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Live-Action Attack on Titan/Subaru Forester Collaboration Ad Aired
posted on by Sarah Nelkin
The Subaru Forester Nihon TV channel. The commercial is set in the mountainous region of Wall Maria, and it boasts that the Forester is an "omnidirectional SUV against attacks."
Shinji Higuchi, the 48-year-old director of the live-action Attack on Titan film and The Floating Castle (Nobō no Shiro), also worked on the commercial. The commercial features three Titan giants, including one regular Titan and one female Titan played by stunt people and enhanced with computer graphics. It took four hours to apply the female Titan's makeup.
In addition, the commercial filmed a model of a colossal Titan's upper body. The model was about two meters (about six feet) tall and required seven people to operate.
Principal photography on the live-action film itself has yet to begin, and the staff has not decided if the Titans in the film will appear as they do in the commercial. Still, Higuchi was grateful for this "welcome opportunity" to create a preview of what is to come.
Higuchi is scheduled to begin shooting Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise. He has also served as the special effects director for the Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 2: Advent of Legion, and Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys films.
Hajime Isayama, is also working on the scripts together with Isayama and Watanabe. Isayama himself has been present at business meetings for the film and has offered ideas on the scripts and characters.
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