Are you sure those are gills cause your just assuming they are

I don't ever remember Gareth Edwards saying Godzilla has gills. And I've been following this movie since from the very first promotional artwork and the day it was annouced.

@marvelgoji

true the original gojira never had gills but when talking realism in a movie the producers have to make it seem as real as possible that is why they gave him gills so that the audience can identify with how he can breath under the water :)

@Bigbadben,

I'm curious, where did you hear this Gareth Edwards interview? I'd like to check it out myself, if you could find a link.

Yes we're is this interview and if you inspect themclosely in the trailers they look like flaps of skin or thick hide and the things on the front of his neck are scales and actually the audience would figure that the way he breaths under water is that he just breaths normaly :)

And if you inspect the figures and toys they look like flaps of skin or thick hide

And if you look at pics of the game as well :)

And if you look at pics of the game as well :)

No need to spread out your posts like that.

Looking at the toys, pictures, and in-game items, I still see gills.

Check this sucker out. This is one of the oldest species on the planet. It was recently re-discovered after being thought to be dead for millions of years. Notice it's very distinct gills and the sharp ridges. They're remarkably similar to the flaps on the sides of Godzilla's neck.

@MARVELGOLI Well if your comparing Godzilla to human lungs, lets compare everything.

Godzilla is really big, we small. Godzilla can "live" on the ocean floor/at intence pressure,we can't.Godzilla can survive a nuke, we can't. Godzilla cant walk down the street without destroying it, we can. Anyway the list goes on, my point is, don't compare godzilla(all hail) to a puny human.

MarvelGoji, it's Gareth, not Garth. He is not from Waynes's World. I do think those are gills though, it would make sense.

No I was saying Godzillas lungs have thecapacity of no humans andtrudge Godzillas a giant atomic dinosaur the king of Kaiju not a shark and lets just wait and see what they are in movie ok because until then we don't know what they exactly are

Just come up with your own theory to explain the preence. Simple. I've been doing that for every single iteration of giant monster I've seen, coming up with my own unique explanations for every little thing, even though I may not possess the scientific background to support these statements exactly. Besides, it's fun to do that! As for my input on the presence of gills at all:

The gills are a vestigial feature that evolved early on in his species, obviously for the purposes of breathing underwater, whilst still maintaining the ability to go about on land. However, as they grew from the excess of natural radiation, they would outgrow their normal organic needs like food, water, and oxygen due to the newly created nuclear organ system of the species.

Now, the gills only serve as a means to filter out specific gases in liquid environments for non-essential bodily processes, possibly including gases to be ionized by the core nuclear organ system for use as a projected stream of high-intensity plasma from the mouth. They may also act as thermal vents for said process.

This debate makes my head hurt :(

It's no assumption.

They are gills.

It's plain for you to see every time you get a clear shot of Godzilla. After all, to breath underwater, he has to have them.

Not a single creature in the history of the world has been capable of respirating underwater without the use of gills. Anyone who says that dinosaurs could do it is an idiot who has obviously never studied dinosaurs nor animal biology in any way, shape or form.

In order to breath underwater, he must have gills. It's a law of nature that even Godzilla can't ignore. If he didn't have gills, he'd drown. Simple as that. This is non negotiable and undeniable. And it fits the whole "realistic" thing Gareth is going for and it doesn't really detract from Godzilla anyway.

They are gills dude. Just accept it already. It's no assumption, it's a fact.

For 1 don't you ever compare Godzilla to the laws of nature because he Has neve followed them before for 2 he said in an interview how the movie is going to be realistic for 2 in a tohokingdom interview the interviewer mentions the flaps of skin and for 3 you don't even know what they are for 4 you haVent even seen the movie you person 

Now I know why people told me not to use this site because People act like they have seen the movie and someone said it has been confirmed Godzilla has gills I smell bullshit because I keep up with everything and just because Gareth is making the movie realistic doesn't mean Godzilla has to have gills because Garth already said how the movie will be realistic and actually it's not a fact that he has gills because you don't know what those things are nobody does but the interviewr in tohokingdom mentioned then flaps of skin 

And just because there or overlapping things on his neck doesn't automaicly make them gills

I mean the famous rob said in a video that some of the things people say on this site tha not official is bullshit unless it's official 

Now the whole gill thing is your assumption :)

We will see what they are when movie comes out :)

Sigh sigh sighity sigh sigh.

Nope, they are just random flaps that are discolored on the side of his neck. Has nothing to do with the fact that he is an amphibious creature that lives under water most the time.

They're gills people, deal with it. There is like zero percent weakness in being able to breathe on land and in the water.

I thought this fricken conversation was OVER with a long time ago. 

They are gills, and the fact that people still continue to deny that is just sad.

What if your wrong and there not gills because you don't know what they are because the only way you can know what they are is if Garth told us and if we saw the movie so yeah if I'm wrong I'm wrong if I'm right I'm right if your wrong your wrong if your right your right we honestly don't know what they are but Garth said that he would keep some classic things but he would look different but with some classic things and he told us if you would watch the interviews how the movie will be realistic and. By looking at the figures and the game and the trailers there the same color as his skin and look completely attached so there's now room for any gill slits because they look like there completely attached to the skin just saying but hey we won't know until we see the movie or if Gareth tells us what they are