Shusuke Kaneko
Anguirus was intended to appear in the unmade film "Godzilla X Varan, Baragon, and Anguirus: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", set to be directed by Shusuke Kaneko and released in 2001. However, Toho requested that Kaneko replace Anguirus and Varan with the more popular Mothra and King Ghidorah, respectively, leading to the release of the film ".