Seibu-en

Plot

The public address system at a Tokyo movie theater suddenly warns that a giant monster was attacking Japan. A Japan Self-Defense Forces soldier enters and shows footage of King Ghidorah ravaging the city with his gravity beams and Godzilla approaching from the sea. The soldier received orders to evacuate the people in an armored vehicle operated by the Special Disaster Countermeasures unit and airlifted by helicopter. He delivers a safety briefing just before Ghidorah destroys the part of the theater, the dragon roars at the audience, then flies away.

Ghidorah destroys the lead vehicle with rubble, meanwhile the second vehicle evades a flying train car and Ghidorah. The dragon lands in front of it, but it drives between Ghidorah's legs. Ghidorah gives chase, trying and failing to bite it with all three of his heads. Ghidorah keeps chasing the vehicle until he soon finds it and snatches it up in the jaws of his center head. Ghidorah takes the vehicle but is intercepted by Rodan. Ghidorah overpowers and defeats Rodan and drops the vehicle. Ghidorah blasts the top off of Tokyo Tower towards the vehicle, Godzilla arrives in the city and challenges Ghidorah to fight. The vehicle lands on Godzilla's side and evades the two monsters, landing on a roof to watch the monsters fight.

Godzilla overpowers and defeats Ghidorah with a powerful blast of atomic breath. Godzilla roars in victory as the vehicle lands on the ground, only to be caught up with one of Ghidorah's still-conscious heads. Godzilla crushes Ghidorah's final head with his foot, splashing blue blood on the vehicle and ground before Godzilla roars victoriously.

Reception

On September 16, 2022, Nicholas Driscoll wrote a review about Godzilla the Ride:

The ride is a LOT of fun, and not overly long. Since I didn’t have to wait hours to get inside, it was even better—I just got to enjoy the ride, and the escalating action is suitably amped and insane so as to consistently offer thrills and real entertainment. The other attendees were shrieking and yelling along with the excitement on screen, and when Godzilla blasts the hole in KG, and then stomps his head into the ground, man. It felt so satisfying. I was grinning so hard.

In 2023, Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle had won the Grand Prize from VFX-JAPAN Award 2023 for the fitting the short film category,^[13][14] the film had received a 99% experience satisfaction rate.^[14]

Plot

The Emergency Defense against Gargantuan Encounter (EDGE) goes out on a mission to locate and battle a giant monster, known as Godzilla, with a "GOOSE Nest" carrier ship being dispatched to track down the monster, bringing two smaller ships, both designated "GOOSE One" and "GOOSE Two", on the mission, GOOSE One is launched into the sea and is chased by Godzilla and is nearly destroyed by Godzilla in his mouth, who nearly capsizes the ship before circling around for another attack, GOOSE Two intervenes and distracts Godzilla, but is destroyed by Godzilla when he catches the drone in his mouth, crushes it with his jaws.

GOOSE One retreats back to the "GOOSE Nest", but Godzilla disrupts the retrieval, by destroying the carrier, sending GOOSE One flying into the ocean, Godzilla chases GOOSE One underwater until it reaches the surface of the bay, where it activates flight mode and lures Godzilla into a battle with the G Breaker. GOOSE One malfunctions and crashes on Godzilla’s shoulder, while G Breaker and Godzilla begin fighting each other, the force of G Breaker's powers manages to free a damaged GOOSE One from Godzilla's shoulder and leading GOOSE One to fly away up to the top of a building.

Godzilla gets overpowered by G Breaker and retaliates with his atomic breath, while G Breaker responds with its own beam, the two beams clash each other until exploding, burning some of Godzilla's chest and knocking G Breaker back. GOOSE One flies in to distract Godzilla, but he is overpowered by G Breaker, who retaliates with a chest ray, leaving severe burns on Godzilla. He grabs on G Breaker's head, and pulls its head clean off of its shoulders, and throws it towards GOOSE One.

GOOSE One spectates the destroyed G Breaker and watches the battered but victorious Godzilla, walking back into the bay.

Development

On May 7, 2025, Takashi Yamazaki would announce that he would return for the VFX work, writing and directing for a new Godzilla ride film, he posted this statement on the official Godzilla website saying "I'm thrilled to return to Godzilla's world from the passenger seat. What powerful foes will emerge? Where will this ride take us next? As a ride enthusiast myself, I can't wait for my first spin—and I'm working day and night with our team to make this the most terrifying ride in the world".^[17][18] On May 8, 2025, Hiroyasu Matsuoka, of Toho Co., Ltd. would announce they would distribute the film and help produce the film.^[15][19] When production began, the title was initially named New Godzilla: The Ride (Japanese: 新・ゴジラ・ザ・ライド, Hepburn: Shin Gojira za Raido).^[19]

Monster design

On July 1, 2025, one month before the film's release, Toho and Yamazaki had revealed the official design for Mechagodzilla in the film, and confirmed that the name of this iteration of Mechagodzilla was the Kiju type 0‐G Breaker (Japanese: Kiju型0Gブレーカー, Hepburn: Kiju-gata 0 G burēkā).^[15][20][21] Godzilla's design was reused from the previous film, Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021).

Release

The ride film was released on August 1, 2025 at the Seibuen Amusement Park.^[19] On August 29, 2025, Godzilla Battle Line would collaborate with the Godzilla the Ride: Great Clash to use the G Breaker for the game.^[22]

Reception

Riko Fukumoto, who was in a discussion session with Takashi Yamazaki at the Yuhi-kan Pavilion, made a statement about the experience in the Seibuen Amusement Park's pre-ride showroom, stating "The entertainer's explanations left me feeling a sense of the mission and excitement that wouldn't stop".^[21]