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  MermaidDork

  75/100
  Una carta de amor al Bestiario de Toho.

  Tengo una historia de cariño muy reciente con Godzilla.

  Si bien hoy día he visto casi todo medio habido y por haber que involucre a este icónico personaje (Sí, eso incluye al anime viejito donde Godzilla te enseña a sumar), en realidad esta franquicia no representaba mucha importancia para mí durante la gran mayoría de mi vida.
  Seguro, siempre me gustó Godzila, pero lo más que había visto era la película de 1998 y la caricatura de Hanna Barbera.
  No fue sino hasta un período de desempleo, en el que gocé de mucho más tiempo libre del que sabía como utilizar, que me dio por ver la película de 1954, y luego la secuela, y la siguiente, y la siguiente...

  Ahora, dos años después de certificarme como fan (marca registrada) de Godzilla, siento que Singular Point fue hecho exactamente con personas como yo en mente.
  Cada capítulo involucra al menos uno o dos kaiju distintos del panteón del rey de los monstruos, desde clásicos como Rodan, hasta los más oscuros como Salunga.
  Pero lo que hace especiales estas apariciones, al menos para mí, es que sean en un contexto tan distinto y refrescante al oríginal. Normalmente me opondría a que los Kaiju puedan ser derrotados o destruidos por los humanos, pero en el contexto de esta serie, ayuda muchísimo a que estos se involucren mucho más en la historia, también, la reducción en escala de estos monstruos permite que podamos conectarnos más con ellos (con excepciones como Rodan, que se convierte en el monstruo más común y repetido de la serie).
  El reparto humano es bastante sólido, con los dos protagonistas, Jun y Mai centrando los temas y enfoque de la historia, y quizás, demasiados personajes secundarios, que, aunque coloridos, no afectan tanto al desarrollo de la misma.

  Pero ya que mencionamos a los protagonistas humanos, hay un elemento que siento que no funcionó tan bien como los escritores esperaban, el científico.
  Si bien me parece fascinante que se enfoquen en términos teóricos y física especulativa (algo que viene de las raíces de ciencia ficción desde el primer Godzilla), a veces el exceso y embotellamiento de información, teorías y conjeturas termina desorientando al espectador, todo para un final que no necesita complicarse tanto para entenderse o ser explicado.
  Entre la discusión sobre el Punto Singular, los viajes en el tiempo, y la imposibilidad de la existencia de los kaijus, por más fascinantes que puedan ser todos esos temas, corren el peligro de perderse para la mayoría de la audiencia.

  A pesar de ese detalle, técnica, emocional y en entretenimiento, Godzilla: Singular Point cumple lo que se propone.

  Me muero de ganas por ver si esta historia podrá continuar, y cómo se desarrollará.
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  R2R

  61/100
  Don't get misleaded by seeing "GODZILLA" in the title.

  https://anilist.co/anime/124786/Godzilla-Singular-Point/ As the title says, **Don't get misleaded by "GODZILLA"**

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  PROS

  • The Art Style

  The art style is really a major standout for this Anime. Every character design looks unique & vibrant. The monster character designs, Radons, Spiders & of course Godzilla gives the feel of the monster that they are. The series is made by studios "bones" (FMAB & MHA) & "Orange" (Land of the Lustrous & Beastars) and you can tell who's making what, if I've seen their previous works. The human designs looks so vibrant which are hand drawn.

  

  And the monster design look creepy & scary but unique, which is thanks to the CGI. Many have a misconception that CGI is always bad but that's definitely not the case here. The clunky CGI really worked for the creepiness & monstrous look for the giant, other wordly creatures.

  

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  Cons

  • Bland Characters

  During every episode which has a monster attacking a character, I constantly asked myself, "Why should I care for you?". I know that sounds really harsh & edgy, but seriously the characters are just so bland, they feel more like "Plot devices" than actual characters. Their only personality is their design & maybe their high intelligence but nothing else. The series focusses so much on the plot and the sci-fi element, which completely forgets that these are people. Only memorable character are the AIs who shows more personality than people.

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  Things we can debate on

  This is a section where few things may or may not apply to others that I personally found bad. So, these may not be cons or pros.

  • Lack of more Godzilla

  I mean, c'mon.... You have Godzilla in the title and there are like what! A 20 minute scenes in the whole 13 episodes Anime?? Are you kidding me!? is what many might think after watching this. I haven't watched many Godzilla films (watched only two of them) but I think that shouldn't be considered here. This is Anime with not much to the production, and that's a live-action Hollywood film with more budget. It's kinda unfair to compare both, but that's really understandable if you are someone who expected to see big creatures fight and hated this work. I don't really disliked lack of Godzilla, but it could've been so much better if Godzilla had much screentime

  • The Sci-fi Element

  Honestly, it is pretty interesting how the series managed to convey it's sci-fi element through boring dialogues. The exposition is completely based on more & more dialogue, which is very fast paced(for sub watchers, Dub seems to be fine).
  For Die Hard Sci-fi fans who constantly wants to wrap their head around, this show can be a treat. For me though, I really found it boring even though it's actually interesting. You could actually tell the creators did their research. I mean, HELL. One of the spiritual theories they talk about(The Bagvadgita) is something I'm familiar of. It's really nice to see a homage for my country. But that's kinda it. I really appreciate it, but it didn't impressed me because of the bland execution through boring dialogue.

  • The Blend between 2D & 3D

  In the series(and few Anime in general), you have few scenes where they blend the 2D & 3D together. Now this is a little problem for me. While they are good in their own way, they aren't really good together because the distinction is visible. I personally think it's a little out of the place cause it didn't worked well.

  **It isn't terrible by any chance, just a little off.**

  This is a very common problem for anything that tries to blend 2D & 3D. You have the infamous CGI crowds that looks so out of the place that it can put you off like in many Anime, but then you also have something like Land of the Lustrous CGI that really uses 3D in a way that many still framed 2D scenes can't try to deliver.

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  #**Summary** **May not be for GODZILLA fans**, but it can be a good watch for **Die hard Sci-fi fans**. For people who just want to check this out tho, not really worth your time.
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  ShibuyaConfidential

  60/100
  A singular point of view for Science fanatics!

  Godzilla SP is not a perfect show by far but it has been harassed and forgotten probably because we were not prepared for such a show.

  The anime takes place in a believable not-too-far future, with no flying cars, no apocalypse but simply ten years from now. There is Artificial Intelligence, slightly advanced technology and as far as we know, no crazy dictator.
  We immediately feel related to it as it is our world more or less developed.

  Suddenly giant beasts start appearing and from that point on various characters decide to understand what is going on in a crescendo of complexity, science, twists and a lot of difficult words!

  We do not have a gathering of young pals or superheroes (and waifus, there is no waifu here).
  They are all people involved in science, politics, and economy, an engineer, a scientist specialising in fantastic beasts or some lecturers of antimatter. Probably having such a skilled cast of personalities downgraded the enjoyment of young viewers who do not relate to an unknown (let's be honest) topic we do not handle daily - but more to a younger hero/heroine and his/her constant fights... and waifus.

  The characters feel too real probably.

  The elephant in the room is undeniably Godzilla, who is bigger than an elephant.

  Godzilla is such an important figure in the history of cinematography and one of the most beloved franchises. Its fanbase is hyped all the time (falling into fanatics sometimes). What a Godzilla fan wants (I may assume) is insane fights between monsters or humans, or jam-packed action scenes and there was almost none of them in the show if not towards the end. To make it simple, too much talking.

  Godzilla SP has been written most likely by a pool of physicists and scientists as the topic and analysis presented are based on real studies. The show is centred on science and connection between single pieces, it was not uncommon for me literally to pause the video, open Wikipedia, or Google and search terms used and I understand that this may be a minus point. There were episodes where I had no clue what they were talking about. 
  I admit though that this has a double blade, I do not blame viewers for skipping it. It is difficult, it is complex and requires patience and research. Sometimes you start to think that what they are telling is just complex for the sake of it but no it isn't.

  So this show despite fantastic beasts, is pretty realistic and worth watching.
  It was a nice new single point, different from whatever we see every day and honestly, one of the most mysterious I have seen giving me a sense of accomplishment.
  The opening theme is a banger.
  Go listen to it!

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