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Warner Bros is releasing a new line of Blu-rays/DVDs under the banner, Monster Mayhem. They include re-releases of King Kong 1933, Godzilla 2014, Pacific Rim, as well as two packs including Godzilla/Pacific Rim and King Kong/Son Of Kong. These are being released to help promote the MonsterVerse with Kong and Godzilla. These will be released in February and from what we know will include both Blu-ray and DVD discs but no new content. More info on these as we get it.
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The Japanese site NitroPlus posted new info and a teaser (concept) image (above) for the upcoming Godzilla Animated film. Production and cast info as follows:
  • Scheduled for 2017
  • Director: Hitoshi Shizuno / Hiroyuki Sakashita
  • Story draft / script: Fictobasten
  • Cast: Yuuki Kaji, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomokazu Sugita, Junichi Suwabe, Kanaka Hanazawa, Mamoru Miyano (Alphabetical order)
  • Production: Toho
  • Production: Polygon • Pictures
  • Distribution: Toho Imaging Department
Also announced was the official Twitter page here and that a presentation would be made at Anime Japan 2017, it will be on the red stage (1,500 people), the largest stage there, on March 26.
"A special stage of "GODZILLA", an animated feature film to be release in 2017. Meet the all-star voice actors who have played main rolls in many of the hit animes. Don't miss the chance to see what kind of characters they are going to play."
Anime Japan is March 23-26 at Animate Hall (Animate Ikebukuro Headquarters Store 9F), Tokyo.
More info as it becomes available.
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We have posted a few of the exclusives being offered with the Shin Godzilla Blu-ray release, Amazon Japan's Steelbook (above), 7 Eleven Japan's Kiryu figure, and the S.H. Shin Godzilla "bronze" figures. Now more have been revealed Chara-Ani's Godzilla Foot Type Powder Bead Cushion (no image), Sofmap's limited edition baseball hat, Tsutaya's T-card and tote bag set, Rakuten Book's t-shirt, and Lawson HMV's playing cards (no image). Prices on these bundles range based on 4K Blu-ray or regular Blu-ray set versions and by each release. Release dates are still the same for all. There was images for some of the items (below) but not all. Also of note with the Godzilla Store release there is a there is an acrylic standee set which we pictured but didn't note in our previous post. We will update with the missing items once we have images.
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As most of us know Godzilla evolves during the course of Shin Godzilla from some type of sea creature to his final gigantic form in the film, but thanks to The Art Of Shin Godzilla book we know that actual may not be his final evolutionary form.

As most of us learned in school evolution happens over many generations over thousands, millions, even billions of years, but what if something triggered it to happen quicker.

In Shin Godzilla this certainly looks to be the case, in the film there are four "forms" that Godzilla goes through, with the ending leaving open to a possible fifth form.

​The thing is there are most likely many more forms to Godzilla during his evolution, as speculated when he was revealed that his early stage looks a lot like a Frilled Shark (bottom), and while he may not have been specifically a Frilled Shark he almost certainly evolved from something like that possible an unknown sea creature.

His evolution was most likely accelerated by nuclear energy, very much like past versions, so instead of taking years it takes days but it is not just the normal evolutionary process it's something far more scary.

​It appears in the film Godzilla can adapt also at greater speed shown by him suddenly having new abilities, not only shooting the ray from his mouth but then his back as well. 
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​One adaption is his ability to absorb other life forms, his tail is the first evidence of this showing what appear to be other sea life.
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​As in the films final scene, and now from The Art Of Shin Godzilla book, we realize the next evolution is human/Godzilla hybrids, but the question could be why.

​We are possibly the most intelligent creatures on the planet but obviously not the most powerful, Godzilla "realizes" this so he absorbs humans into his body to "use and learn" from us.

The human/Godzilla hybrids could be in a sense our replacements 
going ​forward, they can fight us on more of an individual basis, one to one, where Godzilla can't, and allow Godzilla to continue to evolve even further. It's sort how we out lived the dinosaurs, we evolved to adapt better then they did. Godzilla maybe realize bigger isn't nessacarily better or that he needs to be more able to fight us.

Godzilla could be essentially making himself into a "God" like figure to his followers the human/Godzilla hybrids, "The Children Of Godzilla", his own race so to speak, what more perfect evolution could there be. We will just have to wait for the potential sequel to find out.

Note: photos in this article are from variest Facebook pages.
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Shin Godzilla's possible starting point.