Devil-Manta
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Devil-Manta (デビルマンタ Debirumanta, lit. Devil Manta) is an unmade 1978 Toei film.
History
Devil-Manta was the second and last unmade film concept Toei considered before making Message from Space, following the King Kong-inspired project Kongorilla.[1]
The plot would have involved a giant flying manta ray from the cosmic void arriving to Earth and wreaking havoc on the populace along with a swarm of its smaller-sized offspring.[1][2]
The first draft was done by Shotaro Ishinomori and written by Susumu Takaku and Hajime Sato. Planning of the project was done by Toru Hirayama and Yajima Nobuo, and was to be directed by Hajime Sato and have special effects done by Nobuo Yajima.
However, according to producer Tohru Hirayama, Devil Manta was ultimately canceled by Toei because of the box office success of the first Space Battleship Yamato feature film (also distributed by Toei) and the incoming Star Wars, with the project shifting into the 1978 space opera Message from Space (1978).[2][3][3][4]
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