Japanese Monster Movies Godzilla Minus One FINALLY Gets US Release Date! (Digitally, at Least) draconicverses, May 31, 2024June 1, 2024 It’s FINALLY arriving!The Oscar-Winning, phenomenal GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) will be digitally released outside of Japan on June 1, 2024! That’s right! TOMORROW. It will be available on NUMEROUS services for rent and or purchase, including Amazon Prime, Google Play, ITunes, & more! It will also be streaming on Netflix!… Continue Reading
A Birthday Remembrance For… draconicverses, April 26, 2024 Today, April 26, 2024, marks the 114th anniversary of the birth of Tomoyuki Tanaka. For those unfamiliar with that name, Tanaka was the producer at Toho Studios, that started the GODZILLA franchise. He’s credited as one of Godzilla’s ‘Four Fathers’ – the others being director Ishiro Honda, effects master Eiji… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy (American) Anniversary, Shin Godzilla! draconicverses, October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 Today in 2016, the more horror-aimed take on Godzilla, Hideaki Anno’s SHIN GODZILLA (2016), was released for a limited run in the US, distributed by Funimation. This completely new spin on Godzilla featured the kaiju going thru multiple metamorphoses, until attaining it largest size, emitting a huge swath of destruction,… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Prince Sirki Summons Hiroshi Koizumi draconicverses, June 2, 2015 Greetings, Friends and Fiends. Ye Olde Dragon here, with sad tidings. Today, at the age of 88, veteran Toho actor, Hiroshi Koizumi passed away. Koizumi was one of those actors you’d recognize as soon as you saw him, even if you didn’t remember – or even know – his name…. Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Release Anniversary: December 11 – Films From THREE Different Toho Eras draconicverses, December 11, 2014 Greetings, Toho fans! Ye Olde Dragon here, commemorating not one, not two but THREE original Release Anniversaries of Toho Tokusatsu (Special Effects Films). As many of you no doubt know, December has historically been a prolific month of releases for Toho Tokusatsu. In fact, today’s trio of anniversaries is the… Continue Reading
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 December Really IS the Biggest Month in Kaiju History! draconicverses, December 28, 2013 Greetings, Friends and Fiends, from the Land of the Rising Sun! Ye Olde Dragon has been remiss these past few months in my duty to note and celebrate the release date anniversaries of Toho’s Effects Films, and for that I truly apologize, so help me Godzilla. Now I’m sure many… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy Anniversary, GOJIRA! draconicverses, November 3, 2013 It was 59 years ago today, that the world was introduced to a radioactive, fire breathing, reptilian engine of destruction in Ishiro Honda’s GOJIRA (1954). It was the start of an amazing, near-unparalleled film franchise, spawning 28 (direct) sequels, comics, toys, cartoons, an American-produced ‘remake’ in 1998 and another (MUCH… Continue Reading