@GOJIRA113 - "What good is it to have now?" Is that a serious question? If so, you're kind of an idiot so allow me to answer your question and help you learn something in the process.
Nothing in this world that truly "breathes" underwater does so without the use of gills. Nothing. Certain creatures that don't actually have to breathe are creatures like jellyfish who can process the oxygen in the water through their skin due to their relative inactivity and the fact that they expel very little to no energy from just floating around on a current. Anything and everything that leads an active lifestyle, in other words that moves around on its own without relying on a current, must breathe through the use of gills.
"What good is it to have now?" A lot, actually.
Is Godzilla sedentary or active? Active. Can Godzilla's lungs process oxygen from water? No., otherwise they are no longer classified as lungs. How realistic would he be if he could breathe underwater without a proper explanation in a modern world? Not at all.
In order for Godzilla to be realistic in any way and keep his breathing under water trait, gills are really his only option. He's too big and too active to breathe without the use of gills as in order to breathe through his skin he must be either sedentary or small enough to expel close to zero energy.
Another fact that all the gill haters out there seem to overlook is the fact that Godzilla's ability to breathe underwater was never touched upon in detail in any way. Just because he didn't have external gills didn't mean he didn't have them elsewhere. Even internal gills are still gills.
"A breathing device in his nose." Guess what? Still gills!
Gills are defined as respiratory organs which assist the life form in processing dissolved oxygen from water which allows them to "breathe" and provides their body with the oxygen they need without having to return to the surface to breath air. Whether they are external or internal does not change what they are. Godzilla's lack of external gills in the Toho franchise does not change the fact that he must have had some sort of oxygen processing system, and that was in all likelihood a set of internal gills either in his nose or throat to stop his lungs from filling with water and drowning him.
So I'll say it again just for you GOJIRA113: In order for Godzilla to breath underwater with any believability in a modern age he must have gills. It does Godzilla no good to not have them. He'd be relying on holding his breath which is not a classic Godzilla trait.
I hope you learned something GOJIRA113. If you didn't, then you didn't pay attention.
Anyway! As for the Big-G's look, I like it. The main concerns I had about him all this time were whether or not he'd have spines that were at least remeniscent of his original (which they are) and whether or not he'd have a giant neck and tiny head (which he does not). I'm quite satisfied with the new look.
