Voting begins for Japan’s next top kaiju

Which one of these up-and-coming ancient abominations will face off against Godzilla next? Godzilla has had a very long career on the silver screen and has faced countless other giant monsters over the years, from Mothra to Hedorah .

The creative minds at Toho have consistently served up a buffet of weird and sometimes wacky creatures known as “kaiju” to satiate moviegoers’ appetites for destruction.

And now, they have decided to let all of us choose a future rival for the King of All Monsters in the New Kaiju General Election .

This online vote has pitted eight forces of nature, cosmic entities, and man-made golems in a contest of popularity now entering its final phase.

From 17 to 25 October, Phase 2 of the final voting will be held.

The previous phase saw the top four finalists go head to spiky head with the following results.

1st Place Dimensional Entity Xenolhu (46,066 points, 58 meters [190.3 feet] tall, 45,000 metric tonnes [49,604 tons]) This octopus-like monstrosity hails from another universe.

When Godzilla’s heat ray emitted wavelengths similar to those harnessed by Xenolhu, it came to Earth to learn more and attempt to wipe out existence while it’s here.

This bad boy can grab and manipulate space as if it were matter and has telepathic powers that can cause hallucinations or reduce living beings to ash.

2nd Place Drone Carrier Machine Sagius (34,202 points, 60 meters tall, 35,000 tonnes) Drones are all the rage in warfare these days, and Sagius has them in spades.

In fact, the whole thing is a man-made drone aircraft carrier designed with the sole purpose of fighting Godzilla.

Its hind legs that cause it to resemble Sagittarius also provide it with incredible stability in case the big green guy does that weird move where he comes flying horizontally at it.

It can also utilize its dreaded Maser Arrow, in which its powerful Maser Cannon in its midsection fires a massive maser beam that’s amplified by a constellation of maser drones around it… and don’t ask me what “maser” means.

I just like saying it.