MechaMothra
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MechaMothra (メカモスラ Mekamosura) is a mechanical kaiju originally conceptualized for the unmade 1993 Godzilla vs. Mothra sequel. It would make its first official appearance in issue #3 of the 2025 IDW Publishing comic series, Mothra: Queen of the Monsters.
Design
In the original conception of the character, MechaMothra would have looked like a cyborg Mothra, and was described by Kenpachiro Satsuma as "looking more like a dragonfly than like Mothra."[1]
In Mothra: Queen of the Monsters, MechaMothra much more closely resembles her organic counterpart in form. Its body is covered by metallic armor plating, pink eyes with grids, and pink wings patterned with lighter colored circuitry.
Development
Koichi Kawakita, special effects director for many of the Heisei series Godzilla films, originally wanted Mothra to be killed at the end of Godzilla vs. Mothra and have her turned into a cyborg in the sequel.[1] It is unknown if MechaMothra would have fought Godzilla or serve as an ally.
History
- Mothra: Queen of the Monsters #3 (2025)
Mothra: Queen of the Monsters
Emi, Mira, and Mothra Gemini accidentally travel to an alternate timeline where they first see MechaMothra in the midst of a ruined city, having knocked out one King Ghidorah and currently doing battle with Keizer Ghidorah and Desghidorah. When Emi and Mira met up with the spirits Shobijin and the dying Handmaidens of Antra, MechaMothra battled on, firing missiles at the still conscious King Ghidorah and Desghidorah. Despite its valiant efforts, the cybernetic moth was pinned down by Keizer Ghidorah, leading the other two draconic kaiju to eventually overwhelm the mechanized guardian, and obliterate it via concentrated beams from all three.
MechaMothra battles Keizer Ghidorah and Desghidorah in Mothra: Queen of the Monsters
Abilities
Antennae Beams
MechaMothra is able to fire a pair of pink energy beams from its cannon-like antennae, similar to its organic counterpart. They were strong enough to cause Desghidorah to rear back in pain, while also pushing him into a building.
Arm Turrets
MechaMothra is able to fire red energy blasts from limb-mounted turrets. It used them to blast one of the King Ghidorah's faces in order to push him back.
Missiles
MechaMothra can fire a barrage of eight missiles from its back to disorient and obliterate enemies in a flurry of explosions. It demonstrated this when firing on Desghidorah and a King Ghidorah, causing both of them to roar in pain.
Weaknesses
Though MechaMothra's weaponry was more than capable of harming individual Ghidorahs, the combined might of Keizer Ghidorah, Desghidorah, and a King Ghidorah overwhelmed the machine and downed it. It was pinned to the ground by one of Keizer Ghidorah's legs, before having its left arm restrained by Desghidorah and the right arm by Keizer. MechaMothra was then annihilated after the three Ghidorahs unleashed their respective beam attacks all at once.
Gallery
Mothra: Queen of the Monsters
Trivia
- MechaMothra's concept was very similar to what happened earlier with King Ghidorah and Mecha-King Ghidorah: the original monster was killed and then brought back to life as a cyborg.
- A MechaMothra makes a brief cameo in the 1998 manga Outrageous Flying Mothra!, specifically in the Mothra 4-koma Special "Many Mothras". In the strip, several of Mothra Leo's alternate forms as seen in the Rebirth of Mothra films are depicted before Mothra Leo inexplicably takes on a new form named "MechaMothra", only to have Moll and Lora admonish the author for making up his own Mothra forms.
- Another mechanical Mothra appears in the IDW Publishing/BOOM! Studios comic series Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II in the form of the Pink Mothra Kaiju Zord, piloted by the Pink Kaiju Power Ranger.
References
This is a list of references for MechaMothra. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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