Akira,
as a key influence on the lighting and scale of the film’s final showdown in Hong Kong, Wingard cited two other anime as key influences on some of the
Godzilla vs. Kong’s most noteworthy scenes:
Macross Plus or
Robotech. Pointing to these two is noteworthy: The relationship between the two anime has been fraught and entangled with one another ever since 1985 when Harmony Gold USA, the television production company which owns the American licensing rights to the Macross
franchise, created the 85-episode
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross,
The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and
Genesis Climber Mospeada. Harmony Gold USA has retained the licensing rights to