History Trivia / GodzillaVsHedorah

** For a long time, it has been rumored that due to the very psychedelic nature of this film, [[WordOfGod Tomoyuki Tanaka (The producer of every Godzilla and Tokusatsu film until 1997)]], [[ExecutiveVeto made a promise that Banno would NEVER direct another Godzilla film for the rest of his life]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1dL7lA7bss In this interview however (at the 10:16 mark)]], Banno specified that while Tanaka's words weren't ''that'' harsh, he did mention that [[CreatorBacklash Tanaka didn't like how Godzilla's character was changed]] [[LighterAndSofter to appeal to children]]. Additionally, Godzilla's infamous flying scene was ''not'' hated by Tanaka at all, and was even approved by Tanaka's agent. Banno even took liberties in case Tanaka didn't like it.

** Adding more info to this film, it was aiming for a release for 1975, which would have made it one of the later films of the Godzilla Showa era instead of ''Film/{{Terror of Mechagodzilla}}, and was simply referred to as "[[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Hedorah_2 Godzilla vs. Hedorah II]]". The films most noticeable aspect was that the battle wasn't supposed to be set in Japan, but in Africa, with Banno stating that "if these chaotic, dynamic countries developed a little further, it wouldn't be implausible for Hedorah to show up there". Tomoyuki Tanaka wasn't impressed with the concept, and so it was scrapped in favour of ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'' (its release being brought forward to 1974 instead of 1975), with Creator/IshiroHonda replacing Banno as the director.

** Adding more info to this film, it was aiming for a release for 1975, which would have made it one of the later films of the Godzilla Showa era instead of ''Film/{{Terror of Mechagodzilla}}, and didn't even have a real title outside of "Godzilla vs. Hedorah II". The films most noticeable aspect was that the battle wasn't supposed to be set in Japan, but in Africa, with Banno stating that "if these chaotic, dynamic countries developed a little further, it wouldn't be implausible for Hedorah to show up there". Tomoyuki Tanaka was unpleased with the product, and forced Banno out of the director's chair, thus relegating the film to quite an expansive trail of films which were meant to continue the Showa series past 1975, but never quite made the cut.

* CreatorKiller: The film's mixed reception largely killed Yoshimitsu Banno's directing career, and he was relegated to working on TV documentaries for the rest of his career. It also ended his involvement with the Godzilla franchise for decades, until he returned to become an executive producer in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', before passing away in 2017.

* CreatorKiller: The film's mixed reception largely killed Yoshimitsu Banno's directing career, and he was relegated to working on TV documentaries for the rest of his career. It also ended his involvement with the Godzilla franchise for decades, until he returned to become an executive producer in Film/Godzilla2014.

*** Adding more info to this film, it was aiming for a release for 1975, which would have made it one of the later films of the Godzilla Showa era instead of ''Film/{{Terror of Mechagodzilla}}, and didn't even have a real title outside of "Godzilla vs. Hedorah II". The films most noticeable aspect was that the battle wasn't suppose to be set in Japan, but in Africa, with Banno stating that "if these chaotic, dynamic countries developed a little further, it wouldn't be implausible for Hedorah to show up there". Tomoyuki Tanaka was unpleased with the product, and forced Banno out of the director's chair, thus relegating the film to quite an expansive trail of films which were meant to continue the Showa series past 1975, but never quite made the cut.

** A sequel idea before that was originally planned to have Godzilla fight a new Hedorah - this was even alluded to at the end of the film with "''And Yet Another One?''"