Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II:
Directed by: Takao Okawara Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Shogo Tomiyama Written by: Wataru Mimura Starring: Masahiro Takashima, Ryoko Sano, Megumi Odaka Music by: Akira Ifukube Cinematography: Yoshinori Sekiguchi Editing by: Miho Yoneda Distributed by: Toho Release date(s): 1993 Running time: 108 min. Country: Japan Language: Japanese Preceded by: Godzilla vs. Mothra Followed by: Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II (ゴジラVSメカゴジラ, Gojira versus Mekagojira?, Godzilla VS Mechagodzilla) is a 1993 film. Part of the Toho studio's Godzilla series, it was directed by Takao Okawara with special effects by Koichi Kawakita. It was written by Wataru Mimura.
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Plot
The JSDF lifts the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah from the ocean. Using the armor that the Futurians gave him they create Mechagodzilla, a super weapon to finally kill Godzilla.
On a mission to an island in the Pacific, a Japanese team comes across an egg. They take the egg which somehow attracts Rodan and Godzilla who fight with each other. The egg is taken back to Japan where it hatches into a Baby Godzilla. Godzilla appears to get his Baby back but the JSDF's Mechagodzilla battles the giant monster, nearly killing it. Suddenly Mechagodzilla shuts down and Godzilla flees.
Tests on Baby Godzilla reveal that it has a second brain to control its tail. The JSDF assume that Godzilla has a similar brain. They decide to use Baby Godzilla to bait Godzilla to them and use G-Crusher, a system designed to destroy Godzilla's second brain, on the monster. Instead Rodan is attracted to the bait as well and fights Mechagodzilla, losing. Godzilla then shows up and starts to battle Mechagodzilla. Mechagodzilla uses G-Crusher and Godzilla is taken down. Rodan transfers his remaining energy to Godzilla which revives him. Godzilla uses his new Spiral Heat Beam to defeat Mechagodzilla. Godzilla and Baby Godzilla swim away, to find a new home.
Trivia
The original ending for Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II was that Mechagodzilla killed Godzilla, therefore ending the VS series. But, Godzilla transfers his energy to Baby Godzilla who grows into an adult Godzilla. This new Godzilla would be used in Tristar's version but Sony decided that they wanted to make a standalone film of their own. Instead, the scenario was used two years later in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. Another ending considered is that Godzilla is killed by Mechagodzilla, but not after damaging the ship Garuda. The nuclear engine inside irradiates Godzilla, giving him new strength to defeat his mechanical clone. In the release of the international dub of the movie they referred to Rodan as his Japanese pronunciation, Radon.
Box Office
The film sold approximately 3,800,000 tickets in Japan.
DVD Releases
Sony Pictures:
- Released: February 8, 2005
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (1.78:1) anamorphic
- Sound: Japanese (2.0), English (2.0)
- Supplements: Trailers for Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., Mirror Mask, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, and Steamboy
- Note: The subtitles for the Japanese track are really 'dubtitles', or subtitles that follow the dubbed version of the film, rather than the original Japanese.
