SHIN GODZILLA International Release Update: Latest Godzilla Premieres in Italy

Source: Dynit s.r.l. press release Official Site: shin-godzilla.jp (Japan)

The international release of Toho`s SHIN GODZILLA (??????, Shin Gojira, 2016) continues. At 8:00pm on Thursday, April 6, the film had its Italian premiere at the Cinema Ambrosio of Turin. The screening was a part of Cartoons on the Bay (the 21st International Cross-Media and Children`s Television Festival), held in conjunction with Sottodiciotto Film Festival. Japan was a focus of this year`s Cartoons on the Bay, with special guests, panels, retrospectives, shows and meetings related to Japanese animation and fantasy films. In addition to SHIN GODZILLA, the screening list included the smash hit YOUR NAME. (?????, Kimi no Na wa., 2016), SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE – ORDINAL SCALE – (??? ???????????? -???????????-, Gekijooban Soodo Aato Onrain -Oodinaru Sukeeru-, 2017), Studio Ghibli`s NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (????????, Kaze no Tani no Naushika, 1984) and POM POKO (???????? ?????????, Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pompoko, 1994), and the Super Sentai-inspired American production, Saban`s POWER RANGERS (2017). SHIN GODZILLA is being released in Italy through a partnership between distributors Dynit, Minerva Pictures and QMI Stardust. The Italian theatrical run will begin in July. In the press release for the premiere, Dynit described SHIN GODZILLA as "an event film that combines two national glories in Godzilla and [co-writer/director] Hideaki Anno, author of the anime NEON GENESIS EVANGELION. The film, a blockbuster in Japan and fresh from recent success at the 40th edition of the Japan Academy Prize Award -- the so-called Japanese Oscars -- with seven awards including best film and best director, is the return of the most famous monster of all time in his homeland."

About Dynit s.r.l.

Dynit is one of the leading companies in the Italian entertainment industry: its activity ranges from localizing Japanese anime to designing and creating gadgets for children. It was founded in 1995 in the wake of renewed interest by the Italian audience for Japanese animation and it rose to success thanks to the distribution of home video hits as DRAGON BALL, UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER and HOKUTO NO KEN. The success of anime extended to the Italian main TV channels (MTV, Rai, Mediaset) and it helped to spread the Japanese culture in Italy, while the VHS support evolved to DVD first and later to Blu-ray Disc, giving the viewer a better experience and letting him get deeper involved. Between 2013 and 2014, in less than a year, Dynit distributed 11 Japanese animation movies in theaters, with amazing box office grosses. The growing interest for streaming also allowed the company to show new programs in simulcast, i.e. transmitted via the Internet simultaneously with Japan.

About Toho Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1932 and headquartered in Tokyo, Toho Company, Ltd. is one of the leading entertainment conglomerates in Japan. Toho is best known worldwide as the producer of twenty-nine Godzilla motion pictures, based upon a character the company unleashed on the world back in 1954, and masterpiece films directed by Akira Kurosawa. Toho has been the number one distributor of motion pictures in Japan annually since 2003. The company is also, throughout Japan, the leading producer of theatrical works and one of the largest owners of office buildings and theaters.

For more information on SHIN GODZILLA, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: