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No need to explain the Titles. They're words everyone knows.

Godzilla Ultima, the final, perfect form and symbol of the calamity. Lots of people mocked the design, but I personally enjoyed it. "Thunder Thighs?" Well, as a wise man once said, "Thicc Godziller is Best Godziller." Much like Shin Godzilla, it works to support his massive weight (in some sense) but also works for the dinosaurian build overall. Now for some more fun facts! Oni are shapeshifters, a theme that's present in Godzilla in this show. Unlike Shin Godzilla whose Evolutions were him adapting to the world as he ascended to a perfect godlike creature (which this one does share to), here, it works like said shapeshifting. Even his design bears resemblance to Oni as pointed out by some people and may have indeed been intentional.

A statement I'd like to recall back, I'm not entirely sure Singular Point was based off Prophecies of Nostradamus, which was based off a novel series, but given the similarities between Ashihara's predictions to disaster, I couldn't help but make the connection. Aslo, I've not actually seen the film or read the books, I'm only going off what knowledge I come across.

Now for something I've been dying to talk about is the music. Ken Sawada did a fantastic job making it sound reminiscent of Akira Ifukube's scores while also bringing in something new and modern to it. For example the use of Inuit Ainu language for Godzilla's themes, Inuit Ainu being used in many of Ifukube's works like Varan and King Kong's themes, or Alapu Upala which is sung in Sanskrit (I believe?), I wanted to wait for the Choir Version before talking about it since that's where this song is absolutely beautiful. Again, if I remember right it being in Sanskrit fits into the Hindu Mythology being played into the story.

The Orthogonal Diagonalizer is indeed based off the Oxygen Destroyer from the Original Godzilla, even the initals are the same. As for the "I am become Death" quote, it too comes from Hindu Mythology, Oppenheimer (one of the men behind the Atomic Bomb) says so himself when he recites those lines. So again, lots of Indian Mythology! There's even a group called Shiva!

Now then, the time travel aspect is where everything gets a little confusing, but in a way, I think it makes sense. See, A.I. and technology as it is now, can hold memory, or at least that's how my tired brain is trying to put it with what I remember of the conversation (I should really watch it again). But yet another possible reference might be that the Supercomputer may or may not be based off Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, which if perfected could have become the very first computer, made with steam power. Again, not sure if it was intentional, but I look back and put that connection there, which might just make me look like an idiot.

Now as seen, the A.I. did serve a purpose and it worked so we could get a giant monster fight! Some last-minute cameos here, Mothras appear, you already know her, and the big blue snakelike Kaiju is Manda, an eastern dragon who first appeared in Atragon 1963 (fun fact: this movie inspired Space Battleship Yamato).

Now for that ending. Mechagodzilla. I know of at least one person who likened Ashihara to Dr. Mafune from Terror of Mechagodzilla, and I love how he was right on the money. So Mechagodzilla mainly has the 1974 design prominently, but being made around the bones of a Godzilla or similar monster, it would be more based off Kiryu/Mechagodzilla 3 from 2002. Remember that one title that I likened to Godzilla being a ruler of all? Well, it's possible Shiva might also fit that category, since Mechagodzilla might be some form of controlling the Archetype or something, since I feel like they've been a little dubious from the start.

I've talked enough here; I'll see you for some more fun trivia later!