Showa monsters that could've been in the heisei era

[Darth Calypso]

Which showa monsters do you think could've been in the heisei era?

[JVM]

I think a '90s version of Godzilla vs. Gigan possibly with Anguirus, is the only realistic one we could have expected.

[Tyler]

Anguirus was in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah at one point.

[JVM]

Anguirus was in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah at one point.

Yeah, no clue how he'd have worked in though.

[Hellspawn28]

Anguirus was plan in the "Ghost Godzilla" movie, we had no idea what role he had. Seeing how popular Gigan is, I would not be shock if Toho did had plans to use him in the Heisei series at one point.

[Tohosaurus]

Gigan was my vote due to its success with fans. Titanosaurus also has a strong fanbase and I actually prefer him to Gigan, but Titanosaurus is at a disadvantaged being a tooth-and-claw fighter and it couldn't carry much weight. Maybe instead of Moguera he could've aided Godzilla, this time with the UN or Japan having control of him instead of an evil made scientist?

[monsterxrampage]

I picked titano because ge is the last enemy of the showa series. Yes he isnt as strong as some over monsters, but he would be a good monster for a starter movie or a sequel to the first hesei. It's sad, to me, that they didnt

[TokyoVigilante]

Megalon; over-designed, kind of chunky, armor blob-ish, and gushing weapons. He's pretty much a Heisei monster, as is.

[monsterxrampage]

Megalon; over-designed, kind of chunky, armor blob-ish, and gushing weapons. He's pretty much a Heisei monster, as is.

Why do I find myself agreeing with you?

[TitanoGoji16]

I see Anguirus, Gigan, King Caesar and possibly Hedorah being the most likely choices for a Heisei re-imagining.

[Hellspawn28]

I'm not sure what King Caesar and Hedorah would look like in the Heisei series or how they will fit into the story?

[Darth Calypso]

maybe someone should atleast make concept art of what they would look like

[TitanoGoji16]

I'm not sure what King Caesar and Hedorah would look like in the Heisei series or how they will fit into the story?

The Heisei series already had ancient deities (Mothra, Battra) and space monsters (SpaceGodzilla). I don't see why King Caesar and Hedorah would be a problem. As for "fitting into the story," it's not like the Heisei series had some big, continuous story arc, so they should have "fit in" just fine.

[King Caesar]

There weren't any direct sequels in the Heisei series like in Millennium and Showa Godzilla. There could be a slight hole that a Godzilla movie with mythical monsters like KC could have fallen into

[Goji]

There weren't any direct sequels in the Heisei series like in Millennium and Showa Godzilla.

All of the Heisei films are direct sequels to one another.


Personally, I would have liked to have seen Gigan and Anguirus the most during this era. They also seem like the most likely candidates out of all the choices available.

[Tohosaurus]

There weren't any direct sequels in the Heisei series like in Millennium and Showa Godzilla. There could be a slight hole that a Godzilla movie with mythical monsters like KC could have fallen into

Actually as Goji said, the entire Heisei series are direct sequels. That's part of what I like about the Heisei series and something I found annoying about the Millennium series (new movie, new history almost every time).

[King Caesar]

True...I didnt think about the whole Spacegodzilla being related to Biollante and Mothra and Godzilla's son.

The Millennium has done a terrible job of continuation. The later ones includes movies such as War of the Gargantuans and Mothra, but no other Godzilla movies! Like whats the point in that?

[Tohosaurus]

True...I didnt think about the whole Spacegodzilla being related to Biollante and Mothra and Godzilla's son.

The Millennium has done a terrible job of continuation. The later ones includes movies such as War of the Gargantuans and Mothra, but no other Godzilla movies! Like whats the point in that?

Well and if I recall correctly, in Biollante comes from the deep underground prison they thought that killed him in the prior 1985 film. There's more to it, but yeah I liked that Heisei had nice continuation.

[Legion1979]

The Millennium has done a terrible job of continuation. The later ones includes movies such as War of the Gargantuans and Mothra, but no other Godzilla movies! Like whats the point in that?

I don't really see what's the big problem with that.

The whole idea is that after the original Godzilla's death, the Japanese only really had monsters like Mothra and Gairah to worry about, and Gairah could easily be taken care of with the maser cannons. So when Godzilla - who hadn't been seen in almost a half century - shows up and make a mockery of the maser tanks, a new weapon has to be created. Hence, Mechagodzilla. I don't see how this doesn't make sense.

[Arrow]

Like whats the point in that?

I thought the point was that they could go in several different directions with the character without worrying about continuity. It's a nice contrast from the strict continuity of the Heisei movies. Unfortunately neither series really uses either of these to their full potential, IMO.