A kaiju-sized alien and a boy inside its chest cavity walk into a bar...
The story follows an awe-imposing giant named Garon who comes from space to Earth, threatening humanity with extinction. However, a girl believes that Garon is not evil, and reaches out to Pick, a boy contained inside Garon's body. Meanwhile, the military plans to a nuclear strike against Garon.
Direction
Yoshikawa crams feature-film scope into short runtime without breath.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn giant animation feels tactile and crushingly physical.
Director
Soji Yoshikawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as Shin Godzilla's development began, Garon feels like a deliberate counter-mythology—where kaiju aren't punishment but misunderstood children.
Director Soji Yoshikawa storyboarded the original Mobile Suit Gundam; Garon's human-inside-mech conceept echoes his decades-long obsession with pilot-vehicle symbiosis.
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