like previous "godzilla" films, "godzilla: final wars" makes extensive use of practical effects rather than cgi. the special effects were directed and supervised by eiichi asada, who also directed the special effects for "" commenting on the special effects, kitamura stated at the film's world premiere in hollywood, "we stick to the special effects. that’s what we've been doing for 50 years. and that’s why hollywood doesn’t do it. so on the first meeting, i told everybody that we stick to the special effects, and the live action instead of cgi. so it’s a cgi-monster-hollywood godzilla versus our man-made live-action monsters."