Hey everyone! I say it in the video, but just want to say it here as well that these are just my opinions on the show. I just wanted to be real with you guys about the series in my mind, but it's cool if you thought differently... Sorry if you didn't want to see my face haha. -Jacob
Imagine thinking this monster slaying science laden series was marketed for children. How the fuck was any of this hard to follow? It was literally Steins;Gate meets Godzilla. Edit: we fucking get it; you don't like them explaining plot. Keep dwelling on that as your main complaint and just do not ever watch another non-shonen anime again because that's exactly what you're going to get, you whiny shit.
@@GigachadBlace Wait...you didn't go at me for correcting you!....what IS this place? Have i fallen into a different timeline ? WHAT'S GOING ON?! ;) heh heh. No worries, Blace. It gave me a chuckle and i knew it was an honest mistake.
I feel like I’m one of the few who real enjoyed the story of the show. That’s not to say that I’m done kind of science genius, but that I came away with a solid interpretation as to why the scientific concepts are so complex. Essentially, the characters are trying to apply human science to something that is clearly mythological in nature. Every equation and calculation the characters make results in paradoxes, dead ends, or infinitely expanding catastrophes. Why? Because human logic can only go so far when it is dealing with something clearly above them. The overlap/clash of science and myth can even be seen in the first five minutes of the show. When Mei is explaining the artwork depicting a whale-like Godzilla surrounded by Tengu-like Rodan, a passerby asks if she majors in literature, despite the fact that she’s a scientist. Ashihara is another example, a man who devoutly studied the sciences yet has volume upon volume of mythological texts
@@justinjacobs1501 Most of the Godzilla movies were human centric, with Gojira moving the plot. People got "lazy" with it after it came to the USA (GvK, Kotm, Kong, etc).
The science shit goes straight over my head, I start to understand at first but then they throw something else at my face, and I’m like “Wait what?” Besides that I enjoyed most of it, I hope season 2 is a lil better if there will ever be one… This series now has my favorite Manda, and Anguirus designs, Ultima is one of my favorite Godzilla designs too.
I feel so alone here... But the more I saw of Godzilla's final form in action, the less I liked it. I guess because the proportions seem off, and reminds me a bit too much of Shin, but this is personal preference. Anguirus was cool. Feel like he was kind of wasted, but other than that.
I honestly don’t care if the monsters don’t show up that often in the show, every moment they appear really makes up for their absence and the lore and characters of the show have me fascinated. Tho I did love the monster action Godzilla vs Kong brought, I have definitely fallen for the dark, mysterious, and scientific world that is Godzilla SP
I feel like there are so few people that share this standpoint about the series, i could not agree with you more about the lore and i feel like he doesn’t give enough credit to the work put in to the immensely well thought out yet complex story.
I prefer Singular Point, at least it does take some care to stay inside the rules, if you pay attention to it. still, i didn't managed to check it, because I really bad at maths. And well, I don't like monsterverse more because it lacks on the human conflict side.
@@kingstoncusick6241 I think it was to complex, I'm gonna watch it again to give my final thoughts but it seemed like the story jumped around so many ideas that it made it convoluted as hell. And the Godzilla action sucked for me, there was barely anything with Godzilla and most of it was a blatant rip off of shin. Especially when ultima first shows up its almost exactly the same as when shin uses his atomic breath the first time
I would have, but I feel the science aspect is so overwhelming it affects it affects the tension and characters. When people are largely just sitting around and talking about hardcore science when the world around them is being swarmed by Rodans (who, honestly, I feel like are treated as a non-issue since they don't interact with anything until plot), it makes it feel like there's no real urgency. Yun is a bit mire proactive, but by God, was Mei's portion bad about this (sidenote, I feel bad for the guy who had to animate those text scenes). Also, I know Godzilla gets flack for having characters who aren't that interesting... This series takes it to an all time low. When everyone feels like a walking exposition machine, and the old man character feels out of place for not doing that, and BB and his daughter were the two I actually liked for having a relationship... I'm sorry, thats a huge flaw. Godzilla characters are rarely great, but they can at least be fun and memorable. Most memorable thing about Mei IMO is she looks like Velma. Idk, it feels like the show tried so hard to be smart, that it sort of neglected everything else. But that's just my take. Also, if the anime trilogy is actually worse than this show... I almost want to watch it to find out how.
I personally thought the science talk needed to be shrunk a bit. I don't really understand how you found enjoyment in this but power to you. I find our different point of views very fascinating.
We’ll, at least the title wasn’t “was [insert title] a *FAILURE?!”* this time. Seriously, I think I see at least *THIRTEEN* of those kinda titles and thumbnails every day I’m on this site!
Agree with everything that was said here. Nice visuals, no real annoying/bad characters, fun monster designs, strong voice acting...but while the core story has potential, it's bogged down by so much techobabble, it's infuriating to actually sit down and watch. Nothing really happens for 85% of the show. You'll get 30 seconds of a monster, then 2 episodes of exposition and "DIAGONAL ORTHANGONIZER" being uttered every other sentence. Imagine the frustration of watching a supercut of JUST the dialog scenes from Godzilla 2014, and the constant cutaways from monsters, but stretched out over 13 episodes and 7 hours. That's Singular Point. I wish Toho would stop wasting time and money on these projects, and get back to films. Shin Godzilla took this almost exact same concept, but was better paced and more satisfying in every possible way.
I really didn't have an issue with this anime. This human-centric plot easily could have easily flopped if the characters sucked; but I feel they held everything together really well. I was okay with the lack of Godzilla screen time, mostly because the monster action before he showed up was already really fun and engaging.
I can see your point about Godzilla but I think he was sidelined. They could've easily wrote him out entirely and still made the show work, which just shouldn't be possible
The original movie had a human centric plot and progression anyway. I can get why people dont like it though, since Godzilla does kind of get sidelined a lot of the time as a result. That was a pretty big complaint about the 2014 reboot. Too much time with characters that weren't very compelling. Basically talking setpieces. It was done well with Shin Godzilla, I think. He got a good bit of screen time but it felt a little more I guess balanced when I watched it. Now if only the movie wasnt quite so... campy at times. Some of the human characters too. It's not a bad idea to mix in some elements from the Showa era films here and there, but it threw some of the movie off for me. Left a bad impression I guess. Not touching the anime trilogy. Don't hate it, just don't have many thoughts on it.
Ikr? That hooked me so much. If it were just another monster-fighty show, I'd probably be bored out of my mind. We've had so many in recent years thanks to Legendary, and so many more before that!
Honestly it’s what made the series so uniquely engaging. The idea of Godzilla being a monster so powerful that his existence defies time and space. It made the monster legitimately terrifying.
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This!!! I'm so sad that most people out there will share the ideas mentioned in this video. Most likely a second season will be dumbed down, but at least we were able to enjoy one season of great and well-developed sci-fi.
Same here! Even though I'm not that smart I was able to understand what they were talking about and put two and two together. It's better than it being dumbed down and kiddy like. I loved that part about it the most. Even though Godzilla wasn't necessarily in it fighting as much as people wanted, he still managed to be the center of the plot but in a more deeper level and the humans had to figure out how and why. If it were just Godzilla fighting a bunch of monsters and people throughout the entire show, it would have been super generic and less unique or different from any other Godzilla movie/show.
I loved it. It's a great sci-fi series, with very interesting concepts. Honestly, I miss hard sci-fi really committing to high concept weirdness, and it's a shame that it's expected for the genre to dumb itself down for accessibility's sake.
@@rdwn1999 I mean, if stuff like most of the schlock "Godzilla vs" films (with notable exceptions) then I prefer a bad Godzilla series that actually have any merit.
I completely agree, it would be like not letting Full Metal Alchemist explain its alchemy so that people who don't understand can watch, but take away some of the enjoyment of people who could understand
@@greenteainc. I'm just saying, they'll probably find some more boring science nonsense to talk about. I don't even think the characters know how to talk like typical people
I throughly enjoyed it. The plot was complicated and was something new to Godzilla series instead of just monster fights this monster and humans are there. While in this story the humans are actually more enjoyable the science stuff was complicated but as the series went on I understood it more and more and the ending made it all make sense. The plot was filled with twists and turns. While the monster scenes were far apart they were pretty good.
I actually enjoyed the human characters in singular point more than the ones in the anime trilogy. The first movie I HATED the main protagonist he was so annoying with his constant rant of his hatred of Godzilla and how we will avenge humanity. It took the third movie to actually have respect for him. The characters that I actually liked from the trilogy we're Miana and Maina the mothra twins. The science stuff gets a little complicated but I was able to follow a little bit.
I watched this right after the disappointment that was resident evil infinite darkness and this was WAY better. Singular point also shows how important it is to have a interesting human side of the kanji genre. Honestly I was more interested in everything else then the monsters. The science had me so interested because I fucking love scientist even bullshit anime science
To anyone who was expecting a casual Godzilla, I suppose this was quite underwhelming? But, I certainly don't believe SP goes along with the usual themes, but uses the setting and explores an entirely different universe, and great set of possibilities. If Shin portrayed the grim nature of evolution, this one certainly went ahead and explored the scientific, and mythological themes quite well. Though, the pacing was all over the place, no theories were solidly established till the last few episodes, runs mostly on exposition dump and theories, I honestly believe this show could've used more episodes to do all the things right. Overall a unique, intriguing, beautiful work which had its own troublesome caveats but it isn't bad in anyway, though ig it depends on the viewer
It was good and I enjoyed the show, but the science and theories they talked about just went over my head. I'm great at science but I just couldn't get what they're talking about. Like you said if they just put in a few extra episodes that could have been done better. With such few episodes it seemed kinda rushed at times.
@@sigisoltau6073 Yeah, exactly my thoughts. Though I drew some conclusions over a lot of theories within, I just didn't really completely comprehend the role of Jet jaguar, and I wish they took more time to establish such an important role rather than just rushing, and killing it off at the end
@@cantgame4now152 I think it almost goes back to the whole "information we see around us is a warning but we don't see the info yet idea" In a sense the Singular Points were points that warped time and space around it and Jet Jaguar was the logical combatant to one. You can't have Good without Evil and vice versa. JJ was the response from the future for Godzilla but the ideas were planted centuries before the Catastrophe. The song had that packet of code for JJ in it but we couldn't understand it until the warning became relevant.
Lollll that too. Or the fact that a whole city just got ruined and nobody bats and eye lol. I hated that red smoke prototype crystal stuff too - I feel they could of done some amazing stuff with it.
@@mentaltelepathy24 yeah they couldve used it on godzilla to temporarily freeze him. Then they could research more about him in the time that he is frozen
Generally, the monsters made up for any shortcomings for me. The designs were innovative and I enjoyed all the throwback kaiju. The dialogue did often bog down the story and I wondered who exactly was the target audience for the writers? Possibly not children. I also was a bit annoyed by the red dust because I had Silent Hill "let's cover everything in mist to save money on animation" flashbacks. But what there was of the visuals were often stunning. Anyone who can identify the bug monsters climbing on Godzilla's back that attacked Yun get a cyber high-five!
Meganulon! And yeah, a part of me wondered if the red mist was there to cover up any flaws in animation (of which there didn't seem to be many). I don't know man, I don't hate the show; I just find it more frustrating than anything.
The bad reviews for this show took me by surprise. I watched it before reading the reviews and I really enjoyed the show. I thought the story was unique and engaging, the characters were well written. The mystery, the science elements, the physics, the monsters, I thought it was all very well done. .
The series is terrible, and the Kaiju wasn't their real size, especially disappointed of how they did Godzilla, he is king of all Kaiju, and one of the most powerful Kaiju in the Kaiju verse, but just for them to have him killed by blue crystals??? Space Godzilla has planetary crystal manipulation as an elite power source that Godzilla was faced with several times and not once died from it, now this series is trying down play the fucking kaiju king!? How do y'all not see the blasphemy smh
Tbh, I get why a lot of people wouldn't enjoy this series, if you watched this series mainly for the Kaiju, you wouldn't really enjoy it, but if you actually looked forward for the plot, it would either be decent and may actually be good. As for me, I fall on the latter category as I really enjoyed the story, the characters, and the action scenes. Despite the plot being very confusing and convoluted, I was very much hooked, in fact it was actually the science that made enjoy the series, the mystery of the Archetypes and how it was connected to the Red Dust and Kaijus really made me think. The characters were very likeable and enjoyable, I even rooted for them at the end of the series and felt bad when something happened to them. Despite not having a lot of screentime, I really felt Godzilla's presence ever since he showed up, "a being from another plain of existance that can supposedly bend time and space and cause a catastrophe that can not only affect our planet but our entire universe." very much cosmic horror. Anyways, enough rambling, I give "Godzilla: Singular Point" a 6/10. Very enjoyable series despite a convoluted plot, never felt like a chore to watch. Can't wait for the Second Season!!!😊😊😊
They probably did this on purpose as for the stuff in this season to be already explained for Season two so it doesn't feel like an asspull. But that's just my guess.
That would be quite smart thing to do. I do felt a exponential pull on the pacing (even do it kinda didn't went boom at the end, maybe that was the goal). on other side, it had to go the Primer route on the time travel and science. oh well, more for me, I am used to very crazy ideas explaining the insane rules of a amazing world.
I... Want what you're saying to be true, but I'm not holding my breath. Then again, I'm keeping my expectations tempered for season two. It could be great, but I'd rather be surprised than disappointed.
As someone who didn't understand a lick of the mathematical jargon they throw at you in spades but did understand the literary and biblical references I thoroughly enjoyed the way the show intertwines its psuedo science with concepts people have been writing about for centuries. A prominent inspiration for the show is the Bhagavad Gita "the song of God" (hence the repeating lullaby) which among many things is a story about how time is equivalent to disaster (the whole time loop and time travel shenanigans tied to the "catastrophe"). It's not so subtely referenced when Mei presents the professor's notes on the catastrophe before the board of Shiva and the Dog AI analyzes Godzilla's specific singular point which then reads as the Gita's most famous line "I am become death, destroyer of worlds", a double entendre that is meant to reference what Oppenheimer said after witnessing the Atom bomb for the first time (aka Godzilla's whole reason for existing) AND ties in to the whole archetype temporal instability plot because within the Bhagavad Gita "death" is more often interpreted as time. The Gita's prominent point of how various personalities and paths are indifferent as they all lead to the same ending is also exemplified by Jet Jaguar/the dog AI and the whole "I was the answer all along" ending. The very good and well researched writing alone makes me unable to dismiss the show, not even taking into account the awesome Godzilla design
Same for me. Even though the dialogue was a bit overabundant at times and the human characters weren't very multidimensional - which is okay, SP being very story-driven -, the series was still intriguing and I never felt bored. To me there are two elements which any good Godzilla story should check: pseudoscience - which might be based on real life scientific concepts/speculation, such as entropy, eternalism, cyclicality in time or higher dimensions etc. - and the mythological/philosophical, "divine" aspect, which gives cosmic, almost religious, moral significance to the secular, scientific content. When these two overlap and intertwine with one another, this defines proper Godzilla for me - not simply epic destruction or kaiju-fights. Since SP covered all this, I can overlook it's shortcomings and see it as a good addition to the franchise.
I wasn't able to catch all the scientific stuff through my first go but I enjoyed it nonetheless but when i got to my 2nd go through, alot of the science actually started to make sense. You might just have to rewatch it another time or 2
The science made it all better! I never went to school for the mutilple studies on the show but I did alot of home schooling. It was awsome being able to bite down into it and brake it down as the show goes on.
Idk what you’re talking about but I loved this, I think it makes it like shin Godzilla, all the science in it makes it constant trying to discover the answer to the mystery.
The science in my opinion was very hard to follow and not needed. They could have had a much simpler story line so that they could fit more Godzilla into it and keep viewers from getting bored. Literally Godzilla finally came into the show in ep 10 out of 13. I just felt like they over complicated the story.
Idk about you but I watch giant monster movies/shows for the giant monsters, I don’t go to watch them for a bunch of people sitting around talking about science stuff that you’ll lose track of if you blink
@@uohhhhhh69 the difference is that the original never showed itself as being action packed in the trailer (at least I think so, idk if it even had trailers for it) and I went in expecting a more dark movie than the newer ones, I understand what it was going for and the more dark tone and horror of Godzilla’s presence kept me entertained and as far as I can remember it was just people talking about science that went flying over my head like a paper plane
@@uohhhhhh69 I have high hopes for the season 2, more action packed kaiju media is just mainly my preference, I have been told by a lot of people that this was just an establishing season, I just hope that season 2 will focus a bit more on the kaiju as I have a short attention span but maybe I’m just not the right audience that they’re looking for, I’ll try to keep more of an open mind for the next season
That bad? I though this was fantastic, yes there was plenty of confusing science talk but it all came together towards the end. The fight scenes with jet jaguar were great IMHO and the human characters were likeable. Overall a great addition, though far from perfect.
Yes I am a kid but I really enjoyed the characters, the designs for the Kaijus, but the plot.. I’m still wrapping my head around it, it was very complicated I appreciate the writers put so much effort into it tho I tried to show my friend it but he lost interest in like 5 minutes and was confused so that kinda sucks so maybe they could’ve gone a little lighter on the plot lol
Just finished watching and I think it's okay. I wanna rewatch to understand more of the science mumbo jumbo. To be honest, I'm also waiting and hoping that the final episode is one big fight but I kept forgetting about it because I'm more intrigued by the progress of both protagonists.
Personally I think the lack of monsters made the series better. I was eager for them to show up, and I wasn’t disappointed when they did. I also loved the more scientific aspect of things, because it shows the characters are really thinking about the monsters and their situation rather than running blindly into battle. I understand if people like monsters, action and loud noises. But I think it’s also important to not just have the characters trying to “shooty shooty boom boom” the monsters. They wanted to study them, understand them. And yes, when it came down to it, they had to kill Godzilla but they still studied and learned. This is by far, one of my favorite animes! “You’re not supposed to feel bored, and like you’re doing work.” Some people actually enjoy being able to think while watching a series. Like that sudden “Ohh I understand!!” That always feels good!
I think the beginning was good but... The development of the anime was so slow, some science parts almost monotonous. I just wish it was more dynamic. From ep 6, it starts to get better, but I almost fell asleep watching the previous eps lmao. Overall, it's a good anime. Way better than the 2017 one.
I can understand for some people the science parts were boring. But I and other quite enjoyed the science parts. Reading it then looking at the series as what they explained peels back the mystery of the plot little by little.
@@TheFMaster96 As a show with 85% dialogue and science talk it was done well....but as a Godzilla movie it was probably not what a number of fans would want (me included).
Honestly, this anime is not what I expected at all. I feel like they played on a ton of human character tropes present in almost all other Godzilla media- the human scientists that spout science babble all the time. Seriously, they kept talking about quantum physics and hard to follow word salad that I'm not even sure is accurate in reality because I'm the average viewer not a nuclear physicist I feel like they try a bit too hard to explain the habits and abilities of the monsters, saying that Anguiris can "predict the trajectory of a bullet before its fired so it must be able to see the future." No its an animal that sensed danger so it used a defense mechanism, simple as that. Plus I feel like that while Godzilla was on screen far less, it did make quite the presence when *on* screen even if they misused it in my opinion- having Godzilla stand around almost immobile for many shots. As far as characters, the old man was probably the most memorable since he's such a meme but everyone else sort of blended together because they were all too smart if that makes sense. Seriously, *everyone* had some degree of knowledge to put on the table, save for that goth chick we see for two episodes
Well, the writer for this show was a former(?) physicist who was originally hired as scientific advisor. I enjoyed the show immensely because of it's scientific side.
I did at first, because I thought it was the set-up to the meat of the show. And then it WAS the meat of the show. It's okay if people enjoyed it, I just feel like the science could have been condensed to the first-half of the series, or at the very least been more sparse in it's explanation. There's a happy medium between the two sides of the discussion that this show could have landed on and if a second season happens, hopefully will.
Honestly the fandom was really split in half over this, some just want monster fights and their minds just go blank while watching the science part while others watch the science parts but still really don't understand everything but it is still fun nonetheless and the monster fights are just the cherry on top.
There's actually people who did understand the science things without even being science fans , so if someone did pay attention then you can understand it .
but its kinda boring listening to it. I understood it a bit but ID start to loose focus after a minute or 2. Its just boring listening to it in my opinion. Other than that i loved the show it was great.
I had a bit of trouble, but that honestly wasn't the issue, as I could still get the gist of it. It was the sheer overwhelming VOLUME of it that became tedious and caused me to check out. Because after a while, and ESPECIALLY on Mei's side, it felt like they were just wasting time and felt no urgency to prevent this Catastrophe. And if they didn't care... Why should I? For me it was "interesting concept, poor execution."
I watched the series recently and really liked it, and to be honest I find it sad that the show is getting bashed so much for NOT being pure monkey hits lizard action. If this show wasn't under the whole godzilla umbrella it would probably be at least a bit more positively appreciated. I think a lot of the flair comes from the lack of epic monster action and more of a worldwide catastrophe, with news broadcasts and scientists debating and travel and economy collapsing rather than isolating the god damn titanic death lizard as a one city thing. Plus the whole point of the science exposition is that godzilla literally isn't scientifically possible, and requires transdimensional crap. Of course this is all individual tastes and everyone can like and dislike whatever they want, but even the fact he ended the review with "its godzilla after all" just highlights the fact that people are looking at this under "godzilla movie standards" rather than as it's own thing. Its not about monster action, it is about the science mystery, and dumbing it down to "red mist bad make monsters" would have literally removed the entire series and turned it into a monster fight slideshow. Definitely not a Godzilla show, which is why i hate it that everyone deems it one before criticising.
GSP is one of the best Godzilla medias out there. I found the lore, world building and the whole mystery-scifi aspect of the show equally as entertaining as the monster stuff.
I only made it 4 episodes in, so take these musings with a grain of salt. There was far too much exposition. The story didn't seem to start at all, but moreso just a lore dump. I just felt like the author was dictating a bunch of cool science facts about the universe through the characters on screen. It's quite rare that I drop a show only a few episodes in, and even more rare that I skip something godzilla related. However, I was quite frankly too frickin bored
Ngl besides the first Godzilla movie I think this is the first time I actually had some care about the human characters or any interest whatsoever to the story. I didn’t mind Godzilla not showing up through halfway the show. that way when Godzilla did show up he made an amazing impact. Also adding Latin lyrics to Godzillas theme WAS WAY OVER DUE. About time Godzilla got the fatalis treatment
Im not even a scientist but i loved the theortical science of the monsters and the sense of the unknown (ps theory time but maybe the reason the had alot of exposition is to set up season 2 and the SPOILER Monster at the End)
The setting is quite different, that's why many people won't get it the first time, as did I, but upon second viewing everything becomes clearer, the reiwa era of Godzilla franchise is something of a science fiction, political sattire, survival pretty uncommon for the kaiju genre. That's why I'm loving the Reiwa Era Of Godzilla be it The Legendary's Monsterverse, The Anime Trilogy, Singular Point, Shin Godzilla. It offers much more than the other eras, The Showa And The Heisei And The Millennium which were pretty much Kaiju Fights ( I Loved Those Too). So, I'd recommend the Godzilla fans to watch it and give reviews so that netflix renews it for a second season
I loved Singular Point, for once we are not following a military force or person and actually have people trying to figure out how to prevent/take advantage of the situation and how Godzilla is more of a presence and how he looms over the series. The science was good but I love science talk in series when done right. The monster designs were also pretty darn good! But again this is my take and I say I loved Singular Point. P.S. I thought Salunga was gonna be the final fight with the Big G
Honestly I agree with what you say about the show, but I liked how they made it very cryptic and mysterious with this archetype idea, having the answer there all along but not know till the moment it's needed, also the fact that they said he's a singular point himself meaning he can exist or appear at any given moment of time of past present or future due to the nature of this archetype, which trying to figure out how it works was hard but started to make some sense as it went deeper in the season, can't wait to see season 2, also there are Easter eggs throughout the show if anyone noticed them, this is just my opinion on the matter of the show so far until we see what they do for the future
I liked the science part of the series, it would be too easy if the military could drop a couple bombs and be done with it so the red dust and singular points definitely made it more interesting. I also really liked the mythology that they incorporated into why the monsters were here, and I also liked how they had a wide range of characters because it’s more believable if lots of people are there to put the puzzle together than if just 3 characters go out and save the world by themselves. My only problems with the show is that the characters didn’t have a whole lot of depth which made them a bit 1 dimensional, also even though it’s an anime the jet Jaguar group was just way to goofy looking which just really ruined their parts for me, not to mention the ending where jet Jaguar becomes big somehow and saves everyone because he was the answer all along, like what? Other than that the show was like a solid 7.5/10 for me.
I really loved Godzilla singular point, I think the kaiju were used perfectly and Godzilla was awesome. I don't care about the size. The humans were great and I honestly loved Godzilla so much, from his behaviour to his design. I prefer this over GVK, 9/10 for me
I loved the story, the whole allure of the Godzilla IP to me has always been the lore, singular point executes this aspect masterfully by creating this mythos surrounding the appearance of these ever evolving beasts. The music of the series hits every note beautifully. I honestly felt as if the lullaby was this mysterious call beyond and the talk of this other dimension we the characters and the reader can only scratch the surface of was the driving force behind the show. I actually cared about the characters.
True the main issue of the American audience compared to Japanese and anime viewers. They're often not accustomed to having to listen to exposition nor waiting a while for pay-offs.
Action can only get you so far. Monsters fighting eachother can only be entertaining for so long. While they likely could've leaned more into the monster aspect of the show, the science was a welcome addition in my experience. I couldn't get enough of the show. I was shocked by how real all of it was. It's an exploration of science more than an exposition dump.
I really did enjoy watching it. I just wish they cut some of or condensed most of the science stuff. The monsters filled their time(s) nicely. Though, I wished Godzilla had a slight bit more screen time. But, over all, was really happy with the end product. I hope for a season 2, the surprise at the end.... Please let it happen.
Even though I still don't understand the science of the show completely, simplifying it (in a major scale at least) would only make things worse Red mist being a substance that works on a basically quantum level and "defying" all known laws and Godzilla itself being sort of one of its places of origin made our big lizard a being of such scale that its mere existence made the world fall apart, which this and the constant struggle of everyone trying to figure everything out and almost failing gave me some slight Lovecraftian feels, which in my book is only a plus for Godzilla
Isn't Goji basically a 4D creature in addition to spawning the red mist, which is four-dimensional itself? That made Godzilla's presence bear so much more weight in my mind!
Exactly. Godzilla has been around for decades and they're still not getting that audiences don't care for the Human side of the story. We wanna see Kaijus. Not Millie Bobby Brown 😭
I really enjoyed this series, science and all. While the science did, for the most part, go over my head, and while we didn't see much of Goji himself, I did find it very enjoyable. I really liked the different kaiju designs and Jet Jaguar was pretty cool too.
The way I see it, this version of Godzilla depicts most of the monsters as walking, oncoming apocalypse, and the human characters scrambling to find a solution that will ensure their lives will remain in the end. It's like a disaster movie, if the solution was "slice it in twain with a spear-wielding robot". I love that. As for the humans, one thing I've gotten into over the years when it comes to human characters in Godzilla is that if you're going to include them, the least you could do is make them interesting. If not, shoo them away and use them as monster destruction fodder. I'm happy with the characters of the Monsterverse and I was fine with our main characters of SP.
@@shadowcrab I don't think so,Shin is salty about Ultima stealing his claim to fame.Shin says he was the OG form evolver.Also Ghidorah his my SH Monsterarts.Has anyone seen them?
With all that exposition dumps its easier to follow the second and third time watching it. After that the logic they used makes sense. I kinda like the direction they took in this one.
My husband and I just finished this show tonight and while we can piece together a bit of the plot, for the most part we have no idea what the heck is going on in this show. The only reason we can even understand what we do in it is because we are both huge Godzilla fans and college grads in fields of math and science. I had to pop two Excedrin after finishing the last episode and the hour long discussion we had just to digest everything we had just watched. 🤯 I wanted to like this show. My husband REALLY wanted to like this show. I would have stopped watching half way through, but he wanted us to finish and after we did I can’t really say there was any pay off. Interesting idea…. but it felt like homework the show. (Bonus points if anyone gets that reference) Lol no joke, as I type this my husband is researching singularities and archetypes and reading it all out loud to me just to try to understand what the show failed to get across. We will probably end up rewatching the season and maybe then (after some research) we can understand this show.
I totally understand your opinion. As a Kaiju fan myself, it's quite disappointing for the show name Godzilla. But as a mysterious, sci-fi, mind-bending anime fan, I loved the show so much. I'm glad that they use Godzilla name in the title cuz it's the main reason I discovered it. As a fan of both genres, this might be one of my favorite this year. The reinventions of Kaijus and their ties with higher dimensions are so ridiculous I couldn't question any of it. Just let it sink in. Just sharing my opinion cuz it seem like so many people hated the show or looked down on their creators for not being true to the Kaiju story.
I don't see how it can be "disappointing" when this Show gives Godzilla Fans everything that they wanted. Amazing Music, Amazing Story, Amazing Humans, Amazing Monsters, Amzing Action and Cinematography, Easter eggs and so much more!
I actually love this show other than the confusing idealogy of predicting time and tech stuff it's really good for godzilla fans which I am one and everything I said before are for normies and not hardcore fans of godzilla the show are definitely for beginner weebs and godzilla lore/theorists fans. for an anime the info isn't that high up its very subtle and not beey informative to things like naruto,jojo,and record or ragnarok (god damn info and flashback through every attack) and I like that (yea fights might take up more then 2 episodes but they let them fight) I loved it and I do want an season 2 it's so much better then the godzilla anime movies they were awful this was an very big improvement
Compared to the character roster of Rooster Teeth's RWBY series, the character count in this series is far smaller and better written. Personally, I like the series and had no issue with the science talk and understood some of it. If a second season does happen, I hope we get more Kaiju.
Here is a comparation: Name: godzilla earth Story: good Concepts: awesome Designs: perfect Execution: horrible Humans: total shit Name: godzilla singular point Story: decent Concepts: good Designs: good Execution: decent Humans: good
Yes I liked. I give it an 8/10, they used Showa Era as a base and pulled different aspects of the Godzilla universe, I understood the science stuff but it can be convoluted and confusing at times. Overall an enjoyable watch,but a slow burn.
I agree on the story. It was just rambling nonsense... I hated it. I feel that way about most anime in this day in age in this over-saturated genre. And of course their wasn't enough monster action. Especially from Godzilla. And they shouldn't have redone the evolving thing for Godzilla... Shin Godzilla did that already and we didn't need it again. Especially when one of his forms looked more like Varan than Godzilla. He should have just came out of the ocean in his main form. Or at least he should have reached his final form after he busted out of his shell in that one episode. The music and sound was fine. The visuals were fine. But everything else was just "meh" at best. I give this a 5.5 out of 10 rating.
Even as someone who enjoys science and strange physics, the dialogue is often dull and boring. I think it's more presentation that material. If we had more visuals of what the geniuses were talking about or at least a possible prophecy with Godzilla's attack and plan, I think people would enjoy it more since it'd be easier to digest what's going on.
Agreed. If they showed images other than two people sitting and talking, maybe with visual aids, it could've been more engaging. Also, I pity the poor bastard who had to animate those text message scenes. Imagine signing up to a Godzilla animate and THAT is what you work on.
That was the weird thing. Anime usually paints a picture of something that is the topic of discussion. This show didn't even bother with that. Instead we get text messages and obnoxious emojis from that stupid dog a.i.
I can't name any of the characters because they weren't characters. Just puppets talking about either nothing or what another group of people were about to do. Godzilla is a retred of Shin but much more confusing and is it just me or was the Atomic Breath scene shot like it was this angelic act? Only to be followed by Red dust Blood Rain over the carnage!?
Godzilla SP is underrated, barely anyone like to make CGI animations, actual animations and other things. Though the science almost blew all my brain cells it's pretty decent, I don't know why people hate it so much. Plus the monsterverse isn't even original nor canon to the original franchise even though it does look sick. And bro- Toho created Shin Godzilla, so basically it wasn't a ripoff.
this whole review boils down to - im a simpleton, uhhh where action? me bored people with intelect and actually very interested in the technology being described : dope please show me more. monsters should show up irl, cause clearly humanity needs a reset of these idiots
Waaa me smart so that means SP is good!!!! No the anime is fucking boring, i didn't come to a godzilla anime for science at the highest degree. People don't care for SP and it shows lmao. Godzilla is known for action not fucking human characters. Why do you think godzilla 2014 was hated at the time? Shit was a snore fest to sit through. No one goes "wow time to go see godzilla for the deep human characters and complex story!!"
As someone who doesn't mind high concept science, I hated this show. Because excuse me if boring dry characters with little personality sit and talk about the science of the events happening while people are probably DYING IN THE THOUSANDS instead of being straight forward and trying to solve the problem. I'm sorry, there is only so much of that I can take. Also, this show tried hard to be smart, it comes off really stupid. Ideas should not come at the expense of story and characters.
Hold on, it should be noted, this show didn't hit home with SOME fans - it has also received quite a bit of rightful praise. It's more accurate to say it's a divisive show. The same can be said about Shin Godzilla and most of the Monsterverse movies. Not sure that makes this that much different than any other G-media.
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I overall Loved it cus it brings a lot of buildup to him and plus it’s more a mystery show with the equations and stuff and plus the seeing the Kaiju is awesome too
