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Geek Tyrant
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
First Look at Godzilla Battling Mechagodzilla GODZILLA MINUS ONE Themed Ride — GeekTyrant
Godzilla fans, we might have just gotten a first look at one of the most iconic adversaries in kaiju history… Mechagodzilla. The image features Godzilla battling Mechagodzilla, and this is for a Godzilla Minus One theme park attraction: Godzilla The Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle at Seibuen Amusement Park in Japan. Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki is working on this attraction, and there's no doubt that fans are hoping this sets up a face off in the Godzilla Minus One sequel. Here's what the ride's early tease had to say: 'While there are few specifics about the content of the new attraction, the plan is for the scope and scale to surpass that of the original acclaimed theme park experience, offering fans once again an experience unlike anything they've ever witnessed featuring the King of the Monsters.' No specifics have been shared on this version of Mechagodzilla's origin story, but we know it's entirely Yamazaki's creation. And if it's anything like Minus One, we're in for something intense, grounded, and terrifying. The director himself shared his excitement about this unique Mecha debut: 'I'm thrilled to return to Godzilla's world from the passenger seat. What powerful foes will emerge? Where will this ride take us next? As a ride enthusiast myself, I can't wait for my first spin—and I'm working day and night with our team to make this the most terrifying ride in the world.' Mechagodzilla, of course, has a deep history in the franchise, starting with 1974's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla , where he was originally an alien weapon. Since then, the mechanical menace has taken on many forms, including the Apex Cybernetics version in Godzilla vs. Kong . There's no release date yet for the Godzilla Minus One sequel, but production is underway. Between this Mechagodzilla tease, the booming MonsterVerse content from Legendary, and Toho gearing up for its next move, the kaiju arena is about to get a lot more crowded… and a lot more metal.
Gizmodo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Takashi Yamazaki's ‘Godzilla' Ride Is Getting a Slick New Mechagodzilla
A few months ago, we learned that Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki's next project with the king of all Kaiju wasn't going to be his next movie, but a new theme park ride set to open in Japan this summer. Now we have more details of what to expect… and what familiar shiny face Godzilla will throw hands with during it. Today it was confirmed that Yamazaki's ride, set to open next month at the Seibuen Amusement Park in Tokorozawa, Japan, is called Godzilla the Ride: Great Clash, and will see Godzilla face off against a completely new Mechagodzilla, designated the 'KIJU type 0‐G BREAKER‐.' Great Clash will cast ride-goers as crew members of an organization called EDGE, the Emergency Defense against Gargantuan Encounter. Stepping aboard EDGE's flagship vessel and getting aboard an aerial/amphibious drone, the roughly 15-minute splash ride will see attendees hunt down and engage Godzilla as he scraps with the new Mechagodzilla. As well as the ride experience itself, Great Clash will include a pre-show room with live actors, letting attendees see footage of Godzilla attacks, detailed schematics of EDGE's vehicles, and even a mockup of the new Mechagodzilla in its hangar waiting for deployment. The new design has some interesting parallels to both Yamazaki's Godzilla design in Minus One, as well as the design used in Legendary's Monsterverse for Mechagodzilla's appearance in Godzilla vs. Kong. The streamlined head, removing the usual pointed ears and head crest typical of Toho's Mechagodzilla designs definitely feels a little more akin to that Western design, but the overall smoothness and chunky armor plating is definitely more evocative of Mechagodzilla's Japanese designs, looking much less skeletal. It's an intriguing mix of design philosophies that you probably won't get to appreciate all that much if you're lucky enough to get on board Great Clash this summer while you're busy enjoying the ride itself. Godzilla the Ride: Great Clash will open at Seibuen Amusement Park on August 1. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
