I kinda prefer a 180-foot tall lizard with a bad attitude and a case of halitosis that is even worse. :)
I'll say this much: Devlin and Emmerlich might have gotten the LIZARD wrong in their film, but they did show Toho it was possible to get a decent plot with the films. The films with this big guy since 1999 (Godzilla 2000, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, etc.) all have been good films in addition to good Godzilla movies.
As for cartoons: Robotech and Transformers.