Thanks to Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Godzilla has had a few busy years, fighting Hedorah, Gigan and Jet Jaguar in a series of short films. The last short ended on a cliffhanger, as Jet Jaguar and Godzilla made up just in time to face off against King Ghidorah.
This is everything you ever wanted when it comes to kaiju fights, as it even has the JSDF dropping Gigan claws for Jet Jaguar to use in the fight against the three-headed dragon. When all seems lost and Godzilla is being lifted into the air by Gravity Beam, those claws return, being thrown right into King Ghidorah’s heart.
Made at Toho Studios 9th Street where the Godzilla films are filmed, this celebrates the 70th anniversary of Godzilla. For the first time in these shorts, human actors appear but luckily we don’t get into of their drama. This is about giant monsters and a heroic robot beating the stuffing out of each other.
I had the best day just watching these one after the other. It reminds me of being in my parent’s TV room, a place that had brown vinyl couches and so many blankets, just lying on the floor and watching monster movies all day. It makes me sad a little, as I’ll never have that time again, but happy that I did at one point.
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