English Version
After the film was released in Japan, Toho commissioned a Hong Kong company to dub the film into English. In this international version of the movie, an English title card was superimposed over the Japanese title, as had been done with the previous 90s Godzilla films. In this dubbed version of the film, Rodan is called "Radon," as he is in Japan.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment released Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II on home video on August 3, 1999. This was the first time the film had been officially released in the United States. TriStar used Toho's English dub but cut the end credits and created new titles and opening credits. An anamorphic widescreen transfer of this version was later released on DVD by TriStar in February 2005 with the option to listen to the original Japanese audio.
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