Godzilla 2: Kessen Kidou Zoushoku Toshi

After a desperate battle and many losses, humans finally slay Godzilla—the monster that caused humanity to flee Earth 20 thousand years prior. But the creature Haruo Sakaki's troops killed was not alone; there existed another Godzilla on Earth yet to be defeated. Grievously wounded from the first conflict, Sakaki wakes up in the home of a young girl who is a member of the Houtua tribe. Bearing a shocking resemblance to humans, the Houtua have adapted to survive the changed climate of the planet that had long been abandoned.

With most of their resources depleted, the remaining members of Sasaki's special forces struggle with the decision to abandon their mission and their home planet or to fight an improbable battle. Hope is not completely lost however, as the members from the Bilusaludo race of aliens discover remnants of their anti-Godzilla weapon Mechagodzilla. Even with this powerful weapon in their arsenal, victory seems impossible to grasp: Godzilla has spent all this time evolving and preparing to defeat anyone who dares to challenge its superiority.

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Sakaki, Haruo Main

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Godzilla Supporting

Maina Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Metphies Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Miana Supporting

Ozawa, Ari Japanese

Tani, Yuuko Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Mechagodzilla Supporting

Bindewald, Adam Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Lazzari, Martin Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Galu-Gu, Mulu-Elu Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Yoshizawa, Takashi Producer

Seshita, Hiroyuki Director

Shizuno, Koubun Director

Motoyama, Satoshi Sound Director

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Jul 18, 2018

Karhu

Recommended

In Japan, radiation creates monsters (Godzilla). In America, radiation creates superheroes. It's almost like Japan and America have very different narratives surrounding nuclear fallout. If we think really really hard, we might know why this is.

Anyway, this animated Gojira 2nd movie is better than Marvel's Avengers and you should feel bad for not being weeb enough to realize its superiority. We have better written story, superior storytelling, way less CGI, characters who serve other purposes beyond being marketing baits, and most importantly, we are not watching pg13 rated shonen movie which Marvel Cinematic Universe represents with its content. Ask yourself the question "Why would ... I choose superhero over super awesome?"

If the first movie didn't impress you with its best scenes such as the one where man saw a flower and burst into tears because mother nature has not abandon humanity, or the scene where dude said "keikaku doori" (all according to the plan) followed by everything falling apart 2 minutes later, or the rampage of flying mini-godzillas -- worry not! This time the man himself is here and he is not just your normal Godzilla. No! He is Mecha Godzilla (pronounced megagodzilla)! This is seriously the funniest thing I have seen since the laser-sharks scene from The Lego Movie (2014).

Not only that, we have biblical references, tanned tattoo waifus (p l u r a l), gun mags that always have one more shot left, Lara Croft's bow-wielding abo cousin, dudes who accept their destiny in 3 seconds like waddup I was born in the tunnels bby, person named Belu-Be, tentacles, nanometals (the worst of all metals!), epic time skips and nice technologies (EMP harpoons, meta missiles and whatnot), electro panic (that song at 42 minute mark), very own me2 campaign, and dialog about Godzilla's effect on ecosystem followed by more tentacles. Seriously, that timing, bro. This is the type of greatness that keeps on giving and rewarding those who pay attention. Hanazawa Kana is also there because most people wouldn't even consider this anime otherwise.

The art and animation follow the same idea as the last one. Meaning this is Netflix's own idea of nu-anime, spiced with some Berserk 2017 art design. I would complain, but since the creatures are monsters, I have had a blast calling Godzilla a CGI-Monster instead. The sound directing is from the Hollywood. Meaning keeping your bass at anime settings is not the best idea. I wasn't prepared, left a class of water on the table and the Jurassic Park effect hit it pretty hard. If you're into that sorta things, then this is a treat for you. It's almost like our CGI-Monster is walking at your very yard.

When it comes to the characters, we have a squad nearly as colorful as in Mars of Destruction. After 2 movies, I am still quite unsure which one of them is the real main character, but that's hardly the point of this movie. Basically this movie is Japan's animated take on the chaos movie boom which was started by Sharknado in 2013. As a person who has seen all 5 Sharknado movies (yes there are 5 already, 6th coming this year) I have to recommend this Godzilla movie series to each and every anime viewer who have been blessed with the ability of enjoying purposely done bad more than things which tried to be good but weren't.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jul 25, 2019

WitchyCat

Mixed Feelings

The story is fine. I still wish this could've been a full anime series instead of three movies because there is a lot of world-building without fully using it. Things are brought up without needing those new elements in the story. If it were a full anime series, we could spend more time with those things rather than using a tiny bit of them as plot devices. I also disliked the main character. I dislike main characters that are emotional and value their own things over the things of other people. I feel like this movie has the main character do the opposite of growth. ... He actually becomes more immature compared to the last movie, which is saying something.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 18, 2018

Krunchyman

Not Recommended

We all know Netflix has an abundance of money, allowing them to undercut the cinema industry and cable television with their bombardment of original content. With over 700 original movies/TV shows being released this year, Netflix has decided that 30 of those will be anime-related. Capturing a significant/growing portion of the population who is dedicated to this Japanese genre of entertainment. That being said, however, the sudden influx of new anime content doesn’t necessarily mean we, as the public, will be receiving a quality product, as it seems that the Americanization of anime has — unfortunately — become a trend.

If this were ... a 2005 PS2 game, I’m sure it would be an exhilarating experience with plenty of action filled fun; but as a movie, it just feels like a bungling stew of machismo, and misplaced human rage. Rather than formulating unique battle plans to defeat the “unstoppable” Godzilla, they have the aid of dues ex Machina (i.e. the nano-metal) to solve all of their problems. Combine this with full-tilt, reckless action sequences, and you’re on your way toward imitating a Michael Bay film. Because thinking of a way to stop Godzilla’s reign of terror with human technology is too burdensome, even though Hideaki Anno (director of Shin Godzilla) did so a mere two years prior. In addition, while the crew acknowledges the events that lead to Godzilla’s conception — that being, human pollution and the detonation of nuclear bombs — they seem to lack contrition for their role in his eventual birth. In their ignorance, they label him as an “evil” creature that must be annihilated, rather than evaluating their own mistakes as a species, and determining how they must remedy the “evil” within themselves. This harkens to a person who pops pimples on their face, without acknowledging the actions that led to those unsightly clogged pores from manifesting in the first place (i.e. bad diet, stress, over-washing your face).

The animation is, in a word: Fremdschämen. A German term which roughly translates into, “being ashamed for somebody else who is behaving in an embarrassing way.” I cannot think of a better word to describe my feelings when watching the animation for this movie. There were moments in which characters appeared to be moving in mechanical ways, resembling the gestures of a stiff action figure. Godzilla, whiling looking like a roided-out super athlete, also had the appearance of a wrinkly, geriatric dinosaur (similar to Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is “German-ish”). GEMBA/Millepensee animation (the studios behind Berserk 2016) are probably releasing a collective sigh of relief, saying: “at least there’s another animation studio as bad as ours.”

It was evident from the outset that the animation studio wanted to produce a high paced action movie, but why wait until the final 30 minutes for Godzilla to randomly show up to do so. We already established that this film has very little to say from a narrative level, so why pretend otherwise? If the end goal is to neglect characterization and an engaging story, then just follow in the steps of Gurren Lagann and embrace full-throttled mayhem. At least, in that sense, it would have been a semi-entertaining movie. Instead, we receive a mentally constipated crew of soldiers who muddle around in anger until the MC (Godzilla) makes his appearance.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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