Toho Champion Festival
The Toho Champion Festival (東宝チャンピオンまつり Tōhō Chanpion Matsuri) was a Japanese film campaign held by Toho between 1969 and 1978. Kicked off by the release of All Monsters Attack and primarily aimed at children, it re-released and facilitated the new releases of Japanese films during the spring, summer, and winter seasons. Included among the festival's featured releases were every Godzilla film between 1969 and 1975, along with several of the company's other tokusatsu films. Some television series episodes were also given theatrical runs, such as those of Tsuburaya's Ultraman Taro and Mirrorman, or Toho's own Warrior of Love Rainbowman.
The festival also served as a competitor to the Toei Manga Festival, which began 6 years prior in 1963 and similarly screened movies and television episodes primarily produced by Toei.
Releases
| Event | Films[1] | Date[1] | |||||||
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| Winter 1969 | All Monsters Attack | Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure | Star of the Giants: Go, Go, Hyuma | 1969/12/10 | |||||
| Spring 1970 | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Star of the Giants: Big League Ball | Attack No. 1 | The Kindly Lion | 1970/03/21 | ||||
| Summer 1970 | Space Amoeba | Star of the Giants: Fateful Showdown | Attack No. 1: The Tearful Roll Reception | The Ugly Duckling | 1970/08/01 | ||||
| Winter 1970 | Mothra vs. Godzilla | The Fragile Planet | Attack No. 1: The Tearful World Championship | The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee | 1970/12/19 | ||||
| Spring 1971 | The Great Monster War: King Ghidorah vs. Godzilla | Attack No. 1: The Tearful Phoenix | Hutch the Honeybee: Momma in the Moon | General Inakappe | Moomin | 1971/03/17 | |||
| Summer 1971 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah | The Return of Ultraman | Hutch the Honeybee: The Injured Ballerina | General Inakappe: The Great One/We Must Give All | Japanese Folklore Tales: The Straw Millionaire | 1971/07/24 | |||
| Winter 1971 | Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: The Greatest Battle on Earth | The Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Tornado Monsters | Hutch the Honeybee: With a Wish on a Forget-Me-Not | General Inakappe: The Guilty One/The Clairvoyant | The Little Match Girl | 1971/12/12 | |||
| Spring 1972 | Godzilla vs. Gigan | Mirrorman | The Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster | Pinocchio: The Series | Hutch the Honeybee: Hold Me, Momma | The Genius Bakabon: Night Duty is Scary | 1972/03/12 | ||
| Summer 1972 | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep | Mirrorman: The Living Dinosaur Aroza | Suzunosuke Akado | The Genius Bakabon: Goodbyes Are Bittersweet | Pinnochio: The Series - I Won't Cry | 1972/07/22 | |||
| Winter 1972 | Godzilla: The Great Blitz Operation | Daigoro vs. Goliath | Panda! Go Panda! | 1972/12/17 | |||||
| Spring 1973 | Godzilla vs. Megalon | Prominent Youth! | Panda Go Panda: The Rainy Day Circus | Jungle Kurobe | 1972/03/17 | ||||
| Summer 1973 | Son of Godzilla | Rainbowman: The Professional Killers | Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra | Gatchaman: The Firebird Versus the Fire-Eating Dragon | Ken's Toy Shop: The Good Boy Takes a Trip | Fables of the Green Forest: Johnny Builds His Home | 1973/07/28 | ||
| Winter 1973 | King Kong Escapes | Samurai Giants: Burn Up, Ban Bamba | Ultraman Taro: Burn! The 6 Ultra Brothers | Fables of the Green Forest: The Big Boast | Aim for the Ace! Cinderella of the Tennis Kingdom | Gatchaman: Renzilla, the Electric Monster | 1973/12/20 | ||
| Spring 1974 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | Casshan: An Immortal Challenger | Samurai Giants: The Duel at Sesshogawara | Heidi, Girl of the Alps | Ultraman Taro: The Blood-Sucking Flower is a Young Girl's Spirit | Hello! Finger 5 | 1974/03/21 | ||
| Winter 1974 | The Burning Man: Shigeo Nagashima, Uniform Number 3 | Mothra | The Great Undersea War: Latitude Zero | 1974/12/14 | |||||
| Spring 1975 | Terror of Mechagodzilla | New Hakkenden: Part I - The Duel at Horyukaku | A Gift from Agnes | Heidi, Girl of the Alps: The Mountain Children | Gon, the Stone-Age Boy: Mammogar | Sazae-san: Reading My Farewell Speech! | 1975/03/15 | ||
| Spring 1976 | Peter Pan | Mickey's Circus | Lion Around | Dragon Around | No Sail | Original Genius Bakabon | Brave Raideen | Time Bokan | 1976/03/13 |
| Spring 1977 | King Kong vs. Godzilla | The Story of the Giants: Onward!! To Glory | Yatterman | Flying Saucer War Bankid | Japanese Folklore Tales: Momotaro | 1977/03/19 | |||
| Spring 1978 | The Mysterians | Lupin III: The Venice Super Express | New Star of the Giants: The Walk-On Player Caught in a Storm | Nobody's Boy: Remi - My First Friend, Grace | Japanese Folklore Tales: Princess Kaguya | 1978/03/18 | |||
Selected attendance
| Year | Film | Attendants[1] |
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| 1969 | All Monsters Attack | 1,480,000 |
| 1970 | King Kong vs. Godzilla | 870,000 |
| Mothra vs. Godzilla | 730,000 | |
| 1971 | The Great Monster War: King Ghidorah vs. Godzilla | 1,350,000 |
| Godzilla vs. Hedorah | 1,740,000 | |
| Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: The Greatest Battle on Earth | 1,090,000 | |
| 1972 | Godzilla vs. Gigan | 1,780,000 |
| Ebirah, Horror of the Deep | 780,000 | |
| 1973 | Godzilla vs. Megalon | 980,000 |
| Son of Godzilla | 610,000 | |
| 1974 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | 1,330,000 |
| 1975 | Terror of Mechagodzilla | 970,000 |
| 1977 | King Kong vs. Godzilla | 480,000 |
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