{"id":5536,"date":"2009-12-07T22:12:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T11:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2009-12-08T12:56:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T01:56:46","slug":"deep-sea-monster-reigo-gets-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/12\/07\/deep-sea-monster-reigo-gets-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Sea Monster Reigo Gets Closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"460\" height=\"272\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xa3z01&amp;related=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"460\" height=\"272\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xa3z01&amp;related=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xa3z01_yyyyyyyyyy_shortfilms\">\u6df1\u6d77\u7363\u30ec\u30a4\u30b4\u30fc\u3000\u7279\u5831<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Shinkaij\u00fb Reig\u00f4<\/strong> [aka Deep Sea Monster Reigo; Reigo vs. Yamato; Reigo the Deep Sea Monster vs. The Battleship Yamato, A-140F6] (2008 [2005]; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya)<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-engtop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5557\" title=\"reigo-engtop\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-engtop.jpg\" alt=\"reigo-engtop\" width=\"460\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-engtop.jpg 780w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-engtop-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This independent Japanese <em>daikaiju eiga<\/em> [giant monster film] &#8212; which combines WW2 history with giant monster action &#8212; seems to be nearer a release in the West, with the appearance of a trailer with English titles (as seen above). For a full report on the film, check out the excellent article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifijapan.com\/articles\/2009\/01\/01\/deep-sea-monster-reigo\/\" target=\"_blank\">SciFi Japan<\/a>. <em>Deep Sea Monster Reigo<\/em> has given rise to a second <em>daikaiju eiga<\/em> by the same director &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/11\/16\/raiga-poster-and-new-images\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Shinkaij\u00fb Raiga<\/strong><\/a> [aka Deep Sea Monster Raiga] (2009; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya) &#8212; but as that was only in production this year, we can&#8217;t expect too much international action for a while.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Addendum<\/strong>: As Keith Aiken of SciFi Japan quite rightly points out (see comments attached to this post), it is rather too optimistic to assume that a DVD release in the West is definitely about to happen. I&#8217;m sure that it will sooner or later, but there has been no official word as far as I know. My wording above perhaps gives too strong an emphasis to the likelihood and imminence of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5555 aligncenter\" title=\"reigo12\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo12.jpg\" alt=\"reigo12\" width=\"460\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo12.jpg 510w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo12-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/deep_sea_monster_reigo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5545\" title=\"deep_sea_monster_reigo\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/deep_sea_monster_reigo.jpg\" alt=\"deep_sea_monster_reigo\" width=\"461\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/deep_sea_monster_reigo.jpg 480w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/deep_sea_monster_reigo-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/rei3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5547\" title=\"rei3\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/rei3.jpg\" alt=\"rei3\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/rei3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/rei3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has collected a bunch of new images from <em>Deep Sea Monster Reigo<\/em> (well, most of them are new), including green-screen SFX shots and a few pictures of the Reigo &#8220;puppet&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/080611_reigo02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5543\" title=\"080611_reigo02\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/080611_reigo02.jpg\" alt=\"080611_reigo02\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/080611_reigo02.jpg 400w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/080611_reigo02-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reiga-puppet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5548\" title=\"reiga-puppet\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reiga-puppet.jpg\" alt=\"reiga-puppet\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reiga-puppet.jpg 320w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reiga-puppet-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5536 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-engtop.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-engtop-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo13.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo12.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo02.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo01.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-green.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-green-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-crew01.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reigo-crew01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reiga.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reiga-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reiga-puppet.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/reiga-puppet-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/rei3.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/rei3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/poster.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/poster-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/deep_sea_monster_reigo.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/deep_sea_monster_reigo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bottom-one.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bottom-one-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/080611_reigo02.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/080611_reigo02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/080611_reigo01.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/080611_reigo01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sources<\/strong>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moegame.com\/sfx\/images\/080611_reigo01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">www.moegame.com<\/a>; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uppic.net\/show\/d71e117bfeb5e20ded6a1ee2290efb1a\" target=\"_blank\">www.uppic.net<\/a>; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog-imgs-29-origin.fc2.com\/k\/o\/z\/kozilla\/deep_sea_monster_reigo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">blog-imgs-29-origin.fc2.com<\/a>; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sannosuke.jp\/2008\/05\/27\/post_1282.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.sannosuke.jp<\/a>; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blogimg.goo.ne.jp\/user_image\/31\/a7\/dad25b577c8ca0a07c4ba166f634793e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">blogimg.goo.ne.jp<\/a>; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog-imgs-19.fc2.com\/w\/o\/l\/wolfhappy\/rei3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">blog-imgs-19.fc2.com<\/a>; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/green.ap.teacup.com\/g-1okuda\/timg\/middle_1189769888.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">green.ap.teacup.com<\/a>; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog-imgs-19.fc2.com\/w\/o\/l\/wolfhappy\/rei3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">blog-imgs-19.fc2.com<\/a>; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talentnavi.biz\/image\/medium\/3156.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">www.talentnavi.biz<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reigo.jp\">official website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u6df1\u6d77\u7363\u30ec\u30a4\u30b4\u30fc\u3000\u7279\u5831 Shinkaij\u00fb Reig\u00f4 [aka Deep Sea Monster Reigo; Reigo vs. Yamato; Reigo the Deep Sea Monster vs. The Battleship Yamato, A-140F6] (2008 [2005]; dir. Shinpei Hayashiya) This independent Japanese daikaiju eiga [giant monster film] &#8212; which combines WW2 history with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/12\/07\/deep-sea-monster-reigo-gets-closer\/\">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":[80,12,4,44,91,54,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5536"}],"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=5536"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5560,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5536\/revisions\/5560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}