In a surprise move we’ve just gotten word from San Diego Comic Con 2016 that Funimation has officially obtained licensing rights for a theatrical release of Shin Godzilla! For western branding purposes the film has been refereed to as Godzilla Resurgence previously.
Opening July 29th in Japan, the brainchild of Hideaki Anno (creator of the prolific Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise) Shin Godzilla sees the largest and possibly most horrific version ever of the iconic monster destroy Japan once again. This bit of licensing news is a huge win for fans who feared there may not be a release of the film in the west. Presumably this theatrical release would be a limited engagement as previous Funimation efforts for Attack on Titan & Dragonball Z films have been.
We’ll keep you updated as more information becomes available in the coming weeks!
Funimation on their twitter announces that they got the rights to the latest Godzilla film. Release plans later this year.
https://twitter.com/FUNimation/statu...05496710209536
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait!!!!!!
Whoop whoop holla holla hype is real!
I do wonder if Funimation will dub it or a English HK dub will be produced for the home video market similar in the past? We haven't had a English Godzilla dub produced in the US since Godzilla 2000.
Well, with this announced, now all we need is to hope is that the film is good.
Yeah! This seems cool.
Oh cool. Will probably try and see this then. I'm sure a local Drafthouse will show it.
The fact they're specifically calling it Shin Godzilla makes me think they're talking about the Japanese version with subtitles.
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