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Films Watched in 2024: 30. ゴジラ対メカゴジラ/ Gojira tai Mekagojira/Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - Dir. Jun Fukuda

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GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA:

A prophecy found

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Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla | Episode 407

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Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla | Episode 407

Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a rousing discussion of a Kaiju film celebrating its 50th Anniversary – “Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla,” starring Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi, Reiko Tajima, Hiromi Matsushita, Goro Mutsumi, Shin Kishida and directed byJun Fukuda. An alien race seeking to conquer Earth makes a giant robot based on Godzilla. And when the “Big Guy” finds out, trouble ensues. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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Algumas imagens raras de Reiko Tajima, a Seiyu (dubladora) original de Oscar François de Jarjayes,no anime Rosa de Versalhes:

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Easter Monday movie number 3, one from my movie bucket list, Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974).

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Have you some sweet Mechagodzilla stills courtesy the Toho blu-ray.

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Godzilla vastaan Mechagodzilla / Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) Nickes Sound City https://www.videospace.fi/release/godzilla_vastaan_mechagodzilla_nauha_nickes_sound_city_finland

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Chris: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla is better than it’s predecessor, introduces the strange kaiju Caesar, and this film generally works, saw the remastered Blu-ray version, Watch: Buy.

Richie: It’s a classic, I love King Caesar, Watch: Buy.

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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) – Episode 134 – Decades of Horror 1970s

"When the red moon sets and the sun rises in the West, two monsters will appear to save the people.” But first, you have to listen to the song. Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - and as they try to keep the aliens, monsters, and good guys straight, while learning a few wrestling moves on the side, in the kaiju romp from Toho known as Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 134 – Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

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Ape-like aliens build a robotic Godzilla to destroy Japan, and the true Godzilla may not be powerful enough to destroy it.

IMDb

  Director: Jun Fukuda

Writers: Jun Fukuda, Hiroyasu Yamaura (as Hiroyasu Yamamura)

Story by: Masami Fukushima, Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Selected Cast:

Masaaki Daimon as Keisuke Shimizu

Kazuya Aoyama as Masahiko Shimizu

Akihiko Hirata as Professor Hideto Miyajima

Hiroshi Koizumi as Professor Wagura

Reiko Tajima as Saeko Kanagusuku

Hiromi Matsushita as Ikuko Miyajima

Goro Mutsumi as Kuronuma, Black Hole Alien Leader

Shin Kishida as Nanbara, Interpol Agent

Takayasu Torii as Tamura, Interpol Agent

Bellbella Lin as Nami Kunigami, the Azumi Royal Family Princess (as Barbara Lynn)

Masao Imafuku as Tengan Kunigami, the Azumi Royal Family High Priest

Daigo Kusano as Yanagawa, Alien Agent #1

Kenji Sahara as Ship Captain

Isao Zushi as Godzilla

Ise Mori as Mechagodzilla

Kinichi Kusumi as Anguirus / King Shîsâ (as Momoru Kusumi)

It’s Chad’s pick this episode and he first learned of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla from a trailer he saw while watching Sanford and Son and he immediately knew he had to see it, even if he had to walk uphill both ways the three miles to the theater. He is a big fan of The Six Million Dollar Man and thought Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla was the best thing he’d ever seen. Even now, he had a blast watching the movie despite its cheese factor. Bill, a huge kaiju fan, has always liked Mechagodzilla and its Swiss Army knife arsenal of weaponry. As always, Jeff is playing catch up with the rest of the 70s Grue-Crew when it comes to kaiju, but he loved the explosions! They “blowed” up stuff real good! Doc is also a lover of kaiju and monster films and was gaga over the four monsters in this one - the title characters, Anguirus, and King Shisa - and the wrestling moves the monsters utilize. 

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla gets a big thumbs up from the 70s Grue-Crew! (Don’t they all?) The film is currently available for streaming on HBOmax and The Criterion Channel, and on Blu-ray disc in the Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 Box Set from Criterion.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule will be Damien: Omen II (1978), chosen by Doc! Be sure to join us for that one. 

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave us a message or leave a comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. 

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Another round of Boot-Rays from Showa Video! Today we’ve got the OOP Showa film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, one of two 80′s Godzilla movies Godzilla vs. Biollante, and the Millenium movie Godzilla x Mechagodzilla.

Check out the reviews below!

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

Discs: 1

Audio: Japanese HD (LPCM 2.0 & DTS 5.1) & English Dubbed

Extras

Trailer

Interview with Reiko Tajima

“Mechagodzilla Encyclopedia” - An overview of Mechagodzilla’s abilities and design by Teruyoshi Nakano and a person I could not identify.

Godzilla In Okinawa Tour - A tour of various locations in Okinawa that were featured in the movie.

Simeon Photoshoot - A gallery of vintage photos showing off the completed Simeon alien costume.

Mechagodzilla Prop Showcase - Video gallery of various surviving Mechagodzilla movie props. 

Theater Program scan

(Assumed) Audio Commentary

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

Discs: 1

Audio: Japanese HD 2.0 & 5.1

Extras:

Trailers

The Making of Godzilla vs. Biollante - Fifty minute behind-the-scenes documentary (Available subtitled on Echo Bridge/Lionsgate R1 Blu-Ray)

Behind the Design: Biollante - Short video galleries on concept maquettes for Biollante (Available on R1 Blu-Ray)

Behind the Design: Super-X2 - Short video gallery on a maquette for the Super-X2 (Available on R1 Blu-Ray)

(Assumed) Audio Commentary by Koichi Kawakita & Kazuki Omori

Godzilla X Mechagodzilla (2002)

Discs: 1

Audio: Japanese HD (DTS 2.0 & 5.1)

Extras:

Advertisements (Teaser trailer, theater ads, TV Spots, theatrical trailer)

Shogo Tomiyama Interview + Toho Tour

The Making of Godzilla X Mechagodzilla - 32-minute behind-the-scenes documentary.

Picture-in-picture storyboards

Interview with Shinji Nishikawa

Theater program scan

(Assumed) Audio Commentaries

If you do not know who Showa Video is, I refer you back to my first review of their products. Long story short: bootleg company that releases the Toho Blu-Rays with English subtitles.

Unlike my last review, I can actually comment on video quality  (as I watched Mechagodzilla (1974) as soon as it arrived and previewed the other two). Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla looks stunning in 1080p. There’s hardly a moment where the picture is distorted or unnaturally colored and it fits right at home with my other Showa era BRs. The subtitles, thankfully, are fully-translated as opposed to the Sony DVD’s dubtitles. Already this is an improvement over the out-of-print DVD. Showa Video’s release even includes the International English Dub, so basically it’s completely outclassed my Sony disc in every way.

Now for the topic everyone wants to hear about: special features! The three discs each have a wide variety of special features, with Mechagodzilla (1974) coming out as the victor in my opinion. This disc features an interview with leading lady Reiko Tajima which is unfortunately unsubtitled in Japanese, a pretty cool tour of Okinawa filming locations for the movie, and my favorite, a showcase of surviving (as of 2003, I assume as the feature most likely comes from the Toho DVD of that year) props from the two Showa MG movies. Notable items include both heads of Mechagodzilla (standard head and Control Brain head), the entire bottom half of the MG 75 suit, the King Seesar statue, and the swimming Titanosaurus prop. Like my Mothra vs. Godzilla DVD, there appears to be an option for an audio commentary feature, but I could not get this to work with my disc.

Onto Godzilla vs. Biollante, which is unfortunately a disappointment if you already own the US BR release. However, since I missed out on that (and it goes for 50+ online now), I’m not really upset (although I do have the DVD, which does have these features on it). The video quality is decent, not sure how it compares to the Echo Bridge BR, but it’s quite good. The lack of the English dub, despite it’s quality, is a minus. The special features are still really great, I’ll always give high praise to discs that feature behind-the-scenes footage. And fifty minutes of it is well worth the praise.

Finally, we have Godzilla X Mechagodzilla, only available in America via a forced two-pack with GMK. Video quality is great here, if only for an unaltered Japanese title sequence (showcased here) and no on-screen English titles. The subtitles appear to also be fully translated and not dubtitles too, which is another feature I don’t think appears on the Sony disc. Special features are plentiful, you have at least a half-dozen different advertisements from a teaser trailer to theater ads featuring promotional Hamtaro keychains, and television spots, an awesome tour of the Toho Studios backlot hosted by producer Shogo Tomiyama, another behind-the-scenes documentary, and picture-in-picture storyboards. The only features that I have to subtract points for are the interview with Shinji Nishikawa and the (supposed) audio commentaries. The interview starts off great, but about halfway through, the audio cuts out. I do not know if this is a problem with my player or the disc itself, but it’s a darn shame (even if I couldn’t understand anything being said). The audio commentaries also may-or-may-not work either, I still haven’t found a solution for those.

Final thoughts, this batch of Showa Video Blu-Rays wasn’t as mind-blowingly awesome as the first, but it was still a great treat to get two OOP Godzilla films on Blu-Ray and to have an indivudual release of GXMG, complete with many special features. I definitely am planning on replacing my existing Sony Double-Feature releases with these bootlegs, English dubs be damned. 

Overall Ratings:

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - 5.0 stars

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - 4.5 stars (Subtitled Behind-the-scenes features and inclusion of the English dub would’ve bumped this to a 5.0)

Godzilla X Mechagodzilla (2002) - 4.6 stars (Fixed audio on the Shinji Nishikawa interview and inclusion of English dub would’ve bumped this to a 5.0)

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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla - Gojira tai Mekagojira - Jun Fukuda 1974