The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films

The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films Author(s) John LeMay Edited by Ted Johnson Cover by Jared Olive Publisher Bicep Books, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Publish date June 15, 2017 Dimensions 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches Genre Reference ISBN ISBN-10: 1548145254 ISBN-13: 978-1548145255

The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films is a 2017 informational book by John LeMay profiling unmade projects in the kaiju genre. Published by Bicep Books on June 15, 2017, it contains approximately 122,000 words across 386 pages. The book was edited by Ted Johnson.

In addition to containing information such as intended release dates, staff, proposed cast, and story details regarding an extensive array of unmade, scrapped or lost films, the book features a foreword by G-Fan publisher and editor J.D. Lees and essays by Dr. Ayame Chiba (the deceptive pseudonym of Randy Schadel), Stan Hyde, Mark Jaramillo, and Ted Johnson, as well as an interview with Don F. Glut.

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Contents

Acknowledgements (p. 8) Foreword by J.D. Lees (p. 9) Introduction: The Art of Lost Films (p. 13) Part I: Unproduced Scripts (p. 17) Godzilla in the Lost World: Bride of Godzilla? (1955) (p. 21) The Volcano Monsters (1957) (p. 24) Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) (p. 27) Giant Monster Gamera vs. The Ice Men From Outer Space (1966) (p. 29) Batman Meets Godzilla (1968) (p. 34) Gamera's Last Hurrah: Gamera vs. Wyvern (1972) (p. 36) Tsubaraya Productions (Almost) Does Godzilla: Godzilla vs. Red Moon (1972) (p. 41) Tokyo S.O.S.: Godzilla's Suicide Strategy (1973-1978) (p. 47) Toho Gets Hammered: Nessie (1976-1979) (p. 54) The Bride of Godzilla Lives—and Dies— Again! (1978) (p. 59) Godzilla Resurrected (1980-1984) (p. 63) Ultraman: Hero from the Stars (1981) (p. 67) Godzilla King of the Monsters 3-D (1983) (p. 71) Godzilla vs. Golan Globus: It Ate Cleveland! (1984) (p. 73) Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress (1985) (p. 78) Mothra vs. Bagan (1990) (p. 84) Mick Anger's Godzilla vs. The Mysterians (1990) (p. 89) The Many Forms of "Godzilla vs. Mechani-Kong" (1991-1993) (p. 96) The One That Got Away: Jan De Bont's Godzilla (1994) (p. 108) Return of GINO: Godzilla 2 (2000) (p. 112) Shusuke Kaneko vs. Godzilla: "Godzilla vs. M" (2001) (p. 114) Godzilla Reborn (2001) (p. 116) Godzilla Flies Again: Godzilla 3-D to the Max (2004-2008) Part II: Proto-versions of Finished Films (p. 123) Godzilla (1954) (p. 126) Before Frankenstein Conquered the World: Frankenstein vs. Godzilla (1963-1964) (p. 129) Operation Robinson Crusoe: King Kong vs. Ebirah (1966) (p. 134) Two Godzillas: Japan S.O.S.! (1967) (p. 139) The Birth of Godzilla vs. Gigan: Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters & The Return of King Ghidorah (1971) (p. 145) Monsters Converge on Okinawa: Showdown in Cape Zanpa (1973) (p. 154) The Origins of The Return of Godzilla (1984): Godzilla, King of Monsters (1978) (p. 158) Godzilla vs. Biollante (1985) (p. 163) Before Battra: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth (1991) (p. 167) Before Guardian of the Universe: Gamera (1993) (p. 171) The Development of "Godzilla 7" (1994-1995)

Part III: Banned, Unreleased & Lost Films (p. 179) King Kong in Japan: Wasei Kingu Kongu (1933) (p. 180) King Kong Appears in Edo (1938) (p. 182) Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1955) (p. 186) Giant Horde Beast Nezura (1963) (p. 188) Great Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) (p. 195) Monkeying Around: 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1974) (p. 200) Cozzilla: The Colorization of Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1977) (p. 207) Legendary Giant Beast Wolfman vs. Godzilla (1983) (p. 211) Stolen Ultraman: Space Warriors 2000 (1985) (p. 216) Direct-to-Video Gamera: Gamera vs. Giant Evil Beast Garasharp (1991) (p. 219) Gamera 4: Truth (2003) Appendix I: Short Treatments for Unmade Films (p. 223) Appendix II: Alternate Versions of Existing Films (p. 237) Appendix III: Synopses (p. 251) Appendix IV: Independent Features & Fan Films (Compiled by Mark Jaramillo) (p. 317) Appendix V: Guardian of Mixed Media: The Gameraverse, by Dr. Ayame Chiba (p. 323) Appendix VI: The International Kaiju Brotherhood: Giant Monsters and Movie-Making Heroes from Around the World, by Stan Hyde (p. 331) Appendix VII: In Search of Monsters: My Hunt for Obscure and Forgotten Kaiju Films, by Mark Jaramillo (p. 351) Appendix VIII: Prophecies of Nostradamus and Me, by Ted Johnson (p. 361) Appendix IX: Interview with Don F. Glut on Ultraman: Hero from the Stars (p. 367) Bibliography (p. 370) Index (p. 374) About the Author (p. 384)

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Trivia

• The book erroneously refers to Godzilla series writer Hideichi Nagahara as "Shuichi Nagahara."

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