Moviegoers in Japan who attended the November 17th premiere of
Godzilla: Kaiju Wakusei (Godzilla: Monster Planet) in theaters left with a promotional poster for the sequel which teases a showdown between the kaiju king and his mechanical arch-foe, Mechagodzilla.
The first rumblings of the first ever Godzilla anime project
first surfaced in August 2016 after a series of domain registrations by TOHO. The news
was officially confirmed in January 2017 as TOHO announced the cast and crew for a planned anime film trilogy. It seems plans for the next installment are going full steam ahead as the art below provides the first look at who Godzilla wil be tangling with in the next installment. The poster also reveals a May 2018 release date. The title on the poster reads,
Godzilla: Kessen Kidō Zōshoku Toshi, which translates to Godzilla: The City Mechanized for the Final Battle (there could be slight modifications when the official english title is revealed by Netflix/TOHO).
Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita serve as co-directors while Gen Urobuchi and Yūsuke Kozaki handled script duties
OFFICIAL GODZILLA: MONSTER PLANET SYNOPSIS
It's the last summer of the 20th century. On that day, the human race realized that they were not true rulers of Earth.
The emergence of gigantic monsters "kaiju" and the ultimate existence that can even destroy other kaijus, Godzilla. After half-century of the war against the kaijus, the human race decided to leave the planet afer suffering numerous defeats. In the year 2048, only people who were chosen by an artificial intelligence under the control of the central government were allowed to board an interstellar immigration ark titled, Aratrum. Their destination? The Cetus galaxy and the planet, "Planet Tau-e" which was 11.9 light years away. Ultimately, the 20 year jouney to Tau-e proved fruitless as atmospheric conditions were not capable of sustaining human life. With supplies dwindling, the Aratrum's only option is to return to Earth and attempt to reclaim the planet.
A young man named Haruo is on board of the immigrant ship. His parents were killed by Godzilla right front of him when he was 4, since then, he has been thinking about only going back to the earth and killing Godzilla for 20 years. Haruo is eager to fight Godzilla and joins the "Return to the Earth" group in hopes of fighting the kaiju king. However, with supplies dwindling, the Aratrum can no longer afford another 20 year journey and a risky, long distance hyperspace jump is plotted.
The Aratrum survives the jump but instead of shaving time off their 20 year journey, the inhabitatns of the Aratrum learn that 20,000 years have already passed when they finally arrive back on Earth. A completely new ecosystem has formed on the planet but it seems Godzilla still sits at the top. Can the human race take the Earth back, and what will be the fate of Haruo be...?