#love for godzilla

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Week in Review (March 26-April 1, 2023)

Sadao Iizuka died on March 24 at the age of 88. One of the last living links to the first Godzilla film, he had an incredibly prolific career in tokusatsu as an optical artist, with his work including Godzilla's atomic breath, King Ghidorah's gravity beams, and Ultraman's specium ray. Most of his work on Toho kaiju films was in the Showa era, but he also contributed animation to every one from 1993 to 1997, plus Final Wars and, believe it or not, Shin Ultraman. Rest in peace.

If you'd like to learn more about his career, Brett Homenick published a couple of very expansive interviews here and here.

Chibi Godzilla Raids Again premiered on April Fools Day with a lot of bickering between the worldly Chibi Mechagodzilla and the sweet Chibi Godzilla. No official translation yet, but fellow Wikizilla bureaucrat Les went through the on-screen captions to write a lengthy summary.

Godziban is celebrating Godzilla vs. Megalon's 50th with a multipart episode, the first installment of which also went up on April Fools' Day. The Three Godzilla Brothers get the filmmaking itch again, and Gigan and Megalon are as gloriously dumb as ever.

Kamen Rider and Man Spider—sorry, "Masked Rider" and "Kumo Augment"—have joined Godzilla Battle Line. With this, every lead from the Shin Japan Heroes Universe is part of the game, making it one of the most elaborate Godzilla crossovers ever (remember, Kong's there too). I doubt Rider actually becomes kaiju-sized in Shin Kamen Rider, but there is some precedent for it. Both units are apparently game-changers too.

Penguin will be publishing a Godzilla picture book the day after Christmas by Olivia Luchini, titled Love from Godzilla. No cover yet, but here's the description:

Share the love with Godzilla! This hardcover gift book, complete with monstrously adorable illustrations of everyone’s favorite kaijus, is perfect for that special someone.

Sick of the Skull Island cartoon taking forever to come out? Make your own story. Evil Genius Games has opened preorders for its Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure RPG, to be released on June 1, although you can buy the PDF right now. As someone whose introduction to tabletop RPGs was Toho Kingdom's D20 section, I'm beyond thrilled, not the least because the book thanks Wikizilla and our resident King Kong expert, The Boy Who Cried Godzilla. And as you can see, there are some new monsters in the mix.

Preorders are also open for their Pacific Rim RPG; same release date. They're hoping to expand on both via crowdfunding; the Kickstarter starts May 9.

Bandai released a short, baffling video about an unspecified Shin Japan Heroes Universe project on April Fools' Day. Very suspicious timing, but there's nothing in here that really reads as a prank; this crossover has been around for a while now. Cool animation too.

Toho didn't do anything Godzilla-related for 4/1 this year, probably to avoid upstaging the shows that released actual episodes that day. But I did write a Wikizilla article on past pranks if you'd like a stroll down memory lane.

[ruubesz-draws]

Showing off the babies

(I watched Ultraman Rising! It was good!)

Bonus:

From this

[kaiju-krew]

he’s just a little silly

[wordswithloveee]

[spicypopsicleng]

“Post war Japan, from zero, to Minus”

[el-pada]

godzilla's urban life

[kakuusei]

GODZILLA MINUS ONE ゴジラ-1.0 (2023, Takashi Yamazaki)

[1mm4d13]

eeping in the colosseum

[northwyrm]

Saw Godzilla Minus One and it reminded me a lot of that tumblr post where someone was trying to watch Shin Godzilla but accidentally saw the wrong film, a romantic drama or something with people getting divorced, and every time something happened they were like "man, poor characters, AND they have to deal with Godzilla later" - Godzilla Minus One actually has this energy and rolls with it. This guy is a disgraced kamikazi pilot, and suddenly is looking after a homeless woman and an orphan baby, and has to rebuild his house, and has to work a dangerous job destroying sea mines, AND he has to deal with Godzilla later.

As the plot progresses through the 1940s and you see this guy's homelife grow from desperate to domestic, every time Godzilla shows up you're like NO. GET BACK IN THE OCEAN. THE LITTLE GIRL HAS A PLUSHIE NOW YOU CAN'T DESTROY THIS HOUSE. THIS GUY HAD TO SAVE UP FOR AGES TO BUY HIS MOTORBIKE. STOP DESTROYING THE CITY GODZILLA!!!! and I think of all the Godzilla films I've seen, Godzilla Minus One was the best at 'oh man it would SUCK if Godzilla showed up right now', bravo!!!! <3

[duckieduccss]

Cowboy Kaiju✨🤠

The moment i saw them, i knew i had to IMMEDIATELY draw them. They all just looked so adorable & i couldnt resist to just get my Apple Pencil & start drawing. I feel like theyd either go on silly adventures together. Or the scenario where Godzilla’s the sheriff maybe & then Gigan & Megalon r the outlaw bandits. But also still get into wacky crazy situations in the end of Godzilla trying to defeat the bad guys again. I guess maybe something along those lines

Either way i really did like how they turned out & had fun w drawing these goofy lil guys. A shoutout to @quazies for the original inspiration for this and of course the one to start with this idea for the 3 of them. They’d do amazing in a western setting & im all here for it⭐️

[THE COWBOY KAIJU ARE FINALLY BACK IN TOWN!!!!]

[racecarart]

Loved watching gvk!! sweet dreams to god's sleepiest soldier <3

[ruubesz-draws]

Godzillas need trimming too, I believe. Too bad Minus One hates it...

From this:

[kaiju-krew]

he not built for this

original

[themeeplord]

Nothing can get me out of an art block as effectively as Godzilla~

I wanted to celebrate that Godzilla Minus One is available for streaming and online purchase with a quick little screenshot redraw. I legit jumped out of my seat with joy earlier today when I read the announcement XD

[spicypopsicleng]

-TITANUS SHIMO ❄️-

[reginaldubel]

FEARSOME GODZILLA has EVOLVED !