Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla story

movie: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) · 2002-12-14

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ×メカゴジラ, Gojira tai Mekagojira, released in Japan as Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla) is a 2002 Japanese kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka, written by Wataru Mimura, and produced by Shogo Tomiyama. It is the 27th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fourth film in the franchise's Millennium period.

15 total · 10 major · 5 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
beating one's self up	major	Lieutenant Akane Yashiro was torn up inside over having been responsible for the deaths of a number of her fellow soldiers, and brooded over it for the duration of the story.
coping with personal failure	major	Lieutenant Akane Yashiro considered herself to have failed her unit and country over having panicked and misfired the maser-cannon during a Godzilla attack. She spend the better part of the film brooding over the event.
coping with the death of a parent	major	Sara was having trouble coming to terms with the death of her mother. She spoke of how she wished she could bring her mother back to life, and kept a houseplant as a comfort item.
cyborg	major	Mechagodzilla was a bio-mechanical robot that incorporated the skeleton of a dead godzilla.
father and daughter	major	Central to the story was the relationship between Dr. Yuhara and his young daughter Sara who was struggling to get over the recent passing of her mother.
giant monster	major	Godzilla was terrorizing the people of Japan.
human vs. monster	major	The giant bio-mechanical robot Mechagodzilla was used by the Japan Self-Defense Forces to defend the Japan from a rampaging Godzilla.
piloted creature-shaped vehicle	major	The titular Mechagodzilla was a giant, bipedal, dinosaur-like robot that was piloted from within by a human controller.
remorse	major	Lieutenant Akane Yashiro regretted having accidentally knocked a vehicle down a mountain, where it and its occupants are crushed by Godzilla. She subsequently brooded over it for the rest of the film.
single fatherhood	major	Dr. Yuhara was balancing his scientific research with raising his young daughter Sara as a single father. He also tried to help Sara get over the passing of her mother.