If I could sum up this trilogy with a few words, it would come down to 'wasted potential'. It tries to convey a more spiritual meaning to Godzilla and why people act in such an aggressive way whenever they hear his name. Unfortunately it never fully delivered on those concepts and ultimately just went for shock and angst.
Following the destruction of Mechagodzilla City, the remaining Bilusaludo on the Aratrum demand justice for Haruo destroying what they saw as necessary to defeat Godzilla. The humans disagree, believing Haruo exposed the Bilusaludo's true intentions of assimilating Earth. The Bilusaludo revolt and shut down the ship's engine room, forcing the ship to run on secondary batteries for the next two days. On Earth, Haruo learns from Dr Martin that Yuko is rendered brain-dead with the nanometal in her body keeping her alive. He also learns that those treated by the Houtua survived the nanometal's attempt to absorb them, with Methphies deceiving the survivors into believing their survival was divine intervention. When confronted by Haruo about converting the remaining humans, Methphies reveals his plan to bring the Exifs' god to Earth and needs Haruo's help to make it possible. Dr Martin advises Haruo to hide until tensions ease... however, Metphies has other plans to try and bring chaos to the otherwise unshaken peace with the arrival of an old god.
The direction is a little better than City on the Edge of Battle but nothing for the most part happens. Takayuki Hattori's score is at it's weakest here lacking a lot of the punch that his previous two had. The actual story is a little bit more interesting showcasing Metphies having groomed Haruo into the perfect follower but not accounting for the death of his closest friend and love. He attempts to corrupt him in order for Ghidorah to rule the universe. That itself is quite interesting but fails at the final hurdle of actually delivering.
Overall, the Godzilla anime trilogy is really not worth wasting your time, a huge missed opportunity with unlikable characters yet some stunning animation and decent music.
"However, unlike the soup, we have free will and as such can choose to who we can devote ourselves too."
