But these same films can have just as much depth and maturity as any live-action film out there. Devaluing them or considering them "lesser" art because the filmmakers consider an additional quadrant in their storytelling is reductive to their cinematic merit.

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We’re currently seeing a small but welcome boom in indie kaiju films, produced on humble budgets by filmmakers with a deep passion for keeping the genre alive.

Pictured here are 3Y Films’ HOSHI 35, Takeshi Yagi’s AKARI, JIRAI DAIKAIJU IVARA, and Studio Mujaku’s MIDNIGHT THE ERA.

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I see the debate between superhero films vs. auteur filmmakers is back again (honestly no idea why), but these filmmakers (Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, etc.) have done so much for the artform that they should be allowed to question/criticize the current state of cinema.

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