3/6/17 (Updated 5/1/17)

There’s a great new Shin Godzilla book that goes into the details about Shin Godzilla, the Japanese Self Defense Force, and more. “Shin · Godzilla Confidential Research Reading Book” (シン・ゴジラ機密研究読本) is a 128-paged soft back book full of pictures, illustrations, and information covering Shin Godzilla and the JSDF vehicles and weapons. It’s written by Tetsuya Kakitani (柿谷 哲也) and published by KADOKAWA. The cover reads “99 secrets revealed” (明かされる99の機密) and “Mystery, explained” (謎、解明｡). I highly recommend it. Now let’s go into some of its great content.

ゴジラの謎に対するリアル巨災対の見解

A View of Real Disaster vs. Godzilla’s mystery

(p. 79)

1. 生物としては不可能なサイズ骨格を作る未知の物質がカギ

An unknown substance that makes the impossible-size skeleton as an organism is the key

2. 進化ではなく変態だ

It’s not evolution but metamorphosis

3. 硬い表皮は炭素ベースの未知の組成を持つ新料科

The hard epidermis is a new material with unknown carbon-based composition

4. 未知のタンパク質を作る遺伝情報が人類の８倍

Genetic information making unknown protein is 8 times higher than in humans

5. 新元素は生体原子炉で作られた副産物

The new element is a by-product made in the biological nuclear reactor

6. 口から出るビームと背びれ、尾から出るレーザーは別物

Beam and back from the mouth, laser from the tail are different things

7. 冷却用血液循環と生体活動用運搬循環流の２つの大きな循環を持つ

It has two large cycles of blood cooling circulation and transport circulation flow for biological activity

8. 最大の不明点なぜスクラムで凍結したのか？

The biggest unknown point, why did it freeze in a scram (a rapid shutting down of a nuclear reactor)?

9. ヤシオリ作戦で投入するならホワ素

Ingesting boron in the Yashiori Plan

10. 凍結後は冷却し続け解体の方向で

After freezing, continue cooling and dismantling

11. 半減期２０日の新元素には近づくべからず

The new element with a half-life of 20 days should not be approached

仮説 Hypothesis

ゴジラ Godzilla

体内概念図 Conceptual Diagram of the Body

(From p. 80, below is a recreation)

血液流

ゴジラ最大の問題点は、超高温の生物体原子炉内で発生する熱をいかに冷却するかだ。血液自体が何でできているかは疑問だが、イメージとしては、吸熱と放熱にすぐれ沸点の高い液体（血液）が生体原子炉を高い圧力で取り囲み、まるで心臓➝大動脈➝毛細血管➝大静脈➝心臓と循環するように、徐々に細くなっていく血管が全身を巡りながら温度を下げ、また戻ってくるという冷却機能に特化した血液循環があると考えてよさそうだ。

Blood flow

The biggest problem with Godzilla is how to cool the heat generated in a very high temperature biological nuclear reactor. As an image, it is doubtful what the blood itself is made of, but as in the image, a liquid (blood) with high boiling point, which is excellent in endothermic and heat dissipation surrounds the biological nuclear reactor with high pressure, as if the heart, the aorta, the capillary, the vena cava, the heart as it circulates, it seems to be that there is a blood circulation specialized in a cooling function that blood vessels gradually becoming thinner take down the temperature while going around the whole body and come back again.

背びれの放熱効果とレーザー光発生装置

背びれは、２つの機能を併せ持つている。ひとつはゴジラの表面積を大きくし放射効果を高める機能。もうひとつが、生体器官としてレーザー光発生装置のようなものを備えていると思われる。

Heat dissipation effect of the back and laser light generator

Dorsal fins have two functions. One function is to increase the surface area of Godzilla enhancing the radiation effect. The other one seems to have a laser light generator as a living organism.

口からの放射

生体原子炉と口腔部が直接つながっている。

熱炎を収束されてビーム状にするときに下あごが左右に開くが、これはあごの骨格と喉の筋肉が連動し、喉を絞り込むことで収束させているのではないだろうか。

Radiation from the mouth

The biological nuclear reactor and the mouth part are directly connected. When the hot flame converges into a beam shape, the lower jaw opens to the right and left, because the jaw skeleton and the muscles of the throat are linked to each other and converge by narrowing down the throat.

体内

生物である以上、ゴジラの体内は我々と変わらずタンパク質でできている。ただし既知のものではなく、耐熱性の高い分子構造の夫知のタンパク質だろう。

Internal body

Beyond being an organism, Godzilla’s body is made of protein as us. However, it is not a known protein, it is a protein of high molecular structure with high heat resistance.

新元素

生体原子炉で生成されていると思われる。半減期が短く、体組織を作るには不安定すぎるので、ゴジラがこれを利用する場合は、核エネルギーでは大きすぎる機能の代替エネルギーとして利用しているのではないだろうか。例えば、ゴジラに必要な分子合成といったような通常の化学反応のエネルギー源である。

New element

It seems that it is generated in the biological nuclear reactor. Its half-life is short and too unstable to make body tissues, so if Godzilla uses it, is it not used as an alternative energy for functions that are too large for nuclear energy? For example, it is an energy source of usual chemical reactions such as molecular synthesis required for Godzilla.

生体原子炉

核分裂でエネルギーを熱として発生させる。

Biological nuclear reactor

Generates energy as heat with fission.

熱核エネルギー変擲生体器官

Thermonuclear Energy Disintegration Organ

生体原子炉で発生した熱を利用して実際に活動するためのエネルギーやからだを作る素材を作り出す器官。冷却自的の血液流とは別系統の全身循環がある。

An organ that produces energy and body to actually make activities using heat generated in a biological nuclear reactor. There is a systemic circulation of a different strain from the cooling-self blood flow.

素皮や骨

生物である以上、ゴジラの硬い素皮や骨は、炭素などー船的な素でできているが、巨大なサイズを支えるために、夫知の分子構造を持つ新材料を作り出した。その構造により、硬さや高い放射性を実現している。

Skin and bones

Godzilla’s hard skin and bones are made of ship-like elements such as carbon, etc., but in order to support a huge size, a new material with a well-known molecular structure was created in order to support a huge size. Due to its structure, it uses hardness and high radioactivity.

What is happening in Godzilla’s Body

p. 75





機密95 Confidential 95

シュプレヒコールの波 A Wave of Unison

p. 107

やかましいわ Noisy

ゴジラを倒せ Defeat Godzilla

ゴジラは神だ Godzilla is a god

ゴジラが再上陸するまでのわずかな日常。夜間、巨災対のメンバーが疲れ果て机に突っ伏している。その時、永田町周辺はシュプレヒコールの波に覆われていた。主張は２種類｡｢ゴジラを倒せ！｣派と｢ゴジラは神だ！｣派。これは意外と深い問いかけになっているのかもしれない。ストーリー上、このシーンがなくても痂皮(かひ)はない。だが、実に多くの人を集めた力の入ったシーンに見えた。観客への問いかけとして用意されたシーンなのかもしれない。

It was an ordinary day until Godzilla re-landed. At night, members of the Big Disaster being tired out are fallen out on their desks. At that time, a wave of unison covers the vicinity of Nagatacho. There are two opinions. The “Defeat Godzilla” faction and “Godzilla is a god” faction. This is perhaps a surprising and deep question. There is no denying this scene in the story. However, it looked like a powerful scene drawing many people indeed. It might be a scene that raised questions for the audience.

劇中でも効果的に使われていた折り紙

Origami that was used effectively in the drama

p. 74

劇中で折り紙は、牧元教授の解析表を折って立体にするというヒントになっていた。その発想もさることながら、解析表が表していたのは分子構造。そして分子構造は3Dモデルだ。深読みだが、そのことまで示唆していたとしたら脱帽だ。The origami in the drama was a clue to fold the analysis table of Professor Maki and to make it three-dimensional. As well as its idea, the analytic table represented the molecular structure. And the molecular structure is a 3D model. But reading too much into it, it was suggested only to be a hat up to that point.

機密11呉爾羅とは？

Confidential 11 What is GOJIRA?

p. 18

「GODZILLA」とは牧元教授が米国工エネルギー省(DOE)で名付けた名称。封筒に書かれていた「呉爾羅」は「ゴジラ」と読み、これが米国で付けた名前の語源だ。

“Godzilla” is the name that Professor Goro Maki created in US Department of Energy and Technology (DOE). “呉爾羅”, written on the envelope, is read “GOJIRA,” which is the etymology of the name given in the United States.

映画では元教授の故郷の大戸島で「神の化身」を意味する言葉と説明されるが、1954年に上映された映画「ゴジラ」で発場した設定を使っている。困みに大戸島は架空の島だ。

In the movie, the name is described as a word meaning “God incarnate” on Odo Island, the hometown of the former professor, using the setting of the place that appeared in the film “Godzilla” released in 1954. Today, Odo Island is a fictitious island.

東日本大震災害における政府の動き

The Government’s movement in the event of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster

p. 98

緊急災害対第本部は、1995年の阪神・淡路大震災で非常災害本部の設置に時間がかかったことなどの教訓から設置されることなった。

Counter Emergency Disaster Headquarters has been set up from lessons learned that the time it took to establish emergency disaster headquarters in the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake.

東日本大震災が史上初の設置となる。

East Japan great earthquake will be the first installation in history.

福島第一原発の電源喪失と事故も同時に発生したため原子力災害対第本部も設置された。これも史上初のことだった。

Since the power loss and accident of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant occurred at the same time, the Counter Nuclear Disaster Headquarters was also established. This was also the first in history.

当時は民主党政権下、総理大巨は菅直人。

In those days, under the Democratic Party (DPJ) government, Naoto Kan was the prime minister.

本震発生から30分以内に緊急災害対第本部設置さている。

The Counter Emergency Disaster Headquarters was established within 30 minutes after the main shock occurred.

シン・ゴジラはこの時の政府の動きを詳細に調べ上げ、ストーリーに活かしているという。

For Shin Godzilla, the movement of the government at this time was investigated in detail, and was good for the making of the story.

2011年3月11日

November 3, 2001 14:46 本震発生

Earthquake occurrence

Earthquake occurrence 14:49 津波警報発令

Tsunami warning announcement

Tsunami warning announcement 14:50 官邸対第室設置・緊急参集チーム招集

Official Residence Counter Establishment Room · conference call for Emergency Participation Team

Official Residence Counter Establishment Room · conference call for Emergency Participation Team 15:00 緊急参集チーム協議開始

Emergency Participation Team negotiation started

Emergency Participation Team negotiation started 15:14 緊急災害対第本部設置

Counter Emergency Disaster Head Office set up

Counter Emergency Disaster Head Office set up 15:37 第一回緊急災害対第本部 会議開催

「災害応急対開する基本方針」策定

First Counter Emergency Disaster Headquarters meeting held

Formulation of “Disaster Emergency First Aid Basic Policy”

「災害応急対開する基本方針」策定 First Counter Emergency Disaster Headquarters meeting held Formulation of “Disaster Emergency First Aid Basic Policy” 15:42 福島第一原発電源喪失報告

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Supply Loss Report

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Supply Loss Report 16:36 官邸対第室設置•緊急参集チーム招集

Counter Official Residence room setting • conference call for Emergency Participation Team

Counter Official Residence room setting • conference call for Emergency Participation Team 19:03 原子力災害対第本部設置

Counter Nuclear Disaster Head Office set up ※内閣府ホームページ、首相官邸ホームページ発表資料より

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