Talk:The Great Yokai War

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Mechanical Monsters and Flying Fortress Monsters name?

What Exactly are the names of these two wikipedia apparantly calls the mechanical monsters Kikai but looking up results for Yomotsumono in japanese brings up a bunch of pictures of the so called Kikai is Yomotsumono not the flying fortress Kaiju thing?

I was watching the movie with my friends on Halloween Night and when I saw the Kikai, I thought they look like Terminator knockoffs. Of course I did see the flying fortress kaiju which was the one that carries the fortress-factory on its back. After the movie, I was learning about the sequel of the film "The Great Yokai War: Guardians" which I want to add some facts on Wikizilla. When I was reading about the Yokaiju, It is said that it is similar to the Yomotsumono (the flying fortress kaiju); a kaiju that flies and also an accumulation of spirits that cannot be able to rest in peace. So that's how I know that the flying fortress kaiju is Yomotsumono.
That doesn't answer anything nor provides any proof--Zillaman98 (talk) 01:45, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
I found concept art that calls the machine yokai Kikai but its unclear what the flying monster is called still--Zillaman98 (talk) 01:52, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
I found this tie-in material on Yahoo Auctions - there's a section called "What is Yomotsumono?" which seems to imply Yomotsumono is the giant monster. Yokai and junk are fused together inside of him to form the Kikai.
This is the full passage:
人間に使われながら、感謝もなく拾てられ、邪魔者あつかいされた廃棄物たちの怨念が、加藤の力になって甦った大怨霊なのだ。巨大な廃工場にとり憑いて、その体内で、妖怪と廃棄物を混ぜ合わせた怪物「機怪」を生み出すのだ。
- Les (main | talk) 02:02, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Not even a loose remake

I realize someone involved in the creation called it a loose remake but the movie shares neither characters, plot, themes, or story structure with Spook Warfare. One is about yokai, entirely on their own, teaming up to stop a sumerian demon vampire who has replaced the local lord from preying on Japan. The other is about the human onmyōdō turned spirit, Yasunori Katō, from the series Teito Monogatari, being opposed by yokai and the main character, a human kid, who is recruited to help them and our main viewpoint character. There's a scene or two that harkens back, but a few references doesn't make something a remake. It seems likely that plans changed from remake to original story- one that references other media like Teito Monogatari and even Gamera more- somewhere along the way. Some marketing calls it such, but this is companies just cut and pasting it around, it has no bearing on the stories, and should probably go in trivia. ZeroiaSD (talk) 06:10, 2 July 2023 (UTC)