This publication
by Alligator Books is almost fully directed toward
showcasing the then recent movie Godzilla
vs. King Ghidorah (1991), despite its rather
vague title. The star attraction here is nearly
42 pages dedicated to the full color storyboards
for the movie, with some concept art tossed in for
good measure. The storyboards for this particular
movie are interesting for the number of diversions
that are made versus the final product. These changes
aren't only aesthetic either, such as the green
haired Futurians, but contain full sequences that
were never used, such as the "Maser Satellite"
blasting Godzilla from space on page
38 (one can also note the superhero here fighting
against rubble [#177-9], which was probably an in-joke
by the artist) and other military strikes that were
never lensed. Now the remainder of the book covers
various photo captures from the movie, a very brief
look at the Godzilla series as a whole through more
captures and rounds out with some full page shots
of Noriyoshi Orai's Godzilla artwork before giving
a essay by Koichi
Kawakita.
Overall, it's a solid book. Fans should enjoy noting
the various differences in the storyboard versus
what the final product looked like, while the large
scale shots of the concept art are also nice to
behold. Unfortunately, in an age where it's quite
easy to snap capture's one's self from a DVD, the
rest of the book loses a little and hasn't aged
well in terms of being worth the "cost of admission",
but the earlier segment does compensate enough for
this to be worthwhile to diehard fans of the movie.
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