Monster Planet of Godzilla

This article is about the 1994 short film. For the 2017 film, see Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters.
Monster Planet of Godzilla
Title card
Directed byKōichi Kawakita
Written byMarie Terunuma
Produced byKiyoshi Suzuki
Yasuo Wakabayashi
Starring
CinematographyKenichi Eguchi
Edited bySae Tojima
Music byAkira Ifukube (stock)
Release date
  • March 18, 1994 (1994-03-18)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

Cast

Home media

The 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

  1. ^ a b Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 1 January 2000. pp. 174–177. ISBN 978-4091014702.
  2. ^ Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia. Shogakukan. 23 July 2014. p. 91. ISBN 978-4-096-82090-2.
  3. ^ Sanrio Puroland Guidebook '98 -'99. pp. 32–33.
  4. ^ "The Time Machine of Dreams". Sanrio. 1997. Archived from the original on January 29, 1998.
  5. ^ 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.