King Caesar
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| Toho character | ||
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| King Caesar | ||
| Species | Shisa | |
| Height | 50-100 metres | |
| Weight | 30,000-50,000 tons | |
| Major enemies | Mechagodzilla Godzilla (in Final Wars) |
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| Allies | Godzilla Anguirus Rodan |
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| Controlled by | Xiliens | |
| First appearance | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | |
| Created by | Jun Fukuda | |
| Portrayed by: | Shōwa series Momoru Kusumi Millennium series Motokuni Nakagawa |
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King Caesar (キングシーサー Kingu Shīsā?) is a bipedal kaiju from the Toho produced Godzilla series. Caesar's appearance was inspired by the Shisa, a beast that looks like a combination between a lion and a dog from Okinawa myth and was originally from China. Its first appearance was in 1974's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. Originally known as King Shisa, his name was given on U.S. promotional materials as King Seesar or King Seeser before Toho ultimately trademarked the name King Caesar.
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[edit] Special powers
Within the context of the character's fictional universe, King Caesar possesses remarkable speed, athleticism, durability and martial arts powers. The Final Wars 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 original King Caesar also had the ability to draw the energy beams of enemy Kaiju into his eyes, and fire it back at the target. He used this twice with great effectiveness against Mechagodzilla before the robot wisely changed tactics and used his missiles instead. The Final Wars version was not depicted using this ability in the film, though he was never faced with any beam attacks throughout its duration.
[edit] Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
In the Showa series, 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 King 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 mech to conquer the Earth once more.
King Caesar was awakened and he confronted the robot. At the beginning, King Caesar was able to successfully fight back by absorbing the mech's eye lasers through his own eyes and then reflecting the projectiles back at his adversary. However, Mechagodzilla was too strong even for the guardian and almost killed 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 the robot towards him. Godzilla held his robotic clone in place, allowing Caeser to ram the mech 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 came. The alien base built into the mountain then self-destructed, sealing the entry and allowing King Caesar to rest peacefully.
[edit] Godzilla: Final Wars
In the Millennium series, Caesar was one of the many controlled monsters of a race of alien beings known as Xilians. He appears in Okinawa (in a twist of irony, as he was its protector in the Showa series), an island part of the Kyushu archipelago in Japan. King Caesar stomps through a factory, crushing everything in his path. Suddenly, an enormous flying object arrives on the scene and removes the giant creature.
The same thing happens to all the other monsters that were attacking the cities throughout the world. The Xilians 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 Xilians were controlling the kaiju and that Gorath does not exist. The Xilians then release the kaiju to finish destroying the cities. However, Gotengo freed Godzilla and lured him to the places where the controlled kaiju were so he could fight them.
King Caesar, Anguirus, and Rodan are teamed up and released on Fuji to battle Godzilla. He successfully defeated them and they were thrown on top of each other in a pile. Instead of being killed, Godzilla let them live and moved on to Tokyo.
Caesar, along with Anguirus and Rodan is one of the three enemy Kaiju in Final Wars which Godzilla did not kill, in homage to the Showa series, when all three monsters were his allies.
[edit] Lost Projects
King Caesar and Anguirus were said to have been originally considered for inclusion in Godzilla 2000, although it does not appear that the idea got past the planning stage. Also it is unknown whether or not Anguirus and King Caesar were going to somehow fit into the script for Godzilla Millennium (1999), or if they were going to fit into a completely different story.
[edit] Video Games
King Caeser was featured in the Japanese only Game Boy game Kaijuu-Oh Godzilla - his first video game appearance - but not as a playable character. King Caesar is in Godzilla: Unleashed as a playable character, sporting a look with similarities to both Showa and Millennium era costumes. He is able to fire solar heat rays from his eyes in this game, although he cannot absorb an opponent's energy beams.
[edit] Trivia
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- On the box of the VHS version of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, it read that Godzilla was fighting Mechagodzilla alone but he called upon King "Seeser" for aid. In fact, it is the other way around.
- In the rock band Head Automatica's debut album Decadence, there is a track called "King Caesar". Frontman Daryl Palumbo is a huge fan of Godzilla.
