T5W#557-Top 5 Thoughts on the Teaser Trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero

The Return of the King is nigh.  Three years after his historic Oscar win, Godzilla is on his way back to the big screen with the highly anticipated sequel to Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla Minus Zero.  And yesterday, the very first teaser dropped at Cinemacon.  It was less than a minute but there’s a lot to chew on as to what is waiting for us in the next chapter of Writer/Director Takashi Yamazaki’s new take of the King of the Monsters.  So let’s not waste anymore time and roar our way into todays Top 5 Wednesday as we check out my Top 5 Thoughts on the Teaser Trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero.

 
#5-Two Years Later

In a short trailer full of surprising moments, we kick things off with a confirmed time skip…and it’s not as big as many including myself were thinking.  The film takes place two years after the events of Minus Zero in 1949.  Not much is known about how things are going but we get an aerial shot of what’s left of Ginza after Godzilla’s rampage.  No reconstruction’s been started probably because of the high levels of radiation left in Godzilla’s wake.  So the scars of Japan’s first encounter with the King of the Monsters are still as fresh as their big defeat in WWII just prior.
 

#4-Koichi and Noriko Return

We don’t see many characters in the teaser but two familiar faces will be returning for the sequel: Koichi and Noriko.  In Minus Zero, these two war weary souls found their way to each other and began a life together, even raising an adorable orphan daughter named Akiko.  Looks like Koichi is still flying the friendly skies while Noriko has not succumbed to whatever radiation sickness that was teased at the end of Minus Zero.  She is wearing an eye patch though so she has been affected in some way. Koichi and Noriko only barely survived Godzilla’s first appearance.  Can they survive another?
 

#3-“We can finally get to use it”

The teaser trailer has English Dialogue (not sure if it’s dubbed or not) hinting that Godzilla might not be the only problem in Minus Zero.  “If the operation fails, maybe we’ll finally be able to use it.”  Let’s unpack this.  Just because Godzilla was defeated doesn’t mean Japan didn’t stop anticipating something like him popping up down the line.  Is there an organization that’s been working on a new Kaiju countermeasure.  It took everything Japan had left in its military and scientific arsenal to take the big guy down the first time.  What else do they have to work with in the last couple of years? 
 

#2-A New Threat?

Whatever that aforementioned unknown group has in store, it might have something to do with that mess we see Koichi flying through.  Looks like some kind of anti gravity force is flinging rubble into the sky.  Could this be that secret weapon?  Is it another Kaiju?  Have Godzilla’s powers evolved once again?  One thing is certain, Japan’s gonna be in serious trouble considering the state its currently in.  I guess to take some pressure off of them, they aren’t the only ones caught in Godzilla’s crosshairs.
 

#1-Godzilla Takes Manhattan

Probably the most striking image from the whole teaser trailer is the final shot of Godzilla marching into view right behind Lady Liberty herself.  Yep, looks like Godzilla has turned his attention towards the US and now the guys who sat out the first fight with him are going to feel his fury.  Now Godzilla wrecking havoc stateside is nothing new considering we have Legendary’s Monsterverse films.  But this Godzilla raising a ruckus in the Big Apple is more than just an exciting teaser, it’s a chance to once again show Godzilla ’98 how Godzilla is done, done, done…ok I’ll show myself out for that Kpop Demon Hunters reference.  Cant wait for November 6, 2026.