'Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle' Trailer 2 - Godzilla Earth is very upset!
One day out from the theatrical release in Japan we get another trailer for the next installment in the Godzilla Anime trilogy. Check it out!
One day out from the theatrical release in Japan we get another trailer for the next installment in the Godzilla Anime trilogy. Check it out!
Well there's not much to talk about in this trailer to be honest. They are still hiding MechaGodzilla and are only showing brief glimpses of Godzilla himself. Godzilla Earth definitely seems to have some sort of powered up mode that resembles burning Godzilla. I believe it is how he is going to get his attack past whatever defense this new MechaGodzilla has.
The movie comes out tomorrow in Japan so be wary of spoilers from here on out. Did this trailer get you more excited for this?
'Godzilla: Monster Planet' Teaser Trailer Released!
Man what a great day to wake up to the highly anticipated teaser trailer for the Godzilla Anime! I knew we were getting one soon-ish but I never expected that it would come out of nowhere like this. Well what are you waiting for? Check it out below!
Man what a great day to wake up to the highly anticipated teaser trailer for the Godzilla Anime! I knew we were getting one soon-ish but I never expected that it would come out of nowhere like this. Well what are you waiting for? Check it out below!
Wow! So I am not a huge fan of the fully CG anime style but it looks like the animation will look great when dealing with the monsters and such. Maybe it will be a bit jittery when it comes down to the human stuff but what see here in this 30 second teaser shows some promise. Also there is this guy:
Who also has a name!
Servum looks like he is going to be the smaller Kaiju that our space faring humans are going to deal with. He's pretty much just a wyvern but he does have multiple eyes which may suggest an alien origin.
UPDATE 8:53 am - Looks like Servum is actually a subspecies of Godzilla himself! Check out the official press release!
World first! Breaking news! Godzilla himself finally revealed!
A roar that shakes the Earth still, 20,000 years in the future!
2016 saw the release of the no. 1 box office smash hit live action film, Shin Godzilla (directed by Hideaki Anno). This grounded portrayal captured the hearts of audiences, and has been honored with seven prizes at the 40th Japan Academy Awards, including Picture of the Year.
The next step in the Godzilla franchise will be the release this November of Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. This landmark year in which Japan celebrates the 100th anniversary of the release of its first animated film will also finally herald the first time in history that the challenge has been undertaken to adapt Godzilla into an animated feature.
An advance teaser trailer is now available on the web, ahead of being also shown in cinemas starting from Saturday, July 8.
Starting with the words "1 year on from Shin Godzilla..", the trailer shows the protagonist, Haruo (Mamoru Miyano), as he gazes down intensely at the beautiful blue Earth below from the returned emigration ship, a number of landing craft descending toward the surface itself, crew members preparing themselves for battle, as well as what seems to be a flashback to a fierce fight between armed humans and a previously unknown monster—the Servum, which has now proliferated over the surface of the planet.
Then, in the final shot, what appears to be the colossal form of Godzilla himself, with his signature roar! In the face of this fearsome presence, to which the response can only rightly be "despair", can humanity truly prevail?
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/1dF83zsTIMQ
Bestiary
Servum
A sub-species of Godzilla discovered by the Earth landing party, given the name "Servum".
Cellular analysis shows a 97% similarity to Godzilla, when compared to data collected during a nuclear attack on that beast in 2032, before the escape from Earth.
Like Godzilla, it has extremely metal-like body tissue, but despite this can generate a strong electromagnetic charge.
Two varieties of Servum have been observed, the flying type, and another worm-like kind which burrows in the ground. The flying type prey on the worm type, and the worm type preys on further smaller types, creating a food chain.
Introduction
Ever since it was first released as a feature film in 1954, Godzilla has come to be a colossal cultural icon loved by millions around the world. 2016 saw the release of Shin Godzilla, directed by Hideaki Anno. This grounded depiction of the iconic monster story captured audiences and became a huge hit. Now in 2017, Godzilla continues to surprise with this evolution into a feature-length animated film.
This animated movie takes the franchise into uncharted territory; mankind's fateful confrontation to retake their planet in a distant future where Godzilla has dominated the Earth for 20,000 years.
Directing is Kobun Shizuno, whose theatrical release of Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare last year achieved the highest box office success yet for that famed franchise. He is joined by another proven talent on the cutting edge of computer graphics, Hiroyuki Seshita, director and supervising director of Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine and Ajin:Demi-Human. Penning both the story and screenplay is Gen Urobuchi of Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Psycho-Pass, a writer known to his large and loyal fan base as a master of meticulous and unpredictable storytelling laced with powerful ideas. Finally, handling the production is 3-consecutive Emmy award winning Japanese 3DCG animation studio, Polygon Pictures, which produced Knights of Sidonia, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars for U.S. television and earning Outstanding Special Class Animated Program at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Prepare for the earth-shattering roar of a brand new Godzilla, unlike anything heard or seen before!
Story
The final summer of the 20th century… when mankind learns it is no longer the sole ruler of planet Earth.
The planet is beset by the emergence of colossal creatures that roam the Earth, and king among them is "Godzilla". For a half a century, these beasts engage in ferocious battle with each other and mankind. Ultimately humanity, unable to compete, prepares for exile from its home planet. In the year 2048, a select few humans are chosen by the central government's artificial intelligence to set out on an interstellar emigration vessel, the Aratrum, on an 11.9-light-year journey for the planet Tau Ceti e. But when they arrive after 20 years of space travel, the remnants of mankind find the environmental conditions on Tau-e to be much worse than expected, and uninhabitable by humans.
On board the vessel is a young man, Haruo. When he was four years old, he saw his parents killed by Godzilla before his eyes, and in the 20 years since he has thought about nothing but returning to Earth and defeating Godzilla. With their chance for escape to another world closed, and living conditions on the ship deteriorating, Haruo spearheads a movement to return to Earth despite the dangers of such a long return trip.
Somehow, the Aratrum makes the return journey in one piece, but the home they return to has become an alien planet. 20,000 years have elapsed, and a new ecosystem has emerged with Godzilla at its apex. Can mankind take back its native planet? Will Haruo get his revenge?
Well are you excited? I know I am!
'Godzilla: Monster Planet' - First Look at our Anime Godzilla revealed!
Well I've been saying for weeks that it has been way too quiet on the Netflix anime front. Today that changed in a big way as the official website was updated to include our first glimpse at the first ever anime Godzilla! Check it out below!
Well I've been saying for weeks that it has been way too quiet on the Netflix anime front. Today that changed in a big way as the official website was updated to include our first glimpse at the first ever anime Godzilla! Check it out below!
Wow definitely not the direction I thought they were going to go! It definitely evokes Legendary Goji quite a bit which I'm sure is not going to sit well with some fans but I personally like it a lot. Obviously this is a very stylized image and doesn't give us a whole lot to go on but it's cool we are getting more information regardless. Hopefully we'll be getting a trailer sooner rather than later.
What do you guys think? Do you like that they are using a tweaked legendary design?
'Godzilla' Anime - New Title, Poster and Plot Synopsis Revealed
Well it's about time we got a real update on this! The highly anticipated Godzilla anime has received it's official title and full plot description and I couldn't be more excited. We also got our first look at the main character via a new poster. Check it out!
Well it's about time we got a real update on this! The highly anticipated Godzilla anime has received it's official title and full plot description and I couldn't be more excited. We also got our first look at the main character via a new poster. Check it out!
Anime news network broke the news when the main website godzilla-anime.com updated for the presentation to come within the next few days during AnimeJapan. Here is the translated Story details:
The last summer of the 20th Century. That day, the human beings learn that they are not the only ruler of the planet Earth.The appearance of the giant living creatures “Kaiju's” and the ultimate existence that destroys all monsters: Godzilla. Through the battle against kaiju's that lasted for half a century, human beings has experienced continuous defeat, and finally plans to escape from the Earth. And in 2048, only those who were selected by the A.I. managed under the central government boarded the inter-sidereal emigrant spaceship “Aratrum” to head for “Tau Cetus e”, the planet beyond the distance of 11.9 light-year. However, the environmental condition differences between that of the Earth and Tau e, which they finally arrived after 20 years were far beyond the predicted numbers, and was not an environment considered to be habitable by human beings.The young man on the emigrant ship: Haruo, who saw his parents killed by Godzilla in front of his eyes when he was 4 years old, had only one thing in his mind for 20 years: to return to the Earth and defeat Godzilla. Shut out from the possibility of emigration, as the living environment in the ship deteriorates, the group of “Earth Returnists” led by Haruo became the majority, and determines to head back to Earth through a dangerous long-distance hyperspace navigation. However, the Earth they have returned has already passed the time of 20,000 years, and has become an unknown world with the ecosystem reigned by Godzilla.At the end, will human beings win back the Earth? And what will Haruo see beyond his fate?
This sounds super exciting and matches up with all of the futuristic concept we have seen thus far. I like the idea of the humans leaving earth to avoid destruction by the Kaiju and then getting to the supposed savior world and realizing they could not live there. We haven't seen what this Godzilla looks like yet but if the plot description is anything to go off of, I foresee a super ancient look to him once they return. Maybe he'll have a super traditional look at the beginning though. We'll have to see.
Another big piece of news with this update is that the official full title of the film is 'Godzilla: Kaijū Wakusei (Godzilla: Monster Planet)'. There is also a tagline beneath the title on the poster that reads "We will definitely take back this 'Planet'". The poster also shows off some cool two legged mechs so I can almost guarantee the main character will probably have a direct confrontation with Godzilla at some point in the film.
'Godzilla: Monster planet' will be released in November 2017 into Japanese cinemas but will arrive sometime later this year worldwide on Netflix.
Does this new info get you excited for the film? Let us know in the comments below!
Godzilla Anime Movie Announced!
Well we all suspected this announcement was coming after Toho bought the url godzilla-anime.com but we didn't expect it so soon. Not much is known at this time but we did get the full creative team announced today and a teaser image.
Well we all suspected this announcement was coming after Toho bought the url godzilla-anime.com but we didn't expect it so soon. Not much is known at this time but we did get the full creative team announced today and a teaser image.
From crunchyroll:
The teased next project from writer Gen Urobuchi (Madoka Magica, Thunderbolt Fantasy) has been revealed as none other than a Godzilla anime film. The feature is currently in the works for a 2017 theatrical premiere, with animation production by Knights of Sidonia studio Polygon Pictures. The film is being directed by Kobun Shizuno (Detective Conan movies, Knights of Sidonia) and Hiroyuki Seshita (Blame!, Ajin chief director), and the teaser image below accompanied the reveal.
I haven't even heard of half of those Anime but the one that sticks out is Knights of Sidonia. Knights is a giant mecha Anime which has gotten rave reviews from basically eveyone I know and it is a very unique scifi universe. It's been on my Netflix watch queue for awhile now but with this announcement it just got bumped up to the "I need to watch this status." Since the film is being doen by the same studio (Polygon Pictures) I'm betting that we may be able to gleam some stylistic info from Knights of Sidonia.
There are of course a couple of super interesting things of note in the teaser image. First would be the fact that the title of the film is Godzilla, not Gojira. I'm not sure if that specifically means anything but it is odd that a japanese animated film woulduse the american name for the creature. Obviously the most glaring thing is that it looks like the film will be taking place in some sort of futuristic setting and may even be set on a different planet (the people coming out of the ship seem to be wearing some sort of spacesuit). Definitely a different kind of setting for anything Godzilla related.
Are you excited for Godzilla's first anime outing? What do you think the use of Godzilla's american name in the title means? Godzilla releases in Japanese theaters in 2017.
