Ant Gates and Phillip O'Connor join us for an appropriately monster-sized discussion to celebrate the Arrow Video release of Gamera: The Complete Collection. We take in the history of Kaiju, while considering the important questions. Like what does Mothra drink? And exactly what is the deal with Godzilla's son? Stephen Palmer tells us more about the original hero in a half shell, and Helen McCarthy, author of many of our favourite books on anime, tells us How she got into easternFlicks.
This episode's timecodes
00:00:31 - Episode introduction 00:02:35 - The origins of Kaiju 00:22:27 - Stephen on Gamera 00:29:47 - Godzilla's enduring popularity 00:42:58 - Just what is it with Godzilla's son? 00:47:35 - So who's number 2? 00:56:30 - Non-Japanese Kaiju 01:04:41 - Helen McCarthy: How I got into easternFlicks 01:06:06 - What next for Kaiju films? 01:31:55 - What would they drink? 01:36:15 - Outro