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Nah. All of the Japanese productions following the resurgence of the Godzilla brand in the past few years have been experimenting with the traditional formula in nearly all aspects.

Hollywood gives us our traditional monster flicks, and Japan gives us our unique and different takes.

Anyone else rather skeptical of this design?

I wanna see Jet Jaguar. DanZilla

So if it only vaugley resembles Godzilla from the neck down, why call it mechaGODZILLA? Why not create a new mech? The Godzilla series only has like 5 mechs and 2 of them are cyborgs, it seems like they are just using the mechagodzilla name to drum up excitement.

If that's the case, Danzilla93, we might get Godzilla vs. the Mecha Horde, like in Rulers of Earth :O

What an unexpected and intriguing design!

One thing that particularly interests me is the concept of a "Mechagodzilla City".  That, to me, implies a lost, technologically advanced city potentially full of mechas.  Perhaps they are all different and controlled by a central intelligence.  Maybe this "Mechagodzilla" is one of many mechs from this city.  Could there be more?  If there are, what do they look like?  Could a more traditionally designed Mechagodzilla be among them?

I guess what I'm trying to say is... BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!

I never said Dogora was ever controlled by aliens. I just thought it might be a connection since it's from space. 

Im not really bothered by the design. It looks pretty cool. 

Oooo! That's another good one. I have that on a Mst3k episode. Good idea 

Gman, you bring up a lot of good points. I find myself more intrigued by what the context behind this MechaGodzillas creation and use in the sequel will be every day

You can do another similar pairing with Son of Godzilla. Instead of Tarantula, try Deadly Mantis to match with Kamacuras.

My favorite suits would be

5- KiryuGoji

4- MosuGoji

3- LegendaryGoji

2- ShinGoji

1- BioGoji

90s Goji, GMK Goji, 54 Goji, 2000 Goji, Kiryu Saga Goji, 2004 Goji, and 2014 Goji.

Not fan of the head but whatever.

I wonder if it got eaten. It should have been ok to boil and carefully extract the meat without damaging the shell?

Additionally I can sort of see the more reptilian look in its profile of the lower images. Something more abstract doesn't really bother me since you really have to jump through hoops to justify building a robotic Godzilla.

It worked for the Black Hole aliens since they were trying to hide their identity behind the Fake Godzilla skin. It worked for Kiryu since he was designed around Godzilla's bones. It didn't really work for the Heisei Godzilla--There was no reason to spend tax dollars making it look the way it did.

So far I'm fine with something more "out there" for the mecha--I'm more interested in its origin, which could further illuminate its design.

Eh, I can kind of get behind it.  There's nothing really practical about making a mecha's head look exactly like Godzilla. This Mechagodzilla is a robot Godzilla only on a very basic and abstract level: a huge bipedal mecha with Godzilla's vague body shape and spikes all over its body.

Is no one else bothered by the insectoid head?

Based on what I've gathered from the novel, Dogora appeared from space and attacked the Russian space station Mir. So he's definitely from space, but much like in his debut film it sounds like he's just an alien organism that acted independently.

Reviews have been mostly positive, praising the animation, Godzilla, the main character and his voice actor as well as the overall gritty design work and concept. Weaknesses include a breakneck pace, little development for supporting characters and some have complained that it feels more like a prologue for the trilogy instead of a standalone movie.

Two different species of aliens are involved in the story. They help Earth fight back against the monsters, but are powerless against Godzilla. So they help humanities survivors leave Earth.

I have little to go off of, but my theory is that MechaGodzilla is the leftover creation from one of these alien races.

As for the other monsters, from what I gather, they simply appear from the Earth with re-written backgrounds--There are multiple Rodans, Varans, etc, for example. Not that Dogora was ever controlled by aliens anyway.

"Mechagodzilla City"? that sounds cool. Would it be like a whole city of Mechagodzilla's? That also housed the pilots in bunker like houses inside the robot monsters? that would be something different. 

If aliens are part of this continuity, is that why dogora invaded? isn't that thing an alien monster? I would love to know.

Anyone out there giving this movie a review yet? just anxious to hear all about it!

DK - Oh, gosh! That is a monster! I did not see that size comparison! :)

Looks more like moguera than mechagodzilla, I think they forgot the Godzilla part of mechagodzilla. So I am not digging the design right now

The face kind of looks like Moguera.

But I can dig it. Im excited that while this movie is being released today that the sequel is also being announced for the middle of next year! By the time Monster Planet reaches Netflix this new movie comes out!

I wonder how this thing will look in action. Can't wait! 2018 can't come soon enough!

I think most of the reviews were written when fans were still on the honeymoon period for the movie.

Hell Yes! MechaGodzilla is back. It's been too long since the last MechaGodzilla movie. I like the new look. It looks kinda bug like and creepy, but cool none the less.

I'm impressed that G14 held up so well under all that scrutiny, not that I'm complaining, it's one of my favorites

Godzilla: The Mobile City's Decisive Battle, the sequel to Planet of the Monsters, has been added to the database.

Most compelling! The design for MechaGodzilla has a very strange and almost crystalline appearance. It is quite neat! :)

I get the distinct feeling that it's not one of mankind's weapons. There are aliens in this continuity and their technology looks fairly similar to MechaGodzilla here.

Those crystals certainly seem to imply the return of another Godzilla foe as well. One that was confirmed already to exist in the anime universe but was not mentioned in the timeline or prequel novel.

I'm sure Kawakita would have been proud.

I'm very excited to see MechaGodzilla make a return! Though I do wish it was an evil alien weapon again and not a weapon developed by humanity to fight Godzilla. I'm also very curious about that head design. Still, I'm very happy to see MechaGodzilla return!

Interesting design.

^That the entire franchise and genre owes much of its history and existence to.

OK.. Mothra is a very big and powerful bug.

This is gonna be fun to watch.

They have a large and small claw too. I wonder which one that was. Looking at this image, the claw seems to be the smaller one.

RIGGZARMORTIS86 - Hahaha! Indeed! That would be quite a seafood feast! :)