Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction

	Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction
	Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction
Author(s)	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Publisher	Shogakukan Inc.
Publish date	July 15, 1984 (First version)
Genre	Information
ISBN	ISBN-10: 4092201427

Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction (決定版ゴジラ入門, Hakkō Ketteihan Gojira Nyūmon) is an informational book profiling the Godzilla franchise. Its first edition was released on July 15, 1984.

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The 181-page book, written by one of Godzilla's creators—Tomoyuki Tanaka—was originally published on July 15, 1984 and obtained multiple re-releases throughout the 1980's and 1990's. This is the 142th book in the Beginner's Encyclopedia Series, under the Hero subseries, focusing on Godzilla (入門百科シリーズ　ヒーロー Godzilla, Hyakka Shirīzu Hīrō Gojira, Beginner's Encyclopedia Series - Hero - Godzilla). All of the future editions share the same ISBN number.

The 7th edition was released on April 20, 1992. The 14th edition was released on November 20, 1996.

Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction contains a multitude of exclusive information about the Showa Godzilla, including the 1954 Godzilla's origin story, how Godzilla's atomic heat ray functions, the holes in Godzilla suits' necks being explained in-universe as being gills, etc; plus information on other Godzilla monsters from Giant Condor to the monsters that existed during the release of the edition in question. The book also features anatomical images of the Godzilla monsters, a complete fight record for all the kaiju, information on weapons, vehicles and alien races, summaries of the Godzilla movies, and other miscellaneous bits of information. It does not feature any information on non-Godzilla series monsters.