![]() In 2002, a group of teenagers disturbed Mothra's shrine after robbing a convenience store near Lake Ikeda. The warriors prayed for Mothra's soul, in the hope that she and the other guardian monsters, Baragon and King Ghidorah, would rise again one day to defend Japan. Ages ago, noble Japanese warriors slew Mothra and laid her to rest under Lake Ikeda. Mothra was a legendary beast from ancient Japan and was known as the God of the Sea. Mothra Imago in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack However, Mothra does appear to show some regard for humanity, as seen when she seemingly sacrifices herself to save several JSDF battleships from Godzilla's atomic breath. Mothra and the Guardian Monsters are not so much concerned with defending the people of Japan as they are the natural land, shown when Mothra kills a group of teenagers who disturb her shrine at Lake Ikeda. This incarnation of Mothra is one of the Guardian Monsters, who are concerned with defending Japan from any threats. This Mothra has a long and curved thorax, which it can aim to fire stingers. The wings are very sharp and pointed, with purple, orange and yellow designs on them. This Mothra has purple eyes instead of blue eyes, long slanted feathery antennae, and extremely long legs with sharp claws it can use to attach itself to Godzilla's head. The GMK Mothra's imago stage is very different from previous incarnations, looking almost like a cross between a moth and a hornet. This larva's mandibles are also slightly smaller, and its face is very wrinkly. The GMK Mothra's larval form resembles the larval forms of previous incarnations, only with slightly darker skin and deeper and more pronounced eye sockets. Despite her greatly changed design, the advance poster for Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack portrayed both Mothra's larval and imago stages with their Heisei designs.īehind the scenes of Mothra's battle with Godzilla in Yokohama The prop for Mothra's imago stage was modeled by Fuyuki Shinada, who also modeled the suits for all three of the other monsters. Mothra's purple eyes and white feather-shaped antennae were designed with the intention of giving her a feminine appearance. Mothra's body proportions became more anatomically accurate for an insect, resembling a bee or hornet more than a moth, with long legs and a curved stinger-tipped abdomen. Her eyes were changed to purple instead of blue, and her wings incorporated the colors of purple, orange, and yellow. Her body was made slim and streamlined with her white fur greatly reduced. Mothra's imago stage however was considerably altered, becoming the most drastic change to her design up to that point. The design of Mothra's larval stage, seen only very briefly in the film, was left mostly unchanged from past depictions, and was portrayed in the film with a refurbished Mothra Leo larva prop from Rebirth of Mothra. Her larval stage was also scaled to be the shortest yet at 30 meters in length. As such, Mothra was scaled down to possess a wingspan of only 75 meters and a body length of just 24 meters in her imago stage. While in the past her imago stage was typically portrayed as larger than Godzilla, Kaneko's vision required three monsters each smaller and weaker than Godzilla. Kaneko eventually complied with Toho's wishes after learning that many people were unfamiliar with the monsters he chose, and replaced Varan and Anguirus with Mothra and King Ghidorah while retaining Baragon. Kaneko's story, Godzilla X Varan, Baragon and Anguirus: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, was approved by producer Shogo Tomiyama and pitched to Toho, who requested that Kaneko work the more popular monsters Mothra and King Ghidorah into the film. Concept art of all four monsters from GMK, showing their dimensions relative to each other.ĭirector Shusuke Kaneko decided that his Godzilla film would involve Godzilla battling against three Guardian Monsters, for which he chose Varan, Baragon, and Anguirus to fill the role of Godzilla's foes.
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