#Shin Toho

[chernobog13]

Poster for the film Super Giant 6 - The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellites (January 3, 1958). This was the second half of a story that began in Super Giant 5 - The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity (December 28, 1957). Both films were later edited together for US television by Walter Manley Enterprises to become the Starman film Attack From Space (1965).

This was the last two-parter in the Super Giant series; the final three films were stand-alone stories.

This was also the last film in the series directed by Teruo Ishii, who had directed all the previous films. He left the series after a young boy imitating Super Giant leaped out a window and was very seriously injured.

[seru-jpg]

I watched Shin Godzilla, Godzilla '54, and Godzilla Minus One yesterday, in that order, and I loved all 3 of them, especially Minus One

[peterkothe]

HAPPY GODZILLA DAY 2023!!

-A simple homage to the King of the Monsters himself!!

[himitsusentaiblog]

I could write so much about the differences between Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus one as different sides of a political story.

Shin was a political satire at points about the ineffectiveness of Japanese Beauracracy in the face of immediate crisis and how a solution can only be found once the government is pared back to a leaner, more agile and less bound by red tape core of problem solvers. I talks about competence and creativity and radical ideas in the face of insurmountable odds once freed from constraint. The protagonists are young, scrappy and ambitious and the idea that you can make a difference, can step up and save everyone if only you were free to do so.

Minus One is about humans struggling to deal with a crisis in the face of a LACK of government, with almost no military after the trauma of a war they were forced into by their government and then lost badly. It's about picking up the pieces and then having those pieces kicked over again because of the actions of others and possibly, the inaction of one of the protagonists in the past. It's about regret and shame and heartbreak and the feeling you are not worthy of happiness so denying it when it presents itself to you.

And while Shin deals with the constraints placed on Japan by the treaty that ended World War II and whether or not they can deploy their self-defense forces to try and stop Godzilla before it is too late, Minus one deals with the lack of support from the US Occupying Forces who seem to not care if Japan gets absolutely destroyed again. You can almost feel a kind of callous disdain in the non-presence of the Americans as if they are ok with Japan being destroyed as long as it doesn't lead to conflict with the USSR. Or maybe they are just using that as an excuse to further humiliate a defeated enemy that once threatened them.

[lumsparko]

Crispy fish lizard thing

[steelneck95]

Shin Godzilla and Shin Minilla

[glitterizedocean]

IT DOES NOT

MATTER

THE YEAR,

HE IS

THE KING.

[canis-goofus]

we stay godzilly

[watchmorecinema]

Godzilla in pop culture: Look at this funny dinosaur guy fight other dinosaur guys. He's so wacky!

Godzilla in the original film (and Shin Godzilla and Minus One): This beast represents our fears and damaged psyche caused by nuclear destruction. We must be staunchly anti-war or risk the annihilation of our species to petty grievances. We will never truly heal from the pain and suffering that occurred in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Godzilla in every other movie: Look at this funny dinosaur guy fight other dinosaur guys. He's so wacky!

I should mention that I legitimately love both styles of film, but the mood whiplash between them is pretty intense.

[monarobot]

A little bit of progress on my Shin Godzilla glyph from tonight, really enjoying laying down the colors on this one.

[the-imaginative-hobbyist]

"Showdown"...What if Gojira invaded a village in ancient Japan, and one brave samurai warrior was brave enough to stand in his way?

[chernobog13]

Film poster for Super Giant 2 - Super Giant Continues, aka The Steel Giant Continues (August 13, 1957). This is the second part of the first Super Giant story, released two weeks earlier on July 30, 1957. This poster incorporates elements from the original posters for both films.

Walter Manley Enterprises dubbed and edited together these two films into the feature length Starman film Atomic Rulers of the World (1965). Unfortunately, in the process a whopping 19 minutes was cut from the two original films. Atomic Rulers of the World ended up being very different from the source material.

[morggo]

Kamata-kun

Prints here. Tip jar here.

[mop-bino]

[ultrabean]

GOD INCARNATE

[lilpuffyart]

Shin and MV Goji in the same universe AU thingy doodles and a Kamata-kun c: