Mega kaiju fan & Mondo Artist Tom Whalen joins Kyle for a special interview and announcement!
It’s with much fanfare that we bring you a very special chat with fellow kaiju fan and Mondo artist, Tom Whalen. Tom is an artist the Kyle has been following for many years and one of the main reasons for the chat, and corresponding episode is to announce a super rad poster that Tom designed for the Kaijucast’s tenth anniversary, so check the notes below for the order page, but after you listen to our conversation, of course — or during if you’re a multi-tasker!
Of course, we spend some time talking about giant radioactive monsters and get a little nerdy about art too! We hope you enjoy the interview, everyone!
TOM’S TITANIC TUNAGE:
1. Godzilla Arrives by Akira Ifukube from Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
2. Main Title by Richiiro Manabe from Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)
DON’T DELAY – GET THAT POSTER TODAY!
Yes, the poster page is posted above but I’ll also give this beautiful piece of awesomeness it’s own special placement here in the show notes… and since I literally opened the box today, feast your eyes on this juicy 18″x24″ awesomeness! You too can own this impressive limited edition, screen-printed poster – just go here.
Gretchen & Kyle tackle the final entry in the Godzilla anime trilogy: Godzilla The Planet Eater (2018)
Congratulations, everyone – we did it! We made it through the anime trilogy. And man, was that tough. Gretchen came over to chat with me about this new film, Godzilla The Planet Eater (2018).
I don’t really have much to add here, but feel free to check out the article below in which the directors say, “we welcome getting bashed by the traditionalists.” Insert shrug emoji…
Also, make sure you click on that image for some potentially laughable poster art
GODZILLA PLANET OF MUSIC:
1. Bilasaludo Rebellion by Takayuki Hattori from Godzilla The Planet Eater (2018)
2. Godzilla The Planet Eater English language Trailer audio (2018)
3. Live and Die by XIA from Godzilla The Planet Eater (2018)
David and Kyle recap the rest of their trip to the land of the Rising Sun earlier this month.
Another episode to wrap up our adventures in Japan. In our last episode, we talked about our Hokkaido and the first half of our time in Kyoto. For this episode, we flesh out the remainder of our trip, now that we’ve returned to the US. Part one of our adventure can be found here.
As we mentioned in the last episode, we were in Japan for a two week vacation, and while most of what we did has no connection to Godzilla or his rubber suited foes, listeners traveling to Japan for their own excursions might be interested to hear about some of the shopping we did in Tokyo or especially our trip to Sukagawa in the Fukushima prefecture in order to visit the Tsuburaya Museum – complete with the full Shodai-Goji suit sculpted by Yuji Sakai and used for a short that you can only watch in the museum, which was awesome and we cover it pretty exhaustively in this episode.
In fact, this is much less like a “Mini-sode” since this chat clocks in at about two hours – but look at all of the stuff we talk about!
Kyle and special guest (and travel-mate) David Dopko recap the first half of their trip to Japan in this recorded-on-the-road episode!
Hey everyone, I wanted to make sure to get an episode recorded, despite having a blast in Japan right now. You see, I’m traveling with fellow Japanophile and kaiju fan David Eric Dopko and we wanted to share some of the awesome adventures that we’re having and and awesome stuff we’re seeing with you.
We’re going to do another one of these before I leave, I think.
The JSDF was not occupying the base of the Sapporo TV Tower during our visit.
The entrance to the station has changed but we’re pretty sure this is the same location.
GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)
DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION:
Yes, we are back with another Daikaiju Discussion, but don’t get too excited yet — it’s for the third anime film. Yes, we’ll be watching Godzilla: The Planet Eater this month (once I’m back from Japan). I forgot to mention it in the episode but the deadline for sending in your homework is February 21st, so if you’d like to be included in this episode’s homework, please submit your thoughts, questions and reviews before then.
And if you wanted to know who performed the song at the end of the episode, Ikusa, that would be the band Wagakki.
Rachel, Kyle, Gretchen, Martin, Sean and Dave gathered at the Kaijucast HQ to kick off our 10th Anniversary and 8th LIVE Emergency Broadcast with special guests, prize giveaways and more!
It’s hard to believe, but this past weekend marked the TENTH anniversary of the producing the podcast. That’s right, people… ten years of podcasting about giant freaking monsters!
This episode (#253, Kyle!) is our eighth “Emergency Broadcast”, a live broadcast in which we connect with special guests and the listeners (for those who haven’t heard one of these kind of episodes). Overall, these episodes are a ton of work, but a ton of fun too! But if you are unfamiliar, we have a chatroom in which we can connect with the listeners as they listen live, plus we’ve given away a ton of stuff, the winners are listed below.
Huge thanks to all of our prize sponsors, and to our special guests, and to all of those who listened live and those who partook in the chatroom tomfoolery – and especially to Sean, Dave, Rachel, Gretchen and Martin for helping me celebrate this milestone with such a fun time in the studio!
In a bold move, at the end of the show, we made an announcement that you’ll want to stick around for – I mean, your mileage may vary but Kyle felt it was important!
Oh one more thing… this episode is clocking in at 3 hours and 14 minutes so prepare yourselves for a hefty download!
MUSIC DURING THE BROADCAST:
1. MAT Theme performed by Bang Bang Bazaar from Ukulele Ultraman (2006)
2. Bringing Godzilla Down To Size trailer audio (2008)
3. The OLD Kaijucast Intro Music (because so many people asked for it) (2009)
4. Godzilla vs Tokyo by Zebrahead from G.Lasts… Tribute To Godzilla 50th (2004)
EMERGENCY BROADCAST GUESTS:
EMERGENCY GIVEAWAYS AND PRIZES:
BIG WINNERS OF THE EPISODE! Prize Pack #1: John Snyder
Prize Pack #2: Jon Alexander
Prize Pack #3: Mike Keller
Prize Pack #4: Arian Hinojosa
Prize Pack #5: Linus FC
Prize Pack #6: Michael Schwartz
Drawing #1 KAIJU FOR HIPSTERS: Matthew Solis
Drawing #2 MONSTER ATTACK TEAM PRIZE PACK: Aaron Capes
Drawing #3 MATT FRANK SKETCH BOOK: Joey Palinkas
Drawing #4 X-PLUS/STAR ACE KONG 2017: Bryan Clark
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS: Prize Donor/Sponsor Celebrity Icons brings these amazing guests to conventions across the globe!
01/25 – 01/27 Days of the Dead in Atlanta, GA welcomes Bin Furuya (Ultraman) and Tsutomu Kitagawa (Godzilla)
04/06 – 04/07 Power Morphicon Express in Pasadena, TX welcomes Zyuranger’sYuuta Mochizuki & Reiko Chiba, and Godzilla illustrator and designer Shinji Nishikawa
07/12 – 07/14 Crypticon Kansas City in Kansas City, MO welcomes Bin Furuya (Ultraman) & Tsutomu Kitagawa (Godzilla)
08/16 – 08/18 Japan World Heroes in Pasadena, CA August 16-18 with Millennium Godzilla suit actor Tsutomu Kitagawa, King Kong Escapes star Linda Miller, Ultraman Towards the Future star Dore Kraus and Godzilla illustrator and designer Shinji Nishikawa
