"Koi-suru Atom lover" wrote:O _ O;; i thought i would never say this... but in that picture he looks gay O _ O;;; (no offence to the gay population)
That was what I was thinking.
More than anything the image in the center right here looks like he's posing for Child GQ or a poster for a porno.
They were VERY inconsistent in costume design, apparently the acting sucks and the fighting is worse. It's no wonder why Tezuka-sensei quickly created his own animation company so he could have full control over the series and the guy who created Gigantor/Tetsujin 28-go probably thought the same with that mess of a toku.
If they did it today , it might be far better since :
-SFX everywhere is far more advanced than the 50's. Never understood why they even attempted to do such series at that time period anyways . Perhaps the 70's would've made it better with the advent of Ultraman.
-We have CG. Many of the feats were either impossible or just plain looked ridiculous in the scheme of things at the early Showa period. Mind you that the effects weren't as stellar anyways back in the 50's ,but if Astro appears like a flesh and blood human being albeit lines to symbolize his roboticness and acts like one , then why try to make him suck? Today's effects would be able to accomplish the feats of the anime alongside the mixture of animatronics or realistic props ala Terminator.
- The characters' looks are possible, just that facial makeup and other props could be used to give them a realistic look not unlike Pluto. The robots, however, would just come off as very Kamen Rider-ish if they weren't given human-like revamps for the human-sized ones.
I feel sorry for any effect that ruined the young actor's rep. in getting future roles and I'm not sure if any other actor from it has appeared in anything else from that point. But it's for the best that there isn't one because actors age and die while character designs largely remain the same unless the story allows for it .
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