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    Win a Godzilla 1974 Figural Bank from Diamond Select Toys and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of Diamond Select. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.

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    Source: Diamond Select Toys Special Thanks to Zach Oat Win a Godzilla 1974 Figural Bank from Diamond Select Toys and SciFi Japan! Photo courtesy of Diamond Select. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Diamond Select Toys is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their Godzilla 1974 Figural Bank. Sculpted by Gentle Giant, this full-figure vinyl bank depicts Godzilla, exactly as he appeared in 1974`s GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (ゴジラ対メカゴジラ, Gojira Tai Mekagojira). The 12-inch rendition of the King of All Monsters in his full 1970s glory features a coin slot on his back and a removable tail that reveals an access door. Measuring 18 inches long from nose to tail, he is the perfect addition to any Godzilla collection! The suggested retail price is $39.99. Diamond Select Toys’ Godzilla collectibles can now be ordered internationally from their web store. OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES and INFORMATION

    The Sasebo City Museum Shimase Art Center in Nagasaki is hosting an exhibition devoted to the legendary Toho production designer Yasuyuki Inoue. Photo courtesy of Toyomi Togo and Toshio Miike. TM＆©TOHO CO., LTD.

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    The Sasebo City Museum Shimase Art Center in Nagasaki is hosting an exhibition devoted to the legendary Toho production designer Yasuyuki Inoue. Photo courtesy of Toyomi Togo and Toshio Miike. TM＆©TOHO CO., LTD. Source: Oki Miyano Special Thanks to Toyomi Togo and Toshio Miike Yasuyuki Inoue. Through August 29th, the Sasebo City Museum Shimase Art Center in Nagasaki is hosting an exhibition devoted to the legendary Toho production designer Yasuyuki Inoue (1922-2012). The exhibit serves a runup to a bigger event to be held in at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from March 19 to June 19, 2022, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Inoue's birth.  Yasuyuki Inoue was hired by Toho in 1954 to build the miniature sets for Godzilla’s stunning rampage thru Tokyo in the original GODZILLA (ゴジラ, Gojira, 1954). He would become the head of the studio's special arts department, leading

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    Photo courtesy of Mondo. TM＆©TOHO CO., LTD. Photo courtesy of Mondo. TM＆©TOHO CO., LTD. Source: Mondo press release Special Thanks to Brad Johnson and Ryan Fons Photo courtesy of Mondo. TM＆©TOHO CO., LTD. Godzilla has had many looks through the years. At this point, we anticipate a new costume or aesthetic with each new appearance. With this in mind, we are commemorating The King of Monsters' designs, through his decades-long reign, with Mondo’s latest collectible line: GODZILLA MUSEUM. The GODZILLA MUSEUM line of small-scale collectible statues will celebrate all iterations of Godzilla's history, from the most iconic looks to new artist interpretations. Each set of limited edition statues will be released in groups of three, each representing a variation of Godzilla lore.   These roto vinyl/PVC statues will come with a museum-style base and plaque, allowing

    Fred Ladd, Ray Owens, Billie Lou Watts and Gilbert Mack at a dubbing session for GIGANTOR. Photo courtesy of William Winckler.

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    Fred Ladd, Ray Owens, Billie Lou Watts and Gilbert Mack at a dubbing session for GIGANTOR. Photo courtesy of William Winckler. Author: Bob Johnson Special Thanks to Jennifer Ladd and William Winckler SciFi Japan is saddened to pass on the news of the passing of Fred Ladd. Fred passed away at his home in Southern California. Fred Ladd wrote and directed the Americanization of Osamu Tezuka's ASTROBOY. ©Tezuka Production Fred Ladd was a pioneer in entertainment and the man responsible for introducing Japanese animation or as it is known now anime, to the Western world. Ladd was born in Toledo, Ohio on February 19, 1927. He graduated from Ohio State University with degrees in radio and speech. He soon moved to New York where he worked at an FM radio station and then Cayton, Inc., adapting existing nature documentaries into feature films. Cayton

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    All GODZILLA items on sale at https://mondoshop.com/pages/comic-con on Saturday, 7/24 @ 1PM CT Source: Mondo Special Thanks to Brad Johnson After announcing their soft vinyl category last year, the Mondo Toys and Collectibles department is proud to present their first ever Godzilla and Hedorah soft vinyl figures. Designed and sculpted by Toys and Collectibles Creative Director Hector Arce, these two figures were truly a labor of love. The limited edition SDCC At Home color variants come in an awesome Cherry Blossom colorway and glow in the dark! Each of these figures are hand painted and made of soft vinyl and limited to only 150 units each. The Mondo’s San Diego Comic Con exclusive editions will be available for pre-order on MondoShop.com on Saturday July 24th, at 11am PT/ 2pm ET. “Having the opportunity to work on these two figures is a dream come true for me. Especially working

    Photo courtesy of Playmates. © 2021 Legendary. All Rights Reserved. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM & © Legendary

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    Photo courtesy of Playmates. © 2021 Legendary. All Rights Reserved. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM & © Legendary Source: Playmates Toys Official Site: playmatestoys.com/godzilla-vs.-kong-movie Special Thanks to Sarah Gumina International toy titan Playmates has provided SciFi Japan with product info and large photos of their new GODZILLA VS. KONG Antarctic Kong. The figure is a Walmart Exclusive and will be arriving on store shelves across North America in the next month. Photo courtesy of Playmates. © 2021 Legendary. All Rights Reserved. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM & © Legendary Photo courtesy of Playmates. © 2021 Legendary. All Rights Reserved. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM & © Legendary Antarctic Kong with Osprey Unleash the seismic strength of the mighty Kong and wield a double-bladed Osprey helicopter as a weapon,

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    Source: Comscore Official Movie Site: GodzillavsKong.com Special Thanks to Paul Dergarabedian Comscore has announced the official North American and Global box office estimates for the weekend of July 18, 2021, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services. As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, Comscore provides the only theater-level reporting in the world. Customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results around the world using Comscore's suite of products. Please note that 82% of all North American Theaters are currently open.   Comscore – Sunday Estimates - Weekend Box Office Roundup – July 18, 2021    A re-cap of this weekend’s notable performers as reported by their respective distributors ■ Notable North American Openers: Warner Bros. opened SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY in 3,965 theaters and slam-dunked a number one $31.65 million debut, the

    Mockup of the Tamashii Nations Pop-Up Shop coming to Santa Monica this Friday. Image courtesy of BANDAI NAMCO Collectibles. ©BANDAI

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    Mockup of the Tamashii Nations Pop-Up Shop coming to Santa Monica this Friday. Image courtesy of BANDAI NAMCO Collectibles. ©BANDAI Santa Monica Store Will Be Open from July 16 – September 26 and Showcase an Array of Toys,  Action Figures and Model Kits Featuring Characters from Demon Slayer, Dragon Ball, Gundam and More< Source: BANDAI NAMCO Collectibles (Bluefin) press release Official Site: tamashiinations.com/popup/santamonica Special Thanks to Scott Barretto Collectors in Southern California are in for a special treat with today’s announcement from BANDAI NAMCO Collectibles (Bluefin) and BANDAI SPIRITS Collectors Department that they are travelling west to open a new official pop-up, the “TAMASHII NATIONS Pop-Up Shop in Santa Monica,” this Friday, July 16. Fans in Los Angeles and Orange counties as well as across surrounding areas are invited  to head to Santa Monica and visit the new store. The shop (will not only feature some of

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    Photo courtesy of Toho. TM＆©TOHO CO., LTD. Source: Toho Co., Ltd. press release Official Site: godzilla.com Special Thanks to Jessa Xie Toho International, Inc. teamed up with Reyn Spooner, the Hawaiian heritage brand known for its signature take on the now-legendary Aloha shirt, for a limited-edition design collaboration paying homage to the King of the Monsters. What better way to beat the heat and slip into summer than with a Godzilla Aloha shirt? The Reyn Spooner x Godzilla Aloha Shirts pay homage to the icon of Japanese pop culture through designs inspired by some of the early Godzilla movies: GODZILLA (1954), GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (1955) and MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964). The shirts include notable scenes from these classic movies that are reimagined and recreated into fresh, modern designs. The limited-edition Godzilla Aloha shirts are available now for purchase on ReynSpooner.com. Photo courtesy of

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    Source: Comscore Official Movie Site: GodzillavsKong.com Special Thanks to Paul Dergarabedian Comscore has announced the official North American and Global box office estimates for the weekend of July 11, 2021, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services. As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, Comscore provides the only theater-level reporting in the world. Customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results around the world using Comscore's suite of products. Please note that 81% of all North American Theaters are currently open and that at an estimated $117M for all films in the marketplace, this is the biggest weekend and the first-ever over $100M of the Pandemic era in North America.   Comscore – Sunday Estimates - Weekend Box Office Roundup – July 11, 2021    A re-cap of this weekend’s notable performers as reported by their

    GODZILLA VS. KONG finally opened in Japan this past weekend. Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2021 WARNER BROTHERS ENTERTAINMENT INC. LEGENDARY PICTURES PRODUCTIONS LLC. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM & © Legendary

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    GODZILLA VS. KONG finally opened in Japan this past weekend. Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2021 WARNER BROTHERS ENTERTAINMENT INC. LEGENDARY PICTURES PRODUCTIONS LLC. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM & © Legendary Source: Comscore Official Movie Site: GodzillavsKong.com Special Thanks to Paul Dergarabedian Comscore has announced the official North American and Global box office estimates for the 4th of July weekend, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services. As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, Comscore provides the only theater-level reporting in the world. Customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results around the world using Comscore's suite of products. Comscore has also provided SciFi Japan with the latest international box office numbers for GODZILLA VS. KONG. While the film's domestic run is winding down, GvsK just opened this past weekend in Japan and Germany, taking

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    Photo courtesy of Toho. © TOHO CO., LTD. Source: Toho Co., Ltd. press release Official Site: godzillagames.jp Special Thanks to Jessa Xie   Photo courtesy of Toho. © TOHO CO., LTD. TOHO Games has announced the Earth's Ultimate Showdown collaboration between the blockbuster film GODZILLA VS. KONG and the mobile game "Godzilla Battle Line", just released worldwide on June 15 (Tue.). 2021 really is the year of Godzilla. In March, Toho launched its game label TOHO Games, and went on to release a series of three mobile games, "Run Godzilla", "Godzilla Destruction", and "Godzilla Battle Line". Continuing the trend, the anime series GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT began streaming worldwide on Netflix from June 24 (Thu.). To celebrate the roaring worldwide success of the Hollywood blockbuster GODZILLA VS. KONG, a special Earth's Ultimate Showdown collaboration event will be held on the wildly successful mobile game "Godzilla

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    Source: IDW Publishing Special Thanks to Keith Davidsen Photo courtesy of IDW. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. IDW Publishing has announced solicitations for the second issue of their Godzilla Rivals quarterly one-shot series. Godzilla Rivals: Vs. Mothra Writer: Mary Kenney Artist: SL Gallant Cover A: E.J. Su Cover B: Jeffrey Veregge Tentative In-Store Date: September 2021 Pages: 52 Cover Price: $7.99 The Monster in the Lake! Nature can't be contained in this brand-new issue of Godzilla Rivals! Something is trapped in Lake Ikeda—Mothra, the ancient and beautiful guardian of nature and humanity! But when one kaiju awakens, Godzilla is sure to be close behind... And each stand-alone issue features special wrestling poster-themed retailer incentive variants Retailer incentives: Order 10 copies and get one free special wrestling poster-themed variant cover by fan-favorite artist Jeffrey Veregge (Transformers, Judge Dredd)!

    Photo courtesy of Toho and Netflix. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.

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    Photo courtesy of Toho and Netflix. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Source: Toho Co., Ltd., Netflix Official Site: godzilla-sp.jp (Japan), Godzilla Singular Point | Netflix (US) Official Twitter: twitter.com/GODZILLA_SP (Japan) In celebration of the global premiere of the highly-anticipated, 13-episode anime series GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT on Netflix, SciFi Japan presents a gallery of images courtesy of the streamer and Toho. Fans can stream GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT at http://www.netflix.com/godzilla_sp   Photo courtesy of Toho. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. Photo courtesy of Toho and Netflix. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. ▩ Story Brought together by a mysterious song, a grad student and an engineer lead the fight against an unimaginable force that may spell doom for the world… GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT is an original anime series featuring character designs by BLUE EXORCIST’s Kazue Kato

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      Source: Toho Co., Ltd. press releaseOfficial Site: godzilla-sp.jp (Japan), Godzilla Singular Point | Netflix (US) Official Twitter: twitter.com/GODZILLA_SP (Japan) Special Thanks to Jennifer Cruz Photo courtesy of Toho and Netflix. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.   Following its successful Japan and Mexico releases, the highly-anticipated, 13-episode anime series GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT is making its global premiere June 24th on Netflix. In the wake of the success of Godzilla anime films, GODZILLA: PLANET OF THE MONSTERS, GODZILLA: CITY ON THE EDGE OF BATTLE and GODZILLA: THE PLANET EATER comes an all new original anime series from director Atsushi Takahashi (DORAEMON THE MOVIE 2017: GREAT ADVENTURE IN THE ANTARCTIC KACHI KOCHI). Anime studio bones (MY HERO ACADEMIA) in partnership with studio Orange (BEASTARS, LAND OF THE LUSTROUS), serve as series producers, combining hand-drawn and CG animation styles. In addition to director

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    Source: Comscore Official Movie Site: GodzillavsKong.com Special Thanks to Paul Dergarabedian Comscore has announced the official North American and Global box office estimates for the weekend of June 20, 2021, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services. As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, Comscore provides the only theater-level reporting in the world. Customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results around the world using Comscore's suite of products. Please note that 78% of all North American Theaters are currently open. Comscore – Sunday Estimates - Weekend Box Office Roundup – June 20, 2021    A re-cap of this weekend’s notable performers as reported by their respective distributors ■ Notable North American Openers: Lionsgate opened the killer sequel THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD to grab the top spot with $11.675 million in 3,331 locations and

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    Photo courtesy of Toho. © TOHO CO., LTD. Pre-registrations Surpass 250,000! 3-minute monster all-star battles! Source: Toho Co., Ltd. press release Official Site: godzillagames.jp Special Thanks to Jessa Xie In 2021, TOHO Games, the game label of Toho Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Yoshishige Shimatani), will release three Godzilla Games for mobile worldwide: "Run Godzilla," "Godzilla Destruction," and "Godzilla Battle Line." Godzilla's path of destruction is set to expand even further alongside the Hollywood movie GODZILLA VS. KONG, along with the anime TV series GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT, which gets a global release on Netflix June 24th. "Godzilla Battle Line," the new Godzilla game for mobile, is available worldwide now! The game's collaboration with the exciting anime GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT is also set to begin today! To celebrate the collab, Toho prepared a special collab visual featuring Godzilla and Jet Jaguar. In Part I of the

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    Source: Mondo Special Thanks to Brad Johnson Photo courtesy of Mondo. TM＆©TOHO CO., LTD. Throughout the years, Godzilla has stolen all the headlines to be known as the King of Monsters. But the Queen of the Monsters is undoubtably one of the worlds most iconic kaiju of all-time: Mothra. Mondo now celebrates her in all of her glory, with a brand new statue and posters   One of Mothra's most impressive appearances taking place in the intense sequel to GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA, GODZILLA: TOKYO SOS. Mothra goes into an all-out battle with Godzilla to try and stop him from destroying Tokyo (again!). Her look and design in this film feels like her most realized appearance, which is why Mondo is releasing it as aPremium Scale Statue.    In addition, Mondo has a pair of awesome new posters by Tom Whalenfor one of the  favorites from

    Photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. © 2021 Legendary. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM © Legendary

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    Photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. © 2021 Legendary. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. MONSTERVERSE TM © Legendary Source: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Official Site: GodzillavsKong.com Official Facebook: @GodzillaVsKong Official Instagram: @GodzillaVsKong Official Twitter: @GodzillaVsKong Special Thanks to Lina Morales Today sees the release of GODZILLA VS. KONG on 4K, Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, and DVD. From Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is directed by Adam Wingard (THE GUEST, YOU’RE NEXT) and stars Alexander Skarsgård (THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, TV’s BIG LITTLE LIES) and Millie Bobby Brown (TV’s STRANGER THINGS). ABOUT GODZILLA VS. KONG Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home, and with them is Jia, a young orphaned girl with whom he has formed a unique and powerful bond. But they unexpectedly find themselves in the path of an enraged

    Takashi Miike is back with the sequel, THE GREAT YOKAI WAR -GUARDIANS-. Photo courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures. ©2021 The Great Yokai Wars Film Partners

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    Takashi Miike is back with the sequel, THE GREAT YOKAI WAR -GUARDIANS-. Photo courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures. ©2021 The Great Yokai Wars Film Partners Source: Kadokawa Pictures Official Site: movies.kadokawa.co.jp/yokai (Japan) A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Spoiler Warning: This article contains plots details for an upcoming movie. Do you have true courage? Kadokawa Pictures has provided SciFi Japan with press notes, a trailer, poster art and a large photo gallery from their upcoming film, THE GREAT YOKAI WAR -GUARDIANS- (妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ, Yōkai Daisensō Gādianzu). Director Takashi Miike returns for the sequel to his 2005 hit THE GREAT YOKAI WAR, which was itself an update of the yokai movie trilogy produced by the Daiei Motion Picture Company in the late 1960s. Takashi Miike has brought back many of the classic Yokai seen in the first THE GREAT YOKAI WAR. The movie will also feature Bushin,

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