Comments on: And people say foreign film is inaccessible -- Toho Kingdom

And people say foreign film is inaccessible -- Toho Kingdom

cog_nate — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:45 -0800

Toho kingdom is a deeply obsessive website devoted to Japanese media company Toho. Highlights include monster bios, failed projects (including Batman vs. Godzilla and Godzilla vs. the Devil), in-depth articles, movie concept art and music tablature. You can also check out a few scholarly treatments/discussions of Toho's most famous creation here (MP3 version), here, and here (YT version). But if you'd rather just watch big rubbery monsters slug it out over a major metropolitan centers in a battle for world supremacy, well, take your pick. Happy Friday everyone! Also, the AOL channel listing missed one of their own videos: War of the Gargantuas.

By: Naberius

Naberius — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:34:15 -0800

Batman vs. Godzilla is just freaking brilliant. The bit that surprised me there was that it was apparently proposed before the Adam West series. I had assumed that it was the inspiration for this idea. Would Batman really have been such a big part of the Japanese pop culture world prior to the 60s Bat-craze?

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:57:20 -0800

Great post. I just introduced my five year old son (he has spent about half his life in Japan and loves Ultraman) to Godzilla, and he loved it.

By: Guy_Inamonkeysuit

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:01:01 -0800

Batman vs Godzilla?! Oh yessssssssssssssssssssssss!! Please! Pleeeeeeeease!!

By: Kloryne

Kloryne — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:35:30 -0800

Thank you!! I have dreamt of such a website.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:46:15 -0800

Jet Jaguar? Jet Jaguar! He jock it made of steel. Eats sushi from a pail!

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:02:12 -0800

The world really is a wonderful place. Thank you for this post.

By: cog_nate

cog_nate — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:29:04 -0800

Don't touch my bags, if you please, Mr. customs man.