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Raydhen wrote: Actually this is also related to music scores composed by Shiro Sagisu. I know Sagisu not only from his works within Neon Genesis Evangelion & Attack on Titan, but also Berserk Movie Trilogy, and his score never cease to amaze me (In addition, the lyric isn't always Japanese). The same for Shin Godzilla scores, particularly these two:

Persecution of the Masses which takes point of view of humanity who may or may not view him as God, and pray for God's mercy. Meanwhile Who Will Know (Tragedy) is viewed from Godzilla's perspective, that he's not only abominable personification of atomic bomb, but also its victim. Interesting concept given in almost every installment, we always viewed the Big G from human perspective.

Now, let's talk about ShinGoji design. It's something I would say as beauty & grotesque, majestic & horrifying at the same time, successfully bringing back the 1954 root whilst giving more clear message. In this version, he's not a dinosaur yet carried the saurian traits. Look at his arms, saurian arms normally leaning downwards, or faced each other at all times, but ShinGoji palms are faced upwards by default.

This small detail, coupled with Sagisu's scores above, giving the impression of a sovereign showing his wrath & power he capable of, yet at the same time the gestures revealed that he was in mourning over his fate, depend on persperctive. Combined the two scores? The king of the monsters looks as if he's praying. Simply brilliant, I would say. It's like Ishiro Honda's quote: "Monsters are born too tall, too strong, too heavy, that is their tragedy."

Unlike my first impression which stated that ShinGoji is created merely to scare off the viewer, there's many hidden message once you looks at the anatomy. I don't doubt this is the case. Hideaki Anno clearly put a lot of thought into every little detail in this movie, and it realy shows. There's some brilliant symoblism and imagery, heavy themes, and a subtle environmental message. This could be yet another example of everyone involved in this project trying to make it the very best ghing it can possibly be.