Editing Godzilla vs. Mothra (section)

===Special effects===
Koichi Kawakita continued his theme of giving Godzilla's opponents the ability to metamorphose, and had initially intended to have Mothra killed off, only to be reborn as the cybernetic moth ''MechaMothra'', though this was scrapped early in production, thus making ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' the first post-1984 ''Godzilla'' movie to not feature a [[mecha]] contraption. The underwater scenes were filmed through an aquarium filled with fish set between the performers and the camera. Kawakita's team constructed a new Godzilla suit from previously used molds,<ref name="kalat2010.1"/> though it was made slimmer than previous suits, the neck given more prominent ribbing, and the arrangement of the character's dorsal plates was changed so that the largest plate was placed on the middle of the back. The arms were more flexible at the biceps, and the face was given numerous cosmetic changes; the forehead was reduced and flattened, the teeth scaled down, and the eyes given a golden tint. The head was also electronically modified to allow more vertical mobility.<ref name="biondi">Robert Biondi, "The Evolution of Godzilla – G-Suit Variations Throughout the Monster King's Twenty One Films", ''G-FAN'' #16 (July/August 1995)</ref> Filming the Godzilla scenes was hampered when the suit previously used for ''Biollante'' and ''King Ghidorah'', which was needed for some stunt-work, was stolen from Toho studios, only to be recovered at [[Lake Okutama]] in bad condition.<ref name="kalat2010.1"/>

The remains of the suit were recycled for the first battle sequence.<ref name="biondi"/> Godzilla's roar was reverted to the high-pitched shriek from pre-1984 ''Godzilla'' films, while Battra's sound effects were recycled from those of [[Rodan]].<ref name="kalat2010.1"/> In designing Battra, which the script described as a "black Mothra", artist Shinji Nishikawa sought to distance its design from Mothra's by making its adult form more similar to its larval one than is the case with Mothra, and combining Mothra's two eyes into one.<ref name="nishikawa">David Milner, [http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/nishikaw.htm "Shinji Nishikawa Interview"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005063113/http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/nishikaw.htm |date=2016-10-05 }}, ''Kaiju Conversations'' (December 1995) davmil.org</ref>