9/30/2009

Full Gigantor erection in Kobe Japan

I first reported in June of 2007 about the Gigantor erection in Kobe Japan. Well, now Gigantor’s fully erected.

According to Kyodo Press, Gigantor aka Tetsujin 28-go (Iron Man No. 28) was unveiled in Kobe’s Nagata Ward. The 15-meter-tall steel statue weighs in at 50 tons of fun. Unlike Tokyo’s lame Gundam statue (3Yen) that was torn down after a few months for no reason, Kobe’s Gigantor will remain standing as a permanent installation.
For more pictures and info, refer to the official website: www.Kobe-Tetsujin.com

Sixty-foot Gigantor bot towers over Japan
September 29, 2009 3:04 PM PDT | CNET…..more…

Posted by Taro in General, Pop Culture | 6 Comments »

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1. ECM Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 6:39 am

   Too bad Yokoyama didn’t live to see this. (Though, if I understand correctly, he died because he was smoking in bed, so he didn’t exactly go out in a, err, blaze of glory.)

2. Taro 3Yen Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

   ECM wrote:
   Too bad Yokoyama didn’t live to see this. (Though, if I understand correctly, he died because he was smoking in bed, so he didn’t exactly go out in a, err, blaze of glory.)

   Well at least he was DEAD DRUNK when he passed out smoking in bed.

3. ECM Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

   Ouch: I wasn’t aware he was wasted, too :(

4. Taro Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

   Sixty-foot Gigantor bot towers over Japan
   September 29, 2009 3:04 PM PDT | Crave – CNET–Workers in Japan have built a 60-foot statue of famous cartoon robot Gigantor in the city of Kobe. The statue is an actual-size replica of the hulking robot depicted in numerous manga and anime. It's known as Tetsujin 28 in Japan.

   Towering over Kobe's Wakamatsu Park, the statue weighs 50 tons and cost some 135 million yen ($1.5 million) to build. It took about six weeks to erect...more...

5. Habib Says:
   October 1st, 2009 at 5:25 am

   Haha, agreed the giant gundam was lame, they need a mazinger z statue like the one in Spain

   i would rather see a zaku II erected than a boring old gundam, yawn

6. Taro Says:
   October 1st, 2009 at 7:23 pm

   Habib wrote
   Haha, agreed the giant gundam was lame, they need a mazinger z statue like the one in Spain

   Thanks for the tip!

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