King Kong vs. Godzilla
In the early 1990s when plans for a "King Kong vs. Godzilla" remake fell through, Toho had planned to bring back Mechani-Kong as an opponent for Godzilla in the project "Godzilla vs. Mechani-Kong". However, according to Koichi Kawakita, it was discovered that obtaining permission to use even the "likeness" of King Kong would be difficult. Kawakita stated: