CATDOLL: Written and directed by Hideaki Anno! The new version of "Godzilla" will be released in 2016

I guess everyone has been trained to be immune to all the funny news released by the authorities on April Fools' Day, but the following news is very likely to be true! Toho, which previously announced that it would film another special effects version of "Godzilla", officially announced the follow-up information of this work today, tentatively named "Shin Godzilla". This will also be the first time that this classic monster image has appeared on the screen after last year's Hollywood version of "Godzilla".

What is even more exciting is that the script and general supervision of this work has been confirmed to be Hideaki Anno, and the supervision and special effects supervision is Shinji Higuchi (director of the live-action version of "Attack on Titan"). Both of them are famous for their love of special effects. The powerful combination of two special effects fans will surely make the final product quite shocking!

Hideaki Anno admitted that he became mentally unstable and depressed after the release of EVA:Q in December 2012. So when he was invited to star in the Godzilla movie in January 2013, he refused. However, when he learned that Shinji Higuchi was also going to join the movie, he finally decided to take on the task! The power of good friends is great...

Along with the unveiling of the main creative staff, the footprints of the protagonist "Godzilla" in the new version of the movie also made their debut, and the setting is far beyond the 108 meters of the Hollywood version of "Godzilla". "Shin Godzilla" is expected to start shooting in the fall of 2015, and the official release date has been set for the summer of 2016.