Chibi Godzilla Raids Again (TV 2023)
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This is a story of encounters and counterattacks... (これは、出会いと逆襲の物語ー)
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Chibi Godzilla Raids Again (ちびゴジラの逆襲 Chibi Gojira no Gyakushū, lit. "Chibi Godzilla's Counterattack") is an animated children's television series directed and co-written by Taketo Shinkai. Funded by Toho with animation by Pie in the sky Inc., it is the second series based on Chiharu Sakazaki's Chibi Godzilla character, after the two-season web show I'm Home! Chibi Godzilla. The series stars the voices of Jun Fukuyama, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Takuya Eguchi, and Rie Takahashi. It aired on TV Tokyo's Eeny Meeny Miney Mo timeslot from April 1 to June 24, 2023. Episodes were also made available on YouTube for one week starting the day they aired on television, and permanently on several other platforms one week later. Each episode is two minutes and 40 seconds long.
The series premiered with English subtitles on the GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO YouTube channel on April 11, with subsequent episodes posted every Monday until July 3.[1]
Description
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One day, Chibi Godzilla, who lives on Monster Island, found Chibi Mechagodzilla washed up on the shore. The pair's meeting begins an everyday life beyond human understanding for these chibi monsters with abundant personalities! Don't miss the astonishing wars of words contained in these 160-second volumes! This is a story of encounters and counterattacks...[2]
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Episodes
| No. | Title | Written by | Air date | |
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| 1 | "Chibi Godzilla of Monster Island" | Taketo Shinkai | 04/01/2023 | 04/11/2023 |
| 2 | "The Three-Headed Scary God, Chibi Ghidorah" | 04/08/2023 | 04/17/2023 | |
| 3 | "The Resplendent Maiden, Chibi Mothra" | Taketo Shinkai, Yuki Hirokawa |
04/15/2023 | 04/24/2023 |
| 4 | "The Ruler of the Skies, Chibi Rodan" | 04/22/2023 | 05/01/2023 | |
| 5 | "Monster Study Session" | 04/29/2023 | 05/08/2023 | |
| 6 | "The Roaring Dragon, Chibi Anguirus" | 05/06/2023 | 05/15/2023 | |
| 7 | "All Chibi Monsters Attack" | 05/13/2023 | 05/22/2023 | |
| 8 | "The Sage of Grudges, Chibi Hedorah" | 05/20/2023 | 05/29/2023 | |
| 9 | "The Bewitching Rose, Chibi Biollante" | 05/27/2023 | 06/05/2023 | |
| 10 | "Chibi Godzilla's Second Form" | 06/03/2023 | 06/12/2023 | |
| 11 | "An All-Chibi Monster Chorus" | 06/10/2023 | 06/19/2023 | |
| 12 | "The War at Low Tide" | 06/17/2023 | 06/26/2023 | |
| 13 | "A Mighty Monster's Instinct" | 06/24/2023 | 07/03/2023 | |
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Taketo Shinkai
- Written by Taketo Shinkai, Yuki Hirokawa
- Executive producer Keiji Ota
- Co-executive producer Kazutaka Yamanaka
- Chief producers Atsushi Takahashi, Katsuhiro Takei
- Produced by Masayo Saito, Go Miyazaki
- Animation producers Junichi Endo, Yuji Nikaido
- Advertising producer Kosuke Doi
- Godzilla Strategic Conference Akito Takahashi, Tetsuya Yoshikawa
- Music by Yoshitake Wada
- "Godzilla's Theme" and "Battle in Outer Space" composed by Akira Ifukube
- "Mothra's Song" composed by Yuji Koseki
- Music produced by Tateki Kobayashi
- Sound production by Takuro Okada
- Edited by Mahiro Oyama
- Key animation by Kakuji, Ari, Haruka Suzuki, Marin Sasanoike, Yuki Morita
- Opening animated by Hironobu Sakai
- Character designer Chiharu Sakazaki
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Jun Fukuyama as Chibi Godzilla
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Chibi Mechagodzilla
- Takuya Eguchi as Chibi Ghidorah
- Rie Takahashi as Chibi Mothra
- Hiro Shimono as Chibi Rodan
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Chibi Hedorah
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Chibi Biollante
- Reina Ueda as elder Shobijin
- Akari Kito as younger Shobijin
- Sumi Shimamoto as narrator (episode 1)
Appearances
Monsters
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Weapons, vehicles, and races |
Development and production
According to its trailer, planning for the series lasted 10 months and production took about half a year.
Marketing
On March 1, 2023, the Chibi Godzilla Twitter account posted a series of teasers with the phrase "Raids Again!!!!!!" and a date of March 2.[3] The announcement of Chibi Godzilla Raids Again followed the next day, along with key art, comments from the cast,[4] and a final teaser video.[5] A promotion was also launched until March 9 for five participants to win a B2-size poster autographed by the cast.[6] The Chibi Godzilla Twitter teased another news drop on March 16,[7] leading to the release of a full trailer the next day.[8]
From March 20 to 26, a 10th anniversary TOHO animation banner including Chibi Godzilla Raids Again was hung in Akihabara Station.[9] Yet another Twitter teaser was posted on March 23,[10] revealed the next day to be an interview video with Chibi Godzilla voice actor Jun Fukuyama.[11] A short promotional animation was also screened in TOHO Cinemas beginning March 24.[12] From March 25 to 26, Chibi Godzilla Raids Again had a presence at AnimeJapan 2023, including a greetable Chibi Godzilla mascot, a screening of the main trailer, and a large display alongside Godzilla Battle Line.[13] Following the series' premiere, a Twitter campaign was launched from April 1 to 11 in collaboration with the Okashi no Machioka candy store for five participants to win an assortment of confections and a copy of Do Your Best, Chibi Godzilla.[14] The Chibi Godzilla Twitter also launched its own campaign from April 2 to 9 for one participant to win an autograph from Fukuyama.[15]
Chibi Godzilla Raids Again-related social media icons will be made available for download every Monday after an episode airs,[16] and phone wallpapers every Tuesday after an episode airs.[17]
Gallery
Screenshots
Trailer
Miscellaneous
Internet
Soundtrack
- Main article: Chibi Godzilla Raids Again/Soundtrack.
Streaming
Episodes of Chibi Godzilla Raids Again are made available to stream in Japan on the following platforms, one week after their television airing:
Purchase
- ABEMA
- Amazon Prime Video
- Anime Hodai
- Bandai Channel
- d Anime Store
- d Anime Store Nico Nico Branch
- d Anime Store for Prime Video
- DMM TV
- Flat Douga
- FOD
- Hulu
- J:COM On-Demand
- milplus
- Nico Nico Channel
- TELASA
- TELASA (au Smart Pass Premium)
- U-NEXT
Rental
- Amazon Prime Video
- Bandai Channel
- HAPPY! Douga
- J:COM On-Demand
- milplus
- music.jp
- Nico Nico Channel
- TELASA
- Video Market
- VIDEX
Chibi Monster Karuta
As a promotion for the show, a series of short videos entitled Chibi Monster Karuta (ちび怪獣かるた Chibi Kaijū Karuta) began being posted to social media. Each one is in the style of a Japanese karuta card, representing a different kana from the Japanese syllabary and containing a Chibi Godzilla-related phrase that begins with that syllable. The monster represented on each card varies, and each video is narrated by that monster's voice actor from Chibi Godzilla Raids Again.
| Kana | Monster | Phrase |
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| "A" kana | ||
| あ (a) | Chibi Godzilla | Angirasu moshi taberu nara miso nikomi "If you need to eat Anguirus, stew him in miso." |
| い (i) | Ikkai, moe to kokka? "Can we burn something down, just once?" | |
| う (u) | Chibi Mechagodzilla | Uso ka makoto ka tanni denchi de ugoiteiru yo "True or false: I run on C batteries." |
| え (e) | Chibi Godzilla | Eigaka! ...Kato omoi kiya shōto anime da!! "A movie! ...I thought it was just a short anime!!" |
| お (o) | Ōkina kitai ha shinai de ne "Don't have too great of expectations." | |
| "Ka" kana | ||
| か (ka) | Chibi Godzilla | Kanari semeteru jikaku wa aru yo "I'm aware I'm pretty aggressive." |
| き (ki) | Chibi Biollante | Kirei da ne, nante uso osshai "I'm beautiful? You must be lying." |
| く (ku) | Chibi Mechagodzilla | Kuriketto kyōgi jinkō san'oku nin "There are 3 million cricket players." |
| け (ke) | Chibi Mothra | Ke ga… ke ga… detemasu…. "My hair… my hair… is sticking up…." |
| こ (ko) | Chibi Hedorah | Kōni no natsu ga ichiban tanoshī rashī nō "Your second summer of high school seems to be the most fun." |
| "Sa" kana | ||
| さ (sa) | Chibi Ghidorah | Sā kono keiyakusho ni sain o shite... ne? "Now just sign this contract, okay?" |
| し (shi) | Chibi Godzilla | "Shio Radon" "tare Radon" nara "tare Radon" "Between 'salty Rodan' and 'tare Rodan,' I'll take 'tare Rodan.'" |
| す (su) | Sumiso de aete miyō kana "Maybe I'll try dressing him with vinegared miso." | |
| せ (se) | Chibi Hedorah | Sekushī satte no wa naimen kara detekuru nja "They say sexiness comes from the inside." |
| そ (so) | Chibi Mechagodzilla | Sore ga Kaijū-tō no yarikata ka-! "That's the way it works on Monster Island?!" |
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Videos
- Main article: Chibi Godzilla Raids Again/Videos.
Trivia
- Chibi Godzilla Raids Again takes its title from that of the second Godzilla movie, Godzilla Raids Again, released in 1955.
- This series premiered on the 10th anniversary of animation studio Pie in the sky, which was founded on April 1, 2013.[18]
- Reina Ueda, who voices the elder Shobijin in this series, previously voiced Mothra's priestess Maina in the GODZILLA anime trilogy.
- Chibi Anguirus is the only character in the series without a voice actor. He instead uses Anguirus' roars, with his actor listed as "?".
External links
References
This is a list of references for Chibi Godzilla Raids Again. 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]
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