Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Trying to remember hard to believe its been 20+ years...I recall really enjoying the ending of Destoroyah, as heartbreaking as it was... (I was fortunate enough to get all these films on bootleg VHS the next summer after their release...throughout the 90's). Of course while there was the Mothra Trilogy and Sony's GODZILLA to "entertain" us from 1996-1998, in my mind I figured that we would be stuck with the Sony franchise for multiple sequels. To be honest, I don't think I actually thought about the future of Godzilla with Toho. When the new movie was announced, I was kind of shocked. I think the first thought in my mind probably was hoping for a continuation from the end of Destoroyah, but I seem to recall pretty early on, it was clearly established that the new Godzilla (what would become Millennium), would be a fresh start. Though admittedly, when I saw it in theaters, I wondered if it was a continuation since there was no origin story...

I am honestly excited for this trilogy of animated films. I still hope someday we get a 30 minute format 50+ episode series, but for now, this will certainly be interesting to see how it continues to develop.

I'm just going by my memory of reading Godzilla websites in 1998 and 1999. When GINO was new and G2K hadn't been made yet, the speculation I read about Toho potentially making a new Japanese Godzilla movie tended to be framed around Godzilla Junior. 'Will we get to see Godzilla Junior carry on his father's legacy?' or 'Will Toho start fresh with another direct sequel to the first movie and leave Godzilla Junior's tales untold?'

I also remember a lot of Amazon user reviews for Sony's Godzilla 2000 VHS and DVD that had fans declaring it to be the first of Godzilla Junior's adult adventures. That happened even though places like and Monster Zero News made it clear that Godzilla 2000 was not a continuation of the Heisei Series.

I dig this cardboard stand-up:


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Well, isn't it kind of cheating to tie your movie into a holiday that happens over two weeks before your movie comes out? I guess it really doesn't matter. Okay, fine: Godzilla rules Halloween!

hopefully we will see Entzilla get into some good fights.

Nothing i've seen yet leads me to think there will be anything other than "little" Gyaos birds and spaceship fights.

Dude who scored Spacegodzilla and G2K is doing the score.

^Well, if I'm reading his imdb right Spacegodzilla was his first film score and he's become a pretty accomplished composer for movies, TV, and anime so he certainly has much more experience now.

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I mean, Masuro Sato did a forgettable score for GRA when he was starting out and then turned out classics for Jun Fukuda a decade later.

I quite like the soundtracks to GvsSG and G2K when played on their own, but they don't stand out for me much in the context of the movies.

I think Takayuki Hattori's soundtrack to Godzilla 2000 is great and there's some good music in his Godzlla vs. Spacegodzilla score too. I also really like the fact that we've got a series veteran composing the music for a new Godzilla movie. He'll have a Heisei flick, a Millennium entry, and at least one film in the anime trilogy under his belt.

Behold, the tie-in with a brand of pens!





Yeah, the end of Godzilla's tail being a pen actually kinda freaks me out.