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Thursday, August 18, 2016

TOHO GEARS UP FIRST "GODZILLA" ANIME MOVIE From the Makers of "Gargantia" & "Sidonia"

アニメ映画『ゴジラ』化決定!脚本は虚淵玄氏、2017年公開


Teaser art for the upcoming animated feature with title logo.

After recently registering the domain godzilla-anime.com, Toho has just announced its upcoming animated feature, simply titled (in English, no less), GODZILLA. With the current box office success of Hideaki Anno's SHIN GODZILLA ("Godzilla Resurgence"), many fans were speculating a follow-up live action feature, but Toho Animation is preparing this animated feature for theatrical release next year.

Conceived and written by author Gen Urobuchi, known for his dark and nihilistic stories, whose growing credits include PSYCHO-PASS (2012), GARGANTIA (2013), KAMEN RIDER GAIM (2014), as well as the currently-running THUNDERBOLT FANTASY, while Tokyo-based Daytime Emmy Award-winning Polygon Pictures (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) is animating this first-ever feature-length Godzilla anime adventure.

GODZILLA is to be directed by veterans Kobun Shizuno, who helmed the last five years of DETECTIVE CONAN feature films, and the series KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA (2014), and CG director Hiroyuki Seshita, who cut his teeth on Square Ennix's FINAL FANTASY movies, helmed the recent AJIN: DEMI-HUMAN (2016) series and feature, as well as the upcoming theatrical adaptation of BLAME! (2017).

The preview art features a futuristic aerospace craft and armored travelers standing on a precipice overlooking a primordial forrest... Could this be a time travel story or set on another world? Stay tuned to The Good, The Bad, and Godzilla for more information as more news develops!

3 comments:

Barney Buckley said...

It seems that Godzilla is more popular than ever now. With Shin Godzilla doing fantastic in the box office and the success of Godzilla 2014. Its only fitting to be excited about the popularity of Kaiju movies. I am looking forward and curious at the same time about an animated Godzilla film. That we haven't seen since the series ended for Godzilla 1998 The Animated series. This is cool!

Unknown said...

It's going to suck, it's going to suck, it's going to suuuuuuck~♪

Unless of course they go in the opposite direction of Anno's film. In which case it may have a chance.

Unknown said...

Such a bright ray of sunshine you are MasterSeijin.