Godzilla in Unreal Engine 5 - Cinematic Trailer

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Props to the small but mighty team who helped bring this to life! The whole short was animated and rendered directly out of Unreal and composited with Nuke.
Credits -
Animation: Jon Abanheim - Watch his channel! @watchmeanimateYT
Control Rig: Sanal Deep
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Sound Design: David Carmichael
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Godzilla in Unreal 5 - Cinematic Trailer

[@JoshToonen]

Thanks for watching :D 🦖Want to make your own Hollywood-level films using Unreal 5? Don't miss our live Godzilla Masterclass! 🎥 Join Now at unrealforvfx.com/godzilla

[@vagabond4576]

Near perfect. Weird choice of plane against modern Godzilla. And people still using 5.56 rounds/M4 rifles against that monstrosity in movies. Its like throwing a sand grain at him. People know better when hunting real animals on what rounds should be used. Gotta do your homework. Reminds me of the people who created the ARMA campaign. It was pure cringe. They knew the firearm mechanics and how they sound. But they had zero knowledge of how the military worked.

[@chaosiscoming9184]

that was better then the whole of star wars the acolyte.

[@CraftyM2016]

We need an Unreal Engine Godzilla game, the world needs it.

[@ayandas2651]

And what are we, as a player, gonna do in the game?? Should we be Godzilla or human soldier or some other character??

[@RandomMackem0069]

@@ayandas2651both. Kaiju vs human Human vs kaiju Kaiju vs kaiju Human vs kaiju vs kaiju

[@xX_Frogii_Xx]

​@ayandas2651 the children yearn to be lizard

[@josuedejesus21]

I have an answer for that remember Peter Jackson's King Kong where you play as not only man but Kong too, well here you'll not only be playing as Man ( a Soldier from Monarch ) you'll play as The King of Hollow Earth the Mighty Kong, but that's not all you'll also play as The G Man himself the King Of The Monsters Godzilla! Can you imagine the trailer how hype it will be ​@ayandas2651

[@SilverBush86]

Ong 🙏🙏

[@tunnlearcher8590]

A Godzilla game made by Unreal Engine would be LEGENDARY

[@userid9682]

I see what you did there.

[@christopherlake9667]

​I know right , very clever😂🎉😎😊@@userid9682

[@tunnlearcher8590]

@@userid9682 it was too good of an opportunity to pass up.

[@BJRimmoms28]

You missed an even greater opportunity

[@BJRimmoms28]

Legen

[@ThisOffendsMeTV]

Idk why but the thought of old school crop dusters planes from Minus one just launching missles in a city that is clearly modern is hilarious lmao

[@USAwhatsakilometer]

I know right I thought that was funny af they should be using B-2s or A-10s or some shi

[@naufalmEZa]

That Shikishima cameo's uncalled for, welldone!

[@makk7109]

The best fanmade godzilla animation ever made. Change my mind

[@Nightmare-Edits-2024]

Dinomania, slick, pivot master and film core

[@Sniperzillabot]

Godzilla earth vs void Ghidorah fan animation by MMD canon

[@Cheese_enjoyer5421]

@@Nightmare-Edits-2024nah this is much better

[@Cheese_enjoyer5421]

Except maybe film core

[@JaylonMullins]

Godzilla vs gamera animation

[@aidenbell3487]

I honestly thought this was a brand new Godzilla video game for a second. This looks unreal. We must have this now. The world needs it.

[@mentaltelepathy24]

Imagine a co-op game like this, that be sick, and you get to play as Godzilla too. We need this badly.

[@impostor100percentrealnotfake]

It does look *unreal*

[@samueljohnkennethrollno3528]

Yo. Was that pun intended?

[@aidenbell3487]

@@samueljohnkennethrollno3528 No, lol.

[@damara2268]

What's funny is that the CGI in this looks actually better than in the lastest Godzilla x Kong movie lmao. The movie was so blurry and often very weird graphics effects like water splashes and ice being completely weird

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

This looks so amazing. Peak animation. If they ever make a Monsterverse themed game, they should use Unreal Engine.

[@alangonzalez9765]

They doing a monsterverse mobile game but it looks awful!

[@Mike-iz9it]

@@alangonzalez9765and it is awful

[@dddharmesh]

Unreal beats lots of departments as a single.... Just need to be expert in all areas inside unreal...

[@a2raya772]

Unreal Stutter*

[@Oryyyt]

This could give Legendary cgi artists a run for their money

[@Oryyyt]

​​@@a2raya772talking as if other engines are immune from unoptimization and compromise lol

[@a2raya772]

@@Oryyyt unreal engine is literally worst when it comes to stutter. Everyone knows this

[@Oryyyt]

@@a2raya772 Tell that to Fortsht lol Hellblade 2, Final Fantasy 7 remake, Ark even the Throne and Liberty mmo are fine as well. It's all about optimization. Elden Ring was a stutterfest at launch, CP2077's Red engine could barely run the game with still janky NPC movement animations, Dragon's Dogma 2 with the RE engine is worse until now remains unpatched. By everyone, you mean internet bias that you just read lol Plenty of games performing far worse so no. It's not as powerful as the Rage engine but still not the worst.

[@LightswitchKing]

DUDE, SOME OF THESE SHOTS LOOK GENUINELY LIKE SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE MOVIE, NOT ONYL DO YOU DESERVE MY SUB BUT ALSO A LIKE, THIS IS SO UNDERRATER, FR (And this is still just the trailer?!?!?!?)

[@moeburhanimeez7354]

In certain shots it looks very realistic! EDIT: Especially this one here: 0:54

[@JamesLeeFilmmaker73]

This is really amazing and inspiring! 💥💥💥

[@JoshToonen]

Thanks James :D

[@gabesterstudios7271]

I randomly saw this on discord and then next thing I knew it was the Instagram ad in full context I love this!

[@masterkinggodzillafan16]

This looks so incredible! Like if it was a real short film made by Warner Bros or Legendary. The first shot at 0:12, it has that 2014 scale. Great job man👍

[@dhruvgulati2695]

This fanmade video showcases the problem with the newer Godzilla movies. Bro has successfully shown Godzilla to be as huge as he is, just the way he was shown massive in 2014’s Godzilla and KOTM. This video shows Godzilla through more or less a human perspective, having clips which don’t fully show him in one frame, sending the message of how massive this titan is. Wonderful job this guy has done.

[@Still.the.best.2021]

I don't see this problem, it looks the same.

[@nobrakes7892]

@@Still.the.best.2021 what he is trying to say is in GxK they looked like regular size characters especially in hollow earth because it was shown in their perspective instead of us tiny humans

[@Still.the.best.2021]

@@nobrakes7892 But wasn't that the idea of the film?

[@anisahb8544]

Maybe? It Was.

[@AarontheCarrotPlays]

This is next level

[@TheKaijuKing54]

Despite Godzilla being way smaller than he's supposed to be, this animation is still one of the greatest fan projects I've ever seen!

[@sylver1146]

he's actually accurately scaled here

[@TheKaijuKing54]

@@sylver1146 What I'm saying is that he’s smaller than he is in the movies.

[@sylver1146]

@@TheKaijuKing54 no bro most of the times we see him in the movies he's upscaled to better fit the surroundings, for example during the hong kong battle Godzilla and Kong both were upscaled to be abt 150-180 meters to better fit the surroundings, cuz if u take the godzilla model and scale him accurately with a life sized human , his height is near accurate to what's been shown here

[@TheKaijuKing54]

@@sylver1146 You actually have a point. Come to think of it, he was also downscaled for the aircraft carrier fight scene.

[@OfficialInternship]

@@sylver1146what’s the factual height of Godzilla?

[@Myuutsuu85]

0:10 is my favorite shot because there are not enough shots in general that emphasize the scale of kaiju.

[@SolomonJagwe]

Wow!!! This is amazing and super inspiring 🎉 it’s incredible that this was made in the Unreal Engine!! Well done Josh!! Did you make the entire film by yourself? Including the sound design?

[@WillyCash69]

Yea bro, Hes been dropping 2 hour live sessions showing the whole thing

[@JoshToonen]

Thanks Solomon :D yeah I laid out the previs, edit, lgt, and comp, but had some amazing teammates to help with the rigging, animation, and sound design support. Gonna share more on the Thursday Livestream! unrealforvfx.com/godzilla

[@SolomonJagwe]

@@JoshToonen Awesome!! I would love to work with you :)

[@XenoTeeth3]

This was epic! The animation looks so smooth , it looked like it came from a big budget studio

[@RandomMackem0069]

Seriously a legendary Godzilla games needs to be made, it should’ve been made after KOTM

[@ngd793]

That wish sort of came true twice when 2014 released, but it was only temporary.

[@sammonthomery]

A Godzilla game...by UNREAL ENGINE?!?! THIS IS LEGENDARY!!!

[@GojiSonic]

for a split second i thought this was a trailer for a new godzilla game cuz of the thumbnail 😭😭

[@silverunicorn06]

This is incredible work! Glad I took your course Josh!

[@caitsalmon6123]

Badass

[@JoshToonen]

Thanks Cait! 🙏

[@thirdeyenz]

This looks incredible. I love all the crazy anachronisms you've got from getting free assets, like a futuristic Japanese city with today's cars and helicopters and guns but also bi-planes with missiles. The American voice on the radio telling the Japanese what to do was quirky too. Good fun stuff.

[@ryanwoodman5036]

Toonen strikes again :D

[@gunsruleful]

Absolutely incredible

[@anisahb8544]

This Is Like Form The Movie Back In 2014 And This Is A Huge Success Keep Up The Great Work Josh! The World Needs You.

[@VivienneHuo]

Absolutely incredible :O I can't believe this is realtime in Unreal

[@Hackerb0b]

Wasn't rendered in real time though

[@UG3017]

How good do you want this single piece of animation to be? This guy: Y E S

[@vinces4812]

I want a Godzilla film with these type of cutscenes

[@トップハット]

BRO YHIS LOOKS AMAZING

[@TheDavidTurk]

so good!!! glad I caught the live strreams and learned so much from this!

[@JoshToonen]

Happy it was worth it :D thanks David!

[@user-gv3si6in8r]

I’m crying knowing how long and tedious this must have been. Thank you for giving us such beautiful thing

[@Potatoig62]

I love this animation so much! And even the minus one reference

[@user-sm6xm7zt4e]

This is the first video I watched today and Holy Cow, it's amazing!!! The lighting, the sounds, the movements, and the timings are just... Perfect!!! I had a friend who likes Godzilla a lot, and when I sent this video to him, he immediately said "Say no more, I'm gonna make my own Godzilla animation video now!" And it also inspires me to try animating. Anyway, this has to be one of the best Godzilla fan animations I've ever seen, keep up the work champ!

[@owenjenkinsofficial]

This is awesome!

[@timtbty6583]

So sick Josh, incredible quality

[@T.F.DRAGONSTORM9996]

Bro, finally some one who proved you can make an unreal engine 5 Godzilla, bro whole world needs this to come to reality

[@luisyanez-hs5sx]

I really hope this becomes a game someday this was so awesome 😄

[@beinballerz_609]

It’s literally unreal that I got a unreal engine to a unreal engine video😂

[@bastirojas8346]

We need a Godzilla movie made with a real Engine 5, the world needs it

[@foxdino5675]

For a second there I thought this was a new Godzilla game coming out. It is a very cool animation through

[@atroxozaur]

HOLY FUCK. That looks like something that could appear in a MV movie. The quality is SUPERB. Pls more T_T

[@IkonikBeast]

This is genuinely incredible! We need an Unreal Engine 5 Godzilla game!

[@kamikaxedashinigami4937]

A godzilla game with battlefield levels of destruction and monster vs humans vs monster type of gameplay would be dope asf

[@TheSchwiz]

Honestly having this be a squad game where you are one of the army people fighting Godzilla like battlefront fighting a star destroyer could be tons of fun.

[@emanueloliveira7997]

Damn, if i had a pc able to support this I'd be deep learning this stuff! Great animation here, well done!

[@tilakrajgolari1577]

You have always inspired the community.

[@tian_obia]

Incredible, can't wait for more full fledged games to come out like this and for the gaming consoles to be optimized for it

[@curioussoul5151]

Awesome ❤❤

[@gojifan504]

This video does one thing the monster verse hasn’t done since 2014, the sense of scale of how massive Godzilla is

[@chrisvzoutlaw]

Incredible.

[@voronOsphere]

The biplanes really caught me off guard! Awesome!

[@RakKrD]

Kudos for such a fantastic work... 👏🏼👏🏼

[@happybelldaylas7157]

Who ever made a Godzilla game..I bet they will use this video as a trailer for their Godzilla game because this video is fire🔥🔥🔥

[@Deadpixeleditz-mh2pn]

I literally thought it was a game trailer it's so good!!

[@hirzihilman6928]

With this such quality, my pc will become godzilla feast

[@onapersonalnote7045]

I love the biplane shooting missiles 🤣 It is nice to see that you use available asets. Amazing work!

[@alexhayne]

It looks amazing

[@samarvir126]

This is amazing

[@coreymccray1100]

After that, I'm sold. Godzilla game, now. The monsterverse version

[@FigureManiaShow]

Outstanding

[@jamesdill1016]

Its crazy how this feels better than the two most recent movies. These giant creatures have lost their weight, they move too fast and dramatized. This is how godzilla should feel, slow and heavy hitting.

[@360degressboy]

Bro this is amazing i literally thought it was an actual game announcement ❤

[@ThatOn3Dinosaur]

Ok that looks sick.

[@Peaceful_Gojira]

Gosh, Unreal is so friggin' sweet. I'm not game dev or programmer...I just know that Unreal is so good by seeing vids like these. Nothing cane top it right now, and it's awesome.

[@Davedly_Davd]

as a godzilla fan, THIS IS SICK, DUDE. Hope to see more this!

[@shaheenhasan9567]

Just pure art..🔥

[@AllanMcKay]

Great stuff Josh!💥💥

[@paullago8345]

Super Fun! Great Job!

[@Arsenoraptor1999071663937]

Looking at this, makes me want an animation series or at least an animation movie of MV Godzilla lol

[@LegendZilla_YT]

This is SICK!!! 🔥🔥

[@SpeedBoltz]

This is insane! 😳🔥

[@OMAHA16]

Very good work.

[@MKultraInstinct]

Gears of War’s graphics is what got me so hype for it, unreal engine was so ahead of it’s time.

[@Tsathogguah]

WOW. Great animation on the big guy.

[@mateus.9477]

i love how everytime godzilla roars he makes sure to chake his neck and head

[@AustinThomasFilms]

Josh this is freaking incredible! Obviously the visual effects are awesome but even the lighting / cinematography / sound design are sooooo good

[@gspida25]

Legendary is paired up with Sony and I hope at some point down the line they eventually use their gaming division to produce a Monsterverse Godzilla game that plays just like that old King Kong 2005 videogame. That decima engine of their’s is just as much as a beast as the Unreal 5 imo.

[@stancher7181]

So freaking cool!

[@user-uk6wc2ud2p]

Absolute master piece 🫡

[@bzi11a]

Wow that is amazing

[@threat645]

My vision of a Godzilla game. A co-op game. 1 person plays as Godzilla, the other 3 play as G-soldiers that drop from the sky like the 2014 movie. BUT the G-soldiers have special thruster packs and weapons that hurt the Titans and kills the mini titans.

[@ryanslaysdragons]

Absolutely beautiful

[@CurtisSmith-hr5mo]

I love this cinematic godzilla And happy kaiju summer ☀️ Have a good kaiju summer ☀️

[@dragnoir]

Legendary

[@chops1162]

We need this in our lives

[@voronOsphere]

Awesome! Subbed!

[@chancegivens9390]

Great job!

[@WubbaDubba5361]

This honestly looks better than most of the 2000s Godzilla movies, the only issue is that Godzilla moves too quick. He shouldn't be able to move that quickly because the inertia of his massive size and weight would physically restrict him from doing so. Other than that its flawless

[@priyamprasad624]

This looks so godlike.

[@MachineFury143]

amazing job!

[@gotem123]

This... this butters my bagel.

[@matthewsfilmzone9691]

This is fricking amazing! One guy was able to do all of that by himself! I don't know where Hollywood is spending all those million dollars, this is just amazing :D

[@AsttoScott]

It's impressive how strong that road is.

[@insaneedoko999]

Holy **** man! This is amazing!!!

[@Carter_Edits96]

This is unreal

[@designbyfeo]

You are monster!