Best And Worst Official Kaiju Redesigns

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Love how the Millenium era gave us the best Mothra design

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...and the worst one

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Jermobooka wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:34 pm Love how the Millenium era gave us the best Mothra design

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...and the worst one

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IMO anime mothra is worst since she just a shadow in the anime and A total of screen time of five second
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Jermobooka wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:34 pm ...and the worst one

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You might wanna refrain from FANDOM pictures. For some reason, they're broken everywhere except for their origin place.

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Thatguy4683 wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:55 pm I’m guessing the anime since I can’t see the picture at the bottom then again she was just a shadow in the anime
Jermo's likely talking about GMK.

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Cryptid_Liker wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:55 pm
Jermobooka wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:34 pm ...and the worst one

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You might wanna refrain from FANDOM pictures. For some reason, they're broken everywhere except for their origin place.

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Thatguy4683 wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:55 pm I’m guessing the anime since I can’t see the picture at the bottom then again she was just a shadow in the anime
Jermo's likely talking about GMK.
Don’t worry I got it fix, my bad
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Sneaking in the masterpieces that are Shin Neronga and Shin Gabora because this is my topic and also, they're still technically Toho kaiju.
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Cryptid_Liker wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:41 pm Sneaking in the masterpieces that are Shin Neronga and Shin Gabora because this is my topic and also, they're still technically Toho kaiju.
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wow this is A really good redesign
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Showa era bests (for me) -

Godzilla 1964 - Goes without saying.
Anguirus 1968 and Manda 1968 - My preferred looks for both.
Mechagodzilla 1975 - Tweaked for a more hard-edged, aggressive look.

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tbeasley wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:23 am Mechagodzilla 1975 - Tweaked for a more hard-edged, aggressive look.
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. I believe the slimmer, darker, more angular design really does improve the design a lot.
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Over the year the Godzilla community have to debated what movie is good and what movie utter crap, but both sides of the spectrum can all agree on one thing Godzilla revenge is the worst Godzilla movie of all time, until the Anime Trilogy came in one reason why is Gabala. Gabara it’s very lackluster in his appearance,
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he does not look intimidating at all, he look like King Caesar ugly cousin came in town and start beating up The ugliest kid in school Minilla
But somehow in someway he has been Redeem
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he look like he could tear you a new one
where original design looks pathetic
And that’s why this redesign is great
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Even though the he is call Salunga in the anime be quiet it’s Gabara
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Voyager wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:42 am
tbeasley wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:23 am Mechagodzilla 1975 - Tweaked for a more hard-edged, aggressive look.
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. I believe the slimmer, darker, more angular design really does improve the design a lot.
Kind of disagree. While I do like some of the new sharp angles and points, the slimmer profile just looks...off. The neck in particular is too thin and it makes his head look huge in comparison.

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Best:

MonsterVerse Ghidorah is probably the ultimate redesign for the character. It takes elements from all previous designs and melds them with some western dragon aesthetic to create the perfect design. It would have been even better if it had the manes like the concept art did, but it looks good with or without.

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Heisei MechaGodzilla. When I was like, 15, I'd splooge over how awesome the design is. Now that I'm older, the design's flaws are becoming more and more apparent. I still like the overall sleek look, the ball-and-socket knees, and the superhero pecs, but everything else is lacking. The tail is way too short, the face looks goofy at some angles, and it's weaponry barring the mega-buster is pretty lacking compared to previous and future incarnations. The concept art looked cooler.
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Just looked on Twitter (the most general G-Fandom place you can find) and most people are saying they love all the SP designs.

So fucking glad people are FINALLY warming up to them, especially Godzilla

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Seeing all the enthusiasm on Twitter and Reddit gets me even more hyped for it to officially come to Netflix

Here’s the tweet by the way, by Kaiju News Network

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I absolutely love MonsterVerse Godzilla’s design with every fiber of my being. One of those reasons is just how fucking badass he looks in his supercharged/atomic breath state

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No wonder Monsterverse Goji is currently the most loved and popular design ;)
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Jermobooka wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 9:00 am I absolutely love MonsterVerse Godzilla’s design with every fiber of my being. One of those reasons is just how skreeonking badass he looks in his supercharged/atomic breath state

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No wonder Monsterverse Goji is currently the most loved and popular design ;)
Agreed with every single word you said
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Hmm. I'll keep my answers to one movie!
Worst: Final Wars King Shisa. Muppetized the poor bastard.
Best: Final Wars Gigan. 'Nuff said.
Honorable mention, Final Wars Gotengo is neat but nowhere near as awesome as the original design.
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Despite my love for MonsterVerse Goji...i really do think he needs an anatomical makeover. Not just for the head, but some other touch ups too
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Jermobooka wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 2:55 pm Despite my love for MonsterVerse Goji...i really do think he needs an anatomical makeover. Not just for the head, but some other touch ups too
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Although it never got used, the Mothra vs Bagan Mothra looks great.
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Cryptid_Liker wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:41 pm Sneaking in the masterpieces that are Shin Neronga and Shin Gabora because this is my topic and also, they're still technically Toho kaiju.
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I actually found renders of these designs I’ll put them next to the old designs

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Neronga

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^I've always wondered why they made Gabora look so brown in that image when he is purple in the trailer?

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Image The Gamera design from the Gamera 2016 trailer I love it he look menacing and edgy just like the Heisei Gamera which I love, only if this was for a actual upcoming Gamera Movie, only if
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