News: GODZILLA PERFECT COLLECTION BOX 6

Source: G-Matt (KG/TK Member)

Main Blurb Written By: Evan Brehany

Translations by G-Matt

Thanks to KG member G-Matt, more and more information has been uncovered on the GODZILLA PERFECT COLLECTION BOX 6, first revealed back in 2009 in a chirashi publicising the Kawakita Film Festival. Toho's official site has been publishing official information and here is the specs:

Release Date: August 25, 2010

Price: 10,500 Yen (estimated $110)

Pre-Order Period: March 25, 2010 - April 24

This set will house the most complete recording of the Millenium Godzilla films excluding "Godzilla 2000: Millenium" (was included in BOX SET 5) with the extra disc containing the complete score for the 1998 film. Tract Listing below.

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GXM

1. Nichiei News (M1)

2. 1954 - Godzilla Attacks Tokyo~Reconstruction (M Akira Ifukube)

3. 1966 - Godzilla Attacks Tokai~The Government's Decision (M2)

4. 1996 - Godzilla Attacks Osaka (M3T2 First Half)

5. Superior Officer Miyagawa's Death (M3T2 Second Half)

6. Main Title (M4)

7. Scout (M5)

8. Special G-Headquarters (M6)

9. Hideous Tragedy (M7)

10. G-Confirmation I (M8)

11. Experiment Preparation (M9)

12. Black Hole Cannon Fired (M10)

13. Late-Night Incident (M12)

14. Dumping the Egg (M13)

15. Dog Tag (M14)

16. Cell Division (M15)

17. Meganulon (M16)

18. Kiriko and Jun (M18)

19. G-Confirmation II (M19)

20. Griffon Mobilized (M20)

21. Godzilla Emerges (M21 First Half)

22. Transmitter Mounted (M21 Second Half)

23. Dimension Tide (M22)

24. Submerged Shibuya (M23)

25. Shibuya Lake Discovery~Godzilla in the Trench (M24)

26. Guidance (M25)

27. The Meganula in Flight (M26)

28. Dimension Tide Launch (M27)

29. Godzilla X Meganula (M28)

30. Dimension Tide Fires! (M29)

31. The Immortal Godzilla (M30)

32. The Larva Grows (M31)

33. The Birth of Megaguirus (M32)

34. Ultra High Frequency (M33)

35. The Ultimate Fighter (M34)

36. Godzilla to Tokyo (M35)

37. Godzilla Lands in Odaiba (M Akira Ifukube)

38. Godzilla X Megaguirus I (M36)

39. The Effects of the Ultra High Frequency (M39)

40. Godzilla X Megaguirus II (M40)

41. Godzilla X Megaguirus III (M41)

42. Godzilla X Megaguirus IV (M42)

43. Repairing the Program~The Conclusion (M43)

44. Dimension Tide Falls (M44)

45. Kiriko's Decision~Lock On! (M45)

46. Dimension Tide X Godzilla (M46)

47. Victory at Last (M47)

48. End Credits (M48)Bonus Tracks49. Nichiei News (M1)

50. Nichiei News (Oshima Version) (M1)

51. 1996 - Godzilla Attacks Osaka (M3T1 First Half)

52. Superior Officer Miyagawa's Death (M3T1 Second Half)

53. Space and Time Distorted (M11)

54. Meganula Witness! (M17)

55. Appearance! I (M38A)

56. Appearance! II (M38B)

57. Ending Material (M48A)

58. Ending Material (M48B)

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GMK

1. Marching Orders (M1)

2. Main Title (M2)

3. The Spirited Village (M3)

4. Huge Fangs (M4)

5. The Scars of Threat (M5)

6. The Legend of the Holy Beasts (M6)

7. The Incident at the Lake (M7)

8. Premonition (M8)

9. The Mysterious Old Man (M9)

10. The Giant Foot (M10)

11. Cries of Sorrow (M11)

12. The Mysterious Stone (M12)

13. The Sleeping Three-Headed Dragon (M13)

14. The Cruiser Oizu (M14)

15. The Black Afterimage (M15)

16. The Legend Revived (M16)

17. God of Earth - Baragon (M17)

18. The God of Destruction Appears (M18)

19. The Terrifying Landing (M19)

20. The Forgotten Terror (M20)

21. The Confrontation of the Two Giant Monsters (M21)

22. The Ambushing Holy Beast (M22)

23. Signs of Resurrection (M23)

24. The Giant Cocoon (M24)

25. God of Sea - Mothra (M25)

26. The Released Souls of the War Dead (M26)

27. Attack Preparation (M27)

28. A Tense Moment (M28)

29. God of Sky - King Ghidorah (M29)

30. GMK (M30)

31. The D-03 Missiles Fired (M31)

32. The Furious Godzilla (M32)

33. Determined to Protect the Future (M33)

34. The Mysterious Force (M34)

35. The Miracle of the Three Holy Beasts (M35)

36. A Desperate Crisis (M36)

37. The Escape from Godzilla (M37)

38. A Tribute to the Souls of the War Dead (M38)

39. End Roll -Godzilla Theme~Great Monster War March~Main Title- (M-End)

Bonus Tracks- Edited Music

40. The Giant Foot (M10)

41. God of Earth - Baragon (M17)

42. The Forgotten Terror (M20)

43. The Forgotten Terror (M20A)

44. The Confrontation of the Two Giant Monsters (M21)

45. The Ambushing Holy Beast (M22)

46. God of Sky - King Ghidorah (M29)

47. GMK (M30)

48. God of Sky - King Ghidorah (M34A)

- Demo Sound Source

49. Demo I

50. Demo II

51. Demo III

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GXMG

1. Toho Logo~Transit Mission (M1)

2. Godzilla Comes Ashore~Godzilla X the Special Self-Defense Forces (M2 First Half)

3. Maser Hit (M2 Second Half)

4. Main Title (M3)

5. The Hideous Recollection (M4)

6. Memorial Service (M5)

7. A Request to Be Present (M6)

8. The Skeleton of Godzilla (M7)

9. The End of School Day (M8)

10. Akane's Effort~Building Kiryu (M9)11. The Return~The Kiryu Squad (M10)

12. Intensive Training (M11)

13. Akane and Sara (M12)

14. Type 3 Kiryu Announcement Ceremony (M13)

15. Mobilization (M14)

16. Godzilla X Type 3 Kiryu (M15)

17. Arousal (M16)

18. Running Wild (M17)

19. Shirasagi No. 3 Crashes (M18)

20. Outage (M19)

21. Investigating the Cause (M20)

22. Trust~Sara's Feelings (M21)

23. Godzilla Detected~Intercept (M22)

24. The Prime Minister's Decision (M23)

25. Flight (M24)

26. Fierce Fighting I (M25)

27. Fierce Fighting II (M26)

28. Absolute Zero (M27)

29. Akane's Decision (M28)

30. Power Outage (M29)

31. Restart~Kiryu's Will (M30)

32. Crisis~Decisive Battle (M31)

33. The Immortal Godzilla~The End of the Battle (M32)

34. Victory at Last~End Credits (M33)

35. Salute!~Ending (M34)

Bonus Tracks

36. Akane's Effort~Building Kiryu (M9 Edit)

37. Toho Logo~Transit Mission (M1)

38. Godzilla Comes Ashore~Godzilla X the Special Self-Defense Forces (M2 First Half)

39. Main Title (M3)

40. Mobilization (M14)

41. Godzilla X Type 3 Kiryu (M15)

42. Fierce Fighting (M25)

43. The Immortal Godzilla~The End of the Battle (M32)

44. Salute!~Ending (M34)

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GMMG

1. Toho Logo~Mothra in Flight~Main Title (M1)

2. The Visit of the Shobijin (M2)

3. Mothra Flies Away (M3)

4. Press Conference (M4)

5. Reunion (M5)

6. Island of Memories (M6)

7. Akane and Yoshito (M7)

8. The Field of God (M8)

9. Kamoebas Drifting Ashore (M9)

10. The Submarine Attack (M10)

11. Repair Status (M11)

12. Azusa and Yoshito (M12)

13. Cross-Examination in the Bureau (M13)

14. Godzilla X the Guard Fleet (M14B)

15. The Ground Self-Defense Forces (M15)

16. Godzilla X the Ground Self-Defense Forces~Coming Ashore (M16)

17. Adult Mothra in Flight (M17)

18. Adult Mothra X Godzilla I (M18)

19. Yoshito's Distress (M19)

20. Adult Mothra X Godzilla II (M20)

21. Mothra's Song (M21)

22. Adult Mothra X Godzilla III (M22)

23. Marching Orders (M23)

24. Kiryu Mobilized (M24)

25. Tokyo Tower Collapses~Godzilla X Kiryu I (M25)

26. Yoshito at the Schoolyard~Godzilla X Kiryu II (M26)

27. The Birth of the Mothra Larvae (M27)

28. The Mothra Larvae in the Ocean (M28)

29. The Couple's Rescue (M29)

30. The Mothra Larvae Come Ashore (M30 First Half)

31. The Death of the Adult Mothra (M30 Second Half)

32. Yoshito Off to Repair Kiryu I (M31)

33. Yoshito Off to Repair Kiryu II (M32)

34. The Shobijin's Guidance (M33)

35. Repairing Kiryu (M34)

36. No Escape~The Capitol Collapses (M35)

37. Maser Attack (M36)

38. Prayer (M37)

39. Kiryu in Flight~Rescuing Yoshito~To the Japan Trench (M38)

40. Only a Brave Victory~Salute (M39)

41. End Credits (M40)Bonus Tracks

42. Farewell Party BGM

43. Marching Orders~Kiryu Mobilized (M23+M24)

44. The Mothra Larvae Come Ashore~The Death of the Adult Mothra (M30)

45. Mothra's Song 2003 Version

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GFW

Disc 1

1. Opening ("King Kong vs. Godzilla" M10)

2. Godzilla vs. the Undersea Battleship (M1)

3. The Monster Threat and the Earth Defense Force (M2A (Long))

4. Main Title (M2C)

5. Gotengo vs. Manda (M3)

6. M-Organization Combat Training Center (M4)

7. Dr. Otonashi (M5)

8. Mummy Gigan (M6)

9. The Message of Infant Island (M7)

10. Rodan in New York (M8)

11. Ebirah vs. the Mutant Forces (M9)

12. The Xiliens Arrive (M10)

13. We Love X I (5.1 ch Material)

14. We Love X II (Cruising the Cirro-Stratus)

15. Secretary General Daigo's Incident (M11)

16. Commander Namikawa's Incident (M12 Mix)

17. The Identity of the Suspicious Star Gorath (M13)

18. The Xilien Conspiracy I (M14B)

19. The Xilien Conspiracy II (M14A)

20. Highway Battle (M15)

21. Start Gigan (M16)

22. Gotengo in the Underground Dock (M17)

23. Operation: Final War (M18-19)

24. The Departure of Gotengo (M20)

25. The Return of the King of the Monsters (M22)*

26. Gotengo and Godzilla (M23-1)

27. Godzilla vs. Kumonga and Kamacuras (M23-2)

28. Godzilla's Wrath (M24)

29. Godzilla vs. the Three Giant Monsters (M25 (GtrA))

30. Kazama's Suicide (M26 (Edit Version))

31. Gotengo's Rush (M26B)

32. Mothra Flies (M27)

33. Godzilla vs. Hedorah and Ebirah (M27B)

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Disc 2

1. The Xiliens' Purpose (M28)

2. Monster X Appears (M29 Add)

3. Mothra vs. Gigan (M30)

4. The Battle of the Four Giant Monsters (M31-1)

5. The Struggle in the Mothership UFO I (M31-2)

6. The Struggle in the Mothership UFO II (M32)

7. The Battle of the Keizers (M33)

8. The Xiliens' Last Moments (M34)

9. Keizer Ghidorah Appears (M35-1)

10. Godzilla vs. Keizer Ghidorah (M35-2)

11. The End of the Battle (M36)

12. Goodbye Godzilla and Minilla (M37 Pre-End)

13. Ending (M37 Edit (Type 1 ???? Version))

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Bonus Tracks

14. Godzilla vs. the Undersea Battleship (M1)

15. Start Gigan (M16)

16. Cruising the Cirro-Stratus

17. The Return of the King of the Monsters (M22)

18. The Return of the King of the Monsters (M22) (5.1 ch Material)

19. Gotengo's Rush~Mothra Flies (M26B~M27) (5.1 ch Material)

20. Keizer Ghidorah Appears~Godzilla vs. Keizer Ghidorah (M35-1~M35-2) (5.1 ch Material)

21. The Monster Threat and the Earth Defense Force (M2)

22. Kazama's Suicide (M26 (Tribute Version))

23. Monster X Appears (M29)

24. Ending (M37 Type 2 Another Version)

25. Ending (M37 Full)*Edited Music

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Disc 3

1. The Xiliens Arrive (M10 Edit)

2. The Xilien Conspiracy (M14 Edit)

3. Operation: Final War (M18-19 Edit)

4. The Return of the King of the Monsters (M22 Edit)

5. Godzilla vs. the Three Giant Monsters (M25 GtrA Edit)

6. M1

7. M2A

8. M3

9. M24

10. M25 Battle 1

11. M25 Battle 2

12. Xilien Ship 1

13. Xilien Ship 2

14. First Meeting

15. Parody Spy Music Into Serious 1

16. Parody Spy Music Into Serious 2

17. Hedorah

18. Ifukube GZ

19. Demo Music 1

20. Demo Music 2

21. Demo Music 3

22. Demo Music 4

23. Demo Music 5

24. Demo Music 6

25. Demo Music 7

26. Demo Music 8

27. Demo Music 9

28. Demo Music 10

29. Demo Music 11

30. Demo Music 12

31. Demo Music 13

32. Demo Music 14

33. Demo Music 15

New Shirts

Some new Sci-Fi/Adventure themed shirts are being released by Uniqlo Store through their "Heroes of the World" series. Along with Star Wars and Indiana Jones themed shirts, Godzilla shirts are being released. Two shirts of each franchise are being released. Pics are above and below. Each shirt is up for 1500 yen (between $15-$20 USD).

You can buy them here:

http://store.uniqlo.com/jp/store/feature/ut/heroesintheworld/

"Godzilla vs. Biollante" Letter Campaign

It seems that out of the turmoil reguarding the Miramax Company, people wondered what would become of the still-to-be-released "Godzilla vs. Biollante". Well, after some research and some talk, people figured that Disney ultimately own the rights to the film. So sprung out of Tohokingdom.com/forums came this campaign to write and send letters to Disney. Some members of TK have already written letters. You, the reader, needs to too. I mean, only a 44 cent stamp and some time out of your life to write a letter, print it, put it on the envelope, close the envelope, and put the adress information and put it in your mail box. Some people have done it already, so do it to! We could make a diffrence! Though the odds are against us. But the more people who mail a letter, the better the odds are.

The adress you should send the letter to is:

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

500 South Buena Vista Street

Burbank, CA 91521

TK Mod GVAMP has written a letter which all you have to do is print out to be used:

"To Whom it May Concern:
Hello my name is (your name here); I’m a huge fan of Godzilla movies and noticed you currently hold the rights to the film Godzilla vs. Biollante, which HBO Home Entertainment released on VHS as well as Laser Disc way back in 1992. The film has also been shown on cable TV (Cinemax). The film is currently unavailable on DVD in the United States, despite its availability in many other countries. I was wondering if you have any current plans to release the film on DVD or Blu-Ray, as it is one of my favorite Godzilla films as well as one of the most-wanted films by Godzilla fansI’d also like to point out that companies like Sony and Classic Media have released several Godzilla titles over the past few years and they seem to be selling well; in fact Classic Media’s release of Godzilla, back in September 2006, was very critically acclaimed that year and won several awards, and has recently been re-released in Blu-Ray.If a release is planned, please include some special features, such as trailers and behind the scenes footage; Toho typically has such features on their Japanese releases of Godzilla films. Also, please include both an English-dubbed audio track as well as a Japanese track with English subtitles; Godzilla fans tend to prefer the option of seeing the films both ways!Thank you for your consideration of this request; I assure you that there are thousands of American fans who would be very desirous of adding an authorized version of this film to their collections!

Thank you:
(your name here)"



This post was requested by Cody Himes and GVAMP

New Book: "ゴジラ、東宝特撮未発表資料アーカイヴ プロデューサー・田中友幸とその時代"

Quite a title, eh? I have tried translating it but it is seems to be a making of book for at least the original Gojira. The only thing at this time which I can comfirm is that it is comming out on the 26th. More information to come... hopefully.

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UPDATE: Thanks to KG member G-MATT, the title has been translated to read: "Godzilla, Unpublished Toho SFX Archives Material: Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka and His Era".

MAT Issue #8: Buy Your Copy Now!

http://monsterattackteam.com/

BUY NOW! Well worth the cash.

Godzilla On Adult Swim Bump

Adult Swim and it's programming are littered with diffrent omages to Godzilla himself, especialy with "Robot Chicken". Well, the trend has continued. In light of the Olympics, Adult Swim has placed a faux bet for Japan's 2020 Olympics (assuming that Japan will host the Olympics in 2020), and evidentry Adult Swim thinks that Gigantor (Tstsujin 28) and Godzilla are going to fight via burning down a Tori Gate. Warch the add here:

http://www.bumpworthy.com/bumps/2140

Notice the use of the Kawakita Masterpiece Godzilla statue.

Cool Pic

No news, just a really cool pick of the making of the Godzilla Tower from "Godzilla vs. Gigan" (1972).

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Well, it seems like it is one of those times which the news is going slow. Sure, little details about the Revoltech figures are being released and the existance Audio Commentaries have been revealed by August Ragone for the Shout!Factory Showa Gamera releases, but nothing to write home about. Instead, I have recieved some fan mail and it made me want to do something in which readers of this blog can participate in: an improvement plan.

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So, what can you, the reasers, want to see more of in JournalismG2KM? Do you want to see new stuff? Be specific and just send out comment (perferable via commenting below). Make your voice heard!

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Satomi Hakken Den (1983)

My favorite sub-genre in all of tokusatsu eiga would have to be the films dealing with Japanese mythology. In this genre, I have two supreme favorites: "Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle" (1999) and "Satomi Hakken Den" (1983). Here is a breakdown of the film's production. As a reminder to the reader, tokusatsu eiga does not only surround kaiju, but all Japanese special effects films.

Kinji Fukasaku. His name is one of the most popular in all of Nippon Eiga. He is almost up there with Akira Kurosawa. After going through the 1970’s doing mostly Yakuza films, Fukasaku turned his attention to tokusatsu eiga. This included films like "The Green Slime" and "Message In Space". The mentioning of the latter film is important for it is one of the things that is part of the Kinji Fukasaku image people have. It is that "Message In Space" is actually based on the same story that "Satomi Hakken Den" was based on: "The Hakken Den". Technically, while "Message From Space" is influenced from the real "Hakkenden" by Balkin, this film is actually a film adaptation of a modern adaptation, called "New Satomi Hakken Den" written by Toshiro Kamata. Fukasaku, who was given a rough copy of the book that was to be published by Kadokawa, used it as a scapegoat from having to adapt the gargantuan epic which is the original "Satomi Hakken Den". The novel was hastily finished for the film's released, so says Fukasaku. "I was really impressed that they had the novel ready to be turned into a movie that fast." This would be the second cinematic adaptation of "The Hakkenden" tale, and would be a continuation of Fukasaku's "New Jidai Geki" ("New Period Piece Film").

Producing the film would be mega producer (in the same vein as America's Harvey Weinstein) Haruki Kadokawa, who worked with Fukasaku on "Makai Tensho" and owned the Kadokawa film company until being caught with possession of cocaine in 1993. The use of Kadokawa would be something of a necessity, since "Satomi Hakken Den" is a film on similar scale to one of Haruki’s own films, "Heaven and Earth" (mentioned in the Chapter 1), therefore needed a large publicity stunt. The film was budgeted over a million US dollars, a rare feat at the time. The screenplay was written by both Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Kamata.

The actors in the film included people Fukasaku already worked with. From the Japan Action Club came the famous Sonny Chiba (Kill Bill, Vol. 1; Street Fighter) and his partner, a young Hiroyuki Sanada (Onmyoji, Rush Hour 3, The Last Samurai). Both worked on Fukasaku’s 1981 film "Makai Tensho" (Samurai Reincarnation) and Chiba starred in an earlier Fukasaku film playing the same character of Jubei in "Shogun’s Samurai". However, unlike the previous films, Sonny Chiba would be more of a supporting actor with Haryuki Sanada being the lead actor and potential love interest in the film and top actor. Opposite of Sanada is Hiroko Yakushimaru, a film star and pop idol at the time of the film’s production and future actress in Toho’s first "ALWAYS" film. Her stardom came from not only this film but also another film released also in 1981, "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun" (which Kadokawa was behind). "She was 19 years old when we were filming Eight Samurai. She was studying for her college exam the whole time." Together, they had great on screen chemistry. "I knew if we put these two idols in a strange time period and setting, we'd end up with a really special kind of film."

The score of the film, though composed mainly by the band "Nobody" was produced in conjunction with American soft rock singer John O’Banion. O’Banion recorded accouple of songs for the film, including "White Light" and "I Don’t Want This Night To End" (which two different but very similar mixed appear in the film). His appeal came from the fact that O’Banion’s previous song, "I Don’t Want to Loose Your Love" was awarded at the Tokyo Music Festival. The usage of such scores became a regular thing in Japan, even effecting Toho's Godzilla reboot, "The Return of Godzilla". Two separate soundtracks to the film were released for the film, one with the film’s score and the other with O’Banion’s contributions to the film. The difference between the two was that O’Banion’s had at the bottom a painting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus overlapping the theatrical poster art for the film.

The film would be released in roadshow (this means that it played in sections of Japan, for example, it would play in the Kyoto region for some time before moving on to Osaka and then Tokyo) December 10, 1983. It’s publicity - with some snuck in claims of the film taking 10 years to make - was something of genius for it was one of the biggest box office hits of that year. Something done to increase sales was that after a section of Japan had the film played, the VHS was available for public consumption. These tapes had cost well over $100, but it wasn't a problem and over 50,000 people bought the tape.

However, English speaking territories like America were out of luck with the film receiving little to no attention, especially with the international trailer using two different names for the film, "Legend of the Eight Samurai" and "Legend of the Eight Ninjas". Like some films, the international version of the film fell into public domain and though now officially released in America is still largely bootlegged.

New Revoltech Figure

As if Gamera, Gyaos, and Baragon were enough, Revoltech has decided to also release an Angruirus figure. Take a look at the prototype/hard copy:

Thanks to KaijuCollector forums for mentioning this.