Editing Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (section)

===Reception===
In a contemporary review in the ''[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]'', [[Tony Rayns]] stated that at this point in the ''Godzilla'' series, there was no way the film "could have been anything other than formulary, but it could clearly have been much less shambling than it is."<ref name="mfb">{{cite journal|title=Gojira Tai Mekagojira (Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster)|journal=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|volume=44|page=122|year=1977|location=London|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|issue=516|last=Rayns|first=Tony|author-link=Tony Rayns}}</ref> Rayns noted that Shinichi Sekizawa's story was "for once, quite ambitious" while noting that the film's "'mythic' elements are never coherent or impressive enough to match the array of alien technology, and the script seems to forget all about fulfilling its own prophecies as it hurries towards the regulation free-style wrestling climax."<ref name="mfb" />

From retrospective reviews, [[Stuart Galbraith IV]] discussed the film in his book on Japanese genre films.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=217}} Galbraith described the film as a "complete mess", finding that the aliens in the film were a rip-off of ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' and that the film had poor effects work and "equally poor direction of [[Jun Fukuda]]."{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=219}} Galbraith opined that the film was "an improvement over ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'', but that's not saying much."{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=217}}  Among the positive attributes, Galbraith noted that [[Masaru Sato]]'s score was interesting and series veterans [[Akihiko Hirata]], [[Hiroshi Koizumi]] and [[Kenji Sahara]] "make welcome appearances."{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=219}} In [[Phil Hardy (journalist)|Phil Hardy]]'s book ''Science Fiction'' (1984), a review stated that "the final fight is suitably impressive although the tongue-in-cheek reference to Leone slows the action down too much."{{sfn|Hardy|1984|p=319}}

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], an approval rating of 86% based on 7 reviews, with a [[average|rating average]] of 6.3/10."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/godzilla_vs_mechagodzilla|title=Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref>