56-year-old Hideaki Anno, who wrote the screenplay and served as the supervising director for the Shinji Higuchi-directed 29th Japanese Godzilla film, Shin Godzilla, appeared on the stage of the special screening of the film held at Toho Cinemas Shinjuku in Tokyo yesterday, alongside the main cast of the film including Hiroki Hasagawa who portrayed the protagonist character Rando Yaguchi.
Anno also confirmed that he is currently working on the long-awaited Shin Evangelion very hard. the top-grossing live-action film of 2016 in Japan so far.
The screenings that allowed shouting, cosplay and light sticks were held at 25 theaters across Japan simultaneously.