Editing Godzilla (section)

====Size====
[[File:Godzilla (1954) Teizô Toshimitsu.jpg|thumb|left|Teizō Toshimitsu sculpting a prototype for Godzilla's design]]
Godzilla's size is inconsistent, changing from film to film and even from scene to scene for the sake of artistic license.<ref name="penny">{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblood.com/godzilla2.html |title=Godzilla Stomps into Los Angeles |last=Schaefer |first=Mark |work=Penny Blood |date=November 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050203181104/http://www.pennyblood.com/godzilla2.html |archive-date=February 3, 2005}}</ref> The miniature sets and costumes were typically built at a {{frac|1|25}}–{{frac|1|50}} scale<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gvsdestoroyah.dulcemichaelanya.com/Bsmodels.htm |title=Godzilla |publisher=Gvsdestoroyah.dulcemichaelanya.com |access-date=September 25, 2013}}</ref> and filmed at 240 frames per second to create the illusion of great size.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/hitech/godzilla/godzilla03.html |title=Amazing and Interesting Facts about Godzilla Special Effects – Special Effects in Godzilla Movies – Hi-tech – Kids |publisher=Web Japan |access-date=September 25, 2013}}</ref> In [[Godzilla (1954 film)|the original 1954 film]], Godzilla was scaled to be {{convert|50|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall.{{sfn|Lees|Cerasini|1998|p=124}} This was done so Godzilla could just peer over the largest buildings in Tokyo at the time.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=27}} In the [[Godzilla, King of the Monsters!|1956 American version]], Godzilla is estimated to be {{convert|400|ft|m|1|abbr=on|order=flip}} tall, because producer [[Joseph E. Levine]] felt that 50 m did not sound "powerful enough".{{sfn|Tsutsui|2003|p=54-55}}

As the series progressed, Toho would rescale the character, eventually making Godzilla as tall as {{convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Lees|Cerasini|1998|p=125}} This was done so that it would not be dwarfed by the newer, bigger buildings in Tokyo's skyline, such as the {{convert|243|m|ft|0|adj=mid|-tall}} [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building]] which Godzilla destroyed in the film ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' (1991). Supplementary information, such as character profiles, would also depict Godzilla as weighing between {{convert|20,000|and|60,000|metric ton|short ton|-1}}.{{sfn|Lees|Cerasini|1998|pp=124–125}}

In the American film ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014) from [[Legendary Pictures]], Godzilla was scaled to be {{convert|355|ft|m|1|abbr=on|order=flip}} and weighing {{convert|90,000|short ton|metric ton|-1}}, making it the largest film version at that time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Godzilla Ultimate Trivia|url=http://www.themoviebit.com/2014/04/godzilla-ultimate-trivia.html|publisher=The Movie Bit|access-date=May 21, 2014|archive-date=June 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606203438/http://www.themoviebit.com/2014/04/godzilla-ultimate-trivia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Director [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]] wanted Godzilla "to be so big as to be seen from anywhere in the city, but not too big that he couldn't be obscured".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movietribute.com/874/new-godzilla-is-350-feet-tall-biggest-godzilla-ever/|title=The New Godzilla is 350 Feet Tall! Biggest Godzilla Ever!|last=Owusu|first=Kwame|work=MovieTribute|date=February 28, 2014|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-date=August 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830223625/http://www.movietribute.com/874/new-godzilla-is-350-feet-tall-biggest-godzilla-ever/|url-status=dead}}</ref> For ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016), Godzilla was made even taller than the Legendary version, at {{convert|118.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=2016年新作『ゴジラ』 脚本・総監督：庵野秀明氏＆監督：樋口真嗣氏からメッセージ |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/47834/ |website=oricon.co.jp |access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://augustragone.blogspot.com/2015/12/japanese-press-reveals-shin-godzillas.html|title=Japanese Press Reveals Shin Godzilla's Size|last=Ragone|first=August|work=The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla|date=December 9, 2015|access-date=February 20, 2018}}</ref> In ''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017), Godzilla's height was increased further still to {{convert|300|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miska |first1=Brad |title=The Latest Godzilla is Three Times the Size of its Predecessors! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3476184/latest-godzilla-three-times-size-predecessors/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |date=December 27, 2017 |access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> In ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)|Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) and ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021), Godzilla's height was increased to {{convert|393|ft|m|1|abbr=on|order=flip}} from the 2014 incarnation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/godzilla-size-chart-comparison-king-monsters-ghidorah-1439644|title='Godzilla' Size Chart Shows How Much the 'King of Monsters' Has Grown Over the Years|first=Andrew|last=Whalen|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=May 30, 2019|access-date= February 16, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216194754/https://www.newsweek.com/godzilla-size-chart-comparison-king-monsters-ghidorah-1439644}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/godzilla-vs-kong-who-will-win/|title='Godzilla vs. Kong' Tale of the Tape: Who Ya Got?|first=Vinnie|last=Mancuso|work=Collider |date=March 29, 2021|access-date= February 16, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date= February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216193641/https://collider.com/godzilla-vs-kong-who-will-win/amp/}}</ref>