Frankenstein Conquers the World HD G-MAN Reconstruction Now Available

[G-MAN]

After working on my previous reconstructions I thought I might shake things up a bit and do a non Godzilla Toho film. And thanks to Ultrase7en I'll be able to do a more complete reconstruction at least in terms of footage.

*Main video will be sourced from the Toho Blu-ray.
*Audio will be taken from a source provided by Ultrase7en and will be the template of my reconstruction. Other audio sources will be the Toho R2 release of the dubbed version as well as the Media blasters disc.
*Other video sources will be the Anolis dvd for the American exclusive scenes that have been missing from past releases on DVD and bluray. In the shape and aspect ratio they are at least. I will also be using the Toho R2 release for the opening titles as they are of a higher quality and bitrate than the Media blasters release.

Unfortunately due to not having the programs or skill at the moment I won't be recreating the location titles throughout the film. Nor will I in my first version be inserting any of those scenes using previous releases. Just for the sake of there not being any drastic shifts in quality throughout the film I will just stick with the bluray. Sorry if this is a deal breaker for some fans. But for the time being like i said I don't want to have dips in quality throughout as for me personally it would be jarring. If anyone has the ability to recreate those and allow me to insert them into the edit I will gladly incorporate them.

But I should also mention the footage from the Anolis release is not of the best quality due to compression and sources not being that high quality. But I'm going to at least try and reduce the pixelation and macroblocking as much as possible for those brief scenes as I feel they are worth the momentary dips in quality for their inclusion.

Now I have no set date on which I will have this finished and ready by. But I'm hoping to have it all ready to go by the end of this month or early February at the latest.

*UPDATE*

Everything is complete and the film has been uploaded.

Here us an updated breakdown.

Video sources- Japanese Toho Blu-Ray for the bulk of the film. Toho Region 2 DVD was used for the credits. And finally the Anolis DVD was used for the american exclusive scenes which was provided by Ultrase7en

Audio sources- These have changed a bit though from the initial post. As while the main bulk of the film is an airing of the film provided by Ultrase7en. With some holes being filled in by the Media Blasters DVD along with some brief moments I used Gorizard's Reconstruction. Though it was very brief as for some reason they decided to add some really bad stock sound effects that really don't mesh well.

While I have tried to blend the sources as much as possible there still might be some noticeable changes in audio quality at times. But i tried to make it so it wasn't so distracting. What I also tried to do was fix issues with the audio not being sync'd on previous DVD releases which I hopefully was able to do as well as I hoped. I also was able to add in english titles though again I stress they aren't going to be as accurate as previous releases but I feel they are pretty good for this first release of my Reconstruction. I also upscaled any SD footage and gave it a healthy bitrate. Along with having to apply a noise filter to some of the footage. Namely the Anolis footage as it was very blocky and even then wasn't a great source as it seems it was sourced from a very bad print at times or some video source.

Anyways I hope everyone enjoys as it was alot of fun trying to reconstruct this film and to help preserve it for fellow fans to be able to watch it for years to come. PM for the link and enjoy

[ultrase7en]

Can't wait to see it! It is one of my favorite Toho monster films.

[G-MAN]

Can't wait to see it! It is one of my favorite Toho monster films.

Me too. Just hope people are ok with the first version not being too accurate due to the Japanese subtitles burnt in. But I think it's a fair compromise for the time being.

[Gorka the Vampire]

Hi “G”

Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Is it at all possible to salvage the AIP-English opening credits (and closing THE END card) as used on the Media Blasters dvd release of 2007?

[G-MAN]

Hi “G”

Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Is it at all possible to salvage the AIP-English opening credits (and closing THE END card) as used on the Media Blasters dvd release of 2007?

Oh yeah no I will be using the credits from the Toho R2 disc which I believe is where media blasters sourced their opening titles from and the closing titles. As they aren't cropped to a more standard 16x9 image like the majority of the film is on the toho disc.

I just meant the titles for the locations won't be included in the first release of my edit as they are available from various sources but I feel the quality would be too jarring as opposed to the source for the alternate footage of the breakout and cop car scene with Frankenstein from the Anolis disc. As it's not the best by any means on that release. Its still worth inclduing as I noticed in the version of the UPA cut I got from Ultrase7en, that the footage even then looked like it was of a lesser quality. Not to mention it's just for the two scenes and not throughout the film.

[ultrase7en]

Would an SRT file that displays the location in English be a viable short term solution?

[G-MAN]

Would an SRT file that displays the location in English be a viable short term solution?

Possibly but the other issue is the scene right after the credits has burnt in Japanese whereas the american edits don't. So I'm looking at a few options but the main editing is pretty much done I'm just double checking the sync and looking for any other issues. Plus I'm trying to fix some dub sync issues which have been present at times on the media blasters release and even the print Toho sourced for their DVD release of the edit.

Hope people won't be too disappointed by the lack of location titles on the first pass. But I am trying to make it as complete to the original release in terms of content as possible. Though I am cutting a few things out of the first pass as I'm not able to add the titles on the way I want them to be at the moment. And that is mainly just the really quick location titles I noticed in the airing I got from Ultrase7en as they were present on the print used but once I figure out a way to make the titles look more authentic I will add those very very brief shots back in.

And for those who may not know it's just a brief shot of a map of the area that is part of a larger scene in the Japanese version. That in the English version is almost a blink and you will miss it scene as it goes by so quickly.

[G-MAN]

Ok little bit of an update. So me being dumb, I didn't realize why the burnt in subtitles of the first scene weren't present on the American edits. So I fixed that. Plus I'm adding English location titles to the scenes that need them. Won't be perfect or as accurate but it's definitely something and I'm trying to be as close as possible. But it won't be near 100%. But at least it will be closer than just having the burnt in Japanese at some moments in the film.

[ultrase7en]

Thanks for the updates. I am eager to see it once you are done!

[G-MAN]

Thanks for the updates. I am eager to see it once you are done!

Thank you again for the sources you provided and hope you and the others enjoy the reconstruction. Rendering it to double check. But want to reiterate a few things here about it.

So I won't be applying any color correcting to the footage. I'm applying my own titles to the location shots. Not going to be accurate to previous versions but will be close enough. The anolis footage doesn't match color wise. But the colors didn't match in the upa version I have either. So I might tweak them a bit but the image quality isn't that great to begin with so I don't want to mess with it too much. Along with having to add noise to the picture to help with the compression present on the dvd and all the pixelation/macroblocking that pops up from time to time.

Aside from the editing, the main thing I'm trying to fix some of the audio sync issues. Many fans will know what I'm talking about as they are present in the media blasters dvd that are also in the Toho dvd of the edit.

[G-MAN]

Alright so the first version will be coming very soon. It has been rendered and I will just be making it so it can be used in tsmuxer and once that is done it will be uploaded. So if my computer and connection is willing it should be up and ready to be shared this weekend. If not it will be up early next week

[ultrase7en]

Groovy! Can't wait to check it out.

[G-MAN]

Groovy! Can't wait to check it out.

Glad to hear and again thank you for the sources you provided. And probably won't be done till tomorrow but the upload is in progress

[G-MAN]

Updated the OP as it's now available

[Gorka the Vampire]

Looks MAGNIFICENT "G." I'm hoping you'll be doing an HD reconstruction for the sequel, WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS.

[G-MAN]

Looks MAGNIFICENT "G." I'm hoping you'll be doing an HD reconstruction for the sequel, WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS.

Thank you so much I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. And I will, but I might hold off a little bit if the toho bluray is as soft as the Godzilla films are. Just because it seems criterion has managed to get masters that aren't as Dnr'd compared to the toho blurays. But I might get bored and not want to wait lol

[ultrase7en]

Hey G-Man, your work on the recon of Frankenstein Conquers The World was fan-tastic!! Thanks for going the extra mile with the location translations, I thought they were great. I am beyond happy to have on of my favorite Toho Keiju Eiga in HD with the good, ole fashioned English Dub!

I would love to see War of the Gargantuas get the same treatment but if you are looking to use the Criterion xfers first then I'd like to see...

The TV version of Terror of Mechagodzilla. All of the narrated recap glory in HD minus the plastic boosoms.

[G-MAN]

Hey G-Man, your work on the recon of Frankenstein Conquers The World was fan-tastic!! Thanks for going the extra mile with the location translations, I thought they were great. I am beyond happy to have on of my favorite Toho Keiju Eiga in HD with the good, ole fashioned English Dub!

I would love to see War of the Gargantuas get the same treatment but if you are looking to use the Criterion xfers first then I'd like to see...

The TV version of Terror of Mechagodzilla. All of the narrated recap glory in HD minus the plastic boosoms.

Thanks man I'm glad you enjoyed it and couldn't be more thankful for the sources you provided. Yeah I agree it's so nice to finally have it in HD. Especially since while not perfect in terms of detail this one is one of the nicer transfers Toho did in some ways. At least in my opinion for this era of the genre. As it has a more natural grain look too it. And doesn't seem so heavily DNR'd like the showa Godzilla films do that they put out.

Though I'm glad to finally at least rectify alot of the mistakes media blasters did as they messed up alot. I mean I knew there were issues with their recreation of the English version. As they sync is all over the place dialogue wise. Especially on Nick Adams' lines always bleeding into the next shot.

And again I will have to check it out to see if it's worth the wait seeing as they've had the rights to the film for quite a few years now as still have no mentioned a thing about what they intend to do with Rodan or War of the Gargantuas.

Though I was already thinking of doing the UPA Terror of Mechagodzilla next. As most likely the most tricky thing is just getting the titles and credits to look nice. And of course editing footage from two films, but shouldn't be too hard. Another thing that's would be fun for me is something I mentioned before. Which was to take Goji1986's Sea Monster reconstruction and sync it up to the Mst3k Episode. As well as Megalon from the criterion set and even re-instate the English titles. Which I would most likely take from the Media Blaster oops dvd if they upscale nicely.

[smagal]

G-MAN I've sent a PM but got no response

[G-MAN]

G-MAN I've sent a PM but got no response

Weird I guess it didn't send. Well pm incoming.