Do these people realize that the Godzilla films and media are fans of originated in Japan? Why are they being racist?

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Hey man! Just want to let you know that your artwork is awesome and part of my childhood! Big fan of your work! ♥️.

It was really nice finally meeting you in person @mattfrank85 I look forward to next time!

YOOO THANKS FOR REMEMBERING ME

Nah you manchilds suck because all you do is focus on mv fans and harrass them

That T-shirt is amazing!

Yay! I'm so glad you liked the egg!!

I really appreciate your constant voicing for injustices and issues within the community(but also in general) especially stating hem at the forefront of the video. Keep it up! You have 100% inspired me to be more active and to educate my peers on the importance of tackling these issues. Your artwork is super cool, cant wait for GFest XXX

Yo, glad to see you enjoyed Gfest!!!

Really looking forward to seeing you again at AMA! Going to be splitting a table with a friend

Adore you friend! Thank you for the shoutout! Truthfully, G-Fest wouldn't be the magical time it was had it not been for you and Kaston! 💕 So, thank YOU!

Yay stickers! So hyped to vend at AMA 2025!!

Was awesome to meet you at G Fest!

Can't wait to see what crossover art you cook up next🔥🔥🔥

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Looking forward to catching you again at All Monsters Attack next May buddy.

Spike Wilson the trouble maker

Admittedly, I'm not a "die hard" Godzilla fan, but I've slowly been sliding my way into the Gojira-verse (as I say). Although I live under a mountain (at this point like I miss everything), I do find this informative. I'm not pushed away, but glad for a heads up or warning for potentially odd behavior. Good on you sticking up for those who may not have the voice to say something. Props for you, props for you 🫡 Also, is that destroyer in the back?

Matt youve done amazing work especaly thr idw comics and am so glad your calling out the toxic side of the fandom

I loved Matt’s Singing Voice

I agree, the godzilla fandom has been getting extremely toxic, they’ve been attacking shippers, fan art creators, basically everyone who is so-called “cringe” “not a real fan” and other shit, though there is a good side of the fandom, so this response is both right and wrong.

Thank you for posting this, Matt. Even as an older woman, yes - I’ve experienced the sexism in the fandom. Not to the extent of others, but it just sucks.

I haven’t interacted with the general Godzilla fandom in like 15 years. Sad to see that it’s somehow gotten worse since then. People used to pick on you if you were only just kinda autistic.

Why am i crying. Wait, I remember, Ultraman defended humanity and the environment against all foes. Just like the misunderstood Godzilla. Just like me. 😊

From what I have see, they're not fans or just regular enjoyers of Godzilla, they are outsideers that want to join just to cause chaos and change people to think like them. Just like Warhammer, MtG, D&D, Star Wars, Star Trek and many more have fackers hiding and waiting to ruin fun for everyone because "Why should you have fun" mentally is usually what is going in their head, they want attention that that's all they want. Since -1 came out in December of last year I can definitely say they're a lot of faker's trying to hate others for not liking one version of Goji, when in reality we really don't care he's a character or better yet an Actor. He fills a roll that is need for the movie he's in. By that knowledge these "fans" will try to make garbage up to start a flame war and use it for attention and artificially make themselves known better in the wider public. It's all for attention and that's that. Sorry I can't explain why any better bug this is what i got from the chaos.

Another problem is that children are a majority of Godzilla fans and the whole point of a fandom is to connect with people who have a similar interest which is something a lot of children want to do. And these disgusting people in the community are going to leave a terrible impact on them. And not just them but every other person in the community. I hope someday this community will become safer because that’s what any fandom should be. Everyone should be welcomed and respected because a fandom isn’t just a certain group of people but rather a slice of people from different cultures, backgrounds, and more differences that should be respected. Thank you for sharing this to a wider audience as this problem has been growing for a while.

Thank you Matt for making a safe space for our fandom

When it comes to this kind of conversation, everyone always says "Oh that's just how fandoms are, let it go!" or "You're overreacting" or the hundreds of other disgusting drivel people say to ignore the matter at hand. People would rather be silent and complacent all for the sake of something like comfortability instead of doing the right thing and speaking up. Indeed that's how fandoms are, but do they have to be that way? No. No, they do not. We can and *should* choose to be better and speak up when shitty people do shitty things. Also, wanted to quickly thank you for speaking up on this Matt! Not many people with your platform would and its awesome to see you using it to spread awareness

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Oh......hell.......YES!!!!!! God bless you, young man for speaking up. I have been a major Godzilla fan since around the early 80s probably, but an even more hardcore fan of Doctor Who since the 70s. Do you have ANY idea how the bigots have come out from under their rocks over the most recent DW series? As a an indian (Aniyunwiya/Cherokee) man, I cannot tolerate a bully or a bigot. It does my heart so much good to see someone (especially a white man) speak up bravely, as you have, for marginalized people. May Unetlanuhi bless you abundantly!

Solid movie, recommended to every parent I know, also having to explain that Japan loves Baseball as much as the US does. Strange timing to have this and Hololive both work with the Dodgers in such close release dates. Huh, when typing in Ultraman, the next autofill suggestion was "Q".

It's not really supposed to be realistic

Bro I agree with y’all all Fandoms are garbage and disgusting pornographers I hated it

Let's call the gross stuff what it is, predatory behavior and disrespectful misogyny.

This is one of the major reasons why I gave up on the MonsterVerse. When the MV first started way back in 2014, all I wanted was a series of great American Godzilla movies that I could consistently enjoy and make new friends along the way, where we could gush over how much we loved said movies . . . Instead, all I got was an abysmal MCU ripoff made up of a bunch of bland, mediocre cash-grabs and an overly toxic fanbase that spawned from it. When it comes to American Godzilla movies, I’m not expecting “Minus One” levels of storytelling, but I still expected a better semblance of care and nuance than what we got with the MV, but that’s a whole other can of worms I won’t dwell on here. The biggest problem is how overly defensive and reactionary the fanbase for the MV is. This franchise has spawned so much unnecessary anger and hatred. If you say ANYTHING even REMOTELY negative about ANY of the MV movies, even if it’s constructive criticism, they will ALWAYS gang up on you for being different! They take even the tiniest of criticisms SO personally! It’s almost as bad, if not just as bad, as the Snyderverse fanbase! I officially gave up on the MV after seeing GVK because I knew things were never going to improve, both the quality of the movies, themselves, and the hateful fanbase that keeps insisting these movies are “good”, despite all the glaring problems those films consistently have (Even people who say they “like” the MV freely admit they’re disappointed in multiple aspects of those movies). I still love Godzilla. I’ll always show my support for the franchise in one form or another, especially for the Toho side of the spectrum . . . But the fact that the American side of the fanbase has devolved into THIS level of horrid behavior is absolutely appalling. The worst thing about it is that many MV fans think the American Godzilla movies are the ONLY Godzilla movies that matter (Despite the fact those shitty American movies wouldn’t even exist without the Toho movies). That mentality is disgusting, insulting, and poisonous! The MV has left me scarred. It has given me trauma and horrible memories that gave me so much anxiety and depression over my own self-worth as a G-fan. I will never forget the awful things those toxic fanboys have said to me over the years (Especially how they’ve said I’m a “fake fan” for criticizing the MV movies, despite being a fan of the Toho films for almost 30 years now). After so much emotional turmoil, I bid farewell to that forsaken franchise. I HAD to give up on the MV in order to start healing. Those people do NOT deserve to have the MonsterVerse continue, whatsoever!

This fandom was So amazing until Some RADIOACTIVE IDIOTS DECIDED TO TREAT PEOPLE POOR AND SOME BEING GROSS FOR THE PEOPLE GETTING TREATED BAD MUST OF BEEN COOL OR NICE BUT THE GROSS BITCHES JUST WALK-IN AND BE RUDE AND GROSS I THINK THR ONES WHO HAVE BEEN TREATED GROSSLY OR GETTING YELLED AT Make videos with this link and discuss of how they are treating you and other fans will help you feel better #GODZITALK

#savethegodzillacommunity

I, too, have been thinking of leaving the fandom for a while now. There's just too many ungrateful pigs, too blinded by their idiocy. Yoshimitsu Banno's MonsterVerse has been the best thing that ever happened to Godzilla, and the franchise is prospering better than it has ever been. You don't have to like it, but without it, Godzilla would have been retired permanently, and Toho wouldn't get back in the game to make Minus One. We're getting all sides of the franchise real exposure, and normies are finally seeing the monster the way he's always been in our eyes, and some jackasses are spoiling the party because they're too much of a filthy, ungrateful purist pig to see how good we're having it because they're too busy advocating for every movie to be like Minus One, completely forgetting that Godzilla is a versatile character and has lasted for so long because of it; otherwise, the franchise would have ended back in year one. If you don't like the MonsterVerse because it's too Americanized for your taste, even though many fans, including myself, begged for it and Godzilla is already an American monster through a Japanese lens anyway (which makes him perfect for western adaptations), fair enough, but lashing at others for liking something you don't like is kindergarten-level bullshit and makes you look like an asswipe, and I speak from experience. I don't like Shin Godzilla, and I hate the Polygon trilogy for a bevy of reasons, the commonality being that I find them boring, but I don't go lynching people for liking them, even if I secretly question their taste over the latter. I love Minus One too, but I know better than to compare it to another movie that strives to be fun, over-the-top, and action-packed as its main achievement just because Godzilla is the only common element, which is superficial at best. Hell, if I'm to compare Minus One to anything, it should be the original since it's the closest to a legit remake that it gets. That seems fair to me. There is clearly a great level of embarrassment and shame from these so-called fans towards the lighter side of the franchise, which is just as important to its roots as its darker ones. That is why they advocate for every iteration to be dark and serious, thinking that is what it will take to have Godzilla taken seriously, never realizing the character is already being taken seriously because that lighter side is being proudly embraced, but I'm seeing too many people forget that, which is part of the major reason why this fan base is going down the shitter. I'll continue to enjoy whatever comes from this franchise, but I don't think I'll continue doing it in association with ignorant ingrates any further. Clearly, Adam Wingard, Takashi Yamazaki, and the rest of the creatives over at Legendary Pictures are the only true fans among us. They respect each other, understand the source material, and act like intelligent adults. To quote Jerry Stokes from The Eltingville Club: "𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒏, 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍. 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚."

sadly it isn't the fandom, but the internet. scumbags like this flood the internet.

The fandom is just as toxic as Power Rangers, and most of them haven't watched the Original Japanese material. They didn't even admit that PR was made on the cheap, and it won't be claimed as "famous".

The Dead by Daylight music in the background 😭

The good thing about me is that I don’t follow much of the Godzilla fandom since I’m a member of a lot fandoms and communities but I don’t do a lot of interactions. I wanted to go to Godzilla-Fest this year but unfortunately I’m going on a cross country road trip with brother that weekend. So hopefully next year

It's so upsetting that we have to have 3 videos about this. The Godzilla fandom has been consistently growing and though it's far smaller than some of the bigger fandoms out there like Star Wars, DC/Marvel etc. The community is small enough to be able to oust misogyny, racism and trans/homophobia and I hope we keep it that way. We should NOT be needing to have discussions about having to protect minorities in our community from a small but loud subgroup of people behaving like man-babies because a woman, POC or LGBQT is part of the fandom. Thanks for providing a safe space to the fandom Matt.

Dude, don’t let any toxic idiots hold you down and keep up your awesome art (Btw I think Godzilla Neo is awesome)

Listen this is starting to sound like a religion, all the political correctness crap I'm not getting involved with, so what you got ducebags and jerks that everywhere and anything if there's a group of people involved we can't physically stop people from such acts, and to be honest I don't even think it is G-fans its probably people outside the fandom just staring crap to make us look bad. I just want to watch destruction and giant monsters fight I don't if people are getting haarassed thats their problem they stay off the internet/or just not go to G-fest or whatever convention, I'm a g-fan myself but everybody been acting like saints over this franchise and trying to protect it, when the majority of the public already made up their minds anyway on it thats like me. I can like a marvel movie but I hate disneys marvel, I hate Starwars but I like its fans. I love Godzilla its my number 1 franchise of all time, -BUT- do I interact with other Goji-fans no and thats the answer right there just don't interact with the fans. And women getting targeted feel threaten what do you expect from a male dominant franchise. Gay people feel insecure than keep your sexual preferences to yourself. Cause you think if I go out here living in southern US and I stand out despite being happy and being myself people gonna find a way to give me hell because I enjoy it, but I enjoy peace even more and if the franchise is all about this political correctness than its going to loose its originality.