Info:
Yatterman (ヤッターマン ) is an upcoming film directed by Takashi Miike and based on the classic 1970s television show of the of the same name.
The film is scheduled to be released in Japan on March 7, 2009.
Casting:
Sho Sakurai of the J-pop group Arashi will be playing Gan-chan3, Japanese actress Saki Fukuda will be playing Ai-chan, Kyoko Fukada will be playing the Dorombo Gang leader, Doronjo, with Kendo Kobayashi playing Tonzura, and Katsuhisa Namase rounding out the trio as, Boyakki. On May 10, 2008, it was announced Anri Okamoto will play the original film-only character, Shoko.
Plot:
A mysterious stone known as Skull Stone (ドクロストーン) is currently split apart and scattered across the planet. It is said to have the power to reveal the location of the largest deposit of gold in the world. This legend has entranced the trio of villains in this show: the "Doronbo (ドロンボー) Gang, who is on a pursue of fame, power and wealth. However, their hunt for the Skull Stone is not as easy as they imagined, mainly due to the faulty information they receive from their leader, and most of all, due to a righteous duo of pursuers called the "Yatterman".
Unlike the previous series, this show does not cover any specifically notable time/space travel (apart from the 38th episode, in which the two sides convert their own mechas into time machines). Instead, the places the characters travel to and the individuals they meet are generally homages (or spoofs) of existing ones (to emphasize that they are NOT actual historical events of characters, but modern ones existing in some other random places of the world). These fictional characters/places are usually represented by purposely misspelled names or familiar actions. For example, a revolution leader is named "Yashington" as a homage of George Washington; and a place resembling ancient Japan is named "Yametai", as a spoof of Yamatai.
However, the climax part of each episode involves a clash between the heroes and the villains, both of whom are after their own goals. As before, the villains have terrible accidents in each episode.
*credits: wikipedia. (:
So, anyone else excited to see Sho act as a 13 year old superhero? :'Dd
