Here’s my idea for an animated Toho Kaiju movie – the first in a series. I have a lot of ideas bouncing around in this skull of mine, but my biggest hope is to give a role to the monsters you don’t see often in the Godzilla series these days.
Rodan: The King of the Skies
Animated in a similar style to Cat in Shoes: The Last Wish
Kaiju featured: Rodan, Kamacuras, Kamacuras Prime (a new Kamacuras variant), Kumonga (the movie’s main antagonist)
Setting: The Grand Canyon/Nevada/Arizona
It’s June, and a high school in Las Vegas is off to have a few days of vacation to the Grand Canyon before school break starts. While staying there, young Tiana ‘Tia’ Fox, a clumsy cheerleader, is feeling down, and decides to go for a walk. For her, things take a shocking twist when she’s attacked by a horde of hungry Kamacuras – and saved by the great flying fire titan himself. While initially scared out of her wits, Tia comes to realize that Rodan means no harm to humans, and a most unusual friendship soon forms. Before long, when the United States falls into jeopardy at the hands of a vicious Kamacuras hive and its mysterious leader, Tia must help prove to the people around her that Rodan will protect them – all leading up to a grand battle as Rodan and the US military take on the arthropod kaiju horde.
Basically, think The Iron Giant with the flying scenes of How to Train Your Dragon and the villains of Son of Godzilla.