Japanese animator Jun Awazu burst on to the international scene a few years back with his independently produced Negadon: The Monster From Mars. Painstakingly produced almost entirely as a solo effort, Negadon marked Awazu as something unusual right from the outset, the director taking far more of an influence from the classic Toho kaiju films than from anything in the contemporary Japanese animation world. And he's at it again.
Awazu's sophomore effort, Planzet, is set for a May 22nd theatrical release in Japan and this time out Awazu appears to be nodding to the American alien invasion films of the 1950s, flying saucers spinning and ray guns a-blazing!
We ran the first trailer for this one a while back and now we've got a second look for you as well. Check it below!
Awazu's sophomore effort, Planzet, is set for a May 22nd theatrical release in Japan and this time out Awazu appears to be nodding to the American alien invasion films of the 1950s, flying saucers spinning and ray guns a-blazing!
We ran the first trailer for this one a while back and now we've got a second look for you as well. Check it below!
- 3/12/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The Director Of Negadon Trades Giant Monsters For Flying Saucers In New Alien Invasion Flick Planzet
Independent Japanese animator and lover of all forms of alien destruction Jun Awazu is back! It has been three years since Awazu became an international sensation - at least in geek circles - with his fabulous Negadon: The Monster From Mars and now he is back with another piece of home made alien destruction! With Planzet he trades in his kaiju monster for flying saucers but the end result is the same: lovingly rendered scenes of planetary destruction.
The film will be released in Japan in 2010 and you can find the first teaser below.
The film will be released in Japan in 2010 and you can find the first teaser below.
- 12/10/2009
- Screen Anarchy
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