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Description Who has time to be a 'metaphor for nuclear holocaust' when you're busy saving the world?Β 


Doing the whole Ultraman Mebius/Ultra Galaxy thing here with Godzilla 74 (my favorite Godzilla design of all time)


Basically going in and reworking minor aspects of the design to make it a bit more functional and seem ever so slightly more plausible, but leaving the general shape and character there-- something tsuburaya is pretty good at.


Neo-showaism ftw.Β 

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J-Knight2008 [2014-04-11 02:08:35 +0000 UTC]

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BigJohnnyCool [2014-01-12 22:12:49 +0000 UTC]

Showa Godzilla FTW

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gerdzerl [2014-01-07 04:16:10 +0000 UTC]

Β If Toho ever continues the Showa series or reboots Zone Fighter, I hope they use this as a basis for Godzilla's look.Β  It's a fantastic design and itΒ has a lot of personality.

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AkagiArt In reply to gerdzerl [2014-01-07 04:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Gerdzerl.

I pray for that sort of thing all the time.Β 

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gerdzerl In reply to AkagiArt [2014-01-07 04:40:18 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.


Honestly, I always preferred the idea of Godzilla of being aΒ superhero-like figure more than him being a grimdark, 2edgy4me metaphor for nukes. There's more storytelling and merchandising potential, not to mention it allows to him to expand as a character. You can only tell the same story for so long before it gets boring.


I don't know about you, but am I the only one who would love to see a 50 meter tall Godzilla defeat a 100 - 200 meter tall enemy monster? That would be so awesome!

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AkagiArt In reply to gerdzerl [2014-01-07 04:46:15 +0000 UTC]

If you were a woman, I'd kiss you right now.


Toei and Tsuburaya understand that mentality. Godzilla movies aren't popular with Japanese children because no little kid would go to a movie about superman where he is called a bad guy for an hour and a half and then is defeated in some deus ex machina way.


And as far as grimdark stuff goes, I think we can say most of the showa films were actually less juvenile and darker than even the -darkest' godzilla films.


Lets not forget that in the first mothra film, she kills more people than Godzilla and Rodan combined as she travels across the world searching for the faeries.Β 

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JacobSpencerKaiju79 [2014-01-07 02:01:30 +0000 UTC]

It's looking pretty sweet, I like the concept by him.

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BurgerKingGhidorah [2014-01-06 18:15:30 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOD! this is absolutely wonderful! it actually feels like a drawn in still from a suit of your own creation! this is a great goji design dude, loving it A LOT! great job

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AkagiArt In reply to BurgerKingGhidorah [2014-01-07 02:51:31 +0000 UTC]

Seeing some neo-showaism in Godzilla would be the greatest thing ever, in my opinion.Β 

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KratosGoji91 [2014-01-06 15:11:34 +0000 UTC]

It looks better.

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AkagiArt In reply to KratosGoji91 [2014-01-06 15:53:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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KratosGoji91 In reply to AkagiArt [2014-01-06 17:11:47 +0000 UTC]

NP!

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