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Godzilla's
radical new appearance for the new century. Godzilla's overall
apperance is lean, and more mean. Godzilla's scales on this suit
are much more detailed. His dorsal fins are larger, more jagged
than previous suits, and has rose tint to it. His head shape
is thinner, making him look more like a reptile than the cat-like
look of the Heisei Series. His tongue and teeth are also
longer. His eyes are white with black pupils, much like the eyes
used on the Godzilla 1984 suit.
This suit is
the first Godzilla suit to be green. In the past, Godzilla has
been stereotyped as being green, when he actually was a charcoal
gray. Toho had decided to make this Godzilla green, to make that
sterotype official! :-)
This suit was
first used in Godzilla 2000: Millennium. After many Japanese
fans were disapointed in the TriStar remake, they begged Toho
to bring their own Godzilla back. Toho had thought of many new
radical designs for Godzilla, but none of them didn't seem to
preserve the original Godzilla look. The question now was: "What
makes Godzilla, Godzilla?" Toho then came to the final design,
which is the current suit you see. Godzilla's design may have
been new, but it still had everything all of the previous Godzillas
had: walking on two feet with a tail dragging behind, big dorsal
fins (in this case, very big!!!), the arms and four fingers
hanging down, and the little tiny ears that are located just
by the eyes. The newely updated design was perfect! The suit
was last used in Godzilla X Megaguirus, the "sequel"
(it wasn't a direct sequel) to Godzilla 2000: Millennium.
After Godzilla X Megaguirus, Shusuke Kaneko became director
for the upcoming Godzilla flick Godzilla-Mothra-King Ghidorah:
Battle on Fire. Kaneko dropped the suit design and decided
to redesign the 21st century Godzilla.
Movies Used:
- Godzilla 2000:
Millennium (1999)
- Godzilla X
Megaguirus (2000)
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