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    An early look at the cover for Teruyoshi Nakano, The Tokugi Director, the new book focusing on the Toho fx director. Photo courtesy of Daisuke Ishizuka. © 2007 Wides Shuppan

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    Author: Daisuke Ishizuka Official Site: Wides Shuppan Mr. Teruyoshi Nakano is well known as the Tokusatsu (SPFX) director for Toho movies from the 1970s and 80s; his credits include SUBMERSION OF JAPAN, PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS (a.k.a. CATASTROPHE- 1999 and LAST DAYS OF PLANET EARTH), ESPY, THE WAR IN SPACE, and THE RETURN OF GODZILLA (a.k.a. GODZILLA 1985). Mr. Nakano was first employed by Toho in 1959 and his career started as an assistant director of live-action scenes rather than Tokusatsu. He worked under director Jun Fukuda on THE SECRET OF THE TELEGIAN, with Ishiro Honda on MOTHRA, and Shue Matsubayashi for THE LAST WAR. In 1961, he moved over to Team Tsuburaya and worked on all of Toho Tokusatsu movies under Mr. Eiji Tsuburaya. His first movie as Tokusatsu director was the Crazy Cats film THE CRAZY’S BIG EXPLOSION in 1969. In 1973,

    The new collectibles line launches with the sound and light “Godzilla Battlezone Figure” from DESTROY ALL MONSTERS. Photos courtesy of Far East Monsters. © 1968 Toho Co., Ltd./© 2007 Far East Monsters Ltd.

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    Author: Keith Aiken Source: Bill Kerner and Tom Tvrdik Official Site: Far East Monsters Ltd. This summer, fans and collectors can look forward to a brand-new wave of Godzilla products. The Cleveland, Ohio-based company Far East Monsters Ltd. has signed an agreement with Toho to produce a line of officially licensed collectibles starring the King of the Monsters and his many kaiju co-stars. Godzilla fans and artists Tom Tvrdik and Bill Kerner are kicking off with the “Godzilla Battlezone Figure”, the first piece of the “Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Battlezone”. The Battlezone will be a limited edition series re-creating the climactic battle from the 1968 classic DESTROY ALL MONSTERS. Far East Monsters is promising museum quality reproductions at affordable prices, all with different and unique extras. Each piece will come with features such as sound, lights and poseable parts. The bases for each figure fit together to

    Godzilla 2000 battles Kiryu in the new video game GODZILLA: UNLEASHED. Photo courtesy of Atari, Inc. © 2007 Atari, Inc./© 2007 Toho Co., Ltd.

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    Atari Unveils it’s New Godzilla Game at New York Comic Con 2007 Author: John “Dutch” DeSentis Source: Atari, Inc. Special Thanks to Jeremiah Cohn and Alissa Bell of Atari, Greg Cordaro, Kevin Frederick A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE This past weekend at New York Comic Con, Godzilla fans jam packed the Classic Media booth for chances to win great raffle prizes, find out the skinny on the new Godzilla DVDs and– most of all– be witness to an early demonstration that Atari was so kind to put together for their upcoming game for Nintendo Wii, GODZILLA: UNLEASHED. The demonstrations were held throughout all three days that the show was going on. At the helm of the demonstrations was Atari representative Jeremiah Cohn. He greeted fans enthusiastically and answered any and all questions that were thrown at him and there were plenty as the

    Another fantastic Godzilla painting by Bob Eggleton leads off the latest issue of Rue Morgue magazine. Photo courtesy of the artist. Godzilla © 1954, 2002 Toho Co., Ltd.

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    Source: Joseph O`Brien, Bob Eggleton Official site: Rue Morgue Godzilla fans should head to their local newsstand later this week, as the King of the Monsters is the main attraction in the latest issue of the Canadian horror magazine Rue Morgue. Launched in October 1997, Rue Morgue has become one of the top genre publications in the world. Its success has led to monthly Rue Morgue horror film screenings, an annual expo, an internet radio station, a music label, and a new video movie division. Godzilla is the cover feature of issue #60 of the magazine, with articles covering several topics: -a look at Classic Media’s upcoming GOJIRA DVD -a Godzilla primer -a visit to the set of a Godzilla film at Toho Studios -inside the Godzilla suit Contributors include longtime Rue Morgue staffer Joe O`Brien, (a writer whose credits include the television mini-series ROBOCOP: PRIME DIRECTIVES

    Four different versions of Godzilla. From Left to Right: Marusan Standard, Bullmark Standard, and two Bullmark Green versions. Photo by John DeSentis.

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    A Retrospective of Marusan and Bullmark Vinyl Godzilla Toys Author: John “Dutch” DeSentis A Very Special Thanks to Greg Cordaro, Mike Russo, Brandon and Andy Shields, and Erik Boschert Author`s Note: I, as well as the people who helped in the completion of this article, have done our best to ensure that all the information presented herein is as accurate as possible. Specific information is at times hard to come across for things such as the toys you are about to read about. We have taken the best available knowledge that’s been previously put forth into print or passed on from collector to collector and used it for the content following. A SciFi JAPAN RETROSPECTIVE As a reader of this article, you more than likely have some interest in Godzilla collectables. For the average Godzilla collector, most of what they treasure as their collection probably consists of

    Godzilla takes on Gigan in full resin glory! ©2006 Toho Co., ltd.

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    Enter CreatureScape`s Japanese monster model photo contest now until July 31! Official Site: CreatureScape As CreatureScape, "The Monster Model and Movie Magazine for the 21st Century," begins its fourth year of web and hard copy publication, it is devoting August to kaiju. In conjunction with the theme, they are having a kaiju model photo contest. CreatureScape was the first magazine printed on CD ROM in the world. It reads like a website and when you pop it in your computer, your browser takes over. As the magazine has grown, the number of articles, videos and now even music require a DVD sized disc. "I estimate over 60 model building articles alone will be featured--plus our share of DVD and kit reviews, movie essays and opinions, Wonderfest photos, horror host videos and lots of special stuff," the publisher said. Expect classic horror, science fiction, original and fantasy

    The Eighth Wonder of the World faces off with the King of the Monsters in this amazingly detailed model kit sculpted by Joe Laudati. © 2006 Alternative Images

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    Review of the new King Kong vs. Godzilla Resin Kit From Alternative Images Author: Loren Portillo Photos courtesy of Alternative Images Of all the great monsters of the silver screen, none have had the endearing longevity of King Kong and Godzilla. Many model and garage kits have attempted to capture these two fantastic monsters in many shapes and versions, but rarely has a garage kit been made to specify both monsters fighting it out in their original forms, until now! Presented by Alternative Images, this giant 14 inch kit called Clash of the Titans is just what it is. Decently priced at $200, this kit is expertly sculpted by renowned monster modeler Joe Laudati. This model work extravaganza will be a great addition for Kong and Godzilla collectors alike. Presented in 25 resin and cold cast pieces, this is a complex kit

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