Godzilla Showa Era Special Features

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Godzilla (1954)

ゴジラ

dir: Ishirō Honda

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

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)[1]

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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

モスラ対ゴジラ

dir: Ishirō Honda

Audio commentary by Kenji Sahara, theatrical trailer, 75-minute reissue edit from 1980, 8mm version of Mothra, "Mothra Attacks Tokyo" narrated storybook
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

Special features: Theatrical trailer, 1971 Toho Champion Festival cut, 8mm narrated behind the scenes footage, interview with Haruo Nakajima, 8mm promotional footage, audio commentary
Audio Commentary by David Kalat

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

怪獣大戦争

dir: Ishirō Honda

Audio Commentary by Stuart Galbraith IV

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

dir: Jun Fukuda

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Son of Godzilla (1967)

dir: Jun Fukuda

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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

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Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

dir: Jun Fukuda

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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
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Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

dir: Ishirō Honda

audio commentary from Keith Aiken & Bob Johnson, both editors for SciFi Japan

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References

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