Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G"
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Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G" is a 1998 nonfiction informative book about the Godzilla series written by Steve Ryfle.
Description
Contents
INTRODUCTION: The Godzilla Era
PART 1: GROUND ZERO - The 1950s
- Birth of a Legend (p. 19)
- You Can't Keep a Bad Monster Down (p.61)
PART 2: GOLDEN AGE - The 1960s
- Clash of the Titans (p. 79)
- Madame Butterfly (p. 103)
- Enter the Dragon (p. 113)
- Voyage into Space (p.121)
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (p.133)
- All in the Family (p. 139)
- War of the Worlds (p. 145)
- Unknown Island (p. 155)
PART 3: DARK DAYS - The 1970s
- Toxic Avenger (p. 161)
- Twilight of the Cockroaches (p. 173)
- Lost Continent (p. 181)
- Robot Monster (p. 195)
- Bride of the Monster (p. 199)
PART 4 RESURRECTION - The 1980s
- The Legend is Reborn (p. 215)
PART 5 SECOND COMING - The 1990s
- The Name of the Rose (p. 251)
- The Time Travelers (p. 265)
- Earth's Final Fury (p. 279)
- Cyborg (p. 287)
- Enemies: A Love Story (p. 295)
- Requiem for a Heavyweight (p. 305)
PART 6. GODZILLA VS HOLLYWOOD - The Future
- Remade in America (p. 321)
PART 7: APPENDICES
i. Cast and Credits (p. 351)
ii. Godzilla on Video (p. 367)
iii. Cyberspace Godzilla (p. 370)
iv. Endnotes (p. 371)
v. Bibliography (p. 373)
PERSONNEL FILES AND INTERVIEWS
The Cod(zilla) Fathers: Tanaka, Honda, Tsuburaya, and Ifukube (p. 39)
The Heavy: Raymond Burr (p. 59)
City-Smashing to the Beat: Masaru Sato (p. 75)
Monster Scribes: Shinchi Sekizawa, Takeshi Kimura (p. 92)
The King's Court: Actors and Actresses (p. 94)
The Controller Speaks: Yoshio Tsuchiya (p. 127)
The Rebel: Nick Adams (p. 129)
Successor to the Throne: Teruyoshi Nakano (p. 167)
Godzilla in the Flesh: Haruo Nakajima (p. 178)
White Guy in Monsterland: Robert Dunham (p. 185)
Modern-Day Monster: Kenpachiro Satsuma (p. 261)
Swan Song: Akira Ifukube (p. 315)
New Wave Godzilla: Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott (p. 330)
SIDEBARS AND SPECIAL SECTIONS
Godzilla's Birthplace: A brief history of Toho and the Japanese movie industry (p. 24)
Godzilla Talk: English dubbing in Japanese monster movies (p. 149)
Godzilla, American Style: Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series (p. 209)
Pop Monster: Godzilla references in books, music, etc (p. 243)
Godzilla Invades LA (p. 317)
THE G-ARCHIVES: UNMADE AND OBSCURE GODZILLA PROJECTS
Hot Lava: Synopsis of The Volcano Monsters (p. 70)
Moth Holes: The evolution of the Godzilla vs. TheThing screenplay, by JayGhee (p. 111)
Godzilla Conquers the World: Frankenstein vs.Godzilla, by Jay Ghee (p. 119)
Evil Brain from Outer Space: Godzilla vs. TheSpaceMonsters, by Jay Ghee (p. 176)
Monster for Hire: Godzilla vs. Redmoon, by JayGhee (p. 177)
Ultra-Goji: Godzilla and Japanese TV super-heroes (p. 188)
The Electric Kool-Aid Kaiju Test: Cozzi's colorized Godzilla (p. 207)
Godzilla versus. .. Cleveland! (p. 224)
Begin the Bagan: The Return of Godzilla, by Jay Ghee (p. 226)
Synopsis of Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3-D, by Fred Dekker (p. 227)
The Giant Rat and the Killer Plant: the original story of Godzilla vs. Gigamoth, by Jay Ghee (p. 259)
S.O.L on the Satellite of Love: Godzilla vs. MST3K (p. 276)
Development Hell, Toho-Style: Mothra vs. Bagan and Godzilla vs. Biollante, by jay Ghee (p. 284)
External Links
Toho Kingdom interview with Steve Ryfle
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