Jul 27, 2021
Godzilla S.P. is the most disappointing thing since my son. It originally seemed so interesting and fresh, with a new set of Kaiju designs and an overall greater emphasis on new ideas. So what could go wrong? Everything, that's what. Let's start with:
CHARACTERS
The characters in Godzilla S.P. are so utterly bland that it hurts, which is a serious problem considering the fact that we spend so much time with them. To make a bad situation worse, there are also approximately 10,000,000 characters to follow at any given time. Seriously, by the time the season's mid-point rolled around I was getting a headache just trying
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to remember who was doing what. Again, the insane amount of characters could work if they were interesting, but everything about S.P.'s characters just screams unremarkable. I seriously can't name a single person in this show, all I can do is vaguely describe their role and what I hate about them.
STORY
The story of Godzilla S.P. is some of the most convoluted garbage to ever come out of the Godzilla franchise, which is saying a LOT. Basically, the story revolves around a piece of music that seems to be attracting Kaiju. Oh, and also there's a bunch of useless time-travel crap that doesn't contribute anything, and there are also a billion characters running around trying to solve inane Kaiju related mysteries for their own stupid reasons, and how could you forget about the professor guy who is dead, but actually not dead. I DEFINITELY didn't forget about his existence until he randomly shows up in the last episode. But if the story is too straightforward for you, don't worry, because there's also a bunch of ridiculous technobabble that'll be sure to either annoy or confuse you. I swear, if I have to hear the stupid purple haired girl say "Orthogonal Diagonalizer" one more time I'm actually gonna scream.
ART
Alright, let's take a little negativity break and talk about something I actually did enjoy: the art. The overall style of the show is very visually pleasing, and everything and everyone is very well drawn (although I utterly despise this show's character design). I was also worried that the CGI Kaiju wouldn't look very good, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that they actually blended pretty nicely with the 2D art. Speaking of Kaiju...
KAIJU
I have very mixed feelings about Godzilla S.P.'s Kaiju. On one hand, the redesigned Toho Kaiju are really cool and breathe a lot of life into the characters, but on the other hand, way too much time is spent on certain Kaiju, specifically on Rodan. Like, Rodan is a cool Kaiju and all, but did we really need to spend half of the darn show focusing on an utterly uninteresting hoard of mini-Rodan? Even when other Kaiju show up, they barely get anything memorable or interesting to do. Sure, Anguirus gets a pretty cool fight with Jet Jaguar (more about that later), but it feels like Manda, Kumonga, and even Godzilla himself don't really get that much spotlight. This shafting of classic Kaiju makes the inclusion of the new Kaiju even more embarassing, as it takes way too much time off of the Kaiju people actually care about. Speaking of new Kaiju, there are four Kaiju that S.P. introduces, those being Salunga, Kamanga, Hanenga, and Zenbunga. Kamanga, Hanenga, and Zebunga are extremely boring copy-and-pastes of Kumonga who don't really do anything of note, while Salunga is a Kaiju with an interesting concept, but an ultimately useless role in the story. But there is one Kaiju I haven't really mentioned yet, that being...
JET JAGUAR
That's right baby, Jet Jaguar is getting his own section because he's the only part of the show I genuinely enjoyed! It was fantastic seeing Jet Jaguar get treated like a major player against the other Kaiju, and I was always excited to see him on-screen. He's also tied to the only human character that I actually liked, that being the old man who created him. Not only was the old man the closest thing to an interesting character, but he was also voiced by a certain Buggy D. Clown, who's always a treat to hear. Seriously, Jet Jaguar's inclusion ALONE bumps this show up from a 3 to a 4.
MUSIC
I don't really have a lot to say about the music, it's just kind of there. The OST is nothing special and the opening was kind of neat. I did really like the ending, although I hated how it basically teased me by showing tons of Toho's classic Kaiju in super faithful anime designs, only for those Kaiju to never even be shown in the actual anime.
CONCLUSION
This show freakin' sucks, look up the Jet Jaguar scenes on YouTube and skip the rest.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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