Kana in Movie Title: 「シン・ゴジラ」 In the 2016 film, "Shin Godzilla", the Japanese title is rendered "" ( _shin gojira_ ). I assume that this "shin" here is ? Why did they spell "shin" in katakana as if it was a foreign word? Thank you.

According to this news site, the reason seems to be:

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My literal TL of that would be:

> "Producer Akihiro Yamauchi talked about the part of . He stated 'There is no correct answer to it.' and that was the intention of Director Hideaki Anno. Yamauchi stated "We want the viewers to feel various things (in the title), such as (new) (true/real) (god), etc."

(, and can all be read .)