Gretchen, Rachel, Martin and Kyle get schooled by Reptilicus enthusiast Jim Cirronella!
If you’re looking at this episode title and thinking to yourself “wait a minute… didn’t they already talk about this flick??” the answer is YES! But as it stands, I was coerced into asking So yeah… we didn’t like REPTILICUS the first time around and a friend of mine needed to school us on the film’s background, which is honestly what we want to put forth in our discussions. So we said yes.
This episode’s special guest is a friend of the Kaijucast and the manager of Celebrity Icons, Jim Cirronella, who has a profound amount of respect for Reptilicus’ producer Sid Pink, and has even entered into business with him by acquiring the license to release his own Reptilicus figure.
DANISH DANCE NUMBERS:
1. Tivoli Nights by Birthe Wilke from Reptilicus (1961)
The vast forces of Nature, apparently, exist in harmony and balance. Then, one day, this order of things suddenly becomes turmoil! Strange, gigantic creatures rise thru the Earth’s crust in an earth-quaking uproar…sea monsters attack the shores on the crest of steaming tidal waves…weird beings from outer space savage the Earth in a rage of inspired vandalism.
As long time listeners know, I’ve been dying to dive back into this amazing series for some time now. Ultra Q (1966) is one of the genre’s most important building blocks and it just does not get covered enough!
I asked August if he would give me a hand in covering one aspect of Ultra Q that we didn’t chat about eight years ago, so I am thrilled to have him be a part of this episode as well in our special historian segment!
To discuss Ultra Q in a limited format is daunting, because honestly each episode really deserves to be inspected and dissected to understand the impact. But we don’t have that kind of time so what my co-hosts and I have done is choose two episodes each on which to shine the spotlight: DEFEAT GOMESS (episode 1), PEGUILA IS HERE (episode 5), BARON SPIDER (episode 9), KANEGON’S COCOON (episode 15), THE RAINBOW’S EGG (episode 18) and THE DEVIL CHILD (episode 25).
Make sure to follow those links down below!
MUSIC WITHOUT WHICH THIS WOULD NOT BE AS ENTERTAINING:
(*most of these are heard behind narration)
1. Main Title by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
2. Martian Jewelby Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
3. Hoshikawa Aviation by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
4. Ultra Q Main Theme (with English dubbed narration) by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
5. The Sun and Strange Thing by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
6. Big City Morning by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
7. Door to a Different World by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
8, In the Shadow of the Skyscraper by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
9. Midsummer Mysteriousness by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
10, Grasslands of Flowers and Rainbows by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
11, Lily’s Secret by Kunio Miyauchi from Ultra Q (1966)
12. Ultra Q Theme as performed by The Garamones (2016)
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!
Kaijucast #259 Rectifying Reptilicus with Jim Cirronella [ 1:18:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
