Editing Rodan (section)

=== Heisei era (1993) ===
Rodan was revived in 1993's ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'', this time portrayed entirely via a wire-manipulated marionette<ref name="ryfle1998.2">{{cite book |title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G |last=Ryfle |first=S. |year=1998 |publisher=Toronto: ECW Press |isbn=1550223488 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/japansfavoritemo0000ryfl/page/288 288] |url=https://archive.org/details/japansfavoritemo0000ryfl/page/288 }}</ref> and hand puppets. Having received criticism for his emphasis on battle sequences relying heavily on beam weapons, special effects artist [[Koichi Kawakita]] sought to make the confrontation between Godzilla and Rodan as physical as possible.<ref name="kalat199">{{cite book|last1=Kalat|first1=David|title=A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series|date=2010|publisher=McFarland & Co.|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-47-49-7|page=199|edition=2nd}}</ref>