Godzilla: S.P

Well written and thought out holistically, a show made above the standard of modern film or animation, one that commits to its scope and amazingly actually manages to thread the line between science and fiction in a way that is both plausible enough not to take you out of it, and out there enough to be deeply interesting.
Godzilla: S.P is a commendable piece, a brave production; for unlike its contemptible contemporaries which confound quality and intention ultimately and unavoidably under-delivering. it does not make the childish attempt to reach implausible heights of emotion or "art", and it doesn't sell itself out for ratings with ... stupid fan service or a cheesy romance plot, it doesn't pander to the audience, it doesn't dumb itself down, nor does it pretend to be more profound than it is, and for all that it deserves reverence and respect, for it truly is brave to do so; it costs money to make a show, and because of that shows are usually dressed up shit; they need to sell, to do that they need to attract people, and people aren't actually drawn to quality; they are drawn to Kitsch.
It really is impressive how well this show delivers on its premise and on what it promises the viewer, especially when compared to most other anime which almost always set their ambitions too high and fail to fulfill even a fraction of them.
In contrast Godzilla: S.P is a show that wraps its entire plot up in 12 episodes with basically perfect pacing and writing, great action, great voice acting, superb animation, amazing sound design/soundtrack and heaps of personality.


The perfect is the enemy of the good, and attempting to make the greatest story is essentially the downfall of most stories. Godzilla: S.P is one of the best because it just tries to be good, not one of the best. Of course those distinctions are just a bit too subtle for the average person, and certainly too subtle for the average anime fan, and so the show somehow got a very low user rating on this website.

Honestly one of the best types of Godzilla media out there, sadly there are times when the dialogue can get boring, Godzilla and other Kaiju only serve tiny screentime for all the characters to come up with some new Scientific Breakthroughs or whatever. The only problem in this show is that they really didn't plan the dialogue well making in some of the most boring and yawn inducing parts of the show not to mention only having 13 episodes with numerous characters to introduce. I brute forced myself to watch all the episodes which I guess is worth it since I got to see Godzilla ... beat the shit out of a skinny armed and fat Jet Jaguar which Godzilla did not win (sad), but hey at least the show just made me motivated enough to keep watching.

I don't recommend this to someone who's more into action since the dialogue (again) can get pretty boring, the show is fine just covered with a cast who's just doing science stuff. The fights in the show can get epic but you have to sit through most of the exposition.

(P.S I just woke up, don't criticize my review)

(writing this drunk an the only reason its rated 5 is cause i have a godzilla bias) Unless you are a massive godzilla fan do not watch this and instead watch many of the live action films.
I am the biggest Godzilla fan I know and been wanting to write a review for this series but at the time I could not put my feelings into words.
The story is fucking boring as fuck they hit you with so much made up sience terms and philosophy instead of BIG MONSTERS FIGHTING EACHOTHER. I mean what were they thinking when they made this show do they not even ... know why Godzilla got popular in the first place we wanna see Godzilla beat the shit out of other monsters and destroy cities and armies, instead we get the most boring characters spouting off made up bullshit for 95% of the show, Godzilla himself does not even make a full appearence until episode 10 is stupid and even after he shows up he doesn't do anything and we get a lackluster fight at the end between Godzilla and Jet Jaguar.
The show could have been better if Godzilla showed up way sooner and fought more monsters from the classic films and remove ALL of the made up science boring talk that honestly reminds me of boring shows like fate/stay night and gundam unicorn.
DO NOT WATCH THIS SHOW, WATCH THE HEISEI TIMELINE
- Gojira (1954)
- The return of Godzilla (1984)
- Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)
- Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991)
- Godzilla vs Mothra (1992)
- Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla (1993)
- Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla (1994)
- Godzilla vs Destroyah (1995)
these films are better at telling a good story thats easy to follow while giving you good monster fights. You can also watch the showa timeline or millenium films to because they are also good and the monsterverse is also good. TLDR SHOW IS BORING AND THERE ARE NO FIGHTS.