Nendoroid Godzilla (2016) (Shin Godzilla)

The King of the Monsters has gone Nendoroid.

Bring one of the most disturbing and unforgettable versions of Godzilla to your collection with the Nendoroid Godzilla (2016), based on the creature’s appearance in Shin Godzilla.

Rather than making the legendary kaiju cute and harmless, Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid interpretation retains the features that made the 2016 Godzilla so unsettling: its enormous mouth, tiny arms, rough mutated skin, elongated tail and unmistakable red glow. The result is a brilliantly strange combination of Nendoroid proportions and pure kaiju nightmare fuel.

Godzilla – 2016

Released in 2016 and directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, Shin Godzilla completely reinvented Japan’s most famous monster.

This wasn’t simply another version of Godzilla wandering into Tokyo.

Shin Godzilla presented the creature as something constantly evolving.

Something biological.

Something unpredictable.

And something that the authorities were spectacularly unprepared to deal with.

The film became one of the most distinctive entries in the entire Godzilla franchise, and its final fourth form is instantly recognisable.

Shin Godzilla Goes Nendoroid

Godzilla isn’t exactly the first character you’d expect to receive the Nendoroid treatment.

That’s what makes this figure so much fun.

Good Smile has taken the exaggerated proportions normally associated with anime characters and applied them to a gigantic radioactive monster.

Large head.

Compact body.

Tiny arms.

Actually, now we think about it, Godzilla was halfway to being a Nendoroid already.

That Unmistakable Shin Godzilla Design

The 2016 Godzilla is very different from many earlier interpretations of the character.

Its skin is heavily scarred and irregular, with glowing red areas visible between the blackened outer tissue.

The mouth extends unnaturally far across the head.

Its arms are tiny.

Its legs are enormous.

And then there’s that tail.

The Nendoroid retains those defining features while compressing everything into the range’s distinctive proportions.

Detailed Body Sculpt

Shin Godzilla’s surface isn’t smooth armour or clothing.

It’s an enormous mass of rough, mutated biological tissue.

That makes the sculpt particularly important.

The figure recreates the irregular textures across Godzilla’s:

• Head
• Neck
• Torso
• Arms
• Legs
• Dorsal plates
• Tail

The dark exterior combined with red detailing helps reproduce the creature’s almost molten appearance from the film.

Enormous Articulated Mouth

One of Shin Godzilla’s most terrifying features is its mouth.

The jaw can open dramatically, transforming the appearance of the head and allowing you to recreate Godzilla preparing to unleash its devastating atomic attack.

Closed mouth?

Still Godzilla.

Open mouth?

Tokyo has a problem.

Atomic Breath

Shin Godzilla gave the monster one of the most memorable atomic-breath sequences in the franchise.

What initially appears as smoke and fire concentrates into an incredibly destructive beam capable of cutting through buildings across Tokyo.

The Nendoroid format allows you to recreate the more aggressive appearance of Godzilla during its attack, particularly when combined with the open jaw.

Huge Tail

You can’t really discuss Shin Godzilla without mentioning the tail.

It’s enormous.

The elongated tail dramatically changes the creature’s silhouette and became one of the defining visual elements of the 2016 design.

The Nendoroid retains that exaggerated length, meaning Godzilla takes up considerably more display space than its body height might suggest.

And anyone who has seen the final shot of Shin Godzilla knows there is considerably more going on with that tail than anyone would like to think about.

Dorsal Plates

The jagged dorsal plates running along Godzilla’s back are another essential part of the design.

Unlike the cleaner shapes seen on some versions of the monster, Shin Godzilla’s dorsal structures look irregular and almost diseased.

They contribute to the idea that this Godzilla isn’t simply a giant dinosaur.

It’s an organism undergoing uncontrolled mutation.

Articulated Nendoroid Design

This isn’t simply a fixed mini statue.

The Nendoroid incorporates articulation so you can change Godzilla’s stance and create different displays.

Depending on the configuration, you can create:

• Standing poses
• Roaring poses
• Atomic-breath preparation
• Walking poses
• Kaiju battle displays
• Tokyo destruction scenes

The included support equipment helps keep the figure stable despite the enormous tail.

Build a Miniature Tokyo

Godzilla figures become considerably more entertaining when there’s something nearby for them to destroy.

The compact Nendoroid scale makes this version ideal for creating a miniature city display.

Add buildings, roads, vehicles and scenery and suddenly you’ve got your own tiny recreation of Shin Godzilla.

Just remember:

If the train plan doesn’t work, freeze him.

A Very Different Kind of Nendoroid

Most Nendoroids give you interchangeable facial expressions.

Happy.

Angry.

Embarrassed.

Godzilla doesn’t really do embarrassed.

Instead, the appeal here comes from translating an enormous kaiju into the same exaggerated design philosophy while retaining the monstrous characteristics of the original creature.

It’s recognisably Nendoroid.

But it’s still recognisably Shin Godzilla.

That’s a surprisingly difficult balance to get right.

Perfect for Evangelion Fans Too

There’s another reason this particular Godzilla might appeal to collectors of the Evangelion products we’ve been looking at.

Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, co-directed Shin Godzilla and wrote the screenplay.

His influence is immediately apparent.

The film’s escalating crisis, military response, government meetings, unconventional monster design and apocalyptic imagery all carry elements that Evangelion fans will recognise.

Put Shin Godzilla alongside EVA Unit-01 and things start feeling strangely appropriate.

Pre-Painted and Ready to Display

Like other Nendoroids, Godzilla comes as a pre-painted collectible figure rather than a model kit.

There’s no need for:

• Glue
• Painting
• Nippers
• Panel lining
• Decals
• Model-building experience

Simply assemble the required display components, choose your pose and unleash Godzilla onto the shelf.

Product Features

• Manufacturer: Good Smile Company
• Range: Nendoroid
• Character: Godzilla
• Version: Godzilla (2016)
• Film: Shin Godzilla
• Pre-painted articulated collectible
• Detailed Shin Godzilla body sculpt
• Distinctive black-and-red appearance
• Oversized Shin Godzilla tail
• Jagged dorsal plates
• Articulated posing features
• Opening jaw
• Multiple display possibilities
• Support/display equipment included
• No painting required
• No glue required
• Officially licensed Godzilla collectible

Why Add Nendoroid Godzilla (2016) to Your Collection?

Because Shin Godzilla was already weird – turning him into a Nendoroid somehow makes perfect sense.

The 2016 incarnation is one of the most radical redesigns in Godzilla history. The scarred black-and-red body, tiny arms, enormous legs, disturbing jaw and ridiculously long tail make it instantly recognisable even among dozens of other Godzilla designs.

The Nendoroid takes all of those features and compresses them into a smaller, deliberately exaggerated collectible without removing the unsettling character that made Shin Godzilla memorable.

For Godzilla collectors, kaiju fans, Shin Godzilla fans or Evangelion collectors interested in Hideaki Anno’s other work, this is a wonderfully unusual addition to the shelf.

Tiny arms. Enormous tail. Terrible news for Tokyo. Nendoroid Godzilla (2016) takes the nightmare of Shin Godzilla and turns it into one seriously strange little King of the Monsters.