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coolest thing at SDCC07: Kami-Robo
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Author:  Pogue [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:42 pm ]
Post subject:  coolest thing at SDCC07: Kami-Robo
http://www.kami-robo.com/index_en.html

check this shit out!

Thanks to Le Merde for pointing me in the right direction.
Author:  missy [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:01 pm ]
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NOOO! confusing and weird! I hated it!
Author:  Locomoco [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:03 pm ]
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I thought they were neat... I really didn't know what they were doing there, but I thought the display cabinets full of the little figures was cool.
Author:  bansheebot [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:11 pm ]
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Hmm, weird. But I'm strangely intrigued. Something about a robot electrified barbed wire deathmatch is very cool to me. I'm not really sure what the whole point of it is, but I like the design and presentation of it all (although the site is very slow).
Author:  Frank Kozik [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:01 pm ]
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the deal is..the guy makes all these little cardboard robots and then makes them fight in a little ring while he films it. them he uses CG to edit out his hands and add effects. seems like a LOT of work they had a HUGE booth with a tiny ring inside a full sized one.

suppossedley its very popular in japan.
I hate transformers looking stuff so it left me cold. I can see the cultural connection to 'puppet theatre and 'Noh' invisible assitants but...whatver.
Author:  bansheebot [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:14 pm ]
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That explains it, then. I'm sure it said that somewhere on the site, but it was unbearably slow for me to wade through. I like the section describing all of the 'factions' with bios and photos of all of the characters.
Author:  skylar [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:53 am ]
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Frank Kozik wrote:
the deal is..the guy makes all these little cardboard robots and then makes them fight in a little ring while he films it. them he uses CG to edit out his hands and add effects. seems like a LOT of work they had a HUGE booth with a tiny ring inside a full sized one.

suppossedley its very popular in japan.
I hate transformers looking stuff so it left me cold. I can see the cultural connection to 'puppet theatre and 'Noh' invisible assitants but...whatver.


I could not believe how big of a booth they had for this, and the dollar amount they spent on equipment must just be phenomenal. it was like a whole block of floorspace for the booth, with a big ring, several cameras, a soundboard, a few computers, etc. how you make that back by filming cardboard robots fighting, who knows?

apparently Carl told me he saw Hiddy staring intently at this, almost in a trancelike state, for at least 10-15 minutes. just zoned out watching it.
Author:  datadub [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:00 pm ]
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I wonder who paid for the set-up it was massive and expensive. they have started selling plastic kami(paper) robot toys in japan - pretty similar to stikfas.
Author:  Frank Kozik [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:43 pm ]
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that was like a million dollar set up for sure. crazy.

I was like, 'uh....whatever.'
Author:  5JIRO [ Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:22 pm ]
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Held my attention at the con for a few seconds every time I passed by, but with TT to the other side, well....you know :)

seriously, I thought it was a big waste of space, as I couldn't figure out his business model and what was really being offered.

I couldn't find the cg edited one, would be interesting to see.
Author:  poysntixels [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:09 am ]
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I really liked seeing the guy get some recognition. He started out poor, wacky and imaginative and worked hard to bring it all up. I used to watch the site he had for it...it had just broken into Japanese cable...people were BETTING on the fights!
Author:  Vombie [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:34 am ]
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This is kind of new...a little weird--sure....fun though.
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