A report on the stage greeting to commemorate the opening of "GODZILLA: Crusade in Mobile Cities," a blockbuster hit in theaters, featuring a star-studded cast!

To commemorate the release of "GODZILLA: Crusade on Mobile Cities," the second chapter of the "GODZILLA" animated film trilogy, a commemorative stage greeting was held on Saturday, May 19, with the main cast and director on stage.

GODZILLA" (also known as "Anigoji") is the first animated film in the "Godzilla" series, a special effects monster movie released in 1954. The director is Kobun Shizuno, who has worked on many theatrical "Detective Conan" series, including the latest in the series, "Detective Conan: Karaben no Koiga" (Detective Conan: Love Song in Red). The film will be directed by Kofumi Shizuno, who has worked on a number of "Detective Conan" series, including the latest "Detective Conan: Karaben no Koiga" series, and Hiroyuki Seshimo, who was the general director of the TV anime "Knights of Sidonia: The Battle of the Ninth Planet" and the film and TV version of the anime "Ajin. The story is also drafted and written by Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus), the creator of the TV anime series "Fate/Zero", "PSYCHO-PASS: Psycho-Pass", and "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

It has been announced that the anime film will consist of three chapters, with the first chapter, "Monster Planet," released in November 2017, followed by the second chapter, "Decisive Battle Mobile Growth City," which will be released on May 18, 2018. A new key visual that foreshadows the big battle against Mechagodzilla in his new form was recently released and has been attracting a great deal of attention.
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A stage greeting to commemorate the release of "GODZILLA: Crusade on Mobile Suit" will be held on May 19 (Sat.). Mamoru Miyano (Haruo), Takahiro Sakurai (Metfies), Junichi Suwabe (Garg), Arie Ozawa (Miana), as well as the film's directors, Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshimo, took the stage and expressed their joy at the release of the film.
At the event, they talked about their passionate messages for "Anigoji" (Chapter 2), the "secrets of Mechagodzilla" that the cast had told in interviews and at preliminary events, and many other behind-the-scenes stories. In addition, "special Mechagodzilla fans" were distributed to 500 audience members on the day, and 500 Mechagodzillas were multiplied on the screen. In this very situation, "500 Mechagodzillas attacked the Shinjuku Godzilla Head! ＞A photo session was held under the situation of "500 Mechagodzillas attacking Shinjuku Godzilla Head! Here is the official report from the event.

Official Report】 ※Titles omitted

It has been half a year since the first chapter, and now the second chapter has finally been released. How do you feel now?

Miyano: During the first chapter, we received a lot of comments that this movie allowed people of the generation who had never seen Godzilla to watch it, so I think we were able to convey the world view as the anime we created. They told us that they are looking forward to seeing what they can expect to see in the second chapter. I believe that our challenge was to create new emotions, to appeal to people's hearts, and to feature the internal nature of the characters. I am very happy that you can feel this at this moment!

Sakurai: I am even more aware of the magnitude of the Godzilla title now that I have had the opportunity to appear in the film. I think that there are people who are discovering the world of Godzilla for the first time through this anime, and I think that they are expecting what kind of Godzilla Director Shizuno, Director Seshita, and (scriptwriter) Mr. Urobuchi will create. We have created something that will not betray those expectations, so please look forward to it!

Suwabe: This series is recorded using the "prescoring" method, in which the dialogue is recorded and then the images are produced, but for me, there were quite a few scenes involving Garg in this second chapter that I could not follow the visual image. I finally saw the finished video and thought, "I see what you mean!" I finally came to an understanding when I saw the completed video (laughs). I think you will enjoy this powerful entertainment.

Ozawa: There are many women in the audience today, so I am very happy that women are also coming to see Godzilla! The power is tremendous (pointing to the area near the front of the seats), so people seated in this area will be able to enjoy it especially as an attraction! I think we got very good seats! (Laughs)

Seshita: I have never been so happy with a "presco" as I was with this one. The intermingling of the unique characters on top of the epic human drama by Mr. Kyobuchi, Director Shizuno and I had a lot of trouble expressing ourselves. But through the "presco" recording, the voice actors created the characters together with us. Even when Director Shizuno was cutting up in a rage, the work was able to convey the meaning properly because each character's every word had a solid acting ability. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the voice actors. Thank you very much!

─ ─ The attraction of this work is, of course, the powerful action scenes, but the "human drama" that is stirred up within the action is also amajor attraction. And today we have Mr. Miyano playing the human, Mr. Sakurai playing Exif, Mr. Suwabe playing Birsaldo, and Mr. Ozawa playing Futua. So, the staff has selected the scenes of interest & concern, with Haruo as the main character!

───First image: Looking at the scene photo of the kissing scene between Haruo and Yuko.

Ozawa: I know that "sad" comes with LOVE, but usually you want it to come from a guy, right?

Miyano: I think it is a characteristic of Chapter 2 that scenes like this are depicted.

──See the second image, the scene photo of Haruo and Miana's encounter.

Ozawa: This is where Miana is having Haruo introduce himself to her. Miana is a Hutuan, so this is an important scene where she meets a human being for the first time.

Miyano: They have a different way of communicating with us.

Ozawa: This is the scene where the cleverness of the Hutua people explodes! LOL!

───The third image: See the scene between Haluo and Methofies.

Ozawa: This also looks like a kissing scene!　A love triangle? This is also a human drama! LOL!

Shizuno: Shall I ask you two to recreate it? (The audience laughed)

Miyano: I can't go into detail, but it's a very moving scene, so I want you to pay attention to it!

─ ─ Look at the fourth picture, the scene between Haruo and Garugu.

Miyano: I love this scene!

Seshimo: As Miyano-kun said at the beginning, the relationships are much closer in the second chapter.

Suwabe: How will the example guy, who is an important key to the story in the second chapter and who is the best of Birsardo's technology, appear?　It is a point of interest.

─ Mr. Sakurai, what is your position as Methofies in the second chapter?

Sakurai: Metfies has many scenes with Haruo.
The special relationship between the two of them is featured in the second chapter aswell, and I hope that the audience will remember what kind of people the Exifs are.I hope that the audience willremember what kind of people the EXIF are and watch the show.

───This time, we asked for questions from the audience.There are many mechas in this series,what kind of mechas would you like to ride? This question is "What kind of mecha would you like to ride? Director Seshita, please tell us about the mecha.

Seshita: I would have to say the Vulture! Actually, Haruo and his team's "equipment" was originally designed for planet exploration, not for fighting and invading. I was wondering, "Are they going to be okay with this equipment? In the second chapter, the mood of "We might be able to win with this equipment! I think the mood has increased.

─ Mr. Miyano, Haruo is riding in the "Vulture.

Miyano: It was great!　I'm good with robots, you know.

─ ─ Mr. Miyano, could you give us a final message on behalf of everyone?

Miyano: Unexpectedly, we had a lot of fun. The fact that we are able to enjoy talking like this is proof of the good team spirit and love for the work, and proof that we can deliver this work with confidence. I think that when you see the film, you will feel a Godzilla that you have never seen before.
The theme of the film will be the differences between races, so I am curious to see how everyone will feel about that.
I also thought Haruo's decision during the battle was cool! I hope that the theme of Godzilla will be conveyed in his appearance.
Please enjoy the screening. Thank you very much for your time today.

Event Information
GODZILLA: CASE MULTIPLE CITY" Opening Commemorative Stage Greeting
Date: May 19 (Sun.)
Location: TOHO CINEMAS SHINJUKU Screen 9 (Shinjuku Toho Building, 1-19-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
Speakers: Mamoru Miyano (Haruo), Takahiro Sakurai (Metfies), Junichi Suwabe (Garg), Arie Ozawa (Miyana), Director Kobun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshimo

Film Information] (*Honorifics omitted)
GODZILLA: Crusade in Mobile World City
In theaters

＜Director: Kofumi Shizuno, Director: Hiroyuki Seshimo
Director：Kobun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita
Story draft : Gen UROBUCHI (Nitroplus)
Screenplay : Sadayuki Murai, Tetsuya Yamada, Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus)
Character Design: Yusuke Kozaki
Music: Takayuki Hattori
Assistant Directors: Hiroaki Ando, Naohiro "Tady" Yoshidaira
Production Design: Naoya Tanaka, Ferdinando Patulli
CG Character Design: Yuki Moriyama
Sculpting Director: Mitsunori Katanori
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibuya
Color Design: Hironao Noji
Sound Director: Tetsu Motoyama
Production: Toho
Production: Polygon Pictures
Production: Polygon Pictures


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Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita, Yuki Kaji, Junichi Suwabe
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