Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

I used to subscribe to G-Fan awhile ago, but stopped just because there came to be less and less stuff I was interested in within the pages (kids section, stuff about american monster films). Just curious how it's been lately. It was always cool when they had interviews with Japanese actors and such.

I went to their site and saw the last interview had an interview with the one and only Kumi Mizuno O_O Anything good in there?

I got the last couple issues at a comic store a couple weeks ago and found them extremely sub-par... even the much touted "100th Issue"- The Mizuno interview was a fun read, but its the same stuff you read in every Mizuno interview. The best part was hearing how much fun she had shooting Final Wars, since I'm not sure I've seen any interview with her from after 2002 or so. Other than that though, yeah, the same stories about Nick Adams, Ishiro Honda, Russ Tamblyn, etc. that we've all heard.

Just get Monster Attack Team instead.

The next G-Fan issue has an interview with Linda Miller ::swoooons::

Is it out? (issue #106) ? I wait until the end of the month so I can try to get it, but my local shop didn't have it yet.

G-Fan.com doesn't have any option to purchase an online version that I am aware of.

So... I read the latest issue, what intrigued me was an article about an "unaired" mst3K episode (Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla) which supposedly never aired because Toho's Legal Dept. stopped it.

Now I have never heard of this, and can't seem to find any info on the internet about it. I don't believe JD would let any bogus material get into print (maybe it was intended to be a late April Fools gag?) Bu if anyone can shed some light on this, it would be appreciated. I'd like to think I could see this someday (if it indeed was on Youtube at one time, even if illegally, then it does exist...if the article is not bogus that is...)

vs Mechagodzilla? What a peculiar entry. I can see vs Megalon, sure. Hell, I am surprised vs Gigan didn't make it either. But vs Sea Monster, and in this case vs Mechagodzilla sure is a weird entry.

I'd love to see this some time.

Once upon a time, each new issue of GFan got its own review thread created for it with active discussions going on...the fact that this hasn't happened in quite a few years around here is pretty telling how G-Fan has been lately....

It may help to locate a list for each year after 1984 of public domain releases. I don't know what year Cinema Shares Distribution folded but if you go 7 years after that date and google public domain titles you might get "Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster". If that's the case it is possible it was considered for the program.

It would've been a more believable lie to say that the folks behind MST3K thought they could secure the rights to the movie only to find out they couldn't before they went into actual production. That happened to them a few times, with Frank opining about how much he wanted to do the Elvis Presley western Charro!.