Japan Release: 2000
Running Time: 105 minutes

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

ゴジラ×メガギラス G消滅作戦
[Gojira X Megagirasu: G Shometsu Sakusen]

In 1954, Godzilla first appears and attacks Tokyo, engulfing the city in flames. Japan rebuilds, but in 1966 reawakens Godzilla after establishing a nuclear power plant. The creature attacks Tokai, destroying the plant. The country then seeks to avoid nuclear energy, but finds itself unable to power the nation. In 1996, a breakthrough discovery is made from a new power source: plasma energy. Unfortunately, this too awakens the King of the Monsters, who attacks Osaka and the building storing the technology. As collateral damage, Kiriko Tsujimori's commanding officer is killed, causing a vendetta between her and Godzilla. Five years later, the G-Graspers, a group meant to deal with Godzilla, begin testing a new weapon: the Dimension Tide which creates miniature black holes. Its their hope that this will finally kill Godzilla. However, the test awakens a different, ancient evil...

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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
US Distributor: Tristar (2003) / Time: 88 Minutes

Godzilla X Megaguirus: G Extermination Strategy
[Literal translation]

GXM
[Abbreviated Title]

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• Toho submitted the film to the US copyright office on December 26th, 2000 with the registration number of PA0001035743. The title used was its international one, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, with Godzilla X Megaguirus listed as an alternate.
• The first Godzilla movie to feature a post credits scene.
• According to producer Shogo Tomiyama, the X in the Japanese title was introduced as he wanted to give Japanese fans another way to refer to the series. This is because even though the Heisei series has Heisei as a name many Japanese fans refer to it as the "vs" series, due to the way that the movie titles use the English "vs" (as opposed to the Showa films which use 対 or "Tai"). The alternative reason was simply that Tomiyama felt it looked "cool" in the title. Noted in Fangoria #204.
• At the time of pre-production in 2000, producer Shogo Tomiyama noted that the sequence that Kiriko Tsujimori gets onto Godzilla, including the giant prop that actress Misato Tanaka scales, was one of the most expensive pieces developed for the Godzilla series to date. Quoted from Fangoria #204.
• The movie featured a large number of sequences that involved CGI, a growing trend with the Toho Godzilla films. In fact, the number of composite cuts involving CGI for the production was 548. Noted in the April 2001 magazine Spaceship Year Book 2001.
  

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