as im aproaching the end of the showa era, jun fukuda made his most iconic work as mechagodzilla as become a staple character in godzilla lore.
what i do find suprising is that technically this isn't a first for the tohoverse to incorporate a mechakajiu as king kong escapes from 1967 had a mechakong but there it was a weird and over the top cartoon bond villain, here its aliens.
fukuda delivers as mechagodzilla is a genuine threat and im shocked that in this time period of the showa era that they allowed godzilla to bleed.
to be fair, the kid characters and overall childish nature of the last 2, while still somewhat present is rather downplayed obviously. its nice to see a genuine threat godzilla can't just knock the shit out of and win.
overall these films have a large melodramatic tone that is very apreciate with its human characters.
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