King Caesar (キングシーサー, Kingu Shisa) is a fictional Kaiju from the Toho produced Godzilla series. King Caesar's appearance was inspired by the Shisa, a beast that looks like a combination between a dog and a lion. It first appeared in the 1974 Showa film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. It then appeared thirty years later in the 2004 Millennium film Godzilla: Final Wars.
Appearance[]
King Caesar is a combination of a dog and a lion, and possibly some type of reptile. He has large clumps of light brown fur growing on different areas of his body. His skin is made up of brown scales. King Caesar has a row of gems on his head that make up a crown like shape; they most likely absorb sunlight to power the creatures mechanical parts. While King Caesar looks entirely organic, the reality is King Caesar is almost entirely mechanical, his body is shaped by metal frames and his pelvic area holds two giant energy containers, filled by sunlight that enters his head crown. King Caesar does retain some organic features, his skin and hair grow from his body, and his brain remains organic in order for the creature to retain the ability to think during battle and make choices on its own. King Caesars brain is organic but it is surrounded by a metallic structure that can reflect beam weapons from other Kaiju. In order to awaken King Caesar a direct decedent of the royal Azumi family must sing his activation song. Years later when King Caesar appeared in Godzilla Final Wars he did not need a song to awaken, which could be explained by the Xilians altering his programming so the creature could awaken whenever it felt necessary.
History[]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla[]
The people of Okinawa sensed a dangerous monster would come one day and attack Okinawa, that soon became true as Mechagodzilla came and brutally beat Anguirus and had a draw with Godzilla, King Caesar, the guardian of Okinawa, was required and needed to protected them, he was called upon by a King Caesar song, afterwards, he woke up. After waking up he quickly encountered Mechagodzilla and had a fierce battle with him, but ultimately lost, it wasn’t until Godzilla came where both Godzilla and King Caesar could fight Mechagodzilla, however they still struggled but after Godzilla learned the ability of magnetism, he and King Caesar were able to beat Mechagodzilla and bash into him. Finally, Godzilla tore Mechagodzilla’s head off, resulting in it exploding which sent Godzilla back into the sea. Godzilla however came ashore and swam back to his home as King Caesar returned to his cliff.
Godzilla Island[]
King Caesar is one of the many monsters protecting Monster Island and the Earth from many monsters that come from the Dark Emperor, King Caesar would help others defeat many monsters as the humans try to help as well.
Godzilla: Final Wars[]
King Caesar was one of the many monsters mind controlled by the Xiliens in order to destroy Earth. King Caesar specifically attacked Okinawa, the Xiliens took them away to look like the allies of Earth but after being revealed to humanity that they’re evil, they re-released the monsters to attack. King Caesar teamed up with Rodan and Anguirus who were also mind controlled in order to attack Godzilla, however, Godzilla would easily overpower them, with Godzilla throwing King Caesar into a mountain and knocking him out. But due to them being Godzilla’s friend, he didn’t kill them unlike the other monsters. After the Xilien Mothership was blown up and Keizer Ghidorah was defeated, the Xilien mind control would stop, meaning King Caesar likely returned to his cliff in Okinawa offscreen.
Special powers[]
Within the context of the character's fictional universe, King Caesar possesses remarkable speed, athleticism, durability and fighting prowess. King Caesar also had the ability to shoot energy back at his opponents if they shoot energy attacks into his eyes. He used this twice with great effectiveness against Mechagodzilla before the robot wisely changed tactics and used missiles instead.
The Millennium incarnation in particular displayed great lower body strength, and was able to leap high in the air and roundhouse-kick the much heavier and spiked Anguirus like a soccer ball. This was because King Caesar is mostly mechanical.
In the game Godzilla: Unleashed King Caesar was able to absorb sunlight and release it as a beam weapon, this ability was never shown in the film continuity.
