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 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