Mechagodzilla, or Kiryu as it's referred to by the people who created it, was built over the bones of the 1954 Godzilla, and that Godzilla's restless spirit even takes over control of Kiryu briefly.

and once again pits Godzilla against Kiryu, an iteration of Mechagodzilla literally built around the bones of the 1954 Godzilla. The two Kiryu-centric movies involve the remote pilot Akane Yashiro ...

based on the original Godzilla's skeleton who died in 1954, and the Kiryu Squad was formed in Japan Counter-Xenomorph Self Defence Force. The Kiryu（Mechagodzilla) engage Godzilla who appeared in ...