ToraGoji

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Godzilla Designs
MogeGoji/DesuGoji
ToraGoji
MireGoji
ToraGoji
The ToraGoji in GODZILLA (1998)
Type CGI/Suit
Nicknames AmeriGoji, 98Goji, TriStarGoji, EmeGoji
Portrayed by CGI, Animatronic,
Kurt Carley (Suit and motion reference)
Used in GODZILLA (1998)
  • This article covers the 1998 Godzilla design. For the Godzilla incarnation, see Godzilla/TriStar.

The ToraGoji (トラゴジ,   Toragoji)[1] is the Godzilla design used in the 1998 Godzilla film, GODZILLA.

It is the second onscreen American design (after the Hanna Barbera Godzilla), the second onscreen design to be portrayed by CGI (after the DesuGoji suit) and the first to be primarily portrayed in this method, and the fourteenth onscreen design overall.

Name

The ToraGoji's name comes from the Japanese name for TriStar (トライスター,   Toraisutā), and Goji, which comes from Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ).

Detail

The ToraGoji is a very drastic redesign for Godzilla, to the point of bearing little resemblance to previous designs. The design's CGI model has a stance similar to modern depictions of theropod dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, in contrast to Godzilla's traditional upright humanoid posture.

The color of the design's skin is a very dark blue on the top of his body, to the point of looking black during some scenes, a silvery light-blue color on the sides of the body, and tan on the underside, as if to blend in with urban environment.

The ToraGoji design has a notably big underbite with a huge chin, and teeth which stick out of the mouth, much like crocodiles'. In contrast to Godzilla's traditional maple leaf shaped Template:Scutes, the ToraGoji has curved, spike-like scutes,[2] curving towards the front, described as looking somewhat like reversed shark fins.

The design has powerful, long legs and arms, which enable for very swift movement; something it was specifically designed to have.[3]

Use in Other Media

Video Games

Comics

Gallery

Production

Screenshots

GODZILLA (1998)

Post-Production

Merchandise

Covers

Toys

Promotional

Magazines

Trivia

  • This Godzilla redesign was made based only on Roland Emmerich's instructions that the monster had to be quick and agile.
  • Although Toho had little to do with the making of this design, they still knew what it looked like and nevertheless approved it.[3] Toho's chairman at the time, Isao Matsuoka, even said he felt it kept the essence of Godzilla, though many of Toho's executives and employees would later express their displeasure with the design.[4]
  • The animatronic Godzilla was designed by veteran Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr, who also created the giant animatronic King Kong for the Universal Studios Hollywood tour.[5]

References

This is a list of references for ToraGoji. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book (4th Edition). Yosensha. 4 September 2016. p. 232. ISBN 978-4-8003-0362-2. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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  3. 3.0 3.1 INTERVIEW OF SHOGO TOMIYAMA AND RYUHEI KITAMURA.
  4. GODZILLA Unmade: The History of Jan De Bont's Unproduced TriStar Film - Part 4 - SciFi Japan
  5. Theme Parkeology presents Moments with Bob Gurr

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