Just how big is Godzilla?
A. Incredibly huge. Far larger than any real dinosaurs that ever roamed the Earth. Too large, in fact, to exist as a natural animal from a biological point of view. But Godzilla isn’t a natural animal. He’s a nuclear-powered mutant. When Godzilla first appreared in 1954 (Gojira), he was about 165′ tall. (He was overestimated at 400′ or 30 stories in the 1956 American translation.) The second Godzilla which appeared in 1955 (Gojira Raids Again/ Gigantis the Fire Monster 1959) was about the same size and would stay around 165′ through the end of the original series in 1975. (Terror of MechaGodzilla) When the new series started in 1984 (Gojira/ Godzilla 1985), Godzilla was 260′ tall. No specific explanation for the size increase was given. Later continuity would suggest that the original, 1954 Godzilla had somehow reconstituted after being disintegrated at the end of the first movie, then continued to mutate and grow until his 1984 attack. He would return at that size for Godzilla vs Biol
