Monster Planet of Godzilla (Japanese: 怪獣プラネットゴジラ, Hepburn: Kaijū Puranetto Gojira) is a 1994 Japanese kaiju short film directed by Kōichi Kawakita. The film served as a theme park attraction that was screened at Sanrio Puroland and Harmony Land[1] from March 18, 1994[2] to July 1, 1998.[3] It is a 3-D motion simulator featuring specially filmed sequences of Godzilla battling the monsters Mothra and Rodan.[4] All the monsters were portrayed using the costumes and props from the early 1990s Godzilla films. In addition, a new super-plane named Earth is introduced to thwart the monsters' destructive rampage.
| Monster Planet of Godzilla | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Kōichi Kawakita |
| Written by | Marie Terunuma |
| Produced by | Kiyoshi Suzuki Yasuo Wakabayashi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kenichi Eguchi |
| Edited by | Sae Tojima |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube (stock) |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
edit- Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa[5]
- Iemasa Kayumi as Professor Dreamon (voice)
- Megumi Hayashibara as Hello Kitty (voice)
- Kaneto Shiozawa as Planet pilot (voice) / G-Force soldier (voice)
- Kenpachiro Satsuma as Godzilla[1]
Home media
editThe footage from the attraction was released as a bonus feature for the Japan-only Godzilla Final Box (with the Hello Kitty footage removed, possibly due to legal issues and the short's depiction of her as a general not particularly appropriate for the character).[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 1 January 2000. pp. 174–177. ISBN 978-4091014702.
- ^ Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia. Shogakukan. 23 July 2014. p. 91. ISBN 978-4-096-82090-2.
- ^ Sanrio Puroland Guidebook '98 -'99. pp. 32–33.
- ^ "The Time Machine of Dreams". Sanrio. 1997. Archived from the original on January 29, 1998.
- ^ a b Hill, Jim (14 May 2014). "Remembering "Monster Planet of Godzilla," that theme park attraction which put you toe-to-toe with the Tokyo terror". jimhillmedia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.