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Just found this Godzilla vs. Megalon VHS on EBay and had anohter question for you.
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The H-Man
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I'm sorry to respond so late. I logged in a few times over the last couple of months to specifically edit a few pages, but to avoid potential Minus One spoilers, I haven't really looked at recent changes or read any my notifications.
1) I don't have any concrete information to help about New World or Sony at present; my recollection is that circa 2004 when Sony was acquiring Showa Godzilla movies for DVD, rights to Godzilla vs. Megalon were still held by GT Media/Gaia, Inc.. I seem to remember this coming up on the original Toho Kingdom or Monster Zero forums, revealed by Keith Aiken or another fan with legitimate knowledge along those lines. But that was 20 years ago and I can't offer evidence or a paper trail to back that up today; I'll keep an eye out for that though.
2) That's one of the 1998 UAV (United American Video) Entertainment releases. Without ever having watched that specific release, I can only guess that it's identical to the other UAV releases (most using the same catalog number, 4011). I have a copyright-1991 UAV tape which has the Cinema Shares logo, but otherwise it doesn't offer much more or less than other American tapes of that period. It's your standard 16mm telecine of the heavily-edited American version.
I know you asked in another thread but I'll answer here: Although I haven't watched anywhere near all of these tapes, I'm aware of some 40 unique U.S./Canadian VHS release of Megalon (and at least one on Betamax). As best I can tell, all of these offer only the ~78 minute version.
Gojo2022
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That's all very interesting and good to know, thanks for sharing that. Also I just wanted to ask.
Do you by chance have any other Godzilla related sites\forums you could be reached to ask Godzilla related questions? As I know you are not online here often. I am working on several personal projects and could sometimes use additional assistance with information. If not that is fine. Thanks!
The H-Man
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Am I active on any other public forums? No, sorry.
Gojo2022
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Okay thanks, I appreciate it.