Unmade Film
Intended Release: 1995

Godzilla vs. the Divine Beast

ゴジラVS神獣
[Gojira vs. Kamikemono]

The Divine Beast appears and attacks Japan. In a decisive battle, the god-like being defeats Godzilla, then proceeds to erase the evil from men's hearts.

LOST PROJECT HISTORY

One of a handful of proposals pitched before Godzilla vs. Barubaroi that strayed from the "Godzilla vs. Ghost Godzilla" theme, this story was conceived by a member of the Kawakita staff group. In it, the enemy monster was intended to be a bird-shaped monster, similar in nature to Indonesia's demigod Garuda, and would have been an Asian or Tibetan god beast. For the proposal, it was not enough to have a strong new monster defeat Godzilla, but rather to include issues that arise in the story as a result of human error, so that these wrongdoings could also be attributed to humanity and not all fall solely on the destructive actions of Godzilla.

Monsters

Background and Trivia

• No known concept artwork for the Divine Beast exists. The article picture includes a render of Garuda from the 2004 Thai film of the same name. It was not created by Toho nor is it their official look for the unused character.
• The mention of this movie proposal can be found in the 2017 Japanese publication, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Perfection (ISBN: 4798615811), in an interview with Kaoru Kamigiku. The name of this draft is never explicitly mentioned, however.

Concept Evolution