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|writer      =[[Ishiro Honda]], [[Kaoru Mabuchi]]
|writer      =[[Ishiro Honda]], [[Kaoru Mabuchi]]
|composer    =[[Akira Ifukube]]
|composer    =[[Akira Ifukube]]
|distributor =[[Toho]]{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br>American International Pictures{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<ref name="Craig">{{cite book|title=American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography|author=Craig, Rob|date=2019|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|page=120|isbn= 9781476666310}}</ref>
|sfx        =[[Sadamasa Arikawa]]
|rating      =G{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}
|distributor =[[Toho]]{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br>[[American International Pictures]]{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<ref name="Craig">{{cite book|title=American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography|author=Craig, Rob|date=2019|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|page=120|isbn= 9781476666310}}</ref>
|budget      =¥200,000,000<ref name="Honda">{{cite book|title=Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film |author=Steve Ryfle and Ed Godzizewski |date=2017 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |page=244 |isbn=9780819577412}}</ref>
|rating      =G{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}, {{tt|12|For moderate injury detail}}{{sup|[[United Kingdom|UK]]}}, X (U.S. cut){{sup|[[united Kingdom|UK]]}}
|gross      =¥170,000,000<ref name="Honda2">{{cite book|title=Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film |author=Steve Ryfle and Ed Godzizewski |date=2017 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |page=247 |isbn=9780819577412}}</ref>
|budget      =¥200 million<ref name="Honda">{{cite book|title=Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film |author=Steve Ryfle and Ed Godzizewski |date=2017 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |page=244 |isbn=9780819577412}}</ref>
|runtime    =89 minutes{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br />{{Small|(1 hour, 29 minutes)}}<br />88 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br />{{Small|(1 hour, 28 minutes)}}
|runtime    =89 minutes{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br />{{Small|(1 hour, 29 minutes)}}<br />88 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br />{{Small|(1 hour, 28 minutes)}}<br />74 minutes{{sup|[[Toho Champion Festival|TCF]]}}<br />{{Small|(1 hour, 14 minutes)}}
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{{Quote|The mysterious [[Kilaaks]] appear! Shaking the universe, the great battle of 11 monsters!|parenthetical=謎のキラアク星人出現!宇宙をゆるがす11大怪獣の大激闘!|Japanese tagline}}
{{Quote|The mysterious [[Kilaak]]s appear! Shaking the universe, the great battle of 11 monsters!|parenthetical=謎のキラアク星人出現!宇宙をゆるがす11大怪獣の大激闘!|Japanese tagline}}
{{Quote|The horror of every monster known to man ravaging the Earth!|International tagline}}
{{Quote|The horror of every monster known to man ravaging the Earth!|International tagline}}
{{Quote|The MONSTERS are in REVOLT... and The World is on the brink of DESTRUCTION!|American tagline}}
{{Quote|The MONSTERS are in REVOLT...and The World is on the brink of DESTRUCTION!<br>"DESTROY ALL MONSTERS"...The Battle-Cry that could Save the World!|American taglines}}
'''''Destroy All Monsters''''' {{Nihongo|怪獣総進撃|Kaijū Sōshingeki|lit. ''Monster Total Advancement''}} is a [[1968]] [[tokusatsu]] [[:Category:Kaiju Films|kaiju film]] produced by [[Toho]], and the ninth installment in the [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla series]] as well as the [[Showa era|Showa series]]. The film was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on August 1, [[1968]].<ref name="Godzilla.jp">[http://godzilla.jp/work/9/ 怪獣総進撃|ゴジラ 東宝公式サイト] (official [[Godzilla.jp]] page)</ref>
'''''Destroy All Monsters''''' {{Nihongo|怪獣総進撃|Kaijū Sōshingeki|lit. "''Monster Total Advancement''"}} is a [[1968]] [[tokusatsu]] [[:Category:Kaiju Films|kaiju film]] directed by [[Ishiro Honda]] and written by Honda with [[Kaoru Mabuchi]], with special effects by [[Sadamasa Arikawa]]. Produced by [[Toho]], it is the ninth installment in the [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' series]] as well as the [[Showa era|Showa series]]. It stars [[Akira Kubo]], [[Yukiko Kobayashi]], Kyoko Ai, [[Jun Tazaki]], [[Yoshio Tsuchiya]], and [[Kenji Sahara]]. The film was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on August 1, [[1968]].<ref name="Godzilla.jp">[http://godzilla.jp/work/9/ 怪獣総進撃|ゴジラ 東宝公式サイト] (official [[Godzilla.jp]] page)</ref> [[American International Pictures]] released an edited English-dubbed version of the film to [[United States|American]] theaters on May 28, [[1969]].


Originally intended to be the last ''Godzilla'' film, ''Destroy All Monsters'' brings together nearly all of Toho's roster of [[kaiju]], including many who had never appeared in the series before. At the close of the 20th century, all of Earth's monsters are contained on [[Monsterland]]: a facility in the Ogasawara Islands where they can live in peace without threatening humanity's safety. However, alien invaders known as the [[Kilaaks]] seize control of the island and its monsters, unleashing them in a destructive campaign around the world. [[Katsuo Yamabe]] and the crew of the [[Moonlight SY-3]] find themselves on the front lines of the battle against the Kilaaks as they struggle to discover and disable the source of the aliens' mind control. But even when the Earth monsters are freed from the aliens' control, they must engage in a final confrontation with [[King Ghidorah/Showa|King Ghidorah]], who is now under the control of the Kilaaks.
Originally intended to be the last ''Godzilla'' film, ''Destroy All Monsters'' brings together nearly all the [[kaiju]] in Toho's library, including some who had never appeared in the series before, such as [[Manda]], [[Varan]], [[Gorosaurus]], and [[Baragon]]. At the end of the 20th century, all of Earth's monsters are contained on [[Monsterland]]: a facility in the Ogasawara Islands where they can live in peace without threatening humanity's safety. However, alien invaders known as the [[Kilaak]]s seize control of the island and its monsters, unleashing them in a destructive campaign around the world. [[Katsuo Yamabe]] and the crew of the ''[[Moonlight SY-3]]'' find themselves on the front lines of the battle against the Kilaaks as they struggle to discover and disable the source of the aliens' mind control. But even when the Earth monsters are freed from the aliens' control, they must engage in a final confrontation with [[King Ghidorah (Showa)|King Ghidorah]], who is now also under the control of the Kilaaks.
 
Though the ''Godzilla'' series would ultimately continue uninterrupted, ''Destroy All Monsters'' was the last entry produced before the start of the [[Toho Champion Festival]], which served as the vehicle through which the next six entries in the series would be released theatrically until [[1975]], beginning with ''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' in [[1969]].  
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==Plot==
==Plot==
At the end of the 20th century, the [[United Nations]] Science Committee has captured and contained all of [[Earth]]'s monsters on an island located in the Ogasawara chain dubbed "[[Monsterland]]." The island is monitored from a special underground control center staffed by scientists who ensure the monsters stay secure and also study them. One day, a cloud of knockout gas suddenly appears over the island, knocking the monsters and the human researchers all unconscious. Soon after, the monsters begin to appear in major cities across the globe: [[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]] attacks [[New York]], [[Rodan/Showa|Rodan]] appears in [[Moscow]], [[Gorosaurus]] destroys [[Paris]], [[Mothra/Third Generation|Mothra]] terrorizes [[Beijing]], and [[Manda]] assaults [[London]]. With communications with Monsterland mysteriously severed, the UNSC sends [[Katsuo Yamabe]] and the crew of the [[Moonlight SY-3]] to end their patrol on the [[Moon]] and investigate the island. They find the island badly damaged and all of the monsters gone. Yamabe and his men enter the research base under the island and find the staff all alive, but acting strangely. Lead researcher Dr. Otani and Yamabe's sister [[Kyoko Manabe|Kyoko]] bring the SY-3 crew further into the base and introduce them to a group of mysterious women wearing silver robes. The [[Kilaak Queen|leader]] reveals that she represents the [[Kilaaks]], an advanced race of aliens that have come to stake their claim on Earth, and that they have used mind control to turn all of the Monsterland staff as well as the island's resident monsters into their servants. The Kilaak Queen demands that the human race surrender to her race immediately, or else they will be forced to annihilate human civilization. Yamabe and his men refuse and open fire on the Kilaaks, but find they are defended by a forcefield. The Kilaaks escape and order their mind-controlled slaves to kill Yamabe and his men. The SY-3 crew fights its way through the Kilaaks' servants and manages to escape the island with Dr. Otani. Otani is brought to a UNSC base and interrogated by Yamabe and Dr. Yoshida, but refuses to reveal any details about the Kilaaks' plan. While Yamabe and Yoshida are talking in another room, Otani commits suicide by jumping out of a nearby window. Kyoko and a group of Kilaak-controlled armed men arrive to recover Otani's body, but are attacked by the UNSC's special police force and retreat. The UNSC conducts an autopsy on Otani, and discover a strange device implanted in his head. They quickly determine that this must be how the Kilaaks are controlling Otani and the others.
At the end of the 20th century, the [[United Nations]] Science Committee has captured and contained all of [[Earth]]'s monsters in a region dubbed "[[Monsterland]]" on one of the islands located in the Ogasawara chain. The island is monitored from a special underground control center staffed by scientists who ensure the monsters stay secure and also study them. One day, a cloud of knockout gas suddenly appears over the island, knocking the monsters and the human researchers all unconscious. Soon after, the monsters begin to appear in major cities all across the globe: [[Godzilla (Second Generation)|Godzilla]] attacks [[New York]], [[Rodan (Showa)|Rodan]] appears in [[Moscow]], [[Mothra (Third Generation)|Mothra]] terrorizes [[Beijing]], [[Manda]] assaults [[London]], and [[Gorosaurus]] destroys [[Paris]]. With communications with Monsterland mysteriously severed, the UNSC sends [[Katsuo Yamabe]] and the crew of the ''[[Moonlight SY-3]]'' to end their patrol on the [[Moon]] and investigate the island. They find the island badly damaged and all of the monsters gone. Yamabe and his men enter the research base under the island and find the staff all alive, but acting strangely. Lead researcher Dr. Otani and Yamabe's sister [[Kyoko Manabe|Kyoko]] bring the ''SY-3'' crew further into the base and introduce them to a group of mysterious women wearing silver robes. The [[Kilaak Queen|leader]] reveals that she represents the [[Kilaak]]s, an advanced race of aliens that have come to stake their claim on Earth, and that they have used mind control to turn all of the Monsterland staff as well as the island's resident monsters into their servants. The Kilaak Queen demands that the human race surrender to her race immediately, or else they will be forced to annihilate human civilization. Yamabe and his men refuse and open fire on the Kilaaks, but find they are defended by a force field. The Kilaaks escape and order their mind-controlled slaves to kill Yamabe and his men. The ''SY-3'' crew fights its way through the Kilaaks' servants and manages to escape the island with Dr. Otani. Otani is brought to a UNSC base and interrogated by Yamabe and Dr. Yoshida, but refuses to reveal any details about the Kilaaks' plans. While Yamabe and Yoshida are talking in another room, Otani commits suicide by jumping out of a nearby window. Kyoko and a group of Kilaak-controlled armed men arrive to recover Otani's body, but are attacked by the UNSC's special police force and retreat. The UNSC conducts an autopsy on Otani, and discover a strange device implanted in his head. They quickly determine that this must be how the Kilaaks are controlling Otani and the others.


With the world's attention drawn away from [[Japan]], the Kilaaks establish an underground base near [[Mount Fuji]] and direct their next attack at [[Tokyo]]. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and Manda all attack Japan's capital at the same time, catching its defenses completely off guard and annihilating the city with little opposition. While Tokyo is destroyed, the UNSC manages to capture Kyoko and free her from the Kilaaks' control. Unfortunately, Kyoko has no memory of the Kilaaks' plans and cannot provide the UNSC with any useful information. Elsewhere in Japan, an old man discovers a bizarre device inside a rock found near a village. The UNSC analyzes the device and learns it is used to broadcast the Kilaaks' mind control waves over a certain area. Many other such devices are found all around the world, but the UNSC learns the Kilaaks have begun broadcasting their signals directly from a base under the lunar surface instead. Yamabe and his crew board the Moonlight SY-3 and embark on a desperate mission to the moon while the [[JSDF]] battles several of the Kilaaks' monsters near Mt. Fuji. The SY-3 arrives on the moon and its crew infiltrates the aliens' hidden base. After a fierce gunfight, the SY-3 crew destroys the Kilaaks' control device and damages the base's environmental controls, forcing the Kilaaks to revert to their true forms, metallic slug-like creatures. This reveals the invaders' weakness: low temperature. The Kilaaks thrive in artificially high temperatures, but will revert to their true forms if exposed to lower temperatures.
With the world's attention drawn away from [[Japan]], the Kilaaks establish an underground base near [[Mount Fuji]] and direct their next attack at [[Tokyo]]. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and Manda all attack Japan's capital at the same time, catching its defenses completely off guard and annihilating the city with little opposition. While Tokyo is destroyed, the UNSC manages to capture Kyoko (who has come to them personally to give them and the world another ultimatum from the Kilaaks) and Yamabe frees her from the Kilaaks' mind control. Unfortunately, Kyoko has no memory of the Kilaaks' plans and cannot provide the UNSC with any useful information. Elsewhere in Japan, an old man discovers a bizarre device inside a rock found near a village. The UNSC analyzes the device and learns it is used to broadcast the Kilaaks' mind control waves over a certain area. Many other such devices are found all around the world, but the UNSC learns the Kilaaks have begun broadcasting their signals directly from a base under the lunar surface instead. Yamabe and his crew board the ''Moonlight SY-3'' and embark on a desperate mission to the Moon while the [[JSDF]] battles several of the Kilaaks' monster slaves near Mt. Fuji. The ''SY-3'' arrives on the Moon and its crew infiltrates the aliens' hidden base. After a fierce gunfight, the ''SY-3'' crew destroys the Kilaaks' mind control device and damages the base's environmental controls, forcing the Kilaaks to revert to their true forms, metallic slug-like creatures. This reveals the invaders' weakness: low temperatures. The Kilaaks thrive in artificially high temperatures, but will revert to their true forms if exposed to low temperatures.
 
With the Earth monsters all freed from the Kilaaks' mind control and now controlled by the humans, the UNSC directs them all to the Kilaaks' base at Mt. Fuji, intending to put an end to their invasion once and for all. The 10 Earth monsters all arrive, led by Godzilla. As they approach, the Kilaaks unleash their trump card: [[King Ghidorah (Showa)|King Ghidorah]]. The triple-headed Destroyer of Worlds confidently lands amidst the Earth monsters and begins his attack. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, [[Anguirus]], [[Kumonga]], and Gorosaurus lead the counterattack while [[Minilla]], Manda, [[Varan]], and [[Baragon]] look on. King Ghidorah breathes out his gravity beams at the monsters, with one of them sending both Rodan leaping into the air and Mothra sprawling. Anguirus bites down on one of King Ghidorah's necks, but the space monster then takes flight, with Anguirus still hanging on with all his might. King Ghidorah finally bites Anguirus on the neck with one of his free heads, sending him plummeting to the ground. Anguirus lands in a ditch, and King Ghidorah promptly lands on top of him and stomps him into the dirt. King Ghidorah flies over to Godzilla and his other four attackers, while Anguirus shakes the dirt off his back and re-enters the battle. The Earth monsters struggle against King Ghidorah until Gorosaurus quietly goes behind King Ghidorah and then delivers a devastating kangaroo kick to his back from behind, causing him to fall to the ground, briefly stunned. Godzilla and Anguirus then seize the opportunity and, respectively, begin brutally stomping on King Ghidorah's left neck, causing him to cough up blood, and biting down hard into his right neck until it, too, bleeds. When only the center of King Ghidorah's three heads is left alive, it is subsequently suffocated by one of Minilla's radioactive smoke rings. Mothra and Kumonga then cover King Ghidorah's dead body in silk and webbing, respectively. Refusing to admit defeat, however, the Kilaaks unleash a "burning monster" they call the [[Kilaak UFO|Fire Dragon]], which terrorizes the monsters before destroying the humans' control devices on Monsterland. Godzilla proceeds to the Kilaaks' base and blasts it repeatedly with his atomic breath, only for the base's shield to resist it. Godzilla then kicks through the base's shield with his foot and personally destroys the base, triggering a chain reaction of explosions that consumes the entire base and opens a fissure in the ground under King Ghidorah's carcass, which falls into it and also explodes. The ''Moonlight SY-3'' gives chase to the Fire Dragon and successfully shoots it down, revealing it as a flaming Kilaak flying saucer. Earth is saved at last, and the alien invaders are no more. The monsters are all returned to Monsterland to live out their days in peace. Some time later, Yamabe and Kyoko accompany Dr. Yoshida in a helicopter which flies over the island. From the helicopter, they observe the monsters living peacefully on the island, including Godzilla and his son Minilla, who stare contently at the chopper and roar at it as it flies off.


With the Earth monsters all freed from the Kilaaks' control, the UNSC directs them all to the Kilaaks' base at Mt. Fuji, intending to put an end to their invasion once and for all. The Earth monsters all arrive, led by Godzilla. As they approach, the Kilaaks unleash their trump card: [[King Ghidorah/Showa|King Ghidorah]]. The triped-domed destroyer lands amidst the Earth monsters and begins his attack. Godzilla, [[Anguirus]], [[Gorosaurus]], Mothra, [[Kumonga]], and Rodan lead the counterattack while [[Minilla]], Manda, [[Varan]], and [[Baragon]] look on. Anguirus bites down on one of King Ghidorah's necks, but the space monster takes flight, with Anguirus still hanging on with all his might. King Ghidorah finally bites Anguirus on the neck with one of his free heads, sending him plummeting to the ground. Anguirus is buried in a ditch, and King Ghidorah promptly lands on top of him and stomps him into the dirt. King Ghidorah flies over to Godzilla and his other two attackers, while Anguirus shakes the dust off and re-enters the battle. The Earth monsters struggle against King Ghidorah until Gorosaurus delivers a devastating kangaroo kick to King Ghidorah's back, causing him to fall to the ground. Godzilla and Anguirus seize the opportunity and begin brutally stomping on King Ghidorah's necks, causing him to cough up blood. When only one of King Ghidorah's heads is left breathing, it is subsequently strangled by one of Minilla's smoke rings. Mothra and Kumonga then cover King Ghidorah's lifeless body in webbing. Refusing to admit defeat, the Kilaaks unleash a "burning monster" they call the [[Kilaak UFO|Fire Dragon]], which terrorizes the monsters before destroying the humans' control devices on Monsterland. Godzilla proceeds to the Kilaaks' base and blasts it repeatedly with his atomic breath, only for the base's shield to resist it. Godzilla then kicks through the base's shield and personally destroys the base, triggering a chain reaction explosion that consumes the entire base and opens a fissure under King Ghidorah's body, which falls in and explodes. The Moonlight SY-3 gives chase to the Fire Dragon, and successfully shoots it down, revealing it as a flaming Kilaak flying saucer. The Earth is saved at last, and the alien invaders are no more. The monsters are all returned to Monsterland to live out their days in peace. Yamabe and Kyoko accompany Dr. Yoshida in a helicopter which flies over the island. From the helicopter, they observe several of the monsters living peacefully on the island, including Godzilla and his son Minilla, who stare contently and roar at the chopper as it flies by.
==Staff==
==Staff==
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|Directed by=[[Ishiro Honda]]
|Directed by=[[Ishiro Honda]]
|Written by=[[Ishiro Honda]], [[Kaoru Mabuchi]]
|Written by=[[Ishiro Honda]], [[Kaoru Mabuchi]]
|Produced by=[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]
|Executive producer=[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]
|Music by=[[Akira Ifukube]]
|Music by=[[Akira Ifukube]]
|Cinematography by=Taiichi Kankura
|Cinematography by=Taiichi Kankura
|Edited by=Ryohei Fujii
|Edited by=Ryohei Fujii
|Production Design by=Takeo Kita
|Production design by=[[Takeo Kita]]
|Assistant Directing by=Seiji Tani
|First assistant director|[[Seiji Tani]]
|Special Effects by=[[Sadamasa Arikawa]], [[Eiji Tsuburaya]]
|Director of special effects|[[Sadamasa Arikawa]]
|Special effects supervisor|[[Eiji Tsuburaya]] (ceremonial title)<ref name="HondaLifeInFilm">{{cite book|title=Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film|author=Steve Ryfle and Ed Godzizewski|date=2017|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|page=245|isbn=9780819577412}}</ref>
|First assistant director of special effects|[[Teruyoshi Nakano]]
}}
}}
==Cast==
==Cast==
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{{Cast
{{Cast
|[[Akira Kubo]]|[[Moonlight SY-3]] Captain [[Katsuo Yamabe]]
|[[Akira Kubo]]|''[[Moonlight SY-3]]'' Captain [[Katsuo Yamabe]]
|[[Yukiko Kobayashi]]|[[Kyoko Manabe]], [[Monsterland]] personnel
|[[Yukiko Kobayashi]]|[[Kyoko Manabe]], [[Monsterland]] personnel
|Kyoko Ai|[[Kilaak Queen]]
|Kyoko Ai|[[Kilaak Queen]]
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|[[Toru Ibuki]]|Tetsuo Ise, Monsterland engineer
|[[Toru Ibuki]]|Tetsuo Ise, Monsterland engineer
|Minoru Ito|Minoru Kudo, Monsterland engineer
|Minoru Ito|Minoru Kudo, Monsterland engineer
|[[Susumu Kurobe]]|Nobuo Kuroiwa, Monsterland engineer
|[[Susumu Kurobe]]|Shin Kuroiwa, Monsterland engineer
|[[Hisaya Ito]]|Major Tada
|[[Hisaya Ito]]|Major Tada
|[[Yoshibumi Tajima]]|Security Commander Sugiyama
|[[Yoshibumi Tajima]]|Security Commander Sugiyama
|Saburo Iketani|Toshio Fukuzawa, announcer
|Henry Okawa|UNSC engineer
|[[Andrew Hughes]]|Dr. Stevenson
|Nadao Kirino, Naoya Kusakawa|International Police detectives
|Nadao Kirino, Naoya Kusakawa|International Police detectives
|Wataru Omae|Arima, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
|Wataru Omae|Arima, ''Moonlight SY-3'' crew member
|Chotaro Togin|Okada, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
|Chotaro Togin|Okada, ''Moonlight SY-3'' crew member
|Yasuhiko Saijyo|Fujita, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
|Yasuhiko Saijyo|Fujita, ''Moonlight SY-3'' crew member
|Seishiro Kuno|Yanai, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
|Seishiro Kuno|Tani, ''Moonlight SY-3'' crew member
|Ken Echigo|Yoshikawa, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
|Ken Echigo|Yoshikawa, ''Moonlight SY-3'' crew member
|Ikio Sawamura|Elderly farmer in the village
|[[Ikio Sawamura]]|Elderly farmer in the village
|Yutaka Sada|Village police officer
|Yutaka Sada|Village police officer
|Kenichiro Maruyama|Moon Base engineer
|Kenichiro Maruyama|Moon Base engineer
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|[[Haruya Sakamoto]], Rinsaku Ogata|Joint Defense Command officers
|[[Haruya Sakamoto]], Rinsaku Ogata|Joint Defense Command officers
|Yukihiko Gondo|Command vehicle soldier
|Yukihiko Gondo|Command vehicle soldier
|Yoshiko Miyata, Kyoko Mori, Ari Sagawa, Rei Maki, Atsuko Takahashi|[[Kilaaks]]
|Yoshiko Miyata, Kyoko Mori, Ari Sagawa, Rei Maki, Atsuko Takahashi|[[Kilaak]]s
|[[Haruo Nakajima]]|[[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]] / Joint Defense Command officer
|[[Haruo Nakajima]]|[[Godzilla (Second Generation)|Godzilla]] / Joint Defense Command officer
|[[Hiroshi Sekita]]|[[Anguirus]] / [[Gorosaurus]] / Hospital doctor
|[[Hiroshi Sekita]]|[[Anguirus]] / [[Gorosaurus]] / Hospital doctor
|[[Teruo Aragaki]]|[[Rodan/Showa|Rodan]]
|[[Teruo Aragaki]]|[[Rodan (Showa)|Rodan]]
|[[Susumu Utsumi]]|[[King Ghidorah/Showa|King Ghidorah]]
|[[Susumu Utsumi]]|[[King Ghidorah (Showa)|King Ghidorah]]
|[[Masao Fukazawa]]|[[Minilla]] (as "Little Man Machan")
|[[Masao Fukazawa]]|[[Minilla]] (as "Little Man Machan")
|Saburo Iketani|Toshio Fukuzawa, announcer
|Henry Okawa|UNSC engineer
|[[Andrew Hughes]]|Dr. Stevenson
|[[Tadaaki Watanabe]]|Anguirus (uncredited)
|[[Tadaaki Watanabe]]|Anguirus (uncredited)
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}}
===International English Dub===
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===International English dub===
{{Cast
{{Cast
|Burr Middleton<ref name="Middleton">[http://www.janalanhenderson.com/Articles/Burr_Middleton_Part_3.html?fbclid=IwAR3bMimH5Q0RJen-gdEeHwRTKWdNTYG4q8sWjWQ69X1LUCVRLQ9ph8UY9LM BEHIND THE MING DYNASTY - BURR MIDDLETON - PART 3]</ref>|Captain [[Katsuo Yamabe]]
|Burr Middleton<ref name="Middleton">[http://www.janalanhenderson.com/Articles/Burr_Middleton_Part_3.html?fbclid=IwAR3bMimH5Q0RJen-gdEeHwRTKWdNTYG4q8sWjWQ69X1LUCVRLQ9ph8UY9LM BEHIND THE MING DYNASTY - BURR MIDDLETON - PART 3]</ref>|Captain Katsuo Yamabe
|Bud Widom|Dr. Yoshida
|Bud Widom|Dr. Yoshida
|Carole Wyand|[[Kyoko Manabe]] / [[Kilaak Queen]]
|Carole Wyand|Kyoko Manabe / Kilaak Queen
|[[Robert Dunham]]|Okada / Security Commander Sugiyama
|[[Robert Dunham]]|Okada / Security Commander Sugiyama
}}
}}
===Titan Productions English Dub===
===Titan Productions English dub===
{{Cast
{{Cast|notice=no
|Hal Linden|Captain [[Katsuo Yamabe]]<ref name="Ryfle"/>
|[[wikipedia:Hal Linden|Hal Linden]]|Captain Katsuo Yamabe<ref name="Ryfle"/>
|Bret Morrison<ref name="Craig"/>|Dr. Yoshida<ref name="Ryfle"/>
|[[wikipedia:Bret Morrison|Bret Morrison]]<ref name="Craig"/>|Dr. Yoshida<ref name="Ryfle"/>
|Paulette Rubinstein|[[Kyoko Manabe]]
|Paulette Rubinstein|Kyoko Manabe
|Bernard Grant|Dr. Otani
|[[wikipedia:Bernard Grant|Bernard Grant]]|Dr. Otani
|Lucy Martin|[[Kilaak Queen]]
|Lucy Martin|Kilaak Queen
|Kenneth Harvey|Major Tada
|Kenneth Harvey|Major Tada
|Jack Curtis|Arima / UNSC Technician / Newscaster<ref name="Ryfle"/>
|[[wikipedia:Jack Curtis (voice actor)|Jack Curtis]]|Arima / UNSC Technician / Newscaster<ref name="Ryfle"/>
|Larry Robinson|[[Moonlight SY-3]] astronaut
|Larry Robinson|''Moonlight SY-3'' astronaut
|Norman Rose|Narrator<ref name="Ryfle"/>
|[[wikipedia:Norman Rose|Norman Rose]]|Narrator<ref name="Ryfle"/>
}}
}}


===Italian dub===
{{Cast|notice=no
|[[wikipedia:Dario Penne|Dario Penne]]|Captain Katsuo Yamabe<ref name="The Heirs of King Kong">{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/glieredidikingkong.htm|title=The Heirs of King Kong|work=The World of Voice Actors|accessdate=16 January 2022}}</ref>
|[[wikipedia:Maria Grazia Spina|Maria Grazia Spina]]|Kyoko Manabe{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|[[wikipedia:Carlo Hintermann|Carlo Hintermann]]|Dr. Yoshida{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|Renato Cominetti|Dr. Otani{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|Franco Odoardi|Major Tada{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|[[wikipedia:Silvio Noto|Silvio Noto]]|Security Commander Sugiyama{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|[[wikipedia:Giuseppe Fortis|Giuseppe Fortis]]|Dr. Stevenson{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|[[wikipedia:Vittorio Di Prima|Vittorio Di Prima]]|Okada{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|[[wikipedia:Alfredo Rizzo|Alfredo Rizzo]]|Elderly farmer in the village{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|Mario Erpichini|Radio announcer{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
|Rino Bolognesi|Narrator{{R|The Heirs of King Kong}}
}}
{{col-end}}
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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{{col-begin}}
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{{col-2}}
===Monsters===
===Monsters===
*[[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]] ([[SoshingekiGoji]])
*[[Godzilla (Second Generation)|Godzilla]] ([[SoshingekiGoji]])
*[[Rodan/Showa|Rodan]]
*[[Minilla]]
*[[Rodan (Showa)|Rodan]]
*[[Mothra (Third Generation)|Mothra]]
*[[Anguirus]]
*[[Anguirus]]
*[[Kumonga]]
*[[Manda]]
*[[Varan]]
*[[Gorosaurus]]
*[[Gorosaurus]]
*[[Mothra/Third Generation|Mothra]]
*[[Minilla]]
*[[Manda]]
*[[Kumonga]]
*[[Baragon]]
*[[Baragon]]
*[[Varan]]
*[[King Ghidorah (Showa)|King Ghidorah]]
*[[King Ghidorah/Showa|King Ghidorah]]
*[[Kamacuras]] (stock footage, erroneous)
*[[Kamacuras]] (stock footage, dead)
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===Weapons, vehicles, and races===
===Weapons, vehicles, and races===
*[[Kilaaks]]
*[[Kilaak]]s
*[[C19 Personal Carrier]]
*[[Hughes OH-6 Cayuse|Hughes I500]]
*[[UNSC Moon Base]]
*[[UNSC Moon Base]]
*[[Moonlight SY-3]]
*''[[Moonlight SY-3]]''
*[[Kilaak UFO]]
*[[Kilaak UFO]]
*[[Half Track V2 Rockets]]
*[[Half Track V2 Rockets]]
*[[Typhoon Devastators]]
*[[City Defense Missile System]]
*[[Hybrid Tank]]
*[[Multipurpose Tank]]
*[[Type M3A1]]
*[[Type M3A1]]
*[[Support Helicopter]]
*[[Support Helicopter]]
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*[[Monster Control Device]]
*[[Monster Control Device]]
*[[GPU-4 Satellite]]
*[[GPU-4 Satellite]]
*[[Radiation Truck]]
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{{col-end}}
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main|Destroy All Monsters/Gallery}}
{{Main|Destroy All Monsters/Gallery}}
==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{{Main|Destroy All Monsters (Soundtrack)}}
{{Main|Destroy All Monsters/Soundtrack}}
==Alternate titles==
==Alternate titles==
*'''''Monster Total Advancement''''' (Literal Japanese title)
[[File:DAM Champion Festival Title.png|200px|thumb|right|1972 ''Godzilla: The Grand Blitz Operation'' title card]]
**'''''Charge of the Monsters''''' (Alternate translation)
*'''''Monster Total Advancement''''' (literal Japanese title)
**'''''Attack of the Marching Monsters''''' (Alternate translation)
**'''''Monster Attack March''''' (alternate translation; used on the [[Madman Entertainment|Madman]] DVD)
*'''''Godzilla: The Grand Blitz Operation''''' {{Nihongo|ゴジラ電撃大作戦|Gojira Dengeki Daisakusen|Japanese re-release title}}
**'''''Charge of the Monsters''''' (alternate translation)
**'''''Attack of the Marching Monsters''''' (alternate translation)
**'''''Marching Monster Attack''''' (alternate translation)
*'''''Godzilla: The Grand Blitz Operation''''' {{Nihongo|ゴジラ電撃大作戦|Gojira Dengeki Daisakusen|Japanese re-release title}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works]]|publisher=[[villagebooks]]|date=28 September 2012|isbn=4-864-91013-8|page=122}}</ref>
*'''''Assemble All Monsters!''''' {{Nihongo|オール怪獣集合せよ!|Ōru Kaijū Shūgōseyo!|Japanese 8mm title}}
*'''''Assemble All Monsters!''''' {{Nihongo|オール怪獣集合せよ!|Ōru Kaijū Shūgōseyo!|Japanese 8mm title}}
*'''''Monster Olympics''''' {{Nihongo|怪獣オリンピック|Kaijū Orinpikku|Japanese 8mm title}}
*'''''Monster Olympics''''' {{Nihongo|怪獣オリンピック|Kaijū Orinpikku|Japanese 8mm title}}
*'''''Operation Monsterland''''' (Early English title)
*'''''Operation Monsterland''''' (early English title)<ref name="OM">[[File:Dam 1968-07. UniJapan 41 (v11 n3) p. 4.png|200px]]</ref>
*'''''The Invaders Attack''''' (''Les envahisseurs attaquent''; France; French Belgium)
*'''''The Invaders Attack''''' (''Les envahisseurs attaquent''; France, French Belgium)
*'''''Frankenstein and the Monsters from Space''''' (''Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All''; Germany)
*'''''The Monsters Are Attacking''''' (''De monsters vallen aan''; Dutch Belgium)
*'''''Frankenstein and the Monsters from Space''''' (''Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All''; West Germany)
*'''''Battle of All Monsters''''' (''Kampf aller Monster''; German 8mm title)
*'''''The Heirs of King Kong''''' (''Gli eredi di King Kong''; Italy)
*'''''The Heirs of King Kong''''' (''Gli eredi di King Kong''; Italy)
*'''''Extraterrestrial Invasion''''' (''Invasión Extraterrestre''; Spain)
*'''''Extraterrestrial Invasion''''' (''Invasión Extraterrestre''; Spain)
*'''''The Monsters are Threatening the World''''' (''Hirviöt uhkaavat maailmaa''; Finland)
*'''''The Monsters Are Threatening the World''''' (''Hirviöt uhkaavat maailmaa''; Finland)
*'''''Starfield Monsters''''' (''Feza Canavarları''; Turkey)
*'''''Starfield Monsters''''' (''Feza Canavarları''; Turkey)
*'''''End of Monsters''''' (''Canavarların Sonu''; Turkey)
*'''''Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters''''' (Australia)
*'''''Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters''''' (Australia)
*'''''The Awakening of the Monsters''''' (''O Despertar dos Monstros''; Brazil)
*'''''The Monsters Invade Earth''''' (''Los monstruos invaden la tierra''; Mexico)
*'''''The War of the Monsters''''' (''La guerra de los monstruos''; Mexican video title)
*'''''Frankenstein's Monsters Threaten the Earth''''' (''Monsters van Frankenstein bedreigen de Aarde''; Netherlands)
*'''''All Monsters Must Be Destroyed''''' (''Alla monster skall förstöras''; Sweden)
*'''''Kill the Monsters''''' (''ΕΞΟΝΤΩΣΤΕ ΤΑ ΤΕΡΑΤΑ''; Greece)
*'''''Monsters Invade the World''''' (''الوحوش تغزو العالم''; Egypt)


==Theatrical releases==
==Theatrical releases==
{{All Posters}}
{{All Posters}}
*[[Japan]] - August 1, 1968<ref name="Godzilla.jp"/> {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_all_monsters.jpg|caption=Japanese 1968 poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}; December 17, 1972 (Re-Release) {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_all_monsters_poster_001.jpg|caption=Japanese 1972 poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*[[Japan]] - August 1, 1968<ref name="Godzilla.jp"/> {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_all_monsters.jpg|caption=Japanese 1968 poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}; December 17, 1972 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_all_monsters_poster_001.jpg|caption=Japanese 1972 poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*[[United States]] - 1969 {{Popup-poster|file=Dam.jpg|caption=American poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Thailand - 1968
*England - December, 1969<ref name="Monsters From An Unknown Culture: Godzilla (and friends) in Britain 1957-1980 by Sim Branaghan – Part 2">[http://www.smguariento.com/monsters-from-an-unknown-culture-godzilla-and-friends-in-britain-1957-1980-by-sim-branaghan-part-2/]</ref>
*[[United States]] - May 28, 1969<ref name="Cincinnati Enquirer">[[File:DAM 1969-05-25 Cincinnati Enquirer p125.jpg|150px]]</ref>{{Popup-poster|file=Dam.jpg|caption=American poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Spain - 1978
*Canada - August 29, 1969
*Italy - 1968 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_Poster_Italy_1.jpg|caption=Italian poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*United Kingdom - December 1969<ref name="Monsters From An Unknown Culture: Godzilla (and friends) in Britain 1957-1980 by Sim Branaghan – Part 2">[http://www.smguariento.com/monsters-from-an-unknown-culture-godzilla-and-friends-in-britain-1957-1980-by-sim-branaghan-part-2/]</ref>
*France - 1970 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_Poster_France.png|caption=French poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Australia - October 16, 1969
*Belgium - 1970 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_Poster_Belgium_1.jpg|caption=French Belgian poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Italy - April 1969; 1977 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_Poster_Italy_1.jpg|caption=Italian poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Germany - 1971 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_German_Poster.jpg|caption=German poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Brazil - March 1970
*Belgium - 1970 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy All Monsters Poster Belgium.jpg|caption=Belgian poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Mexico - August 6, 1970
*France - October 1, 1970 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_Poster_France.png|caption=French poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*West Germany - 1971 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_German_Poster.jpg|caption=West German poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Turkey - 1971{{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_Poster_Turkey.jpg|caption=‎Turkish poster}}
*Egypt - 1971 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy All Monsters Poster Egypt.jpg|caption=Egyptian poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Finland - 1972 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy All Monsters Poster Finland.jpg|caption=Finnish poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Turkey - 1972 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_Poster_Turkey.jpg|caption=Turkish poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Turkey - 1972 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy_All_Monsters_Poster_Turkey.jpg|caption=Turkish poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}
*Netherlands - 1972
*Iran - 1977
*Spain - July 4, 1978 {{Popup-poster|file=Destroy All Monsters Poster Spain.jpg|caption=Spanish poster|link={{PAGENAME}}}}


==[[United States|U.S.]] release==
==Foreign releases==
[[File:Destroy All Monsters Poster United States 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|American ''Destroy All Monsters'' poster]]
===[[United States|U.S.]] release===
 
[[File:Destroy All Monsters Poster United States 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|U.S. ''Destroy All Monsters'' poster]]
Some time after ''Destroy All Monsters'' was released in Japan, Toho commissioned Frontier Enterprises to produce an English-dubbed version. This international version of the film was subsequently released in some foreign territories, although it would go unreleased in the U.S. until 1996, when the Sci-Fi Channel would license ''Destroy All Monsters'' and ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' for broadcast.<ref name="Ryfle">{{cite book|title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G"|author=Ryfle, Steve|date=1998|publisher=ECW Press|pages=145, 148, 151, 152|isbn= 1550223488}}</ref>
Sometime after ''Destroy All Monsters'' was released in Japan, Toho commissioned Frontier Enterprises to produce an English-dubbed version. This international version of the film was subsequently released in some foreign territories, although it would go unreleased in the U.S. until 1996, when the Sci-Fi Channel would license ''Destroy All Monsters'' and ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' for TV broadcast.<ref name="Ryfle">{{cite book|title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G"|author=Ryfle, Steve|date=1998|publisher=ECW Press|pages=145, 148, 151, 152|isbn= 1550223488}}</ref>


American International Pictures released ''Destroy All Monsters'' theatrically in North America in May [[1969]].<ref name="Ryfle"/> A second English-language version was handled by Titan Productions.<ref name="Craig"/> There were some minor alterations done to prepare the film for U.S. release:
[[American International Pictures]] released ''Destroy All Monsters'' theatrically in North America on May 28, [[1969]]. A second English-language version was handled by Titan Productions.<ref name="Craig"/> There were some minor alterations that were done to prepare the film for its U.S. release:
*AIP moved the credits to the end of the film. Instead of the futuristic design employed in the Japanese and international versions, AIP's credits play out in white text against a black background. The original [[Akira Ifukube]] cue was retained.
*AIP moved the credits to the end of the film. Instead of the futuristic design employed in the Japanese and international versions, AIP's credits play out in white text against a black background. The original [[Akira Ifukube]] cue was retained, however.
*Deleted: After the destruction of Tokyo, an establishing shot of a Japanese sign reading "Integrated Defense Headquarters".
*Deleted: After the destruction of Tokyo, an establishing shot of a Japanese sign reading "Integrated Defense Headquarters".
*Deleted: A shot of Minilla frenzying amid the battle with King Ghidorah.
*Deleted: A shot of Minilla frenzying amid the battle with King Ghidorah.
*Deleted: Another shot of Minilla covering his eyes as King Ghidorah drops Anguirus.<ref name="Ryfle/>
*Deleted: Another shot of Minilla covering his eyes, ducking and looking away after King Ghidorah drops Anguirus onto the ground.<ref name="Ryfle/>
 
Although AIP chose to produce its own English version instead of using Toho's existing international version,<ref name="Ryfle/> both dubbed versions share dialogue that is notably different from the Japanese version. Significantly, the opening narration in both dubs sets the film in 1999, while the same narration in the Japanese version sets it at "the end of the 20th century." Titan's script may have been based on the Frontier dub.


Although AIP chose to produce its own English version instead of using Toho's existing international version<ref name="Ryfle/>, both dubbed versions share dialogue that is notably different from the Japanese version. Significantly, the opening narration in both dubs sets the film in 1999; the narration in the Japanese version sets the film in "the end of the 20th century." Titan's script may have been based on the Frontier dub.
AIP's version of the film remained in television syndication through the early 1980s. This film, however, would be the last [[Showa era|Showa]] ''Godzilla'' film released on home video in the United States. Toho's international version would finally be released on VHS in 1998 and DVD in 1999 (and again on DVD in 2004, this time with different cover art and packaged together with the film's Japanese soundtrack album on CD in commemoration of Godzilla's 50th anniversary) by [[A.D. Vision|ADV Films]].<ref name="Ryfle"/> The film's Japanese soundtrack album was also released separately on CD in 2003 by ADV Music with the same cover art as the 2004 DVD release. In 2011, [[Media Blasters]], under its imprint Tokyo Shock, released ''Destroy All Monsters'' on DVD and Blu-ray with both English dubs and the Japanese language track, but Toho forced the company to pull them from circulation after about one month due to rights issues pertaining to the special features.<ref name="Aiken">[http://www.scifijapan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=18165&start=325 Monster Zero Forums - Destroy All Monsters and Megalon DVD/Blu-Ray Discussion 2]</ref> Media Blasters, again under the Tokyo Shock imprint, re-released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in 2014 without the Titan dub or any of the special features. The same year, it packaged the same DVD with its standard ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' DVD in a 2-in-1 box set called ''Godzilla Stomp Box''. It also re-released the film's Japanese soundtrack album on CD in both 2011 and 2014, both times with the same cover art as its DVD and Blu-ray releases and alongside said releases.


AIP's version of the film remained in syndication through the early 1980s. The film, however, would be the last [[Showa era|Showa]] Godzilla film released on home video in the United States. Toho's international version would finally be released on VHS by ADV in 1998.<ref name="Ryfle"/> In 2011, Media Blasters released ''Destroy All Monsters'' on DVD and Blu-ray with both English dubs and the Japanese language track, but Toho forced the company to pull the discs from circulation after about a month due to rights issues pertaining to the special features.<ref name="Aiken">[http://www.scifijapan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=18165&start=325 Monster Zero Forums - Destroy All Monsters and Megalon DVD/Blu-Ray Discussion 2]</ref> Media Blasters reissued the film in 2014 without the Titan dub or any of the special features.
===United Kingdom release===
[[File:Destroy All Monsters UK poster.png|thumb|UK ''Killers Three'' / ''Destroy All Monsters'' poster]]
Warner-Pathe brought AIP's version of ''Destroy All Monsters'' to UK theaters in 1969 as a double feature with ''[[wikipedia:Killers Three|Killers Three]]''.<ref name="MFAUC">[http://www.smguariento.com/monsters-from-an-unknown-culture-godzilla-and-friends-in-britain-1957-1980-by-sim-branaghan-part-2/ Monsters From An Unknown Culture: Godzilla (and friends) in Britain 1957-1980 by Sim Branaghan – Part 2]</ref> It received an X rating from the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC), preventing children under 16 from seeing it. The international version of the film was first released in the UK in 1992 when PolyGram Video released it on VHS with ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' and ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''. This time, the BBFC assigned it a PG rating.<ref name="BBFC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/destroy-all-monsters-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtewmzy|title=Destroy All Monsters|work=BBFC|accessdate=2 December 2023}}</ref> 4 Front Video re-released the film on VHS in 1998. [[Sony]] released the Japanese version of the film on Blu-ray in 2019 as part of [[The Criterion Collection]]'s ''Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975'' box set, with the international English dub available as a secondary audio option. The BBFC re-rated these versions 12 for "moderate injury detail."<ref name="BBFC"/>
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==Box office==
''Destroy All Monsters'' had a budget of roughly ¥200,000,000 and received an attendance of 2,580,000 on its original August 1, 1968 Japanese release.
==Reception==
==Reception==
''Destroy All Monsters'' has received acclaim among Godzilla fans. ''The New York Times'' did not review the film upon release, but film critic Howard Thompson gave it a positive review on a re-release at a children's matinee with the Bugs Bunny short, ''Napoleon Bunny-Part'', in December of 1970. He commented that "the feature wasn't bad at all of this type. The trick photography and especially the blended sweep and skill of the miniature settings provided the visual splash. The human beings, with good dubbed English voices, were a personable lot as they wrestled with some outer space culprits who had rounded up Japan's favorite monsters and turned them against the planet [[Earth]]."
''Destroy All Monsters'' has received acclaim among Godzilla fans. ''The New York Times'' did not review the film upon release, but film critic Howard Thompson gave it a positive review on a re-release at a children's matinee with the Bugs Bunny short ''Napoleon Bunny-Part'' in December 1970. He commented that "the feature wasn't bad at all of this type. The trick photography and especially the blended sweep and skill of the miniature settings provided the visual splash. The human beings, with good dubbed English voices, were a personable lot as they wrestled with some outer space culprits who had rounded up Japan's favorite monsters and turned them against the planet [[Earth]]."


Among modern critics, Steve Biodrowski of Cinefantastique wrote, "In the end, ''Destroy All Monsters'' is too slim in its storyline, too thin in its characterizations, to be considered a truly great film. It is not as impressive as the original ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', and it is not as hip as ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster|name Zero]]''. But for the ten-year-old living inside us all, it is entertainment of the most awesome sort." Matt Paprocki of Blogcritics said the film is "far from perfect" and "can be downright boring at times" but felt that "the destruction scenes make up for everything else" and "the final battle is an epic that simply can't be matched."
Among modern critics, Steve Biodrowski of ''Cinefantastique'' wrote, "In the end, ''Destroy All Monsters'' is too slim in its storyline, too thin in its characterizations, to be considered a truly great film. It is not as impressive as the original ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', and it is not as hip as ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster|name Zero]]''. But for the ten-year-old living inside us all, it is entertainment of the most awesome sort." Matt Paprocki of Blogcritics said the film is "far from perfect" and "can be downright boring at times" but felt that "the destruction scenes make up for everything else" and "the final battle is an epic that simply can't be matched."
==Video releases==
==Video releases==
'''ADV Films''' DVD (1999/2004)
'''[[A.D. Vision|ADV Films]]''' DVD (1999/2004)
*Region: 1
*'''Region:''' 1
*Discs: 1
*'''Discs:''' 1
*Audio: English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
*'''Audio:''' English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
*Subtitles: None
*'''Subtitles:''' None
*Special Features: None
*'''Special features:''' None
*Notes: The 2004 release is packaged with the film's soundtrack. Out of print.
*'''Notes:''' The 2004 release is packaged with the film's soundtrack album on CD and was released in celebration of Godzilla's 50th anniversary. Both releases are out of print.
 
'''Siren Visual Entertainment''' DVD (2003)
*'''Region:''' 4
*'''Discs:''' 1
*'''Audio:''' English (2.0 Mono, Titan dub)
*'''Subtitles:''' None
*'''Special features:''' None
*'''Notes:''' Cropped 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Transfer derived from a 16mm print.  Packaged with ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla#U.S. release|Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster]]'' (same disc). Out of print.
 
'''[[Toho]]''' DVD (2003)
'''[[Toho]]''' DVD (2003)
*Region: 2
*'''Region:''' 2
*Discs: 1
*'''Discs:''' 1
*Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround)
*'''Audio:''' Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround)
*Subtitles: Japanese
*'''Subtitles:''' Japanese
*Special Features: Audio commentary by Seiji Tani, three 8mm films (two for ''Destroy All Monsters'', one for ''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]'') and narrated storybooks based on them, theatrical trailer
*'''Special features:''' Audio commentary by [[Seiji Tani]], three 8mm films (two for ''Destroy All Monsters'', one for ''[[Atragon]]'') and narrated storybooks based on them, theatrical trailer
'''Madman''' DVD (2006)
 
*Region: 4
'''[[Madman Entertainment|Madman]]''' DVD (2006)
*Discs: 1
*'''Region:''' 4
*Audio: Japanese, English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
*'''Discs:''' 1
*Subtitles: English
*'''Audio:''' Japanese, English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
*Special Features: Theatrical trailer, trivia, poster gallery, Madman-produced trailers
*'''Subtitles:''' English
'''Tokyo Shock''' DVD/Blu-ray (2011)
*'''Special features:''' Theatrical trailer, trivia, poster gallery, Madman-produced trailers
*Region: 1
 
*Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround), English (2.0 Mono, international and Titan dubs)
'''[[Media Blasters|Tokyo Shock]]''' DVD/Blu-ray (2011)
*Subtitles: English
*'''Region:''' 1
*Special Features: Audio commentary by Ed Godziszewski and Steve Ryfle, galleries of posters, production stills, and behind-the-scenes images, Japanese, French, and American trailers, Super 8 digest version of the film (8 minutes)
*'''Audio:''' Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround), English (2.0 Mono, international and Titan dubs)
*Notes: All three versions of the film use the same Japanese video track. A dispute between Toho and Media Blasters over the special features resulted in these releases being pulled from circulation.<ref name="DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and GODZILLA VS MEGALON Return on Blu-ray and DVD">[http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2014/03/07/destroy-all-monsters-and-godzilla-vs-megalon-return-on-blu-ray-and-dvd/]</ref>
*'''Subtitles:''' English
*'''Special features:''' Audio commentary by Ed Godziszewski and Steve Ryfle, galleries of posters, production stills, and behind-the-scenes images, Japanese, French, and American trailers, Super 8 digest version of the film (8 minutes)
*'''Notes:''' All three versions of the film use the same Japanese video track. A dispute between Toho and Media Blasters over the special features resulted in these releases being pulled from circulation.<ref name="DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and GODZILLA VS MEGALON Return on Blu-ray and DVD">[http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2014/03/07/destroy-all-monsters-and-godzilla-vs-megalon-return-on-blu-ray-and-dvd/]</ref> Out of print.
 
'''Tokyo Shock''' DVD/Blu-ray (2014)
'''Tokyo Shock''' DVD/Blu-ray (2014)
*Region: 1
*'''Region:''' 1
*Discs: 1
*'''Discs:''' 1
*Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround), English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
*'''Audio:''' Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround), English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
*Subtitles: English
*'''Subtitles:''' English
*Special Features: None
*'''Special features:''' None
*Notes: Both versions of the film use the same Japanese video track.
*'''Notes:''' Both versions of the film use the same Japanese video track. The Titan dub and the special features were not on these releases. Out of print.
 
'''[[The Criterion Collection]]''' Blu-ray (2019) [''Godzilla: The [[Showa era|Showa-Era]] Films, 1954–1975'']
'''[[The Criterion Collection]]''' Blu-ray (2019) [''Godzilla: The [[Showa era|Showa-Era]] Films, 1954–1975'']
*Region: A/1 or B/2
*'''Region:''' A/1 or B/2
*Discs: 8
*'''Discs:''' 8
*Audio: Japanese, English (international dub)
*'''Audio:''' Japanese, English (international dub)
*Subtitles: English
*'''Subtitles:''' English
*Special Features: All bonus features on Criterion's ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' Blu-ray, 1990 [[Ishiro Honda]] interview by [[Yoshimitsu Banno]], interview with director [[wikipedia:Alex Cox|Alex Cox]], interviews with actors [[Bin Furuya]] and [[Tsugutoshi Komada]], 2011 interview with critic Tadao Sato, unused effects sequences from Toho releases including ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'', trailers, illustrated hardcover book with an essay by Steve Ryfle and liner notes on each film by Ed Godziszewski<ref name="CC">[https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975 Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 | The Criterion Collection]</ref>
*'''Special features:''' All bonus features on Criterion's ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' Blu-ray, 1990 [[Ishiro Honda]] interview by [[Yoshimitsu Banno]], interview with director [[wikipedia:Alex Cox|Alex Cox]], interviews with actors [[Bin Furuya]] and [[Tsugutoshi Komada]], 2011 interview with critic Tadao Sato, ''[[Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection]]'', trailers, an illustrated hardcover book with an essay by Steve Ryfle and liner notes on each film by Ed Godziszewski<ref name="CC">[https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975 Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 | The Criterion Collection]</ref>
*Notes: Uses a new English subtitle translation. [[Sony]] distributed a Region B/2 version of the set in the United Kingdom.
*'''Notes:''' Uses a new English subtitle translation. [[Sony]] distributed a Region B/2 version of the set in the United Kingdom.
 
'''Toho''' 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray (November 22, 2023)<ref name="4K Amazon listing">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/本多猪四郎/dp/B0CCVSGN4Q|title=Destroy All Monsters 4K Remastered 4K Ultra HD [Blu-ray].
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*'''Region:''' N/A (4K Ultra HD) or A (Blu-ray)
*'''Discs:''' 1
*'''Audio:''' Japanese (1.0 Mono and 5.1 Surround)
*'''Subtitles:''' Japanese
*'''Special features:''' Audio commentary by [[Seiji Tani]]; unused tokusatsu footage; 8mm behind-the-scenes footage; "Godzilla's Defeat by [[Yukiko Kobayashi]]" / "Destroy All Monsters: The Art World of [[Yasuyuki Inoue]]", "Giant Dragon Manda", "Kaiju Olympics", and " All Monsters Gather!" narrated Sonorama storybooks; Japanese trailer, textless trailer, export trailer, Champion Festival trailer; still gallery
*'''Notes''': Includes the [[Toho Champion Festival]] version. The 4K restoration of the film presented on these discs first aired on Japanese satellite TV in 2021.<ref name="nihon-eiga">[https://www.nihon-eiga.com/osusume/godzilla4K_2021/]</ref>


==Videos==
==Videos==
===Trailers===
===Trailers===
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{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">aSKfBsPmAd8</youtube>|John Landis' commentary on the<br>''Destroy All Monsters'' trailer}}
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{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">jC42OcrO-P0</youtube>|1996 Sci-Fi Channel promo}}
===Other===
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{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">aSKfBsPmAd8</youtube>|John Landis' commentary on<br>the U.S. trailer}}
{{vid|<dailymotion dimensions="300x149">xfiakh</dailymotion>|West German ''Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All'' trailer}}
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===Miscellaneous===
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{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">z4C4jSpHFBM</youtube>|Title card from the 1972<br>Toho Champion Festival version}}
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This film has the greatest number of monsters to appear in one [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] movie in the [[Showa era|Showa series]], and the second greatest number out of all the films, only surpassed in 2004 by ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''. While the film stars many familiar faces from the Godzilla series, such as [[Mothra]], [[Rodan]], [[King Ghidorah]], [[Minilla]], [[Kumonga]], [[Anguirus]], and of course Godzilla himself, the film also incorporates several other monsters that had previously starred in their own films in separate continuities. These monsters are [[Baragon]], [[Manda]], [[Varan]], and [[Gorosaurus]].
[[File:InCollage_20240223_155033542.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Destroy All Monsters'' [[Toho Champion Festival]] pamphlet]]
*Originally, the film was meant to feature [[Ebirah]] and [[Maguma]].<ref name="TSEMCW">{{cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works]]|date=28 September 2012|publisher=Village Books|page=124|isbn=9784864910132}}</ref><ref name="BigBookLostFilms-DAM"/> Both were swapped out for Anguirus, Minilla and Gorosaurus. The first draft for this film called for [[Kamacuras]]{{citation needed}} and even [[Sanda]] and [[Gaira]] to appear.<ref name="BigBookLostFilms-DAM"/> A later draft gave Sanda a cameo as a Monsterland resident.<ref name="BigBookLostFilms-DAM">{{cite book|title=[[The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films]]|author=LeMay, John|date=15 June 2017|publisher=Bicep Books|page=241|isbn=9781548145255}}</ref>
*''Destroy All Monsters'' was released as a double feature with a re-release of 1963's ''[[Atragon]]''.
**Kamacuras makes a brief unintentional appearance in the film anyway; in a shot from ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' meant to show [[Kumonga]] joining the assembly of kaiju at Mt. Fuji, a dead, webbed-up Kamacuras can be glimpsed in the bottom-left corner.
*''Destroy All Monsters'' was re-released at the Winter [[Toho Champion Festival]] on December 17, 1972, edited down to 74 minutes and retitled ''Godzilla: The Grand Blitz Operation'' {{Nihongo|ゴジラ電撃大作戦|Gojira Dengeki Daisakusen}}, alongside the kaiju film ''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' and an early animated film from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata called ''Panda! Go Panda!''.
*In ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'', there was a three-part story arc called ''[[Monster Wars: Part 1|Mons]][[Monster Wars: Part 2|ter]] [[Monster Wars: Part 3|Wars]]''. During these episodes, aliens known as the [[Leviathan Aliens]] appear and take control of the monsters of [[Earth]], sending them to attack the planet's major cities. They are eventually defeated and their base of operations is turned into Site Omega or, as it is more commonly called, [[Monster Island]].
*This film's monster roster is the largest of any [[Showa era|Showa-era]] ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' film, and the second-largest of any ''Godzilla'' movie period, surpassed only by ''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]''.
*''Destroy All Monsters'' was intended to be the last Godzilla movie, but due to its success Toho decided to continue producing more films. However, the next film, ''[[All Monsters Attack]]'', was comprised primarily of stock footage from previous films due to the massive budget required for ''Destroy All Monsters''.{{citation needed}}
**At various points of pre-production, the monsters [[Ebirah]], [[Maguma]], [[Sanda]], and [[Gaira]] were also considered for inclusion.<ref name="BigBookLostFilms-DAM">{{cite book|title=[[The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films]]|author=LeMay, John|date=15 June 2017|publisher=Bicep Books|page=241|isbn=9781548145255}}</ref><ref name="TSEMCW">{{cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works]]|date=28 September 2012|publisher=[[villagebooks]]|page=124|isbn=9784864910132}}</ref>
*This film is one of only two films where [[Mothra]] appears without her [[Shobijin]]. The only other is ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''.
*[[Kamacuras]] makes a brief but unintentional appearance in the film; in a piece of stock footage from ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' meant to show [[Kumonga]] joining the assembly of kaiju at Mt. Fuji, a dead and webbed-up Kamacuras can be glimpsed in the bottom-left corner.
*Of all the [[kaiju]] in the film, Baragon and Varan are the least prominent. Both monsters are only seen in two brief shots in the entire film. This is because the suits used for both creatures were in a state of disrepair during the shooting of ''Destroy All Monsters''. The Varan suit was 11 years old and not in good shape, and the Baragon suit had been altered considerably to portray different multiple different monsters in [[Tsuburaya Productions]]' ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' series. Repairs on the suit continued even during shooting, and the planned scene of Baragon's attack on [[Paris]] had to be altered. Gorosaurus was placed in the sequence instead, meaning the monster gained Baragon's burrowing ability. In the scene where news of the monsters' attacks on the world's major cities is reported on TV, the news anchor states that the monster attacking Paris is, in fact, Baragon. This inconsistency occurs in the Japanese version and both English dubs. Baragon himself only appears in one shot during the final battle and later on [[Monsterland]] during the film's ending, though he is mentioned to be stationed at Izu, guarding the Kilaaks' base of operations. Varan is portrayed using only a small prop that appears briefly during the same two scenes.
*The 1998-2000 animated TV series ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' featured a three-episode story arc called "[[Monster Wars: Part 1|Mons]][[Monster Wars: Part 2|ter]] [[Monster Wars: Part 3|Wars]]" which paid tribute to ''Destroy All Monsters''. Aliens known as the [[Leviathan Alien]]s take control of the monsters of [[Earth]], sending them to attack six of the planet's major cities (identical to those six featured in ''Destroy All Monsters'' except for [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Hong Kong]] being substituted for New York and Beijing, respectively). The aliens are defeated and their base of operations, which they called Site Omega, is eventually turned into [[Monster Island#Godzilla: The Series|Monster Island]].
*The 1968 manga adaptation of ''Destroy All Monsters'' includes several significant differences from the film, most notably Baragon, Manda and Varan directly taking part in the final battle against King Ghidorah. The [[Kilaak UFO|Fire Dragon]] is also more true to its title, assuming the full-fledged appearance of a dragon made of flames, despite still being a [[Kilaak UFO]] within. Baragon takes the place of Gorosaurus during the attack on Paris, while Manda's rampage in London is also shown.
*''Destroy All Monsters'' was intended to be the last film in the ''Godzilla'' series, but the series was ultimately continued the next year with ''[[All Monsters Attack]]''.
**Minilla can be seen holding a giant shark on Monsterland in the beginning of the manga.
*Varan and Baragon have the least amount of screen time of any of the [[kaiju]] in the film, with Varan never even being named or having his roar heard. Originally, Baragon was intended to be the monster who emerged from beneath the [[Arc de Triomphe]], but concerns about the suit's ears interfering with the shot motivated the filmmakers to replace him with [[Gorosaurus]].<ref name="AllTMPB">{{cite book|title=[[All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book]] (4th Edition)|date=4 September 2016|publisher=Yosensha|pages=105-107, 146|isbn=978-4-8003-0362-2}}</ref><ref name="1954-1999">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works]]|date=1 January 2000|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|pages=125, 131|isbn=978-4091014702}}</ref> Despite this, Baragon is stated to be attacking Paris in the film.
*Along with ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' and ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (which take place in the unspecified years 196X and 197X, respectively), ''Destroy All Monsters'' is one of the few [[Showa era|Showa]] Godzilla movies not to be set in the year of its release. Instead, it takes place at the end of the 20th century, specifically said to be 1999 in the English dubs.
*The 1968 manga adaptation of ''Destroy All Monsters'' includes several significant differences from the film itself, most notably Manda, Varan, and Baragon directly taking part in the final battle against King Ghidorah. The [[Kilaak UFO|Fire Dragon]] is also more true to its name, assuming the full-fledged appearance of a dragon made of flames, despite it still being a [[Kilaak UFO]] within. Baragon takes the place of Gorosaurus during the attack on Paris, while Manda's rampage in London is also shown. Minilla can also be seen holding a giant shark on Monsterland at the beginning of the manga.
*In the movie ''Monsters vs. Aliens'', the evil alien Galaxar commands his army to "destroy all monsters." If one listens to the commentary, the creators say that the line was put in as tribute to the Toho movie. They also called it the greatest movie of all time.
*''Destroy All Monsters'' is one of the few Showa ''Godzilla'' films not to be set in the year of its release; narration in the Japanese version places the events at the end of the 20th century, while both English-language versions specify the year as [[1999]].<!-- Prop newspapers to be used in the film were reportedly printed with the year [[1994]], although this cannot be seen on-screen at any point in the finished film.-->
*This film marks the second time Godzilla, Rodan, and King Ghidorah were under alien mind control since ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''. This is also the only time Mothra was mind-controlled by aliens.
*In the 2009 film ''[[wikipedia:Monsters vs. Aliens|Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', the evil alien Galaxar commands his army to "destroy all monsters." According to the film's audio commentary, this was an intentional reference to ''Destroy All Monsters''.
*This film marks the return of Anguirus, who hadn't been in a Godzilla film for thirteen years. The character's new suit would go on to appear in ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'', and ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]''.
*The 2012 film ''[[wikipedia:Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens|Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens]]'' mimicks the title of this film.
*[[Gareth Edwards]] stated that if the [[Godzilla (2014 film)|2014 American Godzilla film]] was successful enough to spawn a sequel, he would do a ''Destroy All Monsters''-type sequel.
*This film marks the second time that Godzilla, Rodan, and King Ghidorah were under alien mind control since ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''. This is also the first, and so far only, film in which Mothra was mind-controlled by aliens.
*The 2011 DVD and Blu-ray releases of this film by Media Blasters remain the only official home video releases of a Godzilla movie to include two English dubs.
*This film marks the return of Anguirus, who had not been seen in a ''Godzilla'' film for 13 years. The character's new suit would go on to appear in ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'', and ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]''.
*''Destroy All Monsters'' was re-released at the Winter Toho Champion Film Festival on December 17, 1972 under the title ''Godzilla: The Grand Blitz Operation'' {{Nihongo|ゴジラ電撃大作戦|Gojira Dengeki Daisakusen}}, alongside the kaiju film ''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' and a animated film called ''Panda! Go Panda!''.
*Director [[Gareth Edwards]] stated that, if he were to have made a sequel to the [[2014]] American ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' film, he would have done it in the style of ''Destroy All Monsters''.{{Citation needed}}
*[[King Kong]] appears on the some of the French, Belgian, and Italian posters for the film, while the [[Gappa]] couple are featured on the Turkish poster.
*The 2011 DVD and Blu-ray releases of this film by Media Blasters remain the only official home video releases of a ''Godzilla'' film to have included two English dubs.
*Some of the trailers for this film include inconsistent roars for the monsters. In one trailer Mothra has a slightly altered Varan roar, Gorosaurus has Anguirus' roar combined with his own, and Manda has Rodan's roar. In another, Manda again has Rodan's roar, while Godzilla strangely possesses both Rodan's roar and Mothra's chirp.
*[[King Kong]] appears on some of the French, Belgian, and Italian posters for the film, while the male and female [[Gappa]]s are featured on the Turkish poster.
*Though the new [[SoshingekiGoji]] suit was used for the vast majority of Godzilla's screen time, the [[DaisensoGoji]] suit returned for Godzilla's aquatic attack on [[New York City]], and the [[MosuGoji]] suit can be glimpsed in a shot recycled from ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' of Mothra spraying King Ghidorah with her webbing.
*The two U.S. trailers for this film both include inconsistent roars for the monsters. In the theatrical trailer, Mothra has a slightly altered Varan roar, Gorosaurus has Anguirus' roar combined with his own, and Manda has Rodan's roar. In the television trailer, Manda again has Rodan's roar, while Godzilla strangely possesses both Rodan's roar and Mothra's chirp.
*Though the new [[SoshingekiGoji]] suit was used for the vast majority of Godzilla's screen time, the [[DaisensoGoji]] suit returned for Godzilla's aquatic attack on [[New York City]]. By this point, its dorsal fins were visibly bending. The [[MosuGoji]] suit can also be glimpsed in a shot recycled from ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'', where Mothra sprays King Ghidorah with her silk.
*The [[wikia:w:c:ultra:All Monsters Attack|first episode]] of the 1971 [[Tsuburaya Productions]] TV series ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Return of Ultraman|Return of Ultraman]]'', directed by [[Ishiro Honda]], shares its Japanese title with this film. However, the 2020 American Blu-ray release of the series by [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] translates it as the international title of Honda's next ''Godzilla'' film, ''[[All Monsters Attack]]''.
*This film is the only [[Showa era]] film where King Ghidorah is killed and defeated, as he retreats in ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'', ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'', and ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]''. It also marks the first time King Ghidorah is killed in film, followed by ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' 23 years later, in the [[Heisei era]].


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.crunchyroll.com/destroy-all-monsters/destroy-all-monsters-movie-destroy-all-monsters-subtitled-667789 Stream of the Japanese version (Crunchyroll)]
*[http://www.crunchyroll.com/destroy-all-monsters/destroy-all-monsters-movie-destroy-all-monsters-subtitled-667789 Stream of the Japanese version (Crunchyroll)]
*[http://www.crunchyroll.com/destroy-all-monsters/destroy-all-monsters-movie-destroy-all-monsters-dubbed-667791 Stream of the International English dub (Crunchyroll)]
*[http://www.crunchyroll.com/destroy-all-monsters/destroy-all-monsters-movie-destroy-all-monsters-dubbed-667791 Stream of the international English dub (Crunchyroll)]
*[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters List of firearms used in the movie]
*[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters List of firearms used in the movie]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040803041251/http://www.dalekempire.com/GodzillaAmerica7.html List of changes in the American version]
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Godzilla Films
Son of Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters
All Monsters Attack
Destroy All Monsters
The Japanese poster for Destroy All Monsters
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Monster Total Advancement (1968)
See alternate titles
Directed by Ishiro Honda
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka
Written by Ishiro Honda, Kaoru Mabuchi
Music by Akira Ifukube
Special
effects by
Sadamasa Arikawa
Distributor TohoJP
American International PicturesUS[1]
Rating GUS, 12UK, X (U.S. cut)UK
Budget ¥200 million[2]
Running time 89 minutesJP
(1 hour, 29 minutes)
88 minutesUS
(1 hour, 28 minutes)
74 minutesTCF
(1 hour, 14 minutes)
Aspect ratio 2.35:1
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The mysterious Kilaaks appear! Shaking the universe, the great battle of 11 monsters! (謎のキラアク星人出現!宇宙をゆるがす11大怪獣の大激闘!)
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— Japanese tagline

The horror of every monster known to man ravaging the Earth!
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— International tagline

The MONSTERS are in REVOLT...and The World is on the brink of DESTRUCTION!
"DESTROY ALL MONSTERS"...The Battle-Cry that could Save the World!
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— American taglines

Destroy All Monsters (怪獣総進撃,   Kaijū Sōshingeki, lit. "Monster Total Advancement") is a 1968 tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda and written by Honda with Kaoru Mabuchi, with special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa. Produced by Toho, it is the ninth installment in the Godzilla series as well as the Showa series. It stars Akira Kubo, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kyoko Ai, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya, and Kenji Sahara. The film was released to Japanese theaters on August 1, 1968.[3] American International Pictures released an edited English-dubbed version of the film to American theaters on May 28, 1969.

Originally intended to be the last Godzilla film, Destroy All Monsters brings together nearly all the kaiju in Toho's library, including some who had never appeared in the series before, such as Manda, Varan, Gorosaurus, and Baragon. At the end of the 20th century, all of Earth's monsters are contained on Monsterland: a facility in the Ogasawara Islands where they can live in peace without threatening humanity's safety. However, alien invaders known as the Kilaaks seize control of the island and its monsters, unleashing them in a destructive campaign around the world. Katsuo Yamabe and the crew of the Moonlight SY-3 find themselves on the front lines of the battle against the Kilaaks as they struggle to discover and disable the source of the aliens' mind control. But even when the Earth monsters are freed from the aliens' control, they must engage in a final confrontation with King Ghidorah, who is now also under the control of the Kilaaks.

Though the Godzilla series would ultimately continue uninterrupted, Destroy All Monsters was the last entry produced before the start of the Toho Champion Festival, which served as the vehicle through which the next six entries in the series would be released theatrically until 1975, beginning with All Monsters Attack in 1969.

Plot

At the end of the 20th century, the United Nations Science Committee has captured and contained all of Earth's monsters in a region dubbed "Monsterland" on one of the islands located in the Ogasawara chain. The island is monitored from a special underground control center staffed by scientists who ensure the monsters stay secure and also study them. One day, a cloud of knockout gas suddenly appears over the island, knocking the monsters and the human researchers all unconscious. Soon after, the monsters begin to appear in major cities all across the globe: Godzilla attacks New York, Rodan appears in Moscow, Mothra terrorizes Beijing, Manda assaults London, and Gorosaurus destroys Paris. With communications with Monsterland mysteriously severed, the UNSC sends Katsuo Yamabe and the crew of the Moonlight SY-3 to end their patrol on the Moon and investigate the island. They find the island badly damaged and all of the monsters gone. Yamabe and his men enter the research base under the island and find the staff all alive, but acting strangely. Lead researcher Dr. Otani and Yamabe's sister Kyoko bring the SY-3 crew further into the base and introduce them to a group of mysterious women wearing silver robes. The leader reveals that she represents the Kilaaks, an advanced race of aliens that have come to stake their claim on Earth, and that they have used mind control to turn all of the Monsterland staff as well as the island's resident monsters into their servants. The Kilaak Queen demands that the human race surrender to her race immediately, or else they will be forced to annihilate human civilization. Yamabe and his men refuse and open fire on the Kilaaks, but find they are defended by a force field. The Kilaaks escape and order their mind-controlled slaves to kill Yamabe and his men. The SY-3 crew fights its way through the Kilaaks' servants and manages to escape the island with Dr. Otani. Otani is brought to a UNSC base and interrogated by Yamabe and Dr. Yoshida, but refuses to reveal any details about the Kilaaks' plans. While Yamabe and Yoshida are talking in another room, Otani commits suicide by jumping out of a nearby window. Kyoko and a group of Kilaak-controlled armed men arrive to recover Otani's body, but are attacked by the UNSC's special police force and retreat. The UNSC conducts an autopsy on Otani, and discover a strange device implanted in his head. They quickly determine that this must be how the Kilaaks are controlling Otani and the others.

With the world's attention drawn away from Japan, the Kilaaks establish an underground base near Mount Fuji and direct their next attack at Tokyo. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and Manda all attack Japan's capital at the same time, catching its defenses completely off guard and annihilating the city with little opposition. While Tokyo is destroyed, the UNSC manages to capture Kyoko (who has come to them personally to give them and the world another ultimatum from the Kilaaks) and Yamabe frees her from the Kilaaks' mind control. Unfortunately, Kyoko has no memory of the Kilaaks' plans and cannot provide the UNSC with any useful information. Elsewhere in Japan, an old man discovers a bizarre device inside a rock found near a village. The UNSC analyzes the device and learns it is used to broadcast the Kilaaks' mind control waves over a certain area. Many other such devices are found all around the world, but the UNSC learns the Kilaaks have begun broadcasting their signals directly from a base under the lunar surface instead. Yamabe and his crew board the Moonlight SY-3 and embark on a desperate mission to the Moon while the JSDF battles several of the Kilaaks' monster slaves near Mt. Fuji. The SY-3 arrives on the Moon and its crew infiltrates the aliens' hidden base. After a fierce gunfight, the SY-3 crew destroys the Kilaaks' mind control device and damages the base's environmental controls, forcing the Kilaaks to revert to their true forms, metallic slug-like creatures. This reveals the invaders' weakness: low temperatures. The Kilaaks thrive in artificially high temperatures, but will revert to their true forms if exposed to low temperatures.

With the Earth monsters all freed from the Kilaaks' mind control and now controlled by the humans, the UNSC directs them all to the Kilaaks' base at Mt. Fuji, intending to put an end to their invasion once and for all. The 10 Earth monsters all arrive, led by Godzilla. As they approach, the Kilaaks unleash their trump card: King Ghidorah. The triple-headed Destroyer of Worlds confidently lands amidst the Earth monsters and begins his attack. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, Anguirus, Kumonga, and Gorosaurus lead the counterattack while Minilla, Manda, Varan, and Baragon look on. King Ghidorah breathes out his gravity beams at the monsters, with one of them sending both Rodan leaping into the air and Mothra sprawling. Anguirus bites down on one of King Ghidorah's necks, but the space monster then takes flight, with Anguirus still hanging on with all his might. King Ghidorah finally bites Anguirus on the neck with one of his free heads, sending him plummeting to the ground. Anguirus lands in a ditch, and King Ghidorah promptly lands on top of him and stomps him into the dirt. King Ghidorah flies over to Godzilla and his other four attackers, while Anguirus shakes the dirt off his back and re-enters the battle. The Earth monsters struggle against King Ghidorah until Gorosaurus quietly goes behind King Ghidorah and then delivers a devastating kangaroo kick to his back from behind, causing him to fall to the ground, briefly stunned. Godzilla and Anguirus then seize the opportunity and, respectively, begin brutally stomping on King Ghidorah's left neck, causing him to cough up blood, and biting down hard into his right neck until it, too, bleeds. When only the center of King Ghidorah's three heads is left alive, it is subsequently suffocated by one of Minilla's radioactive smoke rings. Mothra and Kumonga then cover King Ghidorah's dead body in silk and webbing, respectively. Refusing to admit defeat, however, the Kilaaks unleash a "burning monster" they call the Fire Dragon, which terrorizes the monsters before destroying the humans' control devices on Monsterland. Godzilla proceeds to the Kilaaks' base and blasts it repeatedly with his atomic breath, only for the base's shield to resist it. Godzilla then kicks through the base's shield with his foot and personally destroys the base, triggering a chain reaction of explosions that consumes the entire base and opens a fissure in the ground under King Ghidorah's carcass, which falls into it and also explodes. The Moonlight SY-3 gives chase to the Fire Dragon and successfully shoots it down, revealing it as a flaming Kilaak flying saucer. Earth is saved at last, and the alien invaders are no more. The monsters are all returned to Monsterland to live out their days in peace. Some time later, Yamabe and Kyoko accompany Dr. Yoshida in a helicopter which flies over the island. From the helicopter, they observe the monsters living peacefully on the island, including Godzilla and his son Minilla, who stare contently at the chopper and roar at it as it flies off.

Staff

Main article: Destroy All Monsters/Credits.

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

Cast

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

  • Akira Kubo   as   Moonlight SY-3 Captain Katsuo Yamabe
  • Yukiko Kobayashi   as   Kyoko Manabe, Monsterland personnel
  • Kyoko Ai   as   Kilaak Queen
  • Jun Tazaki   as   Dr. Yoshida
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya   as   Dr. Otani, Monsterland scientist
  • Kenji Sahara   as   Nishikawa, Moon Base commander
  • Kazuo Suzuki   as   Ogasawara Monsterland control center engineer
  • Toru Ibuki   as   Tetsuo Ise, Monsterland engineer
  • Minoru Ito   as   Minoru Kudo, Monsterland engineer
  • Susumu Kurobe   as   Shin Kuroiwa, Monsterland engineer
  • Hisaya Ito   as   Major Tada
  • Yoshibumi Tajima   as   Security Commander Sugiyama
  • Saburo Iketani   as   Toshio Fukuzawa, announcer
  • Henry Okawa   as   UNSC engineer
  • Andrew Hughes   as   Dr. Stevenson
  • Nadao Kirino, Naoya Kusakawa   as   International Police detectives
  • Wataru Omae   as   Arima, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
  • Chotaro Togin   as   Okada, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
  • Yasuhiko Saijyo   as   Fujita, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
  • Seishiro Kuno   as   Tani, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
  • Ken Echigo   as   Yoshikawa, Moonlight SY-3 crew member
  • Ikio Sawamura   as   Elderly farmer in the village
  • Yutaka Sada   as   Village police officer
  • Kenichiro Maruyama   as   Moon Base engineer
  • Yutaka Oka   as   Newspaper reporter
  • Hideyo Shibuya   as   Newspaper reporter
  • Yoshio Katsube   as   United Nations Scientific Committee engineer
  • Kamayuki Tsubono   as   International Police detective
  • Tadashi Okabe   as   TTV announcer
  • Haruya Sakamoto, Rinsaku Ogata   as   Joint Defense Command officers
  • Yukihiko Gondo   as   Command vehicle soldier
  • Yoshiko Miyata, Kyoko Mori, Ari Sagawa, Rei Maki, Atsuko Takahashi   as   Kilaaks
  • Haruo Nakajima   as   Godzilla / Joint Defense Command officer
  • Hiroshi Sekita   as   Anguirus / Gorosaurus / Hospital doctor
  • Teruo Aragaki   as   Rodan
  • Susumu Utsumi   as   King Ghidorah
  • Masao Fukazawa   as   Minilla (as "Little Man Machan")
  • Tadaaki Watanabe   as   Anguirus (uncredited)

International English dub

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

  • Burr Middleton[5]   as   Captain Katsuo Yamabe
  • Bud Widom   as   Dr. Yoshida
  • Carole Wyand   as   Kyoko Manabe / Kilaak Queen
  • Robert Dunham   as   Okada / Security Commander Sugiyama

Titan Productions English dub

  • Hal Linden   as   Captain Katsuo Yamabe[6]
  • Bret Morrison[1]   as   Dr. Yoshida[6]
  • Paulette Rubinstein   as   Kyoko Manabe
  • Bernard Grant   as   Dr. Otani
  • Lucy Martin   as   Kilaak Queen
  • Kenneth Harvey   as   Major Tada
  • Jack Curtis   as   Arima / UNSC Technician / Newscaster[6]
  • Larry Robinson   as   Moonlight SY-3 astronaut
  • Norman Rose   as   Narrator[6]


Italian dub

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, vehicles, and races

Gallery

Main article: Destroy All Monsters/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Destroy All Monsters/Soundtrack.

Alternate titles

1972 Godzilla: The Grand Blitz Operation title card
  • Monster Total Advancement (literal Japanese title)
    • Monster Attack March (alternate translation; used on the Madman DVD)
    • Charge of the Monsters (alternate translation)
    • Attack of the Marching Monsters (alternate translation)
    • Marching Monster Attack (alternate translation)
  • Godzilla: The Grand Blitz Operation (ゴジラ電撃大作戦,   Gojira Dengeki Daisakusen, Japanese re-release title)[8]
  • Assemble All Monsters! (オール怪獣集合せよ!,   Ōru Kaijū Shūgōseyo!, Japanese 8mm title)
  • Monster Olympics (怪獣オリンピック,   Kaijū Orinpikku, Japanese 8mm title)
  • Operation Monsterland (early English title)[9]
  • The Invaders Attack (Les envahisseurs attaquent; France, French Belgium)
  • The Monsters Are Attacking (De monsters vallen aan; Dutch Belgium)
  • Frankenstein and the Monsters from Space (Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All; West Germany)
  • Battle of All Monsters (Kampf aller Monster; German 8mm title)
  • The Heirs of King Kong (Gli eredi di King Kong; Italy)
  • Extraterrestrial Invasion (Invasión Extraterrestre; Spain)
  • The Monsters Are Threatening the World (Hirviöt uhkaavat maailmaa; Finland)
  • Starfield Monsters (Feza Canavarları; Turkey)
  • End of Monsters (Canavarların Sonu; Turkey)
  • Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters (Australia)
  • The Awakening of the Monsters (O Despertar dos Monstros; Brazil)
  • The Monsters Invade Earth (Los monstruos invaden la tierra; Mexico)
  • The War of the Monsters (La guerra de los monstruos; Mexican video title)
  • Frankenstein's Monsters Threaten the Earth (Monsters van Frankenstein bedreigen de Aarde; Netherlands)
  • All Monsters Must Be Destroyed (Alla monster skall förstöras; Sweden)
  • Kill the Monsters (ΕΞΟΝΤΩΣΤΕ ΤΑ ΤΕΡΑΤΑ; Greece)
  • Monsters Invade the World (الوحوش تغزو العالم; Egypt)

Theatrical releases

View all posters for the film here.

  • Japan - August 1, 1968[3]   [view poster]Japanese 1968 poster; December 17, 1972   [view poster]Japanese 1972 poster
  • Thailand - 1968
  • United States - May 28, 1969[10]  [view poster]American poster
  • Canada - August 29, 1969
  • United Kingdom - December 1969[11]
  • Australia - October 16, 1969
  • Italy - April 1969; 1977   [view poster]Italian poster
  • Brazil - March 1970
  • Belgium - 1970   [view poster]Belgian poster
  • Mexico - August 6, 1970
  • France - October 1, 1970   [view poster]French poster
  • West Germany - 1971   [view poster]West German poster
  • Turkey - 1971  [view poster]‎Turkish poster
  • Egypt - 1971   [view poster]Egyptian poster
  • Finland - 1972   [view poster]Finnish poster
  • Turkey - 1972   [view poster]Turkish poster
  • Netherlands - 1972
  • Iran - 1977
  • Spain - July 4, 1978   [view poster]Spanish poster

Foreign releases

U.S. release

U.S. Destroy All Monsters poster

Sometime after Destroy All Monsters was released in Japan, Toho commissioned Frontier Enterprises to produce an English-dubbed version. This international version of the film was subsequently released in some foreign territories, although it would go unreleased in the U.S. until 1996, when the Sci-Fi Channel would license Destroy All Monsters and Godzilla vs. Hedorah for TV broadcast.[6]

American International Pictures released Destroy All Monsters theatrically in North America on May 28, 1969. A second English-language version was handled by Titan Productions.[1] There were some minor alterations that were done to prepare the film for its U.S. release:

  • AIP moved the credits to the end of the film. Instead of the futuristic design employed in the Japanese and international versions, AIP's credits play out in white text against a black background. The original Akira Ifukube cue was retained, however.
  • Deleted: After the destruction of Tokyo, an establishing shot of a Japanese sign reading "Integrated Defense Headquarters".
  • Deleted: A shot of Minilla frenzying amid the battle with King Ghidorah.
  • Deleted: Another shot of Minilla covering his eyes, ducking and looking away after King Ghidorah drops Anguirus onto the ground.[6]

Although AIP chose to produce its own English version instead of using Toho's existing international version,[6] both dubbed versions share dialogue that is notably different from the Japanese version. Significantly, the opening narration in both dubs sets the film in 1999, while the same narration in the Japanese version sets it at "the end of the 20th century." Titan's script may have been based on the Frontier dub.

AIP's version of the film remained in television syndication through the early 1980s. This film, however, would be the last Showa Godzilla film released on home video in the United States. Toho's international version would finally be released on VHS in 1998 and DVD in 1999 (and again on DVD in 2004, this time with different cover art and packaged together with the film's Japanese soundtrack album on CD in commemoration of Godzilla's 50th anniversary) by ADV Films.[6] The film's Japanese soundtrack album was also released separately on CD in 2003 by ADV Music with the same cover art as the 2004 DVD release. In 2011, Media Blasters, under its imprint Tokyo Shock, released Destroy All Monsters on DVD and Blu-ray with both English dubs and the Japanese language track, but Toho forced the company to pull them from circulation after about one month due to rights issues pertaining to the special features.[12] Media Blasters, again under the Tokyo Shock imprint, re-released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in 2014 without the Titan dub or any of the special features. The same year, it packaged the same DVD with its standard Godzilla vs. Megalon DVD in a 2-in-1 box set called Godzilla Stomp Box. It also re-released the film's Japanese soundtrack album on CD in both 2011 and 2014, both times with the same cover art as its DVD and Blu-ray releases and alongside said releases.

United Kingdom release

UK Killers Three / Destroy All Monsters poster

Warner-Pathe brought AIP's version of Destroy All Monsters to UK theaters in 1969 as a double feature with Killers Three.[13] It received an X rating from the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC), preventing children under 16 from seeing it. The international version of the film was first released in the UK in 1992 when PolyGram Video released it on VHS with Invasion of Astro-Monster and Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. This time, the BBFC assigned it a PG rating.[14] 4 Front Video re-released the film on VHS in 1998. Sony released the Japanese version of the film on Blu-ray in 2019 as part of The Criterion Collection's Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 box set, with the international English dub available as a secondary audio option. The BBFC re-rated these versions 12 for "moderate injury detail."[14]

Reception

Destroy All Monsters has received acclaim among Godzilla fans. The New York Times did not review the film upon release, but film critic Howard Thompson gave it a positive review on a re-release at a children's matinee with the Bugs Bunny short Napoleon Bunny-Part in December 1970. He commented that "the feature wasn't bad at all of this type. The trick photography and especially the blended sweep and skill of the miniature settings provided the visual splash. The human beings, with good dubbed English voices, were a personable lot as they wrestled with some outer space culprits who had rounded up Japan's favorite monsters and turned them against the planet Earth."

Among modern critics, Steve Biodrowski of Cinefantastique wrote, "In the end, Destroy All Monsters is too slim in its storyline, too thin in its characterizations, to be considered a truly great film. It is not as impressive as the original Godzilla, and it is not as hip as name Zero. But for the ten-year-old living inside us all, it is entertainment of the most awesome sort." Matt Paprocki of Blogcritics said the film is "far from perfect" and "can be downright boring at times" but felt that "the destruction scenes make up for everything else" and "the final battle is an epic that simply can't be matched."

Video releases

ADV Films DVD (1999/2004)

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
  • Subtitles: None
  • Special features: None
  • Notes: The 2004 release is packaged with the film's soundtrack album on CD and was released in celebration of Godzilla's 50th anniversary. Both releases are out of print.

Siren Visual Entertainment DVD (2003)

  • Region: 4
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English (2.0 Mono, Titan dub)
  • Subtitles: None
  • Special features: None
  • Notes: Cropped 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Transfer derived from a 16mm print. Packaged with Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster (same disc). Out of print.

Toho DVD (2003)

  • Region: 2
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround)
  • Subtitles: Japanese
  • Special features: Audio commentary by Seiji Tani, three 8mm films (two for Destroy All Monsters, one for Atragon) and narrated storybooks based on them, theatrical trailer

Madman DVD (2006)

  • Region: 4
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese, English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special features: Theatrical trailer, trivia, poster gallery, Madman-produced trailers

Tokyo Shock DVD/Blu-ray (2011)

  • Region: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround), English (2.0 Mono, international and Titan dubs)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special features: Audio commentary by Ed Godziszewski and Steve Ryfle, galleries of posters, production stills, and behind-the-scenes images, Japanese, French, and American trailers, Super 8 digest version of the film (8 minutes)
  • Notes: All three versions of the film use the same Japanese video track. A dispute between Toho and Media Blasters over the special features resulted in these releases being pulled from circulation.[15] Out of print.

Tokyo Shock DVD/Blu-ray (2014)

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono, 5.1 Surround), English (2.0 Mono, international dub)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special features: None
  • Notes: Both versions of the film use the same Japanese video track. The Titan dub and the special features were not on these releases. Out of print.

The Criterion Collection Blu-ray (2019) [Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975]

  • Region: A/1 or B/2
  • Discs: 8
  • Audio: Japanese, English (international dub)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special features: All bonus features on Criterion's Godzilla Blu-ray, 1990 Ishiro Honda interview by Yoshimitsu Banno, interview with director Alex Cox, interviews with actors Bin Furuya and Tsugutoshi Komada, 2011 interview with critic Tadao Sato, Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection, trailers, an illustrated hardcover book with an essay by Steve Ryfle and liner notes on each film by Ed Godziszewski[16]
  • Notes: Uses a new English subtitle translation. Sony distributed a Region B/2 version of the set in the United Kingdom.

Toho 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray (November 22, 2023)[17]

  • Region: N/A (4K Ultra HD) or A (Blu-ray)
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (1.0 Mono and 5.1 Surround)
  • Subtitles: Japanese
  • Special features: Audio commentary by Seiji Tani; unused tokusatsu footage; 8mm behind-the-scenes footage; "Godzilla's Defeat by Yukiko Kobayashi" / "Destroy All Monsters: The Art World of Yasuyuki Inoue", "Giant Dragon Manda", "Kaiju Olympics", and " All Monsters Gather!" narrated Sonorama storybooks; Japanese trailer, textless trailer, export trailer, Champion Festival trailer; still gallery
  • Notes: Includes the Toho Champion Festival version. The 4K restoration of the film presented on these discs first aired on Japanese satellite TV in 2021.[18]

Videos

Trailers

Japanese 1968 trailer
Japanese 1972 Toho Champion Festival
trailer
International trailer
Textless trailer
U.S. trailer
U.S. TV trailer
U.S. TV spot
U.S. radio spots
1996 Sci-Fi Channel promo
Ad for A.D. Vision's VHS release
John Landis' commentary on
the U.S. trailer
West German Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All trailer
French The Invaders Attack trailer

Miscellaneous

AIP end credits
All footage removed from the U.S. theatrical version
Title card from the 1972
Toho Champion Festival version
Godzilla vs. Manda deleted scene
Promotional photo shoot

Trivia

Destroy All Monsters Toho Champion Festival pamphlet
  • Destroy All Monsters was released as a double feature with a re-release of 1963's Atragon.
  • Destroy All Monsters was re-released at the Winter Toho Champion Festival on December 17, 1972, edited down to 74 minutes and retitled Godzilla: The Grand Blitz Operation (ゴジラ電撃大作戦,   Gojira Dengeki Daisakusen), alongside the kaiju film Daigoro vs. Goliath and an early animated film from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata called Panda! Go Panda!.
  • This film's monster roster is the largest of any Showa-era Godzilla film, and the second-largest of any Godzilla movie period, surpassed only by Godzilla Final Wars.
  • Kamacuras makes a brief but unintentional appearance in the film; in a piece of stock footage from Son of Godzilla meant to show Kumonga joining the assembly of kaiju at Mt. Fuji, a dead and webbed-up Kamacuras can be glimpsed in the bottom-left corner.
  • The 1998-2000 animated TV series Godzilla: The Series featured a three-episode story arc called "Monster Wars" which paid tribute to Destroy All Monsters. Aliens known as the Leviathan Aliens take control of the monsters of Earth, sending them to attack six of the planet's major cities (identical to those six featured in Destroy All Monsters except for Washington, D.C. and Hong Kong being substituted for New York and Beijing, respectively). The aliens are defeated and their base of operations, which they called Site Omega, is eventually turned into Monster Island.
  • Destroy All Monsters was intended to be the last film in the Godzilla series, but the series was ultimately continued the next year with All Monsters Attack.
  • Varan and Baragon have the least amount of screen time of any of the kaiju in the film, with Varan never even being named or having his roar heard. Originally, Baragon was intended to be the monster who emerged from beneath the Arc de Triomphe, but concerns about the suit's ears interfering with the shot motivated the filmmakers to replace him with Gorosaurus.[21][22] Despite this, Baragon is stated to be attacking Paris in the film.
  • The 1968 manga adaptation of Destroy All Monsters includes several significant differences from the film itself, most notably Manda, Varan, and Baragon directly taking part in the final battle against King Ghidorah. The Fire Dragon is also more true to its name, assuming the full-fledged appearance of a dragon made of flames, despite it still being a Kilaak UFO within. Baragon takes the place of Gorosaurus during the attack on Paris, while Manda's rampage in London is also shown. Minilla can also be seen holding a giant shark on Monsterland at the beginning of the manga.
  • Destroy All Monsters is one of the few Showa Godzilla films not to be set in the year of its release; narration in the Japanese version places the events at the end of the 20th century, while both English-language versions specify the year as 1999.
  • In the 2009 film Monsters vs. Aliens, the evil alien Galaxar commands his army to "destroy all monsters." According to the film's audio commentary, this was an intentional reference to Destroy All Monsters.
  • The 2012 film Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens mimicks the title of this film.
  • This film marks the second time that Godzilla, Rodan, and King Ghidorah were under alien mind control since Invasion of Astro-Monster. This is also the first, and so far only, film in which Mothra was mind-controlled by aliens.
  • This film marks the return of Anguirus, who had not been seen in a Godzilla film for 13 years. The character's new suit would go on to appear in Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. Megalon, and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
  • Director Gareth Edwards stated that, if he were to have made a sequel to the 2014 American Godzilla film, he would have done it in the style of Destroy All Monsters.[citation needed]
  • The 2011 DVD and Blu-ray releases of this film by Media Blasters remain the only official home video releases of a Godzilla film to have included two English dubs.
  • King Kong appears on some of the French, Belgian, and Italian posters for the film, while the male and female Gappas are featured on the Turkish poster.
  • The two U.S. trailers for this film both include inconsistent roars for the monsters. In the theatrical trailer, Mothra has a slightly altered Varan roar, Gorosaurus has Anguirus' roar combined with his own, and Manda has Rodan's roar. In the television trailer, Manda again has Rodan's roar, while Godzilla strangely possesses both Rodan's roar and Mothra's chirp.
  • Though the new SoshingekiGoji suit was used for the vast majority of Godzilla's screen time, the DaisensoGoji suit returned for Godzilla's aquatic attack on New York City. By this point, its dorsal fins were visibly bending. The MosuGoji suit can also be glimpsed in a shot recycled from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, where Mothra sprays King Ghidorah with her silk.
  • The first episode of the 1971 Tsuburaya Productions TV series Return of Ultraman, directed by Ishiro Honda, shares its Japanese title with this film. However, the 2020 American Blu-ray release of the series by Mill Creek Entertainment translates it as the international title of Honda's next Godzilla film, All Monsters Attack.
  • This film is the only Showa era film where King Ghidorah is killed and defeated, as he retreats in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Invasion of Astro-Monster, and Godzilla vs. Gigan. It also marks the first time King Ghidorah is killed in film, followed by Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 23 years later, in the Heisei era.

External links

References

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