Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

It's Final Wars, I dont think anyone should read too much into the movie. Like Kitamura really even cared.

Final Wars is a new continuity with connections to some of the Toho classics, much like Tokyo SOS. All of the kaiju have their original origins, or are pretty close to their original origins. Rodan and Angilas are still runamock mutants, Mothra is still the goddess of Infant Island, and King Seesar is presumably still the Azumi tribe's defender. Why he can't resist Xilian control as Mothra does is simple: that'd be another wrench thrown into the film's already crowded plot. I remember initial reports saying that Seesar was going to have a fight with Gigan. I was really looking forward to that. At least I'll be able to face them off in Unleashed!

By the way, I really dig Seesar's new design. In fact, I like it better than the original. Sure, it betrays the fact there's a human in there, but I really like the slim figure, the scales, and the neat, kept fur. Too bad we never got to see him use his reflective eyes.

Did Ryuhei Kitamura even direct the monster scenes? It's kind of hard to tell but he doesn't seem to be present in the "behind the scenes" parts on the DVDs. I figured that he was somewhere else shooting the human scenes while Shogo Tomiyama was in charge of shooting the monster fights.