"30 Stories HIgh." That's actually not very helpful. I researched how tall a "story" is. There is no set height on it. It's like a hosue of cards: it can be 30 stories high but each story is only the height of a single playing card. I mean, a normal house in the United States can be three stories high but it still isn't as tall as the second story in the Sears Tower.
Everyone thinks that, but its a radically different character. The only similarity is that its a bird. I think it was more likely modeled, at least physically, on the similar looking bird creature on Hanna Barbera's The Herculoids. The producer have said that they actually did not model monsters on Toho's and tried to be as original as they could. The creatures designs were based on the needs of the script. Though Dark Horse Comics has admitted to creating "surrogate" monsters modeled on Toho.
@drbotanus tell me how many of these monster grabs and trys to abducted or eate Pete I know the seaweed monster did but did any other monster like Breeder or any others?
Everyone thinks that, but its a radically different character. The only similarity is that its a bird. I think it was more likely modeled, at least physically, on the similar looking bird creature on Hanna Barbera's The Herculoids. The producer have said that they actually did not model monsters on Toho's and tried to be as original as they could. The creatures designs were based on the needs of the script. Though Dark Horse Comics has admitted to creating "surrogate" monsters modeled on Toho.
@drbotanus unfortuantely, it would have been more better if they try to use Rodan and other Godzilla monster's likeness especially since they are using Godzilla
@KillerKrump2000 They could not affort to pay for the rights to use other Tho characters like Rodan & Mothra so they had to try and make monsters that were as different as possible. I actually like the monsters from the series. It would have been tedious if they kept having Rodan etc. all the time.
@yerald86 The first half of the series was put out on DVD about ten years ago. You can get bootlegs or bit torrent downloads of the series. It played on NBC from 1978-81. It played on TNT and Cartoon Network in the 90s and more recently on Boomerang. Alternate versions with different sound effects have started popping up on line under the title Godzilla: Voyage Chronicles. It was originally just called Godzilla, and later known as Godzilla, the Original Animated Series.
@yerald86 I didn't make the freekin thing!! You can find used DVD's on Ebay or Amazon.cm. I got the DVDs when they came out. The rest of the series I recorded from from TNT and Cartoon Network. One episode i had to download from here on Youtube. If you look around on here you will find some whole episodes (in segments) posted. Other than that you are on your own.
@drbotanus as opposed to all the other animated series.
Voyage Chronicles is used to specify the japanese version, which fixed Godzilla's roar, and, according to one rumor I heard, fixed Godzilla's color too.
Have you seen that somewhere? Because the intro to this video sounds like the theme song with Godzilla's roar... I've been looking for it forever, so share the wealth if you know something.
Which reminds me: this video is amazing, and you're awesome for making it.
@KingTacho It's first season monsters, Axor is in the second season.
You're probably just saying that because of Matt Frank's neo thing aren't you? You know, Axor ain't got shit on the Power Dragon. That's a fact. That motherfucker lives in a city IN THE CLOUDS.
There's one downside that I've seen so far about Hulu's uploads of this series; they cut off the first episode in the midst of the action and went straight to episode 2! oO
3:56 alien cyclops? LOL its a GIANT ENEMY CRAB! Quick Godzilla, attack its weak point for massive damage! 4:49 . I could have sworn i've seen that Minotaur in an episode of Scooby Doo. Turned out to be a man in a costume.
Man the chimera episode i searched for my whole life basically lol i saw it at my grandmas when i was 3 for like 10 years I just had a basic memory of a cage with a giant lion in it and godzilla fought it and then my uncle got me all the godzilla episodes and i found the chimera i was so happy. Great video
i alwaysed liked this it got me into the original japanese gojira so i always apprecate anything hanna barbara came out with ..and interms of enimes its pretty creative
I think that the Eartheater could easily be an Ultraman monster. All of the Ultarmonsters had a "theme" thattiied to the plot of each episode. This show was a bit like that also.
In all honesty, the show is quite silly, but I do find it very enjoyable to watch, mostly from a nostalgia point of view. Quite frankly, if Godzilla's roar hadn't been a very obvious voice-over, I probably would have liked it even more. Never liked Godzooky, though...
Oh, and the video was well made. I liked the little effects you threw in here and there.
Godzooky was just a substitute for Minya. I never liked the Ted Cassidy roars, either. But I still think the spirit of the show is true to the seventies Godzilla movies. Godzilla vs Megalon, Godzilla vs. Gigan and the two Mechagodzilla movies were in theatres around this time. And the whole sailing from island to island format of the show is reminiscent
to Godzilla vs. The Sea monster, Son of Godzilla & Godzill's Revenge as well as Yog and Matango.
at least zone fighter and godzilla vs gigan weren't as cheesy as this. if you ask me, any godzilla media not made in japan or by toho isn't real godzilla
Well, I was never really into Zone Fighter or Ultraman or any of those kinds of shows. I dunno, all the monsters from both shows look less than stellar than a lot of the ones from the main Godzilla movies. A lot of them seem very rushed in design.
As for Godzilla vs. Gigan, I dunno, I always liked that movie as a kid, so it is kinda special to me.
I think that it is pretty hard for you to appreciate Ultraman or Johnny Sokko or that sort of show because you did not grow up with it: and it would be ridiculous and unfair of me to expect you to. I watched Ultraman every day at 3:30 and I would run home from school to see it. Things like that become a part of you. The TV landscape was so radically different from the one you grew up with. I wish you could have been there. It was great.
That's probably the case. I grew up during the 90s, so I was far too busy watching Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, and other stuff featured on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.
When Rugrats & Rocko started, TV was still similar to how I grew up. (I loved those shows by the way) Today its taboo to show anything black & white. Most reruns were black & white. No infomercials. You had nothing but shows & movies all night long. There was no stupid logo in the lower corner of the screen. But I digress.
The reason this show was popular was because you could get your weekly Godzilla fix. With no VCRs, waited for a G movie to air at 2 in the morning every few months.
I'd like to reiterate my feelings about this show.
I feel that, for a saturday morning TV cartoon, it is pretty true to spirit of Godzilla.
The animation is far superior to the other cartoons that were on at the time and it was an expensive show to produce. Remember that Godzilla was rarely depicted accurately
in the US at the time. Think about the Mattel Godzilla Toy or the posters for Godzilla vs.
the thing or Destroy All Monsters. The 1998 film evolved from all of this.
At the time, I was unhappy that the series never utilized any of the monsters from the movies. Now, I have all the movies on DVD/VHS/LD and I can see them whenever I want. And now i enjoy the TV monsters too. The more monsters, the better.
Some of the TV monsters could easily fit into the Toho mold. The Cyclops and Eartheater and Watchuka and Chimera could easily be portrayed by men in suits.
I'm so sorry you feel that way. I wish you could enjoy it like I did. I am sorry. I went through a period of snobbery myself, when I only accepted a serious Godzilla. I grew out of my bad attitude.
I think that it was probably as close as you could get, considering the limits of TV animation at the time.
Try to imagine what some of these monsters may have looked like,had Toho built them. And remember that the original Movie series had been over for four years.
I had to fudge on some of the statistics. I got most of them from Wiki zilla, however I did change some of the numbers when i firmly disagreed with them because they did no make sense.
Example: They listed the height of the Cyclops as "90 meters". Since Godzilla was only 50-55
meters tall at the time, this statistic is impossible.
"30 Stories HIgh." That's actually not very helpful. I researched how tall a "story" is. There is no set height on it. It's like a hosue of cards: it can be 30 stories high but each story is only the height of a single playing card. I mean, a normal house in the United States can be three stories high but it still isn't as tall as the second story in the Sears Tower.
MrWhitman 1 month ago
@MrWhitman A story is generally considered to be 10 feet.
442hoeky 3 weeks ago
I've got to say, some of those monsters could make a pretty good Toho Kaiju if well done. Axor its pretty awesome looking.
MexiGojira 3 months ago
Phoenix is a cheap knockoff of Rodan smh
KillerKrump2000 5 months ago
Everyone thinks that, but its a radically different character. The only similarity is that its a bird. I think it was more likely modeled, at least physically, on the similar looking bird creature on Hanna Barbera's The Herculoids. The producer have said that they actually did not model monsters on Toho's and tried to be as original as they could. The creatures designs were based on the needs of the script. Though Dark Horse Comics has admitted to creating "surrogate" monsters modeled on Toho.
drbotanus 5 months ago 3
@drbotanus tell me how many of these monster grabs and trys to abducted or eate Pete I know the seaweed monster did but did any other monster like Breeder or any others?
makosharkman 2 weeks ago
Everyone thinks that, but its a radically different character. The only similarity is that its a bird. I think it was more likely modeled, at least physically, on the similar looking bird creature on Hanna Barbera's The Herculoids. The producer have said that they actually did not model monsters on Toho's and tried to be as original as they could. The creatures designs were based on the needs of the script. Though Dark Horse Comics has admitted to creating "surrogate" monsters modeled on Toho.
drbotanus 5 months ago
@drbotanus unfortuantely, it would have been more better if they try to use Rodan and other Godzilla monster's likeness especially since they are using Godzilla
KillerKrump2000 5 months ago
@KillerKrump2000 They could not affort to pay for the rights to use other Tho characters like Rodan & Mothra so they had to try and make monsters that were as different as possible. I actually like the monsters from the series. It would have been tedious if they kept having Rodan etc. all the time.
drbotanus 5 months ago
@drbotanus damn lol your right, this was made in the 70s so it was almost impossible to purchase more TOHO monsters
KillerKrump2000 5 months ago
@KillerKrump2000 lol
tarnell4003 3 months ago
This was horrible
chiefbegay 8 months ago
@chiefbegay What's you beef?
drbotanus 8 months ago 3
whereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee can i find all these episodies???????????????
yerald86 9 months ago
@yerald86 The first half of the series was put out on DVD about ten years ago. You can get bootlegs or bit torrent downloads of the series. It played on NBC from 1978-81. It played on TNT and Cartoon Network in the 90s and more recently on Boomerang. Alternate versions with different sound effects have started popping up on line under the title Godzilla: Voyage Chronicles. It was originally just called Godzilla, and later known as Godzilla, the Original Animated Series.
drbotanus 9 months ago
@drbotanus
u still didnt tell me where i can either buy or watch those episodies , I remember that i saw some episodies but i dont remember when
yerald86 9 months ago
@yerald86 I didn't make the freekin thing!! You can find used DVD's on Ebay or Amazon.cm. I got the DVDs when they came out. The rest of the series I recorded from from TNT and Cartoon Network. One episode i had to download from here on Youtube. If you look around on here you will find some whole episodes (in segments) posted. Other than that you are on your own.
drbotanus 9 months ago
@yerald86 hulu has the whole first season.
You can order the dvd's they're still recent enough. There's three of them with a a total 13 episodes.
If you'd just search "Godzilla Hanna Barbera" on google I guarantee you'll find them.
egdeltur666 8 months ago
@drbotanus as opposed to all the other animated series.
Voyage Chronicles is used to specify the japanese version, which fixed Godzilla's roar, and, according to one rumor I heard, fixed Godzilla's color too.
Have you seen that somewhere? Because the intro to this video sounds like the theme song with Godzilla's roar... I've been looking for it forever, so share the wealth if you know something.
Which reminds me: this video is amazing, and you're awesome for making it.
egdeltur666 8 months ago
I am disappointed by the lack of AXOR
KingTacho 9 months ago
@KingTacho Axor came much later in the series. I have not been able to complete the second half of this list because my computer is crapping out.
drbotanus 9 months ago
@KingTacho It's first season monsters, Axor is in the second season.
You're probably just saying that because of Matt Frank's neo thing aren't you? You know, Axor ain't got shit on the Power Dragon. That's a fact. That motherfucker lives in a city IN THE CLOUDS.
Oh, you just got 1970's'd in the FACE, son.
egdeltur666 8 months ago
EPIC FUCKING WIN
Dragmack 11 months ago
@Dragmack
Which part?
drbotanus 11 months ago
GodzillaCO 1 year ago 6
@GodzillaCO Dagahla (aka Dagarla) from Rebirth of of Mothra 2 is the polar opposite of Hedorah
drbotanus 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@drbotanus Never saw that movie, might check it out
GodzillaCO 1 year ago
@GodzillaCO the polar opposite of hedorah looks more like biolantee
dimiteeur 11 months ago
I was happy when I found the Chimera episode it had been almost years since I had seen it.
Redskins1570 1 year ago
@Redskins1570 where u find it
yerald86 9 months ago
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Redskins1570 9 months ago
There's one downside that I've seen so far about Hulu's uploads of this series; they cut off the first episode in the midst of the action and went straight to episode 2! oO
pln9fos 1 year ago
3:56 alien cyclops? LOL its a GIANT ENEMY CRAB! Quick Godzilla, attack its weak point for massive damage! 4:49 . I could have sworn i've seen that Minotaur in an episode of Scooby Doo. Turned out to be a man in a costume.
Xamtaro 1 year ago
@Xamtaro
Giant Enemy Crab? What show did you watch.
Its an Alien (they say so in the episode) and its a Cyclops (One single eyes) It is also a biped. Ever seen a bipedal crab?
drbotanus 1 year ago
@drbotanus its got crab pincers! a MUTANT giant enemy crab!
Xamtaro 1 year ago
the effects were great, and I loved the Energy Beast's face @ 3: 11. YAY!! XD
GodzillaFreak72 1 year ago
Man the chimera episode i searched for my whole life basically lol i saw it at my grandmas when i was 3 for like 10 years I just had a basic memory of a cage with a giant lion in it and godzilla fought it and then my uncle got me all the godzilla episodes and i found the chimera i was so happy. Great video
FEARfilmz 1 year ago
they ain't got shit on Gigan.
Dstorm20xx 1 year ago
3:10 look at the creatures face ..lmao ...its like ...HOLY SHIT!!!
silverbeast75 1 year ago
i alwaysed liked this it got me into the original japanese gojira so i always apprecate anything hanna barbara came out with ..and interms of enimes its pretty creative
silverbeast75 1 year ago
Those enemies were good but I wish they had Godzilla enemies like King Ghidorah and Gigan.
ukhistorian 1 year ago
I liked this Godzilla theme..but the Godzooky part @#$%ing ruined it.
boiledcrap 1 year ago
3:13 OMG HES HAPPY
edsanity007 1 year ago
@edsanity007
The Alien Energy Beast
I always thought so.
drbotanus 1 year ago
@drbotanus well yeah back then there was energy crisis but now he has much more choices XD wind power solar thermal bio its a buffet
edsanity007 1 year ago
The Time Dragon and the Megavolts should battle against Godzilla from Toho!
This would be a great battle!
Monsterpicturesmaker 1 year ago
The breeder beast was the most memorable from my point of view.
imperialflagship 1 year ago
@imperialflagship
I was certainly the most original and potentially deadly.
drbotanus 1 year ago
Very informative.
PharaohLetMyPeopleGo 2 years ago
I think that the Eartheater could easily be an Ultraman monster. All of the Ultarmonsters had a "theme" thattiied to the plot of each episode. This show was a bit like that also.
drbotanus 2 years ago
´´cool´´´its an good vid i like it ;) 5*
orga1000 2 years ago
Thanks
drbotanus 2 years ago
In all honesty, the show is quite silly, but I do find it very enjoyable to watch, mostly from a nostalgia point of view. Quite frankly, if Godzilla's roar hadn't been a very obvious voice-over, I probably would have liked it even more. Never liked Godzooky, though...
Oh, and the video was well made. I liked the little effects you threw in here and there.
PyroKaiju 2 years ago
Godzooky was just a substitute for Minya. I never liked the Ted Cassidy roars, either. But I still think the spirit of the show is true to the seventies Godzilla movies. Godzilla vs Megalon, Godzilla vs. Gigan and the two Mechagodzilla movies were in theatres around this time. And the whole sailing from island to island format of the show is reminiscent
to Godzilla vs. The Sea monster, Son of Godzilla & Godzill's Revenge as well as Yog and Matango.
drbotanus 2 years ago
One other thing. Which is sillier? This TV show or Zone Fighter? Or Godzilla vs. Gigan.
drbotanus 2 years ago
at least zone fighter and godzilla vs gigan weren't as cheesy as this. if you ask me, any godzilla media not made in japan or by toho isn't real godzilla
ghidorah5464 2 years ago
Well, I was never really into Zone Fighter or Ultraman or any of those kinds of shows. I dunno, all the monsters from both shows look less than stellar than a lot of the ones from the main Godzilla movies. A lot of them seem very rushed in design.
As for Godzilla vs. Gigan, I dunno, I always liked that movie as a kid, so it is kinda special to me.
PyroKaiju 2 years ago
I think that it is pretty hard for you to appreciate Ultraman or Johnny Sokko or that sort of show because you did not grow up with it: and it would be ridiculous and unfair of me to expect you to. I watched Ultraman every day at 3:30 and I would run home from school to see it. Things like that become a part of you. The TV landscape was so radically different from the one you grew up with. I wish you could have been there. It was great.
drbotanus 2 years ago
That's probably the case. I grew up during the 90s, so I was far too busy watching Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, and other stuff featured on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.
PyroKaiju 2 years ago
When Rugrats & Rocko started, TV was still similar to how I grew up. (I loved those shows by the way) Today its taboo to show anything black & white. Most reruns were black & white. No infomercials. You had nothing but shows & movies all night long. There was no stupid logo in the lower corner of the screen. But I digress.
The reason this show was popular was because you could get your weekly Godzilla fix. With no VCRs, waited for a G movie to air at 2 in the morning every few months.
drbotanus 2 years ago
I'd like to reiterate my feelings about this show.
I feel that, for a saturday morning TV cartoon, it is pretty true to spirit of Godzilla.
The animation is far superior to the other cartoons that were on at the time and it was an expensive show to produce. Remember that Godzilla was rarely depicted accurately
in the US at the time. Think about the Mattel Godzilla Toy or the posters for Godzilla vs.
the thing or Destroy All Monsters. The 1998 film evolved from all of this.
drbotanus 2 years ago
At the time, I was unhappy that the series never utilized any of the monsters from the movies. Now, I have all the movies on DVD/VHS/LD and I can see them whenever I want. And now i enjoy the TV monsters too. The more monsters, the better.
Some of the TV monsters could easily fit into the Toho mold. The Cyclops and Eartheater and Watchuka and Chimera could easily be portrayed by men in suits.
drbotanus 2 years ago
this show was a disgrace. i hated it
ghidorah5464 2 years ago
I'm so sorry you feel that way. I wish you could enjoy it like I did. I am sorry. I went through a period of snobbery myself, when I only accepted a serious Godzilla. I grew out of my bad attitude.
I think that it was probably as close as you could get, considering the limits of TV animation at the time.
Try to imagine what some of these monsters may have looked like,had Toho built them. And remember that the original Movie series had been over for four years.
drbotanus 2 years ago
awesome :)
NeoGorg 2 years ago 2
I had to fudge on some of the statistics. I got most of them from Wiki zilla, however I did change some of the numbers when i firmly disagreed with them because they did no make sense.
Example: They listed the height of the Cyclops as "90 meters". Since Godzilla was only 50-55
meters tall at the time, this statistic is impossible.
drbotanus 2 years ago