While still giving us a beast to fear looming over humanity, Godzilla Minus One gives us humans to root for and follow. It also purposely sets its story in post-war Japan, once again to highlight the state of vulnerability the country was in at that time. By having such strong cultural and historical ties, this latest chapter once again ties Godzilla to some very real fears and obstacles that only root this fantastical conflict all the better in reality.
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In July 1946, Godzilla was caught in the blast of a nuclear weapons test conducted by the U.S. military at Bikini Atoll as part of Operation Crossroads, causing him to grow substantially in size and power. Over the next year, Godzilla attacked American vessels in the Pacific as he made his way toward Japan. Withstanding all attempts to stop him, Godzilla landed in Ginza, Tokyo and leveled the surrounding area, killing countless civilians in the process. Dr. Kenji Noda formulated a plan to use Freon gas to rapidly submerge Godzilla in Sagami Bay and then draw him to the surface again with balloons, hoping for the explosive compression and decompression to destroy him. A civilian fleet carried out the strategy, named Operation Wada Tsumi, but it neared failure until Shikishima crashed an explosive-laden plane modified by Tachibana into Godzilla's mouth.
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Much more hunched than most Godzillas, this brute of a Kaiju has a flattened, reptilian head, a large snout, and some mean, sharp dorsal fins. Combined with a stockier neck and the aforementioned bulk, it was no wonder fans were shocked at his girth—but for as little as we got to see him in Gareth Edward’s movie, the design has become a monster hit. Everything about this suit is pronounced, from the fangs to the spiky dorsal plates to the ears. It’s less muscular than the Heisei-era suits, walking with a slight crouch and bearing no real heroic countenance outside of his willingness to tear apart any monster in sight. At this point, nearly every Godzilla film served as a direct sequel to the 1954 film, so it makes sense that the monster would be shown as both a franchising heavyweight and a potential doomsday creature. Like Gareth Edwards (whose AI-infused sci-fi actioner, “The Creator,” is the perceived frontrunner), Yamazaki began as a VFX artist before becoming a director.
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Godzilla’s first animated theatrical release in Polygon Pictures’ trilogy (released internationally on Netflix) re-imagines the kaiju as an almost plant-like personification of natural life on a future Earth that has been abandoned by humanity for centuries. Back over in Japan, meanwhile, Godzilla rang out the 20th century with another slim down. Much svelter compared to the ‘94 suit—except for its much larger, sharper dorsal plates—2000's Godzilla also got a mean face redesign, slimming out his cheeks in lieu of a massive mouth, as well as a flatter brow and snout. Godzilla took a decade off in the mid-‘70s, and when he returned, he got a suitably refreshing makeover. Gone was the cutesy heroic figure of the late Shōwa films; this Godzilla was once again a mean, angry antagonist, with a design to match. Evocative of the original 1954 design, this Godzilla had larger teeth, an extra digit on his feet, and a return to the smaller pupils.
Even in his original form, he was able to survive the nuclear weapons utilized in the American atomic testing at Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads going off in close proximity to him. After being irradiated, artillery fire from cruisers and tanks fail to injure him, though he still reacts to the impact. The firepower from the former was enough to force him off the Takao, and the latter merely prompted him to retaliate with his atomic breath. His body is able to withstand the incredible sudden pressure from being submerged 1,500 meters by Noda's plan, as well as the explosive decompression of being forced to surface immediately afterward, despite noticeable damage. Two years later, Godzilla rears its head again from the ocean depths off Japan, mad as hell. Koichi has now formed an unlikely family unit with Noriko (Minami Hamabe), and a young child, Akiko (Saki Nagatani), who was orphaned in the bombing of Tokyo.
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Godzilla is capable of movement on land or underwater and is equally dangerous in either element. His atomic breath is not substantially hindered even when fired underwater, as it destroys the Takao in a flash. In the aftermath of the battle, Shikishima and his adopted daughter Akiko were reunited with Noriko at a hospital, having survived Godzilla's attack. However, she was left with an unknown form of radiation sickness, causing a vein-like pattern resembling Godzilla's dorsal fins to appear on her neck.
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Thankfully, though, the suit was trimmed up a bit, which means it doesn’t get as baggy here, and when it came time for Godzilla to face Mechagodzilla, adjustments were made to the face to enhance its ferocity. It was a sense of rage that he’d need if he wanted to beat down his robot doppelganger, the most fearsome foe that had been introduced since King Ghidorah. Indeed, by outmaneuvering the other studio Goliaths with his underdog “Godzilla,” Yamazaki earned the biggest applause and now has momentum going into the nominations on January 23.
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With Godzilla continuing to approach Japan and no viable countermeasures available to stop him, the Japanese government declined to reveal his existence to the public out of fear of inciting a panic. Eventually, Godzilla effortlessly passed through a mine blockade and entered Tokyo Bay before coming ashore in Ginza. He tore through the district in a frenzied rage, eventually grabbing a train in his mouth.
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It’s a group of private naval vets who end up taking on Godzilla — not the government — while Koichi struggles with his own shame over failing to stop the monster back on Odo. It’s not until he can finally fulfill his mission that he can be free of this shame, and it takes Godzilla’s destructive arrival to bring that into focus for him. In other entertainment news, Netflix renews the One Piece live-action for season two. For example, [with] our Godzilla character design, we were going for the more cool factor, not the creepy factor. Not long ago, a set of promotional materials were shared by Toho Studios for Godzilla Minus One, and they all focus on the King of the Monsters.
He was also able to keep the Shinden in his line of sight almost constantly after Shikishima began the plan to lure him to Sagami Bay with it, easily tracking it with precise eye and head movements in spite of the plane's incredible speed. Last weekend, “Civil War” toppled Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla x Kong,” which had held the top spot for two weekends. This weekend, “Godzilla x Kong,” is expected to come in third place with $9.5 million in ticket sales for a domestic total of $171.6 million through four weekends. An instant classic addition to the franchise, Godzilla Minus One has terrific special effects and a really entertaining story to match.
In fact, water initially didn’t play a substantial role until a young compositing artist, Tatsuji Nojima, who dabbles in water simulation in his spare time, showed Yamazaki some of his impressive results. It was then that the director rewrote the climax (in consultation with a military advisor) to attack Godzilla scientifically by wrapping him in a bubble and submerging him underwater, where the pressure would theoretically destroy him. After the American nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, Godzilla somehow identified humankind as the ones responsible for his irradiation and thus took his anger out on any human vessel that he came across, before coming ashore in Japan.
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