Kana in Movie Title: 「シン・ゴジラ」


In the 2016 film, "Shin Godzilla", the Japanese title is rendered "シン・ゴジラ" (
_shin gojira_ ).

I assume that this "shin" here is 神?

Why did they spell "shin" in katakana as if it was a foreign word? Thank you.




According to [this news
site](http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/11967162/), the reason seems to
be:

> 「シン・ゴジラ」の「シン」について山内章弘プロデューサーが語った 庵野秀明総監督のアイデアで「正解があるわけではありません」と回答
> 「新、真、神…見る人にさまざまなことを感じてもらいたい」とした

My literal TL of that would be:

> "Producer Akihiro Yamauchi talked about the 「シン」 part of 「シン・ゴジラ」. 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 新 (new)、真 (true/real)、神 (god), etc."

(新, 真 and 神 can all be read 「しん」.)




According to [this news
site](http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/11967162/), the reason seems to
be:

> 「シン・ゴジラ」の「シン」について山内章弘プロデューサーが語った 庵野秀明総監督のアイデアで「正解があるわけではありません」と回答
> 「新、真、神…見る人にさまざまなことを感じてもらいたい」とした

My literal TL of that would be:

> "Producer Akihiro Yamauchi talked about the 「シン」 part of 「シン・ゴジラ」. 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 新 (new)、真 (true/real)、神 (god), etc."

(新, 真 and 神 can all be read 「しん」.)

