Shin Godzilla

**Godzilla** (ゴジラ *Gojira*), also dubbed **Shin Godzilla** (シン・ゴジラ *Shin Gojira*) is the first and only Godzilla of the ***Shin Godzilla*** continuity, and the first in the Reiwa era of films.

## Nomenclature

### Nickname(s)

Godzilla,Kamata-kun, hinagawa-kun, Kamakura-san, Giant Unidentified Life Form

## Film Information

###  Last appearance:

Shin Godzilla vs. the crayon shin chan (anime)

## Biological Information

### Forms

form zero,1st form,2nd form,3rd form,4th form,5th form,Shin Godzilla Humanoid's

## History

### *Shin Godzilla*

As the Japanese coast guard investigates an abandoned yacht in Tokyo Bay, something in the water attacks their boat. Soon afterward, the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line is mysteriously flooded and collapses. After seeing a viral video showing a massive entity moving in the area, Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Rando Yaguchi is convinced that the incident was caused by a living creature. His theory is initially dismissed but later confirmed when news reports show a massive tail coming out of the ocean.

Later, a massive eel-like creature makes landfall, emerging from the water and causing havoc as it struggles to drag itself along the streets of Tokyo. Before evacuations can be done, the creature destroys everything in its path, causing major casualties, and suddenly begins to mutate, evolving into a form that stands on two legs before returning to the sea.

### *Godzilla 4-D*

20 days since shin godzilla was frozen the reawakens.

***Godzilla: The Real 4-D*** (ゴジラ・ザ・リアル 4-D *Gojira Za Riaru Fō Dī*) was featured at Universal Studios Japan from January 13 to June 25, 2017, as part of its Universal Cool Japan campaign. Audiences witnessed a battle between Godzilla, as he appears in *Shin Godzilla*, and the JSDF from the perspective of a fighter jet pilot.

## Abilities

### Biothermal nature

When he was in his second form, Godzilla was seen secreting a blood-like substance that was seen melting a destroyed car in a fashion akin to molten lava. In his fourth form, Godzilla was seen "Vomiting" a fiery smoke-like substance from his mouth, decimating those unfortunate enough to be nearby, before spreading across the city, whilst preparing his atomic ray.

### Amphibious lifestyle

In this continuity, Godzilla began as a prehistoric sea creature that fed on nuclear waste on the seafloor, causing it to evolve rapidly. When Godzilla finally came onto land, he possessed gills on the sides of his neck.

When Godzilla initially came ashore, these gills leaked red fluid, possibly his blood, likely suffocating in the air like a landed fish would. The gills closed and decreased in size as Godzilla grew and evolved further, but are still present and could be seen glowing whenever he charges his atomic breath. While the third form managed to solve the problems of breathing and locomotion on land, it still had not evolved a countermeasure to over-heating.

Godzilla was not truly amphibious until its fourth form was reached due to its underdeveloped "cooling system". When it went to land, its body produced too much heat and it had to retreat to the sea to cool itself down.

### Atomic breath

In *Shin Godzilla*, Godzilla's atomic breath changes according to how he uses it and indicates how much power he has used upon firing it. He first calls upon the ability after being injured by American airstrikes. much of his body begins to radiate a distinct bright red, that transitions into a violet-purple hue that is brightest at his dorsal plates.

Unlike other incarnations, the atomic ray resembles a focused purple energy beam that Godzilla spews out, the effect of which has overwhelming destructive power that doesn't just simply crumble nearby buildings but is powerful enough to slice through multiple skyscrapers on a whim, bisecting entire skylines. After noticing the American planes coming back for another bombing run, he also transfers his energy through his dorsal plates, emitting several purple rays of similar destructive capacity, targeting both incoming bombs and close aircraft.

Later in the film, after Godzilla has been reawakened from a dormant state, drones are sent to distract Godzilla and deplete some of his atomic energy. Godzilla responds to the drones with another volley of atomic rays from his dorsal plates, this lasts for a short while before he transfers the energy back through his mouth, and the tip of his tail, allowing both to fire independently. Before petering out, the rays briefly shift into a less intense stream of flame, signaling his gradual loss of energy.

The ray has a destructive power similar to the one seen in the Heisei series, albeit with less concussive force, not producing any explosions on impact but rather penetrating and vaporizing most of its targets outright. It is very narrow and focused, almost identical to the sonic beams of Gyaos and able to easily and neatly slice through buildings. It was also explained in the movie that when he uses his dorsal rays, he can "control" or "direct" them to any target he desires due to Godzilla possessing "something like a built-in phased array radar" to "instinctively intercept approaching objects" so he won't have to waste too much energy to attack moving targets around him.

### Durability

In the movie, Godzilla's regenerative ability proved to be very potent that any pieces of his flesh that broke off his body grew into starfish-like creatures. This enables him to reproduce asexually through either fission or even self-mutilation.

Godzilla is also immune to virtually all conventional weaponry, barely seeming to notice when he is attacked. However, Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs that struck Godzilla directly on his exposed back were able to injure him and cause him to bleed, albeit the loss of blood didn't seem to impact his performance.

### Energy absorption and projection

In *Shin Godzilla*, Godzilla's capability to manipulate nuclear energy for offensive purpose is far more advanced than his predecessors, as he not only fires atomic breath from his mouth, but also through his dorsal fins in form of a salvo of atomic lasers and the tip of his tail as a means to attack multiple foes at the same time.

### Physical adaptation

As shown in the film, Godzilla can physically alter his body and methods of attack based on his aggressors, as well as a personal necessity. For example, when humanity's forces successfully attacked from above with bunker busters, Godzilla developed his mouth and dorsal-based rays which decimated his opposition. This ability also changed towards the end of the film and Godzilla began to fire his atomic beam from his tail over his spine, allowing for pinpoint accuracy.

On the flip side, Godzilla's appearance changed multiple times throughout the film. His first visible change is the transition from his first to his second form, where he changes his stance and appearance. His second change is not seen outright, but is the dramatic change from his third to his fourth form, where he loses his orange-red skin tone and smaller stature, and becomes a deep black in coloration, with glowing red exposed parts of his body. Finally, the transition from his fourth to his fifth form is seen briefly, where he goes from his traditional aesthetic to that of a humanoid form. What became of this form, and Godzilla is unknown.

It was noted and hypothesized that Godzilla could potentially shrink or grow wings for airborne locomotion, but these abilities were never displayed.

Godzilla's physical forms, including his fifth form, were visually detailed in the book, *The Art of Shin Godzilla*.

## Weaknesses

### Blood coagulant

During the events of the movie, the protagonist of the film, Rando Yaguchi and his team postulate that since he's a nuclear creature, Godzilla has to cool down his "nuclear reactor" somewhere in his body, and "rapid cooling of his blood may not kill him, but can *immobilize* him" leading to the team's conclusion that they can freeze Godzilla's blood, with the beast freezing as well, using a "Blood coagulating drug".

Yaguchi's team had some difficulties in making the formula but later in the film, they figure out how to make said drug and start production to make the preparations for "Operation: Yashiori", the plan to put the coagulant in Godzilla and render him immobile indefinitely. After producing enough coagulant, "Operation: Yashiori" was initiated. The operation takes place during the final battle of the film, where, after a multiple phase approach intended to weaken and lay Godzilla on the ground, a team of crane arms finally pumped the blood coagulant into the beast's mouth. The first attempt at applying the coagulant failed, due to Godzilla having spare power, which he used to blast the first team with his atomic breath.

Their efforts were not in vain, however, as the 20% of their available supply, they managed to inject drastically slowed his movements. The second attempt was successful in putting the remaining 80% of the coagulant in Godzilla. Initially, Godzilla rose again, but following a loud roar, Godzilla abruptly freezes, unable to move.

Yaguchi's team, later on, discovers that Godzilla's isotope has a half-life of 20, and remarks that it will be gone completely in "two or three years" which spells good news for Tokyo citizens and aids greatly in moving residents back to their homes. Yaguchi, later on, states that "now man must co-exist with Gojira" and since Godzilla will not be frozen forever, states that "Now's not the time to quit, and things are still far from settled".

### Lack of foresight

Whereas most Godzilla incarnations show some level of foresight, to the point that they can plan out attacks, this Godzilla attacks without it, which can enable it to be lured into traps easily.

### Limited radioactive energy

Unlike previous incarnations, this Godzilla seems to have a limit to how much nuclear energy he can use before he must enter a dormant state to restore his powers. For example, using his atomic breath in its focused purple beam seems to quickly deplete his radioactive power, requiring him to enter his dormant state.

This dormant state forces Godzilla into an immobile, statue-like form, which can also be his downfall as he can freeze in locations where his enemies can take advantage of the environment against him. If he fully depletes his energy, he must remain dormant for roughly 15 days to fully restore his energy. Although he doesn't seem to remain dormant for the entire 15 days. Once Godzilla accumulated enough energy, its skin will start to glow red and its eyes will open, although it may elect to remain immobile to speed up its recovery process.

### Overheating

The monster's third form was vulnerable to severe overheating, as seen shortly after it physically changed into its third form. The heat generated was enough to distort the air around the monster, and resulted in it ceasing its land movement to cool down in the ocean. This problem was solved upon the fourth form's arrival, as it didn't suffer from these issues.

### Slow speed

As Godzilla trundles along sluggishly, it takes a long time to traverse greater distances, allowing the human forces to predict his direction and evacuate in advance. This also makes him easier to attack.

### Short Arms

This Godzilla's arms are incredibly short in proportion to its body which creates considerable difficulty getting up, which allowed blood coagulant to be pumped into his body with relative ease.

## List of appearances

### Films & TV

* *Shin Godzilla* (First appearance)
* *Godzilla: The Real 4D*
* S*hin Godzilla vs The Crayon Shin Chan (last appearance)*