HeiseiRado

The HeiseiRado (平成ラド^?) is the Rodan puppet design used in the 1993 Godzilla film, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.

Name

The HeiseiRado's name comes from Heisei (平成^?), and Rado, which comes from Rodan's Japanese name, Radon (ラドン^?).

Also, the ShodaiFaiyaRado's name comes from shodai (初代^?), meaning first generation, Faiya which is Fire in Japanese English, and Rado, which comes from Rodan's Japanese name, Radon (ラドン^?).

Detail

Unlike most Rodan designs, the HeiseiRado design is the only one to not be a suit, but rather a puppet. This design was given three horns, so that it would appear more pteranodon-like in design. The eyes look very similar to the Godzilla it appeared with, and the stomach is different in design.

Originally, the skin-color of this design was brown, but when it was used for Fire Rodan, it was recolored red. A hand puppet of Rodan's upper body, operated by Koichi Kawakita, was employed for close-up shots of Rodan.

Trivia

In some early concept art for Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Rodan more closely resembled his Showa counterpart.

List of appearances

Films

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (First appearance)

Miscellaneous

Monster Planet of Godzilla

Kaiju designs
Godzilla designs
Showa era
Heisei era
Millennium series		MireGoji • SokogekiGoji • KiryuGoji • FinalGoji
TriStar Pictures
MonsterVerse
Toho reboot series
Anguirus designs
Showa era		ShodaiAngira • SoshingekiAngira
Millennium series		FinalAngira
Mothra designs
Showa era		ShodaiMosuLarva/ShodaiMosuImago • GojiMosuLarva/GojiMosuImago • SanDaikaijuMosuLarva • SoshingekiMosuLarva
Heisei era		HeiseiMosuLarva/HeiseiMosuImago • ReoMosuImago
Millennium series		SokogekiMosuLarva/SokogekiMosuImago • TokyoMosuLarva/TokyoMosuImago
MonsterVerse		2019 design
Rodan designs
Showa era		ShodaiRado • SanDaikaijuRado • SoshingekiRado
Heisei era		HeiseiRado
Millennium series		FinalRado
MonsterVerse		2019 design
King Ghidorah designs
Showa era		ShodaiGhido
Heisei era		HeiseiGhido • HakuAkiGhido • RaishuGhido
Millennium series		SokogekiGhido
MonsterVerse		2019 design
Mechagodzilla designs
Showa era		ShodaiMekagoji • GyakushuMekagoji
Heisei era		HeiseiMekagoji
Millennium series		MireMekagoji • TokyoMekagoji
Gamera designs
Showa era		ShodaiGame • BaruGame • GironGame • UchuGame
Heisei era		HeiseiGame • RegionGame • IrisuGame • AvantGame • ShodaiToto
Miscellaneous designs
Showa era		ShodaiBara • ShodaiEbira • ShodaiGigan • MegaroGigan • ShodaiKama • ShodaiManda • SoshingekiManda • ShodaiMinira • ShodaiKumo • ShodaiHedo • ShodaiShisa
Heisei era		ShodaiBioRozu • ShodaiBio • ShodaiSupesuGoji
Millennium series		ShodaiOruga • ShodaiMegagirasu • SokogekiBara • FinalEbira • FinalKama • FinalMinira • FinalKumo • FinalHedo • FinalShisa • FinalManda • FinalAngira • FinalGigan • Zilla design
MonsterVerse		MUTO design • Skullcrawler design

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