Excitement for Guillermo del Toro‘s robots vs. monsters manga-inspired epic Pacific Rim is through the roof. Recent trailers have given a little too much away, so it’s nice to see an image like this one.

A giant Kaiju skull is displayed as a museum piece, with patrons admiring its sheer monsterousness. It’s most likely a memorial of sorts but it could also be there to remind people that, despite putting mankind on the edge of extinction, these beasties look pretty freak’n cool – said with the greatest respect for the ‘movie dead’ in the film.

We’ll find out on 11 July.

Pacific Rim Kaiju Museum Image

Great pic? Don’t you wish they’d make a life-size version?

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When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee —who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro the film stars Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman, Burn Gorman, and Charlie Day.

Pacific Rim open 11 July, 2013.