The Pictorial Book of Godzilla
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The Pictorial Book of Godzilla (大ゴジラ図鑑 is a Dai Gojira Zukan, lit. Giant Godzilla Pictorial Book)1995 informational book which features behind the scenes images and stills from Godzilla to Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla.
Information
The book was published on January 27, 1995 by Hobby Japan Co., Ltd.[1] It was authored by Masami Yamada, supervised by Yuji Nishimura, and published with Koichi Sato. The Pictorial Book of Godzilla contains a collective 1100 images along with behind the scenes information from all the Godzilla films.
The beginning of the book contains a brief description for all the Showa and Heisei Godzilla movies (except Godzilla vs. Destoroyah) with color images. The "Preface" section contains an introduction to Godzilla, all of the different eras of Godzilla, the release timeline of the movies along with the names of the Godzilla suits and the other monsters introduced in each movie. This section also defines all the terminology and subsections that will be used in the book, such as "SET," "BODY," "FACE," "POOL," "MAKING," "BEHIND," "EXHIBITION," "Another G" (used for the sections for Gomess and Jirass) and "Variation G" (for related characters such as Minilla). The rest of the book gives hundreds of images for the King of the Monsters' movies throughout the years, each film found within a section divided between "The Dawn" (1954-1962), "Golden Age" (1964-1966), "Maturity" (1967-1972), "Revival" (1973-1984), and "Renewal" (1989-1994).
Examples of content within The Pictorial Book of Godzilla include: the making and design details of all the Godzilla suits, as well as of the Gigantis, the Fire Monster Godzilla suit from 1957 and the story behind the unmade American edit, "Snowman vs. Godzilla" images, and info on the Godzilla suits' usage by Tsuburaya Production for Ultraman adversaries. The book focuses solely on the Godzilla character, but occasionally touches upon offshoots such as the Godzillasaurus or Baby Godzilla.
Description
Japanese description from BOOK Database:[1]
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Contents
By Film [作品別]
By Godzilla Type [ゴジラ・タイプ別]
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Gallery
References
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