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JUST A MINUTE OR SO OF MONSTER MUSIC:
1. Nameless by KING GHIDORA from NAMELESS EP ()
DAIKAIJU DISUCUSSION REMINDER:
Don’t forget that we’ll be watching Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) for our Daikaiju Re-Discussion this month. If you’d like to submit your homework, please do so before May 24th to be included in the discussion episode!
Kyle is joined by fellow kaiju collector, David Eric Dopko to talk about curating your kaiju collection.
Bullmark. Popy. Billiken. Bandai. Marmit. M1. X-Plus. Gigabrain. Toygraph. These are just some of the kaiju toy manufacturers you’ll hear mentioned in this installment of the podcast. That’s because my special guest is my good friend and fellow kaiju collector/aficionado, David Eric Dopko – and we’re talking about the process that we go through when cleaning, pruning and upgrading our collections. So if you aren’t familiar with these toy companies, maybe you should poke around on Club Tokyo for references — hopefully it’s not required but just helpful.
If you are new to collecting, I’m hoping this episode contains some insight and isn’t too confusing. If you are interested in joining any of the facebook groups that David and I discuss in the episode, check out the show notes below for places. And if you just can’t stand hearing about grown men talking about with monster dolls, this episode might not be for you…
Make sure to check out all of the awesomeness below!!
MAY-BE WE’LL PLAY SOME MONSTER MUSIC:
1. Liquid Culture by Akira Ifukube from Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
2. Southern Island Tale by Hachiro Matsui from The Boss and the Explosive Daughter (1959)
3. Monster Mega-War by Akira Ifukube from Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Kanegon and Godzilla want to know what’s in Pashin Boy’s case…
The elusive Marmit Godzilla Tower from Godzilla vs. Gigan
Mechanikong by Albatross & Mechagodzilla by X-Plus
Gotouchi Kaiju’s Pandan by Fewture Models
Some of David’s awesome framed printed material.
Some of Kyle’s awesome framed artwork and printed materials.
Classic Bandai figures in David’s collection.
Kyle’s Kaiju Sakaba collection
Wide shot of most of David’s collection.
More of Kyle’s sofubi collection.
Some of David’s non-Godzilla X-Plus figures.
Kyle’s Kaiju cubby holes (trademark pending)
Vintage Godzilla goodness.
The X-Plus Mothra Larva ’61 loves the smooth, fresh taste of Bireley’s orange soda!
Some of Kyle’s translucent red / orange / yellow figures.
More of David’s sofubi collection.
DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION REMINDER:
Hey, kids – don’t forget to submit your homework for this month’s Daikaiju Re-Discussion for the 1971 anti-pollution monster mash, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, make sure you do so before Thursday, May 24th to be part of the daikaiju discussion!
Martin, Kyle and Dave take another longer look at one of the Universe’s best kaiju films!
It’s been a little bit, but we are back with another daikaiju re-discussion. This chat is about Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996) Daiei’s follow up to their smash hit Gamera reboot. Long time listeners might recall that we originally covered this movie in the discussions’ very first year (November to be exact — this was also when we were only posting episodes once a month). Thankfully, we are able to dedicate an entire episode to this masterpiece and give Gamera his due!
Martin and Dave joined me for this go ’round with the titanic terrapin, which I found funny because we were one shy (dammit, Jeff!) of our first discussion crew from 2010. We wanted to make sure that listeners to both shows would get a completely different experience, so I did my best to deep dive for this flick. Despite it’s technical prowess and strong fanbase, I couldn’t find any great behind the scenes information online. But I hope you find what we share info-taining at least?
ADVENT OF MUSIC:
1. Enormous Legion Confirmed by Ko Otani from Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996)
2. Japanese trailer audio from Gamera 2 Advent of Legion (1996)
3. Suite From Gamera 2 Attack Of The Legion arranged by John Desentis from Symphonic Fury The Music Of Japanese Monsters (2016)
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS:
5/22 PhilaMOCA “Tokusatsu Tuesday” w/programming by Vampire Robots’ Mike Cherkowsky
7/12 – 7/15 Florida SuperCon in Fort Lauderdale, FL w/Bin Furuya & Tsutomu Kitagawa
DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION:
Next month we are taking another look at Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) – one of the weirdest entries in Godzilla’s pedigree! If you’d like to contribute your thoughts, questions and reviews on this psychedelic battle of sludge that will assault our senses, please watch Godzilla vs Hedorah, and then send that homework inbefore Thursday, May 24th to be part of the daikaiju discussion!
Kyle speaks with the visionary artist and director from Japan, Keita Amemiya!
Let’s get this out of the way now: if you are unfamiliar with Keita Amemiya’s film and television archives, make sure you listen to our first episode covering his work (episode #229). In that episode, we primarily cover Moon Over Tao (1997) and the tv mini-series from the year 2000, Tekkouki Mikazuki (but only just touched on Mirai Ninja, the Zeiram series, Mechanical Violator Hakkaider and Garo).
I would also suggest listening to the cross-over episode I recorded with Kyle and Matt from the Kaiju Transmissions Podcast in their latest episode. It was a ton of fun and I would absolutely consider it part of the same essential listening as the our own look at this visionary’s work.
But back to this interview, I was thrilled when I discovered that Keita Amemiya was going to be a guest at Monsterpalooza’s spring show in 2017. I’ve been a fan since I saw the original film back in college and it wasn’t until I moved to Portland that I discovered more of his films and eventually television series – many of them are available in English and liked to below.
Please do seek out his work!
KYLE FINALLY GETS TO USE HIS ZEIRAM CD:
1. Z-WALK #1 by Koichi Ohta from Zeiram (1991)
2. ENDING THEME (94EDIT) by Koichi Ohta from Zeiram 2 (1994)
And if you really want to go the extra mile in your Amemiya exposure, suit actor Mizuho Yoshida (suit actor for Zeiram, Mikazuki and Godzilla from GMK) hand worked with Amemiya on many films… And he has been on the podcast a couple of times (episode 193 and episode 199).
KAIJUCAST LISTENER PARTY
4/12 – Don’t miss our listener party Friday night of MONSTERPALOOZA if you’re planning on being there!
DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION REMINDER:
Don’t forget that our Daikaiju Re-Discussion for Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1997) is happening later this month. If you’d like to send in your thoughts, questions and reviews, please do so before April 25th.
Gretchen, Dave, Kyle & Martin cancel a second apocalypse in this daikaiju discussion for Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
Are you “War Ready”? I think we might be!
Welcome to another installment of our daikaiju discussions, in which we review one film from the giant monster landscape. This month, we are discussing the newest of new in giant robots vs giant monsters vs giant robots cinema: Pacific Rim Uprising (2018). I was joined by Gretchen, Dave and Martin for a chat after seeing the film play out on the big screen. Don’t forget, kids: Pacific Rim Uprising should be playing on a screen near you.
Please be warned, this is a SPOILER INCLUSIVE episode – that’s why you’ll hear the alert during the episode. If you have any desire to see this film, don’t listen to this until after you’ve seen the movie – thanks!
We’re keeping this one singularly devoted to the new film, so we’ll be putting a news episode together very soon!
MECH-VS-MONSTER MASH:
1. Nerdist’s Pacific Rim Uprising 1975 audio
2. Pacific Rim Uprising, A Look Inside — promo video
3. Rise of the Jaegers by Lorne Balfe from Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
4. Go Big Or Go Extinct (Patrick Stump Remix) by Ramin Djawadi from Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION:
Next month, we’re heading back to the list of re-discussion films with 1996’sGamera 2: Advent of Legion. We originally watched this film back in November of 2011, episode 23 of the podcast (back when we would have the discussion as just a segment of any given episode!!). Anyway, we’ll be watching the Mill Creek Entertainment blu-ray release which is available through Amazon. If you’d like to be included in the discussion episode, make sure to submit your thoughts questions and reviews before April 25th!
