Daikaiju Enterprises

Issue #8

March/April, 1994

Reviewer:    C. L. Werner

Articles include:

• G-News - Godzilla's next foe is reported as a mutated form of Biollante called Space Godzilla. Toy manufacturer Tokyo Marui unveils a R/C Mothra larva to accompany their previous R/C Godzilla release. Toho announces the release date for Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II in Japan. Japanese box office totals for Godzilla and Mothra: the Battle for Earth are given and compared to that year's other big moneymakers in Japan, Jurassic Park and REX, A Dinosaur Story.

• Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla '94 - Several tantalizing stills from the then unreleased film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.

• Godzilla Tails - Short stories by Godzilla fans. 'Godzilla vs Gigan' by Kelly Philipsen, 'Godzilla vs Supra' by Matthew Maslanka, and 'Time Disaster' by Kelly Philipsen.

• Master Modeller - Robert Marshall discusses the pain-staking construction and painting of an enormous Godzilla model from Kaiyodo. Thankfully, his efforts netted him some awards at a model show he entered the massive brute in.

• Masao Inoue: How to Make a Monster - translated by Akiko Ono - The construction of a huge model for the Kobe Godzilla Shop is detailed. Mr. Masao Inoue constructs a man-sized model of Godzilla and King Kong carrying a sedan chair.

• The Kaiju Models of G-Project - More photos of the Godzilla Shop's astounding models.

• Designs on Mechagodzilla - Some of the unused design drawings of Mechagodzilla for Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. Among the designs are the 'two-part' transforming Mechagodzilla. This concept would later be used for MOGERA in Godzilla vs Space Godzilla.

• Chronology and Connundrums: Godzilla - by Tom Miller - A discussion on the chronology of the Godzilla films, as they pertain to the history of Toho's kaiju universe. The author tries to offer solutions to some of the inconstancies from film to film.

• G-Girl The Ultimate Weapon against Godzilla - by Akiyoshi Furukido - translated by Akiko Ono - A translated installment of a Japanese manga comic dealing with a bio-engineered La Femme Nikita type whose genetic make up includes Godzilla cells.

• Godzilla and the Second World War - by John Rocco Roberto & Robert Biondi - A discussion on the impact of WWII on the making of the first two Godzilla films and some of the war symbolism in the finished films.

• Godzilla 6: What's Next? - by Robert Biondi - Speculation on what Toho has up their sleeve for the next Godzilla film. Among possibilities discussed is a re-match between King Kong and Godzilla. Also mentioned is the possibility of 'Godzilla vs Gamera' as Toho has acquired rights to Gamera.

• Godzilla Spotted on Animamniacs, again! - by John Rocco Roberto - The King of the Monsters appears once more on Steven Spielberg's cartoon series.

• Godzilla on the Horizon - by Wil Glass - A report on the soon to be released Godzilla model from Horizon and mention of new Godzilla models from Kaiyodo.

• The Godzilla Report - by Robert F. Carlin II - Newly released Godzilla toys and merchandise from the land of the Rising Sun.

• Got a Toho sweet tooth? Try Godzilla Gum! - J. D. Lees - A review of a very strange confection form Japan.

• Godzilla info-mine contains gold, foolsgold - Chad Neuping - A critical review of Stuart Galbraith IV's recently published book Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

• Bouken Gojiland for kids, and foreign Goji-lovers - A brief review of a recent Japanese television show design to promote Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II.

• G-action figure draws mixed review - by John Rocco Roberto - A critical review of Horizon's 14' vinyl action figure of the Heisei series Godzilla.