Mechagodzilla
| Mechagodzilla | |
|---|---|
| Godzilla character | |
Mechagodzilla in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) | |
| First appearance | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) |
| Last appearance | Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) |
| Portrayed by | Shōwa era: Kazunari Mori Heisei era: Wataru Fukuda Millennium era: Hirofumi Ishigaki Motokuni Nakagawa |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | The Bionic Monster The Cosmic Monster Mecha-G Super Mechagodzilla Kiryu Type-3 Kiryu MFS-3 Mechagodzilla 2 Mechagodzilla 3 |
Mechagodzilla (Japanese: メカゴジラ, Hepburn: Mekagojira) is a fictional mecha character, or monster, that first appeared in the 1974 film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. In its debut appearance, Mechagodzilla is depicted as an extraterrestrial villain, a robot created by alien invaders to confront and destroy Godzilla. In subsequent iterations, Mechagodzilla is usually depicted as a man-made artificial weapon designed to defend Japan against Godzilla and other kaiju. In all incarnations, the character is portrayed as a robotic doppelgänger of Godzilla with a vast array of high-tech weaponry. Along with King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla is commonly considered to be an archenemy of Godzilla.