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Netflix-Bound GODZILLA: MONSTER PLANET Roars Online With A New Featurette

The global box office success of Jordan Vogt-Robert’s Kong: Skull Island, is doing greatly for efforts to help aid Hollywood in building a cohesive universe that will involve further intake of the other towering menace, Godzilla, on the live-action front. That hasn’t at all hindered the folks over Polygon Pictures (Knights of Sidonia, BLAME!) who are well on their way to bring Netflix viewers their latest high-end offering with Godzilla: Monster Planet, which goes live this November. TOHO Animation unveiled a featurette to help get your feet wet and immersed into the film’s forth-set millieu which sits helmers Shizuno Kobun (Knights of Sidonia, Detective Conan), and Seshita Hiroyuki (AJIN: Demi-Human, BLAME!) in the director’s chair with a screenplay by acclaimed anime writer Urobuchi Gen (Psycho-Pass, Madoka Magika). Per the press release from a few weeks ago: “We’re looking forward to bringing a spectacular entertainment experience for both existing fans of Godzilla and people […]

GODZILLA Will Debut Its First Animated Movie In 2017

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Much is still ado with Toho’s famed classic monster property, Godzilla. The studio has since taken well off since releasing Shin Godzilla late last month in Japan cinemas from helmers Higuchi Shinji and Anno Hideaki, and rose as both a critical and commercial hit in its first two weeks. This week, word now comes courtesy of a new teaser site announcing Toho’s latest move to anime for a new Godzilla movie from Polygon Pictures to be released in 2017. Sitting at the helm are Shizuno Kobun who directed two Fist Of The North Star animated films and a row of Detective Conan titles, and Ajin series helmer Hiroyuki Seshita who also led way for Knights of Sidonia. Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero scribe Urobuchi Gen is penning the script. Marking the company’s first-ever animated feature-length film since the franchise’s cinematic inception in 1954, the film is just one in several Godzilla […]