A year after he made Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Kazuhiro Nakagawa with this short, which starts with a news report of Hedorah being defeated by Godzilla, then moves to Gigan attacking.

While the last short felt like it was in the Godzilla: Final Wars continuity, this short has a Showa era-Gigan. While Godzilla is the Godzilla: Final Wars suit, Gigan was crowd funded with those fans names in the credits. The “Gigan Suit Launch Project” project was an official Toho campaign.

Gigan slashes Godzilla’s face in this, just like he did when they first fought in Godzilla vs. Gigan. You can also see the scar in the sequel to this, Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar, which again has a crowd funded suit for Jet Jaguar and a new origin.

While this is mainly just a battle between the two monsters, it’s a great battle. Godzilla seems down and out before blasting Gigan right in the face with his atomic breath, which made me jump up out of my seat.

I had no idea that all of these official shorts existed, which makes this year’s Kaiju Day so much more interesting!

You can watch this movie here.