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Geekscape at LACC 2024! The Kaiju VS Giant Robots Panel!

·1 hr 16 min·5 clips
Jonathan London presents exclusive audio from a Los Angeles Comic Con panel with creators behind Transformers, Godzilla, and Gundam.
This episode features a live panel recording from Los Angeles Comic Con 2024, moderated by Geekscape host Jonathan London. The panel focuses on kaiju and giant robot genres, with five industry professionals sharing their experiences. Brandon Easton talks about his work on Transformers comics and an upcoming West African animated series called Ayanu. Chris Black details his role as showrunner on Apple TV's Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, explaining it as a human drama set after a Godzilla attack. Gavin Hignight discusses writing for the new Netflix series Gundam Requiem for Vengeance and his failed pitch for a Neon Genesis Evangelion project. F.J. DeSanto shares insights from producing the Transformers: War for Cybertron trilogy and the challenges of adapting Japanese properties. Brian Buccellato describes writing the DC Comics crossover Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong, including creative solutions like giving Kong a Green Lantern ring. The panel explores why these genres are currently popular, citing Godzilla Minus One's success and multi-generational appeal. They delve into contractual limitations from studios like Toho and Legendary, which control character usage and story elements. Discussions include the impact of technology on anime accessibility, the evolution of Godzilla's size in films, and dream projects like a modernized Macross or Astro Boy. The panel concludes with audience questions on topics such as Pacific Rim adaptations and character mannerisms added by recent filmmakers.

As heard by us

A lively crossover workshop where kryptonite logic makes Godzilla versus Superman feel writable.

The sharpest section centers on the practical puzzle of staging a kaiju-and-superhero crossover without flattening either side. Godzilla facing Superman only works if the story gives both icons room to matter, and the radiation-as-kryptonite idea does that neatly.

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Why you'd press play

You want Godzilla, Superman, and Batman inside one gloriously overpowered live Comic Con writing problem.

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