One thing that impresses me about the Japanese culture is that it really does first class job of creating its own culture. When you go to Japan, you can see the interest people has on intellectual subjects just from the sheer number of book stores you see there. Also go into any stationary store and you'll note that they have the best stationaries, and writing equipments in the world. This is a sharp contrast from any other Asian countries, and maybe the chief reason why Japan is the only preeminent first world country in Asia.
Eighthman, or Eitoman is one example of that culture. Mind you, the original comic appeared in the early '60s. First robot that I know of that has plastic skin that can be formed to disguise himself to anyone he chooses. A robot that can run at supersonic speed. This is idea that really ahead of its time as no other robot since then had a feature like this.
In the original comic, Eitoman was a peaceful character. He would not maim a weaker human being. But this Eitoman is different. He doesn't mind hurting his human opponents.
I don't know how much the original author Kazumasa Hirai was involved with this movie, but the style is very different from the original Eitoman.
I'm not for this version of the Eitoman character very much, although I'm very fond of the original Eitoman.
I hope that the Japanese will keep the Eitoman franchise alive. It's one of a kind first class robot genre action adventure. Keep this fantastic robot's stories coming.
