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Collect, preserve, restore, research and research valuable materials related to special effects that are in danger of dissipatingSugagawa Special Effects Archive CenterIt was opened on November 3, 2020 (Tuesday) in Sugagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, the birthplace of Eiji Marutani. This center is not only a storage facility / research facility, but also aims to honor and promote the culture of special effects, making it possible to tour some of the materials collected and preserved for free.
Facility Information Sugagawa Special Effects Archive Center / Sugagawa City Official Website
https://www.city.sukagawa.fukushima.jp/shisetsu/1004370/1004372/1006519.html
Speaking of collecting materials for special effects, the special exhibition “From 2013 to 2015”Director Hideaki Anno Museum of special effectsIt has been carried out, but this installation is labeled as an “archive center” rather than a “museum”.
At the entrance, a panel from Deputy Director Masatsugu Higuchi welcomes you.
In many cases, photography is prohibited in the facilities where this type of exhibition is held, but in the case of the Sugagawa Special Effects Archive Center, photography with smartphones and mobile phones is fine in the area where it can be visited, and also it is published on social networks. Even if it’s okay. However, it is wrong to use shooting equipment such as a camera, record movies, take close-ups, and shoot for duplication purposes.
Welcome board displayed at the entrance desk. It was handwritten on opening day and will be displayed here in the future.
Admission is free. Two types of transparent files are sold for 250 yen.
Interested people constantly wrote on the wall.
Materials related to special effects are lined up in the library. Please note that you are not allowed to bring your own bag in this space, so please place your luggage in the locker provided separately.
Model airplanes fly around the first-floor atrium.
Unveiled at the opening ceremonyThe Shin Ultraman statue is also installed on the first floor.
Main deposit.
The interior looks like this and the items are closely lined up.
There is also a huge Yamato battleship and a wall of “Advance Giant”.
A giant soldier that can operate from behind.
There is a “collection illustration” that shows what type of items are closely aligned. This shows the front installation of the storage.
The rear shelf is also stocked with many items.
Various items are stored, but since it is very difficult to store products made of rubber for a long period of time, it is said that digital archiving by 3D scanning is being attempted.
A chronological table that summarizes past activities. Counting from the beginning of the investigation, the archive center was opened eight years later.
On the second floor landing, you can see the staff involved in special effects.
The main exhibition on the second floor was a large miniature set, which is also a place for photographs.
The set was designed by Toshio Miike. You can see that the design is a miniature of the city with the image of the sky drawn by the background artist, Nichiroku Shimakura, who is called “the god of clouds”.
In the place that was “Position A” in Mr. Miike’s design drawing, a glass plate with the sky drawn is installed in front of the set like this.
If you take the correct position, you can take a photo of “the city where a big monster appeared”.
Also, when you go around the back of the set, the path narrows like this. By doing this, perspective is emphasized.
In the audiovisual room on the 2nd floor, the special effects short film “Appearing in Giant Soldier Tokyo” and its production video “Until the Giant Soldier appears in Tokyo” will be screened, which was shown at the “Director Hideaki Anno Special Effects Museum “. ..
Admission to the Sugagawa Special Effects Archive Center is free and is closed on Tuesdays (or the next business day if it is a national holiday) and during the end of the year and New Years holidays. The opening hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
By public transportation, the closest bus stop is Fukushima Kotsu’s “Iwase Branch”, which is about a 1-minute walk away. However, the number of available trains is small, and if it is a November 2020 schedule, we will board the train bound for “Yazawa Via Machimoriya” that departs from Sugagawa Station at 8:25 AM Monday through Friday and arrives at 8:46. The only route available is to take a tour of approximately 2 hours and return at 11:25 am through Sugagawa Station to Namikicho. There are no flights to / from the “Iwase Branch” bus stop on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
If it can be used on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, there is a route that takes a bus bound for Naganuma from Koriyama Station, gets off at the “Nanatsuishi” bus stop and walks about 40 minutes. The number is 5 round trips a day.
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