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Godzilla 1954-2004
Gojira54:
The idea of Godzilla originated in march of 1954 when a young Japanese movie executive was on his way back from to Japan from an unsuccessful trip as he had not been able to secure visas for some actors for a movie. On his flight back on the plane he picked up his newspaper and started to read. The headline said JAPANS 2nd ATOMIC BOMBING or something to that effect the article said that the USA had tested an H-Bomb at Bikini Island and had asked all ships to stay away while the tests were being conducted. Anyway the paper said that a Japanese fishing boat called the LuckyDragon had been struck by the blast. Both the USA and Japan blamed each other for the incedent and the crew of the boat had been nuked and an SOS had been called for rescue boats. The executive put down his paper and started writing words DRAGON H-BOMB BOAT ATOMIC BLAST. When his plane landed in Tokyo he went to the movie studio he worked for TOHO Studios. He pitched an idea of a movie about a giant radioactive monster that attacks Tokyo the studio heads liked the idea. An idea for a giant Octopus attacking Tokyo was given but seen that Dinosaur movies were popular at the time an idea for a large mutated radioactive Dinosaur was chosen. The Dinosuar was later named Gojira a.k.a. Godzilla. The executive who pitched the idea became the producer of the movie his name was Tomoyuki Tanaka. Tanaka had Ishiro Honda direct and Eiji Tsuburaya for special effects and Akira Ifukube compose music for the movie. The movie itself had been based on a real life incedent that took place at Bikini Island. Godzilla was a monster that represented all the horror of the H-Bomb. When the movie was almost complete the monster had not yet ben given a name and a studio employee who was pretty big for a Jap a Mr Gojira is who the monster was named after. The name Gojira itself is the combintation of 2 words the word Gorira and the word Kujira Gorira means Gorilla and Kijira means Whale the 2 words together are Gojira. Producer Tanaka told the press the monster was named Gojira because it was as strong as a Gorilla and as big as a Whale the press ate up the story and loved it. The movie Gojira/Godzilla opened a few months later on november 3rd 1954. The movie became an international success and Tanaka produced 21 more Godzilla movies 22 in all up til his death in 1996. The last Godzilla movie Tanaka made was Godzilla vs. Destroyer 1995. The Godzilla series was resurected in 1999 and the last Godzilla movie was Godzilla Final Wars in 2004 the 50th Anniversary Godzilla movie and the 28th godzilla movie.[/b]
Gojira54:
THE GODZILLA MOVIES & DIRECTORS
There have been 3 differnt Godzilla movie series made by Toho movie studios in the last 50 years they are the Showa series the Heisei Series and the Shinsei series all in all there are 28 Godzilla movies.
SHOWA SERIES
1 Godzilla 1954 Directed by Ishiro Honda
2 Godzilla Raids Again 1955 Directed by Motoyoshi Oda
3 KingKong vs. Godzilla 1962 Directed by Ishiro Honda
4 Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964 Directed by Ishiro Honda
5 Ghidora the 3 HeadedMonster 1964 Directed by IshiroHonda
6 Invasion of the AstroMonster 1965 Directed by Ishiro Honda
7 Godzilla vs. Ebera 1966 Directed by Jun Fukuda
8 Son of Godzilla 1967 Directed by Jun Fukuda
9 Destroy All Monsters 1968 Directed by Ishiro Honda
10 Godzillas Revenge 1969 Directed by Ishiro Honda
11 Godzilla vs. Hedora 1971 Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno
12 Godzilla vs. Gigan 1972 Directed by Jun Fukuda
13 Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973 Directed by Jun Fukuda
14 Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 1974 Directed by Jun Fukuda
15 Terror of Mechagodzilla 1975 Directed by Ishiro Honda
HEISEI SERIES
16 Godzilla Returns 1984 Directed by Koji Hashimoto
17 Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989 Directed by Kazuki Omori
18 Godzilla vs. KingGhidora 1991 Directed by Kazuki Omori
19 Godzilla vs. Mothra 1992 Directed by Takeo Okawara
20 Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 1993 Directed by Takeo Okawara
21 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994 Directed by Kensho Yamas**ta
22 Godzilla vs. Destroyer 1995 Directed by Takeo Okawara
SHINSEI SERIES
23 Godzilla2000Millennium 1999 Directed by Takeo Okawara
24 Godzilla x Megagirus 2000 Directed by Masaki Tezuka
25 Godzilla Mothra KingGhidora 2001 Directed by Shusuke Kanako
26 Godzilla x MechaGodzilla 2002 Directed by Masaki Tezuka
27 Godzilla x Mothra x MechaGodzilla 2002 Directed by Masaki Tezuka
28 Godzilla Final Wars 2004 Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura
Ishiro Honda Directed 8 Godzilla movies
Motoyoshi Oda Directed 1 Godzilla movie
Jun Fukuda Directed 5 Godzilla movies
Yoshimitsu Banno Directed 1 Godzilla movie
Koji Hashimoto Directed 1 Godzilla movie
Kazuki Omori Directed 2 Godzilla movies
Takeo Okwara Directed 4 Godzilla movies
Kensho Yamas**ta Directed 1 Godzilla movie
Masaki Tezuka Directed 3 Godzilla movies
Shusuke Kanako Directed 1 Godzilla movie
Ryuhei Kitamra Directed 1 Godzilla movie
11 Directors 28 movies 1 movie monster 1 movie studio Toho
Loki:
I appreciate your knowledge, would you like to send us more articles or editing for the monstrous section.
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Gojira54:
Hi Loki I would love to contine posting articles and sending you other correct information. I have my own collection of Godzilla theatrical movie posters. I own all 28 posters from 1956 Godzilla King of the Monsters to Godzilla Final Wars 2004. If you want I can send you pictures of my collection. I will post a list of the posters I own. David Nunez Gojira11354
Gojira54:
GODZILLA MOVIE POSTER COLLECTION
This is a complete list of all 28 the Godzilla movie posters that I have
in my collection. I own 2 American Godzilla movie posters and 26
Japanese Godzilla movie posters. Of the 26 Japanese 24 are original
Japanese Godzilla movie posters and 2 are Japanese release posters.
Here is a list of the Godzilla movie posters I own.
1 Godzilla King of the Monsters 1956 USA poster
2 Gigantis the FireMonster 1959 USA poster
3 KingKong vs. Godzilla 1977 JAP release poster
4 Mothra vs. Godzilla 1970 JAP release poster
5 Ghidora the 3 HeaderMonster 1964 JAP poster
6 Invasion of the AstroMonster 1965 JAP poster
7 Godzilla vs. Ebera 1966 JAP poster
8 Son of Godzilla 1967 JAP poster
9 Destroy All Monsters 1968 JAP poster
10 Godzillas Revenge 1969 JAP poster
11 Godzilla vs. Hedora 1971 JAP poster
12 Godzilla vs. Gigan 1972 JAP poster
13 Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973 JAP poster
14 Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 1974 JAP poster
15 Terror of MechaGodzilla 1975 JAP poster
16 Godzilla Returns 1984 JAP poster
17 Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989 JAP poster
18 Godzilla vs. KingGhidora 1991 JAP poster
19 Godzilla vs. Mothra 1992 JAP poster
20 Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 1993 JAP poster
21 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994 JAP poster
22 Godzilla vs. Destroyer 1995 JAP poster
23 Godzilla2000 1999 JAP poster
24 Godzilla x Megagirus 2000 JAP poster
25 Godzilla Mothra KingGhidora 2001 JAP poster
26 Godzilla x MechaGodzilla 2002 JAP poster
27 Godzilla x Mothra x MechaGodzilla SOS 2003 JAP poster
28 Godzilla Final Wars 2004 JAP poster
I also own a Mothra movie poster collection as well here are the
Mothra movie posters that I have.
1 Mothra 1961 JAP poster
2 Mothra vs. DeathGhidora 1996 JAP poster
3 Mothra 2 The Under Sea Battle 1997 JAP poster
4 Mothra vs. KingGhidora 1998 JAP poster
I also have 7 other Godzilla movie posters for sale but they are
expensive and only for the serious Godzilla movie poster collector.
If anyone is intersted you can e-mail me at Toho54@aol.com for a list
and price of the posters. David Nunez Gojira11354[/u]
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