While I’ve never really been a big fan of the Godzilla movies, I find the culture of fandom that surrounds the movies absolutely fascinating.
There have been so many Godzilla movies over the years — so many creatures vanquished by the King of the Monsters — that it would seem nearly impossible to keep it all straight. And yet, I know many fans of the Godzilla movies who speak to the various incarnations of the character and his rogue’s gallery of enemies with absolute ease.
It’s those fans I thought of when I heard that Toho Studios, the studio that owns the rights to Godzilla, would be bringing the character into an animated movie for this first time in over a half-century. According to Variety (via /Film), Toho had previously collaborated on a Godzilla animated series, but the 2017 release will mark the first feature film for the animated character. In a released statement, Kobun Shizuno, one of the co-directors for the film, expressed his intention to bring together two types of Godzilla fans with the new movie. Read more……
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