Hot on the heels of 1954’s Godzilla, Toho made a sequel (Godzilla Raids Again), but gave the original’s director Ishiro Honda a chance to make another new kaiju to capitalize on his earlier success.

” I can’t believe that Godzilla was the only surviving member of its species… But if we continue conducting nuclear tests, it’s possible that another Godzilla might appear somewhere in the world again ...

After only brief stock footage cameos in three ’70s Godzilla movies, Rodan returned to the fray in the 1993 movie Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II where he fights Godzilla and then later teams up with ...