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54-452: One of the last living members of prehistoric species of dinosaurs called Godzillasaurus that used to inhabit Lagos Island, Godzilla was exposed to a massive dose of radiation through being teleported to Bering Sea by humans from year 2204 and subsequent crash of Soviet nuclear submarine in 1970s, mutating him into a ginormous atomic beast single-mindedly set on completely destroying Japan and locating other living members of his kind. Over

108-686: A burning state causing his body to slowly melt down. Although its mostly known as Burning Godzilla ( Japanese : バーニングゴジラ , Hepburn : Bāningu Gojira ) , some concept art, refers to this form of Godzilla is referred to as Red Godzilla ( Japanese : 赤きゴジラ , Hepburn : Akaki Gojira ) . In his original form, Godzillasaurus resembled early 20th Century reconstructions of carnivore dinosaurs, having upright posture, proportionally small head with double set of sharp teeth, grey eyes, long neck, greyish-beige scaly skin texture, small arms with three clawed digits per hand, three toes with characteristic ankle claw on each foot, as well as long tail that drags behind

162-718: A pod of beluga whales in the Bering Sea. One of the central characters in the 1949 film Down to the Sea in Ships has the given name "Bering" due to having been born in a ship crossing the Bering Sea. The 2002 supernatural thriller, Ghost Ship , directed by Steve Beck , follows a marine salvage crew in the Bering Sea who discover the lost Italian ocean liner, Antonia Graza that disappeared in 1962. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah ( Japanese : ゴジラvsキングギドラ , Hepburn : Gojira tai Kingu Gidora )

216-554: A small subspecies of Canada goose, the Bering Canada goose ( Branta canadensis asiatica ) is extinct due to overhunting and the introduction of rats to their breeding islands. The Bering Sea supports many species of fish, some of which support large and valuable commercial fisheries. Commercial fish species include Pacific cod , several species of flatfish , sablefish , Pacific salmon , and Pacific herring . Shellfish include red king crab and snow crab . Fish biodiversity

270-490: A tyrannosaur could become Godzilla". The final suit combined features of Tyrannosaurus with Godzilla, and real octopus blood was used during the bombardment scene. Because the Godzillasaurus' arms were much smaller than Godzilla's, suit performer Wataru Fukuda had to operate them with levers within the costume. The creature's distress calls were recycled Gamera cries. The Columbia/TriStar Home Video DVD version

324-1256: A volcano, Godzilla's head became smaller and more feline-like in appearance, having nostrils close to each other and irises taking almost entirety of eye sockets. He has double set of teeth instead of fangs, his neck is longer and body more muscular, especially around the chest and thigh area. The size of his dorsal plates was also increased, making lateral row almost the size of center row. In an aftermath of absorbing Soviet nuclear submarine, Godzilla stood at full 100 metres (10,000 centimetres; 3,900 inches; 100,000 millimetres; 330 feet) in height, 200 metres (20,000 centimetres; 7,900 inches; 200,000 millimetres; 660 feet) in length, and weighted 60,000 tonnes (60,000,000 kilograms; 6.0 × 10 grams), gaining even more muscular appearance and vicious face. When entering critical mass state, Godzilla became more massive in build and developed radiating orange-yellow spots all over his body, particularly on his torso, belly, thighs and shoulders, which have vein-like patterns coming off of them. His eyeballs are red and pulsating, with golden irises, whereas dorsal plates change color from white to reddish-orange. His size remains unchanged. From The Return of Godzilla , through Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah , Godzilla's roar

378-546: A wider and flatter one, and the body cut in half. The upper half was used in scenes where Godzilla emerges from the sea and during close-ups during the character's first fight with King Ghidorah. The suit used previously for scenes set at sea was modified with rounder shoulders, a more prominent chest, and an enhanced face, and was used throughout the majority of the film's Godzilla scenes. The redesigned King Ghidorah featured much more advanced wirework puppetry than its predecessors, and effects team leader Koichi Kawakita designed

432-601: Is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean . It forms, along with the Bering Strait , the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and the Americas . It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves . The Bering Sea is named after Vitus Bering , a Danish -born Russian navigator, who, in 1728,

486-616: Is a 1991 Japanese kaiju film written and directed by Kazuki Ōmori and produced by Shōgo Tomiyama . Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures , it is the 18th film in the Godzilla franchise , and is the third film in the franchise's Heisei period . The film features the fictional monster characters Godzilla and King Ghidorah , and stars Kōsuke Toyohara , Anna Nakagawa , Megumi Odaka , Katsuhiko Sasaki , Akiji Kobayashi , Yoshio Tsuchiya , and Robert Scott Field. The plot revolves around time-travelers from

540-581: Is commonly referred to as the " Bering land bridge " and is accepted by most, though not all scientists, to be the first point of entry of humans into the Americas . There is a small portion of the Kula Plate in the Bering Sea. The Kula Plate is an ancient tectonic plate that used to subduct under Alaska. On 18 December 2018, a large meteor exploded above the Bering Sea. The meteor exploded at an altitude of 25.6km, releasing 49 kilotons of energy. The International Hydrographic Organization defines

594-416: Is high, and at least 419 species of fish have been reported from the Bering Sea. The Bering Sea is world-renowned for its productive and profitable fisheries, such as king crab , opilio and tanner crabs, Bristol Bay salmon, pollock and other groundfish. These fisheries rely on the productivity of the Bering Sea via a complicated and little understood food web. Commercial fishing is lucrative business in

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648-592: Is still weakened after being infected by the ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). Meanwhile, science fiction author Kenichiro Terasawa is writing a book about the monster and learns of a group of Japanese soldiers stationed on Lagos Island during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign . In February 1944, while threatened by American forces, the Japanese soldiers were saved by a mysterious dinosaur, which Terasawa theorizes

702-401: Is very important to the seabirds of the world. Over 30 species of seabirds and approximately 20 million individuals breed in the Bering Sea region. Seabird species include tufted puffins , the endangered short-tailed albatross , spectacled eider , and red-legged kittiwakes . Many of these species are unique to the area, which provides highly productive foraging habitat, particularly along

756-556: The Back to the Future franchise , the producers of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah were compelled to create a film with more fantasy elements, along with time travel . Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah was the first Godzilla film since 1975's Terror of Mechagodzilla to feature a newly orchestrated score by Akira Ifukube . The film was released theatrically in Japan on December 14, 1991, and

810-536: The Discovery Channel television program Deadliest Catch . Landings from Alaskan waters represents half the U.S. catch of fish and shellfish. Because of the changes going on in the Arctic, the future evolution of the Bering Sea climate and ecosystem is uncertain. Between 1979 and 2012, the region experienced small growth in sea ice extent, standing in contrast to the substantial loss of summer sea ice in

864-576: The North Aleutians Basin is also known as the "Greenbelt". Nutrient upwelling from the cold waters of the Aleutian basin flowing up the slope and mixing with shallower waters of the shelf provide for constant production of phytoplankton . The second driver of productivity in the Bering Sea is seasonal sea ice that, in part, triggers the spring phytoplankton bloom. Seasonal melting of sea ice causes an influx of lower salinity water into

918-435: The android M-11. The visitors, known as the "Futurians", explain that they are from the year 2204, where Godzilla has completely destroyed Japan. The Futurians plan to travel back in time to 1944 and remove the dinosaur from Lagos Island before the island is irradiated, thus preventing the mutation of the creature into Godzilla. As proof of their story, Emmy presents a copy of Terasawa's book, which has not yet been completed in

972-439: The "Godzillasaurus" as a more paleontologically accurate-looking dinosaur than Godzilla itself as a nod to American filmmakers aspiring to direct their own Godzilla films with the intention of making the monster more realistic. Ōmori's original draft specified that the dinosaur that would become Godzilla was a Tyrannosaurus , though this was rejected by creature designer Shinji Nishikawa, who stated that he "couldn't accept that

1026-539: The 1970s and released enough radiation to mutate the dinosaur into Godzilla . En route to the Bering Strait, Shindo's submarine is destroyed by Godzilla, who absorbs its radiation, recovers from the ANEB and becomes larger. Godzilla arrives in Japan and is met by Ghidorah. They fight at equal strength, each immune to the other's attacks. With M-11 and Terasawa's aid, Emmy sabotages the UFO's control over Ghidorah, causing

1080-689: The Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands and on the far north by the Bering Strait , which connects the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean 's Chukchi Sea . Bristol Bay is the portion of the Bering Sea between the Alaska Peninsula and Cape Newenham on mainland Southwest Alaska . The Bering Sea ecosystem includes resources within the jurisdiction of the United States and Russia , as well as international waters in

1134-466: The Arctic Ocean to the north. 'The White Seal', one of many chapters on Rudyard Kipling 's The Jungle Book , features the Bering Sea as the birthplace and homeland of Kotick, a rare white fur seal . The film Harbinger Down , which was released on August 7, 2015, was about a group of grad students who booked passage on the crabbing boat Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on

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1188-488: The Bering Sea, which is relied upon by the largest seafood companies in the world to produce fish and shellfish. On the U.S. side, commercial fisheries catch approximately $ 1 billion worth of seafood annually, while Russian Bering Sea fisheries are worth approximately $ 600 million annually. The Bering Sea also serves as the central location of the Alaskan king crab and snow crab seasons, which are chronicled on

1242-815: The Godzilla head was completed on April 10, 2015 and is currently located at the Shinjuku Toho Building in Kabukichō, Shinjuku. In February 2022, Coolprops announced that they would release an official life-sized bust of the Heisei Godzilla, in collaboration with Toho . Bering Sea The Bering Sea ( / ˈ b ɛər ɪ ŋ , ˈ b ɛr ɪ ŋ / BAIR -ing, BERR -ing , US also / ˈ b ɪər ɪ ŋ / BEER -ing ; Russian: Бе́рингово мо́ре , romanized : Béringovo móre , IPA: [ˈbʲerʲɪnɡəvə ˈmorʲe] )

1296-778: The Heisei Godzilla was built and displayed at the Hibiya Godzilla Square , but was replaced by a 3-metre (9.8-foot; 300-centimetre; 120-inch) tall statue of Shin Godzilla . and the Heisei Godzilla statue was moved inside the Toho Cinemas Hibiya building. On December 8, 2014, an announcement was made that the Godzilla head would be constructed on the 8th floor terrace of the Hotel Gracery Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan . The construction work of

1350-505: The Japanese people, Emmy reveals to Terasawa the truth behind the Futurians' mission: in the 23rd century , Japan is an economic superpower that has surpassed the United States , Russia , and China , and even bought out the entirety of South America and Africa . The Futurians traveled back in time in order to change history and prevent Japan's future economic dominance by creating Ghidorah and using it to destroy present-day Japan. At

1404-460: The assumption that, unlike Godzilla, Mothra would have been a difficult character to market overseas. The planning stages for a sequel to Godzilla vs. Biollante were initially hampered by Tanaka's deteriorating health, thus prompting the takeover of Shōgo Tomiyama as producer. The new producer felt that the financial failure of Godzilla vs. Biollante was due to the plot being too sophisticated for child audiences, and thus intended to return some of

1458-416: The course of his series, Godzilla evolved from being purely the main antagonistic force to being anti-hero merely happening to save humanity by defeating other monsters. He ultimately met his end after absorbing the uranium deposits from Baas Island , dying over the course of days as his body began melting down, being succeeded by Godzilla Junior . The name "Godzillasaurus" is a combination of "Godzilla" and

1512-913: The dinosaur. He stood at 12 metres (1,200 centimetres; 470 inches; 12,000 millimetres; 39 feet) and weighted 60 tonnes (60,000 kilograms; 60,000,000 grams). Godzilla's first stage of mutation possessed rather massive head with small pointy ears and large eyes with brown iris, thick lips with sharp needle-like teeth underneath, massive frame with dark-grey scaly skin, proportionally larger bent arms with three clawed fingers and thumb, four clawed toes without ankle claw, and much longer tail. In addition to that, Godzilla has developed bone-white, leaf-shaped dorsal plates on his back. He stands at 80 metres (8,000 centimetres; 3,100 inches; 80,000 millimetres; 260 feet) tall, 180 metres (18,000 centimetres; 7,100 inches; 180,000 millimetres; 590 feet) long, and has mass of 50,000 tonnes (50,000,000 kilograms; 5.0 × 10 grams). Strangely, he lacks double set of teeth. After spending five years in

1566-484: The fantasy elements of the pre-1984 Godzilla films to the series. Ōmori himself blamed the lackluster performance of Godzilla vs. Biollante on competition with Back to the Future Part II , and thus concluded that audiences wanted plots involving time travel. His approach to the film also differed from Godzilla vs. Biollante in his greater emphasis on developing the personalities of the monsters rather than

1620-447: The future who convince Japan to travel back in time to prevent Godzilla's mutation, only to reveal their true motives by unleashing King Ghidorah onto the nation. The production crew of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah remained largely unchanged from that of the previous film in the series, Godzilla vs. Biollante . Because the previous installment was a box office disappointment, due to a lack of child viewership and alleged competition with

1674-434: The human characters. Akira Ifukube agreed to compose the film's score on the insistence of his daughter, after as he was dissatisfied with the way his compositions had been treated in Godzilla vs. Biollante . The Godzilla suits used in Godzilla vs. Biollante were reused in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah , though with slight modifications. The original suit used for land-based and full body shots had its head replaced with

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1728-455: The island, M-11 uses KIDS to teleport the dinosaur from Lagos Island to the Bering Strait . Before returning to 1992, the Futurians secretly leave three small creatures called Dorats on Lagos Island, which are exposed to radiation from the hydrogen bomb test in 1954 and merge to become King Ghidorah . After returning to 1992, the Futurians use Ghidorah to subjugate Japan and issue an ultimatum, but Japan refuses to surrender. Feeling sympathy for

1782-584: The last 50 years. The implication is that the carrying capacity of the Bering Sea is much lower now than it has been in the past. The sea supports many whale species, including the beluga , humpback whale , bowhead whale , gray whale and blue whale , the vulnerable sperm whale , and the endangered fin whale , sei whale and the rarest in the world, the North Pacific right whale . Other marine mammals include walrus , Steller sea lion , northern fur seal , orca and polar bear . The Bering Sea

1836-402: The limits of the Bering Sea as follows: Islands of the Bering Sea include: Regions of the Bering Sea include: The Bering Sea contains 16 submarine canyons including the largest submarine canyon in the world, Zhemchug Canyon . The Bering Sea shelf break is the dominant driver of primary productivity in the Bering Sea. This zone, where the shallower continental shelf drops off into

1890-424: The middle and other shelf areas, causing stratification and hydrographic effects which influence productivity. In addition to the hydrographic and productivity influence of melting sea ice, the ice itself also provides an attachment substrate for the growth of algae as well as interstitial ice algae. Some evidence suggests that great changes to the Bering Sea ecosystem have already occurred. Warm water conditions in

1944-422: The middle of the sea (known as the "Donut Hole" ). The interaction between currents, sea ice, and weather makes for a vigorous and productive ecosystem. Most scientists think that during the most recent ice age , sea level was low enough to allow humans to migrate east on foot from Asia to North America across what is now the Bering Strait. Other animals including megafauna migrated in both directions. This

1998-532: The ocean. Emmy then returns to the future with M-11 in KIDS, but not before informing Terasawa that she is his descendant. At the bottom of the ocean, Godzilla awakens and roars over Mecha-King Ghidorah's remains. Although the previously filmed Godzilla vs. Biollante had been the most expensive Godzilla film produced at the time, its low audience attendance and loss of revenue convinced executive producer and Godzilla series creator Tomoyuki Tanaka to revitalize

2052-405: The popular monster series is a disappointing and flawed effort unworthy of the “Godzilla” name." Film historian and critic David Kalat wrote "Despite its shortcomings, illogic, and overpopulated cast, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah is crammed full of ideas, richly visualized innovations, a genuine spirit of fun, and some of the most complex emotional manipulation ever to grace the series." The film

2106-410: The present day with Mecha-King Ghidorah, a cybernetic version of Ghidorah. The cybernetic Ghidorah blasts Godzilla with beams, which proves useless. Godzilla then counters by relentlessly blasting Ghidorah with its atomic breath before Ghidorah launches clamps to restrain Godzilla. Ghidorah carries Godzilla out of Japan, but Godzilla breaks from its restraints and causes Ghidorah to send both crashing into

2160-488: The present. The Futurians, Terasawa, Miki Saegusa , and Professor Mazaki, board MOTHER's time machine, KIDS, and travel back to 1944 to Lagos Island. There, as American forces land and engage the Japanese forces commanded by Shindo, the dinosaur attacks and kills the American soldiers. The U.S. Navy then uses a detachment of warships to bombard the dinosaur from the sea and gravely wounds it. After Shindo and his men leave

2214-410: The same time, they also planned to erase Godzilla from history so that it would not pose a threat to their plans. After M-11 brings Emmy back to the UFO, she reprograms the android so it will help her. Shindo plans to send his nuclear submarine to the Bering Strait and irradiate the dinosaur in order to recreate Godzilla. However, Terasawa discovers too late that a Russian nuclear submarine sank there in

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2268-554: The scene in which Godzilla attacks and crushes American G.I.s went "too far". Conversely, Godzilla historian Steve Ryfle said American media reports of supposed anti-Americanism "weren't really thought-provoking or insightful." Ōmori has denied all such allegations, stating that the American extras in the film had been "happy about being crushed and squished by Godzilla." Commenting on the controversy in 2006, Ōmori stated: I am not anti-American. I love American movies, and I've always watched American movies. Most American movies are, in

2322-403: The series by bringing back iconic monsters from pre-1984 Godzilla movies, specifically Godzilla's archenemy King Ghidorah . Godzilla vs. Biollante director and writer Kazuki Ōmori had initially hoped to start a standalone series centered on Mothra , and was in the process of rewriting a 1990 script for the unrealized film Mothra vs. Bagan . The film was ultimately scrapped by Toho, under

2376-526: The shelf edge and in other nutrient-rich upwelling regions, such as the Pribilof, Zhemchug , and Pervenets canyons. The Bering Sea is also home to colonies of crested auklets , with upwards of a million individuals. Two Bering Sea species, the Steller's sea cow ( Hydrodamalis gigas ) and spectacled cormorant ( Phalacrocorax perspicillatus ), are extinct because of overexploitation by man. In addition,

2430-827: The suffix -saurus, derived from the Greek term " saûros ", meaning "lizard" in English. The main difference on this Godzilla's origin to other Godzilla incarnations was that this Godzillasaurus originated at Lagos Island instead of Odo Island. When Godzilla vs. Biollante had been released, Godzilla at the time was commonly called the New Godzilla ( Japanese : 新ゴジラ , Hepburn : Shin Gojira ) . This name would be used to dub Godzilla Junior 's adult form in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995). In Godzilla vs. Destoroyah , after absorbing massive amounts of radiation, Godzilla reaches

2484-426: The summer of 1997 resulted in a massive bloom of low energy coccolithophorid phytoplankton (Stockwell et al. 2001). A long record of carbon isotopes , which is reflective of primary production trends of the Bering Sea, exists from historical samples of bowhead whale baleen . Trends in carbon isotope ratios in whale baleen samples suggest that a 30–40% decline in average seasonal primary productivity has occurred over

2538-452: The three-headed monster to lose focus during the battle. Godzilla eventually ends the battle by blasting off Ghidorah's middle head. Before sending Ghidorah crashing into the Sea of Okhotsk , Godzilla destroys the UFO, killing Wilson and Grenchiko. Godzilla then turns its ire on Japan, first attacking Sapporo , then Tokyo, where it kills Shindo. Emmy travels to the future with M-11 and returns to

2592-484: Was MPEG-4 AVC (1.85:1) [1080p] and the audio was in Japanese and English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0). Subtitles were added in English, English SDH and French. Extras included the theatrical trailer and three teasers in HD with English subtitles. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 56% of 9 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.80/10. Joseph Savitski of Beyond Hollywood said "This entry in

2646-570: Was considered controversial at the time of its release, being contemporary to a period of economic tension between America and Japan, but mainly due to its fictional World War II depictions. Gerald Glaubitz of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association appeared alongside director Kazuki Ōmori on Entertainment Tonight and condemned the film as being in "very poor taste" and detrimental to American-Japanese relations. Ishirō Honda also criticized Ōmori, stating that

2700-499: Was followed by Godzilla vs. Mothra released on December 12, 1992. It was released direct-to-video in North America in 1998 by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment . Despite mixed reviews from critics, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah was more financially successful at the box office than Godzilla vs. Biollante . The film attracted controversy outside Japan due to its perceived Japanese nationalist themes. In 1992, Godzilla

2754-482: Was made to sound closer to what it did in the original film , and was given a deep guttural sound at the end. From Godzilla vs. Mothra through Godzilla vs. Destoroyah , Godzilla's roar was reverted to how it sounded throughout the Showa era, with the guttural sounds at the end omitted. Unlike the Showa era sounds, these roars were played at different pitches to create the impression of different roars. A statue of

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2808-400: Was released in 1998 as a single disc double feature with Godzilla vs. Mothra . The picture was full frame (1.33:1) [NTSC] and the audio in English (2.0). There were no subtitles. Extras included the trailer for Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and Godzilla vs. Mothra . The Sony Blu-ray version was released on May 6, 2014, as a two-disc double feature with Godzilla vs. Mothra . The picture

2862-528: Was subsequently mutated into Godzilla in 1954 after a hydrogen bomb test on the island. Yasuaki Shindo, a wealthy businessman and army veteran who commanded the Lagos Garrison, confirms that the dinosaur did indeed exist. Meanwhile, a UFO lands near Mount Fuji . When the JSDF investigates, it is revealed that the UFO is in fact a time machine and they are greeted by Wilson, Grenchiko, Emmy Kano, and

2916-724: Was the first European to systematically explore it, sailing from the Pacific Ocean northward to the Arctic Ocean . The Bering Sea is separated from the Gulf of Alaska by the Alaska Peninsula . It covers over 2,000,000 square kilometers (770,000 sq mi) and is bordered on the east and northeast by Alaska , on the west by the Russian Far East and the Kamchatka Peninsula , on the south by

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