Godzilla (1998 film) scenes that required practical effects, Tatopoulos' studio created a 6th-scale animatronic model of Godzilla's upper-body as well as a 24th-scale Godzilla suit donned by stuntman Kurt Carley, however, the filmmakers favored CG over practical effects and as a result, the final film features 400 digital shots, 185 of which feature Godzilla, and only two dozen practical effects used in the final film. Production began in May 1997, in New York City, and moved to Los Angeles in June. Scenes in New York were filmed in 13 days; tropical scenes were filmed in the Hawaiian Islands. The United States Marine Corps
Godzilla in popular culture teens and young adults by Marc Cerasini based on Godzilla, respectively entitled "Godzilla Returns" (1996), "Godzilla 2000" (1997 (which had no relation to the film that would later use that name)), "Godzilla at World's End" (1998) and "Godzilla vs. the Robot Monsters" (1999). A fifth novel, also by Cerasini, "Godzilla and the Lost Continent", was planned for 1999 but never published. These books, as well as four novels aimed at juvenile readers in their late childhood and early teenage years by Scott Ciencin, respectively entitled "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" (1996 (which was not connected to the American version of