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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., released in Japan as Godzilla X Mothra X Mechagodzilla: Tōkyō SOS (ゴジラ×モスラ×メカゴジラ 東京SOS, Gojira Mosura Mekagojira Tōkyō Esu Ō Esu), is a 2003 kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka. It is the sequel to 2002's Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla; the only film in the Millennium Godzilla series to be a sequel to another film in the same series. It was the twenty-seventh film to be released in the Godzilla series.Kiryu is undergoing repair modifications after his battle with Godzilla. Prime Minister Hayato Igarashi accepts Lead Scientist Yoshito Chujo's choice to replace the Absolute Zero Cannon with a powerful Tri-Maser.The Shobijin (Mothra's twin fairies) warn the Japanese government that the reason Godzilla continues returning to Japan is because they used the original Godzilla's bones in Kiryu's design, and if they return the bones to the bottom of the sea, Mothra would gladly take Kiryu's place in defending Japan, but if they do not return the bones back, Mothra will declare war on humanity. Soon enough, Kamoebas, a giant sea turtle, is found washed ashore on a Japanese beach. It is determined by the wounds on Kamoebas's neck that Godzilla killed it. Godzilla and Mothra fight, but Godzilla seems to have the upper hand. With the repairs finished just in time, Kiryu manages to even the odds, but Godzilla manages to knock out both monsters.Meanwhile, on Infant Island, two twin Mothra larvae hatch from Mothra's egg, and rush to help their mother. As Kiryu was being repaired, the larvae try to hold off Godzilla, but Mothra is killed by Godzilla's atomic breath while trying to save her children. Just in time, Yoshito and the humans manage to repair Kiryu. Kiryu stabs him in Godzilla's chest with a drill. Godzilla roars in pain, and the larvae begin to bind him up in web. Just as Kiryu's pilot, Azusa Kisaragi, receives the order by Igarashi to destroy Godzilla before the Kiryu project is scrapped, Kiryu's soul is re-awakened through Godzilla's roar. The cyborg lifts Godzilla and secures themselves with cables. Kiryu then uses his boosters to carry himself and Godzilla to the bottom of the ocean. Leaving the it as a tie.In the film's post-credits scene, in an undisclosed location, a laboratory is shown, filled with containers that are filled with the DNA of numerous Toho kaiju.