Toho's Godzilla 4K Restoration Project

[G-Matt]

Okay then! I might actually consider getting that set, if not only for the Champion Festival edits and Zone Fighter.

[Goji]

Why would a list of the include movies be considered a "spoiler"?

[GalacticPetey]

Why would a list of the include movies be considered a "spoiler"?

If it's hidden, it takes up less room, and doesn't make the post as long.

[Goji]

Well, yeah, but it's something that people would want to see.

[Great Hierophant]

So virtually every film with a connection to the Godzilla series (however tenuous) and every theatrical version of these films ever released in Japan from 1954-2004. 50 years, 51 films. Have the Champion festival versions or the US-versions of Godzilla KOTM and G2K ever been officially released in Japan before?

[G-Matt]

So virtually every film with a connection to the Godzilla series (however tenuous) and every theatrical version of these films ever released in Japan from 1954-2004. 50 years, 51 films. Have the Champion festival versions or the US-versions of Godzilla KOTM and G2K ever been officially released in Japan before?

KOTM was included in the Final Box release back in 2004. The Champion Festival edits have been included in a few of the Japanese Blu-rays, if I'm right.

[GalacticPetey]

I assume King Kong Escapes wasn't included due to rights issues with Kong? Gorosaurus does provide a connection to the Godzilla series, so there would be a reason to include it.

[UltramanGoji]

I don't think there's a rights issue, but I could be wrong. It might be another KKVG situation where Universal/Rankin-Bass owns the US rights and Toho owns the Japanese ones.

[Goji]

The Champion edits were also made available in a LaserDisc boxset (only in Japan, of course).

[Space Hunter M]

I assume King Kong Escapes wasn't included due to rights issues with Kong? Gorosaurus does provide a connection to the Godzilla series, so there would be a reason to include it.

I don't think there's a rights issue, but I could be wrong. It might be another KKVG situation where Universal/Rankin-Bass owns the US rights and Toho owns the Japanese ones.

uh, hello?

[UltramanGoji]

Ah yes, excuse me for ignoring the language that I have absolutely no idea how to read.

[Space Hunter M]

Ah yes, excuse me for ignoring the language that I have absolutely no idea how to read.

You didn't even have to watch the video. It's literally RIGHT THERE in omgitsgodzilla's painstaking deciphering of the sacred moon runes.

[Tamura]

Ah yes, excuse me for ignoring the language that I have absolutely no idea how to read.

You didn't even have to watch the video. It's literally RIGHT THERE in omgitsgodzilla's painstaking deciphering of the sacred moon runes.

[GalacticPetey]

So the list looks like:

Spoiler:

Godzilla (1954)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
Destroy All Monsters
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Atragon
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Rodan
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Son of Godzilla
Mothra
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The Mysterians
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Frankenstein Conquers the World
All Monsters Attack
War of the Gargantuas
The Return of Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Rebirth of Mothra
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1993)
GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Mothra vs. Godzilla (Toho Champion Festival version)
Space Amoeba
Godzilla Final Wars
Zone Fighter
Great Monster War: King Ghidorah vs. Godzilla (Invasion of Astro-Monster Toho Champion Festival version)
Rebirth of Mothra 2
Godzilla 2000 (US Version)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (Toho Champion Festival version)
King Kong Escapes
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Toho Champion Festival version)
Varan the Unbelievable
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: The Greatest Battle on Earth (Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster Toho Champion Festival version)
Godzilla Great Blitz Strategy (Destroy All Monsters Toho Champion Festival Version)
Rebirth of Mothra 3
Son of Godzilla (Toho Champion Festival version)

So the set includes the entire Japanese Godzilla series, Atragon, Rodan, Mothra, The Mysterians, Frankenstein Conquers the World, War of the Gargantuas, the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy, Space Amoeba, Zone Fighter and Varan.

On top of that, they also include the US versions of GKotM and Godzilla 2000 and - most interestingly - the edited Toho Champion Festival versions of King Kong vs. Godzilla; Mothra vs. Godzilla; Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster; Ebirah, Horror of the Deep; Son of Godzilla and Destroy All Monsters.

I remember lusting after the Final Box, but this set is pretty much a dream come true, save for the fact that it doesn't seem to be on Blu-ray.

This was the post that confused me. KKE wasn't listed outside the spoiler like he others films were. Threw me off. My mistake.

[UltramanGoji]

Ah, didn't even see that post. Don't know how I could've missed it.

Sorry for the animosity. Entirely my fault.

[Cookson]

How is that DVD box that cheap? Holy crap.

[omgitsgodzilla]

It's that cheap because DVD is a 20-year-old format and costs hardly anything to produce nowadays.

And my mistake with KKE; I've gone back and fixed it.

[Cookson]

I'm confused why they aren't doing blu ray sets. Maybe when Shin-Gojira is released on BD?

[heiseigodzilla425]

How is that DVD box that cheap? Holy crap.

Someone can correct me, but I think they are releasing each disc individually, each one priced at ~$20, or ~$10 during some promotional period.

It looks like Godzilla (1954) is available for preorder on amazon.co.jp.

Here's another link that shows some other amazon listings.

[Great Hierophant]

It looks like they are offering Godzilla (1954) at the cheap price of under 1,000 Yen. This may be either to entice people to buy the other films as well or that each film will have a turn at the under 1,000 Yen mark (one per week?). Even at 1,980 Yen, the prices are stupidly cheap for R2 Japanese DVD.