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It's been a while since a blog post and I would like to formally apologize for that. I've been busy with life doing such things as contemplating writing a blog post and sleeping so I haven't really found anything to blog about, so I think I'm going to talk about what I know best, Godzilla. I know I have an abundance of Godzilla on this blog but it's for one reason, I love the thing. There's something about Godzilla that brings me to peace like no other, I'm not sure why either, he's a giant monster that loves destruction and nothing more. I can be here all day talking about him though, but instead I wanna talk about the media surrounding Godzilla, just in general though, I feel there's a lot to talk about there. Did you know that the 1956 American re-cut of the original G film, Godzilla, King Of The Monsters , got a theatrical release in Japan in 1957? That's really interesting, I never knew that happened, I wonder what that release is like, if i...

If you're a fan of Godzilla any you might be aware that in the 1950s to 1990s that a LOT of the films were renamed to appeal to western audiences (a prime example being Godzilla Raids Again being renamed to Gigantis, The Fire Monster ) and it can get pretty confusing, as nowadays these films are mostly referred to by their original names, so I'm creating this post to one, help myself be familiar with these names so if I see them in the future I'm aware of what's what, and second, I figured I can turn this process into a fun blog post, since it's something I'm very passionate about (Godzilla) and if someone is gonna do it, it's gonna be me, so let's begin! Please note that I will be excluding bootlegs. This will also be a very short post as I wanted to make up for the lack of posts over the last few weeks, so I hope you also don't mind that.  The first film to mention here is of course, the original 1954 Godzilla film, now this one is a bit of a doo...

Did you know that the original 1954  Godzilla  film actually isn't the debut of Godzilla? You'd think it'd be as it sparked a whole new genre of film, and has caused such a big influence allowing the character to be celebrated to this day but actually, his first appearance was a 1954 radio drama based off the first draft of the script, which ran from July 17th to September 25th in 1954. It was titled  怪獣ゴジラ  or, translated into English,  The Monster Godzilla . Unfortunately, not much is known about this little oddity outside of the cast and crew, and the fact it even exists. It's a little baffling, not gonna lie, it's weird to think the first public appearance of Godzilla wasn't actually the movie, but some tie-in radio drama from the 1950s most people, if not all, seem to have forgotten about, you'd think for how large and important Godzilla is, it'd be archived better as much more, random obscure stuff is archived, like the 1993 comic  Godzilla vs. Cha...

I've recently stumbled upon something I can't really explain, if you're aware of the type of person I am, you'd know I have a strong fascination and love for tokusatsu, the Japanese genre of live action media that has a ton of special effects. It's a very broad definition so whenever I refer to it, I'm more or less referring to the super hero section of it, such as Kamen Rider, Ultraman and Super Sentai as those were my introduction to the genre. The driving force behind tokusatsu though, in terms of the super hero parts, is Toei, I bring this all up because it all seems to relate to each other in one way or another, as in 1989 Toei debuted a new show as part of their Toei Fushigi Comedy Series line up called Magical Girl Chukana Paipai , which the series is about some girl who has magical powers and fights people I believe, I'm probably wrong but it seems to be something in line of typical tokusatsu of that time, my best guess is Sukeban Deka mixed in with...