Gengo Odaka is a struggling freelance Manga artist. He gets a job, working for a company building a theme park, which includes a tower designed to look like Godzilla as it’s centrepiece. But there’s something rather off with the people he is now working for. They keep talking about the idea of perfect peace, the chairman is only 17 years old, and they want to destroy Monster Island; which is fair enough, the place is filled to the brim with giant monsters. But how can the owners of a children’s theme park possibly achieve this goal?! Continue reading “Godzilla vs. Gigan”
Top 3 Gigan Films
In 1972, a terrifying new force arrived from outer space. A threatening and formidable foe, that quickly earned it’s notoriety for brutality. It’s name: Gigan! Continue reading “Top 3 Gigan Films”
Godzilla vs. Megalon
A technologically advanced undersea civilization (but not advanced enough to make their own robots apparently) called Seatopia has lived in peace with the above world for over three million years. After a new series of nuclear weapon tests near the Aleutian Islands however, they have decided to wage war with the above world, and send their ‘God’ Megalon to get some payback! Continue reading “Godzilla vs. Megalon”
Top 5 1970 Godzilla Films
I am not going to sugar coat it; the 1970’s were a dark time for the Godzilla series. Continue reading “Top 5 1970 Godzilla Films”
Acrostic Gigan
Giant,
Incredible,
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The Gigan Soundtrack
Godzilla vs. Gigan is a Japanese Giant Monster Movie released in 1972 and the 12th film in the Godzilla series. Much like other Godzilla film’s released in the 1970’s, the film was made on a low-budget and used a lot of stock footage from previous films to make up some of the film. One key use of stock however is entirely unique to this film: The Soundtrack. In fact, if this piece of stock wasn’t used, we may never have heard one of the most memorable tracks in the entire series. Continue reading “The Gigan Soundtrack”