Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters story
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (GODZILLA 怪獣惑星, Gojira: Kaijū Wakusei) is a 2017 Japanese computer-animated kaiju film directed by Kōbun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita, written by Gen Urobuchi, and produced by Toho Animation and Polygon Pictures, in association with Netflix. It is the 32nd film in the Godzilla franchise, the 30th Godzilla film produced by Toho, the first animated film in the franchise, and the second film in the franchise's Reiwa period. Synopsis: A group of human refugees attempt to recolonize Earth 20,000 years after the planet was taken over by Godzilla.
17 total · 4 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| giant monster | major | The titular giant dinosaur-like creature Godzilla. |
| human vs. monster | major | A remnant of humanity returned to Earth to kill Godzilla once and for all some 20,000 years after the planet was rendered uninhabitable by the giant monster. |
| monster apocalypse | major | The story is set in a time when giant monsters, Godzilla most notably, have ravaged the Earth and have driven humanity nearly to extinction. |
| speculative spaceship | major | Much of the story is set aboard the nuclear powered, warp jumping spaceship Aratum. |
| extraterrestrial being | minor | Two aliens races, the Exif and the Bilusaludo, offered to help humanity in its fight against Godzilla. |
| faster than light travel | minor | The spaceship Aratrum passed through a wormhole to reach 11.9 light years away Earth. |
| grandfather and grandson | minor | Haruo's grandpa pleaded with him to refrain from blowing up his own shuttle in an effort to coerce the central committee into changing course to go back to Earth. |
| hologram | minor | The film in interspersed with greenish holographic computer displays. Haruo and his party examined a greenish holographic map of the terrain on Earth. |
| hope | minor | Haruo gave a rallying speech to those under his command in which he explained something to the effect that their defeating of Godzilla would being about a new hope for humanity. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | The Aratrum crew made it 11.9 light years of the way on their journey to the planet Tau-e before turning back to Earth. |