The names and characters of all the monsters on this page are copyright
© 1995 Toho Co., LTD except King Kong who is copyright ©
1995 Turner Entertainment Co.
Keep watching this site for details on the movie as they become
available. Film fans lined up for
up to two hours and theaters were
full on opening day (Dec. 9th) for Japan's most eagerly
awaited movie opening in
years -- a farewell to Godzilla.
After 21 films, Godzilla's radioactivity becomes too great for him to
contain anymore.
Kenichi Hayamaka, a spokesman
for Toho CO., which has made all the
Godzilla movies said he expected
about 300,000 people to see the six
week opening run.
He said the company expected a
record profit of $30 million from the
opening weeks.
In the latest film, Godzilla first
ravages Hong Kong, setting the city
ablaze, and then returns to Tokyo
for his final battle royal.
This time Godzilla, born through
a nuclear explosion, is a walking
atomic bomb, and a way has to be
found to kill him without destroying
the Earth.
Unfortunately, the movie is not getting very good reviews from both
Japanese film magazines as well as Godzilla-crazed American fans who
travelled to Japan for the sole reason of watching Godzilla's last battle.
In spite of the quality of the movie, however, the film is doing extremely
well and many people are prediciting it will beat out the 1992 Godzilla
vs Mothra film as the most successful Godzilla movie ever.
By now the plot for the movie has been reported to Godzilla fans in
North America. And contrary to what has been said on the news media,
this is not the final Godzilla movie even though Godzilla dies! Production
on the Godzilla series will resume at the beginning of the next century.
The plot of the movie was originally that Godzilla was created eons ago
by aliens playing with a dinosaur's genetic sturcture and then leaving it in
cryogenic-freeze. In the present day, Godzilla is discovered in Alaska
and is accidently freed.
He makes his way down the west coast ravaging Seattle and San
Francisco. As Godzilla is temporarily subdued and flown to New York for
study purposes, a new menace attacks Earth in the form of the Gryphon,
another creature created by aliens' genetic engineering.
The two face off in New York City for their climactic showdown. But it
is not known how much the script will change in the next version. It is
thought, however, that there will only be one monster in the movie (no
Gryphon or anything else) and that Godzilla will be brought to life through
some combination of suitmation (guy in monster suit) and computer
animation.
Larger version of
the above picture (good for screen backrounds!)
Godzilla
grapples with Biollante
in its 2nd stage of mutation
Godzilla
fires a shot at King Ghidora
Godzilla
fights off Mothra
Yet another reason not to enlist in the
army
Gorosaurus knocks over the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
(From Destroy All Monsters)
Fire Rodan
swoops in to attack MechaGodzilla
Godzilla
fires a warning shot at MechaGodzila
Cyborg Mecha-King Ghidora
electrocutes Godzilla via the 'Godzilla grip'
11 monsters pose for a group shot in Destroy All Monsters
Mechagodzilla launches missles at the fallen Godzilla!
The fight we've all been waiting for:
Godzilla vs.
Barney
Just another beautiful day at a Japanese
amusement park...
SpaceGodzilla lifts Godzilla up using his telekinesis
Rodan posing with Godzilla and MechaGodzilla
Godzilla and SpaceGodzilla in hand to hand combat
Godzilla moves to defend his offspring against the brutal attack of SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla and MOGERA prepare to rid the world of SpaceGodzilla
1995's Godzilla vs. Destroyer
1994's Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
1993's Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla
1992's Godzilla vs Mothra:
1991's Godzilla vs. King Ghidora
1989's Godzilla vs. Biollante
1974's Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla aka Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster
1975's The Terror of MechaGodzilla aka The Terror of Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters (American poster)
Godzilla vs The Thing (American poster)
1955's Counterattack of Godzilla
The original Godzilla movie:
Godzilla King Ghidora Mothra Rodan MechaGodzilla Angilas King Kong Biollante Mecha-King Ghidora Battra SpaceGodzilla MOGERA Little Godzilla Baragon Ebirah (The Sea Monster) Gabara Giant Condor Giant Octopus Gigan Gimantis Gorosaurus Hedorah (The Smog Monster) Jet Jaguar King Seesar Manda Megalon Minya (The Old Baby Godzilla) Spiga Titanosaurus Varan
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Toho's Home Page! NOTE: This site is in
Japanese.
Barry's Temple of Godzilla
Bob Loftin's Godzilla Page
Saiko's Euro-Goji Home page
The Gamera Home Page
The Japanese Monster Movie Jump Page -- the definitive compilation of resources! Club Daikaiju
Play With This
Call Scott Talis at 609-486-4556 to find out about his selection of movies
and toys. His prices are good and his service is darn quick (money order
is 3-4 days, check is two weeks). He has every Godzilla movie including
the new ones never released in America! The new ones all have either english
subtitles or are dubbed and with most of the old ones you can specify subtitles, dubbed
or nothing but Japanese if you're a purist!
All Godzilla videos are $20 each (S&H not included).
Scott also has a large selection of other hard-to-find videos such as
the animated cult classic Heavy Metal, Japanese animation, Ultraman,
domestic animation, some Hong Kong flicks, etc! If you've been looking
for something for awhile, just ask if he has it. He also the new Gamera
movie that has received uniformly rave reviews from Japanese monster fans!
Tell him heard about him from Mark
Meloon's Godzilla Web page!
The subtitled version of SpaceGodzilla is in!
As a bonus, this video includes over 30 minutes of trailers for the movie!
Subtitled versions of the original Japanese prints of many older Godzilla
films are in, too, including Destroy All Monsters and the 1954 original (w/o
the added Raymond Burr scenes)!
TrendMasters Toys
The american toy company TrendMasters is producing american Godzilla toys and
they should be available at toy stores in your area right now. So far, they
have several different toys of 9 monsters: Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King
Ghidora, MechaGodzilla (93 version), Mecha King Ghidora, Biollante, Gigan,
and Battra. They will be
releasing toys in the near future of all the other monsters as well. Check
your local Toys R Us, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, etc for current selection. And be
warned: these toys seem to sell pretty quickly.
So far my favorite has to be the 10" battery operated Godzilla figure.
Equipped with a photoelectric cell hidden in its chest, it roars loudly
(and eyes light up) whenever someone moves in front of it! Makes an ideal
practical joke or useful in scaring away those annoying pigeons who hang
around your window!
Kimono My House
KMH is now on the WWW. They carry Japanese models and toys. You can send email to them at kimono@slip.net.
