Kunihiko Mitamura Quotes

Kazuhito Kirishima So you did do it. You amalgamated one of Godzilla's cells together with the plant's cells. Are you proud of this? What kind science do you call this?

Kazuhito Kirishima If they play around with cells, genetic engineers might well create their own Chimera—a new life form, totally alien, totally different to what God intended for Earth. Frightening, don't you think?

Lt. Goro Gondo Anti Nuclear Energy Bacteria?

Kazuhito Kirishima In the United States, they've already produced a bacteria that eats crude oil. It's successfully been tested on oil spills and, likewise, bacteria that eats nuclear material has been developed by our scientists here. In the case of a nuclear accident, the bacteria would clear up any pollution.

Lt. Goro Gondo Eats nuclear material, did you say? Totally?

Colonel Sho Kuroki Yes, totally. That's why it can work against Godzilla, who feeds on nuclear energy.

Kazuhito Kirishima You know the situation isn't yet critical? True, an orange alert has been issued, and the bacteria must be brought ready, but still, the bacteria wasn't meant to be used as a weapon. Anyway, the problem with this bacteria is it can't be made by this laboratory, not on its own; we need a cell to create it.

Lt. Goro Gondo A Godzilla cell, you mean?

Kazuhito Kirishima Godzilla feeds on nuclear energy. Somewhere in the cell structure, there's a nuclear-digesting set of genes, and so we need that set of genes to make the bacteria.