Background and Trivia |
- Toho submitted the film to the US copyright office on February 20th, 1996 with the registration number of PA0000796966. The movie was submitted under its new preferred English title, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, as opposed to its original international title, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. The registration also included an alternate title of Godzilla vs. Super-Mechagodzilla, with a hyphen. Given that Toho's registration for Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) included its US title before Tristar's home video release, it's possible that Godzilla vs. Super-Mechagodzilla was considered as an American title for the movie.
- Nippon Steel Communications promoted the film with an ad under the banner "Nippon Steel Life" (日鉄ライフ - Nittetsu Raifu), which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Godzilla character.
- The initial teaser trailer for the movie heavily featured footage from Gunhed (1989), juxtaposing scenes of the machines using weaponry and Godzilla being hit.
- Filming the effects sequences for the movie took 86 days, starting on April 8th, 1993, and ending on August 1st of that same year. Cited in The Sons of Godzilla: From Destroyer to Defender (ISBN: 1724667270).
- Special effects director Koichi Kawakita self reflected on the use of beams in the film, noting that "At the time I heard people say: 'Don't use just the light beams' or 'there are too many special effects scenes' which is what was said to me. Obviously, when you think about the budget and the schedule, I can understand why they didn't want me to use so many light beams, but at the same, what will the customer then come to see? When you think about that part, I think the answer is obvious. Children usually like colorful things like that, and since Godzilla is pitch black, the light beams are necessary, aren't they?" Quoted in The Sons of Godzilla: From Destroyer to Defender (ISBN: 1724667270).
- Featured the first digital soundtrack of the Godzilla franchise. This detail is noted in G-Fan #41, published in 1999.
- Kazuo Miyauchi's sound work on the film was nominated for a Japanese Academy Award. This is noted on the page for the 17th Japanese Academy Awards.
- The main building of the U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center - 国連はG対策センター) is actually the Tokyo University of Technology. This particular building is located on their Hachioji Campus.
- Money brought in from licensed products for the movie was huge, cited as being $158 million. This grossly exceeds the profit generated from the actual box office for the film. Cited in The Sons of Godzilla: From Destroyer to Defender (ISBN: 1724667270).
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