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[thistlechaser]

I stumbled upon a trailer for a movie called Casshern, and from the very first seconds of it, I fell in love! It's live action, but it looks and feels just like an anime or a video game... then I found out that that was because it was based on an anime from the 70s.

The movie looks totally amazing, and much much better than the anime (so don't avoid the trailer if you look at the anime link first and don't like it). The trailer is in Japanese (with no subtitles), but that didn't stop me from enjoying it.

I wish I could make screenshots from it, there are so many great scenes in it! And man, Japanese people are soooo sexy. Mmmmm.

The song in the second half of the trailer is great, too. I'd love to know what it is.

Comments

[simmysim.livejournal.com]

wah! i was watching and re-watching that trailer, like, all last night! :D!

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

Your hatred of old things aside, Casshan: Robot Hunter was pretty cool. The original 70's series was a bit campy in that Gatchaman sort of way (unsurprising; it was made by the same people), but enjoyable. And there was also an OAV remake in the early 90's that was far grittier.

The live action version, however, looks like great fun. It's hardly the only movie of its type, of course...Setting aside the many live action versions of anime (which are normally cheesy as all getout), Asian countries release more SF, Fantasy, and Sci-Fantasy than the US, and even the bad ones normally make for fun watching.

[tricianna.livejournal.com]

They just put up a torrent for a 'fansub' of the trailer. Just thought you'd like to know ^_^

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Woo! Cool, thanks!

[tricianna.livejournal.com]

Of course, if I was smarter and not on drugs, I would've given ya the link (http://anime.mircx.com/download/e2a17b28750e7a71fcffda1387b86266e2363de1).

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I was wondering, but figured it would be on mircx when I got at home. Thanks again!