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Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse
GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse
Author(s) Renji Ōki, Gen Urobuchi (Supervisor)
Publisher Kadokawa
Publish date October 25, 2017
Genre Novel
ISBN ISBN-13: 9784041061817

Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse (GODZILLA 怪獣黙示録,   Gojira Kaijū Mokushiroku) is a Japanese prequel novel to the 2017 animated Godzilla film Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, written by Renji Ōki and supervised by the film's writer Gen Urobuchi and published by Kadokawa. It was released on October 25, 2017.[1]

Description

この小説は、映画『GODZILLA 怪獣惑星』の前日譚に当たる物語です。 「なぜ人類は故郷である地球を捨てなくてはならなかったのか?」、「ゴジラが出現する前、怪獣と人類の間に何があったのか?」、「そして、ゴジラとの接触・・・」。 最前線の兵士だった者、彼らを指揮する将官あるいは政治家、科学者だった者、あるいは一般市民、幼い子供だった者、一人一人の証言から紐解かれる怪獣黙示録とは―――。

映画本編では決して語られることのない、謎に満ちたアニメーション映画『GODZILLA 怪獣惑星』の前史を読み解く唯一無二の小説が誕生しました。

小説刊行にあたり、映画のストーリー原案と脚本を担当し、小説『GODZILLA 怪獣黙示録』の監修も務めた虚淵玄氏よりコメントが到着![1]

Translation

This novel is a story about what happened before the events of the movie Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. "Why did the human race have to abandon the Earth, which is its home? What happened between the monsters and the human race before Godzilla appeared? And contact with Godzilla..." The monster apocalypse is recounted from the testimony of a people who were soldiers at the forefront, generals or politicians, scientists, or people who were just young children or citizens.

The one and only novel which acts as a prequel to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, explaining that which is not seen in the film.

The novel Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse is supervised by Gen Urobuchi, who conceived the story and wrote the screenplay for the film!

Contents

  • Preface (p. 2)
  • Chapter One: Emergence 第一章 出現 (p. 19)
  • Chapter Two: "G" 第二章 『G』 (p. 112)
  • Chapter Three: Contact 第三章 接触 (p. 151)
  • Chapter Four: Counteroffensive 第四章 反撃 (p. 186)
  • Fragments (2048) 断章 (2048年) (p. 213)

Plot

Preface

To be added.

Chapter One: Emergence

To be added.

Chapter Two: "G"

To be added.

Chapter Three: Contact

To be added.

Chapter Four: Counteroffensive

To be added.

Fragments (2048)

A letter by Akira Sakaki to Daichi Tani.

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races

Trivia

  • This novel incorporates several kaiju whose names were mentioned in the official timeline for Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters first distributed at AnimeJapan 2017 and made brief cameo appearances in the film itself. Numerous other kaiju, vehicles, organizations, and other entities from the Godzilla franchise and the rest of Toho's tokusatsu library not mentioned in any other supplementary materials for the film are contained in the book as well.
  • Anguirus, Baragon, and Varan all appear at the same time in this novel and are killed by Godzilla, likely a reference to the unmade film Godzilla X Varan, Baragon and Anguirus: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.
  • The name of the Type-38 Mobile Combat Uniform Jaguar J mentioned in this novel is an obvious reference to Jet Jaguar.
    • In a similar fashion, the Gunhed 507 from Gunhed is referenced in the form of a mech named "G-HED".
  • In this novel, Godzilla is named after a mythological dragon from the folklore of Odo Island by Kyohei Yamane, which is exactly what transpired in the original 1954 film. Godzilla's name is spelled in kanji as 呉爾羅, which was also the case in Shin Godzilla.
  • The carcass of a Kamoebas washes ashore on Odo Island in the novel's second chapter, and is hypothesized to have been killed by Godzilla. This is a reference to a similar scene from Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. In addition, this monster is described as belonging to a different species than the other Kamoebas that have appeared, and is said to be a 60 meter-long turtle-like creature missing its right hand. This description corresponds to the Showa Gamera's 60 meter height and the Heisei Gamera losing his right hand in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris.
  • Gorosaurus attacks Paris, France in this novel, just as he did in Destroy All Monsters.
  • Zilla attacking France in this novel is likely a nod to the fact that the French were responsible for the TriStar Godzilla's creation in the 1998 film. In addition, Zilla's method of reproducing asexually and rapidly overrunning the human population in this novel is a reference to the worst-case scenario predicted by Niko Tatopoulos in the 1998 film.
  • Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse marks the first appearance of the Griffon from Latitude Zero outside of its debut film.
  • In this novel, multiple individuals of several monsters appear, such as Anguirus, Rodan, Kamoebas, and Baragon. The individuals are often denoted with Roman numerals after their names, but every individual is not necessarily documented. For instance, the Baragon that appears in Los Angeles with Varan II and Anguirus IV is denoted "Baragon II," but no mention of Baragon I is ever made.
  • The captain of the Goten in this novel is Hachiro Jinguji, who was the captain of the Gotengo in Atragon.
  • Many of the ships that appear in this novel are named after vessels from previous Godzilla films.

References

This is a list of references for GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 NEWS - godzilla-anime.jp
  2. Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 87.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 198.
  4. Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 46.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 85.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 117.
  7. Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 137.
  8. Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 138.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 189.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 193.
  11. Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 199.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 201.
  13. Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 203.
  14. Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 208.
  15. Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, p. 211.

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