I don't think it was Higuchi but rather Anno, which makes complete sense.M.U.T.O. wrote:I honestly don't think they would make a sequel. I remember reading somewhere -- I don't recall where -- that Higuchi said it would do away with the magic by making such a sequel. Something like that.
I'll hafta do some digging.
I actually think by being amazing (I can say objectively because even if you don't like the film there's no doubt Shin G has some of the best sales, reception and awards in the series) Toho dug themselves into a deep dark hole, regardless of whether Anno wants to return.If Toho makes a sequel, it'll be held to by the standards of Shin Gojira, it can't be something like Godzilla 2000, a film that is good but at the end of the day just a movie about monsters fighting. At the same time Shin G was massively successful financially, so Toho should want to milk their Godzilla baby. If they reboot the series again, and make the next Godzilla live action film unrelated to Shin G it'll lose a lot of the value Shin G just gave the franchise, and destroy any momentum. Keep in mind the term live action. I'm of the belief the Godzilla Monster Planet project is a was to covertly capitalize off of Shin G without disappointing people who want a Shin G sequel. My guess is that Toho is already working on a follow up, but not interested in rushing it out.
Keep in mind Shin G had a budget of 10 million, and made like nearly 80 million, and probably more off all the toys and upcoming home releases. Should their be a sequel expect the budget to be bigger, maybe even like 20 million. If there's a sequel expect it to be bigger and better.