84Goji

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84Goji Type Suit, Animatronic, Full-scale foot Nicknames Godzilla 1984, Godzilla 1985 Portrayed by Kenpachiro Satsuma Used in The Return of Godzilla

The 84Goji (84ゴジ) is the Godzilla suit design used in the 1984 Godzilla film The Return of Godzilla.

Name

The 84Goji's name comes from the year the film it was featured in, The Return of Godzilla, was released (1984, because in Japan the film was just called Godzilla, and Godzilla did not face any other monsters), and Goji, which comes from Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ).

Detail

Godzilla was revived in 1984 for the film The Return of Godzilla, this time reverting to the more menacing appearance of his debut, as opposed to the friendlier appearance used at the end of the original series. The 84Goji was made to closely resemble the original suit: Godzilla was again four-toed instead of three, his fangs and ears reappeared and his dorsal fins were made large again, too. The tail was longer, and the eyes featured more white areas in them.

The suit was massive, weighing in at 242 pounds, much more than the Godzilla suits used in the 1970s, which weighed about 88 pounds. Kenpachiro Satsuma became Godzilla's suitmation actor for The Return of Godzilla, and would reprise the role for the rest of the Heisei series, ending with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah in 1995.

Though most of the Godzilla footage in the film is of this suit and the water suit made from the same mold, it was the animatronic "Cybot Godzilla" that earned the most publicity before the film's release. Standing 16 feet tall and weighing 1.2 tons, the Cybot Godzilla cost $475,000 to build. The Cybot was primarily used for close-up shots of Godzilla in the film, which could become obvious due to its head not matching that of the suit. Toho also built a full-size, crane-operated model of Godzilla's foot. Almost all shots of it were deleted from the American edit of the film, Godzilla 1985. Due to problems with the mechanisms in the suit's eyes, Godzilla's eyes sometimes face away from each other, giving a somewhat comical appearance which wasn't intended by Toho. This is particularly apparent during close-ups of the suit, most notably during a scene where Godzilla stares down the Super X after rising back to his feet. After production wrapped, Toho put it on display in multiple film festivals around Japan. The Cybot Godzilla's head was exhibited as recently as 2004, 20 years after the release of The Return of Godzilla.^{[citation needed]}

Use in other media

Video games

• Multiplayer Adventure: New Godzilla (1985) - NEC PC-8801
• Godzilla: Trading Battle (1998) - Sony PlayStation
• Godzilla 60th (2014) - browser
• Godzilla Kaiju Collection (2015) - Android and iOS
• Godzilla Defense Force (2019) - Android and iOS

Comics

• Godzilla: Oblivion #4 cover (2016)
• Godzilla Rivals: Vs. Mothra (2021)

Gallery

Production

The Return of Godzilla

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Screenshots

The Return of Godzilla

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Post-production

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  The full Cybot being used to promote Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla in 1994

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  The head of the Cybot Godzilla on display in 2004

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  Head of Cybot Godzilla seen to the far right

Merchandise

Covers

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  The cover for the soundtrack of The Return of Godzilla

Magazines

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Toys

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  Bandai The Godzilla Collection Godzilla 1984

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  Bandai Godzilla 50th Anniversary Memorial Box Godzilla 1984

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  Bandai Godzilla DVD Collection Godzilla 1984

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  X-Plus Defo-Real Godzilla 1984

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  X-Plus 25cm Godzilla 1984

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  X-Plus 30cm Godzilla 1984

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  NECA Godzilla 1984

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  Cast Godzilla 1984 ornament

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  Cast Godzilla 1984 falling into Mount Mihara ornament

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  Bandai Hyper Godzilla Godzilla 1984

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  Bandai Hyper Godzilla +1 Godzilla 1984

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  Bandai 1992 Godzilla 1984 finger puppet

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  Bandai Godzilla 1984 finger puppet

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  Bandai Real Godzilla 4 Godzilla 1984 with Shockirus

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  Bandai Godzilla Complete Works Godzilla 1984

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  Mini Cast Godzilla 1984 ornament

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  X-Plus Godzilla Origins Godzilla 1984

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  Monogram International Figural Bag Clips

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  Mondo Godzilla 1984

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  Bandai Movie Monster Series Godzilla 1984

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  Super7 Godzilla '84

Books

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References

This is a list of references for 84Goji. 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]

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