Suitmation gone forever?

Welcome to the forum.

You bring up a topic very near and dear to my heart. The possibility of Godzilla returning to a tokusatsu style, or as you put it, suitmation and miniatures, depends on how well that genre/style does in Japan.

If the Legendary Godzilla movie does well at the box office, Hollywood will probably just pump out another sequel. Toho likes the fact that another studio is doing all the heavy lifting and they're reaping a profit off of it. Why would they spend money on their own movie when another studio is doing it for them?

If the new movie flops at the box office, Toho will probably assume that Godzilla needs to be retired and I wouldn't expect another film for the next 20 years or more. Either way, Toho probably won't be producing their own Godzilla movies for a long, long time.

Now if suitmation/tokusatsu becomes popular in Japan again, I can see Toho wanting to cash in on that. Right now the only movies/television series made in that style is Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Super Sentai (Power Rangers). Kamen Rider and Super Sentai are doing well, but Ultraman is practically on life support. If that style of filmmaking becomes big again, there's a good chance Toho will use the same techniques to bring Godzilla back.

But as it stands tokusatsu and suitmation is a dying breed of visual craftsmenship in Japan. I don't think it's going to make a comeback any time soon. That's includes Toho's suitmation Godzilla.

Like what the one guy from godzilla final wars said "Ots a new begining". I don't think we will. Now with the help of CGI we won't need rubber suits. Not saying I didn't enjoy the old movies its just that now with CGI the rubber suits don't make him look real anymore to me. Time to move on to the new age what do ya say buddy? 

And welcome to the furoms kid. Hope you enjoy your stay in this community if your not a big G hater. But beware of the trollers and fakers who make up fake bullshit. And also beware of the winie the poo gaurds.... oh the horrible honey they give off!  :D

Also I live in japan.

Thank you all for your kind response. I am glad they chose to make another godzilla movie, instead of abandoning the franchise. I also have a weakness for suitmation and miniatures. let's hope the art of miniatures and rubber suits will never truly be gone.

@ErwinGFan91^

Agreed. I'd like to see another series with uprgraded suitmation and miniatures in the future. But for now I'll enjoy this new take as it looks promising.

@Gojira2014

As I've mentioned before, it's not about making Godzilla look real, but an appreciation for the style that is suitmation and miniatures. Godzilla moved on to the new age with new techniques in that style. Now he's just simply being Hollywood-ized. I for one hope to see Godzilla return to Toku one day in the future.