Giant Robot GAIKING rises Again!

During this past weekend at the 2010 Tokyo Animation Fair, Toei Animation has announced plans to reboot Gaiking into a CG/live action film.  For those unaware, Gaiking is a "Super Robot" mecha anime series from the 70's and in the US, it was part of Mattel's Shogun Warriors import toy line and Force Five anthology cartoon series.  Ain't It Cool managed to get their hands on the teaser trailer and break the news on how the project was originally planned as a short film for David Fincher's Heavy Metal project and that multiple characters from the Shogun Warriors universe may have an appearance but the exact details won't be reveal until this year's Comic-con in July.

The creative team behind the project is Jules Urbach, the producer and the CEO of LightStage, the visual effects company that provide photo-real characters and digital assets for use in film with credits including Avatar, Spiderman II & III, Superman Returns, King Kong, Hancock and the Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  Matthew Gratzner, a visual effects supervisor and co-founder of New Deal Studios with credits in Shutter Island, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Iron Man, will make his directorial debut.

Its aiming for a 2012 release.  You'll find the teaser trailer embedded below.