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Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle Gets New Key Visual

Written By Samantha Ferreira

It looks like it’s time to meet the humans in this tale of giant monsters.

Earlier today, the official website for the Godzilla anime film trilogy updated with a new key visual for upcoming film Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (Godzilla: Kessen Kidō Zōshoku Toshi – lit. Fixed Battle Mobile Promotion City). The image is a stitch of nine poster visuals, each of which feature a main character.

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle Visual

The film hits Japanese theaters on May 18. The feature will feature a showdown between MechaGodzilla and Godzilla Earth.

Kobun Shizuno (Knights of Sidonia) and Hiroyuki Seshita (Blame!) is directing the featuers at Polygon Pictures. Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass) is writing the screenplay and sharing series composition duties with Yūsuke Kozaki .

XAI will perform theme song The Sky Falls.

The Japanese voice cast includes:

  • Yuko Tani: Kana Hanazawa
  • Haruo Sakaki: Mamoru Miyano
  • Mulu-Elu Galu-gu: Junichi Suwabe
  • Metphies: Takahiro Sakurai
  • Martin Lazzari: Tomokazu Sugita
  • Adam Bindewald: Yuuki Kaji
  • Maina: Reina Ueda
  • Miana: Ari Ozawa

The first film in the franchise, titled Godzilla: Monster Planet, hit Japanese theaters on November 17, 2017. Netflix started streaming the feature on January 17.

Sources: Ota-suke

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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