GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla

GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla Author(s) Renji Oki, Gen Urobuchi (Supervisor) Publisher Kadokawa Publish date April 25, 2018 Genre Novel ISBN ISBN-13: 9784041063453

GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla (ＧＯＤＺＩＬＬＡ プロジェクト・メカゴジラ,   Gojira Purojekuto Mekagojira) is a Japanese tie-in novel for the 2018 animated Godzilla film GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle, and a follow-up to the novel GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse. Like the previous novel, it is written by Renji Oki, supervised by screenwriter Gen Urobuchi, and published by Kadokawa. It was released on April 25, 2018.

Description

GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla picks up where GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse left off, and tells the story of the development of Mechagodzilla and the events that occurred right before humanity was forced to abandon the Earth.

Contents

• Fragments (2048) (2) 断章 (2048年) (2) (p. 11)
• Chapter Five: Calamity Star 第五章　妖星 (p. 14)
• Chapter Six: Long March 第六章　長征 (p. 53)
• Chapter Seven: Great Wall 第七章　長城 (p. 86)
• Chapter Eight: Battle 第八章　決戦 (p. 112)
• Chapter Nine: Tokyo 第九章　東京 (p. 140)
• (Chapter Ten: Escape) （第十章　脱出） (p. 160)
• Fragments (2048) (3) 断章 (2048年) (3) (p. 164)

Plot

Fragments (2048) (2)

A second letter by Akira Sakaki to Daichi Tani.

Chapter Five: Calamity Star

To be added.

Chapter Six: Long March

To be added.

Chapter Seven: Great Wall

To be added.

Chapter Eight: Battle

To be added.

Chapter Nine: Tokyo

To be added.

(Chapter Ten: Escape)

To be added.

Fragments (2048) (3)

A third letter by Akira Sakaki to Daichi Tani.

Appearances

Monsters Godzilla Mechagodzilla Rodan Rodan II Battra Meganula Griffon Giant Rats Giant Condor Kumonga Kamacuras Megalon King Caesar Titanosaurus Gigan Meganulon Gorosaurus Baragon Manda Mothra J-MO7 Orga (mentioned) Zilla (mentioned) Biollante (mentioned) Gezora (mentioned) Ganimes (mentioned)

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races Humans Exif Bilusaludo United Earth Mothra's People Monster Coexistence Sect (Cosmos) Nanometal Space Station JSS-3 Maser Cannon Type-45 Cryo Maser Cannon Super X Super X3 G-HED Markalite Cannon Hover Bike Oxygen Destroyer USS Saratoga

Trivia

• This novel mentions that Battra awoke in order to intercept the asteroid Gorath before it could strike the Earth. This is a reference to both Godzilla vs. Mothra, where Battra's purpose was to prevent a meteor from striking and destroying the planet, and the film Gorath, which featured a runaway celestial body named Gorath on a collision course with the Earth.
  • Godzilla destroys Gorath with his spiral atomic breath, just as he did in Godzilla: Final Wars. It is also suggested that Gorath may contain a space monster, while in Godzilla: Final Wars it served as the vessel for Monster X.
• The coalition of people who want humanity to co-exist with Mothra is named the Cosmos, which was the name given to Mothra's twin priestesses in the Heisei series.
• It is mentioned that only the combined forces of Mothra and Battra could truly defeat Godzilla, which is why Mothra could only make him retreat by herself. This is a nod to the film Godzilla vs. Mothra, where Mothra and Battra were able to defeat Godzilla by working together.
• This novel features a battle between King Caesar and Megalon, which may be a reference to issue #10 of the IDW comic series Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, which also featured a battle between the two monsters.
• The codename given to the military operation to pit monsters against each other is "Operation: LTF," an acronym for "Let them fight," Ishiro Serizawa's famous line from Legendary Pictures' Godzilla.
• This novel discusses the potential origins of Orga, who attacked Turkey during the events of GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse, and suggests he was either an extraterrestrial lifeform that fell dormant after arriving on Earth in prehistoric times or an approximate species to Godzilla or monster derived from Godzilla. Both proposed origins reflect Orga's origins from Godzilla 2000: Millennium, where he was the result of aliens that crash-landed on Earth and fell dormant in prehistoric times mutating after absorbing Godzilla's DNA.
• The quote "Its name is Mecha, Mecha, Mechagodzilla" (その名はメカメカメカゴジラ,   Sononaha Meka Meka Mekagojira) in this novel is taken from the lyrics to the song "Defeat Mechagodzilla!," a tie-in theme song for the film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
• Titanosaurus is discovered in the Ogasawara Islands, vulnerable to sonic waves, and is placed under mind control and forced to battle Godzilla, all of which allude to his role in Terror of Mechagodzilla.
• An Exif says "It is no use collecting all of the military power of the Earth" (地球の全軍事力を集めても駄目です,   Chikyū no zen gunji-ryoku o atsumete mo damedesu), which is adapted from a quote by the Xilien Commander in Godzilla: Final Wars.
• When Godzilla attacks Tokyo, the Prime Minister and his Cabinet are evacuated along a specified escape route, just like in Shin Godzilla. However, in this case they successfully escape because they evacuate from a low building rather than the top of a skyscraper.
• Rodan II attacks Kyushu, just as the two Rodans did in the character's debut film. It is also implied that Rodan feeds on Meganulon, a reference to a scene in the same film where a newly-hatched Rodan preys on Meganulon in its cave. Additionally, the onomatopoeia for the Meganulon's roar is written as "Piyopiyopiyopiyopiyopiyopiyopiyopiyopiyopiyopiyo" (ピヨピヨピヨピヨピヨピヨピヨピヨピヨピヨピヨピヨ), which reflects their sound effects from the aforementioned film.
• Haruka Sakaki, whose maiden name is Yashiro, serves as a Maser Cannon operator, referencing the character Akane Yashiro from Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, who also served as a Maser operator.

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