The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)
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The Great Yokai War: Guardians (妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ is a Yōkai Daisensō Gādianzu)2021 tokusatsu kaiju fantasy film produced by the Great Yokai War Guardians. A sequel to the 2005 Kadokawa film The Great Yokai War, Toho and Kadokawa released it to Japanese theaters on August 13, 2021.
Description
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Ancient fossils sleeping in Fossa Magna have gathered together and transformed into a giant yokai. The destination is Tokyo. Only the yokai were aware of the truth about this invasion, which seems to humans to be a natural disaster. If nothing is done, the world will be destroyed. This can be stopped by Watanabe, an elementary school student in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, who inherits the blood of the legendary monster hunter. Suddenly, the great adventure of the boy who was selected as the "hero who saves the world" and the yokai who involved him begins now.
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Plot
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Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Takashi Miike
- Written by Yusuke Watanabe
- Executive producers Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, Hiroshi Aramata
- Co-executive producers Daiji Horiuchi, Hiroyasu Matsuoka, Yukio Kawasaki, Toshiaki Okuno, Katsumi Nagata, Tomohito Matsushita, Susumu Fujita, Junji Igarashi
- Produced by Korikazu Tsubaki, Misako Saka
- Co-producer Shigeji Maeda
- Line producers Tomoyuki Imai, Tomonori Aoki
- Associate producers Shigeo Minakami, Reiko Imayasu
- Assistant producer Hana Tsuchikawa
- Music by Koji Endo
- Theme song "Yes, Isn't It?"
- Performed by Ikimonogakari
- Written and composed by Yoshiki Mizuno
- Arranged by Takashi Kondo, Yusuke Tatsuzaki, Yusuke Tanaka
- Cinematography by Hideo Yamamoto
- Edited by Naoichiro Sagara
- Production design by Yuji Hayashida
- 1st assistant director Raku Nagao
- VFX supervisor Kaori Otagaki
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
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Appearances
Monsters
Gallery
- Main article: The Great Yokai War: Guardians/Gallery.
Theatrical releases
- Japan - August 13, 2021
- Canada - August 25, 2021 [Fantasia Film Fest]
- United States - August 28, 2021 [Japan Cuts][1]
U.S. release
The American premiere of The Great Yokai War: Guardians took place on August 28, 2021, as part of the Japan Cuts film festival held by the Japan Society in New York City.[2]
Manga adaptation
- Main article: The Great Yokai War: Guardians (manga).
A manga adaptation of The Great Yokai War: Guardians illustrated by Sanami Suzuki began being serialized in Monthly Shonen Ace in December of 2020.
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Trivia
- Director Takashi Miike was planned to direct a remake of Daimajin in 2007.[3] Though this never came to pass, Miike would direct Daimajin close to a decade and a half later.
- Several monsters at the Yokai Yummit resemble American movie monsters: the cyclops from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Pennywise as portrayed by Bill Skarsgård in It and its sequel, and the Amphibian Man from The Shape of Water.
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