#kaiju eiga

[scorpioarts25]

GODZILLA MINUS ONE

An illustration of Godzilla Minus One that I did a couple of months ago!

#scifi #science fiction #scifiart #conceptart #godzilla #godzilla minus one #kaiju eiga #toho kaiju #toho monsters #godzilla movies #king of the monsters #takashi yamazaki #monsterverse #illustrator #illustrations #digital illustration #drawing

[transgriffin]

Just watched Godzilla: Minus One! (Spoiler free review/rant)

They promised and they gosh darn delivered - the human drama is fantastically written, with a lot of food for thought. We see the very unsettling internal struggle of a war-traumatized protagonist who cannot seem to find meaning in his life after surviving WWII. We see the stories of the people around him, souls scarred from the loss of life that resulted from the bombings. And we also see the human spirit prevailing through the darkness, in the middle of the rubble, as the dust of war settles, yet never allows them to forget what was lost and destroyed.

Godzilla - terror incarnate in the most beautiful and majestic flesh, gets presented to the audience as a real sucker-punch to the gut. The horror is palpable as the air rumbles and the brass roars our most beloved Ifukube tunes at the arrival of movie history's most prolific monster. Toho does not dare hide his presence in the shadows - in fact we get blessed with detailed shots of his body design, truly able to savour the artistry that was poured into his likeness, and that without ever breaking the pace. When he appears, he is truly here, and he has come to obliterate. This incarnation of Godzilla is brutality, and yet, I could not help but feel reminded of Jurassic Park's Tyrannosaurus rex in some shots, behaving like an animal does.

His eyes!!! This Godzilla does not walk over the city ignoring the ant-like humans in his wake. He knows that you are there. He is looking at you. He is coming to get you. And yet, you never get a real idea of what goes on inside this god of destruction's mind.

The story doesn't stop unfolding until its very end, where one is kept biting one's nails and shivering in the chair until, finally...

If your local cinema is still showing the film, I IMPLORE you to go watch it on the big screen. This film does so much with sound design, it truly ensures that you WILL feel the terror, you will feel the earth shaking and the world shattering at the arrival of GOJIRA.

Kenpachiro Satsuma-san, I hope you got to see this movie in all its glory before you left this earth. I hope they will add a dedication to you in the home release.

#godzilla minus one #godzilla minus 1 #godzilla #gojira #toho #kaiju #kaiju eiga #giant monsters

[fitsofgloom]

"Mothra will soon be here . . ."

#mothra #ishiro honda #toho #kaiju eiga #1961

[justmeclaw]

🍜 ~ Ramen ~ 🍜

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[ogradyfilm]

Recently Viewed: Godzilla Minus One

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!]

In Godzilla Minus One, the eponymous prehistoric reptile is largely metaphorical, symbolizing Japan’s postwar trauma and the fragility of its newfound peace. The figurative nature of the monster is, of course, typical of the franchise; here, however, the creature’s thematic significance is clearer and more elegantly conveyed than ever before (with the possible exception of its original appearance in 1954).

The story is, after all, set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, with the characters struggling to rebuild their lives amidst the scorched rubble of Tokyo. The protagonist—a former kamikaze pilot haunted by the specters of his slain comrades and tormented by the shame of his own "dishonorable" survival—is just one of many lost souls inhabiting a city that has been reduced to a Stygian wasteland. Quite against his will, he soon finds himself in the company of fellow outcasts: a stubbornly optimistic young woman and the orphaned infant that she rescued from the wreckage of an air raid shelter. Despite his initial reservations, the three gradually develop a familial bond—a pantomime of “normalcy” and domestic bliss. Unfortunately, our tortured hero feels too inherently unworthy of happiness to formalize the makeshift “marriage”; in his darkest moments, he even suspects that his companions might be mere figments of his imagination—hallucinations conjured by his delirious subconscious as he slowly bleeds to death in a muddy ditch. Thus, from his perspective, Godzilla’s arrival feels particularly karmic—but is it divine punishment for his “cowardice” during his suicide mission… or a miraculous opportunity for “redemption?”

These internal and interpersonal conflicts enrich the drama and raise the narrative stakes, keeping the audience emotionally invested in the chaotic action and anchoring the already impressive special effects. Indeed, director Takashi Yamazaki delivers spectacle and substance in equal measure—the best of both worlds. His vision of Godzilla revolves around devastation and ruin, but ultimately emphasizes the indomitable perseverance of the human spirit.

And this tonal and stylistic versatility—the filmmakers’ remarkable ability to deftly and seamlessly transition between horror, adventure, despair, catharsis, and sheer awe—distinguishes Godzilla Minus One as one of the finest kaiju movies ever produced.

#Godzilla Minus One #Godzilla #Takashi Yamazaki #Toho #kaiju #kaiju eiga #Japanese film #Japanese cinema #film #writing #movie review

[thetriphibianmonster]

Gary to Doughy: Legacy of Legendary's Godzilla Facelift

With the first season of Monarch finished airing some lingering questions remain. The show partly served to bridge the gap between the grounded world of the 2014 film and the more fantastical later entries, but one interesting choice was to retain the 2014 design as Godzilla's canon appearance during the flashbacks.

However, as early as a year after his trip to San Francisco, Goji is already sporting his 2019 look despite sticking to the prior appearance for at least 60 years.

Note the wider, more splayed out dorsal fins. While the show does a ton of world building, why exactly Godzilla changed between walking into the sea and his sand bath in Algeria is left unsaid.

While unexplained changes in appearance are nothing new to Godzilla, 2019's new look went hand in hand with a substantial increase in size, despite Goji remaining a stable 108.2 meters for the last 60 years. With some exceptions (the First Mothra's radical senescent size decrease between 1961 and 1964), kaiju in the Godzilla series do tend to have some narrative justification for size changes (Heisei Godzilla's second dose of atomic radiation). When King of the Monsters originally came out I thought Godzilla's growth may have been in response to Serizawa's own nuclear boost, but in retrospect he begins the film near the 120 meter mark and remains that way versus Kong and beyond.

While it's not clear in the show whether the transition to Doughegoji came with the corresponding size boost (I won't claim to be able to distinguish 355 from 393 feet with no frame of reference), the new design's proportionately smaller head would imply some amount of growth, or else the Monsterverse Godzilla pulled a Biogoji and suffered a radical case of skull shrinkage. That said the head does appear to be somewhat larger in the show than 2019, which may suggest they were using an intermediate design rather than a straight jump from Garegoji to Doughegoji.

Another interesting point of comparison is the Atomic Breath seen in the show.

While it seems more substantial than in the 2014 film, its relatively subdued effect on the relatively lightly built Ion Dragon evokes its earlier performance more than the beefed up version seen in 2019. In any case it's a far cry from 2021's "Shin Godzilla, but Thick and Blue and Heteronormative".

#kaiju #kaiju eiga #kaiju tv #godzilla #mothra #king kong #ion dragon

[southmountainninja]

‘Invasion of Astro-Monster’ (1965). Directed by Ishirô Honda.

#japanese cinema #kaiju eiga #scifi #ishiro honda #godzilla #rodan #king gidorah #invasion of astro monster

[neovallense]

Godzilla Minus One (Gojira -1.0, 2023)

#Godzilla Minus One #Gojira -1.0 #Takashi Yamazaki #cine #póster #cartel #cinema #movie #film #filme #cinefilia #cinephile #Godzilla #kaiju eiga #fantástico #fantastic

[innitmarvellous]

#godzilla vs gigan #godzilla #anguirus #kaiju #kaiju eiga #japanese cinema #my gifs #kaiju gifs

[japanfilmclub]

Daimajin (1966) 『 大魔神 』 Written by Tetsuro Yoshida 吉田哲郎 Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda 安田公義

#Daimajin #大魔神 #Tetsuro Yoshida #吉田哲郎 #Kimiyoshi Yasuda #安田公義 #japanese cinema #japan #japanese film #japanese movies #kaiju #kaiju eiga #Daiei #Daiei film #Tokusatsu #特撮 #japan film club

[cinemajunkie70]

Godzilla behind the scenes appreciation post! @justscreenshots

#gojira #Godzilla #showa era #heisei godzilla #toho #eiji tsuburaya #ishiro honda #vfx #King Kong #movies #kaiju movies #kaiju eiga #bts #behind the scenes

[scorpioarts25]

ANGUIRUS in GODZILLA MINUS ONE universe

I wonder what master Takashi Yamazaki would think about my vision of Anguirus in the Godzilla Minus One universe.

I was inspired by the Godzilla-1.0 conceptual arts to design Anguirus, in such a way that he It looks like a modern CGI version of the Anguirus discarded for the Heisei Era

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[transgriffin]

I am a huge Kaijū fan, and I remember reading something a few years ago that explained the meaning of Kaijū, and I'm paraphrasing:

"Kaijū means something akin to "weird beast", and Daikaijū is the gigantifying form for that. In reality they are somewhat tragical beings. Too large, too strong, too heavy for their surroundings, ending up unintentionally destructive, and hated for it."

Watching the Nimona movie I was delighted, DELIGHTED I tell you, to see this reflected so damn well in Nimona's dark form. Everyone around her was freaking the fuck out, pointing at the damage she was causing, but we as the viewers can see that most of the damage was done because of the HUMAN attacks launched against her. She gets shot by missiles and tumbles against a building. It's not her fault nor her goal to cause destruction, because the only thing she is out to destroy and kill is herself in her endless heartbreak from being feared and rejected and unseen.

She reminded me a lot of the original 1954 Godzilla (Gojira), who was described as being a creature driven into an insane rampage from the excruciating pain it endured from its cancerous transformation under the effects of nuclear radiation, a result of humanity's abuse of nuclear power. The spikes on his back were originally conceptualized as cancerous growths, torturing him with pain. Humanity itself created the destructiveness of Godzilla and brought it down onto itself. Yet Godzilla was blamed for it all - and killed.

As a person who's lived through seemingly endless rejection, being misunderstood, scapegoated and blamed, punished for self-defense, shamed and hated for existing, I feel a deep connection with both Godzilla and Nimona and I love them. I feel seen through their stories.

While I was watching Nimona, a sentence formed inside my mind: "Fear is the monster, hatred the demon". Remember Princess Mononoke? How gods turned into demons like stricken by a viral disease? I don't remember the name of the male protagonist of the movie, but I will never forget the scene where he pointed out that the demon that was eating up his body was called hatred.

Honorable mention: King Kong, the old tale about the destructiveness of fear, prejudice and human greed.

#kaiju eiga #nimona movie #nimona spoilers #godzilla #yes I am connecting Nimona with Godzilla and it is NOT far fetched #spoiler alert #trans allegory #trauma #princess mononoke #king kong #thoughts dump #kaijū

[fitsofgloom]

Tune In Tokyo!

#war of the gargantuas #ishiro honda #toho #1966 #ktla #vintage ads #kaiju eiga

[justmeclaw]

Godzilla

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[triskellrider]

Tokusatsu Last Aniversary Legends

#tokusatsu #shin godzilla #shin gojira #ultraman trigger #ultraman #kamen rider revice #kamen rider revi #kamen rider vice #kamen rider #kikai sentai zenkaiger #kikai sentai #zenkaiger #zenkaiser #super sentai #kaiju #tokusatsu art #kaiju eiga