Kaiju Book News for the Masses!

NOTE: ROUGH TRANSLATIONS AHEAD!

Gamera and Godzilla has come back for the attack this latter half of the year when it comes to books! First up is the book "Daiei Tokusatsu Film Encyclopedia: Daikaiju Fantasy Battle - Gamera vs. Daimajin". The book is 121 pages long, and with a price tag of 1890 Yen, with these stats:

ISBN-10: 4048545116
ISBN-13: 978-4048545112
Release Date: 2010/7/16
Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches

Link for order:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%A0%E7%89%B9%E6%92%AE%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E5%A4%A7%E5%85%A8-%E5%A4%A7%E6%80%AA%E7%8D%A3%E7%A9%BA%E6%83%B3%E6%B1%BA%E6%88%A6-%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9%E5%AF%BE%E5%A4%A7%E9%AD%94%E7%A5%9E-%E8%A7%92%E5%B7%9D%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB/dp/4048545116/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_2

The second with a nice pic of a Bandai vinyl is roughly translated to "Goodbye Godzilla who - far from war". At a much longer 280 pages, the book is a fair 1995 Yen in cost. Here are it’s stats:

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ISBN-10: 4000230352
ISBN-13: 978-4000230353
Release Date: 2010/7/29
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Link for pre-order:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%95%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AA%E3%82%89%E3%80%81%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A9%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E2%80%95%E2%80%95%E6%88%A6%E5%BE%8C%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E9%81%A0%E3%81%8F%E9%9B%A2%E3%82%8C%E3%81%A6-%E5%8A%A0%E8%97%A4-%E5%85%B8%E6%B4%8B/dp/4000230352/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1

The third is THE MUSIC OF GODZILLA: THE ECHOES & THE ERA OF AKIRA IFUKUBE, MASARU SATO, KUNIO MIYAUCHI AND RIICHIRO MANABE" ("Gojira-no Ongaku - Ifukube Akira, Satou Masaru, Miyauchi Kunio, Manabe Riichirou-no Hibiki-to Sono Jidai")(thanks to James Ballard). Acording to August Ragone, "The author is Atsushi Kobayashi, who had written two previous books on Akira Ifukube (as well as other film composers, such as Masaru Sato), and the publisher is Sakuinsha. This particular book will only cover the Godzilla scores from 1954-1975." Gonna be released on 8/10/2010 containing a whooping 480 pages. Here is the book’s stats:

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ISBN-10: 4861822998
ISBN-13: 978-4861822995

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Here is a link for those who want to pre-order:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A9%E3%81%AE%E9%9F%B3%E6%A5%BD%E2%80%95%E2%80%95%E4%BC%8A%E7%A6%8F%E9%83%A8%E6%98%AD%E3%80%81%E4%BD%90%E8%97%A4%E5%8B%9D%E3%80%81%E5%AE%AE%E5%86%85%E5%9C%8B%E9%83%8E%E3%80%81%E7%9C%9E%E9%8D%8B%E7%90%86%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E%E3%81%AE%E9%9F%BF%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A8%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3-%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97-%E6%B7%B3/dp/4861822998/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_3

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Happy Buying!