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|dt            =''Agon'' (TV 1968)
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|image        =アゴン Agon.png
|image        =アゴン Agon.png
|creator      =[[Shinichi Sekizawa]]
|director      =Norio Mine, [[Fuminori Ohashi]]
|writer        =[[Shinichi Sekizawa]], Kozo Uchida
|producer      =Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
|producer      =Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
|distributor  =Nippon Denpa Eiga
|composer      =Wataru Saito
|sfx          =[[Fuminori Ohashi]]
|produced      =Nippon Denpa Eiga
|genre        =[[Tokusatsu]], science fiction
|genre        =[[Tokusatsu]], science fiction
|aired        =January 2-5, [[1968]]
|aired        =January 2-5, [[1968]]<ref name="AKK">{{harvnb|Sakai|1990|p=54}}</ref>
|channel      =Fuji TV
|channel      =Fuji TV
|episodes      =4
|episodes      =4{{R|AKK}}<ref name="BEST Mag">{{harvnb|Kodansha|2009|p=67}}</ref>
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'''''Agon''''' {{Nihongo|アゴン}} is a four-episode [[1968]] [[Japan]]ese [[tokusatsu]] [[kaiju]] miniseries created, supervised, and co-written by prolific [[Toho]] screenwriter [[Shinichi Sekizawa]]. Produced by Nippon Denpa Eiga, it aired on Fuji TV from January 2 to 5, 1968. The suit for the series' titular monster was designed by legendary modeler [[Fuminori Ohashi]], who also directed its latter two episodes and directed the special effects of all four. In the 1980s, Toho Video edited the series into a 96-minute film, which it released on VHS.
'''''Agon''''' {{Nihongo|アゴン}} is a [[1968]] black-and-white [[Japan]]ese [[tokusatsu]] [[kaiju]] miniseries supervised and co-written by prolific [[Toho]] screenwriter [[Shinichi Sekizawa]]. The first half was directed by Norio Mine and written by Sekizawa, while the second half was directed by [[Fuminori Ohashi]] and written by Kozo Uchida. Ohashi also served as the director of special effects on all four episodes. Produced by Nippon Denpa Eiga, the series aired on Fuji TV from January 2 to 5, 1968.{{R|AKK}} It was later edited into a 96-minute film, which [[TOHO Visual Entertainment|Toho Video]] released on VHS in the 1980s.
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==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Development==
''Agon'' was initially planned as a series of 26, 30-minute episodes entitled ''Atomic Monster Agon''.{{R|BEST Mag}}
==Production==
Four episodes of ''Agon'' were completed by [[1964]]. However, [[Toho]] used the no-compete clause in creator [[Shinichi Sekizawa]]'s contract to prevent them from being broadcast for four years, citing [[Agon]]'s resemblance to [[Godzilla]].{{sfn|Derendorf|2018|p=60}}
==Alternate titles==
==Alternate titles==
*'''''Atomic Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|原子怪獣アゴン|Genshi Kaijū Agon|planned title}}{{R|BEST Mag}}
*'''''Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|怪獣アゴン|Kaijū Agon|erroneous title}}{{R|AKK}}
*'''''Phantom Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|幻の怪獣アゴン|Maboroshi no Kaijū Agon|Japanese VHS/Betamax title}}
*'''''Phantom Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|幻の怪獣アゴン|Maboroshi no Kaijū Agon|Japanese VHS/Betamax title}}
*'''''Giant Phantom Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|幻の大怪獣アゴン|Maboroshi no Daikaijū Agon|Japanese DVD title}}
*'''''Giant Phantom Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|幻の大怪獣アゴン|Maboroshi no Daikaijū Agon|Japanese DVD title}}
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Agon dvd cover.jpg|King Records DVD
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==Trivia==
*Although four episodes of ''Agon: Atomic Dragon'' were complete by [[1964]], [[Toho]] used the no-compete clause in creator [[Shinichi Sekizawa]]'s contract to prevent them from being broadcast for four years, citing [[Agon]]'s resemblance to [[Godzilla]].<ref name="">{{cite book|title=Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 "Alternative" Giant Monster Movies |author=Kevin Derendorf |date=2018 |publisher=Maser Press |page=60 |isbn=9781983293771}}</ref>
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*{{cite book|title=[[All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume)]]|editor-last=Sakai|editor-first=Yukio|date=24 March 1990|publisher=Keibunsha|isbn=4-7669-0962-3}}
*{{Cite book|title=[[We Loved It: Tokusatsu Heroes BEST Magazine]]|date=22 April 2009|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|isbn=978-4-06-375707-1|ref={{harvid|Kodansha|2009}}}}
*{{cite book|title=[[Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 "Alternative" Giant Monster Movies]]|last=Derendorf|first=Kevin|date=2018|publisher=Maser Press|isbn=9781983293771}}
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Agon
Agon (series)
Air date January 2-5, 1968[1]
Directed by Norio Mine, Fuminori Ohashi
Producer(s) Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
Written by Shinichi Sekizawa, Kozo Uchida
Music by Wataru Saito
Special
effects by 		Fuminori Ohashi
Production company Nippon Denpa Eiga
Channel(s) Fuji TV
Genre(s) Tokusatsu, science fiction
Episodes 4[1][2]
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Agon (アゴン) is a 1968 black-and-white Japanese tokusatsu kaiju miniseries supervised and co-written by prolific Toho screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa. The first half was directed by Norio Mine and written by Sekizawa, while the second half was directed by Fuminori Ohashi and written by Kozo Uchida. Ohashi also served as the director of special effects on all four episodes. Produced by Nippon Denpa Eiga, the series aired on Fuji TV from January 2 to 5, 1968.[1] It was later edited into a 96-minute film, which Toho Video released on VHS in the 1980s.

Plot

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Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Air date
1 "Agon Appears: Part One" Norio Mine Shinichi Sekizawa 01/02/1968
2 "Agon Appears: Part Two" 01/03/1968
3 "Hanging by a Thread: Part One" Fuminori Ohashi Kozo Uchida 01/04/1968
4 "Hanging by a Thread: Part Two" 01/05/1968

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Supervised by   Shinichi Sekizawa
  • Directed by   Norio Mine, Fuminori Ohashi
  • Written by   Shinichi Sekizawa, Kozo Uchida
  • Produced by   Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
  • Music by   Wataru Saito
  • Sound recording by   Masao Takegawa
  • Cinematography by   Takao Kawarazaki
  • Production design by   Seiichi Toriizuka
  • Lighting by   Hisao Matsumoto
  • Director of special effects   Fuminori Ohashi
  • Special effects photographer   Haruki Kageyama

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Shinji Hirota   as   Goro Sumoto
  • Asao Matsumoto   as   Detective Yamato
  • Yasuhiko Shima   as   Dr. Ukyo
  • Akemi Sawa   as   Satsuki Shizukawa
  • Yoshihiro Kobayashi   as   Monta
  • Etsuji Azuma   as   Agon

Appearances

Monsters

Development

Agon was initially planned as a series of 26, 30-minute episodes entitled Atomic Monster Agon.[2]

Production

Four episodes of Agon were completed by 1964. However, Toho used the no-compete clause in creator Shinichi Sekizawa's contract to prevent them from being broadcast for four years, citing Agon's resemblance to Godzilla.[3]

Alternate titles

  • Atomic Monster Agon (原子怪獣アゴン,   Genshi Kaijū Agon, planned title)[2]
  • Monster Agon (怪獣アゴン,   Kaijū Agon, erroneous title)[1]
  • Phantom Monster Agon (幻の怪獣アゴン,   Maboroshi no Kaijū Agon, Japanese VHS/Betamax title)
  • Giant Phantom Monster Agon (幻の大怪獣アゴン,   Maboroshi no Daikaijū Agon, Japanese DVD title)
  • Agon: Atomic Dragon (English title on Japanese VHS)
  • Atomic Dragon (English title on Japanese DVD)

Video releases

King Records DVD (2005)

  • Region: 2
  • Discs: 2
  • Audio: Japanese
  • Subtitles: None
  • Special features: Audio commentary, interviews

TC Entertainment Blu-ray (2017)

  • Region: A/1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese
  • Subtitles: None
  • Special features: None
  • Notes: Cropped to 1.78:1.
  • King Records DVD

    King Records DVD

References

This is a list of references for Agon (series). These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sakai 1990, p. 54
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kodansha 2009, p. 67
  3. ↑ Derendorf 2018, p. 60.

Bibliography

  • Sakai, Yukio, ed. (24 March 1990). All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume). Keibunsha. ISBN 4-7669-0962-3.
  • We Loved It: Tokusatsu Heroes BEST Magazine. Kodansha. 22 April 2009. ISBN 978-4-06-375707-1.
  • Derendorf, Kevin (2018). Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 "Alternative" Giant Monster Movies. Maser Press. ISBN 9781983293771.

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