Daikaiju Enterprises

Issue #40

July/August, 1999

Reviewer:    C. L. Werner

Articles include:

• News - A transcript of a discussion about the new Godzilla film from a Japanese TV show and a first look at Godzilla's new look. A petition is started to get Trendmasters to continue the Godzilla toy line with their proposed 'Godzilla Doom Island' series.

• Destroy All Monsters - by Steve Ryfle - An excerpt from Steve Ryfle's amazing book Japan's Favorite Mon-star detailing the greatest monster battle ever staged, Destroy All Monsters.

• They Gave a DAM! - by Evan A. Baker - A tribute to the craftsmen who created Destroy All Monsters.

• Destroy All Monsters - Eleven Giant Monsters and the Greatest Battle on Earth - by Evan A. Baker - A look at and evaluation of each of the eleven monsters featured in the film, including cameo stars Baragon and Varan.

• Dave Filoni's Ogasawara Sketchbook - drawings by Dave Filoni - Charcoal sketches of some of Monsterland's inmates, includng King Ghidorah?!

• Memories of Destroy All Monsters - by Evan A. Baker - Fan recounts of their experiences with Destroy All Monsters, both those who saw it theatrically and those who hunted through bootleggers for a copy of the long-elusive film.

• Destroy All Monsters - A number of still frames from the final battle in the film.

• Guardian of Gamera's Universe - by Steve Ryfle and translated by Haruyo Moriyoshi - An interview with Gamera film director Shusuke Kaneko.

• The Journal of Dr. Rex Summeral - To Catch a Kaiju (Part 6) - by Skip Peel - A disastrous attempt to subdue Godzilla results in the incarceration of Mothra at the Ogasawara facility.

• You'll Never Eat This Town For Lunch Again - The Gamera Autobiography - by J. Christian Grymyr - Gamera relates the tale of how he almost appeared in Destroy All Monsters.

• The Sound of Sci-fi - by J. D. Lees - An interview with Neil Norman, head of the CD company GNP Crescendo, who recently released the first US Toho Godzilla CDs, two collections of Showa and Heisei Godzilla themes.

• Battles of Godzilla - by Gabe McIntosh - Godzilla fights Anguilasaurus as the native islanders look on, finally resulting in the dinosaur's flight. A full color comic.