by Benjamin Haines » Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:16 pm
It's great that the US version of War of the Gargantuas aired on television recently, although I'm not sure if that indicates anything with regard to what version Toho might authorize to be included on a future home media release. For the past few years, Shout Factory TV and HBO Max have had the Showa Godzilla films (sans KKvsG) available to stream with all of the same transfers, subtitles and English audio options as what's available on Criterion's box set, plus the Japanese version of Rodan and the international dubbed version of Gargantuas, all opening with the Janus Films logo. However, since at least 2021, the streaming service Tubi has had the English-dubbed US versions of the original Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, Rodan, Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster and Terror of Mechagodzilla. All of them are the same transfers that Classic Media released on DVD from 2006 to 2008, all without the Janus Films logo and all ending with the Classic Media logo.
https://tubitv.com/movies/287497/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/287498/godzilla-raids-again?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/287501/rodan?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/287458/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/288674/terror-of-mechagodzilla?start=true
At the same time, Tubi has had the same versions as Shout Factory TV and HBO Max for Mothra vs. Godzilla, Gargantuas, Ebirah, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters and All Monsters Attack, all of the same Criterion transfers and subtitles, all opening with the Janus Films logo, with Gargantuas likewise being the international dubbed version.
https://tubitv.com/movies/620068/mothra-vs-godzilla?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/620071/the-war-of-the-gargantuas?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/620065/ebirah-horror-of-the-deep?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/620070/son-of-godzilla?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/620067/destroy-all-monsters?start=true
https://tubitv.com/movies/620061/all-monsters-attack?start=true
No matter what any of this means, here's hoping that War of the Gargantuas can get a blu-ray disc release one day with all three versions included.