Godzilla Resurgence (2016)

[Hybrid Gojira]

The Shin Goji memes popping up are hilarious, but this is the best one so far (from Megalon's FB page) -

[Dai]

I can see what the intent is with the googly eyes on shingoji, they're supposed to be lifeless fish eyes that make him look crazy, and are menacing from low angles. The problem is they just don't work in level shots or when you can see both eyes pointing away from each other at a 90 degree angle. Sure, have the eyes positioned like that when it looks good, but I don't get why his eyes seem fixed looking down all the time. This would be so easy to tweak for publicity shots. Here's an attempt that took me a couple of minutes (original on left, adjusted on right):

[Benjamin Haines]

This was posted on the My Kaiju Godzilla page on Facebook. Hilarious.

[XvGojira]

My girlfriend sent me a link to a recipe she wants to try. Beer-can grilled cabbage. It looks like Shin-Goji's skin to me.

[Gargantuan Gargantua]

[GiganGoji]

Tamashii Nations has a whole display up inside the Akihabara station. In the middle of it, they have a large tv playing the ShinGojira trailer on a loop. I gotta say, that GMK Godzilla up close looks pretty darn good.
As far as anything else ShinGodzilla goes, 7Eleven has some ramen cups with Godzilla's face on them, and some spicy crackers with his face as well. They're all about advertising One Piece right now, so maybe we'll see more Godzilla stuff closer to the release date.

I did, however, find the "Godzilla Press Conference" figures in the gashapon machines and was able to score a whole set!

[lhb412]

[Dai]

[Rody]

[Dai]

[GiganGoji]

[Benjamin Haines]

It looks like there will be a 432-page 'art/making of' Godzilla: Resurgence book released in Japan on August 10.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B8%E3%8 ... 8%E3%83%A9

[mr.negativity]

[Hybrid Gojira]

[lhb412]

[Legion]

[Benjamin Haines]

[Legion]

At the same time, $100 for a book...damn...

[lhb412]

[Legion]

[Rodan]

[Geno]

It's really sad to see such disrepesct again Jim because he said things that some people didn't like. I'm excited for Godzilla Resurgence but I'm not gonna say that Jim needs to shut the f*** up because he said the script was boring or that the advertising campaign isn't strong. He's probably right anyways.

[Jim Ballard]

Here's the point I was trying to make: I haven't seen any commercials on TV (even that Parco spot I've only seen online), I haven't seen any posters in the trains, and I haven't seen any billboards on the streets. I can quite easily get through a whole day - and my commute through one side of Tokyo to the other - without seeing anything about this movie. It may seem like a lot of marketing is going on when photos from some events and displays are posted all together on a forum, but IMHO that doesn't really reflect the actual day-to-day visibility of the movie.

I AM A HERO, another Toho franchise film that came out in April, had multiple commercials running months in advance. I'd never even heard of the manga before, but I can say from my own experience that I was well aware of the movie before it was released (even down to details like the ZQN virus) mostly due to the hot-pink posters plastered throughout the trains.

Not saying Toho can't or won't kick up the marketing campaign for SHIN GODZILLA, but with 22 days left think they are leaving it quite late.

Apparently I live under a rock though, so what would I know!

[lhb412]

^Well, Jim: we're always pleased when you come out from under your rock to post here.

[Gman2887]

And rumors of a purple atomic ray have already spiraled out of control.

Vaguely reminds me of all the poop when his ray was changed for Godzilla 2000. But I'm not putting too much stock into the artwork. Not even sure what it's from.