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

Byrne, Lina Supporting

Onodera, Runa Japanese

Satou, Shunya Supporting

Azakami, Youhei Japanese

Yung Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Amano, Naoki Producer

Yoshizawa, Takashi Producer

Takahashi, Atsushi Director, Storyboard

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro Sound Director

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Aug 5, 2022

jackwii

Recommended

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 8, 2024

lrdalucard

Mixed Feelings

This anime is not for everyone, just because you have funny colours, robots and Godzillas and looks like a standard anime to watch... it's not. Most people watching this are either children or, sorry for the term, "illiterate" people.
This is why the score is so low, even though the story is so D*** GOOD! It's the only explanation possible for such unfair rating.

Hear me out, this anime will give you the most convoluted science class you will ever have in your whole life. And to make it worse/better (depending how your brain is developed) it presented to you at light speed. If I had to ... summed up the entire anime in a sentence would be. "Do you know what "Schrodinger cat" is?
Yeah if you don't, than this anime is probably not for you.

Its a super underrated anime that was bashed by braindead people who can't even question things they take for granted because they are in front of them and where never used for anything different. The story is so real, that makes you question reality on it self, and this is the plot device for the entire series. And probably the only logical way to make a "Godzila" situation be real in the 1st place.

And this anime delivers it so wellllllllllllll!
How? The characters, you have all type of characters combined in a very well rounded cast, their conversations are super high intellect and if you pay attention, you will see what is to come and how much potential this anime has.
I don't want to spoil anything, cause this anime got me hocked since episode one and I couldn't stop watching it. Because you really don't see very good Animes with some deep story as this one.

This made me remember they 1st time I watched Steins;Gate dang I knew something big was coming and this anime calls out the exact same vibe that will culminate in the end and blend everything together so well, it's so satisfying.

I swear that Animes should be judged per single series(and not seasons) and by age rating. So you can have all the proper metrics to justify if an anime is worth the watch or not. And this one is worthy, if you are a smart person or interested in science to a degree (I wasn't) you will enjoy it sooooooooo much.

Plus the Opening intro music is a dang BANGER! Come on on this alone the anime should be worth 7/10 right there!

The anime is super colourful, the story is so on point and develops as it should without any BS! The anime as no fillers, is all full story non-stop from the get go till the end!
Easily a 8/11 assuming mature people are actually watching this.

Ps: My mom approves of this anime! She really does!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Aug 27, 2023

DJ_TJ

Not Recommended

(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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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