Gaiking The Movie: Teaser Trailer

GAIKING Teaser Trailer [via AICN] ... now all we can hope for, is that this is not an elaborate April Fool's-joke, because that would be pretty gut-wrenching for fans, innit? (Why do I say that? Because this reveals too much to be a teaser, dunnit? I hope I'm wrong tho! Brace yourselves, folks, just in case! LOL) ... Regardless, I have already soiled my man-shorts, so just pass me another tissue-wipe and let's press "PLAY" again, shall we? ... Although the following wikipedia-entry gave pause to my skepticism (but then again "false entries" would be the ultimate joke, innit? heh):

"On March 28, 2010, a Live-Action Movie based on the series, simply entitled, Gaiking, was announced at the 2010 Tokyo Animation Fair. In international production will be helmed by American filmmakers, Jules Urbach and Matthew Gratzner. Gaiking is being prepped for a 2012 world-wide release."
[text via wiki]

[CLICK THRU for select screenshots and a blast-from-the-past]




(Disclaimer: Above screengrabs have been slightly brightened by myself for visual
gratification and reference and may not be the true to colors of the actual trailer. heh)

WHAT-IS: Demon Dragon of the Heavens Gaiking (大空魔竜ガイキング, Daikū Maryū Gaikingu?) was a Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation ... It ran from April 1976 through January 1977 and consisted of 44 26-minute episodes. Gaiking was notable for being one of the few super robot series to take place in real places outside of Japan, and for being the first Super Robot series to have a mobile carrier for the chief robots. In the USA, Gaiking was part of Mattel's popular Shogun Warriors import toy line of the late 1970's and Jim Terry's Force Five anthology series. In 2005, a sequel titled "Gaiking Legend of Daiku-Maryu" was produced.

On March 28, 2010, a Live-Action Movie based on the series, simply entitled, Gaiking, was announced at the 2010 Tokyo Animation Fair. In international production will be helmed by American filmmakers, Jules Urbach and Matthew Gratzner. Gaiking is being prepped for a 2012 world-wide release. [wiki]


[Gaiking Anime Opening Sequence]