A boy looks back at a 18-meter-high giant statue titled "Tetsujin 28 Go" or "Gigantor" in Kobe, on Sunday.
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A boy looks back at a 18-meter-high giant statue titled "Tetsujin 28 Go" or "Gigantor" in Kobe, on Sunday.
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sunhawk
its only a matter of time till there is one built in china like with the gundam.
nath
They should have also included a statue of Shotaro, the kid who controlled Tetsujin with his remote control, in the same scale. Tetsujin could not move around on his own.
whiskeysour
He should go to Fukushima.
Himajin
Matt of 'Where the Hell is Matt?' fame danced there this past spring...
takobeya
.. but is he ready to fight for right, against wrong..?
lostrune2
It definitely looks bigger than big and perhaps taller than tall too.
Noripinhead
Looks hot enough to fry an egg on.
chewitup
A pot bellied stove as a superhero? Um...okay.
Okinawamike
If you look closely, it looks like the kids left hand is pulling a dolly in a slingshot to hit Ironman in the nuts and bolts area.
Dennis Bauer
@Mark_McCracken
there are still spots near shinnagata that are bare due to the earthquake (homes not rebuilt)
lotus2
I used to watch "Gigantor" back in the '60s. It was fun.
ihavegreatlegs
Kokeshi
Mark_McCracken
This place looked like a war zone after the Kobe quake and fires. Audible gasps from people as they rode the JR line through the area where Iron Man now stands. Seeing the results of a decade and a half of rebuilding makes it easier to feel confident about the future of the areas destroyed in the March 2011 tsunami.
papigiulio
@pappasmurf & dennis bauer: thanks for the info :)
RAINkyutech
Wow! I want this boy to defeat Iron man.
nath
Boy, this brings back memories. I watch it on TV (black and white) when I was living in Japan in the mid 60's.
wanderlust
Could do with one of those at Fukushima now!
Dennis Bauer
@ Papigiulio
not far from JR shin Nagata station
papasmurfinjapan
@ Papigiulio
Check out http://www.kobe-tetsujin.com/
I think the photo here as been enlarged from the original, so that is why it has pixelated a bit. Click the photo to see the original size.
papigiulio
Where in Kobe is this? porttown? and how long will it be there? Bit blurry picture no?
Serrano
Iron man is correct. It's most definitely NOT Iron Man.
Disillusioned
Um...... it's the same thing!
Dara Danh
So funny and so cool. i prefer Tetsujin-28 to the American Iron Man. That kid looks like he want to pick a fight.
gaijinfo
Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all? Or if he moves will he fall?