anniversary, dubbed "Godzilla Day." It pulled $335,000 for the latter release, a respectable gross for a film released only for a single night with no major advertisement beforehand. Home media The film was released by Sony Pictures/Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment on DVD on March 23, 2004. It was released under the American title, Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla - International Version, which has new English opening and closing credits but is otherwise the same as the original Japanese version. Its second release was on Blu-ray by Sony as part of the Toho Godzilla Collection. and was released on September 9, 2014 as part of a 2-disc double feature with Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Critical response Reviews of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla have been positive. Mike Pinsky of DVD Talk gave the film three stars out of five, saying: "While I did have some minor complaints, [this is] a fine entry in the series." Pinsky said "the plot is more interesting than most giant monster movies," and "the battle scenes, which are the main reason anyone watches these films to begin with, were great." Giving the film a "B+" score, Mark Zimmer of Digitally Obsessed said that it's "a good deal of fun and one of the better entries in the series." Digital Monster Island gave the film a "B" score, calling it "a fun and exciting film that should please most kaiju fans." Notes References Sources External links 2002 films 2000s Japanese-language films 2000s monster movies 2000s political films 2002 science fiction films Films directed by Masaaki Tezuka Films set in 1999 Films set in 2003 Films set in Tokyo Films set in Yokohama Films set in Chiba Prefecture Giant monster films Godzilla films Japanese political films Japanese science fiction films Japanese sequel films Kaiju films Mecha films Reboot films Toho films Films with screenplays by Wataru Mimura Films scored by Michiru Ōshima 2000s Japanese films