Godzilla Singular Point
Series, 2021, Reiwa era, Set in Standalone anime
Godzilla Singular Point is #34 of 35 in release order and #34 of 35 in chronological order in the Godzilla.
The story
Brought together by a mysterious song, a grad student and an engineer lead the fight against an unimaginable force that may spell doom for the world.
Godzilla Singular Point recap
In 2030, in the city of Nigashio, the engineer Yun Arikawa of a small robotics firm and the graduate student Mei Kamino, who studies imaginary creatures, separately trace a strange song coming from an old building. Giant monsters begin to appear around the world: swarms of Rodan, sea serpents called Manda, and Anguirus, which can see moments into the future. The monsters are linked to red dust and to the "archetype", a substance that seems to break the laws of physics. Yun's firm, led by Goro Otaki, builds the robot Jet Jaguar, which fights Anguirus. Mei, travelling the world with the scientist Li, uncovers the work of the vanished Professor Ashihara, who foresaw a catastrophe in 2030 linked to the red dust and a time-bending computer. Godzilla appears as a sea creature and evolves rapidly into a giant that spreads red dust over Tokyo. Mei and Yun, communicating at a distance through the AI Pelops II, race to work out how to stop the catastrophe. In the later episodes, Godzilla stands at Tokyo Station while the dust threatens to rewrite reality.
Godzilla Singular Point ending explained
Godzilla is stopped and the catastrophe averted when Jet Jaguar, guided by an AI sent back from the future, sets off a device that turns the red dust into harmless crystals. Godzilla destroys Jet Jaguar with its breath, which sets off the device; the crystals freeze the monster Salunga, and Godzilla vanishes. A closing scene hints that a giant skeleton is being turned into a Mechagodzilla, and an aged Ashihara appears, though no second season has been made.
Where to watch Godzilla Singular Point
Godzilla Singular Point is streaming on Netflix in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 56%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Godzilla: The Planet Eater, before Godzilla Minus One.
- Chronological order: after Godzilla: The Planet Eater, before Godzilla Minus One.
What to watch before Godzilla Singular Point
In release order, the essentials before Godzilla Singular Point (2021) are Shin Godzilla (2016), Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017), Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018), and Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018).
Cast
- Yume Miyamoto as Mei Kamino (voice)
- Shoya Ishige as Yun Arikawa (voice)
- Wataru Takagi as Goro Otaki (voice)
- Taro Kiuchi as Haberu 'Barbell' Kato (voice)
- Misaki Kuno as Pelops II (voice)
- Yohei Azakami as Shunya Sato (voice)
- Jin Urayama as Tsunetomo Yamamoto (voice)
- Ryosuke Hara as Newscaster C (voice)
- Hiromichi Tezuka as Commentator A (voice)
- Genki Yoshimoto as Squad member B (voice)
- Arisa Sakuraba as Newscaster C (voice)
- Shunichi Maki as Ministry of Foreign Affairs member (voice)