Watched the trailer, and my opinion is still as it's been since I first read the Sci-Fi Japan article. It looks like it'll be a fun family movie and enjoyable to watch, but nothing great by any means.
The special effects certainly look fantastic, minus the CGI Zedus tongue attack. But hopefully that will get touched-up and polished in the final cut of the movie. I remember many SFX shots from early
Godzilla: Final Wars promotional videos, trailers, and TV spots that looked less-than-impressive but which ended up being fine-tuned and looking quite good indeed in the finished film (Zilla, anyone?).
Seeing Zedus in motion, he looks even more badass than in still shots. The special effects used to bring him to life are incredible, and his fighting style is very impressive. He's looking to turn out as one very memorable kaiju.
I'm not exactly surprised that Toto doesn't make the classic Gamera cries in that trailer, seeing as he is only a juvenile after all. It'd be like hearing Minilla emit Godzilla's roar regularly. But hopefully, if this movie gets a sequel and/or launches a new series of Gamera movies in which Toto eventually grows to an adult Gamera, the classic roar will return.
And Toto's spinning jet flames are indeed classic blue.
