| “ | The power of three is greater than the power of one (3 の累乗は 1 の累乗より大きい) | „ |
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Godzilla: The Power of Three (Japanese: ゴジラ の三乗 or ゴジラ3, Hepburn: Gojira no san-jō, lit. Godzilla to the Third Power) is a 2031 Japanese kaiju action film co-written, directed and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. It is produced by Toho Studios and Robot Communications. A sequel to 2027's Godzilla Plus Two, it is the 47th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho's 38th Godzilla film, and the tenth film in the franchise's Reiwa era. It stars Nanoka Hara, Masaki Suda, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada and Hidetaka Yoshioka. The film follows Akiko Oishi in 1978 Japan, with her boyfriend, who run across Godzilla once again, whilst a new, extraterrestrial threat emerges to challenge the giant nuclear monster.
Godzilla Plus Two set an unprecedented level of success for Toho, becoming the highest-grossing Godzilla film made natively and being nominated for six Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Picture. In the midst of production commencing for the upcoming Top Gun-Godzilla crossover film, Toho immediately rehired Takashi Yamazaki to write a script with his wife and co-screenwirter, Shimako Sato, and for him to direct and VFX supervise a third Godzilla film. The duo's story would see King Ghidorah face off against Godzilla. Unfortunately, Sato was hired to direct Shin Mothra, after Shin Rodan became a success in Japan, when Toho wanted a different director after Takuya Uenishi dropped out in favor of smaller scale projects. Yamazaki revised the script with fellow collaborator Ryota Kosawa, and made this film the "conclusive chapter" to the trilogy. Principal photography went from July to November 2028. The visual effects were created by Shirogumi, with Yamazaki acting as visual effects supervisor again, and Kiyoko Shibuya as visual effects director again.
Godzilla: The Power of Three was released on October 31, 2031 in Japan, and on November 21 in the United States. The film received positive reviews, with praise towards its characters, visual effects and action sequences, but it received criticism for its plot structure and tone. The friendship between Akiko and Godzilla gave polarized responses. The film grossed $204.9 million at the worldwide box office, becoming the third-highest grossing Godzilla film produced by Toho. It was nominated for six Japan Academy Film Prize awards (including Picture of the Year, Best Director and Best Lead Actress for Hara), winning two. It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects at the 104th Academy Awards. Despite being billed off as a conclusion to the Plus/Minus series and the Reiwa era, a final installment, titled Godzilla: Synthetic Division, was released on October 27, 2034.
Plot[]
In 1977, there was a funeral held for Captain Yoji Akitsu, with all of his friends attending. One of them was the 32-year-old Akiko Oishi with her boyfriend, Kosuke Higuchi. Oishi works at a fish store with him, and provides financial support for her elderly parents who still worked to this day. The two head out to a bar with two of their friends: Haruo Matsumoto and Satomi Kitagawa. They then head over to a local movie theater to watch Star Wars, a widely popular film at the time. When they get to the scene where the Death Star blows up Alderaan, Akiko gets sudden trauma and flashbacks when witnessing the death and destruction caused by the fight between Anguirus and Godzilla in 1962. The sudden trigger of memory caused her head to start ringing and she had to leave. Kosuke chased after her, asking what was wrong. She just embraced him with tears in her eyes. Kosuke embraced her, stating how everything was going to be okay. He then asks if she wants to get on a boat on Lake Chuzenji.
The next day, the two row a boat on Lake Chuzenji. Kosuke stops the boat to ask Akiko about their relationship. He pulls a ring box and proposes to her. Akiko, enthralled, immediately accepts, but as the two embrace, they notice a large meteorite heading towards the lake. Seeing as it draws closer and closer to them, the two quickly hop off the boat and swim to shore before the rock would make impact on the lake, causing a huge splash, drenching the couple. The two eventually report it to the authorities, and scientists and military officers surrounded and restricted the premises. The scientists at the scene determined that the the meteorite was composed of silver, gold, platinum and iridium, as well as an unknown metal that they couldn't detect in the periodic table.
Suddenly, a rejuvenated Godzilla arrives at the shore and heads for a trajectory straight towards the giant rock. The military, trying to preserve the rock for its minerals, open fire at Godzilla, but Godzilla quickly dispatched the tanks and guns with a swing of his tail. He did stop in his trails, when Akiko first appeared to him in 12 years. The two share a moment, and Kosuke tries to get near him, but Akiko warns of him of the radiation levels. Noticing Godzilla was temporarily distracted, the miners and scientists begin to quickly dig samples, whether it was to try and find what the unknown metal is or if it was for any money they could gain. Suddenly, the asteroid grew bright red, and the rock began to draw in the cars and metals that the people dug up. The most the people at the scene could do was run, as the asteroid exploded. Godzilla, detecting the disturbance, charged straight at the scene, while Akiko and Kosuke watched.
Suddenly, they notice that Akiko's old friend, Kenji Noda, was among the scientists that was called upon to investigate. She rushes towards him, and realized he sprained his ankle. She and Kosuke help Kenji up to his feet, but as they flee the scene, they see the enormous Godzilla tossed back to where he came from through the air. The three look back, as three heads and a pair of wings emerged from the rock. The dragon charged at Godzilla, knocking him aside with its long necks and performed a kick midair to knock him down. The dragon took the skies to wreck havoc, as Godzilla watched over and laid in exhaustion. Akiko ran over to her exhausted friend and put a hand on his snout, and encouraged him to get back up to his feet. Kosuke, shocked, immediately fell to his knees in front of her, asking her if he still loves her. She embraces him, stating that of course she does still love him. Kenji is awkwardly witness to all this.
Godzilla, looking at the trio, lays his tail down. Confused, Kosuke just trails the opposite direction. A screech from Godzilla prompted him to stop at his feet, and Akiko realizes that Godzilla wants them on his back to accompany him. Noda questions the amount of radiation carries on his body, despite him wearing a hazmat suit. Akiko feels Godzilla again, and says that it was safe for normal people. The two others get on his back and he swims towards where he senses the three-headed dragon to be. Kosuke, amazed, asks Akiko what kind of friendship she had with Godzilla. She assures him that they'll get to that later, and would prefer to head to where her parents are.
Unfortunately, where Koichi and Noriko were residing in, Tokyo, was the place of where the dragon was headed towards. When the monster made landfall in the middle of the night, it tore through the streets of the nearby districts. Koichi woke Noriko up in time to make sure they would get to their car very quickly. The duo made a getaway but the dragon, who fired a trio of electrical beams at the concrete road, spotted the vehicle getting away. Wanting to pulverize it, it started to chase towards it on foot, with the duo making several evasive turns and maneuvers. Driving into a parking lot, the couple bought themselves a couple seconds to exchange their last words, affirming their love towards one another. The dragon, having spotted that the lot's entrance was too small for its heads to enter, decides to vaporize the lot with its beams.
Just as it prepared to launch its beams, a blast of atomic heat ray knocked the monster aside. A foot that showed up in front of them, they immediately recognized as Godzilla. Godzilla laid his head down, showing their daughter, his boyfriend and Dr. Noda on top of his head. Before they can have a moment, the dragon grabbed Godzilla by the neck and arms, dragging him through the dirt and concrete. The sudden momentum dropped the three people. While Akiko safely landed, and also caught Kosuke, Kenji wasn't so lucky, breaking his ankle upon impact. They dragged Kenji into the car, with Koichi driving them. Taking a risky chance, they hit the gas pedal and make a beeline out of the city.
The dragon, spotting them again, chased them, but Godzilla grabbed it by its two tails, tossing it aside. The two monsters clashed, with Godzilla losing a hand and one of the dragon's heads losing its lower jaw. Their battle culminated into a beam lock between G's heat ray and the dragon's electrical beams. Because the beams came from three sources, they overpowered Godzilla's atomic heat ray, burning part of his face and making him lose an eye. On his knees, Godzilla wailed in pain, whilst the three-headed dragon roared victorious. Out of spite, Godzilla illuminated his spikes much brighter, and shot a particularly powerful blast of atomic heat ray, wrapped up in a spiral-like pattern. The beam knocked the dragon several hundred feet out into Tokyo Bay, where it started to panic and flail in water. Kenji noticed this as they made their way out of Tokyo, where he comes up with a plan. This was Godzilla's last breath, until he fell to the ground into a comatose state. Meanwhile, the dragon finally struggled its way out of the water back to shore, where it laid rest next to where Godzilla was rested.
The five take a breather at a refuge camp in Yokosuka. There is where they meet up with Shiro Mizushima, where he was working Kamakura as a nurse in an organization for people in need. It's been several years since Kenji had seen Shiro. He was tending to two people, where Akiko immediately recognizes as Haruo and Satomi. The two were buried under collapsed rubble when they were found, so they suffered many fractured bones across their bodies. Akiko, seeing all the death and destruction and Godzilla's unconscious body from the distance, is determined to stop the dragon once and for all. She looks at her parents with tears in her eyes, before heading over to them with her boyfriend's hand clutching in her's. The two confess to Koichi and Noriko about wanting to marry. The two approve and embrace the couple, before Kenji can notify them of a plan to eliminate the dragon.
He called the dragon "Ghidorah," a slight tweak of the word for "hydra." He witnessed Ghidorah struggling to get out of the Tokyo Bay, due to the influx of water. And because Ghidorah is electrical in nature, and electricity likely attracts to one another, he devises a plan using Godzilla as a trap, with an electrical power plant running over while he swims in the middle of the sea. When asked on how to revive Godzilla to peak condition, Akiko breaks in with the usage of nuclear power to revive him. This was in the midst of the Cold War, but Akiko begged at Kenji to contact American forces to ship nuclear warheads. While Dr. Noda conceded, he had to alter the plan for radioactive reactor cores, as a warhead was at a high chance of simply detonating.
This plan is devised through the span of twelve days. Meanwhile, the dragon now dubbed Ghidorah razes through other cities across the Japanese archipelago. The plan is swiftly put into motion, with 5 warhead reactor cores placed in Godzilla's mouth by men with hazmat suits, as well as a load of nuclear waste. Godzilla, through the influx of radiation, opens his eyes and soothly growls at the sight of Akiko. Akiko talks to Godzilla, telling him via hand motions that they were gonna install an electrical power plant on his back. Godzilla gently swung his tail to where the scientists could easily implement the plant. After six days of work, the plant was completed, with sightings showing Ghidorah heading straight for them. Godzilla rose up with his new implementations, and swam to the Sea of Okhotsk, where Akiko and the rest of the crew followed on battleships.
Ghidorah followed Godzilla to the sea, seeing how the power plant was generating more electricity than he could fathom; he made a dive towards the Big G, where the Big G overturned and caught Ghidorah into his arms. The two ragdolled underwater, with Godzilla gaining the upper hand, even tearing off one of Ghidorah's heads. Whenever Ghidorah was attempting to resurface, artillery fire from the cannons of the battleship was stifle him so that Godzilla can drag him back underwater. However, the Soviets quickly caught onto the scene and sent destroyers and battleships to ward off an/or capture the Japanese ship. Akiko could only go so far as reach her hand out to the triumphant Godzilla, in which the Soviet Navy opened fire on him with barrages of cannon fire. The nail in the coffin was where the Soviets sent in a nuclear strike on where the two was fighting. The entire navy retreated, and alarms started ringing. Akiko, devastated, wanted to die with Godzilla, but her family had to hold her back.
She saw Godzilla resurface with two heads and a tail of Ghidorah. She knew he had won the battle, but would probably die as a result from the strike. Suddenly, a giant net of wings dragged Godzilla down, clawing at him mercilessly. The last surviving Ghidorah was at an adrenaline rush and fired multiple electrical beams at Godzilla, stunning him throughout the water. Ghidorah tried retreating by flying away, but Godzilla quickly shot him down with a heat ray. Enraged, Godzilla began his best to tear off the last head of Ghidorah, right as the nuclear strike hit the two monsters.
A giant mushroom cloud now blinded the sky. Akiko could not see anything except the hands of his mother, father and fiance bracing for her. When the dust and light cleared, the only thing that surfaced was Ghidorah's body, ripped of his last head. The Soviet ships corner the Japanese battleship and take Akiko and the rest of the crew as prisoners. Eventually, the Japanese governments negotiates a deal and lets the entire group out of a Soviet prison camp.
In 1979, Akiko and Kosuke get married. After the wedding had finished, Akiko and Kosuke head back to Lake Chuzenji, this by the shore of the lake. Kosuke asks her if she thinks Godzilla is still alive. Akiko answers with a positive yes, stating that Godzilla is strong enough to take the full force of a nuclear bomb anyway. When Kosuke asked why she got so emotional when Godzilla was about to get hit, Akiko shrugs with how she just didn't want to see her friend get hurt to begin with. The two look up into the night sky, with a shooting star passing over them.
The film ends with the body of Ghidorah now sunken in the seafloor of Okhotsk. However, Godzilla was laid in rest next to the body. He reopened his eyes and let out an underwater roar and a steam of atomic heat ray from his mouth.
Main credits[]
- Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
- Screenplay by: Takashi Yamazaki & Ryota Kosawa
- Story by: Takashi Yamazaki & Shimako Sato
- Produced by: Minami Ichikawa (executive), Kenji Yamada, Kazuaki Kishida, Gō Abe and Keiichirō Moriya
- Director of photography: Kōzō Shibasaki
- Art direction by: Anri Jojo
- Edited by: Ryūji Miyajima
- Music by: Naoki Satō
- Visual effects supervisor: Takashi Yamazaki
Cast[]
Nanoka Hara as Akiko Oishi
- Nanoka Hara as Akiko Oishi
- Masaki Suda as Kosuke Higuchi
- Ryunosuke Kamiki as Koichi Shikishima
- Minami Hamabe as Noriko Oishi
- Yuki Yamada as Shiro Mizushima
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Kenji Noda
Hokuto Matsumura and Ai Hashimoto play Haruo Matsumoto and Satomi Kitagawa respectively.
Production[]
Development[]
Godzilla Plus Two set an unprecedented level of success for Toho, becoming the highest-grossing Godzilla film made natively and being nominated for six Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Picture. In the midst of production commencing for the upcoming Top Gun-Godzilla crossover film, Toho wanted to hire director Shinsuke Sato after he was successful on his own Godzilla film. However, per the request of fans, Toho immediately rehired Takashi Yamazaki to write a script with his wife and co-screenwriter, Shimako Sato, and for him to direct and VFX supervise a third Godzilla film in the series. The budget for the film was estimated to be greater than Plus Two; Kazuaki Kishida said how the budget lingered around $28-34 million.
Pre-production and writing[]
Writer-director-VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki
Being a fan of the Showa era of Godzilla films, as well as the ongoing MonsterVerse films, he decided to make a Showa-esque film in his series. The first and most apparent addition he made was the friendship between Godzilla and the lead character Akiko Oishi. While in the previous film, it gave various hints to their special connection, Yamazaki decided to go all-in with it, linking it to Godzilla and Miki Saegusa's psychic connection in the Heisei series. He wanted to finalize the trilogy with a full arc for Akiko, in terms of her connection with Godzilla.
Yamasaki and Sato's story would see King Ghidorah face off against Godzilla. Unfortunately, his wife was hired to direct Shin Mothra, after Shin Rodan became a success in Japan, but Toho wanted a different director after Takuya Uenishi dropped out in favor of smaller scale projects. Yamazaki revised the script with fellow collaborator Ryota Kosawa, and made this film the "conclusive chapter" to the trilogy. Unlike in The Great Dynasty, Ghidorah would be re-rooted back into its alien roots. His design would be slightly tweaked from when he was portrayed in Godzilla the Ride (2021), with wings wings being slightly enlarged, more noticeable fangs in each of his mouths and given more texturing on his skin. The standout action sequence that was the car chase with Ghidorah was a direct harken to The Ride, as well as the brief moments in the climaxes for Godzilla (1998) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
Inspired by the usage of mathematical signs in his previous two films, he decided to use the exponent for his next title, citing how "an exponential growth of power insinuates a real challenge for Godzilla."
Nanoka Hara, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada and Hidetaka Yoshioka were all rehired to be among the film's cast. Masaki Suda was announced as co-lead next to Hara the following week. Hokuto Matsumura and Ai Hashimoto were cast in undisclosed roles for the film.
Filming[]
Principal photography went from July 14 to November 3, 2028. This was in the midst of Top Gun: Godzilla S.O.S. filming, making it one of the few Godzilla films to have another filmed side-by-side. Like the first two films, Yamazaki and the cast and crew filmed on location in the Kantō (in the Aichi and Nagano prefectures) region of Honshu, and the Kansai region for the scenes in Osaka. Because of the significant years that have passed since the events of the previous film, heavy aging makeup was applied to Kamiki, Hamabe, Yamada and Yoshioka. The makeup department was heavily expanded upon, as a result.
Post-production[]
The visual effects were created by Shirogumi, with Yamazaki acting as visual effects supervisor again, and Kiyoko Shibuya as visual effects director again. Yamazaki wanted to finish the harder visual effects work in the five months before Top Gun: Godzilla S.O.S. wrapped filming. This included the three action sequences with Godzilla fighting King Ghidorah, as well as the King Ghidorah car chase scene. By this point, the team had expanded to around 150 artists, and the film had a total of 1,150 VFX shots. Inspired by the usage of motion capture in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Yamazaki used performance capture for both Godzilla and Ghidorah to save animation work for the monsters, though most of the time, they were mostly consisted of fully CG animations; Yamazaki himself portrayed Godzilla, while Kosuke Taguchi, Tatsuji Nojima and Sho Funabashi portrayed each of Ghidorah's heads.
Music[]
Naoki Satō returned to score the music for Godzilla: The Power of Three. Godzilla's theme was changed to be more aligned to the Heisei series' themes, such as Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and Godzilla vs. Mothra. King Ghidorah's theme was taken directly from Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, and his emergence was inspired by his theme in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Tracks such as "Divine" and "Unscathed" would make various appearances in the soundtrack, particularly during the climax when Godzilla was drowning Ghidorah at sea and when the nuke was launched at the two.
Marketing[]
When Takashi Yamazaki won the Oscar for Best Director at the 100th Academy Awards, he promised that a sequel would be delivered a few years down the line. In the Japanese premiere for Top Gun: Godzilla S.O.S., Yamazaki, who was an attendee at the venue, stated that he was working on finishing his Godzilla trilogy. He attended 2030 San Diego Comic-Con with lead star Nanoka Hara, where they unveiled a silhouette of Godzilla and King Ghidorah. In 2030 Tokyo Comic-Con, he spoke with Kiyoko Shibuya about the art of visual effects and how they played a crucial role in this film. The first teaser would be released on January 8, 2031, with the first full trailer releasing on March 7, 2031. The second trailer would drop when he attended 2031 San Diego Comic-Con in July.
Release[]
Theatrical[]
Godzilla: The Power of Three was released on October 31, 2031 in Japan, in IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, MX4D, and ScreenX formats, under the title Godzilla to the Third Power. It was then released worldwide on November 19, before it was released on November 21 in the United States. Just like in Japan, it was screened in IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, MX4D, and ScreenX formats.
Home media[]
In Japan, the film would get its Digital HD and physical copy releases on March 19, 2032. In the United States, the film was released on Digital HD on June 6, 2032, and released on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD on June 21, 2032. The 4K release includes HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision high dynamic range, and a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Reception[]
Box office[]
Godzilla: The Power of Three grossed ¥11.7 billion ($74.6 million) in Japan, $67.6 million in North America, and $62.7 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $204.9 million. Despite being a massive success, Toho was disappointed that it couldn't surpass its predecessor, which beat it by $16.7 million. This was primarily attributed to the usage of a more recognizable character in King Ghidorah, as well as the heightened budget.
The film debuted at number one at the Japanese box office, grossing ¥1.1 billion ($11.2 million) during its first three days. It remained number one at the box office for the next two weeks, until it toppled to third on its third weekend. It fell to fifth place by its fifth weekend. By the end of its run, the film had sold roughly 4.7 million tickets. In the United States and Canada, the film opened to $12.5 million. Its second weekend saw it drop by 39%, grossing $7.6 million. Its third weekend saw it fall by a miniscule amount of 6%, grossing $7.1 million.
Critical reception[]
Unlike previous films, Godzilla: The Power of Three did not receive universal acclaim, like the two previous films. While positive, many parts were polarizing to critics. Many state the more lighthearted tone that conflicted with previous entries. Others found the friendship between Godzilla and Akiko Oishi as "too ridiculous for this universe."
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 220 reviews, with an average rating of 8.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Godzilla: The Power of Three lives up to its name of the the action and destruction being exponentially larger, albeit with some strange yet charming moments of ridiculousness." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 68 out of 100 based on 51 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, the first in the franchise by far. Those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 83%, and 72% with a "definite recommend."
Accolades[]
| Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 104th Academy Awards | Best Picture | Minami Ichikawa, Kenji Yamada, Gō Abe and Keiichirō Moriya | Nominated |
| Best Sound | Natsuko Inoue and Hisashi Takeuchi | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima | Nominated | |
| 85th BAFTA Awards | Best Sound | Natsuko Inoue and Hisashi Takeuchi | Nominated |
| 31st Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Sho Funabashi, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima | Nominated |
| Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature | Takashi Yamazaki, Yûki Kawahara, Toshihiko Masaki and Kosuke Taguchi - "King Ghidorah" | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature | Tatsuji Nojima, Mika Emura, Ryo Matsumoto and Eisin Okubo | Nominated | |
| 36th Satellite Awards | Best Visual Effects | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima | Nominated |
| 59th Saturn Awards | Best International Film | Godzilla: The Power of Three | Won |
| Best Director | Takashi Yamazaki | Nominated | |
| Best Special Effects | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima | Nominated | |
| 55th Japan Academy Film Prize | Picture of the Year | Godzilla: The Power of Three | Nominated |
| Best Director | Takashi Yamazaki | Nominated | |
| Best Lead Actress | Nanoka Hara | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Kōzō Shibasaki | Won | |
| Best Sound Recording | Natsuko Inoue | Nominated | |
| Best Art Direction | Anri Jojo | Won | |
| 25th Asian Film Awards | Best Actress | Nanoka Hara | Nominated |
| Best Visual Effects | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima | Won | |
| Best Sound | Natsuko Inoue and Hisashi Takeuchi | Nominated | |
| 56th Hochi Film Awards | Best Actress | Nanoka Hara | Nominated |
| Mainichi Film Awards | Best Film | Godzilla: The Power of Three | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Nanoka Hara | Won | |
| Best Cinematography | Kōzō Shibasaki | Nominated | |
| Best Sound Recording | Natsuko Inoue | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Awards | Best Visual Effects | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima | Won |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Godzilla: The Power of Three | Won | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | Best International Film | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima | Nominated | |
| 37th Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Godzilla: The Power of Three | Nominated |
| Best Visual Effects | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima | Won | |
| 12th Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Godzilla: The Power of Three | Nominated |
| VFX-JAPAN Awards | Best Theatrical Live-Action Film | Won | |
| 29th Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year | Nominated | |
| Best Special Effects of the Year | Nominated |
Sequel[]
Despite being billed off as a conclusion to the Plus/Minus series and the Reiwa era, a final installment, titled Godzilla: Synthetic Division, was released on October 27, 2034. Takashi Yamazaki would go onto make his Hollywood debut, so Kiyoko Shibuya replaced him as director and VFX supervisor of the film. It received mostly positive reviews, but was generally seen as the least favorable amongst the Plus/Minus series. Despite being the most expensive film across the four films, it was also the lowest grossing sequel to Minus One.
Trivia[]
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