The Godzilla Podcast

Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Fumio Tanaka Screenplay by Ei Ogawa Starring Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography by Taiichi Kankura Edited by Masahisa Himi

Just for you, our impressions of the new Godzilla Anime, Planet of the Monsters!

Directed by Ishirō Honda Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Don Sharp Screenplay by Ted Sherdeman Starring Joseph Cotten, Cesar Romero, Richard Jaeckel, Patricia Medina, Akira Takarada, Linda Haynes Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Taiichi Kankura Edited by Ume Takeda Release date July 26, 1969 (Japan), December 1970 (United States)

Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kenichiro Tsunoda Screenplay by Ishirō Honda, Takeshi Kimura Starring Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara, Jun Tazaki Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Release date July 31, 1966 (Japan), July 29, 1970 (United States)

Directed by: Ishirō Honda Produced by: Yasuyoshi Tajitsu, Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by: Jojiro Okami (story), Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Yosuke Natsuki, Yōko Fujiyama, Hiroshi Koizumi, Nobuo Nakamura, Robert Dunham, Akiko Wakabayashi, Jun Tazaki, Susumu Fujita, Seizaburô Kawazu, Hideyo Amamoto Music by: Akira Ifukube Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi Edited by: Ryohei Fujii Release date: August 11, 19...

Episode 24: DEFEAT THE NEEDLE SHOOTING TERROR-BEAST NEEDLAR Japanese Title:  Harifuki Kyoujuu Niidoraa-wo Taose Original Airdate:  7:00pm (JST) Monday September 10th 1973 Director:  Ishiro Honda Director of Special FX:  Kichio Tabuchi Writer:  Yuji Amamiya Episode 25: CARNAGE! ZONE & GODZILLA VS. THE ALLIED TERROR-BEAST FORCES Japanese Title:  Seizetsu! Zoon Gojira tai Kyoujuu Rengougun Original A...

Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Jojiro Okami (story), Takeshi Kimura Starring Ryō Ikebe, Yumi Shirakawa, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno, Ken Uehara Music by Kan Ishii Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Reiko Kaneko Release date March 21, 1962 (Japan) Running time 89 minutes

Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Takeshi Kimura Story by Jojiro Okami Based on An adaptation by Shigeru Kayama Starring Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Takashi Shimura Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Hiroichi Iwashita Release date 28 December 1957 (Japan) Running time 89 minutes Box office $975,000

Episode 20: FIERCE FIGHT! CAN YOU HEAR FIGHTER'S SONG? Japanese Title: Gekitou! Faitaa-no Uta-ga Kikoeru Original Airdate: 7:00pm (JST) Monday August 13th 1973 Director: Masao Minowa Director of Special FX: Teruyoshi Nakano Writer: Shiro Ishimori Episode 21: INVINCIBLE! GODZILLA RAGES Japanese Title: Muteki! Gojira Ooabare Original Airdate: 7:00pm (JST) Monday August 20th 1973 Director: Kohei Ogur...

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki Produced by Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Toshio Yasumi, Ryuzo Kikushima Based on Kojiki and Nihon Shoki Starring Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Koji Tsuruta Cinematography Kazuo Yamada Release date 1 November 1959 (Japan) Running time 182 minutes

Thank you Patreon Donors! Zone Fighter Episodes 16-19 Episode 16: TERRIFYING ATTACK! THE GAROGA ROBOT Japanese Title: Kyoufu-no Shuugeki! Garoga Robotto Original Airdate: 7:00pm (JST) Monday July 16th 1973 Director: Akiyasu Kikuchi Director of Special FX: Koichi Kawakita Writer: Susumu Takeuchi Episode 17: GO! FIGHTER, SCRAMBLE Japanese Title: GO! Faitaa Kinkyuuhasshin Original Airdate: 7:00pm (JS...

Thank you Patreon Donors! Zone Fighter Episodes 11-15 Episode 11: IN A HAIR'S BREADTH: THE ROAR OF GODZILLA! Japanese Title: Kanippatsu Gojira-no Sakebi! Original Airdate: 7:00pm (JST) Monday June 11th 1973 Director: Jun Fukuda Director of Special FX: Teruyoshi Nakano Writer: Kazuhisa Hattori Episode 12: THE TERROR-BEAST BASE: INVADE THE EARTH! Japanese Title: Kyoujuu Kichi Chikyuu-e Shinnyuu! Ori...

Thank you Patreon Donors! Zone Fighter Episodes 6-10 Episode 06: KING GHIDORAH'S COUNTERATTACK! Japanese Title: Kingugidora-no Gyakushuu! Original Airdate: 7:00pm (JST) Monday May 7th 1973 Director: Jun Fukuda Director of Special FX: Teruyoshi Nakano Writer: Juro Shimamoto & Akira Ishikari Episode 07: ZONE FAMILY'S CRITICAL MOMENT! Japanese Title: Zoonfamirii Kikiippatsu! Original Airdate: 7:00pm...

Thank you Patreon Donors! Zone Fighter Episodes 1-5 Episode 01: DESTROY THE TERROR-BEAST MISSILE! Japanese Title: Kyoujuu Misairu Bakuhase-yo! Original Airdate: 7:00pm (JST) Monday April 2nd 1973 Director: Jun Fukuda Director of Special FX: Teruyoshi Nakano Writer: Jun Fukuda Episode 02: ATTACK! DESTRO-KING Japanese Title: Yattsukero! Desutorokingu Original Airdate: 7:00pm (JST) Monday April 9th 1...

Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Yukiko Takayama Starring Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, Akihiko Hirata, Katsumasa Uchida, Gorō Mutsumi, Tadao Nakamaru, Toru Kawai as Godzilla Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Sokei Tomioka Edited by Yoshitami Kuroiwa Release date March 15, 1975 Running time 83 minutes

Directed by Jun Fukuda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Hiroyasu Yamamura, Jun Fukuda Story by Shinichi Sekizawa, Masami Fukushima Starring Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi Music by Masaru Sato Cinematography Yuzuru Aizawa Release date March 21, 1974 (Japan) Running time 84 minutes

Drew and Joe scratch their heads as they talk about one of the weirdest Kaiju films ever. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo Produced by Nicolas Chartier, Zev Foreman, Dominic Rustam, Nahikari Ipiña, Shawn Williamson Written by Nacho Vigalondo Starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson Music by Bear McCreary Cinematography Eric Kress Edited by Ben Baudhuin, Luke...

Directed by Jun Fukuda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Takeshi Kimura,Shinichi Sekizawa, Jun Fukuda Starring Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Robert Dunham, Kotaro Tomita, Ulf Ootsuki, Gentaro Nakajima Music by Riichiro Manabe Cinematography Yuzuru Aizawa Release date March 17, 1973 Running time 81 minutes Budget $760,000

Directed by Jun Fukuda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Takeshi Kimura, Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tomoko Umeda, Yuriko Hishimi, Minoru Takashima, Zan Fujita, Toshiaki Nishizawa, Kunio Murai Music by Akira Ifukube, Kunio Miyauchi Cinematography Kiyoshi Hasegawa Release date March 12, 1972 Running time 89 minutes

This week ya'll get a bit of a monkey treat.

Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Yoshimitsu Banno, Takeshi Kimura Starring Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase, Keiko Mari, Toshio Shiba Music by Riichiro Manabe Cinematography Yoichi Manoda Edited by Yoshitami Kuroiwa Release date July 24, 1971 Running time 85 minutes Budget $250,000 (U.S)

I don't even want to put credits in the description, I feel so much shame for the filmmakers. -Joe

Our fist ever Patreon Invite Episode! Thank you Chris for coming on the show!

Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Takeshi Kimura, Ishirō Honda Starring Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Taiichi Kankura Edited by Ryohei Fujii Release date: 1 August 1968 (Japan) Running time: 88 minutes Our theme music provided bu Mecha G: http://mechag.bandcamp.com/

Directed by: Ishirō Honda Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by: Shunrō Oshikawa (novel), Shigeru Komatsuzaki (story), Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Jun Tazaki, Yōko Fujiyama, Tadao Takashima Music by: Akira Ifukube Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi Edited by: Ryohei Fujii Distributed by: Toho, AIP (U.S.) Release date: December 22, 1963 (Japan), March 11, 1965 (U.S.) Running time: 96 min. (Japan), 88...