For April 1st, the sites for Toho's new Godzilla movie (Godzilla Resurgence internationally, Shin Gojira in Japan), co-directed by Hideaki Anno (Evangelion) and Shinji Higuchi (Heisei Gamera series, Attack on Titan), and Evangelion were updated with a visual featuring a clash between the King of Kaiju and Unit 01 by Masahiro Maeda (Gankutsuou, proto-Ghibli Nausicaa and the Studio's Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso, and early Gainax Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise and Gunbuster, as well as contributing Angel designs to Evangelion, also an early version of Mad Max: Fury Road).









Today, a new "Roar at Daybreak" (Reimei-no hoko) by Yuji Kaida visual was introduced. Kaida has a long history as an illustrator/designer/packaging artist for Godzilla, Ultraman, Macross, Gundam, Patlabor, games such as Snatcher, and his own line of limited edition Zoids.





The art will be featured on merchandise such as a 1,000-piece puzzle from Ensky and a Sega Prize "Mega Jumbo Cushion."





Another, with art by kaiju and mech designer Shinji Nishikawa, was introduced with a preview for Bandai's Ichiban Kuji July lottery

via RagoneAugust

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