A Podcast Seeking Entertainment and Enlightenment through Tokusatsu. Hosted by the ”kaiju academic” himself, Nathan Marchand.
Episodes
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers! Though still grieving the loss of Gary, Nate soldiers on—without his intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA, as mandated by the Board—because he’s finally made it to the good part of “The Year of Gamera”! He’s joined by three of the original MIFV Tourists, Nick Hayden, Timothy Deal, and Joe Metter, to discuss Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, the first of the famed Heisei Trilogy directed by Shusuke Kaneko. While the Tourists have never seen it, they have a deep appreciation of storytelling, drama, and anime, so Nate was certain they would enjoy it. Did they? Listen to find out! The Toku Topic is the legend of Atlantis since it factors heavily into this film and the rest of the trilogy.
During the broadcast, Nate finally conducts his overdue interview with Spacewoman Kilara, who is much nicer about the whole thing than Nate expects. Unlike Miss Perkins, about whom Nate and Jimmy were messaged about by Jessica before the show with a bombshell revelation. Then after the broadcast, he visits the Board’s executive assistant at her office to confront her—with electrifying results.
Listen to Nate and Travis’s spinoff podcast, The Henshin Men Podcast, on Redcircle.
This episode’s prologue and epilogue, “Revelation of Power,” was written by Nathan Marchand. “An Interview with Spacewoman Kilara” was written by Nathan Marchand.
Guest stars:
- Amy Summers as Spacewoman Kilara
- Celeste Mora as Miss Perkins
Additional music:
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, and Elijah Thomas! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Check out MIFV MAX #4 to learn how you can help make Episode 50—MIFV’s second anniversary special—possible!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Prologue: 0:00-3:01
- Intro: 3:01-17:15
- (Kilara Interview: 4:37-9:29)
- Entertaining Info Dump: 17:15-26:07
- Toku Talk: 26:07-1:27:53
- Promo: 1:27:53-1:28:31
- Toku Topic: 1:28:31-1:49:29
- Listener Feedback, Housekeeping & Outro: 1:49:29-1:59:29
- Epilogue: 1:59:29-end
Podcast Social Media:
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
- Follow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #Godzilla #GodzillaKingoftheMonsters
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- “Atlantis” (Wikipedia).
- Ebert, Roger. “Gamera: Guardian of the Universe” (Review).
- England, Norman. “Inside the Heisei Trilogy: The Guardian of the Universe.” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection; originally published in Fangoria #173, June 1998).
- Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera.” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Forsyth, Phyllis Young. Atlantis: The Making of Myth. “Chapter 1: The Enigma of Atlantis.”
- Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Five Special Features.
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Commentary by Matt Frank (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Gill, Christopher. “The Genre of the Atlantis Story.” Classical Philology, Oct., 1977, Vol. 72, No. 4 (Oct., 1977), pp. 287-304.
- Hackworth, R. “The Story of Atlantis: Its Purpose and Its Moral.” The Classical Review, May, 1944, Vol. 58, No. 1 (May, 1944), pp. 7-9.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 2: 1982-2017.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films (Mutated Edition).
- LeMay, John. Writing Giant Monsters.
- Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera the Guardian of the Universe” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Milner, David. “Interview with Noriaki Yuasa” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Morgan, Kathryn A. “Designer History: Plato's Atlantis Story and Fourth-Century Ideology.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1998, Vol. 118 (1998), pp. 101-118.
- Wiki Articles on Gamera: Guardian of the Universe:
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers! What you’re about to hear is an excerpt from the most recent MIFV MAX livestream on YouTube. Normally, these are reserved for MIFV’s Patrons on Patreon, but this included such a HUGE announcement, I wanted to make it available for everyone. In case you missed it, I, Nathan, and my friend Danny DiManna announced what movie will be covered on MIFV’s 50th episode/2nd anniversary, how the storyline leading up to it relates to Mystery Science Theater 3000, and how you, my wonderful listeners, can help make this special episode possible.
Here’s a link to the full livestream: MIFV MAX #4: MST3K's Influence on the Podcast.
Here’s a link to MIFV’s Patreon page.
Thanks, everyone!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
Podcast Social Media:
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
- Follow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers! “Godzilla Redux” continues with Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (the original and not the 2019 film covered on MIFV a few months ago). Elijah Thomas (aka “The Littlest Gatekeeper”) from the Kaiju Conversation podcast joins Nate to discuss this Americanized version of the original 1954 kaiju classic. While it’s often been derided by both fans and critics alike, Nate and Elijah argue that it’s not only an important time capsule commenting on American-Japanese relations in the mid-1950s, but it just might be more culturally significant than Ishiro Honda’s original film! You read that right! If it wasn’t for Raymond Burr playing reporter (not comedian) Steve Martin in this version, the Godzilla franchise may have stalled and faded into the arthouse ether. That’s just a taste of these boys’ defense of the film!
Before the broadcast, Nate gets a call from Legal Action Team paralegal Gary, who says he’s meeting with a private investigator concerning their case against the Board—just when William H. George III, the Board’s special envoy, pays Nate a visit to make some veiled threats. After the broadcast, which includes several reports about an escaped Gyaos, Raymund Martin comes demanding to know if Nate has seen Gary that day—and tells Nate and Jimmy about a tragedy on the Island.
Listen to Nate and Travis’s spinoff podcast, The Henshin Men Podcast, on Redcircle.
This episode’s prologue and epilogue, “Gary and the Gyaos,” was written by Nathan Marchand with Michael Hamilton and Damon Noyes.
Guest stars:
- Michael Hamilton as William H. George III
- Damon Noyes as Gary & Raymund Martin
Additional music:
- “Rondeau” by Jean-Joseph Mouret
- “Opening the Way” by Pablo Coma
- “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo
- “Abandoned by God” by RoeTaKa
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, and today’s guest host, Elijah Thomas! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Check out MIFV MAX #4 to learn how you can help make Episode 50—MIFV’s second anniversary special—possible!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Prologue: 0:00-4:37
- Intro: 4:37-16:30
- Main Discussion: 16:30-1:28:59
- Listener Feedback, Housekeeping & Outro: 1:28:59-1:39:13
- Epilogue: 1:39:13-end
Podcast Social Media:
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
- Follow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #Godzilla #GodzillaKingoftheMonsters
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Brothers, Peter H. Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda.
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Glownia, Dawid. “Socio-Political Aspects of Kaijū Eiga Genre: A Case Study of the Original Godzilla.” Silva Iaponicarum, vol. 37.
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Commentary by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski (Classic Media DVD)..
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Commentary by David Kalat (Criterion Blu-Ray).
- Hein, Laura. “Revisiting America’s Occupation of Japan.” Cold War History, Vol. 11, No. 4, November 2011, 579–599.
- Hoberman, J. “Poetry After the A-Bomb” (2011 Criterion Blu-Ray booklet).
- “International Military Tribunal for the Far East” (Wikipedia).
- Kalat, David. A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series, 2nd
- Kaijuvision Radio - “Episode 4: Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (US) (1956) (Occupation of Japan Part 2: Tokyo Tribunal).”
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- Napier, Susan J. “Panic Sites: The Japanese Imagination of Disaster from Godzilla to Akira.” The Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 327-351. Published by: The Society for Japanese Studies.
- Noriega, Chon. “Godzilla and the Japanese Nightmare: When ‘Them!’ Is U.S.” Cinema Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Autumn, 1987), pp. 63-77. Published by University of Texas Press on behalf of the Society for Cinema & MediaStudies.
- Rhodes, Sean, and Brooke McCorkle. “Chapter 3: Godzilla, Nature and Nuclear Revenge.” Japan’s Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema.
- Ryfle, Steve. “Godzilla’s Footprint” (Classic Media DVD booklet).
- Ryfle, Steve, and Ed Godziszewski. Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa.
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Hello…kaiju…lovers…. The only reason this episode is long as it is because Nate’s guest, Daniel DiManna (creator/author of the Godzilla Novelization Project) is the most talkative introvert ever of all time. But even if “Danny Boy” was Superman with a Beta Capsule, he couldn’t save this week’s Year of Gamera movie, the infamous Gamera: Super Monster. This 1980 cash-grab from a barely-alive Daiei Film is easily the Guardian of the Universe’s lowest point. On paper, Nate should love this movie because it has three of his favorite things—spaceships, superheroes, and kaiju—but he doesn’t. From public access channel special effects to a nonsensical plot with everything but the kitchen sink to the truckloads of stock footage—this must’ve been a plot by the Board of Directors to break Nate. Meanwhile, Danny keeps MIFV's intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA, quiet by getting him to bet his Pteranodon-bot that he can't interrupt them during the broadcast. The Toku Topic, fittingly, is the rise and fall of Daiei Film, the studio that introduced the world to Akira Kurosawa and Gamera but dug itself into a financial hole it couldn’t escape. It’s a crazy story, to say the least.
Before the broadcast, Nate and Jimmy are visited by the Board’s executive assistant, Ms. Perkins. She tells Nate that she made arrangements for him to interview Spacewoman Kilara from Gamera: Super Monster on MIFV, much to his chagrin, and then fangirls over her. But the more Nate asks Ms. Perkins questions about her past, the stranger she acts.
Listen to Nate and Travis’s spinoff podcast, The Henshin Men Podcast, on Redcircle.
This episode’s epilogue, “Interviewing a Superheroine,” was written by Nathan Marchand.
Guest stars:
- Celeste Mora as Ms. Perkins
Additional music:
Sound effects, including some by InspectorJ and klankbeeld, sourced from Freesound.org.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, and TofuFury! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Prologue: 0:00-7:47
- Intro: 7:47-19:26
- Entertaining Info Dump: 19:26-26:43
- Toku Talk: 26:43-1:37:52
- Henshin Men Promo: 1:37:52-1:41:08
- Toku Topic: 1:41:08-2:13:12
- Listener Feedback, Housekeeping & Outro: 2:13:12-end
Podcast Social Media:
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
- Follow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #GameraSuperMonster #YearofGamera
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- “Daiei Film.” (Wikipedia).
- Danny’s brain.
- Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Four Special Features.
- Gamera: Super Monster Commentary by Richard Pusateri (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Kaijuvision Radio, Episode 12: Ebirah - Horror of the Deep! (1966) (The Changing Kaiju Film Audience)
- Kalat, David. “Chapter 19: Survival of the Silliest.” A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series, 2nd
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera: Super Monster” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Shoemaker, Greg. “Daiei: A History of the Greater Japan Motion Picture Company.” (The History Vortex).
- Wiki Articles on Gamera: Super Monster
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers! Welcome to MIFV's first Patreon-sponsored episode and TV talk! MIFV MAX member Eli Harris visits Monster Island to discuss three episodes of the criminally underappreciated Godzilla: The Series, the vastly superior Saturday morning cartoon sequel to Godzilla (1998). Their discussion includes the show’s the two-part premiere, “New Family,” which picks up where the movie left off, and Eli’s favorite episode, "DeadLoch" (ba-dum-tssh), where Zilla Jr. meets the Loch Ness Monster. You'll hear some great facts about Nessie, too. All the while, Eli stings MIFV’s intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA, with the best zingers this side of “the Pond.” Afterward, Nate visits the office of the Monster Island Legal Action Team to meet with Gary and see what the paralegal has uncovered about the Board of Directors—after Gary goes dumpster diving.
Check out Eli’s podcast, Tokusatsu Beyond.
Guest Stars
- Damon Noyes as both Raymund Martin and Gary
This episode’s epilogue, “Truth in the Trash,” was written by Nathan Marchand (with Damon Noyes).
Additional Music:
- “Godzilla The Series Metal Cover” by Евгений Девяткин
- “Perry Mason Theme” by Buddy Morrow
- “Cross-Examination (Sudden Interjection)” by PrototypeRaptor
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, and our newest Patron, TofuFury! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Intro: 0:00-6:55
- Background: 6:55-18:52
- “New Family, Part 1” Discussion: 18:52-38:05
- “New Family, Part 2” Discussion: 38:05-52:47
- “DeadLoch” Discussion: 52:47-1:12-53
- Housekeeping & Outro: 1:12:53-1:26:13
- Epilogue: 1:26:13-end
Podcast Links:
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #GodzillaTheSeries
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- “Godzilla: The Series” (Wikipedia).
- Jankiewicz, Pat. “Design All Monsters.” Sci-Fi TV #2, Dec. 1998 (from the editors of Starlog).
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films (Mutated Edition).
- “Loch Ness Monster” (History.com).
- “Loch Ness Monster may be a giant eel, say scientists,” 5 Sept. 2019 (BBC News).
- “Loch Ness Monster: 'Plausible theory' for Nessie,” 21 Aug. 2019 (BBC News).
- “On This Day in History | May 2 | ‘Loch Ness "Monster’ sighted for the first time, igniting the modern legend” (History.com).
- “Remembering Godzilla: The Series” by Up From The Depths (YouTube).
- “Why Was Godzilla: The Animated Series' SO GOOD?!” by DangerVille (YouTube).
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
I (Nathan) am the "kaiju guy" now, but I used to be the "superhero guy." Now thanks to Travis from Kaiju Weekly, I've combined both!
This is a promo for our new spinoff podcast, The Henshin Men, a tokusatsu superhero appreciation podcast dedicated to high-flying and high-kicking adventures of Japan's transforming, kaiju-fighting heroes!
New episodes drop every Monday.
Henshin Men on RedCircle.
Henshin Men on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers! After calling in a favor at the last second to get a replacement guest, Nate sits down with Kaiju Weekly’s Travis Alexander and kaiju author Neil Riebe to discuss one of Gamera’s lowest points: Gamera vs. Zigra. Yes, before Jaws, the Friend to All Children battled a giant alien shark who couldn't decide if he wanted to enslave humanity or eat them. Ziggy also has a bad habit of recruiting beautiful ladies as hench-people (your new PC term of the day), but they forget everything they knew before being mind-controlled—like that parading around in nothing but a bikini might not be the most inconspicuous disguise unless you're in an exploitation film for kids. Let's just say, Nate almost loses his mind in this episode. The Toku Topic is Kamogawa Sea World, because this movie is a terrible, overgrown commercial for the resort.
Afterward, Nate has to pull some Board-mandated overtime and is contacted in secret by Gary, Raymund Martin's paralegal. Nate thinks he’s found a new friend in Gary in his quest to out the Board.
Listen to Nate and Travis’s spinoff podcast, The Henshin Men Podcast, on Redcircle.
Check out Neil’s books, I Shall Not Mate and Vistakill.
This episode's epilogue, "A Secret Ally," was written by Nathan Marchand with Michael Hamilton.
Guest stars:
- Damon Noyes as Gary
Additional music:
- “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo
- “Feena’s Premonition” by Jorito
- “Cross-Examination (Sudden Interjection)” by PrototypeRaptor
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, and The Cel Cast! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Intro: 0:00-12:40
- Entertaining Info Dump: 12:40-19:22
- Toku Talk: 19:22-57:45
- Advertisement: 57:45-58:24
- Toku Topic: 58:24-1:15:05
- Listener Feedback, Housekeeping & Outro: 1:15:05-1:32:26
- Epilogue: 1:32:26-end
Podcast Social Media:
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
- Follow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #GameravsZigra #YearofGamera
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Four Special Features.
- Gamera vs. Zigra Commentary by Sean Rhodes and Brooke McCorkle (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Kamogawa Sea World Official English Language Website.
- “Kamogawa Sea World” (Wikipedia).
- “Kamogawa Seaworld” (Japan Guide).
- Katsumata, Hiroshi. “Kamogawa Sea World at 50: Looking Ahead, More Important than Ever to the Preservation of Japan’s Marine Species” (Japan Forward).
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera vs. Zigra” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Milner, David. “Interview with Noriaki Yuasa” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Rhodes, Sean, and Brooke McCorkle. “Chapter 9: Gamera vs. Zigra: A Tale of Space Invaders and the Sea.” Japan’s Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema.
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
By our powers combined!
In true Amalgam Comics fashion, The Monster Island Film Vault and Kaiju Weekly have fused to form a super-show (“Kaiju Film Vault Weekly”?) to discuss 2021’s next big tent-pole kaiju release, the Netflix anime Godzilla: Singular Point. Nate, Travis, Michael, and even Jimmy From NASA get into just about everything about this 13-episode series released worldwide June 24, from the characters to the monsters to quantum physics. This series proved to be somewhat divisive in the Godzilla fanbase as it aired weekly in Japan starting in March, and your intrepid hosts were just as divided. Who liked it and who loved it? Listen to learn the answer!
Nate was unable to share his research on quantum mechanics because this broadcast went long, so Jimmy posted it as a bonus Jimmy’s Notes on the MIFV website as a supplement to this episode. Hopefully, it enhances your appreciation of this experimental Godzilla anime.
Additional music:
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, and The Cel Cast! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Intro: 0:00-4:50
- News: 4:50-28:16
- Toku Talk/Main Topic: 28:16-2:16:13
- Housekeeping & Outro: 2:16:13-end
Podcast Links:
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #GodzillaSingularPoint
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media and Kaiju Weekly
Bibliography/Further Reading:
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers!
By popular (and Godzilla’s) demand, MIFV is starting a new series on episodes on the Godzilla franchise called “Godzilla Redux”! It starts with the one that started it all, the 1954 classic Godzilla (aka Gojira) starring Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, and Takeshi Shimura, among others, and directed by Ishiro Honda. Of course, such a momentous film and occasion required all four of the original Tourists, Nick Hayden, Timothy Deal, and Joe & Joy Metter. Unfortunately for Nate, there is way, way, WAY too much scholarship on this film, so it was overwhelming to research and difficult to condense it all down. Regardless, the roundtable discusses the U.S. Occupation of Japan, the Lucky Dragon No. 5 incident, and how Dr. Serizawa should’ve been a cool anime character, among other subjects related to this film.
Check out Nick and Tim’s podcast, Derailed Trains of Thought!
Additional music:
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, and The Cel Cast! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
Prologue: 0:00-1:11
Intro: 1:11-3:55
Main Discussion: 3:55-1:17:36
Housekeeping & Outro: 1:17:36-end
Podcast Links:
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
TikTok
Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #Godzilla
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Barr, Jason. The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters.
- Brothers, Peter H. Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda.
- Brothers, Peter H. “Without Raymond Burr: Godzilla at the Egyptian.” G-Fan, no. 50, March/April 2001.
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Glownia, Dawid. “Socio-Political Aspects of Kaijū Eiga Genre: A Case Study of the Original Godzilla.” Silva Iaponicarum, vol. 37.
- Godzilla Commentary by David Kalat (Criterion Blu-Ray).
- Godzilla 2011 Criterion Blu-Ray Special Features.
- Gojira Commentary by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski (Classic Media DVD).
- Gojira Classic Media DVD Special Features.
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- Hoberman, J. “Poetry After the A-Bomb” (2011 Criterion Blu-Ray booklet).
- Kaijuvision Radio, Episode 2: Godzilla Origins: King Kong (1933) and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
- Kaijuvision Radio, Episode 3: Gojira (1954) (The Occupation of Japan Part 1: Castle Bravo Test, Cold War, Democracy)
- Kalat, David. A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series, 2nd
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- LeMay, John. Writing Giant Monsters.
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Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers!
The “Year of Gamera” reaches its midpoint in an episode that’s the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Well, not really. But you will hear Nate and returning guest/multi-podcaster Ben Avery discuss 1970’s Gamera vs. Jiger. This movie, which shockingly opened the year the Japanese film industry crashed, serves as a (sorta) big budget travelogue/commercial for Expo ’70, the first world’s fair held in Asia. Both “Cornjob” and a yellow submarine return, but outer space is replaced with “innerspace” as the Kennys travel inside Gamera to cure him of his “impregnation” by Jiger, an ancient female demon beast. I’m not making this up. It’s a movie that may have anticipated The Exorcist and Alien. The Toku Topic, naturally, is Expo ’70. I mean, what else would it be?
Afterward, Nate and Jimmy get a surprise visit from Monster Island’s resident mad scientist and mushroom enthusiast, Dr. Dante Dourif, who’s been sent on a mission to “stabby-stabby” Nate with a syringe filled with his mushroom-enhanced COVID-19 vaccine. Oh my….
Check out all of Ben’s podcasts:
-Strangers and Aliens
-Welcome to Level 7
-The Comic Book Time Machine
-Supersonic Pod Comics
Guest stars:
- Daniel DiManna as Dr. Dourif
Additional music:
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, and The Cel Cast! Thanks for your support!
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This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00-6:02
Entertaining Info Dump: 6:02-13:07
Toku Talk: 13:07-55:48
Advertisement: 55:48-56:25
Toku Topic: 56:25-1:30:29
Housekeeping & Outro: 1:30:29-1:40:35
Epilogue: 1:40:35-end
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
- “About Expo ’70 in Osaka” (Tower of the Sun Museum)
- “Expo ‘70” (Wikipedia)
- “EXPO '70: 50th ANNIVERSARY” by Kaiju Masterclass (YouTube)
- “Expo 70 Osaka: A Futuristic Experience” (Culture Trip)
- Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Four Special Features.
- Gamera vs. Jiger Commentary by Edward L. Holland (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Gardner, William O. “The 1970 Osaka Expo and/as Science Fiction.” Review of Japanese Culture and Society, Vol. 23, Expo '70 and Japanese Art: Dissonant Voices (DECEMBER 2011), pp. 26-43.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera vs. Jiger” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- “Metabolism (architecture)” (Wikipedia)
- Uri, John. “50 Years Ago: Moon Sample Rocks Osaka Expo ’70.” (NASA). Edited by Kelli Mars. Updated March 16, 2020.
- Wiki Articles on Gamera vs. Jiger: