And once again, a new Japanese giant monster project passes with little-to-no notice of American fans because Godzilla is not in the title (cynical yes, but I had to say it);
It seems that the NHK network is doing either a TV movie or full-blown television series dubbed
Daikaiju Gehara, and although details are unavailable, Gehara itself has a bipedal, long necked, dinosaurian design, but with long strands of black body hair that sheds off during his rampages.
Here are some images, from what few I could find:
Japanese site about a recent press conference (scroll down):
http://journal.mycom.co.jp/news/2009/02/15/001/
Full body design art can be found here:
http://www.nhk.or.jp/paphooo/project/gehara.html
UltramanLah's thread on the matter (need to be a member though, but then again, nothing new then what's been posted above):
http://ultramanlah.com/community/index. ... ic=18356.0
Now again, I'm in the dark as much as you guys will undoubtedly be, BUT if I find more information I'll share it all the same.
And although the design is a little off-putting, and not being a Godzilla project we're bound to get the one or more forum members with the tiresome "Looks Stupid and Sentai-ish, I'll Pass" mentality...for the rest of us less jaded readers, it's just good to know there's more then just
Deep Sea Monster Raiga and
Ultra Galaxy NEO to look forward to.
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There's also the live action
Yatterman coming as well, but again when I post threads up, I get flack regardless...
http://www.clubtokyo.org/discuss/viewtopic.php?t=15303
http://www.clubtokyo.org/discuss/viewtopic.php?t=15319
I'm bitter.