This movie was meant to be, for all intents and purposes, a kids film. Megalon was more due to the advertising, including the elaborate posters of godzilla and megalon fighting on the world trade center, than the films merits. Megalon image gallery wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. Like most of the 1970s godzilla films, its a lowbudget quickie made for kids.
A human work 1995 tv episode the giant robot featured in this episode, jet alone, takes its name from both jet jaguar and red alone the latter being a name used for jet jaguar while godzilla vs. It received a theatrical release in the united states in the summer of 1976 by. Giant against giant, in the most spectacular battle yet in his th film, godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured jet jaguar, an ultraman like robot. In the new york citylong island area, the film was a veritable staple on wortvs channel 9 annual day after thanksgiving godzilla thon which ran from 1976 through 1985. Godzilla vs megalon special edition dvd extras detailed. Interestingly enough, this wasnt going to be a godzilla film. After that, in 1977, another media blitz introduced godzilla vs megalon to nbcs primetime network tv broadcast and it was thoroughly ingrained in.
Megalon works better on cd than in the movie, where it is often drowned out by sound effects and monster roars, or. Gorgo, the war of the gargantuas and godzilla vs megalon. This was to take advantage of a similar poster featuring king kong in its first remake. Inventor goro ibuki creates a humanoid robot named jet jaguar. The director, jun fukoda, was no stranger to the godzilla series, and had already demonstrated that he could deliver a solidly competent bmovie. Megalon watch full movie online streaming in his th film, godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured jet. Gorgo,gargantuas,godzilla vs megalon on 1 dvd public domain. It was the first film in the series to have someone other than veteran suit performer haruo nakajima in the role of big g, with shinji takagi taking over the rubber suit.
Far beneath the ground, the kingdom of seatopia sends out the giant beetle megalon and monster gigan to destroy the surface dwellers. The godzilla, gojira franchise is a japanese media franchise created and owned by toho, centered on the fictional kaiju character godzilla. Yes, this is the infamous trailer where jet jaguar is referred to as robotman. This was ripped from the passion productionsace video dvd. Download godzilla vs megalon 1973 1080p bluray 2 0 yts. Godzilla had turned into a hero monster in the 10th movie of the showa series all monsters. Megalon stars katsuriko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, robert dunham the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Megalon is widely considered the low point of the godzilla series. Godzilla and flying cyborg jet jaguar meet a giant cockroach and a big black chicken sent by seatopians. Megalon 1973 720p bluray yts yify the underground kingdom of seatopia sends out megalon, a giant beetle, and gigan to destroy the above ground dwellers.
Yes, this is the infamous trailer where jet jaguar is referred. Megalon is an unnecessary entry to yet another godzilla film. In an attempt to stop them, an independently thinking robot brings godzilla into the fight. Its place in pop culture aside, the 1973 godzilla film takes the largest heat for simply failing to do anything right. They send their guardian, megalon, to destroy the surface world. Value framing, fast delivery, 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Megalon was released theatrically in japan on march 17, 1973. It is recognized by guinness world records to be the longest continuously running movie franchise, having been in ongoing production from 1954 to the present day, with several hiatuses of varying lengths. Aliens take control of earths monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Godzilla and jet jaguar meet big cockroach and black chicken. Shinji takagi godzilla, kenpachiro satsuma gigan, tsugutoshi komada jet jaguar, hideto odachi megalon this movie has godzilla at his most adorable. Directed and cowritten by jun fukuda with special effects by. Godzilla vs megalon italian fotobusta movie poster 1 kaiju jun fukuda 1973.
Check my video of the restored theatrical trailer for all the additional info. Yify movies the only official yify site at godzilla vs. It suffered mostly from what other toho productions of the 1970s suffered froma meager budget. Tomoyuki tanaka 19111997 was one of japans most important movie producers and was chairman of toho studios, where among some 200 films, he produced 22 godzilla movies including 2 godzilla vs. Megalon 1973 has been one of the most sought out godzilla film in north america since its original theatrical release. With katsuhiko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, robert dunham. Produced and distributed by toho studios, it is the th film in the godzilla franchise, and features the fictional monster characters godzilla, megalon, and gigan.
Megalon is a 1973 film about an undersea nation that sends megalon to destroy the world above where he fights with godzilla and a sizeshifting robot directed by jun fukuda. In 1976, cinemashares released a dubbed version of godzilla vs. Megalon you are looking for suspenseful and semi serious movies about with adventure, androids and robots, vengeance, space and aliens, supernatural, heroes and ocean or sea themes of action, adventure and family genre shot in japan. Ironically enough, for americans, this was gigans first appearance.
A sizeshifting robot named jet jaguar calls on the help of godzilla in an attempt to save. Heres the 1976 american recut version of godzilla vs. Mystery science theater 3000 s 2 e 12 godzilla vs megalon. Megalon s attack on tokyo consists entirely of stock footage including the same mobil station that is destroyed in half of tohos kaiju eiga.
This time around, godzilla gets some help from jet jaguar, a newly invented robotic superhero. They also request the aid from nebula m space hunter to send their. Megalon was broadcast as part of this event from 1978 through 1984. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the seatopians. Megalon watch full movie online streaming slideshare. Images godzilla vs megalon italian edition hiroyuki. Megalon 1973 jun fukuda on allmovie japans toho studios were clearly slumming for. This movie was released in japan in 1973 but it was not until 1976 before it got an american release. The showaera films criterion 2019 bluray godzilla vs. Restored tv spot to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. Restored theatrical trailer to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. To satisfy the fans that were upset that the release was delayed, media blasters put out a barebones dvd of the movie. In this th installment of the 1st godzilla series deals with the underground country of seatopia striking back at mankind.
A third of their country has already been destroyed, due to underground nuclear tests. Some of the shots of godzilla are stock footage from 60s productions and the. Megalon 1973 g 0424 1976 us science fiction, fantasy 1h 22m user score. Megalon gojira tai megaro was the th entry in the godzilla series. Directed by jun fukuda, this time godzilla teams up with a giant robot, jet jaguar, to take on the threat of megalon sent by an undersea nation to destroy our terrestrial civilization. In this 1973 installment in the japanese godzilla franchise, the atomic dinosaur must fight off a new monstrous invader, the speedy and destructive megalon. The undersea nation of seatopia sends the gigantic megalon to destroy the world above and its up to godzilla and a sizeshifting robot, jet jaguar, to defeat him. Megalon was already pending a dvd and bluray release, but due to the previously stated issue, the release for that movie was delayed so that toho could approve the bonus features. The undersea civilization of seatopia has been adversely affected by nuclear testings. Download godzilla vs megalon 1973 720p bluray yts yify. It had godzilla and megalon each standing on top of one of the world trade center buildings. Godzilla vs megalon was one of the least expensive in the toho series but also one of the most successful in the united states, due to wide exposure after an effective marketing campaign in 1976. Made in 1973 and not seen in the us until 1976, godzilla vs megalon is regarded by some as, arguably the series lowest point.