Giant
God Warriors (and childhood memories of the tokusatsu franchise Ultraman) to create
Evangelion.
The exhibition will run from July 10 to October 8.
Advance tickets sales began on Thursday, and adult tickets cost 1,300 yen
(US$16). Tickets will also be available at the door for 100 yen (US$1.25) more.
Good Smile Company will sell a figma figure and a 50-centimeter-tall
(20-inch-tall) polystone replica of the Giant God Warrior at the exhibition in
July, and it will then offer them online after the exhibition ends on October
8.
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