Mst3k made it somewhat bearable but thats the extent of its watchability. Aliens take control of earths monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Directed and cowritten by jun fukuda with special effects by teruyoshi nakano, the film starred katsuhiko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, and american actor robert dunham. Interestingly enough, this wasnt going to be a godzilla film. Megalon 1973, that would be the first us comic starring godzilla. Megalon was given a highprofile primetime network premiere the next year, with an. The undersea nation of seatopia sends the gigantic megalon to destroy the world above, and its up to godzilla and the sizeshifting robot jet jaguar to defeat him. Megalon is a 1973 japanese kaiju film directed by jun fukuda, written by fukuda. They also request the aid from nebula m space hunter to send their.
Jet jaguar, a humanoid robot developed by a civilian named goro living in the countryside of japan, is seized by an undersea race called the seatopians that are looking for vengeance after nuclear tests have caused devastation on their society. The sirens of greek legend lure the calico to an uncharted island. The film we chose was godzilla vs megalon, the one godzilla movie that wasnt even meant to be a godzilla movie. Get the best deals on godzilla vs megalon when you shop the largest online selection at. Sep 25, 2012 here we have a handful of opening scenes from various godzilla vs. It suffered mostly from what other toho productions of the 1970s suffered froma meager budget. Destroy all monsters directed by ishiro honda was an all star monster film that featured many of the godzilla friends and enemies. Megalon gojira tai megaro was the th entry in the godzilla series. Megalon was released in 1993, with music by riichiro manabe. Toho, and the thirteenth installment in the godzilla series as well as the showa series.
Megalon on bluray was the fallout for the incident related to tokyo shocks release of destroy all monsters on the format. Megalon, but was still not making as big as a box office profit as the other films in the godzilla series had in the early 1960s. Apr 28, 2017 however, it would be a fourpage comic, given out as a promotional item through cinema shares international during the united states 1976 release of godzilla vs. But nothing was quite as special in its own way as godzilla vs. Godzilla vs megalon color stills cinema shares, 1976. This short, four page, singlevolume promotional comic was produced by cinema shares international distribution corporation and was issued in 1976, to coincide with the release of godzilla vs. The film made slightly more money than godzilla vs. Produced and distributed by toho studios, it is the th film in the godzilla franchise, and features the fictional monster characters godzilla, megalon, and gigan. What this has to be one of the most pseudotestosteronelaced. The film arrives with a nice anamorphically enhanced 2. Nov 05, 2016 restored tv spot to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs.
In 1976, cinemashares released a dubbed version of godzilla vs. Megalon is the god to the seatopians, and he was their way to take revenge on the humans who were damaging their world with nuclear tests. Megalon was not released in the united states until 1976, the very year of king kongs. Jet jaguar in many ways is the main character of this film, leading me to view this one more like an episode of ultra man or zone fighter. Restored tv spot to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. Megalon stars katsuriko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, robert dunham the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Restored teaser trailer to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs.
Scanned in 4k, and stabilized, color corrected, as well as some audio restoration, this is a scan of a 35mm eastman print of a trailer for godzilla. When the crew discovers that the island only appears once every years, they attempt to flee, but are blocked by another monster. Gojira tai megaro is a 1973 japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by toho. Oct 22, 2016 restored teaser trailer to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Joel and the bots host a stereotypical morning magazine show. Yes, this is the infamous trailer where jet jaguar is referred to as robotman. Megalon was featured on season 2 of the moviemocking television series mystery science theater 3000. Godzilla vs megalon vhs, 1976 vintage alpha video 1994. There are a few times where gigan falls down onto a bridge, taken from godzilla vs gigan, despite the fact that the monsters are fighting in the middle of a plain. Mechagodzilla was released in japan on march 21, 1974 where it was distributed by toho. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Here we have a handful of opening scenes from various godzilla vs. First off, this is the japanese international version of the film and not the american version.
It received a theatrical release in the united states in the summer of 1976 by cinema shares. Godzilla and flying cyborg jet jaguar meet a giant cockroach and a big black chicken sent by seatopians. This was to take advantage of a similar poster featuring king kong in its first remake. Godzilla vs megalon color stills cinema shares, 1976 fantastic promotional shot of all four of the films monsters together. Megalon is an awesome and underrated godzilla villain. This movie was one of two godzilla movies to be featuredparodied on the tv series mystery science theater 3000 episode 212, along with ebirah, horror of the deep aka godzilla vs. A third of their country has already been destroyed, due to underground nuclear tests. The undersea nation of seatopia sends the gigantic megalon to destroy the world above and its up to godzilla and a sizeshifting robot, jet jaguar, to defeat him. Wilson artist swiftspear editing archie goodwin script doug moench, archie goodwin pencils herb trimpe inks herb trimpe, jim mooney, dave cockrum colors janice cohen letters john costanza, joe rosen, typeset issue notes 1st appearance of godzilla in comics. Its one of the best fight scenes of the entire series imo. This movie may be cheesy, but man, that whole fight that starts with megalon vs jet jaguar, then gigan enters, then godzilla enters and the 2 vs 2 monster brawl begins.
With katsuhiko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, robert dunham. Megalon is a 1973 japanese kaiju film directed by jun fukuda, written by fukuda and shinichi sekizawa, and produced by tomoyuki tanaka, with spe. Actually, from time to time tom would take on special jobs between movies. It was actually meant to be a vehicle for tohos answer to ultraman, jet jaguar, but when test audiences wanted nothing to do with jet jaguar they decided to throw godzilla and gigan in the mix to spice things. Godzilla vs megalon 1976 us trailer 35mm film scan youtube. Video treasure 86 sp this is the basic video master used by most of these, however, it has a very ugly yellow tint. Later the same year on 11 august, 1973, tohotowa, tohos distribution arm for foreign films. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. In rhinos dvd volume 10 of mst3k that featured godzilla vs megalon, has. In this th installment of the 1st godzilla series deals with the underground country of seatopia striking back at mankind. It was the first film in the series to have someone other than veteran suit performer haruo nakajima in the role of big g, with shinji takagi taking over the rubber suit. Mystery science theater 3000 s 2 e 12 godzilla vs megalon. It had godzilla and megalon each standing on top of one of the world trade center buildings. Megalon 1973 gojira tai megaro original title 1h 18min action, adventure, family april 1976 usa 1 video 76 images.
They called upon megalon to destroy the humans and sent the captured jet jaguar to guide the monster on his rampage through japan. However, it would be a fourpage comic, given out as a promotional item through cinema shares international during the united states 1976 release of godzilla vs. They send their guardian, megalon, to destroy the surface world. Some of the shots of godzilla are stock footage from 60s productions and the new godzilla suit for this film is. Megalon is an unnecessary entry to yet another godzilla film. One of the best music scores of any of the classic godzilla movies in my personal opinion. As many know, the original tokyo shock release of the 1968 godzilla film hit retail without tohos approval, in particular for some of the extras included. Apr 30, 2012 coronavirus outbreak ny governor andrew cuomo gives covid19 update as deaths surpass 10,000 full. Maybe it is fitting that this was his next paycheck after the happy hooker.
Giant against giant, in the most spectacular battle yet in his th film, godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured jet jaguar, an ultraman like robot. Made in 1973 and not seen in the us until 1976, godzilla vs megalon is regarded by some as, arguably the series lowest point. Jun fukuda, takeshi kimura story gojira tai uchu kaiju 1 more credit. In addition to the many jabs at the movie, the bots also provide a mock translation of the jet jaguar theme song. The trailer for the united states release of the th godzilla film, released by cinema shares international. After joel attempts to explain what pain feels like to the bots, the crew of sol and the mads both come up with easytomake halloween. Apr 30, 2012 boris johnson has been moved out of the intensive care unit. The title plays over the same few repeated frames before the toho eizo credit fades in. Godzilla has been a good guy since 1961, so megalon is consigned to the villains role. Megalon, megaro is a giant insect kaiju who first appeared in the 1973 toho godzilla film, godzilla vs. Directed by jun fukuda, yoshimitsu banno, ishiro honda.
Megalon the guardian of the underground kingdom of seatopia, megalon was unleashed upon the surface world after repeated nuclear tests had ravaged seatopia. Megalon stars katsuriko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, robert dunham the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a. The megalon suit was one of the heaviest suits produced since the 1954 godzilla suit, which. Check my video of the restored theatrical trailer for all the additional info. Megalon, the crew watches godzilla and a robot battle monsters from underground while creating new.
Megalon is a 1973 japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring godzilla. A human work 1995 tv episode the giant robot featured in this episode, jet alone, takes its name from both jet jaguar and red alone the latter being a name used for jet jaguar while godzilla vs. Definitive illustration of the publicist as whore who will do anything for a buck. Restored theatrical trailer to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. Produced and distributed by toho studios, it is the th film in the godzilla franchise, and features the fictional monster characters godzilla, megalon, and. Megalon is the first godzilla film to receive an american prime time network television premiere, where it was broadcast nationwide at 9.
Megalon 1976 cast and crew godzilla and flying cyborg jet jaguar meet a giant cockroach and a big black chicken sent by seatopians. Magalon was a great fun film for any young fan or hardcore enthusiast. As we have discussed in several spots, there was a metric ton of marketing done for godzilla vs megalon, but no lobby cards were produced. The showaera films criterion 2019 bluray godzilla vs. However, to accommodate commercials, the film was only shown in a onehour time slot, which resulted in the film to be cut down to 48 minutes. Godzilla vs megalon a 1973 japanese science fiction kaiju film godzilla vs megalon fineart print vintage horror movie art prints and posters vintage movie posters pictures high resolution official theatrical movie poster for godzilla vs megalon aka gojira tai megaro.
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