| Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo | |
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| Kanji | 巨神兵東京に現わる |
| Revised Hepburn | Kyoshinhei Tōkyō ni arawaru |
| Directed by | Shinji Higuchi |
| Screenplay by | Hideaki Anno |
| Monologue by | Ōtarō Maijō |
| Produced by | Hideaki Anno Toshio Suzuki |
| Narrated by | Megumi Hayashibara |
| Cinematography | Keiichi Sakurai Keizo Suzuki |
| Edited by | Atsuki Sato Hidemi Ri (theatrical version) |
| Music by | Taisei Iwasaki |
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Running time | 9 minutes 10 minutes (theatrical version) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (Japanese: 巨神兵東京に現わる, Hepburn: Kyoshinhei Tōkyō ni Arawaru) is a 2012 Japanese kaiju short film directed by Shinji Higuchi.[1] A live-action prequel[2] and spin-off[3] of Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 anime film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the film is a co-production between Studio Ghibli, Special Effects Laboratory Co., Ltd, and Khara, Inc. In the film, a woman from Tokyo recounts how her city was obliterated within hours by giant divine warriors.
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