Godzilla's 20th Anniversary came with an event picture designed to restore a bit of the dignity Godzilla had lost over the last few films -which had been marketed specifically to children. GODZILLA VS THE COSMIC MONSTER was far more adult in tone, dealing with international spies and a plot to steal an ancient statue. Invaders from space unleash a robotic double of Godzilla, the Mechagodzilla, and nearly defeat the big blue dinosaur in the first act. An ancient prophecy, however, seems to imply the Martians are doomed to failure if the good guys can place the statue of Okinawan protector King Seeser (or Seesaw, or Ceaser, etc) in it's right place when the sun rises from the west. Pretty solid affair combines science fiction and the supernatural, espionage and giant monsters. Also known as GODZILLA VS MECHAGODZILLA, it was originally promoted by US distributor Cinema Shares as GODZILLA VS BIONIC MONSTER. They got sued by Universal, who felt this was a clear infringement on their Six Million Dollar Man franchise. Mechagodzilla proved extremely popular, and would return for the next film. In addition, the character would be periodically resurrected in the more recent decades.
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