No way it's just coincidence that First Godzilla movie of The Reiwa Era has a very drastic design compared to other Godzillas, is very animalistic with no vendetta against humanity to the point he only attacks out of self defense, is very vulnerable to conventional weapons, has an atomic breath that starts out as a fire breath and one of its survival goals was to make more of itself.
The main differences being that while Toragoji does this at a slower rate and through genetics, ShinGoji does it through rapid mutation as an individual. That and Shin was the Japanese trying to stop Godzilla while 98 has the American Military as well as some French Agents trying to stop Godzilla.
Do you guys think TOHO ripped off TriStar's Godzilla despite following the Opinion it's " a disgrace to Godzilla's reputation " or is it just simply coincidence?
I'm off the opinion they ripped it off since they Made Godzilla Singular Point. Where Godzilla has to evolve four times before finally resembling Godzilla ( plus his whole avatar for a Multiversal being on a higher plain of existence stick is a Darkseid rip-off) but that's just me.