What is the Kai-Sei Godzilla? For casual readers who might not be up-to-speed, the Kai-Sei Godzilla is an iteration of the King of Monsters who was specifically created for comics – not film. IDW Publishing are taking Godzilla into uncharted territory, expanding lore and pushing boundaries with their Kai-Sei series and our friends over at Kaiju United had the opportunity to speak with Kai-Sei Godzilla series writer Tim Seeley at NYCC about it! During their interview they discussed the process and approaches taken to deliver such a unique version of Godzilla, it's definitely worth a watch / read!
Nick Crispino for Kaiju United:
So the Kai-Sei Godzilla, he’s one of the most unique iterations we’ve ever seen, and he’s made specifically for the comics. What goes into characterizing a Godzilla that’s meant for a specific medium?Tim Seeley:
For this book and medium, we knew it had to be visual. And so we came up with this idea, that if Kai-Sei energy exists and runs through Godzilla and all the kaiju, and also our protagonist Jacen being imbued with this force that kind of goes through their bodies, we had to see it on the outside. So our Godzilla is cracked! It’s literally seething from the inside, and all of the rage is coming out in these rivers across the body and stuff. We really wanted this Godzilla to look like it’s been through some stuff, like, this is a beat-up, lived-in Godzilla. This Godzilla has been stomping across the world for a long time and has interacted with all kinds of monsters and all kinds of people trying to defeat it. And it’s still there, still trucking, and still wrecking. We want to see that on the outside.And then obviously, the key color of this Kai-Sei energy being that green color was a way for us to kind of show very distinctly that this is not the blue energy Godzilla of the movies; this is not the pink one of the Legendary films. This is our own take on it. But it also represents the Earth, right? Godzilla is a sort of vengeance of the Earth made physical. So we wanted to be able to see all of that inner stuff on the outside.
You can watch the interview on YouTube below or read the entire interview transcribed on their website!
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