I guess this counts as merchandise, but the images from it are too cool not to share! They're part of a phone game in Japan called "Large War!! Three Kingdoms Battle".
[url]http://gamebiz.jp/?p=148914[/url]
[url]http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000249.000007342.html[/url] (This link has QR codes for the game, so if anyone with a smartphone wants to see if it works, go ahead).
EDIT: Looks like they had cards for characters from Black Jack and Princess Knight as well. You can view them in the following links:
[url]http://9-bit.jp/archives/137106[/url]
[url]http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000234.000007342.html[/url]
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"Earthshine" wrote:Is that a light sabre or a really shiny katana? I also think these are really neat (and is just begging for an AU fic, I'd like to see Tenma)
Really shiny katana. If you click on the following link, you'll see the edge of his sword in the first image of the article.
http://gamebiz.jp/?p=148914
I bet Tetsuwan Penguin wouldn't mind doing an AU fanfic about it.
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"Shiyonasan" wrote:I bet Tetsuwan Penguin wouldn't mind doing an AU fanfic about it.
Actually the sight of Atom dressed in a Samurai outfit holding a sword gave me the idea of some kind of crossover story with Dororo, but I don't (yet) have enough details in my head for it. I'll have to think on it!
BTW did anybody know that the Kykkimaru character was actually the basis for Black Jack's character?
Also, about the sword ....
Japanese swords (samurai sword) are the weapons that have come to be synonymous with the samurai. Ancient Japanese swords from the Nara period (Chokutō featured a straight blade, by the late 900s curved tachi appeared, followed by the uchigatana and ultimately the katana. Smaller commonly known companion swords are the wakizashi and the tantō.[33] Wearing a long sword (katana) or (tachi) together with a smaller sword such as a wakizashi or tantō became the symbol of the samurai, this combination of swords is referred to as a daishō (literally "big and small"). During the Edo period only samurai were allowed to wear a daisho.
So depending on the period that sword could be a straight blade.
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Those are so cool!
I think the Atom one will be my new iPod wallpaper XD
Thanks for linking the Princess Knight one =D
I think the Atom one will be my new iPod wallpaper XD
Thanks for linking the Princess Knight one =D
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Just found a really nice cel from the 1980s series being sold on Ebay. If you just so happen to have US $200 to spare, then go ahead and get it.
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/271975026694?ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123[/url]
EDIT: There's also this art book with some really nice looking pictures in it. US $35 with $13 shipping:
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Astro-Boy-Art-Book-Roman-Album-OOP-RARE-Anime-Osamu-Tezuka/161804757926?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33204%26meid%3D012c92d11c1743cca4ebcd91e0b1d480%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D271975026694[/url]
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/271975026694?ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123[/url]
EDIT: There's also this art book with some really nice looking pictures in it. US $35 with $13 shipping:
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Astro-Boy-Art-Book-Roman-Album-OOP-RARE-Anime-Osamu-Tezuka/161804757926?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33204%26meid%3D012c92d11c1743cca4ebcd91e0b1d480%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D271975026694[/url]
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