Japanese Monster Movies Release Anniversary: 12/03/72 – Godzilla vs. Gigan draconicverses, December 6, 2014 Greetings, Goji-philes! Ye Olde Dragon here, with the first Release Anniversary of a Toho Tokusatsu of the month. It had been a little bit more than a year since Toho had released Yushimitsu Banno’s GODZILLA Vs. HEDORA (1971) (aka Godzilla Vs. the Smog Monster (1972)) and Toho decided to have… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies March Madness, Toho Style draconicverses, March 9, 2014 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, bringing you remembrances of Toho Movies past. You might remember that back in December, I posted a list of all the Toho Tokusatsu (special effects films) released that month in past years. Well, after the drought of January and February, here are… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Sirki’s Summons – February 5: The Man Who Taught Kaiju How To Roar draconicverses, February 6, 2014 Greetings from beyond The Veil! I’d like to tell you about a symphonic composer, who has certainly gained the majority of his fame in the Western Hemisphere for writing the scores of many Japanese monster movies. He is considered to be one of the four “fathers” of Godzilla, along with… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy 55th Anniversary, DAIKAIJU BARAN! draconicverses, October 14, 2013 On this date, in 1958, Japanese audiences were first introduced to the third daikaiju (giant monster) to have its own film – Ishiro Honda’s DAIKAIJU BARAN. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a repeat of the success of Honda’s GOJIRA (1954) – even with the same foursome behind it – Director Honda, Producer… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy Birthday, Akira Ifukube! draconicverses, June 1, 2012 I was remiss yesterday, in not taking note of what would’ve been composer Akira Ifukube’s 98th birthday. In case you don’t know who he was, Akira Ifukube was a classical composer who has found most of his fame in the West, as the prolific composer of many Japanese special effects… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy Birthday, TERROR OF MECHAGODZILA draconicverses, March 15, 2012 It was the end of an era, literally. Toho had announced that the movie that debuted on this day in 1975, MEKAGOJIRA NO GYAKUSHU (1975) (aka TERROR OF GODZILLA & TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA in the US) would be the last Godzilla film in the franchise for the time being. It… Continue Reading