TOHO GODZILLA SUIT 17
TokyoGoji (2003)
- Godzilla × Mothra × Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Upgraded with a Giant Scar
For the film Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., the sequel to Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Godzilla’s appearance remained basically the same. A new suit named TokyoGoji, was created with an almost identical design, only sporting a large scar on the chest region, sustained from Kiryu’s Absolute Zero Cannon in the previous film.
Godzilla × Mothra × Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
A giant scar is the one big difference
The suits from Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla × Mothra × Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. are 99% identical. The biggest change is the large scare on Godzilla’s chest, but there may be other small changes. It’s possible Wakasa either re-casted the suit or gave it a darker paint job. In Tokyo S.O.S. the skin contrasts a lot more with the teeth and claws.
Another minute difference is at the base of the tail, where a spine is switched to a more unique one. Apparently Wakasa duplicated an upper side spine in the 2002 suit.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Godzilla × Mothra × Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
In this 30 min video you’ll see every SFX aspect the movie such as…
- Filming miniature tanks
- Using blue screen
- Eagle eyed viewers can see the air hose that attaches to the bottom of Godzilla’s tail
- See the Godzilla animatronic half-suit (5:34)Â
- Watch how they film the water scenes (26:00)
- And so much more!
TokyoGoji Suit Reference Images
The screencaps were captured from the Sony Blu-ray and the behind the scenes images were scanned from the Japanese book: Godzilla Graphic Collection by Hobby Japan. Some of the images may have been modified to see the textures more easily.
