Godzilla Showa Era Special Features

Title	Toho (Japan)	Classic Media DVD	Media Blasters / Tokyo Shock	Criterion Box
Godzilla (1954) ゴジラ dir: Ishirō Honda	◆ Theater notice ◆ Reprint Godzilla's theme ◆ Oxygen Destroyer (HD image quality above) ◆ Akira Ifukube interview * (SD image quality) ◆ Picture-in-picture watching storyboard ◆ Snap shooting scene (still image)・HD image quality) ◆Audio commentary* (Akira Takarada)	Audio Commentary by Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski		Audio Commentary by David Kalat
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) Terry Morse re-edit dir: Ishirō Honda		Audio Commentary by Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski		Audio Commentary by David Kalat
Godzilla Raids Again (1955) ゴジラの逆襲 dir: Motoyoshi Oda	◆Special information ◆Special technology of "Godzilla's Counterattack" to watch with a snap ◆Godzilla is born! Yoshio Suzuki (more HD image quality) ◆ movie theater of broadcasting for the SP board - Godzilla Strikes Back / Godzilla (voice) ◆ theater brochure (still image) ◆ audio commentary * (sadamasa arikawa Tomioka Motokei / listener Yasuo Kurashiki)	Audio Commentary by Steve Ryfle
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) キングコング対ゴジラ dir: Ishirō Honda	2014 Audio commentary by Koji Kajita and Yu Fujiki, isolated score (4.0 Surround), Champion Festival edit of the film, 4 trailers, interview with Keizo Murase (20 minutes), footage from a 40th anniversary Godzilla event (4 minutes), Then & Now look at the miniatures and their real-life equivalents (16 minutes), radio spot (3 minutes), publicity material slideshow (3 minutes), publicity brochure (12 images)	EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) モスラ対ゴジラ dir: Ishirō Honda	◆ Theater notice (HD image quality) ◆ Short version "Mosura vs. Godzilla" (HD blow-up) ◆ "Mosura Attack Tokyo" 8mm + Sonosheet* (SD image quality) ◆ Picture book "Mosra Attack Tokyo" ◆ Godzilla molding world ◆ Mothra Godzilla Battle Sketch Collection (above HD image quality) ◆Scene scenes of special effects (still image/HD image quality) ◆Audio commentary* (Kenji Sahara/Yasuo Kurashiki)	Audio Commentary (U.S. version) by Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski Akira Ifukube featurette (13 minutes), poster slideshow
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) 三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦 dir: Ishirō Honda	2010,2019 ◆ Theater notice ◆ Toho Champion Festival version "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah, the biggest decisive battle on earth" ◆ Picture book "Space Kaiju King Ghidorah" (HD image quality above) ◆ Scenes of special effects seen by snap (still image / HD image quality) ◆ Making 8mm film * ◆ Godzilla road * ◆ "space Monster King Ghidorah" 8mm + Sonosheet * ◆ unused special effects scene (SD or higher image quality) ◆ audio commentary * (Eiko / listener Toshiaki Sato Wakabayashi)	Audio Commentary by David Kalat
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) 怪獣大戦争 dir: Ishirō Honda	◆ Theater notice ◆ Champion Festival version Main volume ◆ Restored! A cycle light vehicles miniature special effects of charm ◆ play in the newspaper ◆ vision of monster exhibition events (more than HD image quality) ◆ "go to the Godzilla universe!" 8mm + Sonosheet * (SD image quality) ◆ "go to the Godzilla universe!" Picture book (still image + Audio) ◆ Theater pamphlet (still image) ◆ Audio commentary* (Yoshio Tsuchiya/Interviewer Yasuo Kurashiki)	Audio Commentary by Stuart Galbraith IV
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) dir: Jun Fukuda	◆ Theater notice ◆ Champion Festival version main story ◆ Memories of the second generation small beauty pair Bambi ◆ Nankai great duel Yasuyuki Inoue's art world (HD image quality above) ◆ "Jumbo Kaiju Island" 8 mm + sono sheet * (SD image quality) ◆ Picture book "Jumbo Kaijujima" (still image + audio) ◆ Theater pamphlet (still image) ◆ Audio commentary* (Haruo Nakajima/Yasuo Kurashiki, listener)	EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
Son of Godzilla (1967) dir: Jun Fukuda		EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
Destroy All Monsters (1968) 怪獣総進撃 dir: Ishirō Honda	Audio commentary by Seiji Tani, three 8mm films (two for Destroy All Monsters, one for Atragon) and narrated storybooks based on them, theatrical trailer		2011 Audio Commentary by Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski, galleries of posters, production stills, and behind-the-scenes images, Japanese, French, and American trailers, Super 8 digest version of the film (8 minutes) special features removed in 2014 re-issue
All Monsters Attack (1969) dir: Ishirō Honda		audio commentary from critic Richard Pusateri
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) dir: Yoshimitsu Banno		EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) dir: Jun Fukuda		EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) dir: Jun Fukuda			audio commentary from Steve Ryfle & Stuart Galbraith IV Media Blasters Megalon Special Features
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) ゴジラ対メカゴジラ dir: Jun Fukuda	Audio commentary by Teruyoshi Nakano and Yasuo Kurashiki, theatrical trailer, scans of the theatrical program, "Mechagodzilla Encyclopedia," Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla teaser trailer, still gallery, Shisa information, map of Okinawa locations in the film, examination of Mechagodzilla's design by Shin'ichirou Kobayashi, Godzilla advances to Okinawa Reiko Tajima, A great guy has arrived! Mechagodzilla Appears! !! Akihiko Nakano vs. Akihiko Iguchi	EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) dir: Ishirō Honda		audio commentary from Keith Aiken & Bob Johnson, both editors for SciFi Japan

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