zCreative Journal

It was AWESOME. I already fanboy-ed like mad when Gipsy Danger was activated. One thing that I love this movie is the sheer scale of it. The Jaegers are HUGE, around 80 meters, it's literally a walking building. And they depicted that scaling beautifully. You can feel how tiny you are compared to them. The fights (which what we all came for) was spectacular. 

You see, the thing about most giant monster/robot show is the amount of collateral damage done (buildings smashed, roads broken, basically, damage to the city). They did that quite well, though I have to say, battles at the city was rare, most of them happened in the deep sea or near the shore. 

The whole premise is logically not possible, but yeah, boat sword.

The designs behind the Jaegers was good too. They avoided all the cliche robot designs and came up with unique ones (especially Cherno Alpha). I also LOVE how they drive the Jaegers. I have to say, it's the most realistic way of driving a giant mecha other than the usual 'driving it with your mind' or 'driving it with two joysticks for no reason'. The Drift (the act of synchronizing two pilots and the Jaeger) was cool, but unnecessary. I think the only reason was because they can use it as a plot device. I mean, sure, they have the logical explanation behind it (mecha so huge you need two brains two control them), but they can always throw some technological bull shit with some sort of brainwaves multiplier booster or something. 

And finishing/signature moves, a nod to the old super robot genres. And it was flashy and gimmicky, just what we wanted.

Striker Eureka's chest missiles. My fanboy-gasm exploded when they 1st showed them.

Well, as we know, anime was an inspiration for this movie. Yes, there are loads of mecha anime out there.So when I see a typical mecha anime oriented story getting the Hollywood treatment, I was quite surprised by it. It went really well, and it looked awesome. So it got me thinking, what other genres can the anime medium give to Hollywood that can translate well into live action. Some of you might think of it being stupid, saying that 2D must stay 2D, or say that anime is bad, but hey, we need to try new things. 

Sure, the live action Dragon Ball and The last Airbender got terrible critical reception, but i think the fault lies with the directors. Death Note was great as live action. You see, to make a cake, you need a chef, but you need a chef that specializes in cakes, not a chef that specializes in Steaks (okay shitty metaphors, whatever). If you wanna make a movie, you make sure the ones in charge know and LOVE the story genre they're making. You see, the director of Pacific Rim, Guillermo Del Toro, is already accustomed to fantasy and sci-fi settings, so he was perfect for this. Furthermore, he is an avid anime fan, so he really knows what the fans want. I also heard he was attempting to do the live action of the anime Monster on HBO, but i do not know the details...

Well, I'm trying to say is I would like to see more manga of various genres getting the big screen treatment. Western comics are fine too, but they are monopolized by DC and Marvel (which means superhero movies 24/7). I would like to see how the Hollywood directors push their minds on how to translate the ideas from 2D to live action.

So because of Pacific Rim, I started to do my own project on how to translate an anime genre, mahou shoujo (too ridiculous? challenge accepted). And it seems Pacific Rim also re-ignited the spark on how I love robots and mechanical stuff (All I draw is robot these days. So here is my fan art of the series

My fav Jaeger, Cherno Alpha

Jaegirl art is seemingly popular in japan, so did one me self,. Since they got nerfed so badly, I drew Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon