The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies

Acknowledgements = 8 Foreword by J.D. Lees = 9 Introduction: The Art of Lost Films = 13 Part I: Unproduced Scripts Godzilla in the Lost world: Bride of Godzilla? (1955) = 17 The Volcano Monsters (1957) = 21 Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) = 24 Giant Monster Gamera vs. The Ice Men From Outer Space (966) = 27 Batman Meets Godzilla (1968) = 29 Gamera's Last Hurrah: Gamera vs. Wyvern (1972) = 34 Tsuburaya Productions (Almost) Does Godzilla: Godzilla vs. Redmoon (1972) = 36 Tokyo S.O.S.: Godzilla's Suicide Strategy (1973-1978) = 41 Toho Gets Hammered: Nessie (1976-79) = 47 The Bride of Godzilla Lives-and Dies-Again! (1978) = 54 Godzilla Resurrected (1980-1984) = 59 Ultraman: Hero from the Stars (1981) = 63 Godzilla King of the Monsters in 3-D (1983) = 67 Godzilla vs. Golan Globus: It Ate Cleveland! (1984) = 71 Godzilla: Legend of the Asuka Fortress(1985) = 73 Mothra vs. Bagan (1990) = 78 Mick Anger's Godzilla vs. The Mysterians (1990) = 84 The Many Forms of "Godzilla vs. Mechani-Kong" (1991-1993) = 89 The One That Got Away: Jan De Bont's Godzilla (1994) = 96 Return of GINO: Godzilla 2 (2000) = 108 Shusuke Kaneko vs. Godzilla: "Godzilla vs. M" (2001) = 112 Godzilla Reborn (2001) = 114 Godzilla Flies Again: Godzilla 3-D to the Max (2004-2008) = 116 Part II: Proto-versions of Finished Films Godzilla (1954) = 123 Before Frankenstein Conquered the World: Frankenstein vs. Godzilla (1963-1964) = 126 Operation Robinson Crusoe: King Kong vs. Ebirah(1966) = 129 Two Godzillas: Japan S.O.S.! (1967) = 134 The Birth of Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters & Return of King Ghidorah (1971) = 139 Monsters Converge on Okinawa: Showdown in Cape Zanpa (1973) = 145 The Origins of The Return of Godzilla (1984): Godzilla, King of Monsters (1978) = 154 Godzilla vs. Biollante (1985) = 158 Before Battra: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth (1991) = 163 Before Guardian of the Universe: Gamera (1993) = 167 The Development of “Godzilla 7" (1994-1995) = 171 Part III: Banned, Unreleased & Lost Films King Kong in Japan: W seiKingu Kongu (1933) = 179 King Kong Appears in Edo(1938) = 180 Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1955) = 182 Giant Horde Beast Nezura (1963) = 186 Great Prophecies of Nostradamus(1974) = 188 Monkeying Around: 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1974) = 195 Cozzilla: The Colorization of Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1977) = 200 Legendary Giant Beast Wolfman vs. Godzilla (1983) = 207 Stolen Ultraman: Space Warriors 2000 (1985) = 211 Direct-to-Video Gamera: Gamera vs. Giant Evil Beast Garasharp (1991) = 216 Gamera 4: Truth (2003) = 219 Appendix I: Short Treatments for Unmade Films = 223 Appendix II: Alternate Versions of Existing Films = 237 Appendix III: Synopses = 251 Appendix IV: Independent Features & Fan Films (Compiled by Mark Jaramillo) = 317 Appendix V: Guardian of Mixed Media: The Gameraverse by Dr. Ayame Chiba = 323 Appendix VI: The International Kaiju Brotherhood: Giant Monsters and Movie-Making Heroes from Around the world by Stan Hyde = 331 Appendix VII: In Search of Monsters: My Hunt for Obscure and Forgotten Kaiju Films by Mark Jaramillo = 351 Appendix VIII: Prophecies of Nostradamus and Me by Ted Johnson = 361 Appendix IX. Interview with Don F. Glut on Ultraman: Hero from the Stars = 367 Bibliography = 370 Index = 374 About the Author = 384

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