Nick Roy

2 days ago | medium.com | Nick Roy

Godzilla was not in a good place in the mid-seventies due to a number of factors. The first was the declining sales of Godzilla movie tickets, for example Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla, despite debuting Mechagodzilla, was not a financial success. The second was the success of non-Godzilla tokusatsu movies, mainly Submersion of Japan and Prophecies of Nostradamus. So, Godzilla was given one last chance in Terror of Mechagodzilla.

4 days ago | medium.com | Nick Roy

With the success of Submersion of Japan, Toho moved to make another disaster movie, though this one would become more of a horror movie. Tomoyuki Tanaka was inspired by the novel Prophecies of Nostradamus, where his prophecies were analyzed by Tsutomu Goto. His books would sell out following the 1973 oil crisis, which pushed the novel forward to a movie adaptation. Masuda was chosen as the director of this feature.

1 week ago | medium.com | Nick Roy

With the success of Godzilla vs Gigan, Toho would continue to appeal to kids through their next movie. Toho would then create the Children’s Monster University, a contest for kids to design a hero who would fight alongside Godzilla. An elementary schooler named Masaaki Sano won the contest, his monster Red Alone modified into Jet Jaguar, who’d star alongside Godzilla in Godzilla vs Megalon. Godzilla vs Megalon had a very rushed filming schedule, only lasting for about six months.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Nick Roy

One of the interesting parts of the life of Eiji Tsubaraya before his death was the founding of Tsuburaya, a company that would be famous for making the Ultraman series. Tsuburaya and Toho, due to the closeness of their founders, would often work together on projects. For the Toho Champions Festival, Toho and Tsuburaya would work on a lighthearted comedy, Daigoro vs Goliath. Daigoro vs Goliath started as a Godzilla movie, Godzilla vs Red Moon, the suits of which were recycled for this movie.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Nick Roy

Nick Roy·Follow8 min read·--As the Toho Champions Festival would continue to occur each year, Toho wanted to make a Godzilla movie that would truly impact the children watching it. Looking at the state of Japan, pollution ran rampant across the country. To educate people on the dangers of pollution, it was decided that Godzilla would fight the embodiment of pollution, a monster made of sludge.