Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Zanpamisaki

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Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Zanpamisaki
Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Zanpamisaki script cover
Alternate titles Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Cape Zanpa
Planned 1973[1]
Intended release 1974
Concept history Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in ZanpamisakiShowdown in Zanpamisaki:
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Zanpamisaki (大怪獣沖縄に集合! 残波岬の大決斗,   Daikaijū Okinawa ni Shūgō! Zanpamisaki no Daikettō) is an unmade 1973 Godzilla film.[1]

History

Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Zanpamisaki was a concept written by Shinichi Sekizawa and Jun Fukuda in the spring of 1973. That winter, a new draft would be written entitled Showdown in Zanpamisaki: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla by Sekizawa and Masami Fukushima. This new script would replace Garugan with Mechagodzilla, Mothra with a new monster, King Balgan, and add Gigan to the story.[1]

Shortly after conception, these proposed films were reworked into Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, with King Balgan being the basis for King Caesar and Gigan being removed entirely. The Garuga Aliens[2] would also later be reworked into the "R Aliens" by the next script,[1] who, in-turn, were retooled to become the Black Hole Planet 3 Aliens.

Plot

A race of malevolent, ape-like aliens, dubbed the Garuga Aliens,[2] seek to conquer the Earth and sell it to the highest bidding alien race. The aliens create a mechanical monster, Garugan, beneath Zanpamisaki and unleash it upon Japan. The combined forces of Godzilla, Mothra, and Anguirus intercept Garugan's attack, and must fight to protect the Earth.[1]

See also

References

This is a list of references for Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Zanpamisaki. 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]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works. villagebooks. 28 September 2012. p. 170. ISBN 4-864-91013-8.
    MCW Mechagodzilla Drafts 1.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films. CreateSpace. 15 June 2017. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-1548145255.

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