**Corrections** 7:38 - 12 feet long* 8:59 - As some have correctly pointed out, Godzilla attacks Tateyama in 1999 because the bones of the 1954 Godzilla were excavated in the very first scene. 23:12 - 2004*

The Kiryu saga was such a treat of the Millennium era. I loved how the ‘54 Godzilla was basically redeemed as a hero in the form of Mech G.

The reason that Godzilla attacks in the beginning of GxM is because the JXSDF is transporting the skeleton of the original G from the ocean (they salvage the remains and put inside the cargo container). That's why Godzilla is drawn.

One thing I've always noticed there's typically a tertiary monsters that joins the fight in MechaGodzilla's return. Showa= King Ceaser(Anguirus somewhat), and Titanosaurus. Heisei= Rodan Millenium= Mothra Legendary= King Kong

I actually prefer this one over Against Mechagodzilla. I absolutely adore the portrayal of Mothra here. From the design, to her role in the overall story, this is pretty much the perfect Mothra portrayal in my eyes. She’s got a nice mix here of the more mysterious and fierce nature of the Showa incarnation, while carrying over the more gentle and mythological aspects of the Heisei version. This Mothra feels like a perfect mix of both, and the heavy ties to the original Mothra film really makes this feel like Mothra’s sequel, almost more than it does a Godzilla/Kiryu sequel.

That shot of Kiryu with the streaming red tear gets me every time. The original Godzilla screams, “No more!”

That was quick! But I’m not complaining!

This is seriously some of the best Godzilla content on KZfaq since Sci fi japan stopped creating videos. It's not clickbait. It's not biased. Its incredibly informative. I can't wait to see what Mothra vs Godzilla and Ghidorah the three headed monster will be like once they are redone. Are you planning on doing the stand alone movies such as Mothra 1961, Rodan, or the mysterians

Imagine if these films received the same budget as a typical American summer blockbuster. The suits, model work and destruction would be insane!

Mothra and the Shobijin mob - Tokyo Shakedown. "It's a nice city you got here, Chuujou. It'd be a shame if something happened to it..."

Can't wait for you to talk about Final Wars, 2014, Shin, the anime trilogy, KOTM and GVK soon, good luck!

10:23 A sadder truth has never been spoken.

I wouldn't mind a mecha Godzilla stand alone movie. It fighting some new monster or maybe an old one. I'd watch it matter what

Im seriously still upset that Akane wasn’t the main character especially when Kiryu tells the new MC goodbye. I mean why wasn’t the dad and his daughter not in it? They had a purpose with fixing Kiryu so what gives?

If you keep the same characters as the last movie, then a lot of the work of building them is already done. It saves more screen time for interesting things with monsters or real drama. You would also have a character with a personal relationship to Kiryu, which gives the idea of dismantling it to return godzilla to the ocean some more personal dramatic weight. Really does make no sense.

Great review! I absolutely agree Bill, this one has some of the best practical effects and it actually really grew on me as I got older. I feel the same way about Akane too, they definitely should have kept her and the rest of the characters from the last one. A missed opportunity on the writer's part.

16:28 made me laugh 😂

I think Mothra's ultimatum is ignored because Japan was still deliberating on that detail (In universe) but saw that Mothra may need help so used Kiryu to help her out. Mothra being Mothra would let that slide.

The special effects are so beautifully done in this film. They really show off how good practical/miniature effects can be when used right

NGL, the part of this video that had me most excited was Mothra's wings. In my opinion they are best looking of any flying monster in the Godzilla series, possibly of any practical effects based giant monster movie, so I was super hyped to see what you thought of them.

You are one of my favorite Godzilla youtuber

14:55 I prefer effects akin to Shin Godzilla imo. It is the nice balance between CG and the rubber suit look plus there are still amazing uses of miniature in that film securing a nice mix of CGI and practical effects in that movie :)

Easily some of my favorite godzilla films, i like the continuity and connections to the other showa films ☺ Another great video Bill!

The two Kiryu movies were downright beautiful. The stories did a way better job than Megaguirus in a way because it ties a little more to the older films. Michiru Oshima's score was touching and gorgeous, and it literally made me cry seeing this in the theater as a kid. The Prayer song was beautifully haunting. I love these movies the best in the Millennium Series.

I remember buying this movie around 04- 05, saw it at a wal mart, i was very surprised to see godzillas movies still been made, as a kid who grow up in the 90s with de shows series this made very happy, i still have the dvd

Still my absolute favorite Godzilla design

One of the best of bests of the all Godzilla saga, I love it so much the music in this one.

20:23 that laugh is so genuine it made me laugh. Love it

This was the first Godzilla movie I owned and saw. I had the Sony DVD of it and can confirm that they don’t call it Kiryu, but Mechagodzilla, or “Mecha-G” at times.

12:42 - A maaaaaaagical liopleurodon Billyyyy

These history of videos have become my go to playlist when idk what to have on in the background while doing dishes. I don't know if that sounds like a compliment, but it is one.

Hello Big Action Bill! First of all, thank You very much for Your awesome series of videos about the Godzilla movies. The wealth of information and background knowledge contained in your videos is really impressive! In one of your videos about a film from the 60s, you mention that in Germany the film titles often contain the name Frankenstein, although neither the character from the novel nor the character from the Keiju Eiga film is included. I am from Germany and have been a big fan of the Keiju Eiga films since I was a child and can confirm the use of the name Frankenstein in the film titles. That was a promotional ploy in the 60s and 70s because the name Frankenstein is very well known in this country as the name of a monster. The consequence of this, of course, is that the film title no longer makes sense. But the name King Kong has also been "misused" several times. In the 1973 film "Godzilla vs. Megalon", "Jet Jaguar" was named "King Kong". In the 1974 film "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla", "Mechagodzilla" was named "King Kong". The film itself is titled "King Kong versus Godzilla". While I mention these two films, your videos about the films from 1966 up to and including 1975, which can also be seen in the playlist that you show in the video about "Godzilla Final Wars", are unfortunately no longer in the playlist contain. Could you upload these videos again? That would be great. By the way, here are two videos with the Mothra song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rqmpi5SZ1tjNm6M.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n6iUha-ImNyZqIU.html Greetings from Germany! edit: a mistake corrected.

@25:13 best way to put it. I like a Godzilla movie with characters to follow to make the stakes higher in the monster battles cause to me, a Godzilla movie with uninteresting/boring/flat/cringe chracters makes it a drag to watch.

MechaGodzilla always looses an eye.

I rewatched this movie so many times back in 2004. Hands down my favorite

I LOVE all the returning showa actors in the hesei/millennium era. Its beautiful that so many actresses and actors are able to return, even fifty years later for final wars.

I loved this movie. To this day i just didn't understand why they didn't continue the story of the main human cast from the previous movie since this was a direct squeal. I actually found the human story line from Godzilla against Mechagodzilla the least objectionable of the human story arcs since The Return of Godzilla.

i wasn't expected an another documentary so quickly after the other, I'm impressed (in a good way) edit: just finished the video. Once again great job, i learned a lot of things.

This design of Mothra is my favorite, very divine and her wings animations are perfection. I liked the idea of them using scales. If it had the Heisei color patterns with the Tokyo SOS wing texture it'd be perfect!

Today was my first time watching this movie, and I think that the Kiryu saga has to be one of my favorites in the whole franchises. Mothra is always a treat to have, and Kiryu is my favorite Mechagodzilla design. I was expecting just another monster bash, but that ending really threw off for a loop. 1954 Godzilla has been suffering in pain, and has lashed out in rage. We always see that creature as a monster of pure evil and devastation, unstoppable furry. But as Kiryu it saw that in this Godzilla, and offered a way to peace and rest. The one known for anguish offered a helping hand to another monster. I was not expecting forgiveness like that and also cried.

17:10 LOL love that! Great video.

Very happy you uploaded man, i listen to your videos all the time while at work.

Man, Thank you for your KZfaq channel on Godzilla and for having them long. I enjoy long videos instead of short details videos. Love it all on your channel.!

Excellent work as always and dying to see what you have in store for Final Wars

Once again, thank you for another awesome video! Also, I personally enjoyed seeing Noboru Kaneko in this film as he was GaoRed in Hyakujū Sentai Gaoranger, the Super Sentai from 2001.

Ayy wasn't suspecting this!! Lets gooooo!!!!! You are awesome my guy!

Love your G-Film reviews! Very detail oriented! Great background info. Waiting on your last two: GODZILLA: FINAL WARS and SHIN GODZILLA. Hope to see you tackle those soon!

yay another video!!!

Hidden gem of a channel you deserve more subs❤️🔥💎

Excellent work as always, can't wait to hear your opinions on Godzilla: Final Wars

Great video, as always! I’m excited for you to tackle Final Wars. Such a bizarre, marvelous mess of camp, that one.

Tokyo SOS is so good. I really really like it

Thank you so much for this history of series

Was waiting for this video and it was definitely worth the wait one of my first and favorite Godzilla movies of my childhood I’m still a fan now because of it.💯

I remember I had a joke with a fellow Godzilla fan. Which Tezuka Godzilla film starts with a really cool Kaiju sequence, features a military personnel who feels guilt and a need to prove themselves, has the super weapon fail and only they can make it work again so that they can attack Godzilla, seemingly going on a suicidal mission to stop Godzilla only to somehow survive miraculously, and stare off as the sunset at the end of the film. The answer, all of them..lol. That's said, beautiful music and some outstanding effects even if the story is rather meh and the characters feel like shallow clones of real human beings and characters we've seen before. It's a great film to pop in and watch all the Godzilla scenes however. But one question? How could two Mothra larva swim all the way from infant Island to Tokyo in what seems to be less than half an hour? Apparently infant island is in the middle of tokyo bay😁

Great review! 1. Cinematography was good: crisp, sharp. 2. Much better FX. 3. Mothra looks great flying. 4. Mothra larva look better. 5. Jets and rockets looked good. 6. Godzilla Girls top-notch!! ❤ 7. Story a bit redundant with Mecha G, but it was okay. 8. The sets looked good. 9. Godzilla water-surge was impressive.

Awesome video!!!

Kiryu was always my favorite version of Mechagodzilla, and I loved his arc. Like you, I wish they had actually carried over the human main characters from the previous film, but it still worked well.

Love the video as usual but also appreciated the Sonic Adventure references lol

Wow, you got this done fast.

Really great video! So happy to get this on my birthday :D

Awesome review

Nice job I swear the last vid came out like 3 days ago keep up the great work!

I never noticed the this movie was the last to be disturbed under the tristar bander. I always lumbed tristar and Columbia as a part of Sony

Yay your back love these videosy

That was quick indeed! Not complaining. I’m gonna be sad that the next video might be the last unless you include legendary’s and shin as well.

love these videos

I was just wondering about this video

6:07 Mothra's head on a human head is weird.

Great video!

Great work

I love these videos!

21:37 ok that’s actually touching

The director once said that Kiryu might be the father of the current Godzilla. They don't confirm it, but he did say that's a valid interpretation. It'd explain a lot.

I particularly love this one, is my favorite movie of the whole saga, and I'd liked to see sequels to this universe, rather than having FW. I love Godzilla's look, I love Kiryu, I sort of like even Chujo and the girl character, the scenes are cool and emotional and the soundtrack is awesome. It's a simple movie, the fight takes most of the part, but it works very fine

These are always so well done man, thank you for making them. Do you think you'll cover something like the Gamera or King Kong movies once you finish Godzilla?

You made my day. And my year.

If I had to rank the Mothra Songs, being every song sung by the Shobijin, so Sacred Springs, Mahara Mosura, Mothra's Song, etc. ( Not counting FW because if I forgot a Mothra song then it probably wasn't that good then ) it would look like this: 1: Heisei: All 3 of the main 3 songs are just amazing. 2: Showa: Elegant, slow and steady. Sacred Springs is easily my favorite of the 3 main songs in this series. 3: RoM: Specifically the song sung in Big Battle from RoM 3. It's very unique compared to the endless amounts of basic Mothra's Songs we get. The Mothra's Song from The Task Ahead and Mothra Battles Ghidorah is great as well, and Death and Rebirth is amazing and beautiful. 4: KoTM: It is just so grand. However, I would like a version with lyrics, even if it didn't appear in the film, like the no guitar version of "Bio Wars" from Godzilla vs. Biollante 5: Millenium: Overall pretty good, has a air of tension and finality. ( If you're wondering why GMK isn't here, it is not a remake of any previous Mothra song, and has no lyrics sung by the Shobijin or any equivalent. I'd put it at 3 or 4. )

Great video, can't wait for final wars

I have watched all the movies but not seen the fantastic behind the scenes stuff. Great videos.

Yes now i have something to listen to while i work today

17:07 - Well that was a quick flashback to my childhood every Monday night. 😂 Thanks for that.

Great piece I stumbled upon. Actually one of the movies I missed...definitely need to track it down

I really like your Godzilla movie history video because they are very educational to me because there’s a lot of information I didn’t know about some Godzilla films production and even Wikizilla doesn’t have this information on their website.

Can’t wait for final wars! I think it’s brilliant, but I know it’s not for everyone.

I waited longer than the existance of Space-Time for this, cant wait for FW

...Good luck on the last Millennium movie for Godzilla. Heard it was mixed feelings on how good it was from fans, but mainly on the bad side save for only how Godzilla can kick ass really fast or epically in that last film.

Great review. I wish they did make a Kiryu 3 film as I think fans would love it

Yo!!!! Your videos are a work of art. Thanks for making them they entertain me while I draw 👽🤟. Thank you. Stay blessed

I started this series at final wars and have watched all subsequent uploads in order. Anxiously awaiting Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla

Great run down and overview as always. Any plans to do other Kaiju films after you finish all the Godzilla movies?

Thanks!

I wonder if they've given any thought to, instead of producing movies, producing something more like a Godzilla mini-series where there might be more time to explore both human and monster back-stories in a little more detail. Maybe they should test out a Netflix, HBO or Amazon mini-series based on the characters where Godzilla might have a minor skirmish with one or two other monsters per episode - then they could pivot back to the free-for-all summer blockbuster with all of them based on those stories. While the action is obviously centered around the monsters and not the human characters, there is some story telling necessary and they potentially could use it to build the franchise through online delivery. The stories have to matter to some extent if you're trying to sustain a franchise from one generation to the next. The canon doesn't have to be perfect, or as massive as Star Wars or Star Trek...but it could be. Movies seem to be ironically constraining for such huge characters like Godzilla; 2 hours isn't enough time to really tell the story AND show the action.

Another review of a great Godzilla movie.

Can we all just take a minute, go to 1:01 , and just appreciate how amazing that Mothra prop is

This was actually the first Godzilla film I ever saw when I was 6 and it’s what got me into the series

The music IS awesome.

love the RAW graphic

I love these types of videos! Can't wait for Final Wars and maybe the Reiwa/Legendary Era!

I probably watched this movie the most as a kid. It is a pretty great film in my opinion.