I've got a Toho kaiju film that should be put in here: The Phoenix (1978).
If anyone wants more info, Toho Kingdom has an article on it in their Movies section.
I've got a Toho kaiju film that should be put in here: The Phoenix (1978).
If anyone wants more info, Toho Kingdom has an article on it in their Movies section.
Okay. I was under the impression that the Phoenix (which, surprisingly, was an anime creature in an otherwise live action film, IIRC) could be considered a kaiju, since it is literaly, a "strange beast" - which, I guess, is what "kaiju" means.
Actually, the Phoenix is more like Kaibutsu (Strange Creature) than Kaijū. Kaibutsu is the Japanese umbrella term for monster, while Kaijū encompass certain kind of Monsters.
Information on this movie online is pretty lacking (Toho Kingdom's page on the Phoenix itself has been empty for as long as I can remember), which does not point to it being super relevant to us. We can't hope to cover every movie by the major Japanese studios that have some sort of monster in them, and this Phoenix appears to be tiny. But somebody should probably watch it and report back.
I could try to work on the page sometime, I am familiar to the film. I just need to muster the motivation to write ✍️
I would consider any film that is mentioned in a Godzilla relevant book to be relevant to this Wiki. But that doesn’t always equal to manpower. But I could try to work out some of those pages when I can.
We're currently in the midst of deliberating on what non-Godzilla Toho films should be fair game. The way it's going, I don't think The Phoenix will count.
Oh, I see, but Reiko still counts? So not every film included in Godzilla relevant books count on this wiki?
Reiko would probably fall outside the scope if we move forward with the current rules we're thinking of.
Im concerned about this honestly
Specifically about Cloverfield and Rampage
Im aware they are not Toho Films but the respective Wikis they are on dont do a good job covering these films or monsters at all
And i feel many of us have grown use to them being here and dont want to see them go along with some other non toho/kadokawa japanese kaiju films here and foreign films.
Why is "But my monster size" even an arguement anymore we got tons of Toho/Kadokawa/Daiei films where the monsters are not even giant (or in tohos case no monsters at all)
I browsed through the copy of the film on archive.org and did not see any monsters.
I remember someone said that an old article by toho said it was in the showa continuity of Godzilla films, but I don't remember who said that.
Are you sure didn’t mean the Godzilla canon? Canon and Continuity are very different, but often confused.
The Japanese Wikipedia says it's a tokusatsu film, Teruyoshi Nakano was in charge of special effects, and Akiji Kobayashi played in the film.
Wow! When I suggested this film, I didn't know that this would happen. I'd like to see how this'll turn out.
One question: the Toho Kingdom article said that The Phoenix was released in the U.S. in 1979 by Toho International. Did it get a very wide release in this country or not?