Godzilla Singular Point
{{short description|Japanese streaming television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Godzilla Singular Point
| image = Godzilla Singular Point Key Visual.jpg
| caption = Promotional release poster
| ja_kanji = ゴジラ S.P <シンギュラポイント>
| ja_romaji = Gojira S.P
| genre = Kaiju, Science fiction
| creator =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = TV series
| director = Atsushi Takahashi
| producer =Takashi Yoshizawa
Naoki Amano
Kiyotaka Waki
| writer = Toh EnJoe
| music = Kan Sawada
| studio = {{Plainlist|
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| licensee = Netflix (streaming rights)
| network = Tokyo MX, KBS, BS11, SUN
| network_en =
| first = April 1, 2021
| last = June 24, 2021
| episodes = 13
| episode_list = #Episode list
}}
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{{nihongo|Godzilla Singular Point|ゴジラ S.P <シンギュラポイント>|Gojira Shingyura Pointo|lead=yes}} is a Japanese anime television series directed by Atsushi Takahashi and written by Toh EnJoe. Produced by the animation studios Bones and Orange and licensed by Netflix, the series premiered on March 25, 2021, on Netflix in Japan, and on Tokyo MX and other channels on April 1 to June 24, 2021. The series is part of the Godzilla franchise and features monsters from its Shōwa era (1954–1975). In 2023, EnJoe suggested that a second season of the series may be produced.{{Cite tweet|number=1683998068855963651|user=EnJoeToh|title=Thank you for watching the program. Due to the contract, all I can say is 'There may or may not be a next season'.|author-link=Toh EnJoe|retweet=Atsushi Takahashi|date=July 26, 2023|access-date=August 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804195204/https://twitter.com/EnJoeToh/status/1683998068855963651|archive-date=August 4, 2023|url-status=live}}
Plot
In Nigashio City, Chiba Prefecture in the year 2030, engineer Yun Arikawa of the local "do-it-all" shop Otaki Factory investigates happenings in a Western-style mansion, long thought abandoned. Mei Kamino, a graduate student studying imaginary creatures, investigates mysterious signals received from Misakioku, the former Tsuguno district's administrative building. These two strangers, investigating mysteries in two different locations, both hear the same song. As they are brought together by this common mystery, they are led into a battle against an unprecedented threat to the universe.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/netflix-anime-series-orders-high-rise-invasion-yasuke-resident-evil-infinite-darkness-1234603802/|title=Netflix Sets Five New Anime Titles, Unveils First Looks At 'Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness', 'Yasuke', More|date=October 26, 2020|first=Patrick |last=Hipes|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027122101/https://deadline.com/2020/10/netflix-anime-series-orders-high-rise-invasion-yasuke-resident-evil-infinite-darkness-1234603802/|archive-date=October 27, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=October 27, 2020}}
Characters
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!Characters !Japanese{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-08/godzilla-singular-point-anime-unveils-18-cast-members/.167230|title=Godzilla Singular Point Anime Unveils 18 Cast Members|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=December 8, 2020|access-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209131750/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-08/godzilla-singular-point-anime-unveils-18-cast-members/.167230|archive-date=December 9, 2020|url-status=live}} !English{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=23829|title=Godzilla Singular Point (TV)|work=Anime News Network|access-date=July 26, 2022}} |
{{nihongo4|Mei Kamino|神野 銘}} |
{{nihongo4|Yun Arikawa|有川 ユン}} |
{{nihongo4|Haberu Katō|加藤 侍}}
|Tarō Kiuchi |Stephen Fu |
{{nihongo4|Gorō Ōtaki|大滝 吾郎}} |
{{nihongo4|Satomi Kanahara|金原 さとみ}}
|Ayako Takeuchi |Brittany Cox |
{{nihongo4|Pelops II|ペロ2,}} |
Yung (ユング) Jet Jaguar (ジェットジャガー) |
Shunya Satō (佐藤 隼也) |
Tsunetomo Yamamoto (山本 常友) |
Yukie Kanoko (鹿子 行江) |
Takehiro Kai (海 建宏)
|Griffin Puatu |
Guiying Li (李 桂英)
|Anne Yatco |
Bearach "BB" Byrne/Bayler "BB" Barn (ベイラ・バーン "BB") |
Leena Byrne/Rina Barn (リーナ・バーン)
|Runa Onodera |Kimberly Anne Campbell |
Yoshiyasu Matsubara (松原 美保)
|Tomoyuki Shimura |Christopher Swindle |
Makita K. Nakagawa (マキタ・K・中川)
|Hiromichi Tezuka |
Tilda Miller (ティルダ・ミラー)
|Masako Isobe |
Michael Steven (マイケル・スティーブン) |
Production
On October 6, 2020, Toho Animation and Netflix announced plans for an anime Godzilla series, titled Godzilla Singular Point. It aired from April 1 to June 24, 2021, on Tokyo MX and other channels. Production for the show is by Bones in partnership with Orange, blending hand-drawn and computer animation styles respectively. Atsushi Takahashi served as the director, with scripts by Toh EnJoe and music composed by Kan Sawada, who incorporates Akira Ifukube’s themes into the series. Character design was handled by Blue Exorcist manga creator Kazue Kato, with former Studio Ghibli animator Eiji Yamamori designing the monsters.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/godzilla-singular-point-netflix-new-original-anime-series-2021-1234592659/|title='Godzilla Singular Point': Netflix Announces New Original Godzilla Anime Series For 2021|date=October 6, 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Alexandria |last=Del Rosario|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007003211/https://deadline.com/2020/10/godzilla-singular-point-netflix-new-original-anime-series-2021-1234592659/|archive-date=October 7, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=October 7, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/godzilla-anime-series-netflix-1234794916/|title=Godzilla Anime Series Set at Netflix|date=October 6, 2020|website=Variety|first=Joe |last=Otterson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007004230/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/godzilla-anime-series-netflix-1234794916/|archive-date=October 7, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=October 7, 2020}} The series' opening theme, "in case...", is performed by BiSH, while Polkadot Stingray performed the ending theme song {{nihongo|"Aoi"|青い|Blue}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-01/godzilla-singular-point-anime-2nd-teaser-previews-polkadot-stingray-ending-song/.169059|title=Godzilla Singular Point Anime's 2nd Teaser Previews Polkadot Stingray Ending Song|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 1, 2021}} There is also the recurring insert theme "ALAPU UPALA", performed by Indian-American singer Annette Philip, which is utilized in the storyline as a plot device.{{fact|date=December 2023}} The series debuted earlier on Netflix in Japan on March 25, 2021,{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-22/godzilla-singular-point-anime-reveals-opening-song-artists-march-25-netflix-japan-debut/.169857|title=Godzilla Singular Point Anime Reveals Opening Song Artists, March 25 Netflix Japan Debut|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=February 22, 2021|access-date=February 22, 2021}} which was followed by a global release on June 24, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-05-18/godzilla-singular-point-anime-debuts-on-netflix-outside-of-japan-on-june-24/.172922|title=Godzilla Singular Point Anime Debuts on Netflix Outside of Japan on June 24|first=Alex|last=Mateo|website=Anime News Network|date=May 18, 2021|access-date=May 18, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=January 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128205214/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-05-18/godzilla-singular-point-anime-debuts-on-netflix-outside-of-japan-on-june-24/.172922}}
Episode list
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Terzetto
| RTitle = / "A Distant Road Home"
| TranslitTitle = Haruka Naru Ieji
| NativeTitle = はるかなるいえじ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Noriyuki Nomata, Takuma Suzuki
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|4|1}}
| ShortSummary = In Japan of the year 2030, Yun Arikawa and Haberu Katō, two employees of the "do-it-all" Otaki Factory, are hired to investigate strange power fluctuations at an abandoned mansion. They find a hidden radio picking up a repeating broadcast, which Yun identifies as an old Indian folk song, and trace it to a radio-monitoring station called Misakioku, where graduate student Mei Kamino is brought in to investigate a strange alarm that she discovers is connected to the same broadcast. Mei is later contacted online by a copy of Naratake, a popular AI created by Yun, which she renames "Pelops II." Yun and Haberu’s boss, eccentric engineer Gorō Ōtaki, theorizes that Misakioku and the broadcast are part of SETI, and are connected to alien activity. Gorō publicly unveils his newest creation, a giant robot called Jet Jaguar, at a local festival, but the event is thrown into chaos when a pterosaur-like monster called Rodan suddenly appears. It is revealed that the secret basement of Misakioku houses the skeleton of a giant creature.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Gamesome
| RTitle = / "Midsummer Oni Festival"
| TranslitTitle = Manatsu Oni Matsuri
| NativeTitle = まなつおにまつり
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Daisuke Tsukushi, Takuma Suzuki
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|4|8}}
| ShortSummary = Gorō pilots Jet Jaguar into battle against Rodan, but the monster overpowers the robot and severs its right arm, knocking it offline. Yun and Gorō distract Rodan while Jet Jaguar reboots its systems, after which the robot manages to fight off the monster. Rodan tries to fly away, but suddenly falls back to the ground and dies. Gorō theorizes that Rodan’s appearance is connected to an ancient prophecy regarding "the end of all things," while Yun discovers that Rodan might have been attracted to the city by the strange broadcast, as its roar generates strange radio waves as well. Over the next few days, several other dead Rodans are discovered in various different locations. Pelops II publishes Mei's notes on "extra-dimensional lifeforms" online, and she receives an invitation to speak with a Professor Li regarding her theories. Gorō, Yun, and Haberu prepare to search for more Rodans using a homemade radio beacon, while a giant flock of Rodans emerge from the ocean off the coast of Japan.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Tigerish
| RTitle = / "Nobae's Terror"
| TranslitTitle = Nobae no Kyōfu
| NativeTitle = のばえのきょうふ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Noriyuki Nomata, Takuma Suzuki
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|4|15}}
| ShortSummary = Thousands of Rodans descend on Japan, attacking power lines and other sources of electricity. Gorō, Yun, and Haberu use their radio beacon to try and lure the Rodans away from the city, but Yun and Haberu's car crashes and they are forced to take shelter with other civilians. Mei and Pelops II travel to Tokyo to meet with Professor Li. After learning about the attack, Pelops II remotely takes control of one of Otaki Factory’s repair robots to check on the situation. Yun, Haberu, and the civilians distract the Rodans with improvised noisemakers, allowing them to retrieve the radio beacon. Pelops II intervenes using the borrowed robot, which is eventually destroyed by the Rodans. While leading the Rodans away, Yun and Haberu are surprised when the creatures begin to fall out of the air and die, just as the first one did. Scientists theorize that the creatures died because they originated from a different environment. Mei is invited to join Professor Li's research project in Dubai. Yun and Mei contact each other online with help from Pelops II, and Yun gives her a code to solve. Meanwhile, a military submarine is followed by Godzilla.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Gadabout
| RTitle = / "The Future Not Yet Seen"
| TranslitTitle = Mada Minu Mirai wa
| NativeTitle = まだみぬみらいは
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Tsuyoshi Tobita, Takuma Suzuki
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|4|22}}
| ShortSummary = Two fishermen trying to find clear waters amid a "red tide" outbreak around Japan are attacked by aquatic, serpent-like monsters. Yun theorizes that Misakioku summoned the Rodans by broadcasting the song, but after contacting them he discovers that it was broadcast by accident. Scientists discover that the Rodans were coated in red dust. Yun and Haberu visit an area where the dead Rodans are being disposed of, and question Shunya Satō, a worker at Misakioku, about the broadcast. In the process, Satō reveals the existence of the giant skeleton in Misakioku’s basement. Yun and Haberu discover that one of the dead Rodans has been taken by something. Mei arrives in Dubai and attends a lecture by Professor Li on "archetypes," crystal cubes with highly unusual molecular properties. Yun and Haberu begin following unusual tracks in the forest and discover the partially-consumed remains of the dead Rodan. They encounter freelance journalist Kai Takehiro, who has been tracking a new, unknown creature. Mei and Pelops II decipher Yun’s code, and conclude that the "archetypes" could not have been created in the normal universe. Soldiers in the forest are attacked by Anguirus, an armored monster.
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| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Theorist
| RTitle = / "As Swift as the Wind"
| TranslitTitle = Hayaki Koto Kaze no
| NativeTitle = はやきことかぜの
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Satoshi Nakagawa, Takuma Suzuki
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|4|29}}
| ShortSummary = The fishermen are rescued from the serpents, nicknamed Manda by the media. Professor Li confirms Mei's suspicions involving the properties of the archetypes, and reveals that she acquired the information from someone named Professor Ashihara. Meanwhile, a survey team led by Professor Li's colleague BB visits a cavern in India containing a "lake" of red dust, but is interrupted by the emergence of another monster, Salunga, and escapes before the cavern is sealed again. Yun, Haberu, and Kai cross paths with two hunters, who later encounter Anguirus. The hunters shoot at Anguirus, who escapes unharmed. The archetypes seem to be made from the red dust, which can only be mined in a few locations around the world. Rodans are reported all around the world, while the emergences of the other monsters add to the panic. Yun deduces that Anguirus can foresee the short-term future by vibrating its spines to create an energy field that deflects bullets. An operation is carried out to capture Anguirus, which grows larger. Gen, an old colleague of Gorō's, tries to kill Anguirus with a harpoon gun, to no avail. Piloting a fully-repaired Jet Jaguar, Gorō then joins the fight.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Enfatico
| RTitle = / "Numbers Without Theory"
| TranslitTitle = Riron Naki Sūji
| NativeTitle = りろんなきすうじ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Daisuke Tsukushi, Takuma Suzuki,
Shūji Miyahara
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|5|6}}
| ShortSummary = Rodans descend on New York. Mei begins looking into Ashihara's research from the 1960s and finds a reference to something called the "Orthogonal Diagonalyzer," before being approached by government agent Yukie Konoko, who unknowingly helps her realize that the archetypes can bend and distort the fabric of spacetime. Intrigued by this, Professor Li invites Mei to join her for a trip to London. In Japan, Gorō and Jet Jaguar continue their battle with Anguirus, who overpowers Jet Jaguar and then defeats a team of soldiers. Gorō borrows Gen's harpoon gun, with which Jet Jaguar fires at Anguirus from point-blank range to bypass its precognition, seemingly killing it. In Tokyo Bay, a military fleet intercepts the Mandas, which they discover are being pursued by a bigger monster. Anguirus regains consciousness, having only been wounded by the harpoon, and goes on a rampage. Gorō pilots Jet Jaguar against Anguirus, who decapitates the robot. Gorō is knocked unconscious. Yun uses his AI Naratake, to bring Jet Jaguar back online, and pilots it back into the fight. Jet Jaguar fires another point-blank harpoon into Anguirus's head and kills it, breaking off one of its spikes in the process. However, the explosion knocks Yun unconscious.
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| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Omniarch
| RTitle = / "The Question Mark of Time"
| TranslitTitle = Jikan no Gimonfu
| NativeTitle = じかんのぎもんふ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Daisuke Tsukushi, Takuma Suzuki,
Shūji Miyahara
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|5|13}}
| ShortSummary = The new giant monster is Godzilla, a mythical beast prophesied to bring about the Apocalypse. Godzilla and the Mandas reach Tokyo, where the former kills a Manda, adopts an amphibious form, and leaves the water. Mei and Professor Li theorize that the archetypes have an extra-dimensional structure; they are mined from Singular Points, which are rare mineral veins. Rodans enter Tokyo, spreading more red dust. The archetypes are made from the dust, and Ashihara predicted that the monsters would emerge from it. Only the thirteenth and final phase of the archetypes, the "Orthogonal Diagonalyzer," can neutralize the dust and stop the monsters. Gorō uses Anguirus's broken spike to create a spear for Jet Jaguar to confront Godzilla. Satō returns to Misakioku and discovers that the song broadcast originates from the Godzilla skeleton there, but is knocked unconscious by Kai. BB returns to the containment facility built over the cavern in India, where Salunga breaks free using a storm of red dust. BB activates a prototype of the Diagonalyzer, which causes the dust to crystallize into spikes that impale Salunga, trapping it again. Yun fully converts Naratake into a piloting system for Jet Jaguar.
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| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Graftage
| RTitle = / "Phantom Figure"
| TranslitTitle = Maboroshi no Sugata
| NativeTitle = まぼろしのすがた
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Noriyuki Nomata, Takuma Suzuki,
Shūji Miyahara
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|5|20}}
| ShortSummary = The Japanese military launches an attack on Godzilla. It counterattacks by spewing supercooled gas from its mouth, which results in an explosion that seemingly kills Godzilla and causes the red dust clouds to dissipate. En route to Tokyo, the Otaki crew discover the beached carcass of a partially eaten Manda. Satō begins investigating Ashihara to try and discover his location. En route to meet with BB, Mei and Professor Li reach London, just as it comes under attack by Mandas and Rodans. Li takes Mei to Professor Ashihara's former home; Ashihara attempted to look into the future using a time-bending supercomputer, but discovered evidence of a catastrophe involving red dust that would take place in 2030, driving him to look for a way to prevent the catastrophe from happening. Gorō, Yun, Haberu, and Jet Jaguar discover a weblike structure covering a building near the dead Manda, and are attacked by six Kumongas, spider-like monsters. One Kumonga almost kills Yun, who is saved by Jet Jaguar. Jet Jaguar kills all the Kumongas except for one, which escapes along with a captured civilian. As they begin searching for him, the seemingly-dead Kumongas are revived, while dozens more emerge from the building.
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| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Erumpent
| RTitle = / "Those Who Fall"
| TranslitTitle = Taore Yuku Hito no
| NativeTitle = たおれゆくひとの
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Daisuke Chiba, Takuma Suzuki,
Atsushi Takahashi
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|5|27}}
| ShortSummary = The Japanese military carries out a bombing run to destroy Godzilla's petrified body, but its outer shell shatters, revealing that it transformed into a fully-terrestrial form. It releases a cloud of red dust that covers Tokyo. With another bombing run, the military attacks Godzilla, which now can reshape parts of its body into armor that withstands the blasts. Meanwhile, Yun theorizes that the Catastrophe might be due to the Singular Points becoming more numerous and unstable; Mei theorizes that Ashihara was trying to stop it from happening. She presents her conclusions to Li, Li's colleague Michael Steven, BB, and BB's superior Tilda, who do not believe that the Catastrophe will happen, and are more concerned with developing Ashihara's time-bending technology. They are later attacked by Rodans, who kill Li while Mei is forced to flee. Meanwhile, Salunga disappears from the Shiva facility. Gorō and Haberu rescue the trapped civilian from the Kumongas' web, who flee while Jet Jaguar covers them. Jet Jaguar sets the web on fire to act as a diversion, enabling the team to escape on a boat. From out at sea, they see the storm of dust over Tokyo; the Catastrophe seems to be beginning.
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| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Encipher
| RTitle = / "Principles of Mechanics"
| TranslitTitle = Rikigaku no Genri
| NativeTitle = りきがくのげんり
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Geisei Morita, Takuma Suzuki,
Atsushi Takahashi
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|6|3}}
| ShortSummary = Godzilla spreads red dust through Tokyo. It is attacked by a giant, more advanced Rodan. Firing energy, Godzilla kills it. Godzilla is also a Singular Point. Yun and Haberu return to the abandoned mansion, and discover that coded numbers in the song are also in Ashihara's notes; Ashihara was listening to the broadcast using the hidden radio. He grew up in a fishing village which was destroyed by a monster similar to Godzilla. The monster was eventually killed, and Ashihara purchased the Misakioku facility to conceal and study its skeleton. The coded times and dates correspond to messages that Yu and Mei exchanged regarding the archetypes and the Catastrophe. In India, Mei is greeted by Lina, BB's daughter, who escorts her to the Shiva Consortium's headquarters. Salunga escapes from the Shiva facility via a cave network, surfaces in a village nearby and begins rampaging through it, generating a storm of red dust. BB and his soldiers use their Diagonalyzer rockets to crystallize the dust, impaling Salunga on the resulting spikes. In Tokyo, the broadcast from Misakioku begins again, while the military attacks Godzilla. Godzilla undergoes another transformation, and fires an atomic ray from its mouth, destroying part of Tokyo.
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| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Relaunch
| RTitle = / "Irrational Sheet Music"
| TranslitTitle = Rifujin na Gakufu
| NativeTitle = りふじんながくふ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Son Seunghee, Takuma Suzuki
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|6|10}}
| ShortSummary = At Misakioku, Kai and an armed group remove the giant skeleton. The skeleton is another Singular Point. According to Yun, the Points are connected and must be destroyed to save the world. In Tokyo, the growing cloud of red dust causes a rainstorm and earthquakes. In India, Mei is taken to the Shiva Consortium's facility; Ashihara's time-bending supercomputer is housed within, above an underground Point that is being pulled to the surface, which will be used to complete the computer. Tilda refuses to believe that the Catastrophe is real. BB steals all but one of the facility's Diagonalyzers and sends most of them to locations around the world, in accordance with Li's dying wish. A Diagonalyzer reaches Konoko in Japan. Michael helps BB, Mei, and Lina escape. At the temple where Salunga surfaced, they plan to follow its trail back to the cavern beneath the facility. There, Kai, who also works for the Consortium, appears. Michael and Kai depart. In Japan, Jet Jaguar begins upgrading itself; the messages were channeling data for the upgrade. When the upgrade completes, Jet Jaguar's self-awareness grows. It provides coordinates for a point in the sky above Tokyo.
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| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Explorer
| RTitle = / "End of the Battle"
| TranslitTitle = Tatakai no Owari
| NativeTitle = たたかいのおわり
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Noriyuki Nomata, Nao Miyoshi,
Takuma Suzuki
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|6|17}}
| ShortSummary = Mei, BB, Lina, and Pelops II access the Shiva containment facility. When Ashihara's supercomputer was first tested twenty years earlier, it resulted in an explosion. The explosion may have happened because the supercomputer created a brief portal to the time of the Catastrophe. Ashihara disappeared after the explosion, having supposedly died in the blast. In Tokyo, dangerous plant life grows from the red dust. Jet Jaguar defends a military convoy headed by Konoko from Rodans. Konoko gives the Diagonalyzer to Yun. Yun may be the only person who knows how to use it, but needs the activation code. The coordinates given for the arrival of Mei's next message match the location of Godzilla, which is resting at Tokyo Station and grew to 100 meters in height. Beneath the facility, Mei's team reaches the contained Singular Point, but the space-time distortion caused by it begins to expand, and the number of possible futures is multiplying, as the Catastrophe will occur in three hours. On the surface, Salunga breaks free of the spikes. Pelops II also begins multiplying due to the growing number of possible futures, before going offline. The broadcast song begins playing again, this time coming from the supercomputer.{{efn|Glowing moths, implied to be Mothras, are featured in this episode.}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Together
| RTitle = / "The Two of the Beginning"
| TranslitTitle = Hajimari no Futari
| NativeTitle = はじまりのふたり
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Atsushi Takahashi
| WrittenBy = Toh EnJoe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|6|24}}
| ShortSummary = Pelops II reactivates, having merged with its alternate versions. Ashihara initiated a calculation during the test twenty years earlier, which was interrupted by the explosion and was never finished. It is an attempt to stop the Catastrophe. In Tokyo, the Otaki team and their military escorts fight Godzilla and various Rodans. Salunga breaks into the Shiva facility, descends into the cavern, and begins destroying the seal around the Singular Point. The song is a coded message sent from the future. Pelops II discovers its true meaning and sends it to Yun before the supercomputer explodes, destroying Pelops II. In Tokyo, Godzilla kills the Rodans. Jet Jaguar receives the upgrade code and grows to a giant size. The robot's new controlling intelligence is an AI system from the future, a descendant of Pelops II and Naratake, which was broadcasting its own code back through time using the song. Using its atomic ray, Godzilla destroys Jet Jaguar, which triggers a Diagonalyzer explosion that converts the red dust into harmless crystals. The crystals impale and freeze Salunga in place, while Godzilla disappears. Michael and Kai later oversee the conversion of the skeleton from Misakioku into a weaponized robot.{{efn|Implied to be Mechagodzilla.}} An aged Ashihara is there.
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Marketing
First images and poster art were released on October 26, 2020, during Netflix's Anime Festival, with the streaming service releasing a teaser trailer later that same day.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/netflix-godzilla-singular-point-trailer-poster-images/|title=Netflix's Godzilla Singular Point Anime Debuts First Trailer, Poster and Images|date=October 26, 2020|first=Collier |last=Jennings|website=Comic Book Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027122647/https://www.cbr.com/netflix-godzilla-singular-point-trailer-poster-images/|archive-date=October 27, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=October 27, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/godzilla-singular-point-anime-show-new-images-poster/|title=Godzilla: Singular Point Images Reveal New Look At Anime Show|date=October 26, 2020|first=Daniel |last=Alvarez|website=Screen Rant|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027122905/https://screenrant.com/godzilla-singular-point-anime-show-new-images-poster/|archive-date=October 27, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=October 27, 2020}} The teaser revealed that the series would air in April 2021 and would feature monsters and characters from the Shōwa era of the Godzilla franchise, such as Rodan, Anguirus, Jet Jaguar, Manda, and what initially appeared to be Titanosaurus and Gabara{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/godzilla-singular-point-show-trailer-netflix/|title=Godzilla: Singular Point Trailer Reveals New Animated Forms of Classic Monsters|date=October 27, 2020|first=Daniel |last=Alvarez|website=Screen Rant|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028131913/https://screenrant.com/godzilla-singular-point-show-trailer-netflix/|archive-date=October 28, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=October 28, 2020}} url=—the latter two later being revealed as new kaiju Godzilla Aquatilis and Salunga. On October 12, 2020, it was announced that Takahashi, EnJoe, Bones producer Naoki Amano, Orange producer Jiro Ando, and Toho producer Takashi Yoshizawa would all appear in a panel during the Godzilla Fest Online 2020 event on November 3, 2020.{{cite tweet|user=GODZILLA_SP|number=1315550558334271488|date=October 12, 2020|title=11月3日(火祝)の配信イベント「ゴジラ・フェス オンライン2020」(https://godzilla.store/gfes/2020online)内にて、『#ゴジラSP』トークステージ配信が決定しました。出演:高橋敦史(監督)/円城塔(シリーズ構成・脚本)/天野直樹(ボンズプロデューサー)/安藤次郎(オレンジプロデューサー)/吉澤隆(東宝プロデューサー)|trans-title="#Godzilla SP" talk stage distribution has been decided in the distribution event "Godzilla Festival Online 2020" (https://godzilla.store/gfes/2020online) on November 3 (Tuesday). Cast: Atsushi Takahashi (Director) / Toh Enjoe (Series Composition / Screenplay) / Naoki Amano (Bonds Producer) / Jiro Ando (Orange Producer) / Takashi Yoshizawa (Toho Producer)|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029010438/https://twitter.com/GODZILLA_SP/status/1315550558334271488|archive-date=October 29, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=October 28, 2020}} On February 12, 2021, the full design of Godzilla was revealed, illustrated by Eiji Yamamori and colored by Yūji Kaneko.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-02-13/godzilla-singular-point-anime-reveals-title-monster-design/.169466|title=Godzilla Singular Point Anime Reveals Title Monster's Design|first=Adriana |last=Hazra|website=Anime News Network|date=February 13, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021}}
Godzilla Singular Point received a DVD/Blu-ray release in Japan in three separate volumes: the first volume was released on August 18, 2021, with the other two on September 22 and October 20.{{cite web|url=https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2021/05/godzilla-singular-point-comes-to-dvd-blu-ray-in-japan/|title=Godzilla: Singular Point Comes to DVD & Blu-Ray in Japan|first=Rex|last=Xeno|website=Tokusatsu Network|date=May 27, 2021|access-date=May 27, 2021}} The show also received Bandai soft vinyl action figures as part of the Movie Monster series toyline. The first to be revealed was of Jet Jaguar and Godzilla in his Ultima form on March 6, 2021, in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.scifijapan.com/merchandise/godzilla-singular-point-figures-from-bandai|title=GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT Figures From Bandai|website=SciFi Japan|date=March 6, 2021}} These two were later followed up by another vinyl figure of Godzilla in his Aquatilis form on April 17.{{cite web|url=https://www.scifijapan.com/godzilla-toho/new-godzilla-singular-point-figures-from-bandai|title=New GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT Figures From Bandai|website=SciFi Japan|date=April 17, 2021}} Vinyl figures of Angurius and Manda were released on April 24. A vinyl figure of Godzilla in his Amphibia form to follow on May 15,{{cite web|url=https://www.scifijapan.com/godzilla-toho/godzilla-singular-point-godzilla-amphibia-figure-from-bandai|title=GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT Godzilla Amphibia Figure From Bandai|website=SciFi Japan|date=May 15, 2021}} and his Terrestris form one week later on May 22.{{cite web|url=https://www.scifijapan.com/godzilla-toho/bandai-releases-godzilla-singular-point-godzilla-terrestris-figure|title=Bandai Releases GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT Godzilla Terrestris Figure|website=SciFi Japan|date=May 22, 2021}}
Reception
=Critical reception=
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|56|5.1|9}}{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|type=tv|id=godzilla_singular_point|season=1|title=Godzilla Singular Point|access-date=November 23, 2021}}
=Accolades=
Godzilla Singular Point won VFX-Japan Awards' 2022 "Excellence" and "Best" awards in the Television/Distribution Program Anime CG Category.{{Cite web|date=January 31, 2022|title=【速報】VFX-JAPANアワード2022優秀賞決定 {{!}} 一般社団法人 VFX-JAPAN|url=https://vfx-japan.jp/award2022sokuhou/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131035032/https://vfx-japan.jp/award2022sokuhou/|archive-date=January 31, 2022|access-date=February 24, 2022|website=一般社団法人VFX-JAPAN|language=ja}}{{Cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=March 5, 2022 |title=Belle, Rurouni Kenshin The Final Films Win VFX-Japan Awards |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-05/belle-rurouni-kenshin-the-final-films-win-vfx-japan-awards/.183224 |access-date=June 17, 2022 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}} It was also nominated for the 42nd Nihon SF Taisho Award.{{Cite web |last=日本SF作家クラブ |title=第42回日本SF大賞 受賞のことば - SFWJ:日本SF大賞 |url=https://sfwj.jp/awards/Nihon-SF-Taisho-Award/42/20220605022553.html |access-date=June 17, 2022 |website=SFWJ |language=ja}} The anime series was awarded the 53rd Seiun Award in the Best Media category in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=August 27, 2022 |title=Evangelion, Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut, Godzilla S.P., Zettai Karen Children Win Seiun Awards |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-27/evangelion-irina-the-vampire-cosmonaut-godzilla-s.p-zettai-karen-children-win-seiun-awards/.189063 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}
Potential sequel
When questioned by a fan on Twitter about the possibility of a sequel to Godzilla Singular Point, the screenwriter Toh EnJoe told the user: "Due to the contract, all I can say is 'There may or may not be a next season'." Director Atsushi Takahashi would acknowledge this via retweeting EnJoe's response a few days later.
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20230328074644/https://godzilla.com/filmography/godzilla-singular-point/ Godzilla Singular Point] at the official Godzilla website by Toho Co., Ltd. (archived)
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