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Macross Creator Kawamori to Launch Basquash Project
posted on by Egan Loo
The upcoming Basquash! project by Macross and Escaflowne creator Shōji Kawamori was announced at Tokyo International Film Festival on Sunday. The project's teaser website, which is copyrighted "© SK, TR/S/PB," opened with a 50-day countdown and two live-action movies. The movies depict a Nike basketball being disturbed by rumbling in the distance and the Nike-shoe-wearing feet of a robot. The Basquash! website's address has been registered by Satelight, Kawamori's studio, since October of 2006.
Kawamori will be participating in a November 29 discussion event called "Science Fiction Anime Made Real!? A Heated Discussion on Robots: Dreams and Passion Will Create the Future of Robots" in Tokyo. Takayuki Furuta (the developer of the eight-legged Halluc II robot) and Ikuo Mizuuchi (the co-creator of the walking humanoid Kotarō robot) will also appear at the event with their robots. Kawamori had previously designed aSony 's ERS-220 Aibo robotic dog variant and created a fictional robot design to promote Nissan's Dualis sports-utility vehicle.
Source: Dengeki Online (second link)
