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Air date
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September 12, 1998 - April 22, 2000
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Producer(s)
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Adelaide Productions, Centropolis Television, Columbia TriStar Television
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Channel(s)
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Fox KidsUS Network TenAU, Direct TVJP
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Godzilla: The Series (ゴジラ ザ・シリーズ, Gojira za Shirīzu) was an animated series made as a sequel to the 1998 TriStar Pictures film, GODZILLA.
Plot
In the series, Godzilla (the baby that survived the destruction of Madison Square Garden and hatched from the egg at the end of the 1998 film--often nicknamed Godzilla Junior or Zilla Junior by fans) battles a large group of giant monsters. The show tracks Godzilla and team H.E.A.T. around the planet battling new mutations and other supernatural beasts.
The series not only had Godzilla battle several other kaiju, such as a Giant Bat, but also face a fleet of invaders known as "Leviathan Aliens" in a tribute to Destroy All Monsters, and an eccentric billionaire rival of Nick's. In an ironic twist from the original Godzilla TV adaptation, in the 1998 film, Godzilla has a flammable power breath similar to fire, while in the series, his son breathes a green atomic breath.
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Ian Ziering as Dr. Nick Tatopolous [40 episodes]
- Malcolm Danare as Dr. Mendel Craven [40 episodes]
- Rino Romano as Randy Hernandez [40 episodes]
- Charity James as Dr. Elsie Chapman [40 episodes]
- Brigitte Bako as Monique Dupre [39 episodes]
- Tom Kenny as N.I.G.E.L. [28 episodes]
- Kevin Dunn as Major Anthony Hicks [20 episodes]
- Paget Brewster as Audrey Timmonds [11 episodes]
- Joe Pantoliano as Victor "Animal" Palotti [8 episodes]
- David Newsom as Cameron Winter [3 episodes]
- Bob Joles as Hank [3 episodes]
- Michael Lerner as Mayor Ebert [3 episodes]
- Nicholas Guest as Chad Gordon [2 episodes]
- Keith Szarabajka as Philippe Roaché [2 episodes]
- Clancy Brown as Maxmillian Spiel [2 episodes]
- Ronny Cox as Dale [2 episodes]
Japanese dub
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
Episodes
Appearances
Monsters
Characters & Monsters
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Weapons, vehicles, and races
Reception
Despite the negative reaction to the film, Godzilla: The Series garnered surprisingly positive reactions from fans and it did well in the TV ratings. The series followed the adventures of Dr. Nick Tatopoulos, a major character from the film, and Godzilla's surviving baby. The series returned Godzilla's trademark characteristics to the monster in the series, including his strength and nigh-indestructibility, his atomic breath and general masculinity. This Godzilla follows Dr. Tatopoulos and the members of H.E.A.T around, having imprinted upon Nick as his own parent, and fights various other monsters that have been formed by nuclear radiation, in the style of the late Showa era. The fan response to the series was overall very positive, and the animated Godzilla gained much respect from those who hated the film.
Gallery
Godzilla: The Series - Trouble Hatches VHS Cover
Godzilla: The Series - Monster War VHS Cover
Godzilla: The Series - The Monster Wars Trilogy DVD cover
Godzilla: The Series - Monster Mayhem DVD cover
Godzilla: The Series - Mutant Madness DVD cover
Godzilla: The Series Mill Creek DVD cover
Godzilla: The Series - The H.E.A.T. Is On! DVD cover
Videos
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Godzilla: The Series Opening
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Godzilla: The Series Mill Creek DVD Trailer
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Godzilla: The Series Cartoon Network bumper 1
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Godzilla: The Series Cartoon Network bumper 2
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Godzilla: The Series FOX Kids TV spot 1
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Godzilla: The Series FOX Kids TV spot 2
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Godzilla: The Series Monster Wars DVD trailer
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Godzilla: The Series VHS trailer
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Toonami Godzilla: The Series TV spot
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Trivia
- Due to FOX's Standard and Practices policies at the time, Godzilla: The Series was unable to show or mention death. As such there are no human fatalities shown in the entire series, while characters refer to slain monsters as "destroyed" rather than "killed." Even monsters could only be destroyed if they were not depicted as sentient.[1]
- While this is the case, in the episode Shafted, there are some petrified and presumably dead miners. In the episode Future Shock, it is implied that a large portion of the human population was wiped out by the D.R.A.G.M.A.s in an alternate future.
- A short webcomic based on Godzilla: The Series was hosted on the show's website.
- Malcolm Danare, Kevin Dunn, and Michael Lerner all reprise their roles from GODZILLA. Nobuaki Fukuda, who provided the voice for Mendel Craven in Toho's Japanese dub for GODZILLA, reprises the role in the Japanese dub for Godzilla: The Series. Rica Matsumoto, who voiced Lucy Palotti in the Toho GODZILLA dub, voices the character Alexandra Springer in the Japanese dub for Godzilla: The Series.
- In the show's Japanese dub, Nick was voiced by Kenyu Horiuchi, who voiced Victor "Animal" Palotti in both Japanese dubs for GODZILLA and would go on to voice Unberto Mori in the GODZILLA anime trilogy.
See also
References
This is a list of references for Godzilla: The Series. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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