Toho SFX Movies Authentic Visual Book (2017-)

Toho SFX Movies Authentic Visual Book Author(s) Osamu Kishikawa (planning and composition) Publisher Dai Nippon Publishing Publish date November 10, 2017- Genre Pictorial; production

Toho SFX Movies Authentic Visual Book (東宝特撮 公式ヴィジュアル・ブック,   Tōhō Tokusatsu Kōshiki Vijuaru Bukku), translated as Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book on Godzilla Store US, is a series of Japanese pictorial books published by Dai Nippon Printing and distributed through the Godzilla Store. They cover the conceptualization and production aspects of kaiju from Toho's library of films, with each volume focusing on a different character. The volumes are released in waves, two at a time.

Information

All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing. Read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. The books are planned and composed by Osamu Kishikawa, and designed by Makena Graphics.

Volumes

Cover	Vol. #	Subject	Previews	Publish date	Store page(s)
					Godzilla Store	Godzilla Store US
	1	Godzilla 1954		2017/11/10	gGSG0620002	toho-special-effects-official- visual-book-vol-1-godzilla-1954
	2	Godzilla 2016			gGSG0620003	...vol-2-godzilla-2016
	3	Godzilla 1962		2017/12/05	gGSG0620004	...vol-3-godzilla-1962
	4	Biollante			gGSG0620005	...vol-4-biollante
	5	Godzilla 1984		2018/01/14	gGSG0620006	...vol-5-godzilla-1984
	6	Jet Jaguar			gGSG0620007	...vol-6-jet-jaguar
	7	Mechagodzilla 1974		2018/02/15	gGSG0620009	...vol-7-mechagodzilla
	8	Gigan 1972			gGSG0620010	...vol-8-gigan
	9	Rodan 1956		2018/03/24	gGSG0620011	...vol-9-rodan-1956
	10	Mechagodzilla 2002			gGSG0620012	...vol-10-type-3-kiryu
	11	Godzilla 2001		2018/04/13	gGSG0620013	...vol-11-godzilla-2001
	12	Varan 1958			gGSG0620014	...vol-12-balan
	13	Godzilla 1995		2018/05/18	gGSG0620015	...vol-13-godzilla-1995
	14	Hedorah 1971			gGSG0620016	...vol-14-hedorah
	15	Godzilla 2004		2018/06/15	gGSG0620017	...vol-15-godzilla-2004
	16	Ebirah 1966			gGSG0620018	...vol-16-ebira
	17	SpaceGodzilla 1994		2018/07/13	gGSG0620019	...vol-17-space-godzilla
	18	Anguirus 1955			gGSG0620020	...vol-18-anguirus
	19	Godzilla 1955		2018/09/14	gGSG0620025	...vol-19-godzilla-1955
	20	King Ghidorah 1964			gGSG0620026	...vol-20-king-ghidorah
	21	Godzilla 1999		2018/10/25	gGSG0620027	...vol-21-godzilla-1999
	22	Mothra 1961			gGSG0620028	...vol-22-mothra-1961
	23	Gorosaurus 1967		2018/12/15	gGSG0620037	N/A
	24	Godzilla 1993		2019/01/10	gGSG0620039	...vol-24-godzilla-1993
	25	Mechagodzilla 1993			gGSG0620040	N/A
	26	Godzilla 1965		2019/02/08	gGSG0620041
	27	Titanosaurus			gGSG0620042
	28	Sanda, Gaira		2019/03/22	gGSG0620043
	29	Mothra 1964		2019/04/26	gGSG0620045
	30	Mothra 1992			gGSG0620046
	31	Moguera 1957		2019/07/12	gGSG0620049
	32	Megaguirus			gGSG0620050
	33	Godzilla 1989		2019/08/23	gGSG0620051
	34	Maguma			gGSG0620052
	35	Mothra 1996		2019/09/13	gGSG0620053
	36	Orga			gGSG0620054
	37	Godzilla 1967		2019/11/29	gGSG0620059
	38	Dogora			gGSG0620060
	39	Megalon		2019/12/27	gGSG0620061
	40	Godzilla 1964			gGSG0620062
	41	Mechagodzilla 1975		2020/02/04	gGSG0620063
	42	Gabara			gGSG0620064
	43	Godzilla 1974		2020/02/20	gGSG0620065
	44	King Caesar			gGSG0620066
	45	Godzilla 1991		2020/03/20	gGSG0620067
	46	King Ghidorah 1991			gGSG0620068
	47	Frankenstein's Monster		2020/04/10	gGSG0620069
	48	Matango			gGSG0620070
	49	Godzilla 1994		2020/05/15	gGSG0620071
	50	Battra			gGSG0620072
	51	Giant Octopus 1962-1966		2020/06/12	gGSG0620073
	52	Gezora, Ganimes, Kamoebas			gGSG0620074
	53	Godzilla 2002		2020/07/10	gGSG0620075
	54	Destoroyah			gGSG0620076
	55	Godzilla 1964 Ver.2		2020/08/14	gGSG0620077
	56	Anguirus 1968-1974			gGSG0620078
	57	Godzilla 2003		2020/09/18	gGSG0620079
	58	Mothra 2003			gGSG0620080
	59	Godzilla 1966		2020/10/16	gGSG0620081
	60	Manda 1963-1968			gGSG0620082
	61	Mothra 1997		2020/11/14	gGSG0620083
	62	Dagahra			gGSG0620084
	63	Godzilla 1968		2020/12/25	gGSG0620086
	64	Minilla (Minya) 1967-1969			gGSG0620087
	65	Utsuno Ikusagami		2021/01/29	gGSG0620088
	66	Yamatano Orochi 1994			gGSG0620089
	67	Godzilla 1971		2021/02/12	gGSG0620090
	68	Godzilla 1973			gGSG0620091
	69	Godzilla 1992		2021/03/12	gGSG0620092
	70	MOGERA 1994			gGSG0620093
	71	Gigan 2004		2021/05/22	gGSG0620094
	72	Monster X			gGSG0620095
	73	Godzilla Ultima		2021/06/25	gGSG0620096
	74	Jet Jaguar 2021			gGSG0620097
	75	Keizer Ghidorah		2021/07/27	gGSG0620098
	76	Kumonga 1967-2004			gGSG0620099
	77	Baragon 1965-1968		2021/08/30	gGSG0620100
	78	Kamacuras 1967-2004			gGSG0620101
Extra (EX)
	1	"Super X" Series		2018/07/27	gGSG0620021	N/A
	2	Hideyo Amamoto 1967			gGSG0620022
	3	Eiji Tsuburaya 1954-1969		2018/12/07	gGSG0620038
	4	Maser Cannons Type 66		2019/03/22	gGSG0620044
	5	Gotengo 1963		2019/06/14	gGSG0620047
	6	Gotengo 2004			gGSG0620048
	7	Akira Takarada		2019/10/25	gGSG0620057
	8	Gohten 1977			gGSG0620058
	9	Gunhed G1 mode		2024/04/04	gGSG0620102
	10	Gunhed G2 mode			gGSG0620103
Miscellaneous
	Mini	Takora		2018/07/22	N/A	N/A
	Special	Introduction to Godzilla		2022/11/03	gGSG1680001

Videos

Official Vol. 1 review Official Vol. 9 review Official Vol. 10 review Official EX Vol. 2 review Official Vol. 21 review Official Vol. 22 review

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