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===''Godzilla''===
===''Godzilla''===
 
*Godzilla is described as red in color.
* Godzilla is described as red in color.
*The romantic subplot is removed. Because of this, [[Emiko Yamane|Emiko]] and Dr. [[Daisuke Serizawa|Serizawa]] are simply childhood friends.
 
*[[Shinkichi Yamane]] is the main male character instead of [[Hideto Ogata]], who is relegated to a side character.
* The romantic subplot is removed.
*There is a minor human antagonist called the Godzilla Legion who spreads fear of Godzilla. He is later found trampled in the aftermath of Godzilla's attack.
** Because the love triangle does not exist, Serizawa and Emiko are simply childhood friends.
*When Godzilla first appears in Shinigawa, he destroys a lighthouse.
 
*Godzilla reveals himself while eating a cow.
* Shinkichi is the main male character instead of Ogata, who is relegated as a side character.
*Godzilla destroys two jets.
 
* There is a minor human antagonist called the Godzilla Legion who goes around spreading fear of Godzilla. He is later found trampled in the aftermath of Godzilla's attack.
 
* When Godzilla first appears in Shinigawa, he destroys a lighthouse.
 
* Godzilla reveals himself while eating a cow.
 
* Godzilla destroys two jets.
 
===''Godzilla Raids Again''===
===''Godzilla Raids Again''===
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G54 GRA novels 79 0.jpg|Cover of the 1979 reprint
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==Trivia==
== Trivia ==
*Godzilla's attack on the lighthouse in the first of the two stories is reminiscent of the ''[[Rhedosaurus]]''{{'}} attack on a lighthouse in ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]''.
* Godzilla's attack on the lighthouse is reminiscent of the ''[[Rhedosaurus]]''{{'}}s attack on a lighthouse in the film ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]].''
 
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Monster Godzilla (novelization)|''Monster Godzilla'' (novelization)]]
*[[Monster Godzilla (novelization)|''Monster Godzilla'' (novelization)]]

Revision as of 19:49, 29 July 2023

Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again
The cover of University of Minnesota Press's "Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again"
The cover of Shimamura Publishing's "Godzilla: Tokyo and Osaka Editions"
Author(s) Shigeru Kayama;
Jeffrey Angles (translation)
Illustrated by Hisao Saito
Publisher Shimamura Publishing, etc.JP;
University of Minnesota PressUS
Publish date July 20, 1955, etc.JP;
October 3, 2023U.S.
ISBN Japanese (1993):
ISBN-10: 4-09-440181-4
Japanese (2004):
ISBN-10: 4-480-42034-7
English (2023):
ISBN-10: 1517915236
ISBN-13: 978-1517915230
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Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again, originally published as Godzilla: Tokyo and Osaka Editions (ゴジラ 東京・大阪篇,   Gojira: Tōkyō, Ōsaka-hen), is a 1955 book containing novelizations of the first two Godzilla films: Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again. Written by the films' storywriter Shigeru Kayama, the book was printed by the Joyo Printing Company on July 10, 1955 and published by Shimamura Publishing that July 20. It is Kayama's second Godzilla publication after the 1954 novel Monster Godzilla, which was instead based on a radio drama of the same name.

The novels have since received numerous reissues. The first was by Kisotengai on September 10, 1976, with a second edition published January 5, 1977. Kisotengai released them again on August 10, 1979, and this version also had a second edition in 1980. Shogakukan and Chikumashobo released two more versions on December 12, 1993 and November 10, 2004, respectively, with the latter receiving a second edition on September 25, 2016. Nearly 70 years after the book's initial publication, an English translation by Jeffrey Angles will be published by University of Minnesota Press on October 3, 2023.

Differences from the films

Godzilla

  • Godzilla is described as red in color.
  • The romantic subplot is removed. Because of this, Emiko and Dr. Serizawa are simply childhood friends.
  • Shinkichi Yamane is the main male character instead of Hideto Ogata, who is relegated to a side character.
  • There is a minor human antagonist called the Godzilla Legion who spreads fear of Godzilla. He is later found trampled in the aftermath of Godzilla's attack.
  • When Godzilla first appears in Shinigawa, he destroys a lighthouse.
  • Godzilla reveals himself while eating a cow.
  • Godzilla destroys two jets.

Godzilla Raids Again

To be added.

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Trivia

See also

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