A 15-meter-long cow-headed human monster 'Minotaur' arrives in French town, and movies & photos summarizing appearance


by Ville de Toulouse

" Minotaur ", which is often the theme of creation such as Fujiko · F · Fujio 's works such as a cow with a head in Greek mythology as a cow, a body as a human being, came to the city of France. This Minotaur is a robot that actually moves limbs, heads, eyes, etc, and the situation of going around the city with gigantic spiders is on sale in movies and pictures.

Un gigantesque Minotaure articulé dans les rues de Toulouse - GOLEM13.FR: GOLEM13.FR
http://golem13.fr/minotaure-la-machine-nantes-toulouse/

In France, a Giant Spider and a Minotaur Roam, and Sleep - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/world/europe/france-la-machine-spider-minotaur.html

Minotaur that suddenly appeared in Toulouse in the southwestern part of France has a huge size of about 50 feet (about 15 meters) in length.


Minotaur is considered "monster of cowpea human body", but from the photograph it can check up to the body and wing of 4 legs. In addition, it is said that Minotaur is made of unpainted linden tree and metal.



Nasal rough ...



It hits the gigantic spider.



Under the spider's legs men were holding controllers.



Looking diagonally from behind like this.


On the front, side, behind Minotaur, the figure of the crew gripping the controller. The appearance of each person operating each part can be confirmed firmly from the following movie. There are 16 people in total who are doing the operation.


Huge is obvious at a glance when comparing size with people.


A state when turning at an intersection. Behind Minotaur, the appearance of the vehicle that supports the robot is shown.


From the following movies, it is possible for Minotaur to slowly move huge arms and legs to advance the walk and see the spiraling nose from various angles. A huge spider appears in the second half of the movie.

Un minotaure géant à Toulouse!

Un gigantesque minotaure articulé dans les rues de Toulouse! Http://golem13.fr/minotaure-la-machine-nantes-toulouse/

Posted by Golem13 Friday, November 2, 2018


Minotaur that reveals slowly from between building and building.



Not only limbs but also small parts such as head and eyelids are working. This is somewhat closed eyes.



Looking straight ahead it is like this.



Raise your head high.



From another angle.



People beneath the action behaving like a little crouching should be sneaking up ... ....



From yet another angle.



I will blow out a rough nose.



In addition, giant spiders walk in the streets. The momentum that it is likely to destroy the building as it is.



Looking from above it looks like this.



Angle to look up from the feet. Like something attraction, people are sitting under the base of the feet.




In addition, Minotaros taken from the window of the building.



Fear of coming closer and closer.



The image that would have taken from a height that faces Minotaur. You can see clearly that the movement of the face and eyes, and the surprisingly charming face.


Move from between the buildings to the square.


At night it makes a different atmosphere ......


Minotaros with a flame in hand confronts spiders on the bridge.


The palace is hanging in front of Minotaur.



The figure of a spider over there.



It looks like she shot from a remote place.


I caught a finale in a fluttering scene with feathers dancing.


The huge two robots are the works of " La Machine ", an organization that provides machine performance by art director François de la Logière. La Machine used a huge spider and dragon-type robot in the past performance has been carried out, there is also that you have visited in Japan.

Huge spider Yokohama landing on La Machine! La Machine - YouTube


The giant spider and Minotaur 's parade was part of a show called " The Guardian of the Temple " that ended on November 4 (Sun) at Toulouse and reinterpreted the story of Minotaur and Ariadne .

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