Godzilla Minus Zero Announced as Takashi Yamazaki's Next Monster Epic
Toho has officially revealed the next chapter in its homegrown Godzilla saga. At Godzilla Fest 2025 in Tokyo’s Kanadevia Hall on Godzilla Day (November 3), the studio announced that Takashi Yamazaki’s new film will be titled Godzilla Minus Zero, with the Oscar-winning filmmaker once again writing, directing, and overseeing visual effects.
The project marks a direct follow-up to Godzilla Minus One, the 30th live-action Godzilla film produced in Japan. That movie became a landmark hit, grossing over 7.65 billion yen in Japan and more than $100 million worldwide on a modest budget, while also becoming the first Asian film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 96th Oscars. Its blend of wartime drama, survivor’s guilt, and stripped-down kaiju spectacle helped ignite a fresh wave of global Godzilla fandom, setting expectations sky-high for whatever came next.
Godzilla Minus Zero | Photo Credit - TM & © TOHO
For now, the plot of Godzilla Minus Zero is being kept deliberately mysterious. Fortunately, current buzz also suggests that it is a direct sequel to the smash hit—we’ll just have to hold out a little longer until things are more concrete. What Toho has revealed is a new title treatment: a stark, brush-stroked Godzilla Minus Zero logo drawn by Yamazaki himself, echoing his hands-on approach to Minus One’s visual identity. That being said, VFX will again be handled by Shirogumi Inc., the team behind Minus One’s practical-heavy destruction and grounded creature work.
The name also invites immediate speculation. If Minus One framed Godzilla as an extra layer of devastation on a country already reduced below zero by war, fans are asking what “Minus Zero” suggests thematically: a deeper reset, a new kind of threat, or perhaps a story that pushes past rock bottom into something even less defined. But as long as we get more of Minami Hamabe and the titular titan at the forefront, we’ll be fine.
Check out the official announcement teaser below and stay tuned for more on Godzilla Minus Zero.
