The concept
for this production was penned by longtime series writer
Shinichi Sekizawa along with producer and then Toho
president Tomoyuki
Tanaka. Despite what the title might suggest, Godzilla's
rival in this production was to be a humanoid robot
constructed by the Self Defense Force, either as part
of the "Asuka Fortress" or it was to be the
title character.
Details are unfortunately very scarce.
Among those things uncertain is what type of role
Godzilla was to play. Due to the revolt within the government,
which was certainly an interesting story vehicle on
the part of writer Sekizawa, it's quite possible that
the "Asuka Fortress" was going to be manned
by a rogue part of the government and the movie could
have seen Godzilla slip into his hero persona to defeat
it. In fact, it's quite possible that this movie would
have continued the Showa series, although given the
lack of details it's hard to say for sure either. |
