Japanese Heisei VHS Import Subtitles

[Silent.Séance]

Like many fans during the 90's, if I wanted to watch the newer Godzilla films released, I'd have to have them imported from Japan. Luckily these VHS tapes had English subtitles. As far as I know, these English subtitles were actually put out by TOHO. Over the years and after seeing the official North American Releases subtitles, I realized I much preferred those subtitles on my imported VHS tapes. I've recently started a project and have been writing out the subtitles for the Heisei era films to be put on HD versions of the films(hopefully prints from the Japanese blu-rays). I've already completed Space Godzilla and am currently working on Destoroyah. So what are your thoughts? Did you have these VHS's? What you think of the subtitles?

[Terasawa]

These were bootlegs, Toho has never offered English subtitled editions of their films on video. And while these are nostalgic for me, the subtitles aren’t very good.

[Silent.Séance]

These were bootlegs, Toho has never offered English subtitled editions of their films on video. And while these are nostalgic for me, the subtitles aren’t very good.

Well that's a bummer to hear that their bootlegs (although not surprising). I suppose at this point I'm just used to them after watching them over and over.

[Joseph Goodman]

Did they have the Dolby Digital (quite nonsensical on VHS) "train" promo at the start of the tape? Or phony "overtures" with a still shot from the film under bits of the soundtrack? If so, those were from Video Daikaiju.

[Goji]

Did they have the Dolby Digital (quite nonsensical on VHS) "train" promo at the start of the tape? Or phony "overtures" with a still shot from the film under bits of the soundtrack? If so, those were from Video Daikaiju.

Hahaha, yuup. Man, just thinking about those brings me back.