Godzilla ゴジラ World of Gojira - [WoG]
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"Nature has an order. A power to restore balance. I believe he is that power." ~ Dr. Ichiro Serizawa
Rock formation along the Futoh coast, Izu hanto peninsula, Japan, taken after sunset. It had rained cats and dogs, not to mention pigs and elephants all of that day, I thought the entire japanese archipelago was going to sink into the ocean, I knew the rain would stop by sundown, so I was hoping for dramatic clouds, what I got was ....nothing! One minute after the rain stopped, ALL clouds disappeared. Anyway this is a scenic stretch of coast, but clouds are needed to make the most of the dusk light.
Gojira (or Godzilla) is undoubtedly one of Japan's greatest icons. The Japanese monster first appeared on screen in the movie 「ゴジラ (Gojira)」in 1954. He was called Godzilla in the English dubbing. Since then Gojira has starred in over 30 Japanese films, multiple American films, a trilogy of animated films and an animated series.
Gojira was depicted as a metaphor for the use of nuclear weapons and Dr. Serizawa, one of the main characters in the original film, makes a clear speech against the use of weapons of mass destruction, even using them against the monster, because of the consequences of the rulers having the possibility of using them in the future.
As time went by, the character would lose his image as an icon of the atomic massacre of 1945, and would go through several stages, becoming, at the end of the Showa period, the hero of the film by defending Japan from other monsters.
While Godzilla is an icon of Japan, he is especially famous in Shinjuku. It is very common to see buses with Godzilla images that say "Shinjuku loves Godzilla."
Godzilla head Shinjuku:
It is made to original scale (12 meters). It weighs 80 tons and is 50 meters above the ground, which is supposed to have a real height according to how it is represented in the movies.
Its design belongs to "Godzilla VS Mothra" that was taken to the movies in 1992. It is currently a tourist attraction.
It is possible to access the head from a terrace of the famous Gracery hotel in Shinjuku, installed inside the Shinjuku Toho building.
Editors of Time Out Tokyo included the Godzilla head in their 2019 list of the city's "best public art sculptures".
Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Group of figures based on the main cast of the 1954 Godzilla movie. Instead of attempting to make a brick built Godzilla, I replicated the suit actor Haruo Nakajima with the suspender-tail suit used for the stomping scenes.
Left to right: Dr. Serizawa, Hideo Ogata, Dr. Yamane, Emiko Yamane, Godzilla
Like a dragon's tail sidewinding from out of the salty depths...
Natural rock formation near St Monan's harbour and pier.
Went to St Monan’s Harbour to capture an image of the zigzagging breakwater…. and found a gaggle of photographers on the pier wall with probosces aimed at the object of my interest. So diverted my attention to this eerie thingie snaking out of the waters…
Miranda F, 50mm Soligor, Ilford Delta 100
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I heard on the news that they were filming the next Godzilla movie right here in Honolulu earlier this summer! I guess I missed the casting call! :) It's good that Godzilla was giving Tokyo a break from getting trampled on.
From my series, "Homebound pinholes".
Le Bambole Mk. X - "The Pin-sta-nair" Pinhole Camera. Fujifilm Instax Mini Film.
This is my custom minifigure of the original 1954 version of the king of the monsters, Gojira. This post is definitely something different from my usual uploads, but seeing as it's been a year since the release of Godzilla: KotM I thought this would be the perfect time to release this figure.
This figure was designed in Adobe Photoshop and uses all existing molds (for now 😉). Making the custom printed pieces for this minifigure was a lot of fun to do and I am very satisfied with the way they turned out.
Now that I have experimented a bit with this style of making my own figures, I am definitely planning to make more of these in the future though they will likely take some to make. At least it's something for you guys to look forward to.