Director of Tiger & Bunny 1st Film Changed From TV Series

by dtshyk
Mar 10, 2012 7:00 AM | 21 Comments

According to the official website, the director of Tiger & Bunny Movie 1: The Beginning will be Kometani Yoshitomo ("GaoGaiGar"). Sato Keiichi, the director of the TV series, tweeted that he felt sorry for not being able to direct the film.

Tiger & Bunny official website

According to Newtype magazine, the first film will be reassembled version of the TV series with new scenes. The producers try to make the film more than a recap and want the audience to enjoy the background of the story, which was not revealed in the TV series.

Source: Sato's tweet, Scan of Newtype

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Kometani Yoshitomo you say? ....HELLL YEAH!!!! That Guy is awesome!

May 24, 2012 12:03 AM by removed-user

Sandileina said:
Well, this is bad news.

It's going to be terrible. And then the needlessly anti-T&B people will be like LOL WE KNEW IT, THE WHOLE FRANCHISE IS CRAP. And I'll be sitting there going ヽ(●-`Д´-)ノ you're not giving it a fair chance crycrybutthurt, and they'll be like lollolololol y so butthurt, and things will escalate from there.

I've never met an anti-T&B fan in my anime circle of friends... although it could be argued, and very accurately to the point, that of my circle of friends I'm the only one who's even seen T&B. But fear not! I shall convert them to our pro T&B side or else they'll feel the wrath of a Lunatic inquisition!

fertygo said:
The TV series director is mediocre anyway, his reputation is very average, so the change might be good idea.

Always thought the series lacking "touch" although I'm enjoyed it. and GGG final is awesome.

I was going to make a similar argument about the fact that the new director might be better and more capable with feature length movies. It may be a better experience. Although I will admit that I was hoping for the same continuity we had with Eden of the East.

May 23, 2012 11:48 PM by Seto_Sora

The TV series director is mediocre anyway, his reputation is very average, so the change might be good idea.

Always thought the series lacking "touch" although I'm enjoyed it. and GGG final is awesome.

Mar 11, 2012 7:02 AM by fertygo

tsubasalover said:

dtshyk said:
According to Newtype magazine, the first film will be reassembled version of the TV series with new scenes. The producers try to make the film more than a recap and want the audience to enjoy the background of the story, which was not revealed in the TV series.

Oh, that's good! At least it's not a completely recap from TV series. (like Sacred Seven: Shirogane no Tsubasa)

PR stuff. They say that about pretty much every single recap film I'm afraid, with varying degrees of success. Let's just keep our fingers crossed, I say.

Mar 11, 2012 6:22 AM by Sandileina

Oh, that's good! At least it's not a completely recap from TV series. (like Sacred Seven: Shirogane no Tsubasa)

Mar 11, 2012 6:00 AM by tsubasalover

articuzwolf said:
he better come back for the 2nd Movie becaues that is what's actually matters

This. O___O

Mar 11, 2012 5:54 AM by Sandileina

he better come back for the 2nd Movie becaues that is what's actually matters

Mar 10, 2012 11:09 PM by articuzwolf

i hope this recap movie will be a full remake of its animation too

Mar 10, 2012 11:06 PM by deg

He better do this series some justice then.

Mar 10, 2012 8:55 PM by Sanguis

Hmm, hmm. Unfortunate.

Mar 10, 2012 7:14 PM by MyNameSucks

Don't fuck it up, whoevers in charge. Butthurt western anime fans can be butthurt all they want, the show is a smash hit in Japan.

Mar 10, 2012 3:00 PM by StreetFighter

Athena said:

Mr_Gutts said:
lol i kinda saw it coming

What? How exactly did you see that coming?
Rhetorical question. This is just what Sandileina was saying. *sigh*

lulz, this is exactly what I was going to post.
How can you kinda see a director change coming? What? Hurray for making comments that point out that you didnt even read the first post.

Anyways, I'm on the fence about watching a somewhat recap movie. I did enjoy the first half of the series a lot and am actually interested to see what a different director could do with it.

Mar 10, 2012 2:34 PM by Sarukah

My thoughts precisely. And look, there's already one right here. v

Mr_Gutts said:
lol i kinda saw it coming

What? How exactly did you see that coming?
Rhetorical question. This is just what Sandileina was saying. *sigh*

Either way, I really hope the new director manage to capture the essence of the TV series somehow.

Mar 10, 2012 1:34 PM by Athena

Information on ouroboros?

Mar 10, 2012 1:08 PM by GodlyKyon

I wonder why the heros are fighting each other.

Mar 10, 2012 10:20 AM by VioLink

lol i kinda saw it coming

Mar 10, 2012 10:17 AM by Mr_Gutts

Well, this is bad news.

It's going to be terrible. And then the needlessly anti-T&B people will be like LOL WE KNEW IT, THE WHOLE FRANCHISE IS CRAP. And I'll be sitting there going ヽ(●-`Д´-)ノ you're not giving it a fair chance crycrybutthurt, and they'll be like lollolololol y so butthurt, and things will escalate from there.

Mar 10, 2012 9:40 AM by Sandileina

Isn't there a mistake in Yonetani Yoshitomo's name?

Mar 10, 2012 9:21 AM by rn144mg

I just hope that the movie wouldn't be a letdown. I enjoyed the tv series very much, and I expect no less for this movie.

Mar 10, 2012 8:15 AM by endless_nine_09

Oh well.

Mar 10, 2012 7:33 AM by skapandi

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