Godzilla: S.P

When Yun Arikawa and his partner, Haberu Katou, investigate a house rumored to be haunted, the last thing they expect is to stumble into a mystery that will soon envelop the entire planet. While measuring strange radio signals, they receive a call from Mei Kamino, a graduate student investigating the same signal and using the equipment their company previously installed.

After an odd night, Yun returns to work at Ootaki Factory, a tech company that actually exists to produce Jet Jaguar—a robot that conspiracy theorist Gorou Ootaki has dreamed of creating. However, when flying dinosaur-like creatures known as Rodan are attracted to the strange radio signals, Jet Jaguar seems to be the only force capable of fighting them. As Yun and Mei investigate the Rodans' sudden appearance, more dangerous monsters begin to surface from the ocean—along with enigmatic red dust.

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Kamino, Mei Main

Miyamoto, Yume Japanese

Arikawa, Yun Main

Ishige, Shouya Japanese

Godzilla Supporting

Pelops II Supporting

Kuno, Misaki Japanese

Rodan Supporting

Kanahara, Satomi Supporting

Takeuchi, Ayako Japanese

Ootaki, Gorou Supporting

Takagi, Wataru Japanese

Satou, Shunya Supporting

Azakami, Youhei Japanese

Byrne, Lina Supporting

Onodera, Runa Japanese

Yung Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Amano, Naoki Producer

Yoshizawa, Takashi Producer

Takahashi, Atsushi Director, Storyboard

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro Sound Director

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Jun 17, 2021

sakio327

Recommended

There is no denying the originality of this story. It certainly is the most intellectual (or pseudo-intellectual depending on your point of view) Godzilla story ever told. That this story is being told through the medium of anime instead of live action should not come as a surprise since there are moments throughout the show that would cost millions in SFX if done live action.

I like the characters very much. They are all intelligent and rarely do anything stupid that makes you groan. Some characters who would have been turned into a second rate villain in past Godzilla stories are actually very nuanced and have ... reasonable points of view to do what they think is the right thing. The MC's are not superheroes, but just very intelligent characters trying to do their best, as in real life.

The anime style is very original. It tries its best to balance between cute and realistic. I think they did a pretty good job.

The story is a very interesting original tale, if not a little convoluted. Time travel stories are notoriously hard to keep a track of, and this one is no different. The first half gives you the mystery and is straightforward enough, but the second half gets boggled down by the pseudo-science and at certain points become almost incomprehensible without the MCs giving us an info dump in the way of SMS text messages between the two. Not exactly subtle. Also, let me warn you that the ending is rather abrupt. Not bad, but also not the best.

The best thing about this show is that you can tell the creators love the Godzilla (and other Toho monster) franchises. The EP is simply a love letter to all past films and is an absolute joy to try to find every little bit of Easter Egg in it. I've noticed about two dozen immediately, but my understanding is that there are a heck of a lot more.

I would absolutely recommend this show. It is fun. It is certainly much better than the last attempt to animate Godzilla.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 17, 2021

ren0080

Mixed Feelings

Well, this is it. Now we wait for season 2.
From what I can tell you, this series is better to binge-watch cause they'd hit you with big brain terms that would challenge even Einstein himself.

The story is... Well, it's not really bad, but it's not good. Basically this season is a big info-dump.
Not really the type I like. I like info-dumps, but if they were done basically all the time, then even I get turned off.
Also, the main big in the title only appeared briefly lmao

The characters also isn't the best thing. They aren't characters, but just plot device that explains the plot for the ... viewers.
Heck, even the AI themselves have more personalities compared to the actual characters lol
That doesn't really scream good character writing.

The animation is really really good. Of course if we separate the different styles. Because of the mishmash of the great CGI of Orange studio and the stylized animation style of Bones studio, both styles are fighting when they are on the same screen at the same time.
It really shows how disconnected each style are from another even though separately, both styles are great and worthy of 9/10.
But sadly, they just look jarring together in the same screen.

The music is great. The OST is good and the op/ed themes are both decent. I don't really have have problems with music from Godzilla franchise. But here, really nothing stands out. But still consistently good.

Overall, I probably won't rewatch this series even if season 2 comes. I'm just really not a fan of big info-dumps.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 29, 2021

RedChrome

Not Recommended

Godzilla S.P truly is disappointing, maybe because it is not what I expect at all but I think most would agree

Here I thought it was gonna be a proper Kaiju film, you know big monsters destroying cities or fighting with each other but NO instead they spend most of the time talking this science(and also some poetry or something) mambo jumbo that people don't really understand or care through the human character which btw seems rather uninteresting. For the art and sound well it's a meh

So unless you are a HUGE HUGE fan of Godzilla, I don't think you are gonna enjoy it

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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