Sunday, July 26, 2009

Female flying spaceships

I'm not entirely sure what's happening here.



* This doll is really named "Rika-chan" or "Licca-chan" not Barbie. But she's kind of like the Japanese version of Barbie.

8 comments:

Galspanic said...

Man, I can't believe how bad the CGI was back then.
There's some really really weird stuff going on in this.
It's like a love letter or something.

Galspanic said...

HOLY GOD I just followed up on this. It was a series?!?! It's like thunderbirds, only insane!

Galspanic said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaiPXdTuCtw


!!!!

odori said...

The Komadori Brothers guy says he's collected a bunch of 8mm home movies from the 80's and is posting them on Youtube. He especially like otaku type ones (explaining the dolls...)

I can't image where he's finding these. Amazing stuff. The one you posted Galspanic is hilarious!

Litcube said...

k.. wut?

Mr. Pony said...

These are so awesome. I love the multimedia approach. Just goes to show, you don't have to be able to afford expensive sets or props or special effects or real women to tell a compelling story.

Three points about the video Galspanic posted:

1) The scene of the paper airplane chasing the giant crab through the crowded Tokyo streets is worth the price of admission

2) Comet Empire Theme begins at 3:40

3) Wearing a long skirt can really hold back your powers

odori said...

I love the paper airplane - and then the origami man who appears later.

But one of the most amusing things about the Panic clip, for me, is that the supercaption says the muddy body of water in the opening shot is supposed to be Siene River. And the street is supposed to be the Champs Elysees.

But the river in the film is actually a famous canal in Osaka called Dotonbori. And the dolls are speaking in the Osaka dialect!

So rough and tumble Osaka is standing in for Paris! YES

This Wikipedia entry on Dotonbori has photos of the giant crab and the clown featured in the clip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dtonbori

Mr. Pony said...

This thing is a mess. Even with Odori's advanced skills, we'll never sort it out!