Bagan (Japanese: バガン, Hepburn: Bagan) is a Japanese monster, or kaiju, that first appeared in the 1993 Godzilla video game Super Godzilla, it was planned to appear in several Godzilla films, but was discarded from every draft for a film.

Film proposals

First, Bagan appeared in the draft of Resurrection of Godzilla (1980) as a shapeshifting creature with three different forms, a dragon form, a sea monster form, and a giant ape form.[1] He could change from one form to another and when he did, he recovered from all the injuries done to its previous form. In the end, Bagan would combine into single monster with the wings, arms and head of the dragon, the chest, arms, and head of the ape, and the legs, eyes, and mouth of the sea monster. He was stronger in this form, but it could not recover from his injuries, thus in this state Godzilla could defeat it.[2][3][4][5][6] Bagan was cut from the film because Tomoyuki Tanaka did not have the budget to afford the special effects for the film, and the movie went through several changes until being released as The Return of Godzilla in 1984.[1][6][7]

In 1990, Bagan was proposed to have an appearance in a battle against Mothra in Mothra vs. Bagan.[7][8][9][10] He would appear as a Yamato dragon beast that lived in Ancient China. His body eventually became frozen in a block of ice in the Himalayan Mountains. Someone frees Bagan by using explosives on the mountain. He starts to wreak havoc and is unstoppable until Mothra defeats him and saves the world. The film went very far in the development, but it was cancelled due to the box office failure of Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989). After the box office failure, Toho blamed the fact that an unfamiliar monster was used and Bagan was discarded again.[citation needed]

In 1995, another film that was proposed to have Bagan in it, named Godzilla vs. Bagan,[10] was going to be released and also, Godzilla evolves into Super Godzilla in the film and defeats Bagan. But Bagan was replaced by Destoroyah and the storyline was renewed, resulting in the film being renamed to Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.

Character's biography

Heisei era (1993)

In 1993, Bagan appeared as a final enemy in the Super Nintendo video game, Super Godzilla. When Godzilla fights Bagan, he would change into a second stronger form called Super Godzilla and defeat Bagan.[7]

Reiwa era (2022)

Following the death of Mother Mothra and the birth of the two Mothra larvae, Moshu-Moshu and Moshuu-Moshuu, a space-time portal opened in the sky, and Bagan was unleashed into the present day by the Futurians. Bagan laid waste to the forest by terrorizing the area with its destruction rays from its three horns and a light ray from its nasal horn.

Battra, Moshu-Moshu and Moshuu-Moshuu teamed up into fighting Bagan, growing in size and strength by fusing with their respective Shobijin. However, being composed of the cells of the Godzilla Clan and King Ghidorah obtained by the time-traveling Dorats, Bagan eclipsed the twin larvae in size and power and was completely unharmed by the larvae's silk webbing and an all-out energy beam assault by Battra.

Creating an electrical vortex in the sky, Bagan rained devastation upon the surrounding environment, and even managed to break the fusion between the twin larvae and their Shobijin. Before Bagan could finish the fight, a past version Mother Mothra appeared from the space-time portal, using it to travel through space-time to rescue the larvae from Bagan's wrath.

Mothra used her seal on Bagan, but Bagan was unharmed. However, the seal had some effect, having been fused with the cells of Godzilla and Ghidorah, the combative spirits of the two kaiju began to go to war within Bagan, causing him to go haywire. As such, Bagan was recalled into the space-time portal by a golden flying saucer and disappeared back into the future.

Appearances

Video games

Web content

  • Godziban (2022)

References

  1. ^ a b Kalat, David (2017-11-03). A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3265-0.
  2. ^ Raymond, Charles Nicholas (2023-01-19). "Bagan: Toho's Canceled Godzilla Villain Explained". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  3. ^ "Bakan". www.tohokingdom.com. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  4. ^ a b "Bagan [Video Games]". www.tohokingdom.com. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  5. ^ Ryfle (1998), p. 226
  6. ^ a b Brykczynski (2019), p. 101
  7. ^ a b c d Singer, Emma; Donohoo, Timothy Blake (2024-06-30). "15 Canceled Kaiju From the Godzilla Franchise, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  8. ^ Ryfle (1998), p. 284
  9. ^ Raymond, Charles Nicholas (2024-12-12). "Toho Cancelled An Epic Four-Part Godzilla Saga The Monsterverse Could Revive After 34 Years". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  10. ^ a b "Bagan [Unused Character]". www.tohokingdom.com. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  11. ^ McCoy, Joshua Kristian (2024-11-11). "Godzilla: Who is Bagan?". Game Rant. Retrieved 2025-04-01.

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Bibliography

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