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|name =''The Godzilla Comic'' | |name =''The Godzilla Comic'' | ||
|dt =''The Godzilla Comic'' | |dt =''The Godzilla Comic'' | ||
|author =Hiroshi Yokoyama, | |author =Hiroshi Yokoyama, {{small|[[Minoru Kawasaki]]}}, Kia Asamiya, Tatsuya Tomimoto, Shinpei Ito, Koichiro Yasunaga, Yutaka Kondo, [[Ryu Hariken]], Kenichi Matsuzaki, Tamaki Nozomu, Akio Jissoji, Reijiro Kato,<br>Kazuko Yumeno, Ken Ishikawa,<br>Kazumine Daiji, Yamada Takahiro | ||
|publisher =Takarajimasha | |publisher =Takarajimasha | ||
|publishdate = | |publishdate =February 10, [[1990]] | ||
|genre =Various; | |genre =Various; anthology | ||
|isbn =[[Special:BookSources/4880637920|ISBN-10: 4880637920]]<br>[[Special:BookSources/978-4880637921|ISBN-13: 978-4880637921]] | |isbn =[[Special:BookSources/4880637920|ISBN-10: 4880637920]]<br>[[Special:BookSources/978-4880637921|ISBN-13: 978-4880637921]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Godzilla Comic''''' {{Nihongo| | '''''The Godzilla Comic''''' {{Nihongo|THEゴジラCOMIC|Za Gojira Komikku}} is a [[Japan]]ese anthology comic published by Takarajimasha, Inc. on February 10, [[1990]]. | ||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
[[File:00 03 Contents.png|right|200px]] | [[File:00 03 Contents.png|right|200px]] | ||
The Godzilla Comic is an anthology comic featuring the work of a vast number of different artists | ''The Godzilla Comic'' is an anthology comic featuring the work of a vast number of different artists and 15 original stories. The tales vary from humorous parodies to darker themes. The chapters are: | ||
#Original Story: | #"Original Story: Godzilla" {{Nihongo|ORIGINAL STORY GODZILLA|Orijinaru Sutōrī Gojira}} by Hiroshi Yokoyama | ||
#Godzilla² {{Nihongo|ゴジラ{{sup|2}}| | #"Godzilla²" {{Nihongo|ゴジラ{{sup|2}}|Gojira Tsū}} by [[Minoru Kawasaki]] and Kia Asamiya | ||
#POSEIDON {{Nihongo| | #"POSEIDON" {{Nihongo|POSEIDON|Poseidon}} by Tatsuya Tomimoto | ||
#Tokyo Godzilla Group {{Nihongo|東京ゴジラ団|Tōkyō Gojira | #"Tokyo Godzilla Group" {{Nihongo|東京ゴジラ団|Tōkyō Gojira Dan}} by Shinpei Ito | ||
#Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter {{Nihongo|ゴジラ対盆栽娘|Gojira tai | #"Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter" {{Nihongo|ゴジラ対盆栽娘|Gojira tai Bonsai Musume}} by Koichiro Yasunaga | ||
#Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island {{Nihongo|元禄大戸島異聞|Genroku | #"Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island" {{Nihongo|元禄大戸島異聞|Genroku Ōdotō Ibun}} by Yutaka Kondo | ||
#Monster Warrior Godzilla {{Nihongo| | #"Monster Warrior Godzilla" {{Nihongo|GODZILLA怪獣戦士|Gojira Kaijū Senshi}} by Hurricane Ryu | ||
#Godzilla: Nightmare Option {{Nihongo| | #"Godzilla: Nightmare Option" {{Nihongo|GODZILLA-悪夢の選択|Gojira Akumu no Sentaku}} by Kenichi Matsuzaki and Tamaki Nozomu | ||
#Tiny Godzilla {{Nihongo|小さなゴジラ|Chīsana Gojira | #"Tiny Godzilla" {{Nihongo|小さなゴジラ|Chīsana Gojira}} by Akio Jissoji and Reijiro Kato | ||
#Last Seen {{Nihongo|ラストシーン| | #"Last Seen" {{Nihongo|ラストシーン|Rasuto Shīn}} by Kazuko Yumeno | ||
#Warning from G {{Nihongo|Gからの警告| | #"Warning from G" {{Nihongo|Gからの警告|Jī kara no Keikoku}} by Shinobu Kaze | ||
#Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada {{Nihongo|ゴジラ対山田課長|Gojira tai Yamada | #"Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada" {{Nihongo|ゴジラ対山田課長|Gojira tai Yamada Kachō}} by Ken Ishikawa | ||
#Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle {{Nihongo|ゴジラ再び地球防衛決戦|Gojira | #"Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle" {{Nihongo|ゴジラ再び地球防衛決戦|Gojira Futatabi Chikyū Bōei Kessen}} by Kazumine Daiji | ||
#Gojira- | #"Gojira-kun" {{Nihongo|ゴジラくん|Gojirakun}} by Yamada Takahiro | ||
#Godzilla, Young Guy, and | #"Godzilla, Young Guy, and I" {{Nihongo|僕とゴジラと若大将|Boku to Gojira to Wakadaishō}} by Minoru Kawasaki | ||
==Chapters== | ==Chapters== | ||
===Original Story: | ==="Original Story: Godzilla"=== | ||
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===Godzilla²=== | ==="Godzilla²"=== | ||
In a comical short by comedian and ''[[Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit]]'' (among other things) director Minoru Kawasaki, Japanese pop idol [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Saito_%28actress%29 Yuki Saito] is invited to join the [[Earth Defense Force]], and uses her singing to pacify [[Godzilla]] during one of his rampages. | In a comical short by comedian and ''[[Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit]]'' (among other things) director Minoru Kawasaki, Japanese pop idol [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Saito_%28actress%29 Yuki Saito] is invited to join the [[Earth Defense Force]], and uses her singing to pacify [[Godzilla]] during one of his rampages. | ||
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===POSEIDON=== | ==="POSEIDON"=== | ||
'''Original:''' | |||
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===Tokyo Godzilla Group=== | '''English fan translation:''' | ||
Another satirical take, this time poking fun at the various conference sequences of the Godzilla and other Toho monster films. | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
File:Poseidon1.png | |||
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</gallery> | |||
==="Tokyo Godzilla Group"=== | |||
Another satirical take, this time poking fun at the various conference sequences of the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films and other Toho monster films. | |||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter=== | |||
In a tale with a clear inspiration from ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'', a human-bonsai creature defends the world from Godzilla. This story is more atmospheric in nature, and Godzilla only appears, in silhouette, in a single panel. | ==="Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter"=== | ||
In a tale with a clear inspiration from ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'', a human-[[wikipedia:Bonsai|bonsai]] creature defends the world from Godzilla. This story is more atmospheric in nature, and Godzilla only appears, in silhouette, in a single panel. | |||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island === | |||
In 1701, Godzilla appears and battles a group of Edo | ==="Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island"=== | ||
In 1701, Godzilla appears and battles a group of Edo Period Japanese samurai. | |||
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===Monster Warrior Godzilla=== | ==="Monster Warrior Godzilla"=== | ||
Created by conceptual artist and suit actor [[ | Created by conceptual artist and suit actor [[Ryu Hariken|"Hurricane" Ryu Hariken]], this story depicts [[Godzilla]] and other Toho kaiju as humanoid warriors from an alternate reality. Thanks to an advanced human army, they are on the verge of extinction as the humans seek to invade and take over their home world to replace the dying [[Earth]]. Godzilla agrees to do battle with them alone, but not before killing [[Biollante]], the traitor who gave the humans the Spirit of the Beast Tree. [[Baragon]] also informs him of a legendary sword, shield, and suit of armor that fell to Earth when the rift between the human and monster realities opened. Godzilla arrives in Japan, swiftly destroys the humans' undersea forces, and acquires the armor. A [[Markalite GYRO]] launches him into space, but he escapes after it collides with a meteor. He dispatches the humans' space forces, including the ''[[Gotengo]]'' and the ''[[Gohten]]'', then takes on the ''[[Super X]]'' and the ''[[Super X2]]'' with equal success. Burrowing underground, he seemingly kills the Japanese Prime Minister before rescuing the Beast Tree Spirit. She prepares to close the rift. The Prime Minister takes on Godzilla at the helm of Jet Jaguar, backed up by [[Mechagodzilla (Showa)|Mechagodzilla]], [[Moguera]], and [[Mechani-Kong]]. Their weapons wound him, but just then the sword and shield emerge from a fissure. Jet Jaguar hops onto a motorcycle as the Prime Minister raves about the need for humans to colonize the monsters' world so as to replace their own polluted planet. Godzilla finishes all four mechas off with a blast of his atomic breath, then returns to his reality by ascending in a beam of light. | ||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
Comic1.jpg|[[Titanosaurus]], the [[Space Beastman]], [[Gorosaurus]], and [[Sanda]] | Comic1.jpg|[[Titanosaurus]], the [[Space Beastman]], [[Gorosaurus]], and [[Sanda]] | ||
Comic2.jpg|[[Kamoebas]], [[King Caesar]], and [[Anguirus]] | Comic2.jpg|[[Kamoebas]], [[King Caesar]], and [[Anguirus]] talking amongst themselves | ||
Comic3.jpg|[[Godzilla]] sitting, before being armored | Comic3.jpg|[[Godzilla]] sitting, before being armored | ||
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Comic5.jpg|Godzilla slicing [[Biollante]]'s head off with his sword, before being armored | Comic5.jpg|Godzilla slicing [[Biollante]]'s head off with his sword, before being armored | ||
Comic6.jpg|Godzilla's armor | Comic6.jpg|Godzilla's armor | ||
Comic7.jpg|Godzilla being | Comic7.jpg|Godzilla being bombarded by beams | ||
Comic8.jpg | Comic8.jpg | ||
Comic9.jpg | Comic9.jpg | ||
Comic10.jpg|Godzilla being stabbed by a drill | Comic10.jpg|Godzilla being stabbed by a drill | ||
Comic11.jpg | Comic11.jpg | ||
Comic12.jpg | Comic12.jpg|Godzilla with the Beast Tree Spirit | ||
Comic13.jpg|Godzilla | Comic13.jpg|Godzilla arriving in a city | ||
Comic14.jpg|Godzilla | Comic14.jpg|Godzilla confronting [[Mechagodzilla (Showa)|Mechagodzilla]], [[Mechani-Kong]], [[Jet Jaguar]], and [[Moguera]] | ||
Comic15.jpg|Godzilla dueling Jet Jaguar | Comic15.jpg|Godzilla dueling Jet Jaguar | ||
Comic16.jpg|Godzilla | Comic16.jpg|Godzilla smashing the robot monsters into each other | ||
Comic17.jpg|The monsters | Comic17.jpg|The robot monsters being finished off by Godzilla's atomic breath | ||
Comic18.jpg | Comic18.jpg|Godzilla retuning to his reality by ascending in a beam of light | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Godzilla: Nightmare Option=== | '''English fan translation:''' | ||
In this story Godzilla battles a monster named [[Gandora]], and at the end mutates into a "Super Godzilla" type form. | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
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==="Godzilla: Nightmare Option"=== | |||
In this story Godzilla battles a monster named [[Gandora]], and at the end of it mutates into a "Super Godzilla"-type form. | |||
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===Tiny Godzilla=== | |||
Written by ''Ultraman'' (among other things) director Akio Jissoji, a love story takes a turn when | ==="Tiny Godzilla"=== | ||
Written by ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman_(series)|Ultraman]]'' (among other things) director Akio Jissoji, a love story takes a dark turn when it is revealed the object of a cameraman's affection is actually an alien attempting to control Godzilla. | |||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
File:MaserScans-Small Godzilla 02-03.jpg | File:MaserScans-Small Godzilla 02-03.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Last Seen=== | ==="Last Seen"=== | ||
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===Warning from G=== | ==="Warning from G"=== | ||
Easily the strangest and most controversial story in the | Easily the strangest and most controversial story in the entire book, a martial arts master learns a special killing technique to use against Godzilla. Against all odds the move works and Godzilla is killed, though at the cost of his own life, leaving his pregnant wife a widow. Not long after the child is born he starts behaving strangely, and he reveals that he is actually Godzilla reincarnated in human form before attacking his mother. The story from there on takes a weird ride through the spirit world. | ||
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File:MaserScans-Warning from G.jpg | File:MaserScans-Warning from G.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada=== | |||
Another humorous story that | ==="Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada"=== | ||
Another humorous story that is something of a crossover with the author's own ''[[wikipedia: Salary Man Kintaro|Salary Man Kintaro]]''-style comic character. | |||
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Dr. Testsuichi Serizawa, the nephew of Dr. Serizawa, warns that due to the continued release of Freon gases | ==="Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle"=== | ||
Written and illustrated by Daiji Mine, [[Gigan]] and [[King Ghidorah]] return and Godzilla and [[Mothra]] defend the Earth from them. | |||
Dr. Testsuichi Serizawa, the nephew of Dr. [[Daisuke Serizawa]], warns that, due to the continued release of Freon gases and other pollutants, the Earth is in peril. Making an appeal to humanity, Serizawa gives a plea on live television showing strange phenomena throughout the world. Mothra appears in the Arctic mid-broadcast. Subsequently, Serizawa and the others are interrupted when Gigan appears in Tokyo and begins a rampage. A wounded Godzilla shows up and engages Gigan before King Ghidorah appears. King Ghidorah and Gigan nearly kill Godzilla before the water begins to freeze. Using spears of ice, Godzilla retaliates and sends the space monsters fleeing. | |||
It is revealed that Mothra was spraying her threads in Antarctica not to create a cocoon, but to save the planet by restoring the ozone layer with her silk. Mothra then dies as a result of wounds from King Ghidorah and the cold. The manga ends with Dr. Serizawa realizing that there was an alien conspiracy and warns humanity of this tragic turn of events. | |||
'''Original:''' | |||
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'''English fan translation:''' | |||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Gojira-kun=== | ==="Gojira-kun"=== | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
===Monsters=== | ===Monsters=== | ||
====Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter==== | {{col-begin}} | ||
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===="Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter"==== | |||
*[[Godzilla]] | *[[Godzilla]] | ||
*Bonsai Daughter | *Bonsai Daughter | ||
====Monster Warrior Godzilla==== | ===="Monster Warrior Godzilla"==== | ||
*[[Godzilla]] | *[[Godzilla]] | ||
*[[Titanosaurus]] | *[[Titanosaurus]] | ||
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*[[Bat Man]] | *[[Bat Man]] | ||
*[[Baragon]] | *[[Baragon]] | ||
*[[Mechagodzilla | *[[Mechagodzilla (Showa)|Mechagodzilla]] | ||
*[[Mechani-Kong]] | *[[Mechani-Kong]] | ||
*[[Jet Jaguar]] | *[[Jet Jaguar]] | ||
*[[Moguera]] | *[[Moguera]] | ||
*Spirit of the Beast Tree | *Spirit of the Beast Tree | ||
====Godzilla: Nightmare Option==== | *Remains of the unknown monsters inhabiting the Monster Realm | ||
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Gomora|Gomora]] (mentioned) | |||
===="Godzilla: Nightmare Option"==== | |||
*[[Godzilla]] | *[[Godzilla]] | ||
*[[Gandora]] | *[[Gandora]] | ||
====Warning from G==== | ===="Warning from G"==== | ||
*[[Godzilla]] | *[[Godzilla]] | ||
*Reincarnated Godzilla | *Reincarnated Godzilla child | ||
====Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle==== | {{col-2}} | ||
===="Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle"==== | |||
*[[Godzilla]] | *[[Godzilla]] | ||
*[[King Ghidorah]] | *[[King Ghidorah]] | ||
*[[Gigan]] | *[[Gigan]] | ||
*[[Mothra]] | *[[Mothra]] | ||
====Gojira-kun==== | ===="Gojira-kun"==== | ||
*[[Godzilla]] | *[[Godzilla]] | ||
*[[Fake Godzilla]] / [[Mechagodzilla | *[[Fake Godzilla]] / [[Mechagodzilla (Showa)|Mechagodzilla]] | ||
*[[Titanosaurus]] | *[[Titanosaurus]] | ||
*[[Hedorah]] | *[[Hedorah]] | ||
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*[[Varan]] | *[[Varan]] | ||
*[[Meganulon]] | *[[Meganulon]] | ||
{{col-end}} | |||
===Weapons, vehicles, and races=== | |||
{{col-begin}} | |||
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===="Monster Warrior Godzilla"==== | |||
*[[Mary Ann]] | |||
*[[Soviet Nuclear Attack Satellite]] | |||
*''[[Wadatsumi-1]]'' | |||
*''[[Akatsuki]]'' | |||
*''[[Red Satan]]'' | |||
*''[[Black Shark]]'' | |||
*''[[Alpha]]'' | |||
*[[Mu Submarine]] | |||
*[[Markalite GYRO]] | |||
*[[Gorath]] | |||
*''[[Gotengo]]'' | |||
*''[[Gohten]]'' | |||
*''[[Moonlight SY-3]]'' | |||
*[[SPIP]] | |||
*''[[P-1]]'' | |||
*[[Space Fighter]] | |||
*[[Freight Ship]] | |||
*[[Space Arrow]] | |||
*[[Minerva Base]] | |||
*[[Tokyo-3]] | |||
*[[Small Transmission Ship]] | |||
*''[[Super X]]'' | |||
*''[[Super X2]]'' | |||
*[[Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria]] | |||
*[[Gunhed 507]] | |||
*[[MBT-MB92]] | |||
*[[N1-00]] | |||
*[[wikia:w:c:kamenrider:Cyclone|Cyclone]] | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*"Monster Warrior Godzilla" features multiple [[Toho]] monsters who at | *"Monster Warrior Godzilla" features multiple [[Toho]] monsters who, at that time, had yet to cross over into the ''Godzilla'' series: the [[Space Beastman]], [[Sanda]], [[Maguma]], [[Kamoebas]], the [[Griffon]], the [[Bat Man]], [[Gezora]], the [[Meganulon]], [[Mechani-Kong]], and [[Moguera]]. The Space Beastman and the Bat Man are all depicted as kaiju-sized despite being roughly human-sized in their original film appearances. | ||
**One of the humans also mentions [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Gomora|Gomora]], probably referring to the kaiju from the [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman_Series|''Ultra Series'' franchise]] by [[Tsuburaya Productions]]. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/scanlation-a-sampling-of-crazy-godzilla-manga/ Translations of chapters 7, 9, and 11] | *[https://maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/scanlation-a-sampling-of-crazy-godzilla-manga/ Translations of chapters 7, 9, and 11] |
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The Godzilla Comic (THEゴジラCOMIC is a Za Gojira Komikku)Japanese anthology comic published by Takarajimasha, Inc. on February 10, 1990.
Contents
The Godzilla Comic is an anthology comic featuring the work of a vast number of different artists and 15 original stories. The tales vary from humorous parodies to darker themes. The chapters are:
- "Original Story: Godzilla" (ORIGINAL STORY GODZILLA by Hiroshi Yokoyama Orijinaru Sutōrī Gojira)
- "Godzilla²" (ゴジラ2 by Gojira Tsū)Minoru Kawasaki and Kia Asamiya
- "POSEIDON" (POSEIDON by Tatsuya Tomimoto Poseidon)
- "Tokyo Godzilla Group" (東京ゴジラ団 by Shinpei Ito Tōkyō Gojira Dan)
- "Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter" (ゴジラ対盆栽娘 by Koichiro Yasunaga Gojira tai Bonsai Musume)
- "Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island" (元禄大戸島異聞 by Yutaka Kondo Genroku Ōdotō Ibun)
- "Monster Warrior Godzilla" (GODZILLA怪獣戦士 by Hurricane Ryu Gojira Kaijū Senshi)
- "Godzilla: Nightmare Option" (GODZILLA-悪夢の選択 by Kenichi Matsuzaki and Tamaki Nozomu Gojira Akumu no Sentaku)
- "Tiny Godzilla" (小さなゴジラ by Akio Jissoji and Reijiro Kato Chīsana Gojira)
- "Last Seen" (ラストシーン by Kazuko Yumeno Rasuto Shīn)
- "Warning from G" (Gからの警告 by Shinobu Kaze Jī kara no Keikoku)
- "Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada" (ゴジラ対山田課長 by Ken Ishikawa Gojira tai Yamada Kachō)
- "Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle" (ゴジラ再び地球防衛決戦 by Kazumine Daiji Gojira Futatabi Chikyū Bōei Kessen)
- "Gojira-kun" (ゴジラくん by Yamada Takahiro Gojirakun)
- "Godzilla, Young Guy, and I" (僕とゴジラと若大将 by Minoru Kawasaki Boku to Gojira to Wakadaishō)
Chapters
"Original Story: Godzilla"
"Godzilla²"
In a comical short by comedian and Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (among other things) director Minoru Kawasaki, Japanese pop idol Yuki Saito is invited to join the Earth Defense Force, and uses her singing to pacify Godzilla during one of his rampages.
"POSEIDON"
Original:
English fan translation:
"Tokyo Godzilla Group"
Another satirical take, this time poking fun at the various conference sequences of the Godzilla films and other Toho monster films.
"Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter"
In a tale with a clear inspiration from Godzilla vs. Biollante, a human-bonsai creature defends the world from Godzilla. This story is more atmospheric in nature, and Godzilla only appears, in silhouette, in a single panel.
"Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island"
In 1701, Godzilla appears and battles a group of Edo Period Japanese samurai.
"Monster Warrior Godzilla"
Created by conceptual artist and suit actor "Hurricane" Ryu Hariken, this story depicts Godzilla and other Toho kaiju as humanoid warriors from an alternate reality. Thanks to an advanced human army, they are on the verge of extinction as the humans seek to invade and take over their home world to replace the dying Earth. Godzilla agrees to do battle with them alone, but not before killing Biollante, the traitor who gave the humans the Spirit of the Beast Tree. Baragon also informs him of a legendary sword, shield, and suit of armor that fell to Earth when the rift between the human and monster realities opened. Godzilla arrives in Japan, swiftly destroys the humans' undersea forces, and acquires the armor. A Markalite GYRO launches him into space, but he escapes after it collides with a meteor. He dispatches the humans' space forces, including the Gotengo and the Gohten, then takes on the Super X and the Super X2 with equal success. Burrowing underground, he seemingly kills the Japanese Prime Minister before rescuing the Beast Tree Spirit. She prepares to close the rift. The Prime Minister takes on Godzilla at the helm of Jet Jaguar, backed up by Mechagodzilla, Moguera, and Mechani-Kong. Their weapons wound him, but just then the sword and shield emerge from a fissure. Jet Jaguar hops onto a motorcycle as the Prime Minister raves about the need for humans to colonize the monsters' world so as to replace their own polluted planet. Godzilla finishes all four mechas off with a blast of his atomic breath, then returns to his reality by ascending in a beam of light.
Titanosaurus, the Space Beastman, Gorosaurus, and Sanda
Kamoebas, King Caesar, and Anguirus talking amongst themselves
Godzilla sitting, before being armored
Godzilla slicing Biollante's head off with his sword, before being armored
Godzilla confronting Mechagodzilla, Mechani-Kong, Jet Jaguar, and Moguera
English fan translation:
"Godzilla: Nightmare Option"
In this story Godzilla battles a monster named Gandora, and at the end of it mutates into a "Super Godzilla"-type form.
"Tiny Godzilla"
Written by Ultraman (among other things) director Akio Jissoji, a love story takes a dark turn when it is revealed the object of a cameraman's affection is actually an alien attempting to control Godzilla.
"Last Seen"
"Warning from G"
Easily the strangest and most controversial story in the entire book, a martial arts master learns a special killing technique to use against Godzilla. Against all odds the move works and Godzilla is killed, though at the cost of his own life, leaving his pregnant wife a widow. Not long after the child is born he starts behaving strangely, and he reveals that he is actually Godzilla reincarnated in human form before attacking his mother. The story from there on takes a weird ride through the spirit world.
"Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada"
Another humorous story that is something of a crossover with the author's own Salary Man Kintaro-style comic character.
"Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle"
Written and illustrated by Daiji Mine, Gigan and King Ghidorah return and Godzilla and Mothra defend the Earth from them.
Dr. Testsuichi Serizawa, the nephew of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, warns that, due to the continued release of Freon gases and other pollutants, the Earth is in peril. Making an appeal to humanity, Serizawa gives a plea on live television showing strange phenomena throughout the world. Mothra appears in the Arctic mid-broadcast. Subsequently, Serizawa and the others are interrupted when Gigan appears in Tokyo and begins a rampage. A wounded Godzilla shows up and engages Gigan before King Ghidorah appears. King Ghidorah and Gigan nearly kill Godzilla before the water begins to freeze. Using spears of ice, Godzilla retaliates and sends the space monsters fleeing.
It is revealed that Mothra was spraying her threads in Antarctica not to create a cocoon, but to save the planet by restoring the ozone layer with her silk. Mothra then dies as a result of wounds from King Ghidorah and the cold. The manga ends with Dr. Serizawa realizing that there was an alien conspiracy and warns humanity of this tragic turn of events.
Original:
English fan translation:
"Gojira-kun"
Appearances
Monsters
"Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter"
"Monster Warrior Godzilla"
"Godzilla: Nightmare Option""Warning from G"
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"Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle""Gojira-kun" |
Weapons, vehicles, and races
Gallery
Trivia
- "Monster Warrior Godzilla" features multiple Toho monsters who, at that time, had yet to cross over into the Godzilla series: the Space Beastman, Sanda, Maguma, Kamoebas, the Griffon, the Bat Man, Gezora, the Meganulon, Mechani-Kong, and Moguera. The Space Beastman and the Bat Man are all depicted as kaiju-sized despite being roughly human-sized in their original film appearances.
- One of the humans also mentions Gomora, probably referring to the kaiju from the Ultra Series franchise by Tsuburaya Productions.
External links
References
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