Kobe, Japan will be the home of a life-sized Gigantor statue.
The 18 meter high, 70 ton Ironman-28 will carry the price tag of 135 million yen. The project is expected to be completed in the spring of 2008.
Debuting in 1958, Tetsujin 28-gō was the first “giant robot” series, which became a staple in Japanese pop culture.
The statue will serve as a double memorial, marking both the birthplace of creator Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who passed away in 2004 in an apartment fire, as well as celebrate the revitilization of the area, which was devastated in the 1995 Kobe earthquake.
From Asahi.com
June 25th, 2007 at 10:14 am
In my pants.
June 26th, 2007 at 5:34 am
This may be the best thing I have ever seen.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
This will boost tourism to crazy levels. “See the Japanese giant robot.”
It’s the new Eiffel Tower, baby!
July 8th, 2007 at 12:08 am
why cant america do this kinda stuff?
we suck!
July 8th, 2007 at 1:57 am
haha it says “erected”
July 8th, 2007 at 2:00 am
why do i get the feeling that some drunk is going to be arrested for peeing on it
July 8th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
its just a ploy, its the real Gigantor!!
July 9th, 2007 at 10:41 am
statue my ass there making the real gigantor!
July 10th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
IT SUCKS ASS
July 10th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
will you be able to go inside the robot?
July 11th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
I cant believe the prophecy is true, what next Godzilla in Tokyo, a super french frie in France, a statue of homos in Greece?! I think birth control is an impotany issue, I’ve looked into all the options and I’m using the sponge
July 12th, 2007 at 8:30 am
If they did something like this for Macross and Shoji Kawamori, would americans refer to it as the “robotech memorial” and assume it’s meand to celebrate the genius of Carl Macek?
July 12th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Are tickets on sale now?
July 14th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
japan roc !
July 15th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
it would seem that once again japan is compensating for something