![]() This wasn’t Godzilla’s first TV incarnation: he’d previously appeared on the Japanese live-action Zone Fighter series in the ‘70s. This being a US cartoon, there’s also the cute factor, in the form of Godzilla’s more useless nephew Godzooky, who has some traits borrowed from Minilla, such as only being able to puff smoke rings. When in danger from sea monsters and the like, they could call Godzilla by pressing a big red button. The format had a group of American marine scientists on board a hydrofoil called Calico. ![]() Plot: For those of us of a certain age, this was the first Godzilla we encountered and remains an indelible memory. He has "atomic breath", the ability to regenerate (in the Wolverine rather than the Doctor Who sense) and is impervious to conventional weapons. His Japanese name, Gojira, is a portmanteau of the words for 'whale' and 'gorilla'. Godzilla! He was designed as a cross between a Tyrannosaurus, a Stegosaurus, an Iguanodon and an alligator. Raymond Burr was dropped into that version as a documentary journalist.įirst series appearance of. A clear anti-nuclear fable, the original film has a serious agenda, but that was largely lost in the western world for years since we mostly only knew the American re-edit, King Of The Monsters (note that subtitle for later). Kurosawa favourite Takashi Shimura is among the scientists on the case trying to figure out a way to combat the massive menace. Unleashed by an atomic explosion, he emerges from Tokyo Bay to wreak destruction. Plot: The disappearance of some fishing boats revives the legend of an ancient sea monster, and heralds the arrival of Godzilla himself for the first time.
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