An 18-meter-tall statue of Gigantor will be constructed next year in Kobe, Japan. The statue of Gigantor, who debuted in a 1958 manga, is expected to weight 70 tons and cost 135 million yen (approx US$1.1 million).
From Blog@Newsarama's translation of an Asahi.com story:
The statue will serve as a double memorial, marking both the birthplace of creator Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who passed away in 2004 in an apartment fire, as well as celebrate the revitilization of the area, which was devastated in the 1995 Kobe earthquake.
