That same year, UPA began to air the film on American television. Mafune is shot and the scene where Katsura shoots herself are both removed, and as a result Mechagodzilla seems to deactivate for no reason, while in the original version Katsura sacrificed herself to deactivate Mechagodzilla. This is most noticeable during the film's climax, as much of the shootout between INTERPOL and the Black Hole Planet 3 Aliens is cut due to its graphic content. To ensure a G rating, several minutes of content were cut from the film. Like what had been for the American releases of most recent Godzilla films, Bob Conn Enterprises simply used Toho's international English dub for the film rather than dub it themselves.
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