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Godzilla VS Megaguirus

The Story

Ever since its first attack in Tokyo , monster king Godzilla has destroyed Japanese cities that lay in its path in search for energies that fill its appetite. Soon, it became Japan's top national priority to develop a source of 'clean energy' that would not stir up Godzilla's appetite. In 1996, the Clean Energy Factory led by Motohiko Sugiura (Masatou Ibu) developed a new plasma power generator in metropolis Osaka. The success seemed guaranteed - but, not for long. Godzilla appeared again, and demolished the entire power plant. Members of a special combat unit risked their lives in this doomed fight. One of the members, Kiriko Tsujimori (Misato Tanaka) tried to load shell in the rocket launcher. But while she was desperately trying to stop her hands from shaking, her much respected commander - Takuya Miyagawa (Toshiyuki Nagashima) lost his life under the falling concrete debris of the power plant.

Now, in the year 2001, Kiriko leads the 'G-Graspers' - a special anti Godzilla unit in the 'G-Command', which is a new division created in the Ministry of Defense after the destruction of metropolice Osaka. Her sole purpose of life now is to exterminate Godzilla. She has powerful support from a physicist Yoshino Yoshizawa (Yuriko Hoshi). The plan is to wipe out Godzilla completely as simply killing it merely creates hazardous radiation leakage. The best solution, therefore, is to create an artificial 'black hole' which will suck in everything into another universe. The difficulty is to reduce the size of the weapon to 2 meters in diameter - a size small enough to be carried on a satellite. A young inventor has the answer. Hajime Kudo's (Shousuke Tanihara) long and hard working days produce the ultimate weapon: the Dimension Tide.

Tests continue on the operation of the man-made black hole. One day, Yoshizawa and the team accidentally causes the black hole to create a distortion in the time dimension. An uninvited intruder comes through this hole. An ancient giant larval 'Meganulon' finds a new home in modern Japan. Meganulons need water to grow. So they find water veins under the city of Shibuya. They break the water veins, flood the city and use this newly formed lake in Shibuya to multiply and grow. As the swarm grows, humans become their favorite targets. But this was only the beginning. As the Meganulons metamophose into adult Meganulas, they get attracted to Godzilla's enormous power. They attack Godzilla to suck in its energy and inject it into their special larva that would become a gigantic dragonfly - a 60 meter long Megaguirus!! It is now Megaguirus's turn to attack Godzilla to devour its energy.

A three-way battle between Godzilla, Megaguirus and humans!

The battle for survival in Odaiba!

Can humans really exterminate Godzilla?

And....... is there a future for Japan!?

"Godzilla vs Megaguirus - the 'G' Extermination Command" The previous Godzilla film, "Godzilla 2000 Millennium", introduced a brand new design for Godzilla and successfully modernized it while maintaining the spirit and tradition of all the past Godzilla films. The film utilized latest digital technology and will be released in the U.S this summer.And this year the second film with the newly re-designed Godzilla will return to the screen with even greater blasting power to commemorate the beginning of the new century.

What are the new Monsters ? Godzilla's newest enemy is Megaguirus. Megaguirus is the leader of a swarm of ancient gigantic dragonflies which evolves to be a monster. During the final land test of the 'Dimension Tide' prior to its launch on a satellite, a fatal human error happens and this micro blackhole cannon opens a gate hole to another dimension. Through this gate appears a Meganulon (2 meter-long larva) awaken from its ancient slumber. This larva in want of water to survive finds underground water veins in modern Tokyo and destroy them. As this giant larva grows and multiplies, the destroyed water veins flood the city of Shibuya. The larvae shed their skin and become fully grown, 5 meter long giant dragonflies called Meganulas. Meganulas swarm the city, collecting high concentrates of energy to inject into one larva which becomes their leader. When this special larva sheds its skin, it becomes a 50 meter-long, 80 meter-wide (with wings open) gigantic battle monster, Megaguirus. In need of further energy concentrates, it instinctively finds Godzilla and embarks on its deadly attack. (#Meganulon made its first screen appearance in "Rodan", 1956)

Where do the battles take place? Godzilla and the monsters will destroy three sites. First site of destruction is Osaka where Kiriko first challenges Godzilla. Second is Shibuya, Tokyo, where Meganulons inundate the part of the city. And the last is Tokyo' s newly developed center of business and leisure - Odaiba. What suits better than the famous Rainbow Bridge and AquaCity to be crushed and blown into pieces during the dynamic battles of the monsters ?

Glamorous list of the cast and the staff Misato Tanaka, who won acclaim playing the title role in the popular TV drama 'Aguri' and has appeared in numerous TV dramas, stars in the film. Other actors include popular young actor Shousuke Tanihara, Masanobu Katsumura as a G-Grasper, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Makiya Yamaguchi and Tetsuo Yamashita. Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kazuko Kato, Katsuo Nakamura will add to the film's appeal and Masatou Ibu appearing in a Godzilla film for the first time, and Yuriko Hoshi appearing in a sci-fi film for the first time since her last appearance in "Ghidorah,The Three-Headed Monster"(1964) will add another star. This is the first film directed by Toho's Masaaki Tezuka, who has assisted many great directors such as Kon Ichikawa as an assistant director. He guarantees to surprise you with stunning images. Music will be written by Michiru Oshima, who is known for the wide range of involvement in films ('Shitsurakuen'), TV dramas ('Shomu Ni') and stage musicals ('Roman Holiday'). Kenji Suzuki will direct the special effects for the film after his stint with "Godzilla 2000". Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura have written the screenplay. The new Godzilla team guarantees you a top-notch monster action film of the year!!



All Info from "Godzilla world". The Offical Toho Godzilla page.


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