{"id":5333,"date":"2009-11-16T18:47:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T07:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2009-11-17T07:38:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T20:38:57","slug":"raiga-poster-and-new-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/11\/16\/raiga-poster-and-new-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiga Poster and New Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This newly released poster for <strong>Shinkaij\u00fb Raiga<\/strong> [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya) raises several questions about the movie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/img-X09195958-0001-1RA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5337\" title=\"img-X09195958-0001-1RA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/img-X09195958-0001-1RA.jpg\" alt=\"img-X09195958-0001-1RA\" width=\"450\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/img-X09195958-0001-1RA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/img-X09195958-0001-1RA-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the questions that should be on the tip of your tongue are: &#8220;What on earth is that Casper-like floating critter about two-thirds of the way down the poster on the right?&#8221; and &#8220;What the hell is that object the guy with the eye-patch is surfing in on?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Below is a picture of it from the film itself, crashing into the side of a building. Yes, it&#8217;s rather large!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/objetRA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5341\" title=\"objetRA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/objetRA.jpg\" alt=\"objetRA\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/objetRA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/objetRA-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is the guy in the eye-patch:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/130-1RA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5334 aligncenter\" title=\"130-1RA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/130-1RA.jpg\" alt=\"130-1RA\" width=\"285\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/130-1RA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/130-1RA-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/195-1RA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5335\" title=\"195-1RA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/195-1RA.jpg\" alt=\"195-1RA\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/195-1RA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/195-1RA-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has uncovered two new pictures of Deep Sea Monster Raiga himself, one rampaging, and the other worn out by all the rampaging director Hayashiya demanded of him:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_6142-1RA-3-D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5339\" title=\"IMG_6142-1RA-3-D\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_6142-1RA-3-D.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6142-1RA-3-D\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_6142-1RA-3-D.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_6142-1RA-3-D-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_5979-1RA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5338\" title=\"IMG_5979-1RA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_5979-1RA.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5979-1RA\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_5979-1RA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_5979-1RA-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tanks move in to get him while he&#8217;s snoozing:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_6146-1RA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5340\" title=\"IMG_6146-1RA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_6146-1RA.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6146-1RA\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_6146-1RA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_6146-1RA-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If in the picture below the jaws belong to Raiga, that man is either very big or Raiga really has been worn down<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/843-1RA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5336\" title=\"843-1RA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/843-1RA.jpg\" alt=\"843-1RA\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/843-1RA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/843-1RA-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No\u00a0 comment on this one:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/yoshiwara.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5352\" title=\"yoshiwara\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/yoshiwara.jpg\" alt=\"yoshiwara\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/yoshiwara.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/yoshiwara-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some images of the cast at a promotional event:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/P1020006-1RA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5343\" title=\"P1020006-1RA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/P1020006-1RA.jpg\" alt=\"P1020006-1RA\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/P1020006-1RA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/P1020006-1RA-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/P1020002-2RA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5342\" title=\"P1020002-2RA\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/P1020002-2RA.jpg\" alt=\"P1020002-2RA\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/P1020002-2RA.jpg 450w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/P1020002-2RA-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for those, Avery!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/d-raiga.jp\/main_top.html\" target=\"_blank\">Official website<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/09\/11\/more-raiga-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Previous Backbrain article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Addendum<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The strange &#8220;golden&#8221; object mentioned in Question Two sits atop the Asahi Beer Building in Asakusa, Tokyo, and is indeed a local landmark. Variously described as a &#8220;golden sperm&#8221;, a cloud, and who knows what else, the Asahi PR Division say that it was designed like &#8220;yeast of the beer&#8221; and black building under it is the glass (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asakusa-samurai.com\/asakusa-explorer\/asahi-beer-headquarter.html\" target=\"_blank\">Asakusa Samurai<\/a>). Anyway, built in 1989 and designed by architect                 Philippe Starck, it is the symbol of the beer manufacturers &#8220;at a location where Asahi has been making beer for over a century&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bento.com\/arch\/abh.html\" target=\"_blank\">Reference<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PICT0939-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5351\" title=\"PICT0939-1\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PICT0939-1.jpg\" alt=\"PICT0939-1\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PICT0939-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/PICT0939-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This newly released poster for Shinkaij\u00fb Raiga [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya) raises several questions about the movie. Among the questions that should be on the tip of your tongue are: &#8220;What on earth is that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/11\/16\/raiga-poster-and-new-images\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,4,44,91,54,62],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5333"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5347,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions\/5347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}