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Manbudra The Giant Plant Man

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My scanner may be missing in action at the moment, but I have at least some older works that are still worth a look...even if they're bitmap made ones...hooray for sippy cups!

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In 2006, Central Park Media acquired the US distribution rights to the 30 minute (or so) long short film "Negadon: Monster from Mars"; an all computer generated homage to the golden age of Japanese monster movies. As an added treat, the company openly asked fans to submit their own kaiju-style characters for a special "Kaiju A-Go-Go" art gallery to be featured on the final DVD.

Getting wind of this, I submitted this piece, featuring a plant monster humorously named Manbudra (get it), who had nothing else to him outside the silly name, and the obvious fact that he was a destructive plant-based creature. And this was deliberate, as Central Park clearly stated the submitted characters would be their's technically, and thus why should I sacrifice more prominent creations when there was this expendable, yet equally cool looking design for their usage.

I'm also guessing it was this little technicality that may have been the true reason why not more art was featured on the DVD...that or Central Park Media was selective on the pictures featured. Or the more likely scenario being that as a Japanese monster movie without Godzilla's name in the title, most fans willingly ignored and / or were oblivious to the opportunity (no offense...but it's kind of true).

Whatever the case, Manbudra made it onto the final version of the "Negadon" DVD, and although it's far cry from a licensed spin-off character in the Godzilla franchise, the official nature of the situation makes Manbudra and all the other chosen illustrations more then your average fan-fiction. With that said, I plan to do a Kaiju-Portrait of Manbudra and the other submitters' characters in the not-too-near future, and if you happen to among those people, please contact me, as I could use more references then just what the DVD offers.

Here's the original GIF version of the above picture, for better storage and image quality:

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