People always say "kaiju movies don't need good human characters." And while I believe that to an extent, a truly great lead performance and good writing can really help elevate the film overall.

@giganopode88

2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree

Honourable mention: Akane Yashiro, the pilot from Godzilla against Mechagodzilla. She’s a well written three dimensional character, is fricking cool, and is the best Mechagodzilla pilot

@iminavegetativestatestudio1730

3 жыл бұрын

she is the first well thought out, badass female character in the godzilla franchise. having a woman with character development kicking godzillas ass is fricking cool.

@cwgodzilla

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. My 2nd favorite human character behind Serizawa.

@captainarcher5205

3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU. Was disappointed Akane was not on this list.

@George_M_

3 жыл бұрын

She was better than the movie she was in, and it was a damn shame the sequel wasn't also about her.

@randallrona9618

3 жыл бұрын

Toho plans to have a Kiryu Trilogy starting Godzilla against Mechagodzilla and it's sequel, Godzilla: Tokyo SOS. Akane Yashiro was a strong, badass, female character because she has a great character development. The writers did a big mistake for not having her in the sequel. It's a shame they plan the third and final Kiryu film but because the 2nd film was not great, they decide to end the Millennium series with Godzilla: Final Wars.

honorable mentions to Akane, Mr Shindo, Miki, Asuka (Even though her soul was inside Biollante), Joe brody, and Ishiro Serizawa (From the Monsterverse).

@BioGoji-zm5ph

3 жыл бұрын

Asuka's soul wasn't in Biollante. That was Erika. Asuka was a different character in the same movie.

@Jaws-zb1cg

3 жыл бұрын

Miki is my personal favorite

@lanablaskovich9854

3 жыл бұрын

MIKI IS ONE OF THE BEST

@HeirOfSparda

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, how did he forget Miki?

Man, I thought Major Yasuaki Shindo from Godzilla vs King Ghidora (1991) was for sure gonna make it on the list. The man and his soldiers were saved by a young, dino-Godzilla from invading U.S. Troops. Young Godzilla nearly died defending the WWII Japanese Soldiers from an American ambush and Shindo let the soon-to-be Godzilla to rest and give the poor creature a honorable salute. When Godzilla began terrorizing Japan again, he was already a highly regarded businessman. His old self didn’t run away like every Japanese citizen. Instead, Shindo remembered Godzilla as the same creature that saved him and his fleet in WWII and gave the kaiju a salute before he died. Though he didn’t have enough screen time in the film, his death was some of the most effective death in the whole series. He respected Godzilla as a miracle from a losing battle and in now different circumstances, he gave his own life as favor. It still gave me such an impression after all these years as a long time fan.

The lack Akane Yashiro is a war crime.

Don Frye was at the last G-Fest I attended, where I discovered the way he talks in the movie is his natural speaking voice and general speech pattern. What a treat to learn. Also got to love how this list of best human characters begins with an alien character.

Nice to see recognition for the human characters!

If the Pimps and Cop from Final Wars aren’t here, we riot.

@ShinGoji1987Official

3 жыл бұрын

Lol xD

@slothbaby2104

3 жыл бұрын

They were such deep and interesting characters they changed my life

@iminavegetativestatestudio1730

3 жыл бұрын

@@slothbaby2104 *h e y s h u t t h e h e l l u p y o u r e d r u n k !*

@redbon8918

3 жыл бұрын

@@iminavegetativestatestudio1730 *L O L*

@christopherwall2121

3 жыл бұрын

@@iminavegetativestatestudio1730 oh shit! It's a- a big- big birdy! I think we gotta get outta here!

Katsura from Terror of Mechagodzilla better be on this list. Her character alone gave the "Monsters being mind controlled" a hole new dimension by tying it to a person who struggles with their identity as a human or machine.

I always get a kick out of Akira Takarada's character Yoshimura from Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. He seems to have so much fun playing the cunning thief and I appreciate the action/adventure tone the movie has where he's sneaking around the villain's secret base with his custom skeleton key.

@d.s.archer5903

3 жыл бұрын

From the English-language dub of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, aka, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, by Continental Distributing, shown on TV during the 1970’s: Yoshimura: “We’re going to fight [the Red Bamboo] using our brains.” Nita: “That sounds like a crackpot idea to me!”

@crazyfrazy74747

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning him; I thought I was the only one to actually like the film, and the antihero that is Yoshimura!

@crazyfrazy74747

3 жыл бұрын

“I’ve done a lot of crazy things in my life BUT, I’ve never stuck my head inside a hornet’s nest!” Yoshimura, Good Times Home Video English dub

@d.s.archer5903

3 жыл бұрын

@@crazyfrazy74747 "Right now, I'm going to start all over. Yes, I'll go straight!"

@d.s.archer5903

3 жыл бұрын

@@crazyfrazy74747 And to think, in the Continental version Yoshimura was dubbed by Hal Linden, of "Barney Miller" fame.

When people think of Godzilla, they don't usually think of the main characters. And for good reason--in most cases, the human characters exist only to move the plot along and deliver half-baked performances that make you forget them as soon as they're off screen. But some characters, like the ones that will be listed in this top 10, make the human scenes just about worth watching. Hopefully Akane from Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla gets #1, she's earned it! Edit: I'm not mad, the list was well thought-out, and of course everyone is going to have different opinions

@bruhmingo

3 жыл бұрын

I have to disagree with you in regards to the comment that they are usually half baked performances. The heisei series definitely suffered from this and to a lesser extent, the millennium series, but the showa films consistently had great performances (mostly). Back when Toho actually operated as a proper studio, their actors were usually seasoned veterans, and the screenplays done primarily by Shinichi Sekizawa always incorporated likable human characters that were by no means ever bad. Yeah rarely nuanced, but they rarely ever had to be given the storyline. Even Fukuda’s later showa films made sure to contain characters that operated on a very comedic, almost scooby foo type level. Vs Gigan and sea monster come to mind as examples. Point being, the characters have typically served their roles perfectly well. Godzilla films have usually always been more plot and theme based rather than character based, and that formula usually serves them well.

@DTyrannosaurus

3 жыл бұрын

I knew from the start who #1 would be, and it's legit. I agree that most of the humans are kinda empty suits, and that's fine! So when any of them do stand out, they really stand out.

My personal favorite human character is Akane Yashiro. I love the duality between her and Kiryu she also holds respect for the original godzilla's spirit and is one of the few people that understand him.

This is a great list. Kind of sad that Akane Yashiro isn't on it. When it comes to Godzilla movies with great human stories I always felt Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla did a great job at that. That and the character of Akane Yashiro is very well done.

If Mr. Tako isn’t number one we’re gonna need to have a talk...

@thrashpondopons2776

3 жыл бұрын

Putting on the Ritz!

@BubbaOtter

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like your gonna talk

@MannyTops64

3 жыл бұрын

Tako is the best

@behindthescenesphotos5133

3 жыл бұрын

"Dumbbell?"

@firery794

3 жыл бұрын

“NooOooOoOoOo! I’m sick of Godzilla!”

My favorite human characters are miki saegusa from the heisei era, akane from godzilla against mechagodzilla, and ozaki and captain gordon from godzilla final wars, and the xillian villain from godzilla final wars

@errolicard3172

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, X is one of my favorite villains period.

@saulviz3640

3 жыл бұрын

@@errolicard3172 yes i l ike how he is over the top

"Listen kid, there's two things you don't know about the Earth. One is me, and the other's...Godzilla!" Still one of my favorite lines from...well any movie if I'm being honest.

Serizawa's an excellent choice for #1. Personally, I'd give Steve Martin from the American cut an honorable mention. Yeah, he's a rather broad character and is only really there to give exposition to English-speaking audiences, but Raymond Burr plays him with excellent gravitas. He really sells the idea that he's witnessing something truly horrific and unstoppable.

I feel like Brody’s dad(2014) should’ve been an honorable mention

@rilenaveen5695

3 жыл бұрын

No. That movie is best forgotten

@Grandmaster_Dragonborn

3 жыл бұрын

@@rilenaveen5695 Is it heck; it’s easily in the top 3 best films of the whole franchise.

@luciferfromhell6704

3 жыл бұрын

@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn I agree

Couldn't agree more on Serizawa. After all, with some reading between the lines it becomes apparent that he didn't develop the oxygen destroyer by accident, but rather to use it as a tool of vengeance against the Americans for having caused the death of his friends and the loss of his eye. It's not until he sees what it is capable of he realizes what a terrible thing he is trying to do. In a way, he is a parallel to Godzilla, a monster created by the horrible circumstances of war. 1954 is such a masterpiece and it doesn't get nearly enough recognition in the main stream film community.

I was literally so fast that I comented 32 hours before the video premiered.

@RadiumMuncher

3 жыл бұрын

W h a t

@matthewmackenzie-betty6342

3 жыл бұрын

How in the fuck

@1punchbrownyt338

3 жыл бұрын

Hacks

@SgtScorpious

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@nemanjastanimirovic155

3 жыл бұрын

Twirls his moustache that he barely has, knowing that the secret shall never be revealed.

Other cool video ideas: best military super weapons, and best music composers.

@Bobzilla2023

3 жыл бұрын

Oh easily Akira Ifukube would be number one for composers, absolutely no contest.

@jonryder7269

3 жыл бұрын

Super X, SUPER X

@cbeaumont

3 жыл бұрын

Maser canon, Super X... Mechagodzilla?!

@jonryder7269

3 жыл бұрын

@@cbeaumont ye i suppose mechaG is cool i guess BUT DID YOU SEE THE CRYSTAL ON MY BOY SUPER X-2!!!

@SuperSirianRigel

3 жыл бұрын

Best music themes would be better. The composer list wouldn't have a lot to choose from and the winner would be a no-brainer. lol

Just started the video. If Serizawa isn't number one, we must riot.

Good list, my only issue is that he didn't include a single female character on this list when they're were a couple of candidates such as Miki Saegusa and Akane Yashiro.

Pretty sure we all know who #1 is, but I'm glad you've made a video on this underrated aspect of kaiju films that tends to get buried in the spectacle. I always appreciate you treating these films as films instead of just cinematic junk food

Awesome list man! And a well needed video for the community since the human characters are often overlooked. Some of the human characters I like are Yoshimura from Ebirah horror of the deep, Yuri from gmk and Akane from the Kiryu saga. Keep up the great work!

@maxmcintyre5068

3 жыл бұрын

Another awesome character was the ship commander from Godzilla giant monsters all out attack

@ShinGoji1987Official

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxmcintyre5068 Heck yeah, general Taizo yuri's dad

If only Cranston had been in the entire film, I’d easily put him in the top 3. the first 45 minutes or so of G14 are absolutely magnetic due to his charisma. Once he dies (ironically enough that Godzilla starts getting slivers of screen time afterwards) I usually lose motivation to watch it all the way through.

I can name a few characters in the Godzilla Franchise that are compelling and interesting imo. The top five Human characters are in no particular order: 1. Serizawa (1954) 2. Joe Brody (G14) 3. Lt. Akane Yashiro (GxMG) 4. Mitsuo Katagiri (G2K) 5. Mark Russell (KotM)

@SaurianStudios1207

3 жыл бұрын

@Allosaurus i was going by movie

@uk2168

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know any of these characters

@Godzilla-jr5gi

3 жыл бұрын

I have an update for you i no longer love kotm

"MechaGodzilla beat Godzilla to death" possibly my favorite most quotable line (at least top 2) in the whole Godzilla franchise.

Here’s my top 10 list of greatest Godzilla characters: 10. Rando Yaguchi (yaguchi was a really good protagonist for a movie like Shin Godzilla, his acting was good as well) 9. Shinichi Ozaki (I like his difference from the other mutants and he’s a pretty badass character) 8. Ishiro Serizawa (he was a good character in the monsterverse and I like how he understands Godzilla and his purpose) 7. Vivienne Graham (she was a great character, she supported Godzilla just like her superior Serizawa) 6. Mark Russell (his character development was good as he starts from wanting Godzilla and the titans dead (due to being angry and sad that his son Andrew was killed during the 2014 film) but then begins to understand that the world needs Godzilla) 5. Miki Saegusa (she was a good character and i like how she knew that Godzilla had emotions like any creature like humanity and she wants the government to understand that) 4. Yasuaki Shindo (I like his character and he is a tragic character because to this day, he regretted leaving Godzilla dying on Lagos island despite knowing there was nothing he could do to help and wanted Godzilla to kill him to release him from this pain) 3. Haruo Sakaki (yes. The main character of the anime trilogy is number 3 on my list. You wanna know why? Because he’s actually a really good character and I like his character growth like he went from aggressive and reckless, to calmer but troubled (because he felt like he lead to many people to their deaths at the hands of Fillius and Godzilla), to depressed and lost. I like how he wanted to defeat Godzilla for not only the death of his parents but for all of humanity but began to understand that if Godzilla is dead, then monsters like King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla would destroy or assimilate the earth) 2. Madison Russell (Millie Bobby Brown’s acting was amazing and I thought we should see her character grow more) 1. Daisuke Serizawa (his character was tragic and I like how he kills himself so that the oxygen destroyer wouldn’t be recreated and fall into the wrong hands)

@ktapreswreckd921v9

3 жыл бұрын

Great point well made about Miki Segusa.

@Godzilla-jr5gi

3 жыл бұрын

Haruo suckaki sucks

@prehistorichero2755

2 жыл бұрын

Same opinion.

This is one of your best videos. Too often detractors of the kaiju film genre complain about the lack of strong characters, but you give ample evidence why this isn't so. Akira Takarada's Yashi from Ebirah, Horror of the Deep tops my personal list. He's badass with a compelling moral dilemma and genuine character arc.

Dr. Serizawa also has the distinction of being the only playable human character in a Godzilla game. As he was included in Godzilla Generations... As a giant with a laser cannon hidden beneath his eyepatch....

Oh yeah Mr Shindo from Godzilla vs King Ghidroah was good too!

I was very surprised but very happy that you put Glen in the list. Nick Adams was awesome! Was sad to see Miki didn't make the list, especially for her performance in GvMechaII.

HA! I just finished working on an extensive Godzilla video that I'm going to post next March and in it I mentioned that nobody makes lists about the Godzilla human characters since they focus only on the films and monsters and now I see you're making one! XD

@sjain8111

3 жыл бұрын

- there’s time to add, “with one exception”

Thank you for establishing the fact that human characters are crucially needed for these movies. Many modern day Monsterverse fans seem to think differently.

So we're just gonna ignore Akane and Joe Brody?

@FlyingFocs

2 жыл бұрын

Hot take: Joe Brody is actually just average, he's just elevated by his actor. Akane SHOULD be here, though. She stands out as a protagonist in a monster movie, and that's hard.

Captain Gordon is impossibly cool.

Great list! Thanks for throwing some love for Captain Gordon! I was nervous he’d get left out and I got some looks when I cheered out loud seeing him land in the Top 4! 🤘🏻

I don't know where I read it, but about Serizawa and his status as an undisputed badass, all be it a tragic one, it said, "You can count on one hand the number of things that have managed to kill Godzilla. You can count on one _finger_ the number of people who managed to kill Godzilla." Now, this was before the anime trilogy; but I think that the point still stands.

Thank you for making this list. I just thinking about this topic this weekend when the "GvK" trailer came out. Human characters are important. They should be like a good sub-plot: emotionally powerful; thematically resonant; and capable of adding wrinkles into the main monster plot.

So we just gonna ignore our American correspondent, Steve Martin? Our boi is clearly the only North American who understood Godzilla like Yamane.

3:04 The English-dub voice for the Alien commander sounds just like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. They both speak in the same silky, sinister manner. “Very good, Smithers. I owe you a coke!”

Very happy to see Godzilla 2000 on this list. It's my personal favorite G-film.

Great video, it's really nice to see someone highlight Takeshi Shimura. Fact of the matter is, that man shows more emotion with one facial express than most characters do with long winded speeches. The man truly was a blessing for the first movie.

Son of a Vitch, another great video! For some reason, Koji Kobayashi from Godzilla Raids Again actually always stuck out to me in that movie. He may not have been very nuanced, but he just seemed like a cool, optimist-spirited guy, which made his willing sacrifice to jumpstart Godzilla's entrapment at the end, ensuring his friends'/family's chance at safety, quite memorable to me.

I'll admit that I begrudgingly agree with your top two spots, but that's only because Glenn was my favorite character growing up. The kid in me thinks he should be number one.

Akane Yashiro from Godzilla X Mechagodzilla and Miki Saegusa from the Heisei series are two of my favorites.

So happy you’re back! Looking forward to your content this year!

Great stuff man. The average viewer always forgets the great human characters, to bad we haven't had any great stand out characters in the new american series they all seem so flat compared to these top ten you got here.

@armedraptor5114

3 жыл бұрын

Joe Brody could've been something...

@kaijuchan97

3 жыл бұрын

*cough* Dr. Ishiro Serizawa *cough*

I was wondering if someone was going to make a list like this. Thank you, Up From The Depths.

I agree almost 100% but I would've included Miki Saegusa somewhere in there. Heisei films are my favorites and just having her recur throughout them was a nice touch. She really complimented the tone of those films as well.

YES! Rando is so underrated by this community, he is one of the best Godzilla characters period. Better than some of the kaiju in this franchise even. Many people say Shin Godzilla lacks a focused character, and to those people, I'm sorry, but they are wrong. Rando is such a compelling protagonist and he is nearly always at the center of my focus throughout the film.

Patrician list. I love this channel. Glad you’re back.

I think that two characters who should have been on this list are the 'President of Happy Industries' from 'Mothra vs Godzilla' & the 'Controller of Planet X' from (I'll go with the title) 'Godzilla vs Monster Zero'. These are my two favorite human (or Alien) villains in the Godzilla series.

I was wondering where Miki Saegusa would place. I'm in shock she's not on this list at all. Where is she???

@dizzydoom4230

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, she's kind of obnoxious in her sentiment of "Godzilla feels things, too! Why do we need to KILL him?", as if she doesn't get that he's a very dangerous, rampaging giant monster.

@legendarygodzillatheking3049

3 жыл бұрын

@@dizzydoom4230 shut up

@GaiusIntrepidus

2 жыл бұрын

@@legendarygodzillatheking3049 I mean is he wrong?

I wrote a paper discussing how the original Godzilla fits in to the traditional of Gothic storytelling, and Serizawa was a big point to that discussion, largely in that he's a big subversion of Gothic stereotypes. You see mad scientists all the time in Gothic horror and science fiction, but in Godzilla, the deformed scientist who creates a weapon of mass destruction is a deep well of empathy who is horrified by what he's done. In addition, another staple of Gothic stories is predatory men attempting to either steal the leading lady away from our hero, or otherwise endanger her. But Serizawa, while (clearly, in my opinion) deeply in love with Emiko, completely respects her autonomy and makes his final wish that she has a happy life with the man she chose over him.

@Paugose

Жыл бұрын

I'm late to the party, but in a way, Serizawa is Dr. Frankenstein, and I mean the original novel version of him, he created a thing he regretted, it only leads him to tragedy and torment, and death is the only way for him to end it.

All 4 of my favorites were here. Great content buddy.

I would add in Emi from Godzilla Versus King Ghidorah. She stands up for her ancestral home when the bad guys go fanatic and try to destroy it, she's both clever and fairly tough, smart, and cute as heck in both looks and personality. You also have Miki from the heisei series. Outside of those two officials she's the only one who has been in every Heisei film except 1985 and connects those series, plus she's usually right there in the action in some form. She's rather important to that set of movies, and one of the few Japanese characters to show up in one of the US adaptations, in one of IDW's Godzilla Legends issues.

Definitely Miki. I was sure she'd be #1 or #2 for any list, but it's fun to see the characters you selected, too.

I think the Russell family deserves a place on this list: Mark's and Emma's estrangement was the catalyst that started things, they were essentially opposite sides of the same coin and their daughter Madison was the moral heart that brought them get together.

@Godzilla-jr5gi

3 жыл бұрын

Nah they're bland

I love how each character has music from their movie

The choices were awesome a couple of characters are Miki saegusa and there’s another military per person from the Return of Godzilla up to Godzilla vs destroyah and the more recent Godzilla vs mechagodzilla that I really like

Awesome review!

Shinoda from Godzilla 2000 is also a Great Character as well,"Bastard you really think you can kill Godzilla?"Lol love that line.Miki the Physic Girl from the Hesie Series was cool too she always looked out for the Big G and could control his thoughts and talk to him,love her.

@ktapreswreckd921v9

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't wanting to kill Godzilla the correct thing to do if was real? Because he would definitely try to exterminate us.

@caininmilton8462

3 жыл бұрын

True,but I'm that film he wanted to destroy Japan's energy source,he Mae have trampled some folks but not intentionally.

I agree with a lot of your choices, but I would've honestly added Mr. Shindo from Godzilla vs King Ghidorah and Mark Russell from King of the Monsters. They're really well written characters imo, and Shindo's death is probably one of my favorite moments in the franchise.

@planetxaudio1699

3 жыл бұрын

Surprised to see someone mention mark since he seems to get a lot of hate. I enjoyed that in spite of all he went through he never lost his humanity or the value of human life unlike Emma.

@007_Productions

3 жыл бұрын

I found Mark, Madison, and Serizawa to be very well-written in KOTM and it's a shame that many others don't feel that way.

@007_Productions

3 жыл бұрын

@@planetxaudio1699 Mark easily the best leading man in the MonsterVerse. Not only is he a major improvement over Ford and Conrad, but he's also the first human character in the MonsterVerse to actually have a character arc. That is unless you count Marlow in Skull Island, but the bulk of his arc took place off-screen.

@legendarygodzillatheking3049

3 жыл бұрын

@@007_Productions what are your thoughts on godzilla vs kong?

@legendarygodzillatheking3049

3 жыл бұрын

@@007_Productions eh he isn't the best hate boner character in cinematic history, he isn't as great as Kenai from bb

Hmmm... Kevin Smith could really use a good few watches of this video and reevaluate his choice of words. Fantastic essay as always dude!

I'm surprised the other Dr. Serizawa wasn't mentioned at all in the segment on Deiske.

The fact that I can think of multiple characters you "missed" is proof that the characters do matter.

Add Shikishima to this list!

Such a fantastic list

Nice video I have been missing you

Oh some surprises. #10 and #9 were those. I dunno about Dr. Yamane being on the list. Happy to see Gondo and Captain Gordon making it. Rando, Glenn and Serisawa I agree with. Hard to argue against Tako. Characters I wanted: Admiral Tachibana from GMK and Yuri from the same movie. Both are pretty bad ass and very well done. Katsura from Terror of Mechagodzilla because I still feel a bit sad when I think of her. It helps we don't see her death in the U.S. cut so I didn't know she died for like 22 years. I like Miki but the best Miki was when she was a creepy teenager in Biollante. Really Biollante had one of the best casts.

Im very glad you added Douglas Gordon. Final Wars is my favorite Godzilla film

Well, honorable mentions could possibly be Miki or that over the top Xilian leader

Honorable mentions: Millie Bobby Brown as Madison Russell: Godzilla King Of The Monsters. Kazuki Kitamura as The Controller: Godzilla Final Wars. Jean Reno as Philippe Roaché: Godzilla 1998. Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa: The Heisei Godzilla Series. And Ren Ohsugi as Seiji Okouchi: Shin Godzilla.

good list

Up From The Depths 76.5K subscribers There's a few more Godzilla movie characters you forgot to put as honorable mentions such as LIST (of honorable mentions): 1. Admiral Taizo Tachibana (from the 2001 film "Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack") 2. Ford Brody (from the 2014 American Kaiju film "Godzilla") 3. Ishiro Serizawa (from the 2014 American Kaiju film "Godzilla")

My top 8 human characters in Godzilla movies Imo: 8. Dr. Mafune (Terror of mechagodzilla) 7. Goro Maki (Son of Godzilla) 6. Shiochi Tsukioka (Godzilla Raids Again) 5. Glen (Invasion of astro monster) 4. Dr.Shiragami (Godzilla vs Biollante) 3. Captain Douglas Gordon (Godzilla final wars) 2. Rando yaguchi (Shin Godzilla) 1. Dr. Serizawa (Gojira)

My favorites are Serizawa, Katsura, Akane and the Planet X leader from Astro-Monster.

Good list. Glad that Rando Yoguchi made it!

Emiko definitely deserves to be on this list,same with Miki,imo

Human characters will always have a place in Godzilla movies, the important thing tho is to never have them distract from main monsters when its their time to shine. I myself was wondering what godzilla movies have the best human stories.

It's "Ah-beh," not "Abe."

Solid. I'd have found a place for Godzilla vs. Megaguirus's Kiriko Tsujimori. She's one of the only characters that stuck with me at all in my childhood viewings of the movies - she wasn't just the first person to have physical contact with Big G, she CLIMBED up on him!

This may be about the Human characters, but we all know the greatest Godzilla character (besides him) is *Jet Jaguar!* Dude even has his own kickass theme song and can alter his programming to increase his size.😦😧😯

While other spots on the list may change for me, I knew there could only be one choice for the #1 slot. :)

This should be interesting, there has to be a mention of every pilot who dies because they flew to close to godzlillla

Very good list. But Megumi Odaka/ Miki Segusa definitely belongs somewhere on this list. As well as Joe Brody/Bryan Cranston. Who probably provided the best acting in the Series? Despite he was only in the movie for 36 minutes.

Good choices!!

I love how Mr. Tako is a not so subtle jab at the producers who wanted to make King Kong vs Godzilla more commercial by making it light hearted

Surprised no mention of Bryan Cranston’s character in 2014, he carried that first act on his back like it was nothing.

Well thought out, and yes most definitely Dr. Serizawa at #1! Akihito Hirata was DA BOMB! So sad the actor didn't make it into the Heisei Era of Godzilla films (although the scientist character played by Ken Tanaka in THE RETURN OF GODZILLA was written with Hirata in mind). Strangely, you forgot to mention that Hirata was the only actor who appeared in all the Showa Era films introducing the top monsters (Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla...). And yeah, I have to admit that I still watch both English dubbed versions of INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER and GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA, two extremely rare cases where I actually prefer the English versions to the original Japanese versions. That being said, I'm actually taken aback that none of the female characters from the Godzilla films are on this list. So, in full hopes that you will be making a Top Ten Women from Godzilla Films on this list (both characters and the actresses), here is my selection (don't ask me why I chose this order, I have my reasons). And for the record, I won't be putting the miniature singing fairies since they started out with and belong to Mothra - these have to be characters that originated in Godzilla films only - no kids either: 1) Miki Segusa (Megumi Odaka) - Heisei Era (1989-'95) 2) Daiyo (Kumi Mizuno) - GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER (1966) 3) Akane Yashiro (Yumiko Shaku) - GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA (2002) 4) Emiko Yamane (Momoko Kochi) - GODZILLA (1954) 5) Saeko Matsumiya (Beverly Maeda) - SON OF GODZILLA (1967) 6) Koko Ann Paterson (Satomi Ishihara) - SHIN GOJIRA (2016) 7) Katsura Mafune (Tomoko Ai) - TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (1975) 8) Yuri Tachibana (Chiyaru Niiyama) - GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GHIDORAH - GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK (2001) 9) Junko Nakanishi (Yuriko Hoshi) - MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964) 10) Miss Namikawa (Kumi Mizuno) - INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER (1965)

Tbh my favorite character in Godzilla was the girl who drove and had a spiritual connection to Mechagodzilla in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.

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I haven't seen all the movies, but I totally agree with your list. Here's my picks that weren't included: The Shobijin/Elias Nick Tatapolis Randy Hernandez Ozaki Haruo Sakaki Maina and Miana Emiko Yamane

Everybody wanted more of Bryan Cranston in the 2014 version.

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Solid list! The only change that I would make is take out Don Frye and replace him with Akira Kubo as Tetsuo Teri from "Monster Zero". While Nick Adams is great, I always felt the the real hero of that movie was Tetsuo Teri (with Akira Kubo, playing against type).

Commenting on this after reading and listening to reviews for Godzilla vs Kong. Human characters do matter. The best monster movies are ALWAYS the ones that have something to say and do something more with what they've been given.

My problem is I do not remember any of the human characters names outside of a few, lol. 1. Serizawa from 1954 2. Dr Yamane from 1954 3. Steve Martin 1956 and 1985 4. Scientist from terror of mg 5. PM from 1984 6. Main Guy that gets blasted by G in 1991, Shinjo or whatever his name was. 7. Psychic girl from the heisei movies, only for being in all of them. 8. Main girl from GXMG 9. Bryan Cranston in G14 10. Main guy from Shin

I'm surprised there were no women in this list and think Miki Saegusa, who had a partial character development arc as she appeared throughout the Heisei movies, could have replaced a few people here