King Caesar (キングシーサー, 'Kingu Shisa') is a bipedal hybrid kaiju who first appeared in the 1974 Toho Showa film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
Description
Caesar's appearance was inspired by the Shisa, a Chinese beast that looks like a combination between a dog and a lion. In King Caesar's first on-screen appearance in 'Godzilla: Final Wars,' a traditional Japanese style roof can be seen in the foreground with a shisa statue on it.
Features
- Height 50-100 meters
- Weight 30-75,000 tons
Powers
King Caesar possesses formidable speed, strength and agility, and a master in various martial arts techniques. He is a golem-like monster, as his body seems to be made of rock with gems for his eyes and on his forehead.
The Millennium incarnation in particular displayed great lower body strength, and was able to leap high in the air and roundhouse-kick the much heavier and spiked Anguirus like a soccer ball. The Showa King Caesar also had the ability to draw the energy beams into his eyes, and fire it back at the target. In battle, King Caesar can take the energy from his opponent's weapons, which both protects him from ranged attacks and provides him the power necessary to engage fast-moving opponenets at range. He used this twice with great effectiveness against Mechagodzilla before the robot wisely changed tactics and used his missiles instead. In videogames such as Godzilla: Unleashed, the Okinawan deity kaiju has to ability to transform raw solar energy into searing beams of heat from his eyes.
History
In Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, King Caesar was the guardian of the Azumi family. He could be awakened by fulfilling a prophecy and an ancient song.
The Black Hole Aliens knew about Caesar and that it would awaken to prevent them from attempting world domination. When their Mechagodzilla was repaired after being damaged, the aliens sent the cyborg to conquer the Earth once more.
King Caesar was awakened and he confronted the robot. At the beginning, Caesar was able to successfully fight back by absorbing the cyborg's eye beams through his own eyes and then reflecting the projectiles back at his adversary. However, Mechagodzilla was too strong even for the guardian and almost defeated Caesar.
However, Godzilla arrived to aid King Caesar. Still, Mechagodzilla was more powerful than both of them and horribly outmatched the duo. Godzilla gained a magnetic attraction ability during the fight and used it to pull Mechagodzilla towards him. Godzilla held his robotic clone in place, allowing Caesar to ram the giant robot repeatedly. Godzilla finished off the machine by ripping off its head, and fell into the sea when Mechagodzilla's body exploded. King Caesar then returned to the rock formation from where he emerged. The alien base built into the mountain then self-destructed, sealing the entry and allowing King Caesar to rest peacefully until he would be needed again.
In Godzilla: Final Wars, King Caesar was one of the many controlled monsters of a race of alien beings known as the Xiliens. He appears in Okinawa (in a twist of irony, as he was its protector in the Showa series). King Caesar stomps through a factory, crushing everything in his path. Suddenly, an enormous flying object arrives on the scene and removes the giant monster.
The same thing happens to all the other monsters that were attacking the cities throughout the world. The Xiliens come and tell Earth that they saw that the planet was under attack and destroyed the towering titans to save Earth and that a meteor is falling to Earth, threatening all life.
However, it is discovered that the Xiliens were controlling the monster and that the meteor does not exist. The Xiliens then release the monsters to finish destroying the cities. However, the crew of the Gotengo freed Godzilla and lured him to the places where the controlled monsters were so he could fight them.
King Caesar, Anguirus and Rodan are teamed up and released on Mt. Fuji to battle Godzilla. He successfully defeats all three monsters. He, Anguirus, and Rodan were the only monsters Godzilla did not kill. This is believed to be due to the fact that all three monsters had aided Godzilla in the Showa series. It wasn't shown if they lived or not, they were not seen for the rest of the film.
Art/Fiction
King Caesar appears in the video game Godzilla: Unleashed as a playable character, sporting a look with similarities to both and era designs. He is able to fire solar heat beams from his eyes.