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Posted by The Other Jason on 12-03-2019 at 03:48:

Gatchaman Imagi film concept art

Hi all,

Iâ€™m not sure how much of this was shared around way back when, but just in case it wasn't, I thought you may be interested in seeing some concept art from the unproduced Gatchaman film from Imagi.

This art is from Charlie Wen and was referenced a few days ago in a CBR article.

I know some of it is probably familiar, like the main poster image, but I don't know if the other designs were widespread.

Back in 2007, I was also shown a concept art package (different from the above) that depicted the Ninja Team as having existed far back into ancient Japanese history. The team would have consisted of mulitiple members through the centuries, leading up to the current teamâ€™s story. I think that planning was about the 4th or 5th stab at it.

Some of the art showed the team on horseback using swords as weapons, cleaning up enemies on a battlefield. They had a traditional Japanese battle standard that displayed the bird head symbol, capes and vaguely bird-themed armor. In the current day of that planning, the version of Dr. Nambu looked quite a bit like the Afro Samurai character. I wish I had some of that to show you all.

Hope you enjoy Charlie Wen's look at the Ninja Team!

The Other Jason
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 12-03-2019 at 12:10:

OMG!!!! Slam Charlie and I had a couple of college courses together! (He was 16, and I was a wee bit older.) He was a shy kid with a seriously kicking talent.

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Posted by Becky Rock on 13-03-2019 at 02:02:

EW, that's so cool!

A friend of ours that my DH and I worked with had gone to college with and had been roommates the whole time with Orson Card Scott of the Ender's Game book series. We kept trying to meet him but could never work out the timing.

Jason, I remember seeing the concept art from Imagi and I believe there was a short short video (maybe 30-40 seconds) of them in a battle with that look, but I could be wrong on which version it was, but I didn't see the up close shots Charlie When has there. Thanks for sharing!

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