I hope that we get another wave of English Godzilla books. I really enjoyed some of the books Random House had. And yes, despite all the hate it receives, I enjoyed JD. Lee's G Compendium, and would like to see similar books (albeit more in the vein of Steve Ryfle's Japan's Favorite Mon-Star would be preferable) updated to include the millenium films. There is a
huge void in English books that cover the Godzilla series beyond the Heisei series.
We've heard countless recounts about suit actors Haruo Nakajima, Ken Satsuma, Hurricane Ryu, etc. But there is rather scant English literature on suit actors Tsutomu Kitagawa, Mizuho Yoshida, Rie Ota, etc. We've read countless books that detail Tsuburaya, Nakano, and Koichi Kawakita exploits...what about Kenji Suzuki, Kiyotaka Taguchi, Makoto Kamiya, Eiichi Asada, etc? Same goes for directors, we've had many books which have discussed at length the filming experiences of Honda, Fukuda, Banno, Omori, Okawara in the Godzilla/daikaiju genre...what about Tezuka, Kaneko, and Kitamura? Same goes with film composers and so on...I hope a future English book(s) will fill this voidand covers the series post GvsDestroyer/GINO 98...please, NO MORE "CRITICAL ANALYSIS" books ala Kalat, Tsutsui, Brothers) !
So sick of those...
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:08 pm