A New Godzilla Anime Turns a Boy Into the Iconic Monster

Turns out, we’ve got even more Godzilla to look forward to—in addition to the upcoming Minus Zero and Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, there’s a new anime coming where the King of the Monsters’ is…a teenage boy?

That’s apparently the premise for the new series announced at Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2025. While light on details, concept art shows an unnamed kid looking very much like the iconic monster and using his breath attack, while Godzilla himself is in the background. The art gives off vibes of Kaiju No. 8, which is about a guy transforming into a monster, or even My Hero Academia, since the kid looks like Deku and that series is also about inheriting a mantle. Given Toho’s Chief Godzilla Officer Keiji Ota called the upcoming anime a chance to “more deeply portray both the fear and hope of the modern era,†these similarities are likely by design.

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What we do know about the series right now is it’ll be handled by Orange (Trigun Stampede and Stargaze) and Igloo Studio (My Daemon). Orange also has Godzilla experience, having previously done the Singular Point anime back in 2021. We’ll have more on this new addition to the franchise as news develops.

[via Crunchyroll]

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