RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: The Flesh Eaters (1964)
Jack Curtis, who directed this movie, was the voice of Pops Racer and Inspector Detector on the American localization of Mach GoGoGo, which we know as Speed Racer. He also wrote The Deadly Organ, which blows my mind, and did voiceovers for so many Japanese movies and shows. Sadly, he died at 44, as he had pneumonia […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023)
Directed by Takuya Uenishi, who also made the short G vs. G, which led to 2022’s official short Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex, this celebrates the 50th anniversary of Godzilla vs. Megalon, making me feel very old. “All bound for Mu My Land,” or at least Mu or Seatopia, as one of their priestesses has used the dead body […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022)
This short film was directed by Takuya Uenishi and is an official Toho-produced sequel to Uenishi’s fan-made short film G vs. G. That movie was entered into the 2019 Godzilla contest and he was given the opportunity to develop a sequel project with Toho as his winning prize. In the future, a place nearly twenty-five […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Kingkong Is Coming Back (2024)
After being lost in the forest as a child, Gu Yao is saved by a giant gorilla named Kingkong. Yes, that’s his name, this was made in China and no, lawyers really do have better things to do than get involved. As Gu Yao grows into an adult, he meets an expedition that has Ma […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Godziban (2019)
As I have grown older, I have become less concerned about things like continuity and making sense. I’m happy that this show can exist, a Godzilla world where three brothers — Godzilla-kun, Minilla and Little — are training to be great monsters. For example, in the first episode, they try to learn how to control […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Godzilla vs. The Netherlands (1999)
Director Sietske Tjallingii explains to us something that I have always wondered. What happens when Godzilla goes to other countries? And what if it was the Netherlands, where he could pick up trains and whip them around like nunchakus? Could he arrive in the quiet of the night so that he could throw the Ajax […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: The Five of Super Riders (1976)
Produced by Taiwaan’s Tong Hsing Company Limited in 1976, this movie is based on the 1974 tokusatsu film Kamen Rider X, taking most of its footage from Five Riders vs. Kingdark and the earthquake from Godzilla vs. Megalon. It was re-released twenty years later in Taiwan, as well as many other countries, in this bootleg […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Monster from Green Hell (1957)
“Here in this face lies the key to your death Touch it, see it Here in this fist is the means to your end Touch it, feel it GREEN HELL! You’ve come to this as no one could I’ll bet you never knew you would And don’t you run away from it I’ll bet you […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Godzilla le Monstre de l’Ocean Pacifique (1957)
As a kid, we only had Godzilla King of the Monsters! and as far as we knew, that was the definitive edition. We didn’t know that there was the Japanese original cut, the Luigi Cozzi-made Cozzilla or this French edition, which combines the American and Japanese cuts and dubs it all into French. Made by Les Films […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Mirrorman (1972)
As a small, fat and large glasses-wearing child, I was obsessed with Ultraman to the point that if I ever saw any Japanese tourists on vacation, I would try to leave with them instead of my family in the hope that they would bring me east and all I would have to do is watch […]
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