Speculation over a much-hoped-for live-action Gundam movie reached fever pitch on Tuesday after special effects giant Legacy Effects—of Iron Man 3 and Pacific Rim fame, among others—has been rumored to be shopping for shooting locations in the Philippines.
Asian showbiz rumor site KDramaStars.com claimed in a post that "a Japanese production team linked with Legacy Effects have (sic) been seen scouting for locations in the Philippines."
Even if proven true, the rumored filming could be for just about anything, but hopeful Pinoy Gundam fans have their fingers crossed for their favorite v-finned mech to finally make its Pacific Rim-esque debut.
This also wouldn't be the first time that the Philippines was featured in a live-action mech movie: the country's capital made a very brief appearance in the 2013 blockbuster, Pacific Rim.
Earlier this year, Gundam fans fanned speculation that Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino's team-up with Legacy Effects could finally mean a big-screen treatment for the classic robot anime. Voltes V was also thrown in as a possible protagonist for the still-unconfirmed movie.
However, neither Legacy Effects nor Yoshiyuki Tomino has confirmed that what they are working on is a Gundam project.
On January 21, Tomino announced Japan that his partnership with the studio is for an animated work with no publicized working title.
"My career thus far has basically been working in television anime. I considered remaking a past work for the first project," Anime News Network quoted Tomino. "However, since we have not cleared all the rights, I won't be able to tell you. If I could talk about it here, I think you can imagine what kind of work will be made."
In 1979, Tomino wrote and directed Mobile Suit Gundam, the first in a series of shows which is considered a turning point in anime mecha history for its human conflict element, a contract to humans-versus-aliens norm at the time.The series has gained such a large public following that its mecha protagonist, the RX-78-2, has a life-size replica on display in Tokyo, Japan.
Tomino's last work for the franchise, which now celebrates its 35th year, is post-apolyptic story Turn A Gundam. He started his career working on scripts for Astro Boy, another seminal robot anime. — TJD, GMA News
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