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Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

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The planet is beset by the emergence of colossal creatures that roam the earth, and king among them is "Godzilla". For a half a century, these beasts engage in ferocious battle with each other and mankind. But humans, unable to compete, prepare for exile from their home planet. In the year 2048, a select few humans are chosen by the central government's artificial intelligence infrastructure to set out on an interstellar emigration vessel, the Aratrum, on an 11.9-lightyear journey for the planet Tau-e in the Cetus constellation. But when they arrive after 20 years of space travel, the remnants of mankind find the environmental conditions on Tau-e to be much different than expected, and basically uninhabitable by humans. On youth on board the emigration vessel, Haruo, had seen his parents killed by Godzilla before his eyes when he was only 4 years old. Ever since, he has thought of nothing but returning to Earth to defeat Godzilla. With the doors to emigration now closed, Haruo and other crew spearhead a "return to Earth" decision despite severely attenuated and hazardous conditions on board for such a long trip back. Somehow, the Aratrum makes the return journey in one piece, but the home they return to has become an alien planet. 20,000 years have elapsed, and a new ecosystem has emerged atop the food chain. Can mankind take back its native planet? Will Haruo get his revenge?

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Patrick Galvan Syfy Wire 03/03/2021
With a more polished script, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters might've been something of a modern classic. Go to Full Review Naoya Fujita IGN Movies 03/03/2021
7/10
While the film employs cel shading and game-like elements, the standard formula of Godzilla gets flipped on its head with humanity on the offense. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 10/27/2019
"Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters" has some faults, particularly regarding the fully CGI approach, but it definitely deserves a watch for its story, direction, and especially the great battle scenes. Go to Full Review Taylor Made Geeks of Color 08/14/2018
Godzilla: Planet of Monsters did a decent job setting up the world and introducing some concepts that have some real potential, but the weak character development is really a killer. Go to Full Review Jonathan Barkan Dread Central 01/23/2018
2/5
...a bland entry in a trilogy that has great potential. Go to Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending 01/18/2018
3.5/5
Animation proves to be an exemplary medium for this story, particularly the lovely hybrid animation form used here. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Nov 16 Not as bad as people say but definitely not good. Most of the movie is scientific yimmer yammer about Godzilla and their plan to kill him. The actual story is pretty barebones and predictable. The one thing that makes this movie worth a watch is the plain coolness of it. The concept is awesome, the technology is awesome, and of course Godzilla is awesome. The music is really great too. Aside from that it doesn’t have much going for it. See more The D. @randomshjt2727 Sep 27 So much potential that was wasted See more Vincent W @Gojirilla5419 Sep 21 More like planet of the nonsense. Besides the characters, nothing about this movie speaks Godzilla. And no, I do not think a Godzilla movie is bad because it’s different from every other Godzilla, I gave Shin a good rating. See more Benjie P 10/26/2024 Overall boring. I mean the whole killing Godzilla Filius thing was cool and well thought out and the animation was cool plus the godzilla earth reveal scene was nice but the rest of it was boring🥱. Though I guess the anime slightly improves and the Planet Eater isn’t too bad I would rather watch Singular Point which I really liked. See more Zack W 10/26/2024 Great story but in the sequel we should of seen mechagodzilla up and running See more gingerbread b 08/11/2024 why dont people like this movie it is so good See more Read all reviews
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Hiroyuki Seshita

Director

Kobun Shizuno

Director

Yuki Kaji

Adam Bindewald

Kenta Miyaki

Rilu-Elu Belu

Mamoru Miyano

Haruo Sakaki

Kazuya Nakai

Halu-Elu Dolu-do

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Synopsis The planet is beset by the emergence of colossal creatures that roam the earth, and king among them is "Godzilla". For a half a century, these beasts engage in ferocious battle with each other and mankind. But humans, unable to compete, prepare for exile from their home planet. In the year 2048, a select few humans are chosen by the central government's artificial intelligence infrastructure to set out on an interstellar emigration vessel, the Aratrum, on an 11.9-lightyear journey for the planet Tau-e in the Cetus constellation. But when they arrive after 20 years of space travel, the remnants of mankind find the environmental conditions on Tau-e to be much different than expected, and basically uninhabitable by humans. On youth on board the emigration vessel, Haruo, had seen his parents killed by Godzilla before his eyes when he was only 4 years old. Ever since, he has thought of nothing but returning to Earth to defeat Godzilla. With the doors to emigration now closed, Haruo and other crew spearhead a "return to Earth" decision despite severely attenuated and hazardous conditions on board for such a long trip back. Somehow, the Aratrum makes the return journey in one piece, but the home they return to has become an alien planet. 20,000 years have elapsed, and a new ecosystem has emerged atop the food chain. Can mankind take back its native planet? Will Haruo get his revenge?
Director
Hiroyuki Seshita, Kobun Shizuno
Screenwriter
Gen Urobuchi
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Polygon Pictures
Genre
Sci-Fi, Anime
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 17, 2018
Runtime
1h 29m