Daikaiju Enterprises

Issue #25

January/February, 1997

Reviewer:    C. L. Werner

Articles include:

• News - Rebirth of Mothra draws mixed reviews, although a sequel has been announced. G-CON '97 will be held in Chicago. Universal's King Kong remake has been scraped. The announced 'Gappa vs Guilala' is rumored to be canceled. Rumors abound that TriStar's Godzilla will be a quadraped. Director of Gamera Guardian of the Universe, Shusuke Kaneko is honored by the Japanese Science Fiction Writers Society for his work on G2.

• Godzilla Invades America - by J. D. Lees - An interview with Alice Alfonsi, senior editor at Random House about the new line of Godzilla books. Also shown are some sneak peaks at cover art and illustrations from the picture books.

• Guilala vs Gappa - Rating the Originals - by Stan Hyde - A review of the Shochiku and Nikkatsu film companies only forays into the kaiju eiga genre, The X From Outer Space and Monster From a Prehistoric Planet.

• Daikaiju Eclectica - A forum for G-Fans. This time the reader poll results and two English translations of Godzilla movie soundtrack tracks.

• All Kaiju Elimination Tournament - by Jean Carbajal - A poll contest to see which monster really is the king.

• The Nature of the Beast - by J. D. Block - A discussion on the nature of Godzilla and how he is best dealt with,

• The Disney-Toho Conspiracy - by David Kalat - A look at the connections between these two very different film companies.

• A Theory on the Origin of Angilas - by Evan A. Baker - A discussion on the possible origin of Godzilla's ally Anguirus, being a natural dinosaur rather than atomic mutant.

• Old Testament Kaiju? - by Peter Gilmore - The Behemoth and Leviathan of the Bible, likening them to Anguirus and Godzilla. The sky monster Ziz is also mentioned, comparing it to Rodan.

• Kaiju Tails - Godzilla stories written by G-Fans. 'My First Kaiju' a Rex Summeral adventure by Skip Peel. 'Godzilla vs Titanosaurus' by Gary Rhodes.

• Chronology and Conundrums: Kaiju Cuisine - by Tom Miller - Examining what exactly giant monsters eat.

• Godzilla vs the Smog Monster: A fond look back - by Max Della Mora - A nostalgic revisiting of one of Godzilla's more notorious outings.

• The Battle of Manazura - by Neil Reibe - A book length fiction in which almost every monster imaginable becomes involved in the ultimate monster battle.

• Review - Ultraman Volume 1 - A newly released edition of the popular Japanese superhero to American video.

• Foreign G-posters - by Sean Linkenback - More discussion and examples of non-Japanese Godzilla movie posters.

• Wild Fanzines I have known - by J. D. Lees - More curious fanzine publications that have popped up over the years.