Daikaiju Enterprises

Issue #22

July/August, 1996

Reviewer:    C. L. Werner

Articles include:

• News - Montreal's FantAsia Festival shows a number of Japanese sci-fi films to capacity crowds, including Destroy All Monsters, Gamera Guardian of the Universe, and Godzilla vs the Smog Monster. Centropolis refuses to commit to a Summer 1998 release date for the TriStar 'Godzilla' film. Toho has apparently backed off on their threatened suit of the organizers of Kaiju-Con '96. Gamera Guardian of the Universe is playing in select cities in North America, including Chicago and Los Angeles, while G2 is drawing large crowds in Japan. Frankie Saki passes away at the age of 67. Patrick Stewart gives Godzilla a lifetime achievement award at the MTV movie awards. Penthouse magazine reports that Toho received 15,000 letters of protest for killing Godzilla in their recent film. Sci-Fi Channel airs a 'Godzilla Week', showing King Kong vs Godzilla, Godzilla on Monster Island, Godzilla vs the Smog Monster, Destroy All Monsters, Mothra, King Kong Escapes, and Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster. Columbia TV plans a new Godzilla cartoon series to follow the release of the TriStar film. Reaction to news of the new Mothra film is one of disappointment on both sides of the Pacific

• Godzilla Abroad - A collection of Godzilla movie posters from around the world and a guide to what these films are called in several languages.

• Godzilla Tails - Fiction by Godzilla fans. 'The Titanosaurus Club' by Skip Peel, another in his series of Rex Summeral adventures.

• The Fourth Annual G-FAN Readers Poll.

• Kaiju-go - by Norman England - More conversational Japanese for the monster fan.

• Godzilla Speaks! - by Michiko Imamura, Ed Godziszewki and Kuni Takikawa - An interview with suitimation actor Haruo Nakajima, who played Godzilla in every film from Godzilla King of the Monsters through Godzilla vs the Smog Monster.

• The Gamera Report - News and pictures of the vast array of products being released in Japan to coincide with the recent Gamera film. Also reviewed is the Japanese release of 'Godzilla Screen Savers' in Japan for the Mac.

• The Fate of Dark Horse's Godzilla - News that issue #16 will be the last one for the struggling title.