Mamoru Oshii makes Cyborg 009 3D short

[Professor Irony]

From ANN:

The electronics maker Panasonic is sponsoring a stereoscopic 3D animation project of Shotaro Ishinomori's classic science-fiction manga Cyborg 009 with director Mamoru Oshii and the studio Production I.G. The Cyborg 009 official fan club on the Yahoo! website began presenting details about the project to fan club members on Tuesday. The high-definition anime short, which is four minutes and 45 seconds long, will be unveiled at the Panasonic booth at the CEATEC Japan 2010 trade show. The show will run at the Makuhari Messe event center in Chiba, Japan from October 5 to October 8. Oshii's frequent collaborator Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Death Note films) is composing the music for the 5.1ch surround soundtrack.

Original article.

I've always been a bit sceptical about 3D, partly as it's so often used on tacky horror films and partly as I don't have great sight in one eye (not convinced I'd be able to see the effect), but I'd really like to see this one...

 

[ilmaestro]

Crazy! Would definitely love to see how this turns out.

 

[Wildcard]

With Oshii helming it's bound to have some slick animation and direction, while 3d could be interesting... Four minutes and 45 seconds is a pretty lean runtime though, I wonder if they'll be able to get any real substance in there between action.