Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Takao Okawara
Produced by	Shōgo Tomiyama
Written by	Wataru Mimura
Starring	Masahiro Takashima Ryoko Sano Megumi Odaka Yûsuke Kawazu Daijiro Harada
Music by	Akira Ifukube
Cinematography	Yoshinori Sekiguchi
Edited by	Miho Yoneda
Production company	Toho Pictures, Inc.
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	December 11, 1993 (1993-12-11)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese English
Budget	$9.5 million
Box office	$18 million

Japanese

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (ゴジラvsメカゴジラ, Gojira tai Mekagojira, released in Japan as Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla), is a 1993 Japanese science fiction tokusatsu kaiju film featuring Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho. The film is directed by Takao Okawara and is the 20th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fifth film in the Heisei series. Despite its Japanese and English titles, the film is neither a remake or sequel to 1974's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.

The film was released in Japan on December 11, 1993 and released straight to pay-per-view satellite television in the United States in 1998 by Sony Pictures Television. The film was initially heavily promoted through advertising and a spin-off children's television program as the last film in the Heisei Godzilla series, as Toho producers wished to avoid competing with TriStar's then upcoming Godzilla reboot.

In 1992, the United Nations establishes the United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center (UNGCC) to stop Godzilla. The remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah are salvaged by the UNGCCs military branch, known as G-Force, and reverse engineered to create two anti-Godzilla machines, the first being an aerial gunship called Garuda and a mecha modeled after Godzilla called Mechagodzilla.

Two years later, on a mission to Adona Island in the Bering Sea, a Japanese team comes across what they assume is a large Pteranodon egg. The egg gives off a telepathic signal that attracts Godzilla and Rodan, an adult Pteranodon irradiated by the nuclear waste. Godzilla critically wounds Rodan during the ensuing battle, while the research team escapes with the egg. It's taken to a research center in Kyoto, where it imprints on a young female scientist. When a Baby Godzilla hatches from the egg, the research team concludes that the egg was left in the Pteranodon nest with Rodan in a manner similar to the brood parasitism displayed by European cuckoos. Godzilla appears in Japan, once again responding to the creature's psychic call. The JSDF mobilizes Mechagodzilla, which intercepts Godzilla as it is making his way to Kyoto. The two battle, with Mechagodzilla seeming to have the upper hand until Godzilla disables Mechagodzilla with an energy pulse. Godzilla continues searching for Baby, but the scientists, having discovered the telepathic link between the monsters, shield it from Godzilla. Frustrated, Godzilla destroys most of Kyoto before returning to the ocean.