The official Twitter account of Hideaki Anno's Studio Khara clarified an earlier message regarding the next Godzilla work, explaining that Anno did not state that he is working on the sequel to the Shin Godzilla film, and that the message referred to the upcoming Hollywood Godzilla film sequel and Polygon Pictures' Godzilla anime film.

The message appeared as a text message at the end the Shin Godzilla vs. Evangelion Symphony concert on Wednesday. The message read, "Please look forward to the next work in the Godzilla franchise and Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||"