Live Action Mazinger announced by Go Nagai

Formal announcement will be in 2013.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/05/04-1/live-action-mazinger-z-adaptation-in-the-works

I'd rather a new animated movie, I think this is gonna look like something dull.

But Cutey Honey was successful in live. Let's just wait and see.

Honestly I like Getter Robo better but I would still watch it.

I don't think a live action Getter robo, would be just as good. An animated movie however...

Yea thats true, but a new animated Getter Robo movie would be awesome!

I'm very interested in this, regardless of how it ends up being. Right now, I really want to see who's going to play who, especially Kouji, Boss, and Baron Ashura, and how certain effects are going to be done, like Mazinger, Mechanical Beasts, and Baron Ashura. I'm expecting a lot of CG, but it would really cool if they did something more kaiju/Ultraman.

I'm having really low expectations for this. I mean, most of the times when they make anime to live action, it ends up being really dull, and with bad acting.

OnePixelJumpMan wrote:

I'm very interested in this, regardless of how it ends up being. Right now, I really want to see who's going to play who, especially Kouji, Boss, and Baron Ashura, and how certain effects are going to be done, like Mazinger, Mechanical Beasts, and Baron Ashura. I'm expecting a lot of CG, but it would really cool if they did something more kaiju/Ultraman.

I have a feeling they're going to go the "Cutie honey The Live" way and create new villains for the show.
As for Mazinger itself I'm guessing it's going to be a costume (like Super Sentai) rather than CGI, it's cheaper that way.

Kamon wrote:

and with bad acting.

But that's the beauty of Toku

I doubt it will be like The Live since Nagai seems to be aiming for a European market as well. So I think they'll probably go with CGI.

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I doubt it will be like The Live since Nagai seems to be aiming for a European market as well.

Let's hope