Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla has the potential to be a bit hit. And, based on Yamazaki's track record, it might have the strongest human drama since Godzilla '54. But it also has the potential to inspire the most heated discourse about nationalism the series has to date.

The clip above is a Godzilla cameo from Yamazaki's Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007). Makes me wonder if Anno and Higuchi was Toho's first choice to helm a Japanese Godzilla reboot. But I'm not surprised that Yamazaki is getting the second live-action Reiwa Godzilla film.

@GMANofMysteroid I want it to be a few things; 1. Gritty, focused on the terror of a Godzilla attack. 2. More personal, focusing on the civilians perspectives, unable to do anything to stop Godzilla. 3. Set in the 40’s/50’s, focusing on how WW2 affected Japan. It could be a masterpiece.

"big hit" lol

Wait.. there's cameos of Godzilla in non-Godzilla centered movies?? That is awesome

Funny I just got done watching the Always Sunset trilogy and it’s blew me away I loved them and I have no doubt that Yamazaki will make a phenomenal Godzilla movie

If Space Battleship Yamato is anything to go by, I think it's almost a certainty that the film will inspire the most heated arguments about nationalism, militarism, and Imperial apologism of any Godzilla film.

For me it's probably going to be a masterpiece

I can't wait!

I'm expecting a flop

Why is that? It could realistically outperform Shin Godzilla.