Talk:Bagan/@comment-1438304-20140410031814/@comment-24920269-20140509062939

Bagan’s first appearance into the Godzilla movies was suppose to actually happen in 1995 following Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla. This is generally why people assume he would be so powerful as both Spacegodzilla and Destoroyah are so powerful. Unfortunately due to Zilla 98 Toho decided they needed to end their Godzilla series to make way for the next and they decided to go forth with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. This is one reason for his appeal as I’m sure many fans would have much rather had Godzilla vs. Bagan than they would Zilla 98. Another reason he is so popular is that he is easily the most famous of the unused monsters. This is likely because of the highly detailed model of him that exist and because he was featured in the Super Godzilla Game. I’d say the final nail in the coffin for people liking him so much is from artist Matt Frank using him in his Godzilla Neo series, which may also be a big reason that so many fans want to see Bagan and the other video game Kaiju in the IDW Godzilla comics. He certainly has a lot of appeal but I’m not sure why so many people think he’s the greatest monster of all time. For myself personally Bagan’s appeal is very similar to the appeal other monsters had when I was a child. I remember seeing a toy of both Biollante and Space Godzilla before I ever saw the movies and thinking that I had to see these monsters in action. On a side not. Since Bagan was originally suppose to fight Mothra, I’m very surprised that he wasn’t reused for the Rebirth of Mothra series.