This film really made me love Kiryu more. Oddly fans assume Godzilla died in this film when it’s confirmed he lives. I mean Kiryu just sank himself into the Japan trench. But Godzilla lives that deep and breaths underwater. Plus Godzilla would just break free eventually. I mean several sources agree on this.
Kaiju no Kami The claim because of the wound Kiryu left on him. But he would just heal. I mean I understand that this incarnation of Godzilla doesn’t possess the same level of regeneration as the Heisei and other incarnations of Godzilla do. Cuz they can heal/regen within seconds or instantaneously. But this one was able to heal that massive chest wound from the previous film so I think he will be fine. Plus they were gonna make a third film to take after it as they wanted a trilogy. But it got cancelled.
I just actually got this movie as a Christmas present. it actually came out the year I was born. I didn't realize chujo from MOTHRA was in this. I think it was cool for Hiroshi Koizumi to reprises that role.
There’s something I haven’t noticed about the Godzilla series . Ghidorah and mechagodzilla have never shared the screen mean they’ve been comic, , video games , and they where in the same universe multiple times but never shared the screen
This movie while not as perfect as the previous movie like with it's characters. This movie is still great with the effects and music. While also being a direct fallow up to the previous movie. And what's cool is that I watched this movie every night back in 2009 when it was still on Netflix and was among the earliest Godzilla movies that I watched when I was 8. And even to this day it's in my top 5 and is very close to the previous movie.
At first I liked this movie more than Godzilla against mechagodzilla but I hadn’t seen that movie in quite some time then I got the blu ray and gave it a watch and saw it couple more times and I have to say it my third favorite in the third series.
As a kid out of the two kiryu films this was my favorite but since I’m older against mechagodzilla is now my favorite. Also its my 6th favorite Godzilla movie. Think the reason why i like this movie better because more monsters = better in my little kid mind
I wonder if the disappearance of the main characters from the first movie could of been down to something as simple as scheduling conflicts but a throw away line about them would of been nice. I also wonder if the weak B-Story is a result of it being a sequel and the loss of the main characters. I think the scene when our hero is confront by the officials to provide an explanation was so brightly back lit not to make them look god like but to turn them into faceless bureaucrats completely anonymous and unconnected to real people. Either way this movie cooks along looks great and fights are dynamic and well staged.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I'm going to have dig it out and watch it again it's been a while so I may have forgotten the doctor and daughter were there
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork No I was talking about the doctor and daughter, you had me worried for a moment I'm going I've seen it a couple of dozen times and I don't remember the doctor and daughter is the old memory finally going
I like that you refer to our main guy as GouRed. LOL...! Kind of wish he did turn into GouRed in the movie... just for the hell of it or make a spoof short of him doing that.. LOL..!
All in all, this is basically a Millennium version of Godzilla vs Mothra featuring Kiryu and a guy who lie to his girlfriend because he fall in love with the cyborg.
Also, you're right about an uninteresting character. I'd say I don't care that much if Yoshito dies, I can continue watching Godzilla fighting with Kiryu normally. Finally, I like the Kiryu design in this one. He looks cooler than the previous movie.
Fuck yes!!!! Yes, yes, yes, yes, and four more 'yes.' Nailed it. I kinda hate how much I enjoy this one. I think in it's awkward shallow plot, it actually hits the notes 'Final War,' wanted to. It pays careful homage to, not just the 'Godzilla,' legacy, but the larger Toho universe with it's heavy reference to 'Mothra.' The weird re-hashed plot details (two Mothra larva, cocoon Goji, etc.,) feels deliberate instead of confused. And the effects and cinematography might be the pinnacle of the whole Japanese franchise. I adore it. I actually showed it to my room mates in college, without introducing the first film in this mini-series, and they loved it. It feels like a weird 'best-of,' remix, but the sloppy mixing actually adds to the 'fun,' factor here. My next review is gonna be the original 'Mothra,' 61, so I also deeply appreciated your memorial at the top. Def one of my fav reviews you've put out. My current fav? I might lean into 'Biollante,' here, just cause I love that film, and your 'Smooth Criminal v Secret Agent Man,' bit gets me outta my seat laughing. Although the 'Archer,' reference into the 'Osbornes,' was spot on!! You can't review this film without making meta-commentary on redundancy.
The Kaijuologist I had a lot of fun with this review, which was great because I struggled to think up the jokes when I was watching the movie itself. It wasn't until I was editing it together that the hamster finally started to turn on what I should do with it. The Biollante review I did is probably still my favorite as well though, well, at least until I do Final Wars. I have been planning my Final Wars review for nearly two years now, so it hopefully end up being my best work. We'll see though as a lot can still go wrong. :-p I love this movie a lot, but I can not hide the fact that is rehashes the movies of the past. It does it so well though that it doe not feel forced, but I can still see why people say they don't like the movie because of it. Funny though about my Koizomi tribute. The music I used was free but the artist has now placed a claim on my video to seize any monetization of this video I may get (which is none though). How the hell does that work? I don't think you can place a claim to make money off something that you released for free.
The youtube 'copyright,' shit is nuts. My trailer for the 'reboot trilogy,' is apparently banned from a number of country's, and it took about 20 views till I was emailed about monetization....all of which doesn't come close to applying to what I wanted to do. Fuck it. Can't wait for your 'Final Wars,' review.
The Kaijuologist For the most part, I've learned that companies won't put a claim in unless you have more than 30 seconds of continuous music/video/audio playing. I just don't get how something that was free to the public can suddenly collect on any monetization from a video for being 1 second longer. If I ever put my videos on to collect ad revenue, I will definitely be fighting that. But then, by that time, this review probably won't have enough views to even worry about it. Anyway, I have watched FW, so this weekend I am going to start getting my script together along with what jokes I want to use for it. I've been waiting a long time to review this movie, so I am excited it is finally here as FW is the movie that made me want to do these reviews. I hope to have it out by Wed, but I don't want to rush it as I want it to be perfect.
Too bad they didnt do the planned 3rd movie Wonder what it would have been about Maybe human science goes awry Whatever they do with the monster dna turns against them just lime Kiryu briefly did in the first film Godzilla and Kiryu save the day
I genuinely think rykard can sing the song better than this rendition of Mothra's song. Still it's pretty good, and dang is 54 goji finally getting rest in the end satisfying.
It's hard to say. I like the coloring dirty look from this one better, but I prefer how symmetrical the previous movie's version was. I do think the backpack looks far better in this one though as the purple just clashed too much against the silver color.
Yeah I agree, the jet pack in this one looks cooler, in my opinion I think it’s the hexagon shape. Also, do you think that toho got the idea for the jet pack from garuda?
2:52 thanks for pointing that out and doing that. Ever since I learned that I watch this movie now and I keep thinking that he's going to pull out his G-Phone. Wouldn't it be cool if Sentai and Godzilla were in the same universe?
I really can't decide which movie I should put on the list as my favorite: "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" or "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.". Which one do you recommend?
Well I think the first Kiryu film is the better of the two because Akane is fleshed out far better than the mechanic. Also, Tokyo SOS does retread some material already done before.
pretty much no argument here. Though I do ask... Why the hell can't Godzilla ever get a win over Mothra and let him walk away with it until the credits? Don't get me wrong, G beats Mothra from time to time but the films never let him savor the win as something else comes along and beats him.
+MrBrandonStar Lol thats not why. Mothra is apparently upset that the people used the Original Godzilla bones part of a weapon (which is Mechagodzilla)
A nice review, but you said that everything done on Mothra was superfluous. I think you used the wrong adjective (unless that is what you really meant, but within the context of what you were saying, I don't think it was) (Timestamp of your saying this was 15:02)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I thought it might be that you didn't know the meaning of the word-you actually said that in another review as well (No offence meant)
I always thought this movie was rather forgettable and lackluster considering that the fight scenes go on forever and the human characters were boring and bland. Add to the fact that Mothra appears in this one despite already appearing in GMK makes this one somewhat overrated but that's just me.
I'm going to have to fully disagree with you on this one too. Having Mothra there also gave it a connection to the Showa era films, which I adore. It gave these two movies a sense of being apart of a bigger universe and one with a history.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Now that you mention i think it was a good idea to put Mothra in this movie considering that this movie was a direct sequel to Mothra from 1961. Add to the fact that Hiroshi Koizumi who appeared in Mothra appears in this one as the same character makes this one an even more direct sequel not just of the previous movie but that of Mothra as well. P.S. What's your favorite Mechagodzilla design?
I just saw this one for the first time last night, and a couple characters do some goofy, inexplicable stuff and there's maybe a tad too much cgi BUT overall they really captured the drama of the story. You really feel empathy for all the monsters. Definitely a top 10 for me as well. Loved it.
+try hard fan I think it's left ambiguous on purpose. I personally don't think he died, he is just encaged, but since we will never get a return to this universe, who knows.
This is one of the most satisfying movies of the Millennium Series in terms of Kaiju action, isn't it? By the way, at 15:03, you say everything done on Mothra is "superfluous". Check the definition, because I don't think that's the word you wanted to use there. Just a friendly aside.
Omni Viewer Oops, my bad. lol I used the wrong word. :-) That was supposed to be superb (as in my script). I don't even know how I didn't catch that when I listened to the audio for what feels like 100 times.
The Ryu does sound like Ru because the Y is supposed to be silent. The I is pronounced as E in Japan, so the way I pronounce his name is basically KeRu. What you might just be hearing is my New York accent getting in the way.
This film really made me love Kiryu more.
Oddly fans assume Godzilla died in this film when it’s confirmed he lives. I mean Kiryu just sank himself into the Japan trench. But Godzilla lives that deep and breaths underwater. Plus Godzilla would just break free eventually. I mean several sources agree on this.
Yeah, I'm not sure where the death idea came from. I would still love to see another movie set in this universe.
Kaiju no Kami The claim because of the wound Kiryu left on him. But he would just heal. I mean I understand that this incarnation of Godzilla doesn’t possess the same level of regeneration as the Heisei and other incarnations of Godzilla do. Cuz they can heal/regen within seconds or instantaneously. But this one was able to heal that massive chest wound from the previous film so I think he will be fine. Plus they were gonna make a third film to take after it as they wanted a trilogy. But it got cancelled.
The fairies are my favorite. The egg hatching scene where you actually see tears in their eyes as they kneel is awesome
I just actually got this movie as a Christmas present. it actually came out the year I was born. I didn't realize chujo from MOTHRA was in this. I think it was cool for Hiroshi Koizumi to reprises that role.
Oh wow, so you're 13? Cool. Yeah, Koizumi was one of the big things they announced for the movie back in 2003. It was a big deal at the time.
I was also born in 2003!
There’s something I haven’t noticed about the Godzilla series . Ghidorah and mechagodzilla have never shared the screen mean they’ve been comic, , video games , and they where in the same universe multiple times but never shared the screen
True.
This movie while not as perfect as the previous movie like with it's characters.
This movie is still great with the effects and music. While also being a direct fallow up to the previous movie.
And what's cool is that I watched this movie every night back in 2009 when it was still on Netflix and was among the earliest Godzilla movies that I watched when I was 8.
And even to this day it's in my top 5 and is very close to the previous movie.
Agreed on everything you had to say. well, except for the Netflix thing, did not know they had it at one point.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork They did, It's actually how I got introduced to Godzilla.
At first I liked this movie more than Godzilla against mechagodzilla but I hadn’t seen that movie in quite some time then I got the blu ray and gave it a watch and saw it couple more times and I have to say it my third favorite in the third series.
Cool.
Kaiju no Kami my second favorite being Godzilla 2000 and my first being Godzilla final wars
We actually got the first Godzilla trilogy I know there is other movies in this continuity but there aren’t Godzilla movies .
Yeah, I like to think of 54, AMG, and SOS as a trilogy.
Kaiju no Kami better than the anime trilogy
So's a hammer to the balls. :-)
1:42 Doc Brown: Next Saturday night, we're sending you back to the future!
lol
As a kid out of the two kiryu films this was my favorite but since I’m older against mechagodzilla is now my favorite. Also its my 6th favorite Godzilla movie. Think the reason why i like this movie better because more monsters = better in my little kid mind
Makes sense.
My Favourite Godzilla movie
Cool. I just got the NECA figure for this Godzilla today.
So basically in the movie Godzilla Tokyo SOS the scientists are trying to clone Godzilla is that what the end credits are trying to show us :-)
Not just Godzilla, but other monsters. Those tubes have names of other kaiju on it like Rodan.
I wonder if the disappearance of the main characters from the first movie could of been down to something as simple as scheduling conflicts but a throw away line about them would of been nice. I also wonder if the weak B-Story is a result of it being a sequel and the loss of the main characters. I think the scene when our hero is confront by the officials to provide an explanation was so brightly back lit not to make them look god like but to turn them into faceless bureaucrats completely anonymous and unconnected to real people. Either way this movie cooks along looks great and fights are dynamic and well staged.
Do you mean the scientist dude and his daughter? Because the others were there.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I'm going to have dig it out and watch it again it's been a while so I may have forgotten the doctor and daughter were there
Sorry. I meant the pilots from the previous installment were there, not the doctor and his daughter.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork No I was talking about the doctor and daughter, you had me worried for a moment I'm going I've seen it a couple of dozen times and I don't remember the doctor and daughter is the old memory finally going
What do you think of Mechagodzilla's design in Ready Player one?
It was fine.
Is it me or the Japanese are pioneers in post credit scenes
What do you mean?
I like that you refer to our main guy as GouRed. LOL...! Kind of wish he did turn into GouRed in the movie... just for the hell of it or make a spoof short of him doing that.. LOL..!
lol
"Kyru doesn't have a pilot? I got this." Pulls out his Henshin devise and ....."Gou-access!!!"
All in all, this is basically a Millennium version of Godzilla vs Mothra featuring Kiryu and a guy who lie to his girlfriend because he fall in love with the cyborg.
And it works. :-)
Also, you're right about an uninteresting character. I'd say I don't care that much if Yoshito dies, I can continue watching Godzilla fighting with Kiryu normally.
Finally, I like the Kiryu design in this one. He looks cooler than the previous movie.
Agreed on the Kiryu design for sure.
godzilla battle huge monsters, attacked by the military many times, dropped in a volcano, and now he's been stop by a drill to the chest.
+MrBrandonStar lol Well, it is technically a different Godzilla.
Kaiju no Kami so this one is weaker
+MrBrandonStar I wouldn't say that, he wasn't fully healed from their last encounter.
Kaiju no Kami o ok, that would make more sense
+MrBrandonStar thechnecly yes, this one is much smaller
I don’t get the after credit scene
What don't you get?
Kaiju no Kami what does it mean
It means humanity did not learn its lesson about cloning a giant monster.
Fuck yes!!!! Yes, yes, yes, yes, and four more 'yes.' Nailed it. I kinda hate how much I enjoy this one. I think in it's awkward shallow plot, it actually hits the notes 'Final War,' wanted to. It pays careful homage to, not just the 'Godzilla,' legacy, but the larger Toho universe with it's heavy reference to 'Mothra.' The weird re-hashed plot details (two Mothra larva, cocoon Goji, etc.,) feels deliberate instead of confused. And the effects and cinematography might be the pinnacle of the whole Japanese franchise. I adore it. I actually showed it to my room mates in college, without introducing the first film in this mini-series, and they loved it. It feels like a weird 'best-of,' remix, but the sloppy mixing actually adds to the 'fun,' factor here. My next review is gonna be the original 'Mothra,' 61, so I also deeply appreciated your memorial at the top. Def one of my fav reviews you've put out. My current fav? I might lean into 'Biollante,' here, just cause I love that film, and your 'Smooth Criminal v Secret Agent Man,' bit gets me outta my seat laughing. Although the 'Archer,' reference into the 'Osbornes,' was spot on!! You can't review this film without making meta-commentary on redundancy.
The Kaijuologist
I had a lot of fun with this review, which was great because I struggled to think up the jokes when I was watching the movie itself. It wasn't until I was editing it together that the hamster finally started to turn on what I should do with it.
The Biollante review I did is probably still my favorite as well though, well, at least until I do Final Wars. I have been planning my Final Wars review for nearly two years now, so it hopefully end up being my best work. We'll see though as a lot can still go wrong. :-p
I love this movie a lot, but I can not hide the fact that is rehashes the movies of the past. It does it so well though that it doe not feel forced, but I can still see why people say they don't like the movie because of it.
Funny though about my Koizomi tribute. The music I used was free but the artist has now placed a claim on my video to seize any monetization of this video I may get (which is none though). How the hell does that work? I don't think you can place a claim to make money off something that you released for free.
The youtube 'copyright,' shit is nuts. My trailer for the 'reboot trilogy,' is apparently banned from a number of country's, and it took about 20 views till I was emailed about monetization....all of which doesn't come close to applying to what I wanted to do. Fuck it. Can't wait for your 'Final Wars,' review.
The Kaijuologist
For the most part, I've learned that companies won't put a claim in unless you have more than 30 seconds of continuous music/video/audio playing. I just don't get how something that was free to the public can suddenly collect on any monetization from a video for being 1 second longer. If I ever put my videos on to collect ad revenue, I will definitely be fighting that. But then, by that time, this review probably won't have enough views to even worry about it.
Anyway, I have watched FW, so this weekend I am going to start getting my script together along with what jokes I want to use for it. I've been waiting a long time to review this movie, so I am excited it is finally here as FW is the movie that made me want to do these reviews. I hope to have it out by Wed, but I don't want to rush it as I want it to be perfect.
Too bad they didnt do the planned 3rd movie
Wonder what it would have been about
Maybe human science goes awry
Whatever they do with the monster dna turns against them just lime Kiryu briefly did in the first film
Godzilla and Kiryu save the day
I don't know if a third one was planned though, but I would have loved to have seen what they did.
I genuinely think rykard can sing the song better than this rendition of Mothra's song. Still it's pretty good, and dang is 54 goji finally getting rest in the end satisfying.
Rykard?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork a character... From elden ring
What is your favorite mcu film(s) mine would be iron man , first avengers, civil war , and winter soldier
The Winter Soldier is my top favorite.
Kaiju no kami, which kiryu armor do you like better, the one from the last movie, or this one?
It's hard to say. I like the coloring dirty look from this one better, but I prefer how symmetrical the previous movie's version was. I do think the backpack looks far better in this one though as the purple just clashed too much against the silver color.
Yeah I agree, the jet pack in this one looks cooler, in my opinion I think it’s the hexagon shape. Also, do you think that toho got the idea for the jet pack from garuda?
Possibly. Although, by this point a lot of mecha in anime had been having backpack upgrades, so it could have just been due to timing.
2:52 thanks for pointing that out and doing that. Ever since I learned that I watch this movie now and I keep thinking that he's going to pull out his G-Phone. Wouldn't it be cool if Sentai and Godzilla were in the same universe?
lol
I REALLY enjoyed this one.
I feel it's a very underrated film.
Mothra in this movie is actually the same Mothra from the 1961 movie.🙄
Possibly. It's never 100% stated if it is the exact same Mothra or not.
I really can't decide which movie I should put on the list as my favorite: "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" or "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.".
Which one do you recommend?
Well I think the first Kiryu film is the better of the two because Akane is fleshed out far better than the mechanic. Also, Tokyo SOS does retread some material already done before.
pretty much no argument here.
Though I do ask... Why the hell can't Godzilla ever get a win over Mothra and let him walk away with it until the credits? Don't get me wrong, G beats Mothra from time to time but the films never let him savor the win as something else comes along and beats him.
nocturned85
It's usually because Godzilla is the bad guy when he battles Mothra, so he needs to lose and she needs to win.
can't there just be one where she's evil and he's good? it gets pretty tiring for the same battle to happen over and over again with the same result.
+nocturned85 that doesn't make any sense you fucked up idiot!
really? very mature and it does make sense.
Murfin, could you please watch your tone? That really wasn't necessary and there are kids reading these comments.
Kaiju no Kami which is harder to make practical effects or cgi?
Depends really on what you are looking to do, but I would say CGI is harder and more expensive unless you are doing something in space.
I once got this movie as a birthday gift in 2012, and I loved this movie, and I still do today.
TheGojiBrony2001 why are there so many fucking bronys in the Godzilla fandom
Why does mothra gave a shit about Godzilla bones ?
+MrBrandonStar Because, that's why. :-p
Kaiju no Kami so mothra is a plot device
+MrBrandonStar Lol thats not why. Mothra is apparently upset that the people used the Original Godzilla bones part of a weapon (which is Mechagodzilla)
Galaxoica EntertainmentTM another way to shoe horn her into the story
I feel this movie is underrated and I love this movie they did so good with it
Agreed.
A nice review, but you said that everything done on Mothra was superfluous. I think you used the wrong adjective (unless that is what you really meant, but within the context of what you were saying, I don't think it was) (Timestamp of your saying this was 15:02)
Yeah, I meant to say superb but for some reason did not and never caught it until someone mentioned that after I had already released it.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I thought it might be that you didn't know the meaning of the word-you actually said that in another review as well (No offence meant)
Nah, it's cool. I had it as superb in my script but as we have clearly seen, that is not at all what my mouth decided to speak. :-)
I always thought this movie was rather forgettable and lackluster considering that the fight scenes go on forever and the human characters were boring and bland. Add to the fact that Mothra appears in this one despite already appearing in GMK makes this one somewhat overrated but that's just me.
I'm going to have to fully disagree with you on this one too. Having Mothra there also gave it a connection to the Showa era films, which I adore. It gave these two movies a sense of being apart of a bigger universe and one with a history.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Now that you mention i think it was a good idea to put Mothra in this movie considering that this movie was a direct sequel to Mothra from 1961. Add to the fact that Hiroshi Koizumi who appeared in Mothra appears in this one as the same character makes this one an even more direct sequel not just of the previous movie but that of Mothra as well. P.S. What's your favorite Mechagodzilla design?
The Kiryu design all of the way. It makes sense for there to be a robot Godzilla for a change.
My third favorite Godzilla movie...I don't know what to say so I'm going to give it a 9.25/10
zero two
I love this movie a lot despite its human issues. It is probably ranked #10 for me overall though.
I just saw this one for the first time last night, and a couple characters do some goofy, inexplicable stuff and there's maybe a tad too much cgi BUT overall they really captured the drama of the story. You really feel empathy for all the monsters. Definitely a top 10 for me as well. Loved it.
im pretty sure i saw this one but cant remember it. good review.
+kurumais lmao If you haven't, it is best to watch it back to back with Against MechaG.
Does anyone know if Godzilla died at the end? I've been confused at that part. Or that never gets mentioned anywhere?
+try hard fan I think it's left ambiguous on purpose. I personally don't think he died, he is just encaged, but since we will never get a return to this universe, who knows.
This is one of the most satisfying movies of the Millennium Series in terms of Kaiju action, isn't it?
By the way, at 15:03, you say everything done on Mothra is "superfluous". Check the definition, because I don't think that's the word you wanted to use there. Just a friendly aside.
Omni Viewer
Oops, my bad. lol I used the wrong word. :-) That was supposed to be superb (as in my script). I don't even know how I didn't catch that when I listened to the audio for what feels like 100 times.
Kaiju no Kami Yeah, I've missed stuff like that too. Happens to the best of us.
Godzilla vs mothra larva
0-2
lol
Kaiju no Kami that sucks
is it that hard to say Kiryu
What do you mean?
because I hear kuru
I don't mean to be mean
The Ryu does sound like Ru because the Y is supposed to be silent. The I is pronounced as E in Japan, so the way I pronounce his name is basically KeRu. What you might just be hearing is my New York accent getting in the way.
oh ok sorry I didn't know that