First Gundam, now Tetsujin 28-go 1:1!

Source : AnimeNewsNetwork.com

"The project costs 135 million yen (about US$1.40 million), although the city has pitched in 45 million yen (US$470,000). The sales of "Tetsujin Curry" contributed to the cause. Under the project's revised plans, the statue will weigh 50 tons. (Because the statue is not "standing" straight up, it actually rises 15 meters or 49 feet from the ground.) Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Mobile Police Patlabor, The Sky Crawlers) wrote and directed a stage play adaptation of the manga with a six-meter-tall (20-foot-tall) robot replica earlier this year, while Hong Kong's IMAGI studio (TMNT, Astro Boy) began streaming its computer-animated teaser video last month.

Bandai is constructing a Gundam statue of similar size on Tokyo's artificial Odaiba Island. Unlike the Gundam statue, the Tetsujin 28-go statue will be a permanent installation with no moving parts.�

Source : Kobe Tetsujin Project