GEPP-X Re-Release Countdown Trailer Arrives with Creator's Message
The GEPP-X re-release preserves a landmark of 1990s fan passion for 1970s super robot anime that never found commercial success but influenced a dedicated audience.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Bliss Brain has released a countdown trailer for the re-release of the 1999 PlayStation shooting game '70s-style Robot Anime GEPP-X', scheduled for July 16. The trailer accompanies a message from original creator Akira Hachiteki, who reflects on the game's excessive production-over 8,000 hand-drawn cels and four CD-ROMs-and its cult status after poor sales. He calls the game a 'genuine fake' that required foolish effort to become authentic.
The countdown trailer for '70s-style Robot Anime GEPP-X' is now live, leading up to the July 16 re-release. Creator Akira Hachiteki's message states: 'You can't become the real thing without being foolish.' He calls the production a 'foolish way of doing things' that packed 100 elements into the script, later expanded to 200, resulting in four CD-ROMs and over 8,000 hand-drawn cels. The voice cast includes Akira Kamiya, Shō Hayami, and Shūichi Ikeda, with theme songs by Isao Sasaki, Akira Kushida, and Hironobu Kageyama. Hachiteki thanks fans who kept the cult classic alive after 1999's poor sales, calling the re-release 'your work.'
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