Toho Kingdom

Galvan: Let's now turn to the Ishiro Honda biography you and Steve Ryfle are currently writing. How long have you two been working together on this project and do you have an idea of when we can expect a release date?

Godziszewski: As of this writing, all of the revisions are in for the first draft and it should be going to the publisher any day now for their review. Release of the book really depends on how they want this to fit into their release schedule for next year. They have not clearly told us. But we are hoping that it would be sometime mid-next year. And with any luck, we hope to have some kind of Honda retrospective arranged that can be used to promote Honda's career and the book.

Galvan: Any more future projects from you we can expect aside from the Ishiro Honda book?

Godziszewski: Having spent the better part of 7 years working on this book, I haven't really thought too much about what's next. Steve and I have talked on and off about doing a book that compiles many of the interviews that we and some others have done, some of which have not yet been published. That would be fun, and certainly less work. I hope to help out Sean Linkenback on his next book idea, which would be on Godzilla collectibles. Working extensively with him on the poster book that he did recently was really fun and rewarding. As I said earlier, I would love to resume publishing JG, but until I see a change of heart in fandom where enough people are interested to learn about how these films are made, I will have to find some other outlet for writing and researching.

Rody wrote:Consider me excited for this movie. I admit, I haven't read nearly as much of Mr. Godziszewski's (or Mr. Ryfle's) literature on Godzilla as I ought to, but what I have read has always been delightfully informative; and I am greatly interested in learning more about Honda's work outside of daikaiju.

Rody wrote:The book now has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IshiroHondaBoo ... e_internal.

Mr_Goji_and_Watch wrote:It's out now. I've only seen great first impressions of it so far, I'm excited for my copy to come in.

Also, while there have been a number of pieces written by noted Japanese scholars on Godzilla (1954) and other Honda films, some of those writers have seemed to imply that Honda may have been a right-wing nationalist, which is certainly not true.

Godzilla Resurgence, which I thought was interesting for its unconventional approach and its right-wing leanings

Mr_Goji_and_Watch wrote:Reading through the book, you gain a lot of respect/knowledge for Honda and his works, and I've always been a big fan of (most) of his works. They're not blind, as they rightfully point out blemishes like some flat characters and weak effects, but the historical context provided to all of his films will make you appreciate them more.

Also, I'd love it if Steve Ryfle went through his plan of analyzing the politics of Godzilla films, as revealed through the recent interview on the main site. I'm also interested into what Ed G. is working on next.