Godzilla Reminisces -- WIP Animation Update
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2023
- An update to • Godzilla Goes for a Sw... that I've made over the past few months. I'm only sharing this preview because there's no telling how long it will take to complete the whole thing.
I wanted to get deeper into Godzilla as a character, contrasting his past life as a mere animal with his post-mutation monster self. Most kaiju have some kind of character or personality, especially in more comedic media. In serious media, it can be hard to balance characterizing the kaiju while still keeping them monsters, i.e. distant and mysterious to our human understanding.
Many versions of Godzilla portray him as a mutated animal who gained fantastical powers while losing everything else, mainly his "people" and his place in the world. This is my preferred interpretation. He represents a mixture of nature and technology, mythology and science, and the progressive and destructive side of humanity all in one. His transition between the two lives and his loss is a somewhat under-explored side of him, because while he's a monster, he still has animal and human-like attributes that inform both his appearance and behavior.
I like to imagine the nuclear bombs didn't just make him powerful, but gave him a boost in sentience and cognition, enough to realize and comprehend his own tragedy and develop lasting feelings over it, but not enough to understand why it happened and how he could cope. He was thrust into the role of a living symbol, representing forces and events beyond his understanding and control, but a part of him just wants to go back to his old life. So this animation shows him returning to his old island and sea home to relive memories and perhaps pay respects to his bygone life and fellow semi-aquatic dinosaurs.
His dinosaur form was not based on any existing Toho-approved design like the 1991 Godzillasaurus, but more on paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter’s thought experiment from 1998 about what a more dinosaur-like Godzilla could look like, vaguely inspired by the deep-skulled abelisaurs. I also wanted to keep his light-up dorsal plates, which could be used for communication or display, with each specimen having their own light pattern. I added more color to them too, such as display spots on their throats, but it's hard to see because of the water effects.
To further differentiate pre- and post-mutation Godzilla, I gave the dinosaurs slightly more crocodile-like side to side swimming motions, while the mutated Godzilla has a more ungainly swimming technique that looks more like an awkward human, representing that he's not a natural animal anymore suited for a natural habitat.
This animation is still very far from being finished, this is only one third of a work-in-progress animation, with some unfinished shots. Most of the shots from the previous video have been updated to fix some bugs, but certain ones still need to be fixed and re-rendered. There are a couple of animation shortcomings I can't do much about, like the scale and resolution of the ocean waves and the hokey looking droplet effects. These are the best I can do with my hardware. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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For those that may not know, the original Godzilla (Gojira 1954) was an ancient semi aquatic reptilian creature that used to live in a colony of others within his kind. Before the destruction and mutation of the bomb, they lived in deep sea caverns rather peacefully. In the film the village elders of odo island speak of Godzilla as an old sea monster in their folk lore that was feared with the belief that it would rise from the ocean and devour humanity. When times for fishing were hard, the village would have tie girls to rafts and send them out to sea as a sacrifice to appease Godzilla. As the bomb was finally dropped, the home that the creatures lived in were was destroyed and many of the other gojira were killed. Godzilla himself being the only survivor at the time was burned, scarred, and irritated into a kaiju. It’s home gone and relatives dead, this creature would lash out on the surface world and destroy any boats at sea before rampaging through the city. Here Godzilla alone only has the comfort of being in the depths of the ocean and memories of the others he lived with.
And, Godzilla raids again gaves a new Godzilla
@@Raptor-hj9pu yes it did
but if the atomic bomb gave Godzilla powers why did it kill his group?
@@jackhamilton9604 he simply was the exception. Or at least at the time with others mutating some time afterwards.
So did the ancient reptilian creatures look like how godzilla is in 1954? or where they different?
Showing Godzilla as an actual animal is something not done very often... I love it!
you really think something as big of godzilla would be able to move like that throughout the water gracefully 💀💀 godzilla does not act "animalistic" in the movies because it is far from a regular animal, and trying to shape it out to be is simply not the way to go.
nuff said, this animation is great and i do love the approach it brings, but this comment was so backhanded its like u dont even know what godzilla is
@@vey4339 Let me teach you about a little thing called "suspension of disbelief".
@@vey4339he meant pre-mutation Godzilla. You’ll notice in the video that while pre-mutant Goji swims elegantly like a crocodile, post-mutant Goji has a more ungainly and unnatural swimming style due to his deformed limbs and body.
it was done in 1998, but we all know how that turned out
“I was the last of my kind… and *you* turned me into the first…”
“That is why I punish you.”
“Because I didn’t think I could be made any lonelier.”
godzilla acting as a whale pays homage to his translation to his name being translated as "Gorilla whale"
it's genius and it is beautiful.
Yeah
Ahh yes, this is the type of animation that makes me greatly appreciate this fandom. Godzilla as an animal, reminiscing what was taken from him and giving us a look at what they looked like before the bomb (which is why Godzilla looks as disfigured and burnt as he does). Its such a tragedy 😢
Yeah
i thought bro was just some kinda lizard
@@PDr0bloxonly in the 1998 film. In the 1954 original, he’s the last of a species of semi-aquatic dinosaur, which is what this video portrays.
@@PDr0blox I mean in the first film he was a mutated Gojirasaurus, witch hadn't been discovered yet, so I mean, 50's dinosaurs were weird
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The underwater sequence is breathtaking!
How has no one commented on this yet?! Anyways hi dangerville
Fancy to see you here dangerville
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Man this is something I wanted for a while, kaijus portrayed as animals and living their lives rather then fighting something every 17 minutes
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its refreshing
Even a single frame of this animation looks like a piece of art.
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Because it is
@@kubikkuratko188 correct answer for this bozo
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@@joeysullivanTM ok bozo
"If my ancestors could see me now..."
Showing his kind talk to each other through bio-luminescence is an awesome touch
The feels hit me like a god damn truck. Back when godzilla perhaps had a family he loved makes me feel bad for the big guy. A mate he loved, Perhaps he has a little sister he would protect, a brother who would watch his back. Perhaps he did have all of these things and knowing that he’s the last of his kind breaks his big atomic heart.
Not just that, look at how different he is compared to the past. Where he once was elegant and streamlined for life in the water, he’s now ungainly and deformed.
I really hope they do something similar in feature films and explore more of his backstory and origins (family and loved ones) in the Monsterverse!
It’d really add some emotional dimension and empathy for his character!
I love how Godzilla's dorsal fins glow green when greeting another one of his kind.
I like the idea that the dorsal fins can glow different colours depends on Godzilla's emotions
Maybe the green signals love, friendly or happiness
And maybe blue signals despair...
You're not wrong the colour blue usually signifys sadness and despair.
You can see a skeleton at 1:21 which I think it belongs to other Godzilla species
So I guess Godzilla’s sad that he lost his love and he’s the last of his kind
There are very few people who are capable of making something hilarious and make something else that's just beautiful and emotional
You're one of them
Yeah
hey im godzilla
Disagreed... Many in this fandom can do so
@@claymationgloves3662 I'm talking about overall
@@Devils_Lair_Comics even overall I've managed to see tv shows do that.
I always loved the idea of exploring Godzilla's status as not just a mutation, but the last of his species. It's a part of him that never gets to much detail. The concept of Godzilla being alone and depressed is a fascinating one, and it also emphasizes the importance of Minya/Godzilla Jr's role in Goji's life. You've captured to concept beautifully, and I hope you expand upon it in the future.
The best example in existing Godzilla media is the Heisei era, and that’s part of why it’s my favorite era and incarnation of the big G. In recent works like Shin, Earth and SP, I feel like Toho’s forgetting that tragic aspect of Godzilla’s character with him simply being an unstoppable menace without much character or personality aside from destroying everything around him, and while that’s not necessarily a bad thing I would prefer if we did get a Goji with a bit more depth. I know there’s the “who will know” song for shin but that’s where they break the rule of “show, don’t tell.” Without that song we’d have only Godzillas actions to base his emotions/thoughts off, and Shin was as active and dynamic as a piece of cardboard.
Funny enough, I feel like Monsterverse Goji is currently handling that aspect better than Toho’s recent versions. We’ve seen he has a softer side and is somewhat sympathetic, even if for brief moments. I hope future installments explore that side of him more, maybe by introducing a Monsterverse Godzilla Jr for him to care for. The thing with MV Goji is even though he’s not a mutated animal anymore, he’s still the last of his kind and that must weigh on him at least a little.
@@andrewcrowley6331 hats off to this shit, let bro cook. Toho really is not using Godzilla as a character to his greatest potential. He’s not just “HAHA BEEG MOSTER SMASH LOL” the way Earth and Singular Point have. He’s a deeply trauma-filled *character* with his own thoughts and personality.
There's a kind of sadness in this beauty. He's the last one. The rest are gone, never to return. How angry he must feel that humans now dominate, while all he's left with is the crushing weight of solitude.
My eyes are actually watering. The animation is beautiful
The scenery is incredible
And the actual video idea is amazing
UltraGodjira. +
You're not alone, this was very poignant. Echoes from long eons past.
Same the music,it sad that hes alone now
Reminiscing of when he's kind ruled not just the sea, but the world… Only to be a memory, a sad, sad memory.😢
I love the fact that you made each Godzilla different from the other, and each one had a different colored glow. As well as how each one was either different colored different shaped head. All of them were unique; one was not the same as the other. 🥹 it was all beautiful.
One thing I noticed is that the other members of Godzilla’s species are smoother than the 54 G. This is something the original designers were intentional about in some content about the 54 film to show that his skin isn’t naturally bumpy but received that texture due to burns from the blast. I really liked that attention to detail
I'm tearing up, this is the kind of stuff I would love to see in a Godzilla feature film! Seeing Godzilla reminiscing about interacting with other individuals of his species and not terrorizing a city while civilians run in terror as the military tries to stop him.
That last scene is just heartbreaking. He remembers the good times before he was turned into what he is now. Fine work as always my dude.
This...this is not just a video this is ART
Vrahno, I love this scene. As a Godzilla fan myself, this plays out more than we expected. It's amazing, majestic, and almost tearing up a bit.
As for Godzilla, with the brown irises, he looks a bit like BioGoji. As for the Godzillasaurs, you made them into what they were supposed to look like.
Very beautiful, And I always liked the more tragic story of the 1954 Gojira, Nice work Vrahno
Edit: I also noticed you removed the grainy look from godzilla that emulated the 1954 one
Edit 2: I guess Godzilla Gets A TH-cam Award is going to be put in the background, Atleast that's what i got from this, Though the way this animation is turning out is extremely graceful, So i don't have a big problem with it.
Yeah me too
This animation is both stunning and extremely tragic! Well done Vrahno!
man,that was stunning,and Zilla's theme worked so fine!
For a work in progress anomation, you could've ended it here and I would've been perfectly happy, but to know there's more to come makes me overjoyed as a long time godzilla fan. This is a side of godzilla I wish the films would explore.
Edit: the use of the 90's american godzilla soundtrack is a nice touch. While the directors didn't understand the assignment, you can bet your sweet ass the composer did.
The music is a tear-jerking combination of majesty and tragedy and you use it to stunning effect in this short.
Makes me think if Pixar made a Godzilla film. Lots of charming personality given to him here in a vibrant, beautiful world. Absolutely loving this!
Nice inclusion of the '98 soundtrack as well!
good year late but uh
what song is it? the g98 soundtrack is almost 40 minutes long and i CANNOT find this song
What an absolutely beautiful video! Also, really awesome use of David Arnold's music from '98 Godzilla. I've always found it very underrated, and it really captures the majesty of Goji.
I knew that music sounded familiar!!
Yes. David Arnold is a true artist. I always loved the '98 movie's soundtrack. Easily some of his best work.
@@t-siskproductions5367 which soundtrack is it?
@@vartavosproductions8125 I believe it's the one that plays when Zilla comes up out of the ground to eat the fish the army laid out for him as bait. I can't remember the name of it, though. I think it's altered a little bit on the video, though.
@@t-siskproductions5367 Alright, thanks alott
This is a straight up masterpiece of an animation. Just showing Godzilla like a true animal. He's just chilling and swimming minding his own business, with his own kind.
He was a true animal tho. He use to have a species, before they were all wiped out by the bomb.
They acutally weren’t as rugged as the normal gojira almost like dinosaurs. Gojira was the only survivor. And lashed out against any boats he saw before going into The land to seek revenge on those who murdered its entire family “humans obviously” so really gojira wasn’t even a horror movie. It was just an animal taking revenge on humans like some animals do today. There was an incident where a man killed a tiger. And the tigers mate saw from the Forrest. And stalked the man for days and I mean DAYS until the tiger caught him in the open. And killed him.
One thing I like about this video aside from seeing Godzilla reminiscing about the past and swimming amongst his own kind which was also really touching seeing him like that but also hearing the music score that was played in Godzilla (1998) from when that mutated marine iguana first appeared at the Flat Iron Building nice touch and great work to the guys who made this video it was beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful work! The whole Goji family was an amazing surprise! Love the gmk looking one with the green energy and the zilla music was a nice touch. One of the best things about that entry. Looking forward to the finished piece
Yeah me too
godzilla 1998 has some fucking amazing music it literally got the idea of majestic creature being too tall, too strong, too big for the world aspcect of th character better than the screenplay, direction and script of the movie
@@kR-qj7rwexactly. This video proves that it would go perfectly with the proper version of Godzilla instead of GINO.
I like how you made the gojira species look different from Godzilla, as it was stated that the reason 54 looked like that was because of burns from the atomic bomb. Good Job!
Just imagine how good a retelling of 1954 from Godzilla's perspective could be
I hope you make more of these type of Godzilla videos. Or Nature documentaries of Godzilla. Love your animations, keep up the awesome work!
This is absolutely incredible, looks like something straight out of a movie, and the scene itself is so good, wish an official godzilla movie would have a scene like this
Well, an upcoming Toho movie is supposedly set in the 1940s or 50s, so maybe it’s possible?
"And thus, the Godzilla embarks in his yearly pilgrimage to the ocean. Through his colossal measurements may suggest otherwise, his swimming skills are something extraordinary, and utterly graceful. As he joins the colony for the mating season, all males and females engage on their iconic light displays, their dorsal plates becoming the closest thing to a festive light show these cold oceans have to offer..."
I almost cried when noticed all his family was dead, I felt his love to them just in this one video, great work Vrahno.
Watching this makes me feel bad for what happened to not only his home and his family. Simply beautiful.
This is beautiful. The design of Godzilla is very detailed. Also the ending had me crying a bit because it just continues to show Godzilla is the last of his kind and is alone to rule the earth.😢
He may have been the last of his kind, but now he is the first.
Goddamn that was beautiful, each frame feels like a painting. Godzilla being in his original pre-bombing form as he remembers the rest of his kind but then returning to his current mutated self when the flashback fades is one hell of a powerful transition. Easily shaping up to be your best work yet!
This, this is just godzilla art in its purest form, i cant even tell you how majestic this is. Its like whales traveling together making satisfying sounds with some majestic background music… probably one of my favorite animations from vrahno😌
two things,
1: this looks incredible! it looks so good and reminds me of the feel and look of walking with dinosaurs! love you're going for the animal part of him instead of just the monster!
2 :this video is gonna break my heart isn't it ;-;
This was an astounding piece of animation, and I loved how whenever Godzilla swims in the ocean, reminds him of his past and his relatives.
The fact Goji’s species was wiped out by the bomb is sad enough, but the scene with the skeleton of the deceased member of his species, which may or may not have been his mate on the seafloor just makes it more tragic, in retrospect, Godzilla is a truly tragic character.
I love this so damn much, it gives me absolute Walking With Dinosaurs vibes, and I love it for that reason, as well as the gorgeous animation
It's nice to see Godzilla in a situation where he's enjoying life and not fighting for the earth or other Kaiju.
"Who you know" and this animation really captures the tragedy of godzilla beyond its original allegory. A giant displaced and alone, in a world much too small for them.
This looked so nice and awwing, truly a masterpiece, the sad ending plot twist was sad, this portrayal of the gojis as actual animals is so amazing and rare, keep up the great work
This is brilliant and sad at the same time he misses his pack so much like if u were there total happiness losses
I like how he is acting like an animal and also I love that in your animations the characters are so expressive
Hello Vrahno! Glad to see your back in action with wacky and beautiful animations! I was considering what programs would be best to make video games in and I chose Blender because of your work. It looks way more amazing than any other CGI program I've seen. I just love the things I've seen you do with it. I am working on a game that you might like and I'm interested in doing model file trades in the future, so that we can use each other's characters in projects hopefully. Please understand that out of all of the CGI cartoons I've ever seen, I think your style looks the best visually. P.S. Please consider making the cute plush in your channel icon as a Blender Kaiju, it would be awesome if you gave him his own abilities, lore, etc.
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@@mariogodzilla3214 wdym "WTF"
@@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514 Actin like their request was such blasphemy or some sht.
Why are people acting like I said something weird? I just want Vrahno to know how much I love these animations, and of course I am humbling myself, because I still have a very long way to go until I'd be capable of doing anything this good. Also, this was a comment for Vrahno. I hope I get a response.
@@DragonClaw-eg6nj they're just weird
This new season of prehistoric planet looking good
Vrahno is a Master of his Craft!
I love how you depicted Godzilla as an actual animal,just a big dinosaur
we need a full feature film of this in theaters. This is beautiful
That descrption was a treat to read. The idea of fictional characters questioning their "fate" is very interesting
oh my god Vrahno, this is an amazing demonstration on a radical switch in lighting and caustics, the water is simply perfect and Godzilla behaving like a whale is priceless
Godzilla being a natural species is something I wanna see
The Gojirasaurus that was swimming with him and intertwining before fading was probably his mate...now I feel sad for him even more...he must have missed her very very badly.
From how i looked godzilla misses his old life....and he misses his family
We need Sir. David Attenborough to narrate this. It's f*cking gold!
That moment I saw the reflection of Godzilla in each individual bubble was when I started to question if what I was watching was official or not because it was so amazing
This is the first time I'm seeing Godzilla being shown as a real animal - not a monster that just destroys the city.
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thats the idea behind the backstory of the original gojira, its trademark weird skin and charcoal black tone were supposed to be *burned skin* like the victims of nuclear accidents and the bombings it wasnt a powerful destructive action movie mosnter but an irradiated animal striking back as much of a victim as it was destroyer
later movies just ran with the big monster reptile that looks cool but the original film is svery heavy anti nuclear war and goji was supposed to be a victim its amazing no one but vrahno has made an animation like this, godzilla remembering being one of the many of its kind
Reminds me of Godzilla Dominion which against all odds is one of my favorite pieces of media produced from the Monsterverse.
Here we have a godzilla casually swimming of the cost of the Pacific Ocean
There is one word to summarise this: Beautiful
“Monsters are tragic beings; they are born too tall, too strong, too heavy, they are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy.”
-Ishiro Honda, director of the very first Godzilla film.
To be honest, I’ve never seen another fanmade work which captures the meaning of that quote this well. Godzilla was never evil (at least the original version), he is the creation of humanity’s darkest weapon, a manifestation of all our evils come to punish us for our sins. But before all that, this is what he was, a majestic beast living in peace amongst his own kin, and now thanks to us it’s a life and happiness he will never experience again.
Absolutely stunning and amazing on your level of details man.
*This is beautiful*
Am almost cry to the beautifully work, i love this, this is showing the rare wildlife style of godzilla animation that giving us the feel that how godzilla and other kaijus can live in harmony like actual creatures that live on earth both in past and present.
Holy this was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen
I went from “oh ok this is gonna be like a test animation or something” to “oh ok godzilla is the greatest being to ever exist”
Nothing enough content focuses on the fact that Godzilla is simply one example of his species
My favorite piece from the channel
I’ve never seen Godzilla swim so gracefully before , it looks beautiful. Also know I feel sad for him 😢 With how there used to be more Godzillas but know he’s the only one .
OMG this is so beautiful!!!!
My eyes can comprehend how gorgeous this is!!
Definitely will be one of the best 2023 videos.
Wow, that was truly an experience to behold, and its not even finished yet! I can't wait to see the finished product, its gonna be amazing to see!
This reminds me how much I wanted to see Michael Dougherty's idea of a Godzilla movie set in the ancient past.
I cannot help myself... Vrahno, you are so good!
It is beautiful, as it is sad - perfect!
That you animated Yoshiyuki Takani's art from the Introduction to Godzilla book, with a preface by Tomoyuki Tanaka, very, very, very nice and great!
It doesn't bother me that you make animations that remain so far unfinished.
By walking the way, the goal is being achieved!
The graphics the frames the models the perfect movements is just beautiful dude
dude holy fuck, i bet the creators of the 54 movie would have loved this. I remember i saw online a short comic showing a bunch of Godzillasaurs basically going about their way underwater. This is so awesome to see fully animated.
Do you know where I could find that comic? I’d love to read it.
This is stunning. This is genuinly sad, it makes me feel sad for Godzilla. Really brings him back to his tragic roots
I love the little detail of his spines glowing to his theme song
My guy your animations are as always top notch. I absolutely love this take on the big G, spec. the 54 and how Ilya took in the origin of it and how it was theorized abit if with other before the bomb dropping. Looking forward to the next one
Also I just thought we might get a glimpse of when bomb went off and how it mutated him
@@thecatman0w0 yeah
Yea
@@thecatman0w0I feel like that’s definitely gonna happen and it’s gonna be heartbreaking
this is by far vrahno's most beautiful animation. don't get me wrong, i love the high-quality shitposts, but this actually gave me the sad feelies. I want a "walking with godzilla" so much now
I would honestly like to see something like this in a future film. Whimsical, yet tells a tragic backstory about Godzilla’s past and how it expresses that he is the last of his kind.
He's gone from goofy videos, to epic fights videos, and now... to sad...
Yea
This is literally movie-quality, in every sense of the word.
the closest thing to seeing a whole godzilla species alive
Yeah
I’ve always wanted a Godzilla nature documentary!
This is such an incredible video. Showing the life of an entire species of Godzilla is breathtaking. And the animation is amazing.
This is going to be🔥🔥🔥🔥
Holy this was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen
Absolutely stunning. Great to see Godzilla portrayed in a very natural way, with sentiment and a sort of regal heir about him (not tainted by humans intervening).
This actually hit me deep
This was beautiful.
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Vrahno: *Makes Fantastic Godzilla 3D Animations*
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This animation is so beautiful. It's way different than your usual silliness, but man, this is such a sight to see.
I love this, this is a concept that was explained in the 1954 film that Godzilla lived besides some of his on kind before being awakened by nuclear testing. the Heisei series godzillasaurus is not the original Godzilla he was another one of a similar species and was mutated by nuclear testing.
this is... AMAZING!.. ive never seen godzilla pictured like this by anyone, this is awsome!!
i like how it shows his weight when he walk and the qualities and such of the animation
this update to ur wip animation is cool
By reading your description, I believe you have one of if not the best takes on Godzilla as a character! This reminds me of this drawing from some book depicting Goji with a family of his kind, looking up at a flash of light above the water's surface.