In the following film, he is only ever referred to as Kiryu. Kiryu is also referred to as a Mechanical Godzilla (機械ゴジラ, Kikai Gojira) by Hayato Igarashi and Togashi. Kiryu is referred to as "Mechagodzilla" onscreen a total of five times, once apiece by Sara Yuhara and her friend, and later three times by her father Tokumitsu, all in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla. "Kiryu" is, or was at one point, also trademarked by Toho, as seen in the copyright information for the game Godzilla: Unleashed. Kiryu's primary legal name is simply "Mechagodzilla," while his official designation in the films is MFS-3, which is short for Multipurpose Fighting System Type-3 (３式多目的戦闘システム, San-Shiki Tamokuteki Sentō Shisutemu).
Kiryu's name comes from the combined kanji characters 機 ( ki) and 龍 ( ryū), meaning "machine dragon." These characters appear onscreen during the title sequences of both of Kiryu's film appearances.
Kiryu fought alongside Mothra and her twin larvae, and finally triumphed against his organic counterpart by reopening the wound on Godzilla's chest. Kiryu was rebuilt over the course of a year, and sent into combat with Godzilla again when he returned to Tokyo. Kiryu fought Godzilla to a draw, leaving him with a gruesome chest wound and himself losing an arm. Kiryu was recalled and his programming altered so this incident could never occur again, then was sent out against Godzilla a second time when he landed at Tokyo. However, Godzilla's roar awakened the original Godzilla's restless spirit that was attached to Kiryu's skeleton, causing the machine to go berserk. Kiryu first saw action in 2003 when he was deployed to battle Godzilla when he surfaced at Hakkeijima. "Machine Dragon"), is a cybernetically-enhanced mecha who first appeared in the 2002 Godzilla film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.īuilt around the skeletal remains of the Godzilla that attacked Tokyo in 1954, Kiryu was an advanced cyborg designed to defend Japan from the kaiju that frequently menace it, particularly the current Godzilla. Mechagodzilla (メカゴジラ, Mekagojira), better known as Kiryu (機龍, Kiryū, lit.
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