Emperor Ghidorah
Template:Kaiju Infobox Unmade Emperor Ghidorah is an unmade kaiju from an early proposed concept for the sixth Heisei Godzilla film.
History
Early in the stages of production for the sixth Heisei Godzilla film, it was proposed for Godzilla's enemy to be an alien King Ghidorah, similar to the concept for the earlier unmade film The Return of King Ghidorah. This King Ghidorah, dubbed "Emperor Ghidorah," would have been more like the Showa incarnation of the character, being an evil alien creature rather than the mutated fusion of three Dorats. However, Toho was concerned that Emperor Ghidorah might be viewed as too similar to Orochi from the then-upcoming Yamato Takeru, and so it was decided to create a new enemy for Godzilla instead. Toho retained the idea of Godzilla's new foe being an alien creature, and decided to have it be a clone of Godzilla himself. This extraterrestrial Godzilla clone went through numerous revisions before finally resulting in SpaceGodzilla.[1][2]
Trivia
- Emperor Ghidorah's gravity beams would have acted true to their namesake and manipulated gravity, causing them to levitate Godzilla into the air. This ability was repackaged for the final film as SpaceGodzilla's Gravity Tornado attack, which performed the same function.[2]
- Emperor Ghidorah may have inspired Keizer Ghidorah, as Keizer Ghidorah's name comes from the German word "kaiser," meaning "emperor." Keizer Ghidorah's gravity beams also levitate Godzilla into the air, which was conceptualized as one of Emperor Ghidorah's abilities.
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