Daikaiju Enterprises

Issue #48

November/December, 2000

Reviewer:    C. L. Werner

Articles include:

• News - A Godzilla-shaped Christmas tree is created in Odaiba at Aqua City to promote the new film and celebrate the season. The US release of 'Godzilla 2000' on DVD will not feature the Japanese version. Los Angeles declares the week of July 10th to 16th 'Godzilla Week'. 'Godzilla X Megaguirus' opens to enthusiastic reviews in Japan. A large display of props and costumes is staged at the Aqua City facility to support the new Godzilla film.

• New Godzilla Products and Collectibles - A listing of new products being released in Japan, encompassing trading cards, picture books, toys, DVDs and even finger puppets.

• Godzilla Wrangler - by Bob Johnson - An interview with Michael Schlesinger of Sony Pictures on the work involved in bringing 'Godzilla 2000' stateside and the changes made to the film to ready it for an American audience.

• The Kongs of Tsuburaya - by Peter H. Brothers - A detailed look at King Kong and the film's influence on and inspiration of chief Toho special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya.

• The Models of G-Fest 2000 - Some of the astounding model kits submitted at the convention.

• Preserving Godzilla - by Armand Vaquer - Raising the ugly question of film deterioration and the positive news that Toho has taken great pains to preserve and protect their films by maintaining master materials of their prints in the best possible condition.

• War Against the Wild Gods - by George Thomas - The epic continues as Godzilla battles the superhero Starman.

• Battle of the Monsters - art by Dan Hillsman III, fight recaps by J. D. Lees - Manda tangles with the dread Varan, Godzilla fights Battra in Africa, Anguirus encounters Biollante.

• In Search of Rex Summeral - by Skip Peel - The strange events surrounding the world's foremost kaijuologist's abduction by aliens continues.

• Music in the Key of G - by Lawrence Tuczynski - More reviews and translations of Japanese Godzilla soundtracks. This time two different releases of 'Godzilla vs Biollante' and two different releases of 'Godzilla vs King Ghidorah'.

• Gray is the Color of My True Love's Scales - by Stan G. Hyde - A detailed examination of how to paint Godzilla models, and why to paint him that way.

• Trading Card Corner - by John Catapano - A look at the Yanoman 'Legends of Godzilla' collectible card game.

• Second Look - Details of some of Gabe McIntosh's scratch-sculpted models.