Godzilla Singular Point FULL SPOILERS AHEAD

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

Godzilla S.P has been awarded for its VFX!

VFX-JAPAN 2022 AWARD:
TV/Streaming Section
Outstanding Performance Award
Godzilla Singular Point

https://twitter.com/CG_Orange_eng/statu ... YDfqA&s=19

Didn't you call that last year? Or were you saying it would win the big SF award in general.

I would say, yeah some scenes with the Digital models look bad, but overall I think there's a lot of quality work, and a nice mesh of 3D and 2D animation. Compared to a lot of other 3D anime (looking at you berserk), Singular Point did a fantastic job at providing easy to understand and follow action.

Singular Point has officially won.

https://twitter.com/GODZILLA_SP/status/ ... 0fdXw&s=19

[LSD Jellyfish]

Godzilla S.P has been awarded for its VFX!

VFX-JAPAN 2022 AWARD:
TV/Streaming Section
Outstanding Performance Award
Godzilla Singular Point

https://twitter.com/CG_Orange_eng/statu ... YDfqA&s=19

Didn't you call that last year? Or were you saying it would win the big SF award in general.

I would say, yeah some scenes with the Digital models look bad, but overall I think there's a lot of quality work, and a nice mesh of 3D and 2D animation. Compared to a lot of other 3D anime (looking at you berserk), Singular Point did a fantastic job at providing easy to understand and follow action.

Singular Point has officially won.

https://twitter.com/GODZILLA_SP/status/ ... 0fdXw&s=19

Well, that's a good way to sell/advertise season 2 then!

[Kaijuboi]

has anyone managed to successfully know what the brail (I believe) in the

Spoiler:

schematics of robogodzilla

[Cryptid_Liker]

has anyone managed to successfully know what the brail (I believe) in the

Spoiler:

schematics of robogodzilla

I believe that was the names of the companies that helped create it. One or even multiple of them were reference to the Simans' homeworld from the Showa era.

[shadowgigan]

Just came here to praise the score. I need to look at the OST to know which tracks I'm talking about. But, honestly, the score has been pretty fantastic for the few episodes I've rewatched. Particularly the different arrangements of the Godzilla theme.

[Fropston]

Finally binged the whole series. Pretty good overall, though the jargon was a bit hard to wrap my head around. The soundtrack was great, characters were serviceable, and the monsters were neat as well, though some choices were certainly very questionable (what on earth was going on with Kumonga? The sequence was cool, but it seemed like they were unsure if they wanted it to be Kumonga, Megalon, or Gigan).

It had Jet Jaguar in a starring role though, so 10/10.

[SharkLord]

Finally binged the whole series. Pretty good overall, though the jargon was a bit hard to wrap my head around. The soundtrack was great, characters were serviceable, and the monsters were neat as well, though some choices were certainly very questionable (what on earth was going on with Kumonga? The sequence was cool, but it seemed like they were unsure if they wanted it to be Kumonga, Megalon, or Gigan).

It had Jet Jaguar in a starring role though, so 10/10.

Yeah, the show seemed to have a thing for mixing and matching the kaiju. Manda had Ebirah-esque claws and shell, Salunga was basically Gabara in all but name plus some elements of Baragon, and they just decided Titanosaurus, Varan, and Gorosaurus were stages in Godzilla's evolution.

I kinda wish they kept Godzilla's forms as separate kaiju. We already had Shin Godzilla as an evolving, borderline-eldritch Godzilla that defies nature; Might as well give some of the veterans some time to shine again.

Honestly, when the trailer first dropped I was just expecting it to be a bunch of kaiju showing up in modern times, plus more animalistic designs than past installments. I wasn't expecting all that quantum physics jargon either.

[shadowgigan]

The techno-jargon is (IMO, in its own way) impressive even though it can be annoying at times. I’ve found it much easier to follow around in English.

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

The world building is what really sells it for me. That and I really enjoyed the growing feeling of a world going to hell.

[Fropston]

Yeah, the show seemed to have a thing for mixing and matching the kaiju. Manda had Ebirah-esque claws and shell, Salunga was basically Gabara in all but name plus some elements of Baragon, and they just decided Titanosaurus, Varan, and Gorosaurus were stages in Godzilla's evolution.

I kinda wish they kept Godzilla's forms as separate kaiju. We already had Shin Godzilla as an evolving, borderline-eldritch Godzilla that defies nature; Might as well give some of the veterans some time to shine again.

Honestly, when the trailer first dropped I was just expecting it to be a bunch of kaiju showing up in modern times, plus more animalistic designs than past installments. I wasn't expecting all that quantum physics jargon either.

I didn't notice the Ebirah influence when I watched, might have to rewatch with a closer eye to see anything I missed. Definitely agree that it would have been nice to see Varan, Titanosaurus and Gorosaurus as their own thing, but I think it still was cool to have Godzilla go through the same sort of evolution routine as in Shin (though if it keeps happening it'll probably get less and less cool).

[SharkLord]

Yeah, the show seemed to have a thing for mixing and matching the kaiju. Manda had Ebirah-esque claws and shell, Salunga was basically Gabara in all but name plus some elements of Baragon, and they just decided Titanosaurus, Varan, and Gorosaurus were stages in Godzilla's evolution.

I kinda wish they kept Godzilla's forms as separate kaiju. We already had Shin Godzilla as an evolving, borderline-eldritch Godzilla that defies nature; Might as well give some of the veterans some time to shine again.

Honestly, when the trailer first dropped I was just expecting it to be a bunch of kaiju showing up in modern times, plus more animalistic designs than past installments. I wasn't expecting all that quantum physics jargon either.

I didn't notice the Ebirah influence when I watched, might have to rewatch with a closer eye to see anything I missed. Definitely agree that it would have been nice to see Varan, Titanosaurus and Gorosaurus as their own thing, but I think it still was cool to have Godzilla go through the same sort of evolution routine as in Shin (though if it keeps happening it'll probably get less and less cool).

Yeah, I hope they don't decide to make the Shin Godzilla-esque evolution into the next big thing. It was done, it was a crazy new thing for a crazy new Godzilla, it was unique. It was done again, it was a neat reference. But if they keep doing it too much, it'll just get worn out.

The other thing that bugged me about Aquatilis and Amphibia were that they didn't really do much. The former swam around and munched on a Manda, and the latter made a big explosion and formed a cocoon to metamorphize with, and that's about it. Terrestrialis at least got to show off the blood tentacles and shoot some rings, but that's about the only pre-Ultima form that got to do much. The first two were basically stepping stones to much Godzilla's plotline along.

[LegendZilla]

I just watched the first episode last night. I will reserve my full judgement when I finish season one.

[Desghidorah]

The world building is what really sells it for me. That and I really enjoyed the growing feeling of a world going to hell.

Think you'd be a good source to help me then. I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding what exactly the Archetype is and could use some clarity. I get that it is multidimensional and is essentially halfway in the main SP universe and halfway in another at any given time. It can only be found in some very, very rare veins and the largest sources are in India and Japan; but it can also be found in a few animals like jellyfish (why them for any particular reason btw?). That's why Ashihara set up that mining operation in India to use Archetype to power the calculator. All of the kaiju use it in their biology, hence why smaller ones like the Rodans can't survive outside of it for long. However larger kaiju like Salunga, the dead Godzilla skeleton, and especially the modern Godzilla can generate or manifest a lot of it just by existing. I understand archetype can be transmuted into various known forms, 13 I think, but likely has a near infinite number of possible variants. The Orthogonal Diagonalizer basically works by pre-programming the archetype around it into one specific form via a code. That's how it changed all the red dust into brittle red crystals when used on Salunga and then the more advanced version used by JJ made all those blue crystals.

Am I missing anything?

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

Hmm I'm not 100% certain on it, but that seems like more or less the gist of it.

[LSD Jellyfish]

I think that's about right. What remains unclear is where archetype is coming from, or what triggers this sudden proliferation of it throughout the world. There seems to be some implication that SHIVA's big super computer, started to create more of it, but it remains a chicken and egg scenario (whether the monsters or SHIVA, created it first. IIRC, BB or someone else, stated that archetype usage is sort of like "letting the genie out of the lamp". It's also unclear why some monsters, like Godzilla, or Rodan, appear to be able to better utilize it than others (Manda). It's unclear if Salunga, is a monster mutated or a being born from archetype. It seems like creatures like the Kumonga are mutated by it, while others are born of it.

There's very clear parallels to nuclear weapons and the atom. A major scientific discovery that we don't fully understand, that may be beneficial for humanity but just as equally destructible.

[Cryptid_Liker]

Just found some Jet Jgauar concept art and boy, if you didn't like the design they went with, you're gonna have a really hard time with this one.

[Thatguy4683]

Just found some Jet Jgauar concept art and boy, if you didn't like the design they went with, you're gonna have a really hard time with this one.

Thank God they didn’t went with this design

[Spuro]

Just found some Jet Jgauar concept art and boy, if you didn't like the design they went with, you're gonna have a really hard time with this one.

Someone dropped an anvil on JJ's head.

[LegendZilla]

Just found some Jet Jgauar concept art and boy, if you didn't like the design they went with, you're gonna have a really hard time with this one.

Thank God they didn’t went with this design

Why? How is it any worse than what we got?

[Major sssspielberg!]

Just came here to praise the score. I need to look at the OST to know which tracks I'm talking about. But, honestly, the score has been pretty fantastic for the few episodes I've rewatched. Particularly the different arrangements of the Godzilla theme.

I was listening to the OST last night, really hits. I really like Otaki's Sortie. I know not everyone loves SP, but one of the things that made it work so well imo was the score. It had a nice little Showa vibe in the right places but also a unique sound.
I think I'm gonna have to watch SP thru for a fourth time here soon! Listening to a few of the tracks reminds me of the moments the show gave me goosebumps, like when Ultima is finally revealed and the theme kicks in, or the acapella Alapu Upala bit before everyone goes to battle.