[Baltan II]

Showa: 1974
Heisei: 1994
Millenium: 2000

For Showa, I enjoy a lot of the various designs out there, but it's the heroic, over-the-top Godzilla of Godzilla vs. Megalon and the Mechagodzilla films that does it for me most of all. I love Megaro-Goji and couldn't be happier I got the Bandai vinyl while it was still new. It doesn't matter what happens with MonsterArts down the line; he's not going anywhere.

At first, I was going to make some joke about "Suits? As in more than one?" But then I remembered all sorts of little things that bothered me about Rado-Goji (1993) and Bio-Goji (1989). Can't actually remember anything distinct about Bato-Goji (1992)... Godzilla 1985 is a close second, while I'd lump Burning G in with Moge-Goji anyway. As the designs are the most consistent, there's not any suits I actually hate from the Heisei era, thighs notwithstanding.

Millenium is tough. There are a lot of visually distinct Godzillas and I enjoy most of them. Even Kiryu-Goji isn't a version I hate, despite my feelings about 75% of his two films. However, when I really sit down and consider them and not their movies, Mire-Goji juuuuuust edges out GMK and FW. They all have their nitpicks but I think GMK's unfortunate paunch and FW's small plates and neck bulge barely suffer more than the combination of drastic departures from tradition immortalized by Mire-Goji.