{"id":34607,"date":"2014-12-08T22:39:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=34607"},"modified":"2014-12-08T22:39:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:39:01","slug":"made-in-japan-godzilla-is-back-after-hollywood-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/08\/made-in-japan-godzilla-is-back-after-hollywood-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Made in Japan ‘Godzilla’ is back after Hollywood hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TOKYO — Godzilla is stomping back. And this time, it’s Made in Japan, like the original.<\/p>\n

The announcement this week from Japanese film studio Toho comes after the success earlier this year of the Hollywood Godzilla, directed by Gareth Edwards, which grossed more than $500 million worldwide.<\/p>\n

Toho said in 2004 it had made its last Godzilla film, the 28th in the series centered on the irradiated monster, which first stomped into the world in 1954.<\/p>\n

Over the years, Godzilla movies fell out of favor even among Japanese fans.<\/p>\n

But the latest Hollywood Godzilla, complete with spikes down its back and a terrifying roar, received relatively favorable reviews in Japan, unlike the 1998 Hollywood Godzilla, directed by Roland Emmerich, which purist fans hated.<\/p>\n

Toho said recent innovations in computer-graphics technology were behind its decision to revive Godzilla.<\/p>\n

The Toho Godzilla is set for release in 2016, before Edwards releases his sequel for Legendary Pictures and Warner Brothers in 2018.<\/p>\n

Toho has not yet picked a director for the upcoming reboot.<\/p>\n

The Tokyo-based company, which owns the rights for Godzilla, declined to say whether it would bring back the man-in-a-rubber suit behind the original Godzilla or rely on computer graphics – or have both.<\/p>\n

Japanese movies such as Toho’s latest, “Parasyte,” about alien creatures taking over human bodies, utilize sophisticated computer-graphics technology although it may be hard for Toho to match Hollywood’s dazzle.<\/p>\n

The widely praised original black-and-white “Godzilla” was directed by Ishiro Honda.<\/p>\n

Other directors took over for the subsequent Japanese works, which at times became absurdly comical, featuring battles with manga-like, or cartoonish, monsters.<\/p>\n

Godzilla, or “gojira,” as the Japanese say it – a combination of the words for “whale” and “gorilla” – was a mutation that emerged from the Pacific because of nuclear testing.<\/p>\n

The giant reptilian creature has crushed just about every famous building in Japan including Tokyo Tower and the Parliament building.<\/p>\n

Japan, the only nation in the world to suffer atomic bombings, has a soft spot for the fire-breathing creature as representing the suffering unleashed by nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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