Got more books from the Dealer's room.

Met and got an autograph by Shinji Higuchi. :)

The panel by Higuchi was interesting. He began what he does when he was 18 and worked with the guys on Return of Godzilla aka Godzilla 1985. Even test fitted the suit for Ken Satsuma and helps with the spfx. He even made his own independent films with his friends in college before he worked on the Heisei Gamera series. Shinji went on to explain how he got to work on Attack on Titan and Shin Gojira and even who he and Anno hired to work on the film.

Making Shin Gojira took from 2014 to 2016 from start to finish as well as his Titan film at the same time. He was dedicated and worked right on through both films. All this while Legendary was making their Godzilla film. Legendary has the rights from 2014 up to 2020 and sadly Shinji said that is when we'll see Toho start another is after 2020. We'll have to wait. As to Higuchi working on a sequel to Shin Gojira, we'll see as well.

I also attended a panel comparing the 2014 and 2016 movies. Each film has it's similarities and differences. 2014 was the US reboot and attempt to repair the damage of 98 by paying more attention to the genre and fans. Shin Gojira is using the 2011 disaster and events as a result of it to speak out to the world.