Basically, Godzilla is a story recycled decades ago when Japan went mad with Tokusatsu-esque shows; this is one of them, alongside those other monster-movies (that space-turtle parodied in Yakitate!Japan actually is one of them), and anti-monster children-shows like Ultraman, for example. Then in the 90s, US of A's take went something so Hollywood-ish about a radioactive lizard, and how the US Army and every American arsenal can defeat it.
This, then, is just the true story of Godzilla rehashed into a modern Netflix-y thing: a monster that cannot be defeated (despite again, one of the characters are voiced by KanaHana) and threw the world into dystopia. Decent plot elements like space-time continuum had good decent explanations; but even Ultraman...the one with Mirai in it--Ultraman that I forgot what, also offered a little of that relativity theory.
But wait--this show supposedly was written by Gen Urobuchi; the same creator of Fate/Zero; Psycho Pass; and Puella Magi Madoka Magica... right. Gen Urobuchi's dog, maybe.
The thing is, no matter the premise about humans defeating an overpowerful monster, even if Gen Urobuchi wrote its modern take, I wasn't really interested about how it turned out because the spine and bone of the story was just the repeat of the classic, and I know what happened: Godzilla won't be defeated.
The 2nd movie already said it. In fact, the second movie just dropped a bombshell of what the third movie is like. Seems like Mr. Gen Urobuchi ran out of creative juices.
ART = 5
I really can't be bothered.
SOUND = 5
CHARACTER = 3
Japan bet with a powerhouse cast of seiyuus: Kana Hanazawa, with Takahiro Sakurai; Mamoru Miyano, Tomokazu Sugita, even Yuki Kaji. If Gen Urobuchi himself can't make much of this, then I'm certain none of them can save the ludicrousness of the plot; the characters are flat, and how for hundreds of times, we've seen these character-tropes: like Shingeki no Kyojin (the will or vengeance to strike the monster); stupid-love-syndrome (every romantic anime and show there is); and this show is entirely plot-driven, anyway. It is too obvious when there's too many Deus-ex-Machina at work, and that you just don't get and can't possibly relate with the scale of high-tech-nonsense they placed in there: yes, humanity got a helping hand from aliens or those people from other planets, religion thrown into the mix, but seriously, the premise of putting an overbearing monster with them, just don't work.
ENJOYMENT = 4
Won't be watching this if it weren't for Kana Hanazawa.
OVERALL = 5
Consider watching this IF AND ONLY IF, you're a massive fan of Kana Hanazawa. Gen Urobuchi fans can stay away, or suffer the disillusionment. There's a whole bunch of exciting things to watch, anyway, like Encouragement of Climb, or K-On; or that you can do, like cycling, or laundry.
