24:00 Just a correction: Godzilla GMK was not fueled by the angry spirits of deceased Japanese soldiers, but rather the angry and vengeful spirits from victims killed by the Japanese imperial army during ww2. So really the spirits would be from areas like China, the Philippines, Korea ect... This was commentary on how the Japanese government had not taken any accountability for Japans massacres and war crimes, and instead had chosen to deny or ignore anything to do with it. Instead the government wants to forget about its actions during ww2 and sweep it under the rug. Thats why Godzilla had such a hatred and lust for revenge against Japan in this movie.
@@gojiralegendary4009 the winners write history…….except america lost that war, and films like apocalypse now aren’t made by jingoistic vietnamese patriots.
@@gojiralegendary4009seriously, if vietnam had the same cultural power as the US, then we would see jingoistic and slightly more optimistic movies about how Vietnam gave the French, the Japanese Empire, the united states and china a black eye each.
@@The_Str4nger Well, I obviously don't speak for everyone but in my opinion I think for Yamcha's chill mellow attitude I honestly think He could be Varan. And they are both underrated and some of my favorite characters.
Godzilla Minus One definitely looks much smaller than Shin and Legendary. I'm glad they stopped trying to one-up his size like they have over the past couple films.
Then again, they’re always trying to size up both Godzilla and Kong without even realizing that the bigger they are, the more damage and death they should be causing.
@@YourCasualGargantuanLeviathan I kinda like to compare Zilla as something analogous to a wolf compared to Godzilla as like a grizzly bear or a Kodiak bear in terms of species cause ya know canines and ursine do have a common ancestor if you look back far enough
@@YourCasualGargantuanLeviathan what I meant to get across was that I like to think Zilla (if they were going to make him related to Godzilla in someway) as a species that could be related to Godzilla through a common ancestor but split off into a species separate from the Godzilla line and into its own line
I feel like Shin Godzilla's strange body porportions kind of adds to the creepy scary vibe. Like he dosent look "right" which really triggers a uncanny feeling in a good way.
35:13 So that last part Chibi Godzilla image into G Tier made me laugh. But that one is from Toho’s UA-cam series Godzilla Chibi and they having a Season 2 on April 10th.
I don't know if this counts exactly, but for me Legendary goji's sound design alone clinches him a top A ranking. The roar is immediately recognizable as Godzilla's while still sounding more "realistic" and organic, and that atomic breath chargeup sound instantly burned itself into my head.
I'll still never get over how badass that one design from the canceled 1994 Godzilla movie is. It looked like the perfect rendition of what a American Godzilla would look like.
@@Cyberfan2167looks more like a shorter gator snout but I can see how it looks more like a duck bill. There are other designs of the 1994 version that have a more T. rex snout
Shit, not to mention the canceled film villain was so cool. I would have LOVED to see something like Gryphon. At least that sweet found footage series on UA-cam gave us a taste lol.
The Heisei designs are also my favorite, especially the Burning Godzilla suit for how menacing and visually stunning it is, his theme in that movie is also my favorite. But great overall list! I personally have grown to really like the Monsterverse design. I look forward to your review of Godzilla Minus One!
Yes it is tf? You seem sped tbh it looks so much better than those flappy wack ass suits and the goofy eyes, the movement and expressions of 2014-2024 Godzilla are even above G teir I have no clue why he put them at B
@@LeviMorris-mh5hr now that sounds like an opinion. a not so good one I don't know if I can agree on this reason is because you said it's above g tier (unrelated note you spelled tier wrong) Also I'm a yapper
Shin is what actually got me into Godzilla. You feel a sadness for him knowing he’s in constant pain and is quite literally screaming in pain. It’s a horrible life but knowing what he *BECOMES* which is literally omnipotent I just can’t stress enough how cool this Godzilla is, regardless of some minor design flaws but I think that’s on purpose. He’s not supposed to be like… Comfortable. He’s a constantly evolving pain stricken being that is just trying to die, survive, or both. I think he’s supposed to look stiff and disproportionate because he’s constantly changing and he’s still in his infancy. Sorry for the rant I just love Shin. ❤ You’re obviously welcome to your own opinions.
yeah I love him because hes meant to be a more "realistic" version of a creature mutated by massive radiation, everything is just wrong and the thing looks like a horror show. in fact my favorite aspect is the arms BECAUSE of how scrawny and useless they are, it comes off like a massive birth defect (and the longer makes up for said difference)
Id say that the movie would have worked better if it was about Destroyah rather than Godzilla, since the multiple forms thing is his shtick and there haven't been enough movies with him (and none with him as the sole kaiju). Thats really my only real gripe as him mutating into different things really didnt feel like godzilla.
I watched Shin Godzilla for the first time a couple of months ago. It has to be one of my favorite designs. It really brings Godzilla back to the horror aspect. He is the most unsettling version of Godzilla we've seen, from the way we see him crawling on the ground to evolving to what we get at the end. Absolutely well done. I get why he wouldn't necessarily be an S tier for everyone but he is in my book.
Absolutely, since I saw the concept of Goji for the first time I've thought about how terrifying it would be to see a monster like that and its destruction in real life, but Shin Godzilla really made me have chills, his atomic breath scene with his lower jaw splitting in two... blood curdling.
But Green is the color associated with radioactivity, toxicity, and Uranium (the most well known radioactive element and nuke ingredient). Green is the color of radioactivity.
@@BertzTriscut I understand what you're saying but almost everything radioactive in media is Green. Ask people what color represents radioactivity. I guarantee you that 99.9% of them will say Green.
@@BertzTriscut Funny cause cell is uh green I’ve seen some portrayals of radiation being purple although I think yellow is more common. Probably because….. Urine… Uranium… sounds similar.
My favorite Godzilla suit is KiryuGoji, My favorite things about the suit are the canine-like face and sleek design, I also love how expressive the suit is and he especially looks great in the comics.
Yeah I honestly didn’t get the hate I thought that design was hype and as you can see by my profile pic and you’ve seen dbs it gives of real goku black vibes
Minus 1 number one for me, that shot of the camera panning over to his face when he’s freezing up but still charging up is INSANE, and on a less that 15 mill budget, holy shit. The 2014 deserved B, and KOTM deserved A.
32:45 Fun fact, The 2019 design was actually made bulkier than the 2014 design, rather than made slimmer. 33:06 The Evolved design was made VERY skinny, with the stomach pulled back, thinner legs, a thin and shorter tail, but the arms were incredibly bulked and the neck had also gone thicker
You’re not wrong but I think the reasoning behind Godzilla Earth is really cool. They wanted to make an extra massive Goji but they wanted to explain how a living creature could get so large so they chose to make him based on trees rather than a lizard/dinosaur. He is barky and rigid and he is slow because of the solid construction of his body. Also I personally enjoy the old man look as it adds to the “natural element of the world older than humanity” vibe
Godzilla 2000 is probably my favorite. He was my main character in save the earth, and I loved him because as a kid I thought he was cool because he was from the early 2000’s like me
As a huge Evangelion and Godzilla fan i can't help but adore the Shin design, not only because it looks intimidating and goes back to the roots as it name states, but also because of the tragedy surrounding its painful and aggressive evolution. Shin Goji looks like so much more than a giant monster; it looks like an otherworldly threat: a Lovecraftian-like entity that the main characters struggle to understand, and, according to Hideaki Anno, that was the path its evolution would eventually take.
Mentioned this in another comment, but looking like an eldritch horror is actually why I dislike the Shin design. I think it works perfectly for the movie, and was very well designed for what they were going for (and to be clear, I did enjoy the movie), but I also just personally find it intolerably ugly, and I much prefer Goji to have a more iconic, animalistic design. Early Heisei being my preferred design. I also love Minus One's look, which is basically a cross between Heisei and GMK, but also given a lot of the details of Shin - like the scaring and the patchy coloring on its broken and burnt skin
This video has to be one of the best ranking videos I’ve seen of the Godzilla franchise. All of the reasonings for why the Godzilla suits were placed where they were are extremely solid and reasonable, and I respect all the choices that I both agreed and disagreed with. Really good list and a really good video. It goes to show how much care and love goes into this franchise from you. Great job.
Well…. It pretty much looks nothing like Godzilla in fact it looks like a little green monkey, I prefer the older Japanese kid’s Godzilla which was just a tiny cute cartoonish version of then current Godzilla I wonder why they stopped doing those
Chibi Goji seems the son of Godzilla. “I have a dream that I will become a big monster someday and want my father, Godzilla, to hug me.” From official website.
Shin Godzilla is a masterpiece of Godzilla design. He’s basically what they would have been going for in ‘54 if they could have. Minus One is a close second. Both are also EXCELLENT films, although Shin can be slow at times. As far as the old suit Godzillas, the ‘62 vs King Kong is my favorite.
Hideaki Anno's Shin Godzilla had the coolest design. Most interesting concept too how they made it evolve in a really gruesome way. Theres art that shows how its "final" form wouldve looked and its so cool how the tail turned into a head as well, and the smaller humanoid things coming off the tail at the end of the movie. I really liked that idea. My personal favorite Godzilla.
even if zilla was hated on for being not godzilla, he will always be my favorite. I just really enjoy the appearance and different take on the character
The really sad thing about Tora-Goji is that there WAS an honest-to-God traditional Godzilla designed and modeled, along with a completely different script that had him facing a fire-bird sort of monster (I think the opponent’s name was Griffon, but don’t quote me on that), but it all got scrapped once Roland Emmerich replaced the original choice for director. Emmerich has openly stated that he knew nothing about Godzilla and had no intention of doing any sort of research to at least get some basics down, and thought the whole concept was stupid which is why he went with a disaster movie approach, on top of that being his specialty. But like most things, the original ‘98 concept made its way to the internet, and he looks FANTASTIC. He’s greenish instead of black or charcoal colored, but he looks like a very cool spin on the Heisei model, upright but with less folds and wrinkles in his skin (especially on the legs) and a mouth that looks like it took a hint of inspiration from the American alligator. Emmerich not only disrespected the hell out of Big G with GINO, but denied us one of the coolest looks ever designed for him.
Some of the reasons for putting certain suits in place sis very weird, like saying a bunch of positives about the singularity point Godzilla, then saying how he is super big from the waist down and his face looks weird in the front puts him all the way down in D tier. I’m just more or less confused on how the ratio of good vs bad goes into the ranking.
Shin is my favorite design since he has numerous forms, and his fourth form is badass. God forbid what his 5th form looks like. I don’t remember where I read this, but one of Minus One’s details is that he has scars and burns instead of reptilian scales, as he is a personification of grief.
For all Godzilla movies and an animated series in decades, he’s never getting old whatsoever. Happy 70th Anniversary, Most Destructive Even Favorite Monster around.
The Godzilla after the show version like the first one like I don’t know how you say it, but just because he’s not Derby he was just sleeping for too long. That’s why his eyes are so chirpy
As someone who became engrossed into Godzilla movies early on, the 98 Zilla Godzilla holds a special place in my heart. It was the first Godzilla movie I'd ever seen, and I immediately loved what it was. I loved the look, the sounds, the speed, the music, all of it was a spectacle...which is probably why it fell flat, in the end (with the jets and all). It wasn't trying to give a message through the character like '54 Gojira, or the later Shin Gojira and Minus One Gojira...it's a spectacle monster, like those of the Showa Era, nothing to see here but good times, laughs, and/or action! That was it's flaw; too much about the spectacle, not enough about the seriousness of the situation the movie presented (i.e. a new mutant creature that is practically unstoppable, and is multiplying like wildfire). I definitely think his portrayal in that movie was absolutely weak, and yet: I loved how much more natural of an approach Tri-Star was going with Godzilla in that one; more of a survivor/scavenger, rather than a nuclear blast needing a doomsday sci-fi device that isn't real to kill the monster. I can appreciate the realism of jet fighters taking down a big dinosaur, versus a mad scientist making an even WORSE doomsday weapon than a nuclear bomb to kill something made from nuclear bombs. This Godzilla was fast as heck, cunning, and was the first time we were seeing a Godzilla burrow deep underground and navigate _under_ a city, rather than just totally level it. In a major sense, going the Iguana route was really fascinating to me, esp. as an adult now. Do I hate Zilla? Far from it, he's the reason I love Godzilla today. That said though: I think it's certainly lacking in a lot of core-Godzilla aspects (being way too horizontal, as you stated, not having an atomic breath, and being extremely weak to weapons). Did Toho's monsters look better in the end, absolutely. I think Zilla deserved a C Tier, at least. And with the animated Zilla, a B honestly (because they actually made him use atomic breath, instead of hot sauce indigestion gas from the 98 Zilla film). I think they were awesome to look at at the time they were made (esp in certain scenes with the lighting, because the CGI was stellar for the 90s), and I have a lot of respect for what they were trying to do with the vision of the film being less about a bi-product of nuclear force in the form of an unstoppable monster, and more of a terrifying creature that is trying to live, because it's the only one of its kind (which also made the idea of the baby Zillas terrifying, because a world full of them would be a nightmare!). But I do agree, Zilla is not the best, by a landslide...I do think though Zilla deserved more than bottom of the tier-list. The massive reason we all dislike the film though isn't because of Godzilla himself, I think...it's the human characters...they're all kinda sucky...and that's too bad. But hey, that's just this fan's opinion. Great vid, overall. Cheers.
2:27 Thank you for finally saying this along with minus one so many people keep saying Godzilla skin is green but it’s not in the poster it was. But the original was black or grey, bumpy, and rocky looking to immtate burns people get due to radiation.
I fell in love with Shin years ago and was what got me into Godzilla and he's still my favorite to this day. His design is horrific and his atomic breath scene still gives me goosebumps.
Umm Steve? Be aware you’re using fan made animations for the ani-goji segment. None of it appears in the film trilogy and it’s all done by 華音 or @Canon_MMD. If your aware because of how much Godzilla earth does (which is not much at all) then that’s fine for better shots, but I see no credit for them to their channel.. Link for those who are curious. ua-cam.com/video/28qe6bT8gCo/v-deo.htmlsi=ds1KiWvN771_Jcl3 Good video, just so I’m clear, just giving a heads up.
I actually love the MechaGoji suit, he has so much character and a look of raw determination, and he fights like a wrestler (same with Megalon one). I will never forget the scene of him using lightning to give himself a magnetic charge.
Godzilla Filius and Godzilla Earth particularly are my fave designs form a creature standpoint. I'm sure you know about Biot-Seivart law in biology and the fact that no muscle based organism could ever be larger than maybe an elephant. Having godzilla be a ferromagnetic plant makes so much sense for something of that size. It reminds me of the Socratea exorrhiza with his slow movements and the fact that Godzilla Earth is roughly 20,000 years old makes sense that he looks like an old man. The anime movie series kinda sucked but I do recommend watching them. Kudos!
Godzilla 2014 isn't really that fat though, it's more muscular. It certainly looks less fat than the fat rolls that were on most heisei Godzilla suits lol.
In regards to atomic colors, Legendary Godzilla and Shin fall under the higher spectrum of radiation levels. With purple then pink being on top with a pink level equivalent to first responders radiation levels at Chernobyl. Radiation level colors go from: Green > Blue > Purple > Magenta/Pink
I still have my Imperial Godzilla toy with glorious derpy eyes, he is my center piece on my coffee table, I have him sitting down playing a music box piano.
Minus One looks so much like Heisei and Legendary its like Heisei and Legendary made a baby and birthed Minus One Heisei's Arms, Legs, Thickness Legendary's Scales, Dorsal Plates, Gyattness like literally bro....
The ShoshingekiGoji suit looked great in every single one of it's appearances. Even in Godzilla vs Gigan, where it was visibly falling apart, it still looked very menacing.
Honestly I love the US design (monster verse) at first I was like everyone “oh Merica so fat” but honestly after they slimmed him down I absolutely adored the look of him it to me at least feels like a perfect mix of past and present.
Minus One felt S-tier for me and makes me excited for Godzilla to return to Japanese production. He just is so menacing in this design, the beady eyes aren't as scary as Shin but they're still quite amazing. And also the cinematography of some of the shots made it feel like a suit instead of CG. They captured the classic look perfectly while bringing it into the modern CGI age. And ya as you said, greatest and most intimidating charge up we've ever seen. The whole movie made me excited for Japan to being making Godzilla movies again, and i seriously hope they give that studio full reign to make a bunch more movies
It’s funny that as much as Legendary tristar zilla get hate, all Godzilla design afterwards went from flesh fins to dorsal spines/plates after the film.
Hey Steve, not sure you’ve heard, but there was a short Japanese educational series about the very rampaging reptile, focusing on himself as a baby where he learns mathematics and writing. Would it also shock you that out of all kaiju’s, Mothra is the mother of the group, while MechaGodzilla is the lonesome bully?
99/100 I'm that guy that says Japan did it better. But this one time, I say KOTM Godzilla is my favorite Godzilla design. And I like her personality most too. Favorite era tho is Showa.
Despite all the hate that Zilla 1998 has, I genuinely like it. The design is unique and takes a nice turn on Godzilla, but it’s just so overhated. I really like the movie, it being the first Godzilla movie I had ever seen, and it’s really cool. His roar is good, it’s just the story that’s bad. But overall, I really like 1998 Godzilla
I don’t care who I anger, but every Showa-era Godzilla aside from the very first and the Godzilla vs King Kong one look ridiculous. To spite even more people off, the Zilla design is fantastic. Might not look Godzilla-like, but from a monster design standpoint, it’s excellent
Godzilla Minus One had weird walking animation. It was like he was playing red light green light, coming to a full stop with every step and staying in place for 1 second
While I’m watching there is exactly 555,666 views, crazy!!! (P.S the man in the suit series creeped me out, as soon as I heard the words “this suit” I knew what he was about to show, sent shivers down my spine. Literally)
What are your favourite and least favourite Godzilla designs? Let me know!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters for me, loved that movie
I think my favourite godzilla design is shin godzilla, i just like the purples and the long tail it looks pretty sick
I like all the designs
Godzilla: 2000 Millennium. He’s actually green and the giant dorsal spikes look awesome!
The first godzilla merch that i had was this watch that i don't see since 2021, but i know it's rare
24:00 Just a correction: Godzilla GMK was not fueled by the angry spirits of deceased Japanese soldiers, but rather the angry and vengeful spirits from victims killed by the Japanese imperial army during ww2. So really the spirits would be from areas like China, the Philippines, Korea ect... This was commentary on how the Japanese government had not taken any accountability for Japans massacres and war crimes, and instead had chosen to deny or ignore anything to do with it. Instead the government wants to forget about its actions during ww2 and sweep it under the rug. Thats why Godzilla had such a hatred and lust for revenge against Japan in this movie.
And GMK made by japanese... Kinda ironic or maybe the director not nationalist to Japan.
@@gojiralegendary4009 you can support but also criticize your government, no government has clean hands
@@mpfs-type3613 yeah even America also doing war crimes in Vietnam wars... After all winners write history
@@gojiralegendary4009 the winners write history…….except america lost that war, and films like apocalypse now aren’t made by jingoistic vietnamese patriots.
@@gojiralegendary4009seriously, if vietnam had the same cultural power as the US, then we would see jingoistic and slightly more optimistic movies about how Vietnam gave the French, the Japanese Empire, the united states and china a black eye each.
"the krillin of the godzilla universe"
You know, sometimes one hears something so SPOT ON, that there is no going back.... This was one.
Fr I remember always comparing them together in 2022 when I became a dragon ball fan.
if he is Krillin, who would be Yamcha?
@@The_Str4nger Well, I obviously don't speak for everyone but in my opinion I think for Yamcha's chill mellow attitude I honestly think He could be Varan. And they are both underrated and some of my favorite characters.
@@The_Str4nger gabara in my honest opinion would be gabara... that or minya
@@Misscouchpotato-rodan could be yamcha
Godzilla Minus One definitely looks much smaller than Shin and Legendary. I'm glad they stopped trying to one-up his size like they have over the past couple films.
he is back to being 50 meters tall like in the original
Then again, they’re always trying to size up both Godzilla and Kong without even realizing that the bigger they are, the more damage and death they should be causing.
Agreed, but after godzilla earth, you can't really get much bigger lol
@@gwenfairholm8080 watch someone try to surpass godzilla earth regardless though 😅
@@Kaiju-bm4ts ok that put an image in my head of a galaxy sized godzilla fighting literal black holes, which sounds awesome!
What do you mean Godzilla's D-tier? And holy crap Godzilla being A-tier is just unbelivable.
But Godzilla totally deserved to be in A!
@@jelenasliachtovic you sure you realize what you just said lmao
@@Ezdine_G8261 nah
@@jelenasliachtovicayoo??
Honestly, Godzilla would’ve been better in A tier instead of B tier.
Zilla’s design isn’t actually that bad, it just doesn’t work as Godzilla. I think it could absolutely work as a Godzilla subspecies though
More like a different species of the gojira genus or however you would call a Godzilla genus.
@@YourCasualGargantuanLeviathan I kinda like to compare Zilla as something analogous to a wolf compared to Godzilla as like a grizzly bear or a Kodiak bear in terms of species cause ya know canines and ursine do have a common ancestor if you look back far enough
@@GojiraSteve2019 what?
@@YourCasualGargantuanLeviathan what I meant to get across was that I like to think Zilla (if they were going to make him related to Godzilla in someway) as a species that could be related to Godzilla through a common ancestor but split off into a species separate from the Godzilla line and into its own line
@@GojiraSteve2019 that makes sense. But dogs and bears are genetically completely different but they do share similar traits
I feel like Shin Godzilla's strange body porportions kind of adds to the creepy scary vibe.
Like he dosent look "right" which really triggers a uncanny feeling in a good way.
Yeah it's definitely per design
Especially the massive tail that almost seems to have a will of it's own
35:13 So that last part Chibi Godzilla image into G Tier made me laugh. But that one is from Toho’s UA-cam series Godzilla Chibi and they having a Season 2 on April 10th.
i mean it fits the vibe of "the horrors of nuclear war" very well
All joking aside. It’s cute looking from my perspective.
Ain’t no way Steve just put The Series, Final Wars, and 2014 designs in C Tier 💀💀💀
Imo all the legendary designs would move up a tier, maybe 2021 up to S, finals wars in B
@@calmsquirrel7124final wars in A
@@calmsquirrel7124 21 is pretty much a worse 19, its more grey and rocky
@@233j eh I disagree
@@solarsoda2006nah final wars in g-spot
I love the shin Godzilla design the way he slowly evolve into this terrifying combination
I don't know if this counts exactly, but for me Legendary goji's sound design alone clinches him a top A ranking. The roar is immediately recognizable as Godzilla's while still sounding more "realistic" and organic, and that atomic breath chargeup sound instantly burned itself into my head.
Yeah seems like he didnt even saw the movies
He probably hates anything that America creates.
That doesn't help his actual design at all
@@Cherry_Zilla he literally complained about another godzilla's roar why wouldn't it matter?
@@davidmduccThe design is very basic and lacks personality.
I'll still never get over how badass that one design from the canceled 1994 Godzilla movie is. It looked like the perfect rendition of what a American Godzilla would look like.
I disagree,he looks like a platypus
@@Cyberfan2167he's green like a certain platypus..
PERRY THE PLATYPUS
He looks nothing like a platypus.What you smokin?@@Cyberfan2167
@@Cyberfan2167looks more like a shorter gator snout but I can see how it looks more like a duck bill. There are other designs of the 1994 version that have a more T. rex snout
Shit, not to mention the canceled film villain was so cool. I would have LOVED to see something like Gryphon. At least that sweet found footage series on UA-cam gave us a taste lol.
The Heisei designs are also my favorite, especially the Burning Godzilla suit for how menacing and visually stunning it is, his theme in that movie is also my favorite. But great overall list! I personally have grown to really like the Monsterverse design. I look forward to your review of Godzilla Minus One!
Glad you gave a shout out to some of the suit/mo-cap actors, who had probably the biggest challenge when playing the character.
I did not expect you to do Godzilla, thank you so much! :D
Oh heck yeah, this is just what the doctor ordered for a Saturday night
The reason why Godzilla's dorsal spikes glowed pinkish in G x K, was because he got a massive radiation buff from Tiamat's domain.
In your opinion @detective2221
Yes it is tf? You seem sped tbh it looks so much better than those flappy wack ass suits and the goofy eyes, the movement and expressions of 2014-2024 Godzilla are even above G teir I have no clue why he put them at B
@@LeviMorris-mh5hrLegendary Goji looks terribly dull. There's absolutely no personality to the design at all.
@@RyanG0899 womp womp
@@LeviMorris-mh5hr now that sounds like an opinion. a not so good one I don't know if I can agree on this reason is because you said it's above g tier (unrelated note you spelled tier wrong)
Also I'm a yapper
Shin is what actually got me into Godzilla. You feel a sadness for him knowing he’s in constant pain and is quite literally screaming in pain. It’s a horrible life but knowing what he *BECOMES* which is literally omnipotent I just can’t stress enough how cool this Godzilla is, regardless of some minor design flaws but I think that’s on purpose. He’s not supposed to be like… Comfortable. He’s a constantly evolving pain stricken being that is just trying to die, survive, or both. I think he’s supposed to look stiff and disproportionate because he’s constantly changing and he’s still in his infancy. Sorry for the rant I just love Shin. ❤ You’re obviously welcome to your own opinions.
I mean we'd probably all be screaming in agony if we were evolving that fast tbh.
Also fuckin love Shin's design too.
Same here, Shin also got me into Godzilla.
yeah I love him because hes meant to be a more "realistic" version of a creature mutated by massive radiation, everything is just wrong and the thing looks like a horror show. in fact my favorite aspect is the arms BECAUSE of how scrawny and useless they are, it comes off like a massive birth defect (and the longer makes up for said difference)
Id say that the movie would have worked better if it was about Destroyah rather than Godzilla, since the multiple forms thing is his shtick and there haven't been enough movies with him (and none with him as the sole kaiju). Thats really my only real gripe as him mutating into different things really didnt feel like godzilla.
This is probably the most relaxed and respectful UA-cam comment I’ve ever read
I watched Shin Godzilla for the first time a couple of months ago. It has to be one of my favorite designs. It really brings Godzilla back to the horror aspect. He is the most unsettling version of Godzilla we've seen, from the way we see him crawling on the ground to evolving to what we get at the end. Absolutely well done. I get why he wouldn't necessarily be an S tier for everyone but he is in my book.
Absolutely, since I saw the concept of Goji for the first time I've thought about how terrifying it would be to see a monster like that and its destruction in real life, but Shin Godzilla really made me have chills, his atomic breath scene with his lower jaw splitting in two... blood curdling.
I like how you said "green makes sense for radioactivity" when blue also does. Turns out that different elements actually burn different colors.
But Green is the color associated with radioactivity, toxicity, and Uranium (the most well known radioactive element and nuke ingredient). Green is the color of radioactivity.
@@TheFirstCurse1 Yeah, but reactors burn blue.
@@BertzTriscut I understand what you're saying but almost everything radioactive in media is Green. Ask people what color represents radioactivity. I guarantee you that 99.9% of them will say Green.
@thefirstcurse3123 To paraphrase DBZA Cell "Well good for them, they're wrong."
@@BertzTriscut Funny cause cell is uh green
I’ve seen some portrayals of radiation being purple although I think yellow is more common. Probably because….. Urine… Uranium… sounds similar.
My favorite Godzilla suit is KiryuGoji, My favorite things about the suit are the canine-like face and sleek design, I also love how expressive the suit is and he especially looks great in the comics.
I agree
Hell yeah, the kiryu-goji designs are my favs too
Agreed :] godzilla is fuckin great
True, deserved to be in G-Spot. I don't know why he put him in B tier.
I actually like the gxk design a lot, the pink atomic breath, his skinny build to make him run faster, it’s awesome
Yeah I honestly didn’t get the hate I thought that design was hype and as you can see by my profile pic and you’ve seen dbs it gives of real goku black vibes
@Cody-ps3wy Plus that shout-out to that 2000 pink scaled design too!
11:24
The most epic dropkick in the history of dropkicks!
indeed, this scene alone proved that Godzilla can sometimes defy all laws of physics, he be like: screw you gravity
It was so good they immediately had him back up and do it again.
Minus 1 number one for me, that shot of the camera panning over to his face when he’s freezing up but still charging up is INSANE, and on a less that 15 mill budget, holy shit.
The 2014 deserved B, and KOTM deserved A.
I become a Godzilla fan after watching Minus One, he is the best in my mind.
Nah bro Doughe Goji deserved to be in G-Spot
Minus One kinda looks Similar to Shin Godzilla with mostly the Legs, and Heisei Godzilla and Showa Godzilla for the Head and Dorsal Plates.
i love how calming and therapeutic ur voice is
Very true.
the green little guy is from the show Chibi Godzilla, I think the first episode is on Toho's official Godzilla UA-cam channel.
32:45 Fun fact, The 2019 design was actually made bulkier than the 2014 design, rather than made slimmer.
33:06 The Evolved design was made VERY skinny, with the stomach pulled back, thinner legs, a thin and shorter tail, but the arms were incredibly bulked and the neck had also gone thicker
It's because Adam wingard wanted him to look like he didn't spend that long for a bulky build and the less weight made him more agile
You’re not wrong but I think the reasoning behind Godzilla Earth is really cool. They wanted to make an extra massive Goji but they wanted to explain how a living creature could get so large so they chose to make him based on trees rather than a lizard/dinosaur. He is barky and rigid and he is slow because of the solid construction of his body. Also I personally enjoy the old man look as it adds to the “natural element of the world older than humanity” vibe
Godzilla vs. Gigan was also the last film in the Showa era where legendary suit actor Haruo Nakajima would play the big G.
Godzilla 2000 is probably my favorite. He was my main character in save the earth, and I loved him because as a kid I thought he was cool because he was from the early 2000’s like me
As a huge Evangelion and Godzilla fan i can't help but adore the Shin design, not only because it looks intimidating and goes back to the roots as it name states, but also because of the tragedy surrounding its painful and aggressive evolution.
Shin Goji looks like so much more than a giant monster; it looks like an otherworldly threat: a Lovecraftian-like entity that the main characters struggle to understand, and, according to Hideaki Anno, that was the path its evolution would eventually take.
Mentioned this in another comment, but looking like an eldritch horror is actually why I dislike the Shin design. I think it works perfectly for the movie, and was very well designed for what they were going for (and to be clear, I did enjoy the movie), but I also just personally find it intolerably ugly, and I much prefer Goji to have a more iconic, animalistic design. Early Heisei being my preferred design. I also love Minus One's look, which is basically a cross between Heisei and GMK, but also given a lot of the details of Shin - like the scaring and the patchy coloring on its broken and burnt skin
@@TheRavenArchonkinda cringe ngl...
@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon Not sure why anything I said would be cringe, but you do you.
@@TheRavenArchon You sound mentally ill...
@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon Having a different opinion is not "cringe"
35:16 thanks for puttıng me ın G tier
I don't usually care much for ranking videos, but I love Godzilla and the history behind the designs is awesome to see!
Godzilla Minus One was one of the beat movies to come out in December! I went and watched it four times!
This video has to be one of the best ranking videos I’ve seen of the Godzilla franchise. All of the reasonings for why the Godzilla suits were placed where they were are extremely solid and reasonable, and I respect all the choices that I both agreed and disagreed with.
Really good list and a really good video. It goes to show how much care and love goes into this franchise from you. Great job.
Nah it's bad cuz he put one of the best Godzilla Designs in mid tier like legendary Godzilla
@@SnakePliskin911 Again, even if I personally disagree with the placement, he gives solid examples and reasoning why he did that.
@@themanageriguesshe rushed through that shit lmao, he ranked based on nostalgia
10:24 important to note that Gemstonegoji and FinalGoji are now being used for G-Fest films, so it could soon "outuse" this Goji
35:20 Putting Chibi Godzilla in the G tier is so Based
I would definitely rank Godzilla Ultima way higher in A tier.
Agreed
just made the same comment and then went to look to see if anyone else felt the same. D is crazy, it's such a good design.
The little guy is Chibi Goji which is a Goji used to introduce kids to the big guy himself
There's coloring books
Music CDs
Books
And short OVA's
Ect.
Thank you I came to the comments trying to find where the lil guy was from
Well…. It pretty much looks nothing like Godzilla in fact it looks like a little green monkey, I prefer the older Japanese kid’s Godzilla which was just a tiny cute cartoonish version of then current Godzilla I wonder why they stopped doing those
@@Cody-ps3wy Godziland is goated
Chibi Goji seems the son of Godzilla.
“I have a dream that I will become a big monster someday and want my father, Godzilla, to hug me.” From official website.
Shin Godzilla is a masterpiece of Godzilla design. He’s basically what they would have been going for in ‘54 if they could have. Minus One is a close second. Both are also EXCELLENT films, although Shin can be slow at times. As far as the old suit Godzillas, the ‘62 vs King Kong is my favorite.
I love the Megaro design. Definitely peak “good guy” Godzilla.
*peak kid friendly
Hideaki Anno's Shin Godzilla had the coolest design. Most interesting concept too how they made it evolve in a really gruesome way. Theres art that shows how its "final" form wouldve looked and its so cool how the tail turned into a head as well, and the smaller humanoid things coming off the tail at the end of the movie. I really liked that idea. My personal favorite Godzilla.
FINALLY I WAITED THIS VIDEO SINCE I WAS BORN!!!!
Sad to see it was a pretty disappointing review
Yea true
Ive had it with the zilla slander. That design is amazing. Admittedly it doesnt exactly scream godzilla but it does scream fucking dope
4:41 I never really thought he would mention the man in the suit
Analog horror meme came before the 'Man in the suit' thing.
even if zilla was hated on for being not godzilla, he will always be my favorite. I just really enjoy the appearance and different take on the character
9:14 I’m so happy you added Jirahs 😊
The really sad thing about Tora-Goji is that there WAS an honest-to-God traditional Godzilla designed and modeled, along with a completely different script that had him facing a fire-bird sort of monster (I think the opponent’s name was Griffon, but don’t quote me on that), but it all got scrapped once Roland Emmerich replaced the original choice for director. Emmerich has openly stated that he knew nothing about Godzilla and had no intention of doing any sort of research to at least get some basics down, and thought the whole concept was stupid which is why he went with a disaster movie approach, on top of that being his specialty. But like most things, the original ‘98 concept made its way to the internet, and he looks FANTASTIC. He’s greenish instead of black or charcoal colored, but he looks like a very cool spin on the Heisei model, upright but with less folds and wrinkles in his skin (especially on the legs) and a mouth that looks like it took a hint of inspiration from the American alligator. Emmerich not only disrespected the hell out of Big G with GINO, but denied us one of the coolest looks ever designed for him.
You should do a review on Primal by Genndy Tartakovsky, it fits your channel and its also a great series
(except for the last 5-10 minutes)
I've asked him before, so I'm glad others are joining in.
Thanks for giving a photo I took of Godzilla on the set of GMK exposure here. Such an honor.
3:30 I can't stop laughing at this part of the video
Some of the reasons for putting certain suits in place sis very weird, like saying a bunch of positives about the singularity point Godzilla, then saying how he is super big from the waist down and his face looks weird in the front puts him all the way down in D tier. I’m just more or less confused on how the ratio of good vs bad goes into the ranking.
Shin is my favorite design since he has numerous forms, and his fourth form is badass. God forbid what his 5th form looks like. I don’t remember where I read this, but one of Minus One’s details is that he has scars and burns instead of reptilian scales, as he is a personification of grief.
My favorite versions of the King of the Monsters:
Legendary Godzilla
(2014-2019-2021-2023-2024)
Minus One Godzilla
(2023)
Shin Godzilla
(2016)
Final wars in c teir is a crime he was one of if not the most menacing and scary Godzilla
Minus One >>>>>
For all Godzilla movies and an animated series in decades, he’s never getting old whatsoever. Happy 70th Anniversary, Most Destructive Even Favorite Monster around.
The Godzilla after the show version like the first one like I don’t know how you say it, but just because he’s not Derby he was just sleeping for too long. That’s why his eyes are so chirpy
The victory dance and tail-slide drop-kick are peak cinema!
Nice to see someone else make the Krillin and Anguirus comparison. They can't always keep up, but we still love them both.
As someone who became engrossed into Godzilla movies early on, the 98 Zilla Godzilla holds a special place in my heart. It was the first Godzilla movie I'd ever seen, and I immediately loved what it was. I loved the look, the sounds, the speed, the music, all of it was a spectacle...which is probably why it fell flat, in the end (with the jets and all). It wasn't trying to give a message through the character like '54 Gojira, or the later Shin Gojira and Minus One Gojira...it's a spectacle monster, like those of the Showa Era, nothing to see here but good times, laughs, and/or action! That was it's flaw; too much about the spectacle, not enough about the seriousness of the situation the movie presented (i.e. a new mutant creature that is practically unstoppable, and is multiplying like wildfire).
I definitely think his portrayal in that movie was absolutely weak, and yet: I loved how much more natural of an approach Tri-Star was going with Godzilla in that one; more of a survivor/scavenger, rather than a nuclear blast needing a doomsday sci-fi device that isn't real to kill the monster. I can appreciate the realism of jet fighters taking down a big dinosaur, versus a mad scientist making an even WORSE doomsday weapon than a nuclear bomb to kill something made from nuclear bombs.
This Godzilla was fast as heck, cunning, and was the first time we were seeing a Godzilla burrow deep underground and navigate _under_ a city, rather than just totally level it. In a major sense, going the Iguana route was really fascinating to me, esp. as an adult now.
Do I hate Zilla? Far from it, he's the reason I love Godzilla today. That said though: I think it's certainly lacking in a lot of core-Godzilla aspects (being way too horizontal, as you stated, not having an atomic breath, and being extremely weak to weapons).
Did Toho's monsters look better in the end, absolutely.
I think Zilla deserved a C Tier, at least. And with the animated Zilla, a B honestly (because they actually made him use atomic breath, instead of hot sauce indigestion gas from the 98 Zilla film). I think they were awesome to look at at the time they were made (esp in certain scenes with the lighting, because the CGI was stellar for the 90s), and I have a lot of respect for what they were trying to do with the vision of the film being less about a bi-product of nuclear force in the form of an unstoppable monster, and more of a terrifying creature that is trying to live, because it's the only one of its kind (which also made the idea of the baby Zillas terrifying, because a world full of them would be a nightmare!).
But I do agree, Zilla is not the best, by a landslide...I do think though Zilla deserved more than bottom of the tier-list. The massive reason we all dislike the film though isn't because of Godzilla himself, I think...it's the human characters...they're all kinda sucky...and that's too bad.
But hey, that's just this fan's opinion.
Great vid, overall. Cheers.
Not putting shin Godzilla into G tier is a crime against humanity.
2:27 Thank you for finally saying this along with minus one so many people keep saying Godzilla skin is green but it’s not in the poster it was. But the original was black or grey, bumpy, and rocky looking to immtate burns people get due to radiation.
2023/2024 is a great year for us Godzilla fans. I can't wait for future projects from both ToHo and legendary 🔥🔥🔥
Facts we got a well written Godzilla film and a turn your brain off fun Monkey Lizard team up film. lol.
I fell in love with Shin years ago and was what got me into Godzilla and he's still my favorite to this day. His design is horrific and his atomic breath scene still gives me goosebumps.
Umm Steve? Be aware you’re using fan made animations for the ani-goji segment. None of it appears in the film trilogy and it’s all done by 華音 or @Canon_MMD. If your aware because of how much Godzilla earth does (which is not much at all) then that’s fine for better shots, but I see no credit for them to their channel..
Link for those who are curious.
ua-cam.com/video/28qe6bT8gCo/v-deo.htmlsi=ds1KiWvN771_Jcl3
Good video, just so I’m clear, just giving a heads up.
Yea I was wondering if he had liked pulled up some low quality game or something because what he showed Looked really bad.
The 1998 Godzilla is one of my favorite designs
I actually love the MechaGoji suit, he has so much character and a look of raw determination, and he fights like a wrestler (same with Megalon one). I will never forget the scene of him using lightning to give himself a magnetic charge.
Godzilla Filius and Godzilla Earth particularly are my fave designs form a creature standpoint. I'm sure you know about Biot-Seivart law in biology and the fact that no muscle based organism could ever be larger than maybe an elephant. Having godzilla be a ferromagnetic plant makes so much sense for something of that size. It reminds me of the Socratea exorrhiza with his slow movements and the fact that Godzilla Earth is roughly 20,000 years old makes sense that he looks like an old man. The anime movie series kinda sucked but I do recommend watching them. Kudos!
Godzilla 2014 isn't really that fat though, it's more muscular. It certainly looks less fat than the fat rolls that were on most heisei Godzilla suits lol.
Heisei Goji wasn't fat
Shin Godzilla was very fat
In regards to atomic colors, Legendary Godzilla and Shin fall under the higher spectrum of radiation levels. With purple then pink being on top with a pink level equivalent to first responders radiation levels at Chernobyl.
Radiation level colors go from:
Green > Blue > Purple > Magenta/Pink
I still have my Imperial Godzilla toy with glorious derpy eyes, he is my center piece on my coffee table, I have him sitting down playing a music box piano.
Minus One looks so much like Heisei and Legendary
its like
Heisei and Legendary made a baby and birthed Minus One
Heisei's Arms, Legs, Thickness
Legendary's Scales, Dorsal Plates, Gyattness
like literally bro....
Gyattness😂
@@Christ.Is.King723 yeh Legendary Godzilla has some of the biggest GYATT ive ever seen haha🤣🤣
Gyattness……😂💀
So glad when I saw you in my notifications again. GODZILLA ON TOP 💪
The ShoshingekiGoji suit looked great in every single one of it's appearances. Even in Godzilla vs Gigan, where it was visibly falling apart, it still looked very menacing.
Honestly I love the US design (monster verse) at first I was like everyone “oh Merica so fat” but honestly after they slimmed him down I absolutely adored the look of him it to me at least feels like a perfect mix of past and present.
Shin Godzilla is my personal favourite Godzilla design with minus one right behind.
Steve: I’m a Godzilla fan
Also Steve: *Millennial* era
Also Also Steve: Doesn’t know Chibi Godzilla
Minus One felt S-tier for me and makes me excited for Godzilla to return to Japanese production. He just is so menacing in this design, the beady eyes aren't as scary as Shin but they're still quite amazing. And also the cinematography of some of the shots made it feel like a suit instead of CG. They captured the classic look perfectly while bringing it into the modern CGI age. And ya as you said, greatest and most intimidating charge up we've ever seen. The whole movie made me excited for Japan to being making Godzilla movies again, and i seriously hope they give that studio full reign to make a bunch more movies
It’s funny that as much as Legendary tristar zilla get hate, all Godzilla design afterwards went from flesh fins to dorsal spines/plates after the film.
1989 eyes actually made it look iconic and it made him look much more recognizable
Hey Steve, not sure you’ve heard, but there was a short Japanese educational series about the very rampaging reptile, focusing on himself as a baby where he learns mathematics and writing.
Would it also shock you that out of all kaiju’s, Mothra is the mother of the group, while MechaGodzilla is the lonesome bully?
I swear this is the first vid I've seen with a face reveal. Nice to see ya, Steve.
YESSIR! ALL HAIL THE KING! 🫅🫅🫅🫅🫅🫅
99/100 I'm that guy that says Japan did it better. But this one time, I say KOTM Godzilla is my favorite Godzilla design. And I like her personality most too. Favorite era tho is Showa.
Yes! More Godzilla content, please!
Personally I like The 2000 godzilla best, It just goes hard
Legendary godzilla not being at least A tier is actually crazy
Ooo
"idfk where this little guy came from, g tier" is the most fitting reaction possible to chibi goji.
6:44 Goji when the thing you did wasn't very cash money
Im very late to this but with the new Godzilla movie coming soon I wish to see anguirus... it's been 20 years since we last saw him in a movie...
The 2014 design will always be peak
One of my favorites too.
Agreed
Me when I lie
@@endorphin1261 me when I disagree and call the other person a liar
@@YodaOnABender you have trash taste tbf
Nah your underrating Legendary, one of the best designs of Godzilla of all time. Looks way more symmetric than most
19:48 I had that toy set as a kid. And the portable video game where you had to destroy the military under water, while they attack from every angle.
Despite all the hate that Zilla 1998 has, I genuinely like it. The design is unique and takes a nice turn on Godzilla, but it’s just so overhated. I really like the movie, it being the first Godzilla movie I had ever seen, and it’s really cool. His roar is good, it’s just the story that’s bad. But overall, I really like 1998 Godzilla
Hail to the king of the monsters 👑. Im a big fan of Godzilla and he will always be my favorite movie monster.
I don’t care who I anger, but every Showa-era Godzilla aside from the very first and the Godzilla vs King Kong one look ridiculous. To spite even more people off, the Zilla design is fantastic. Might not look Godzilla-like, but from a monster design standpoint, it’s excellent
Respect
I agree.
Legendary’s design is my absolute personal favourite, especially the KotM. Just perfection!
Godzilla Minus One had weird walking animation. It was like he was playing red light green light, coming to a full stop with every step and staying in place for 1 second
5:41 when someone talks smack about me from behind my back
While I’m watching there is exactly 555,666 views, crazy!!! (P.S the man in the suit series creeped me out, as soon as I heard the words “this suit” I knew what he was about to show, sent shivers down my spine. Literally)