Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
AKA
Godzilla X Mothra X Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
(2003)
Starring:
Godzilla
Kiryu
Mothra
Kamoebas
Premise: It is one year after the battle between Kiryu and Godzilla. Kiryu is still under repair and Godzilla has remained unsighted since. An unidentified flying object is sighted flying over the Pacific, and during the military encounter with the aircraft, a single photo was taken. It looks like a giant, colorful moth wing.
Guess who?
Later on, old man Shin'ichi Chujo is payed a visit by the two fairy Shobijin of Mothra, whom he met in the 1961 film Mothra. Not at all put off by the fact that two tiny women are stalking him, they proceed to have a delightful conversation.
"How ya' doing?"
"Oh same old, same old. Riding giant moths, singing to eggs, getting pissed off about the bones of a giant lizard being used to make a giant robot to combat similar lizard."
"...I'm sorry?"
"Oh yeah, haven't you heard? If the bones of the original Godzilla aren't returned to their watery grave, Mothra will kill you all. Well, gotta run. Have a nice day!"
Startled by this revelation, Shin'ichi goes to Squadron Kiryu and demands they shut down the project because the tiny fairy woman and their giant moth told him to. While Shin'ichi make an ::ahem:: interesting point, the government ultimatly decides to keep repairing Kiryu.
Meanwhile, the carcass of a giant monster sized sea turtle named Kamoebas has washed ashore with giant bite marks on his neck. Now if this were Amity Beach, we'd have Roy Schieder screaming about another shark, but since it's Japan, that means Godzilla is ready to arise once again.
Eventually, Godzilla does arise in Tokyo, but the final checkups on Kiryu haven't been completed. While Tokyo is evacuated, Shin'ichi's grandson Shun, who was present during the Shobijin visit, decides to mark his schoolyard with Mothra's symbol. Why? Well, the entire school is empty, when else can you vandalize it and not get caught? Fortunatly enough, Mothra's symbol also acts as a call for help, and soon after it's formed, Mothra appears in Tokyo to battle Godzilla.
The battle wages well into the night, but Mothra becomes mortally wounded. Let's face it, a moth against a lizard...who would you place your money on? Kiryu is launced to aid Mothra, and the battle goes on.
On Himago Island, we find the Shobijin singing to Mothra's egg. After all these years of Mothra movies, I know one thing, if your Mothra gets damaged, there's always a replacement on the way or your money back. Now that's service! The egg hatches into not one, but two larvae. The baby Mothras head to Tokyo to aid their mother, because that's what every newborn should do.
How come every infant I come across isn't that helpful? Sheesh, what babies.
The battle wages on until the adult Mothra dies and Kiryu goes offline. Can Kiryu be repaired in time? Or are the baby Mothras on their own?
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