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'''''The Pictorial Book of Godzilla''''' {{Nihongo|大ゴジラ図鑑|Dai Gojira Zukan|lit. ''Giant Godzilla Pictorial Book''}} is a [[1995]] informational book which features behind the scenes images and stills from ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' to ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''.
'''''The Pictorial Book of Godzilla''''' {{Nihongo|大ゴジラ図鑑|Dai Gojira Zukan|lit. ''Giant Godzilla Pictorial Book''}} is a [[1995]] informational book which features behind the scenes images and stills from ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' to ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''.
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==Information==
==Information==
The book was published on January 27, [[1995]] by Hobby Japan Co., Ltd.<ref name="AmazonJP">[https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%A4%A7%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A9%E5%9B%B3%E9%91%91-%E5%B9%BB%E6%83%B3%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E7%BE%8E%E8%A1%93%E5%A4%A7%E7%B3%BB-%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%80-%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F/dp/4894250594 Amazon.co.jp: 大ゴジラ図鑑 (幻想映画美術大系)|ヤマダ マサミ]</ref> It was authored by Masami Yamada, supervised by Yuji Nishimura, and published with Koichi Sato.
The book was published on January 27, [[1995]] by Hobby Japan Co., Ltd.<ref name="AmazonJP">[https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%A4%A7%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A9%E5%9B%B3%E9%91%91-%E5%B9%BB%E6%83%B3%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E7%BE%8E%E8%A1%93%E5%A4%A7%E7%B3%BB-%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%80-%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F/dp/4894250594 Amazon.co.jp: 大ゴジラ図鑑 (幻想映画美術大系)|ヤマダ マサミ]</ref> It was authored by Masami Yamada, supervised by Yuji Nishimura, and published with Koichi Sato. ''The Pictorial Book of Godzilla'' contains a collective 1100 images along with behind the scenes information from all the ''Godzilla'' films.
 
The beginning of the book contains a brief description for all the Showa and Heisei Godzilla movies (except ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'') with color images. The "Preface" section contains an introduction to Godzilla, all of the different eras of Godzilla, the release timeline of the movies along with the names of the Godzilla suits and the other monsters introduced in each movie. This section also defines all the terminology and subsections that will be used in the book, such as "SET," "BODY," "FACE," "POOL," "MAKING," "BEHIND," "EXHIBITION," "AnotherG" (used for the sections for [[w:c:ultra:Gomess|Gomess]] and [[w:c:ultra:Jirass|Jirass]]) and "VariationG" (for related characters such as Minilla).
The rest of the book gives hundreds of images for the King of the Monsters' movies throughout the years, each film found within a section divided between "The Dawn" (1954-1962), "Golden Age" (1964-1966), "Maturity" (1967-1972), "Revival" (1973-1984), and "Renewal" (1989-1994).
 
Examples of content within ''The Pictorial Book of Godzilla'' include: the making and design details of all the Godzilla suits, as well as of the ''Gigantis, the Fire Monster'' Godzilla suit from 1957 and the story behind the unmade American edit, "[[Snowman]] vs. Godzilla" images, and info on the Godzilla suits' usage by Tsuburaya Production for ''Ultraman'' adversaries. The book focuses solely on the Godzilla character, but occasionally touches upon offshoots such as the Godzillasaurus or Baby Godzilla.
==Description==
==Description==
Japanese description from BOOK Database:<ref name="AmazonJP"/><br>
Japanese description from BOOK Database:<ref name="AmazonJP"/><br>
{{Quote-no-it|ゴジラ生誕40周年記念豪華写真集堂々完成。第1作「ゴジラ」から最新「ゴジラvsスペースゴジラ」まで21作品10系統30種以上のゴジラが集結した怪獣造形・究極の40年史。}}
{{Quote-no-it|ゴジラ生誕40周年記念豪華写真集堂々完成。第1作「ゴジラ」から最新「ゴジラvsスペースゴジラ」まで21作品10系統30種以上のゴジラが集結した怪獣造形・究極の40年史。}}


Japanese description from MARC Database:<ref name="AmazonJP"/><br>
Japanese description from MARC Database:<ref name="AmazonJP"/><br>
{{Quote-no-it|第1作「ゴジラ」から最新作「ゴジラVSスペースゴジラ」まで、21作品10系統30種類以上のゴジラが集結した怪獣造形・究極の40年史。写真1100点収録。東宝特殊美術の裏舞台、映画データ、ゴジラのすべてがわかる。}}
{{Quote-no-it|第1作「ゴジラ」から最新作「ゴジラVSスペースゴジラ」まで、21作品10系統30種類以上のゴジラが集結した怪獣造形・究極の40年史。写真1100点収録。東宝特殊美術の裏舞台、映画データ、ゴジラのすべてがわかる。}}
==Contents==
==Contents==
To be added.
*'''Godzilla Movies Color Graffiti''' {{small|ゴジラ映画カラーグラフィティ}} (p. 2)
===Godzilla Movie Color Graffiti===
*'''Contents''' {{small|目次}} (p. 25)
The beginning of the book contains a brief description for all the Showa and Heisei Godzilla movies (except ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'') with color images.
*'''Preface''' {{small|序}} (p. 26)
===Introduction===
*'''''' {{small|}} (p. 29)
Contains an introduction to Godzilla, all of the different eras of Godzilla, the release timeline of the movies along with the names of the Godzilla suits and the other monsters introduced in each movie.  
*'''''' {{small|}} (p. 65)
 
*'''''' {{small|}} (p. 101)
This section also defines all the terminology and subsections that will be used in the book, such as "SET," "BODY," "FACE," "POOL," "MAKING," "BEHIND," "EXHIBITION," "AnotherG" (used for the sections for [[w:c:ultra:Gomess|Gomess]] and [[w:c:ultra:Jirass|Jirass]]) and "VariationG" (variations of Godzilla like Little Godzilla or Fake Godzilla)
*'''''' {{small|}} (p. 135)
===Films===
*'''''' {{small|}} (p. 163)
''The Pictorial Book of Godzilla'' contains a collective 1100 images<ref name="AmazonJP"/> along with behind the scenes information from the following films. Each film is found within a section, them being "The Dawn" (1954-1962), "Golden Age" (1964-1966), "Maturity" (1967-1972), "Revival" (1973-1984), and "Renewal" (1989-1994).
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====The Dawn====
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*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]''
*'''By Film''' {{small|[作品別]}}
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]''
**(p. 31) ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]''
*''Gigantis, the Fire Monster''
**(p. 45) ''[[]]''
**Making the ''Gigantis, the Fire Monster'' Godzilla suit from 1957, the story behind the unmade American edit
**(p. 55) ''[[]]''
**Filming, publicity, making of the [[GyakushuGoji|Godzilla suit]], plus "[[Snowman]] vs. Godzilla" images
**(p. 67) ''[[]]''
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
**(p. 79) ''[[]]''
====Golden Age====
**(p. 87) ''[[]]''
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
**(p. 95) ''[[]]''
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''
**(p. 103) ''[[]]''
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
**(p. 111) ''[[]]''
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
**(p. 119) ''[[]]''
====Maturity====
**(p. 123) ''[[]]''
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
**(p. 129) ''[[]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
**(p. 137) ''[[]]''
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]''
**(p. 143) ''[[]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
**(p. 147) ''[[]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]''
**(p. 151) ''[[]]''
====Revival====
**(p. 165) ''[[]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''
**(p. 175) ''[[]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]''
**(p. 181) ''[[]]''
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
**(p. 187) ''[[]]''
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''
**(p. 193) ''[[]]''
====Renewal====
{{col-2}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
{{col-end}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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The Pictorial Book of Godzilla
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Author(s) Masami Yamada
Publisher Hobby Japan Co., Ltd.
Publish date January 27, 1995
Genre Reference
ISBN ISBN-10: 4894250594
ISBN-13: 978-4894250598
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The Pictorial Book of Godzilla (大ゴジラ図鑑,   Dai Gojira Zukan, lit. Giant Godzilla Pictorial Book) is a 1995 informational book which features behind the scenes images and stills from Godzilla to Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla.

Information

The book was published on January 27, 1995 by Hobby Japan Co., Ltd.[1] It was authored by Masami Yamada, supervised by Yuji Nishimura, and published with Koichi Sato. The Pictorial Book of Godzilla contains a collective 1100 images along with behind the scenes information from all the Godzilla films.

The beginning of the book contains a brief description for all the Showa and Heisei Godzilla movies (except Godzilla vs. Destoroyah) with color images. The "Preface" section contains an introduction to Godzilla, all of the different eras of Godzilla, the release timeline of the movies along with the names of the Godzilla suits and the other monsters introduced in each movie. This section also defines all the terminology and subsections that will be used in the book, such as "SET," "BODY," "FACE," "POOL," "MAKING," "BEHIND," "EXHIBITION," "AnotherG" (used for the sections for Gomess and Jirass) and "VariationG" (for related characters such as Minilla). The rest of the book gives hundreds of images for the King of the Monsters' movies throughout the years, each film found within a section divided between "The Dawn" (1954-1962), "Golden Age" (1964-1966), "Maturity" (1967-1972), "Revival" (1973-1984), and "Renewal" (1989-1994).

Examples of content within The Pictorial Book of Godzilla include: the making and design details of all the Godzilla suits, as well as of the Gigantis, the Fire Monster Godzilla suit from 1957 and the story behind the unmade American edit, "Snowman vs. Godzilla" images, and info on the Godzilla suits' usage by Tsuburaya Production for Ultraman adversaries. The book focuses solely on the Godzilla character, but occasionally touches upon offshoots such as the Godzillasaurus or Baby Godzilla.

Description

Japanese description from BOOK Database:[1]
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Japanese description from MARC Database:[1]
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Contents

  • Godzilla Movies Color Graffiti ゴジラ映画カラーグラフィティ (p. 2)
  • Contents 目次 (p. 25)
  • Preface 序 (p. 26)
  • ' (p. 29)
  • ' (p. 65)
  • ' (p. 101)
  • ' (p. 135)
  • ' (p. 163)
  • By Film [作品別]
    • (p. 31) Godzilla
    • (p. 45) [[]]
    • (p. 55) [[]]
    • (p. 67) [[]]
    • (p. 79) [[]]
    • (p. 87) [[]]
    • (p. 95) [[]]
    • (p. 103) [[]]
    • (p. 111) [[]]
    • (p. 119) [[]]
    • (p. 123) [[]]
    • (p. 129) [[]]
    • (p. 137) [[]]
    • (p. 143) [[]]
    • (p. 147) [[]]
    • (p. 151) [[]]
    • (p. 165) [[]]
    • (p. 175) [[]]
    • (p. 181) [[]]
    • (p. 187) [[]]
    • (p. 193) [[]]

Gallery

  • The Pictorial Book of Godzilla with thing.jpg

References

This is a list of references for The Pictorial Book of Godzilla. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

Books
Novels
King Kong (1932) • Monster Godzilla • Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again • Gorgo • The Luminous Fairies and Mothra • Godzilla (1984) • The Return of Godzilla • Godzilla vs. Biollante • Novel: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah • Gamera vs. Phoenix • Godzilla: King of the Monsters • Godzilla Invades America • Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island • Godzilla vs. the Space Monster • Godzilla Returns • Godzilla 2000 • Godzilla at World's End • GODZILLA (HarperPrism) • GODZILLA (Scholastic) • Godzilla vs. the Robot Monsters • Novel: Godzilla 2000 (Millennium) • Merian C. Cooper's King Kong • Kong: King of Skull Island • King Kong: The Island of the Skull • Kong Reborn • King Kong (2005) • Godzilla: The Official Movie Novelization • Kong: Skull Island - The Official Movie Novelization • GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse • GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla • GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater • Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization • Godzilla vs. Kong: The Official Movie Novelization • Godzilla Singular Point • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization • Novel Version: Godzilla Minus One
Nonfiction books
Production books
Theater programs • The Making of King Kong • The Art of Godzilla • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Monster Complete Works • Kodansha Hit Books: Godzilla vs. Mothra • Hot Blooded Dinosaur Movies • The Pictorial Book of Godzilla • The Pictorial Book of Godzilla 2 • Heisei Godzilla Chronicle • The Making of GODZILLA • GMK (Sonorama Mook) • Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS • King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson • The Making of King Kong: The Official Guide to the Motion Picture • Daiei Tokusatsu Movie Chronicle • Godzilla: The Art of Destruction • Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook • Shinji Nishikawa: Drawing Book of Godzilla • The Art of Shin Godzilla • The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island • Toho SFX Movies Authentic Visual Book • The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters • Godzilla vs. Kong: One Will Fall - The Art of the Ultimate Battle Royale • Behind the Kaiju Curtain • Shinji Higuchi Special Effect's Field Notes: Visual Plans and Sketches • Godzilla & Kong: The Cinematic Storyboard Art of Richard Bennett • The Art of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Super Complete Works
Perfection
Completion
Encyclopedic books
Theater programs • Ultra Books: Destroy All Monsters • Godzilla Monsters Anatomical Encyclopedia • Shogakukan Introduction Encyclopedia: Godzilla • Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction • Godzilla Monsters All Encyclopedia • Encyclopedia of Godzilla • All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume) • The Godzilla Chronicles • Encyclopedia of Godzilla (Mechagodzilla Edition) • Encyclopedia of Godzilla (SpaceGodzilla Edition) • Godzilla vs. G-Force Superweapon Manual • The Super Heroes Chronicles • Godzilla Giant Monster Diagram Encyclopedia • Our Beloved Monster Godzilla • Gamera Super Force Pictorial Book • Godzilla (Monsters Series) • The Official Godzilla Compendium • The Official GODZILLA Movie Fact Book • Kong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island • Godzilla Dictionary • Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book • The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island • Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works • Godzilla: The IDW Era • Godzilla Completely Deciphered • Godzilla Character Encyclopedia: Toho Special Effects Movie Complete History • Godzilla Dictionary [New Edition] • Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia • All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book • Shinji Nishikawa: Drawing Book of Godzilla • Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters • The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films • Godzilla - King of Monstermaker • Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters • Godziban Book

Super Encyclopedia
Story/picture/children's books
Dogzilla • Kat Kong • Anthony Browne's King Kong • Godzilla Saves America: A Monster Showdown in 3-D! • Godzilla vs. Gigan and the Smog Monster • Godzilla on Monster Island • Who's Afraid of Godzilla? • Godzilla Likes to Roar! • Attack of the Baby Godzillas! • GODZILLA: A Junior Novelization • Scholastic GODZILLA picture book • The GODZILLA Movie Scrapbook • Godzilla Complete Battle Book • Famous Movie Monsters: Meet Godzilla • Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World • King Kong: Kong's Kingdom • King Kong: The Search for Kong • King Kong: Journey to Skull Island • King Kong: Meet Kong and Ann • King Kong: Escape from Skull Island • King Kong: The Junior Novel • Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World (Penguin Active Reading) • Godzilla Kaiju Battle Encyclopedia • Do Your Best, Chibi Godzilla • Close Friends, Chibi Godzilla • Sticker Picture Book: Chibi Godzilla and Friends • Godzilla vs. Kong: Sometimes Friends Fight (But They Always Make Up) • Kong and Me • King Kong's Cousin • Love from Godzilla • Brave Like Godzilla
Comics/manga
Short stories
Activity/novelty books
Unreleased books
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