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BONUS: 'Godzilla Island' [1997] [TV]
Is Godzilla in it? Yes
Sub or Dub: Neither
'Godzilla Island' is a series of 3 minute episodes for kids, strung into story arcs. I watched about half an hour of these unsubtitled, undubbed shows and called it quits. OK, so I'm far removed from the demographic, and not understanding the language didn't help, but this show is probably not good regardless.
The premise, that I could make out (plus further research), is that Godzilla Island merrily houses the usual roster of monsters, overseen by a goatee-wearing guard and his floating yellow robot ball Lucas. When a UFO starts attacking Japan, some eye-candy for the Dads turns up, wearing tight colourful pleather, who helps him... do... stuff. I don't know. Apparently she has the ability to commune with the kaiju, but that part was lost on me as I watched it.
The UFO Captain is a holdover from 'Invasion of Astro Monster', being a Xilian (again, I didn't pick up on that at the time but can totally see it now). She is cute and cackles evilly for a lot of the time. Dads are batting two-for-two at this stage.
The main draw for the kids, however, are the easy-to-recreate-at-home monster battles. All kaiju are represented by toy monsters, shot so that you don't see the hands underneath maneuvering them into position. It's funny and endearing for the first five minutes, then the novelty wears off pretty quickly. Some stock footage, mainly from the Showa era, is also employed, but the majority of kaiju-on-kaju action is toy-on-toy.
This must have cost Toho about $5 an episode to make, yet sold a boatload of toys (take that, He-Man!) and kids (especially the ADHD ones) probably lapped up the 3 minute stories. So, yeah, this exists and it's easy to find out there and is worth a perusal just to see the absurdity of it.
Is Godzilla in it? Yes
Sub or Dub: Neither
'Godzilla Island' is a series of 3 minute episodes for kids, strung into story arcs. I watched about half an hour of these unsubtitled, undubbed shows and called it quits. OK, so I'm far removed from the demographic, and not understanding the language didn't help, but this show is probably not good regardless.
The premise, that I could make out (plus further research), is that Godzilla Island merrily houses the usual roster of monsters, overseen by a goatee-wearing guard and his floating yellow robot ball Lucas. When a UFO starts attacking Japan, some eye-candy for the Dads turns up, wearing tight colourful pleather, who helps him... do... stuff. I don't know. Apparently she has the ability to commune with the kaiju, but that part was lost on me as I watched it.
The UFO Captain is a holdover from 'Invasion of Astro Monster', being a Xilian (again, I didn't pick up on that at the time but can totally see it now). She is cute and cackles evilly for a lot of the time. Dads are batting two-for-two at this stage.
The main draw for the kids, however, are the easy-to-recreate-at-home monster battles. All kaiju are represented by toy monsters, shot so that you don't see the hands underneath maneuvering them into position. It's funny and endearing for the first five minutes, then the novelty wears off pretty quickly. Some stock footage, mainly from the Showa era, is also employed, but the majority of kaiju-on-kaju action is toy-on-toy.
This must have cost Toho about $5 an episode to make, yet sold a boatload of toys (take that, He-Man!) and kids (especially the ADHD ones) probably lapped up the 3 minute stories. So, yeah, this exists and it's easy to find out there and is worth a perusal just to see the absurdity of it.