The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films

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The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films
The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films
Author(s) John LeMay
Edited by Ted Johnson
Cover by Jared Olive
Publisher Bicep Books, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publish date June 15, 2017[1]
Dimensions 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches[1]
Genre Reference
ISBN ISBN-10: 1548145254
ISBN-13: 978-1548145255

The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films is a 2017 informational book by John LeMay profiling unmade projects in the kaiju genre. Published by Bicep Books on June 15, 2017, it contains approximately 122,000 words across 386 pages. The book was edited by Ted Johnson.

In addition to containing information such as intended release dates, staff, proposed cast, and story details regarding an extensive array of unmade, scrapped or lost films, the book features a foreword by G-Fan publisher and editor J.D. Lees and essays by Dr. Ayame Chiba (the deceptive pseudonym of Randy Schadel[2]), Stan Hyde, Mark Jaramillo, and Ted Johnson, as well as an interview with Don F. Glut.

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Contents

  • Part III: Banned, Unreleased & Lost Films
  • Appendix I: Short Treatments for Unmade Films (p. 223)
  • Appendix II: Alternate Versions of Existing Films (p. 237)
  • Appendix III: Synopses (p. 251)
  • Appendix IV: Independent Features & Fan Films (Compiled by Mark Jaramillo) (p. 317)
  • Appendix V: Guardian of Mixed Media: The Gameraverse, by Dr. Ayame Chiba (p. 323)
  • Appendix VI: The International Kaiju Brotherhood: Giant Monsters and Movie-Making Heroes from Around the World, by Stan Hyde (p. 331)
  • Appendix VII: In Search of Monsters: My Hunt for Obscure and Forgotten Kaiju Films, by Mark Jaramillo (p. 351)
  • Appendix VIII: Prophecies of Nostradamus and Me, by Ted Johnson (p. 361)
  • Appendix IX: Interview with Don F. Glut on Ultraman: Hero from the Stars (p. 367)
  • Bibliography (p. 370)
  • Index (p. 374)
  • About the Author (p. 384)

Gallery

Trivia

  • The book erroneously refers to Godzilla series writer Hideichi Nagahara as "Shuichi Nagahara."

References

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