MR Attack on Titan (movie) Part 1 and 2

First let me say, I'm a huge fan of Shingeki no Kyojin (aka Attack on Titan - or as I like to more accurately call it "Attack of the Titans", probably because the American title doesn't make much sense in my eyes). A really popular modern gory manga about giant humanoid monsters eating humans, forcing mankind to live behind giant walls.

As a fan of the original manga, which I keep up to this day, I admit I have never watched the anime outside checking out the opening credits and a couple of scenes, so you know where I came from. But I did read some of the spinoff manga series!

As soon as this live action film was announced we knew there would be plenty of changes from the original manga/anime, so let's review these films as standalone products that can stand on their own. Let's review these films strictly from the perspective of a movie, trying to stay objective for the most part.

ittle bits of Hideki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Godzilla (aka Godzilla Resurgence)—inclu

Did you like the 2014 American adaptation of Godzilla by Gareth Edwards for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures? Well, great. Now's time for the first Japanese-made Godzilla film by Toho in over a decade!

This new film Shin Godzilla/aka Godzilla Resurgence will be a collaboration between Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideki Anno and Shinji Higuchi Japanese FX legend who's responsible for the fantastic 1990s Gamera Trilogy and Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack in 2001. And here's the first proper trailer:



The film appears to have a strange blend of retro-classic costume Godzilla mixed with modern touches of special effects. It actually looks exactly like I imagined a collab between Anno and Shinji Higuchi would look like.

And it also has a fairly strange sinister vibe to it. The way this Godzilla looks so monstrous, slowly walking like this without flinching. Doesn't it remind you of the Angels attacks in EVA??

#Kaiju NEWS! First poster for Godzilla Resurgence

So this just in.

Toho released their first poster for their upcoming own reboot of the Japanese Godzilla series. And it looks freaking GREAT!!

The movie was originally titled "Shin Godzilla", as in "new Godzilla", but it has apparently been renamed Godzilla Resurgence for international release. I'm fine with that.

I like the creepy bestial googly look. It's a nice throwback to the original 54 Godzilla actually, unlike the recent American reboot which was closer to the showa or heisei films with too much focus on the humans/the Mutos instead of the big G himself.

They also released a first teaser trailer, but it's a big waste of time:



Found footage, a lot of panic, but no Godzilla himself.

For reminder the movie is co-directed by Hideaki Anno (creator of Evangelion!!) and Shinji Higuchi (the man behind the fantastic 1990s Gamera trilogy), and it will be out on July 29, 2016 in Japan.