Daikaiju Enterprises

Issue #17

September/October, 1995

Reviewer:    C. L. Werner

Articles include:

• News - Many new G-products are soon to be released in Japan and the United States. Bandai announces that they have no plans to make a Titanosaurus figure at present. Sony/TriStar have not secured rights to distribute the unreleased Heisei Godzilla films in America, according to Toho. G-Con in Chicago is reported as a huge success. Gamera Guardian of the Universe is shown at the Toronto film festival. The fourth issue of dark Horse Comics' Godzilla ships. Godzilla vs Destoroyah nears the post-production phase in Japan.

• Godzilla vs the Film Industry - by David Kalat - An in depth examination of how the film industry and distribution of films in the United States has changed from the '60's and '70's. Many of these changes help to explain why the still unreleased Heisei Godzilla films have not found an American distributor and why Godzilla vs Biollante was released straight to cable TV and video.

• Godzilla in America Part 7: Mechagodzilla - by John Rocco Roberto and Robert Biondi - An overview of Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster and Terror of Mechagodzilla, with emphasis on the changes made to both films for their American distribution and the many ways in which these films were briefly released, both as 'Godzilla vs the Bionic Monster' and 'Terror of Godzilla'.

• The Terror of Godzilla: a commentary - by J. D. Lees - The publisher and editor of G-FAN gives his reflections and opinions on his favorite Godzilla film, Terror of Mechagodzilla.

• Inside Godzilla - by Ed Godziszewski and Michiko Imamura - An interview with the man who has portrayed Godzilla since Godzilla 1985, Ken Satsuma.

• Gamera the Guardian of the Universe - filmbook by Edward Holland and Michael Keller - A detailed synopsis of the new Gamera movie's story.

• Sensational Shinobu - A pictorial feature of Gamera Guardian of the Universe's female lead Shinobu Nakayama.

• Godzilla Tails - Godzilla fiction by G-fans. Skip peal presents another Rex Summeral adventure, 'Mechagodzilla's First Challenge', in which Summeral interviews a captured Simeon, who relates Mechagodzilla's debut fight against Gigan.

• Dark Horse G: Past, present & future - Danny deAngelo interviews Dark Horse Comic's editor Randy Stradley and artists Bob Eggleton about what the future holds for Godzilla over at dark Horse Comics and clears up a few questions about Godzilla's past Dark Horse appearances.

• Kaiju-go - by Norman England - More rudimentary Japanese for the kaiju enthusiast to learn.

• The Attack of the Super-Allosaurus - by Neil Reibe - The conclusion of the book-length Godzilla epic.

• Product Reviews - Reviewed are the CD Akira Ifukube SPFX Movie March Collection; United American Video's horrible Gorath release; Paramount/Gateway's video re-releases of Godzilla vs Mothra, Godzilla vs Monster Zero, and Terror of Mechagodzilla.

• G-Con '95 a Hit! - Pictures and events from the Chicago Godzilla convention hosted by G-FAN.