Godzilla Minus One will be the start of a Shared Universe
Give that there'd been a promise of a new Toho Godzilla universe, it's quite likely Godzilla Minus One would be the one that introduces it.- Plus, having it start in the 1940s gives Toho plenty of time and (eras) to play around in, as opposing to setting everything in the modern day. They may even use the extra time to portray Godzilla's transition into more of an anti-hero, as is occasionally the norm.
Godzilla and the other monsters will have mythological ties
Much like with the MonsterVerse, Godzilla and his fellow monsters have Japanese Mythological roots.- Izanagi and Izanami might be Godzilla and its partner. Given the rumors that there might be two different Godzillas, the other one might be this version of Izanami.
- The Four Gods
- Manda would be Seiryū
- Rodan would be Suzaku
- Kamoebas or Anguirus would be Genbu
- King Caesar would be Byakko
- King Ghidorah would be Yamato no Orochi.
- There aren't any official hints to any other monsters showing up in this film.
Godzilla looks as he does, because he has keloid scars
Though there is no confirmation, Godzilla has a scene where it shows his flesh burning and exposing his muscle and bone. Judging by how warped and twisted his skin is compared to The Ride (which did had some slit like sculpting on the tail, it wasn't as noticeable as here). His statue shows details such as his chest looking like it had a melted indent, some of his dorsal spines have strange holes at their base, as if they were growing on him, he has rough pink scars on his face and his tail looks like it could potentially have a mouth, ala Shin Goji
. So there is a chance there might be two nuking scenes in the film involving Godzilla: His origin and possibly the breaking of the Godzilla Threshold.- Confirmed. Godzilla is first seen as an "ordinary" living fossil cryptid haunting Odo Island. At the end of the first act, he's exposed to the Operation Crossroads test and it is shown the bomb affected him, mutating him into the larger, more destructive monster with a grudge.
The film will have a complete Downer Ending
Godzilla will "Win" in the sense that Japan is now crippled beyond repair, and will next move on to America.- Jossed. Although he's last seen regenerating, the humans succeed in destroying Godzilla, at least for the moment.
Godzilla is an imposter
The kaiju seen in the trailers going out of their way to attack Japan and kill civilians, is imitating the King of the Monsters. As it sustains more and more damage, its disguise is gradually exposed. At the climax, the real unstoppable Godzilla shows up to end the carnage.- Jossed. There's only one Godzilla in the film.
Should the movie get a sequel, Godzilla will prove to have gained an Adaptive Ability to survive the pressure changes
- And possibly able to fire his Atomic Breath multiple times without suffering damages.
Should the movie get a sequel, Godzilla will fight a new enemy kaiju
- It could be a genetic clone hybrid like Biollante or Orga.
- Or a rival predator like Anguirus, Titanosaurus etc.
The sequel will feature Anguirus, and will combine both classic incarnations of the character.
- The sequel's version of Anguirus will borrow from the first incarnation in that it is a subterranean apex predator that challenges Godzilla early in the movie... but will take on the traits of its second incarnation as it teams up with Godzilla as a partner in crime.
- This would even allow for an easy name for the second: Minus One is meant to represent Godzilla being a negative quantity introduced into a Japan that had been reduced to zero by World War 2... now that there'd be two monsters stomping around together, Minus Two would make sense as a title.
The Godzilla incident will end the Truman presidency.
The U.S. government probably managed to cover up Godzilla destroying U.S. Navy warships before it headed to Japan. But the subsequent attacks and massive damage & loss of life will lead to an inquiry into the whole matter by the U.S. Congress. Knowledge of the true cause of the wrecks will be revealed, along with how the government refused to pursue Godzilla out of fear of the Russians, and how the underequipped and all-but-shunned Japanese managed to avenge the death of American sailors. The Republicans will use this against President Truman in the 1948 election, along with Truman's own low poll numbers. The result: the "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline will be accurate in this timeline. Godzilla will return...but not immediately, and he won't be the same.
First, while the last shot of the movie showed part of his tissue regenerating, his return will involve more than just recovery from injury. Godzilla's body literally went to pieces, and he'll need to regenerate a whole new one. Such a process can't happen quickly, so it's safe to figure a sequel would be set several years after the events of this film. Second, Shikishima's bomb literally blew Godzilla's brain to pieces. While it's conceivable that he could regenerate a new brain, it's also possible that there would be aftereffects from the blast damage. He may not retain any memory of events up to 1947, and it may cause a change in his personality. In a sequel, this could set the stage for Godzilla to be, while not benevolent, at least less hostile towards humanity, and more willing to ignore them unless directly attacked. Godzilla is Odio.
Godzilla is discovered roaming Odo Island, he's a demonic-looking mutated dinosaur with a frightening level of intelligence, he absolutely despises humanity, he evolves into an even more demonic appearance upon getting hit with the Atom Bomb, Word of God is that he's a tatari-gami - a "Curse God" (as in Hatred and Malice Incarnate directing his wrath towards humanity), which is not unlike a Demiurge, he covers Ginza in dark mushroom clouds and black rain, evoking his image as the Lord of Dark, his iconic suite fits right in with "Fugue for the Lord of Dark" or "Pure Odio", he regenerates From a Single Cell (which evokes As Long as There Is Evil), and he has the power to threaten the entire world.Need we say more?
Godzilla will hide himself in an 'Isle of Monsters'
He was nearly invincible, larger than anything in the world, and impervious to ANYTHING. Even nuclear weapons only gave him extra strength. But this time, with the courage of men, applied science and a SuperPrototype he was compressed, decompressed, and blown to smithereens. Even if he regenerates, he will be AFRAID, and he will feel all the PTSD that he inflicted into Koichi. If anything, Godzilla will hide in fear for some time, wondering about what hellish invention those small humans can throw at him. The sequel will be called Godzilla Plus One.
Infected by Godzilla's cells, Noriko will become increasingly ill, until mutating into a second Godzilla as Shikishima can only pitifully look on as the love of his life... becomes that which he fears most. Noriko's control over herself will deteriorate, as the military move in attempting to contain her away, allowing Godzilla to return and surprise-attack Japan.- Alternatively, it could be called Godzilla Plus Two if Anguirus or another monster appears.
Shikishima will receive G-Cells himself.
If getting drenched in black rain has anything to do with it. Even worse if both he and Noriko become monsters and they both have to be put down, because then Akiko will wind up being orphanized again. If Godzilla hadn't shown up the mechanics were planning to sabotage Shikishima's fighter and back up his story.
They clearly think Kamikaze is a stupid idea and are seemingly not to bothered he ducked out on killing himself so his plane would have "turned out to be scrap metal" and he would have simply stayed on the island (the IJN having bigger issues than getting him back to Japan) until the end of the war.This is also why he faces no consequences after the actual events since Godzilla destroyed his plane and there is no evidence it wasn't broken as he claimed. The sequel will be set in The '80s, and will feature an adult Akiko as the main protagonist.
The sequel will be set following a Time Skip, and just as Minus One is functionally a loose remake of the original film, the sequel will do the same for The Return of Godzilla. Akiko, now grown up, will have a psychic connection to Godzilla, like Miki Saegusa in the Heisei series. Godzilla is somehow part of the dreaded chain reaction that nearly destroyed the world.
If above theories are to be believed, he may have contributed to some of the events that nearly led to World War III, such as putting Truman out of business and provoking the arms race. America may have covered up his existence to save face with the Soviets or deescalate Cold War tensions. Godzilla wasn't mutated, he just matured.
Some supplementary info from promotional material suggests that Godzilla possessed the healing factor prior to the bomb. Given the "Godzillasaurus" looks the same but with a bigger head and more hunched-over pose, it's probable that he was a juvenile at this point, and rather than mutating him it simply caused him to mature into adulthood faster, with him prior still too young to use the Atomic Breath.Mizushima lives in the Edogawa Ward of Tokyo
Mizushima has a very different view of war from the War Is Hell views of the rest of the cast. But he should have experienced friends and family dying from the bombs too, right? Why would he be so glib about war, even wishing it continued on a bit longer?Well, there was, in fact, one part of the Tokyo Bay area that was left weirdly untouched by the bombs and fires.
This map https://www.nhk.or.jp/archives/sensou/special/tokyodaikushu/ shows the destruction in red. The part of Tokyo on the other side of the river left virtually untouched? That’s Edogawa Ward.
So, all of Mizushima’s friends, all of his family, live in this one ward. He was relatively unhurt by all of it. He would have seen the skies go red from the fires, and have heard of the bombings on the news, but because it wasn’t right in his neighborhood this may have nurtured more “We’ve gotta kick their ass!” sentiment than “Oh no, war is terrible”.
