Kobe’s Gigantor statue nears completion

A video from the Asahi Shimbun shows that Kobe’s Gigantor (Tetsujin 28-go) statue is almost finished:

It was originally supposed to be finished by October, but it looks like work is progressing ahead of schedule. The official homepage of the project states that will probably be finished some time near the end of this month.
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1 comment - What do you think? Posted by James - September 9, 2009 at 10:06 am

Categories: Otaku & Anime Tags: anime, gigantor, kobe, otaku, tetsujin, Tetsujin 28-go

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Comment by Anonymous

2009-09-09 18:11:23

Now all we need is Labors, Zaku’s, Variable fighter, and Koubu.

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