Toho wanted nothing more than to make movies with King Kong in them… In 1966, King Kong received that which every franchise dreams of: an animated series. This particular series was spear-headed by Rankin/Bass (which you may remember from every holiday special ever) who commissioned Toei Animation (whom you may recognize as the studio behindContinue reading “Toho’s Successful Kong Attempt: King Kong Escapes (1967)”
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Queen of the Monsters Part II: Mothra’s Journey Through the Heisei Era
A Retrospective covering Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992), Mothra (1996), Mothra 2: The Battle Under the Deep Sea (1997), & Mothra 3: Invasion of King Ghidorah (1998) (The “Rebirth” Trilogy) And so dear readers, as “KaiJune” winds down and “KaiSummer”–a summer-long look at kaiju-related films–picks up, we take one last look at Miss Mothra’s final continuousContinue reading “Queen of the Monsters Part II: Mothra’s Journey Through the Heisei Era”
Queen of the Monsters Part I: Mothra’s Journey Through the Showa Era
A Retrospective Covering Mothra (1961), Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (1964), & Ebirah, Horror of the Deep/Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966) Long time no see, ladies & gents. Last time we saw each other, I stepped out of my comfort zone a little bit, (writing-wise anyway) & dared to dream upContinue reading “Queen of the Monsters Part I: Mothra’s Journey Through the Showa Era”
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