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SasquaDash

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What are your top 5 favorite Godzilla designs and why are they your favorites?

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DarkoRaptor
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mine is the Godzilla 2001 gmk because I like his amphibious gills, his evil smile and his pure white eyes 

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Hmmm….

1. Gyuragoji

2. Doughegoji

3. ShinGoji

4. Anigoji

5. Sokogehsigoji

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My personal favorites (in order of oldest to newest):

 

1954 "ShodaiGoji": The original suit that started it all, without it the other designs wouldn't exist. This Godzilla probably has my favorite designs for his dorsal plates, and it's easy to see why they eventually integrated them into the MonsterVerse design. There are shots in the original 1954 film where this design looks legitimately scary and really gives off the enraged radioactive monster vibe that the film was going for.

 

1964 "MosuGoji": To me, this is the definitive Showa Godzilla design. It managed to look both fierce and intimidating (without looking too evil) as well as looking a bit more benevolent (without looking too friendly or goofy). It was one of the first Godzilla designs that I saw when I was younger and still remains one of my personal favorites.

 

1984 "84Goji": My biggest issue with the late Showa Godzilla designs is that they look a little too friendly and goofy (especially in the 70s, where he looked like a plush toy), thankfully the 1984 brought back the more fearsome aspect of Godzilla. In some ways I actually like this design a bit more than the later Heisei design (which is saying a lot because I love the Heisei design). The only nitpick I have with it, is that the eyes are a bit too large and can look a little goofy in some shots, but other than that the design looks amazing. This is easily one of the first designs I think of when I think of classic Godzilla.

 

1995 "DesuGoji": The Heisei series had a pretty cool design for Godzilla, but his appearance in Godzilla vs Destoroyah managed to make it even cooler, or hotter in this case (bad joke, I know). The glowing patches of orange, the piercing red eyes and the fact that smoke is constantly erupting from him, makes him look super intimidating and badass. They state in the film that Godzilla's meltdown could potentially threaten the entire planet, and this design really gives off that impression.

 

MonsterVerse "LegendaryGoji": I think the biggest question we all had during the production of Godzilla (2014) was "what will Godzilla look like?", especially considering how the previous American attempt at the character was portrayed. In my personal opinion, the MonsterVerse design was a near perfect reinterpretation of Godzilla's classic design. It feels like they took features from the past Godzilla designs and blended them together into something that was new, yet still instantly recognizable. I remember my first reactions to seeing this design back when it was leaked in early 2014 were "That's Godzilla!" and "They Finally Got It Right!".

 

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1. DougheGoji (2019-Present)

2. GareGoji (2014)

3. ShinGoji (2016-2019)

4. DesuGoji (1995)

5. EarthGoji (2017-2018)

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1. GareGoji (2014)

2. DougheGoji (2019-2021)

3. ShodaiGoji (1954)

4. ToraGoji (1998)

5. BioGoji (1989-1991)

 

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i dont know the specific names but il try my best.....

1. errrrrrrrrrrr..........millinigoji? 1999-2000

2. ummmmmm........finalgoji? 2004

3. uhhhhhhhhh.........singugoji? 2021

4. gerrrrrrrrrrrr.........gmkgoji?? 2001

and shin

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monsterzero9,
For reference:

ShodaiGoji (two suits) - 1954
GyakushuGoji - 1955
KingGoji - 1962 (stunt suit in 1964)
MosuGoji - 1964
- late-1964 modification (head) - SanDaikaijuGoji
DaisensoGoji - 1965-1966 (stunt suit in 1967-1968, 1971)
- 1966 modification (head) - NankaiGoji
MusukoGoji - 1967 (stunt suit in 1972)
SoshingekiGoji - 1968-1972
- 1969 refurbish - AllKaijuGoji
- 1971 modification (head) - HedoGoji
- 1972 modification (head) - GiganGoji
MegaroGoji - 1973-1975
- 1974 modification (head) - MekaGoji
- 1975 modification (head) - MekaGyakushuGoji
84Goji - (two suits) - 1984
BioGoji - (three suits) - 1989-1991 (stunt suit in 1992)
- 1991 modification (chest, head, spines) - GhidoGoji (two suits)
BatoGoji - 1992 (stunt suit in 1993-1994)
RadoGoji - 1993 (stunt suit in 1994-1995)
MoguGoji - 1994-1995
- 1995 modification (head, shoulders, chest, stomach, legs, spines) - DesuGoji
ToraGoji - 1998
MireGoji (two suits) - 1999
GiraGoji (two suits) - 2000
SokogekiGoji (four suits) - 2001
KiryuGoji (two suits) - 2002 (stunt suit in 2003)
SOSGoji - 2003
FinalGoji (three suits) - 2004
GareGoji - 2014
ShinGoji - 2016
AniGoji - 2017-2018
DougheGoji - 2019
GyuraGoji - 2021

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Bump because it's an interesting topic.

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