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 by Steve Ryfle profiling the Godzilla series.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION: The Godzilla Era
PART 1: GROUND ZERO - The 1950s
- (p. 19) Birth of a Legend: Godzilla a.k.a. Godzilla: King of the Monsters!
- (p. 61) You Can't Keep a Bad Monster Down: Godzilla Raids Again a.k.a. Gigantis: The Fire Monster
PART 2: GOLDEN AGE - The 1960s
- (p. 79) Clash of the Titans: King Kong vs. Godzilla
- (p. 103) Madame Butterfly: Godzilla vs. The Thing
- (p. 113) Enter the Dragon: Ghidrah: The Three-Headed Monster
- (p. 121) Voyage into Space: Monster Zero
- (p. 133) It Came from Beneath the Sea: Godzilla versus The Sea Monster
- (p. 139) All in the Family: Son of Godzilla
- (p. 145) War of the Worlds: Destroy all Monsters
- (p. 155) Unknown Island: Godzilla's Revenge
PART 3: DARK DAYS - The 1970s
- (p. 161) Toxic Avenger: Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster
- (p. 173) Twilight of the Cockroaches: Godzilla on Monster Island
- (p. 181) Lost Continent: Godzilla vs. Megalon
- (p. 195) Robot Monster: Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster
- (p. 199) Bride of the Monster: Terror of MechaGodzilla a.k.a The Terror of Godzilla
PART 4: RESURRECTION - The 1980s
- (p. 215) The Legend is Reborn: Godzilla (1984) a.k.a Godzilla 1985
PART 5: SECOND COMING - The 1990s
- (p. 251) The Name of the Rose: Godzilla vs. Biollante
- (p. 265) The Time Travelers: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
- (p. 279) Earth's Final Fury: Godzilla vs. Mothra
- (p. 287) Cyborg: Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla
- (p. 295) Enemies: A Love Story: Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
- (p. 305) Requiem for a Heavyweight: Godzilla vs. Destroyer
PART 6. GODZILLA VS. HOLLYWOOD - The Future
- (p. 321) Remade in America: Godzilla (1998)
PART 7: APPENDICES
- (p. 351) i. Cast and Credits
- (p. 367) ii. Godzilla on Video
- (p. 370) iii. Cyberspace Godzilla
- (p. 371) iv. Endnotes
- (p. 373) v. Bibliography
PERSONNEL FILES AND INTERVIEWS
- (p. 39) The God(zilla) Fathers: Tanaka, Honda, Tsuburaya, and Ifukube
- (p. 59) The Heavy: Raymond Burr
- (p. 75) City-Smashing to the Beat: Masaru Sato
- (p. 92) Monster Scribes: Shinichi Sekizawa, Takeshi Kimura
- (p. 94) The King's Court: Actors and Actresses
- (p. 127) The Controller Speaks: Yoshio Tsuchiya
- (p. 129) The Rebel: Nick Adams
- (p. 167) Successor to the Throne: Teruyoshi Nakano
- (p. 178) Godzilla in the Flesh: Haruo Nakajima
- (p. 185) White Guy in Monsterland: Robert Dunham
- (p. 261) Modern-Day Monster: Kenpachiro Satsuma
- (p. 315) Swan Song: Akira Ifukube
- (p. 330) New Wave Godzilla: Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott
SIDEBARS AND SPECIAL SECTIONS
- (p. 24) Godzilla's Birthplace: A brief history of Toho and the Japanese movie industry
- (p. 149) Godzilla Talk: English dubbing in Japanese monster movies
- (p. 209) Godzilla, American Style: Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series
- (p. 243) Pop Monster: Godzilla references in books, music, etc.
- (p. 317) Godzilla Invades LA
THE G-ARCHIVES: UNMADE AND OBSCURE GODZILLA PROJECTS
- (p. 70) Hot Lava: Synopsis of The Volcano Monsters
- (p. 111) Moth Holes: The evolution of the Godzilla vs. The Thing screenplay, by Jay Ghee
- (p. 119) Godzilla Conquers the World: Frankenstein vs. Godzilla, by Jay Ghee
- (p. 176) Evil Brain from Outer Space: Godzilla vs. The Space Monsters, by Jay Ghee
- (p. 177) Monster for Hire: Godzilla vs. Redmoon, by Jay Ghee
- (p. 188) Ultra-Goji: Godzilla and Japanese TV super-heroes
- (p. 207) The Electric Kool-Aid Kaiju Test: Cozzi's colorized Godzilla
- (p. 224) Godzilla versus... Cleveland?
- (p. 226) Begin the Bagan: The Return of Godzilla, by Jay Ghee
- (p. 227) Synopsis of Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3-D, by Fred Dekker
- (p. 259) The Giant Rat and the Killer Plant: the original story of Godzilla vs. Gigamoth, by Jay Ghee
- (p. 276) S.O.L. on the Satellite of Love: Godzilla vs. MST3K
- (p. 284) Development Hell, Toho-Style: Mothra vs. Bagan and Godzilla vs. Biollante, by Jay Ghee
External Links
Toho Kingdom interview with Steve Ryfle
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