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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2024
- 2023 was a pretty wild year to be a kaiju fan. Every major franchise, from Ultraman to Godzilla to Gamera to Monsterverse, got a new entry in some form. Soooo, let's talk about them!
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0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Gamera Rebirth
2:38 - Chibi Godzilla Raids Again
3:23 - Ultraman (Blazar, Regulos, Ultraseven IF Story)
6:18 - Video games (Ultraman DLC, Voxel Wars, Rise of Kong)
9:24 - Cleanup (feat. Shin Kamen Rider)
14:56 - Monsterverse (Skull Island, Monarch)
24:15 - Godzilla!
Music used:
“Bio Wars” - Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Batman ‘89 Genesis soundtrack
Ultraman Blazar opening
ULTRA SEVEN - Ultraseven SNES
“All is Well” - Gigabash
Super Tokusatsu Taisen - V3 theme
“Lonely Soul” - Kamen Rider (1971)
“Metamorphose II” - Shin Kamen Rider (2023)
Iron King theme
Jumborg Ace theme
US Spectreman theme
Monarch Legacy of Monsters title theme
The Gonk - Herbert Chappell
“News Report” - Godzilla Domination
Jet Jaguar theme - Godzilla (PS4)
“Divine” - Godzilla Minus One (2023)
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There were a number of Godzilla comic releases this year that I considered covering... had I actually read them. There's another project in the works where I talk about every English Godzilla comic, so, uh, look forward to whenever that behemoth of a project is done.
New to your channel and I like what I see. Hope you get more likes and subs. I've been writing my own fan-fic version of Godzilla vs. Megalon during his year. It's titled, It's called Godzilla vs. the Kabuton Brothers: The Undersea Kingdom's SOS Strategy.
Instead of one, there are two Megalon's. Both are robot's representing Seatopia’s ancient guardians from long ago. I also changed Megalon from Kabuton because I felt this new name fits better. One of them causes a volcanic eruption and earthquake on Monster island, sending the monsters fleeing except for Godzilla. After a battle, Godzilla chases Megalon to Japan. Goro Ibuki and his younger brother Hiroshi Ibuki see the second Megalon after it drains the water from Lake Kitayama. Instead of being villain's, the Seatopian’s are victims of the nuclear tests and help Goro improve Jet Jaguar. I also improved and expanded on Seatopia's history and cut out the part about them being allies with the M Space Nebula aliens since it's never explained how they came to know each other. So no Gigan in my story. Sorry.
I made Goro and Hiroshi brothers instead of friends in the movie. I also added in a new character such as Einus. She is a Seatopian princess who helps them against Ana, another Seatopian who is controlling the Megalon Brothers. In the film there was no given reason why JJ was created. But now there is. In a flashback, you learn that JJ was a project by Goro and Hiroshi's parents for the propose of fighting monsters until they are both killed during Gigan and King Ghidorah's rampage through Tokyo in Godzilla vs. Gigan. It's not the most original idea. You see it in other tokusatsu shows at that time, but what else are you going to do with a giant robot. Let it fight monsters, no duh!
Jet Jaguar is later upgraded in the story as an advanced A.I. and can talk just like in the Godzilla SP anime. He has new abilities, ranging from a finishing move called the Plasma Beam he fires from his wrists when he crosses them in a X fashion. Jet Jaguar can also fire a taser-like attachment from is right arm and a deploy a pepper-spray from his left arm. To freeze his enemy’s, Jet Jaguar can shoot a liquid nitrogen spray from his mouth.
So there! I just fixed the movie! What do you think? Do any of you have any ideas that can improve Godzilla vs. Megalon? Let me know by replying please.
@@ethanreynolds3522 man, I miss the old alien version of jet jaguar. It was much more cool than an A.I. that had the voice of a girl
Do a retrospective for mebius
Gamera saving the kids from Moloch worshippers was pretty good
Perfect way to put it!
We even got confirmation that the 4kids Ultraman Tiga English dub adaptation was completed via its co-producer, Mike Pecoriello, and they even have a copy of the last episode dubbed( supposedlty a merged combination of Japanese eps 51 and 52 together) hopefully they will release it one day for all to see.
Oh Wow!!
Us Kaiju/Tokusatsu fans have been feasting this year and I couldn't be happier.
It was definitely a great year for us kaiju fans.
Skull Island: Rise of Kong 😬
@@TheGreatCragWyvern yeah we don't talk about that...
@@TheGreatCragWyvern Eh. It's one bad apple in a bunch of good ones
This year we also got Gridman Universe, the big grand finale to the Gridman anime stuff by Studio Trigger
I was just about to mention Gridman Universe! Man, that was good.
FYI The Shin "Trilogy" actually has a FOURTH entry that many wouldn't consider. It is actually the anime Rebuild of Evangelion. In Japan, it's titled as Shin Evangelion. It's officially part of the Shin Series. The Shin Universe Robo toy uses all four properties to create a combiner robot aka Megazord. Seriously, it is weird seeing Shin Godzilla transform to become the robot's torso.
Edit: There's a video advertising for the Shin Universe Robo on TH-cam, you'd think it's for a show. The video is on Bandai's official channel.
Pretty stacked year of kaiju content. Ultra series is still going strong as usual, but not only did we get a new Toho Godzilla film, but we also got the new Monsterverse series, the Kong "anime" (I hate how Netflix categorizes certain animated shows), the trailer of Godzilla x Kong, and Gamera finally came back. Don't know if we'll ever have a year like this in a while, but it was fun while it lasted.
PS. Of course Ultrawoman are hot. You just don't get the appeal of a lady in spandex that's the size of a building and can destroy your house with one foot.
Spandex ✅
Women ✅
Giant ⛔
The fact you used the word foot ⛔
@@ZaGorudan It's an acquired taste. You wouldn't understand.
@@ZaGorudantook the words right out of my mouth
@kingbash6466 Za clown
I’ve gotta say, you have easily become my favorite Toku TH-camr. I love your videos and your commentary is interesting. Thank you for all you do.
Also, I really hope we can get physical releases of some these shows and movies over here. I’d love to see a blu ray for Shin Kamen Rider soon and Monarch.
2023 has been a very good year for kaiju and tokusatsu indeed. You should see Mirrorman from Tsuburaya productions.
Glad you're based on the "MV Skull Island is boring" truth!
yesss i am not the only one that thinks gamera's new theme sounds like a truck commercial!
Kaiju Fans have been eating quite well these past 3 years.
GxK looks ridiculous and I kinda love it.
It was awesome watching you take off this year and likewise for a ton of kaiju media. I would never have believed the amount and quality of the stuff we’re currently getting when I was I kid.
OMG, I love how Chibi Mechagodzilla is just a totally normal guy who can't even with all the other chibis' nonsense. I'd love to know how Chibi Godzilla and Godziban both ended up being such incredibly funny shows. What kind mad comedic geniuses work at Toho?! 😆
I'm really enjoying Blazar too, it's really fun. but having FOUR recap episodes is a bit much, and too many reused monsters, though they work with the story. I hope the next Ultraman gets a bigger budget. Blazar deserves one.
Blazar kinda feels like Tsubaraya's attempt to prove to Bandai they CAN do something with a bigger budget and still turn enough of a profit, since Bandai has historically skimped on budget and pushed toys for profit. Hopefully, it's convincing enough to continue in Blazar's direction.
I never understood the need for so many recap episodes
Gives them more time to finish the actual substantial episodes, which air weeks down the line, without a gap in the release schedule. They're a necessary evil but I usually skip them.
Better than decker 9 recap.
@@MrCreepjo what was that one like?
Godzilla and Ultraman also fought each other on a some news skit as well. Official suits and everything.
Didn't watch the Gamera Netflix thing but did watch the monster fights here on TH-cam and I must say they are BRUTAL,like I know this is Gamera and the whole kid thing but goddamn did he get it on and got as much as he gave so props to them for that.
The whole Kong and Godzilla film...don't care,starting to look as silly as the stuff that drove me away from most of the 70's stuff and the 2004 final wars....meh
Waiting to see Minus One,looks good.
You do realize godzilla was already becoming silly even before the 70s right? He's a versatile character for a reason who is both simultaneously silly or serious when necessary
Happy holidays!!! insert joke about anactualdimetrodon.
imagine Universal partnered with Toho and had their own Godzilla (ofc Godzilla isn't TOO big bc scaling), then you could say Kong had a son and is now full size now and then you have Universal's GvK!
I mean, I think they have a Godzilla ride in a universal park, but I might be wrong.
My neighbors fight eachother everyday kinda reminds me of godzilla fighting someone
I think an underrated Kaiju related thing that seems to be surprising people is the Man In The Suit Analog Horror series
The man in the suit is really creepy.
Great review rundown! I'm glad to hear that the Monarch show is pretty good thus far. There's been so much Kaiju content that I haven't had the time to watch it yet lol. Looking forward to your future reviews
good stuff as usual, goldn
Are we gonna look back on this time with fondness when we’re all hella old? I think yes.
I should mention that the english dub of Specterman is heavily censored. The show is actually really violent, and they cut most of those moments out. Like for example in one of the later episodes, a dog gets turned into a dog monster at a hospital, and he grabs a near by nurse and bites her head off, before yeeting the headless body in front of the main characters. Or an episode after it, the dogs owner becomes a vampire monster, and we see it feeding on the brains of a random woman he met on the street (the dub just cuts to a closeup of the monster, ignoring the gore on the ground). I usually don't mind dubs, but I do mind censorship, as the crazy violence is what made it special.
Spectreman also has a rather uncanny valley manga.
I love YOU!!!! I love THIS YEAR!! I love KAIJU!!!
The new Gamera was a fun TV show 👍🏼 Monarch, on the other hand, has been insufferable
I’m convinced that Hollywood is just incapable of making anything good at this point
I gotta watch chibi godzilla now, the explosive "だれ?!" cracked me up
I'm so mixed on monarch legacy of monsters. I have had way more fun and enjoyment with the movie and even like the movie characters more. So far the only character i did like in the show is Lee Shaw but I honestly don't like the main trio.
Specterman! A hero comes! To save the day!
I have to said that Chibi Godzila and Ultraman Blazar take the cake for the twist and some joke came so sudden.
The fact that minus one got me into a godzilla rabbit hole tells how much of an impact it had. Also high expectations for the next instalment. Ik i shouldn't compare legendary godzilla with -1 but god damn, it's too good man
It's best to not compare the two films as both films aren't aiming to please same preference in godzilla films nor portraying the same godzilla themes or styles. Minus 1 is a drama film, gxk is dumb fun. Both are good but for different reasons
What a good year.
I too, turn into Dust Man when I watch anime. I also throw gorilla men and they scream 'nononononononono' when I watch anime as Dust Man.
2023 was a feast. We were eating good this year
I RECOGNIZE THAT ART! MY BOI BRIAN12!
8:37 On the topic of strategy games, have you tried Kaiju Wars? It’s been sitting on my wishlist forever
Kharis is the best henchman with his Popeye style subversive snarking. I've been catching up on old episodes of Spectreman on TH-cam.
Uploaded on my birthday, but I do not remember seeing it on my birthday was this re-uploaded for the New Year’s to make it more appropriate
Me, a British person seeing Guiron: *sips tea* ...flipping heck
not just kaiju, but the entirety of japanese media
i bought the playmates toys Antarctic kong 2 days ago and i got him today, what a fitting time for this video.
I say godzilla awakening is just thrown out the window. Pretty much out the canon room
Day 1 Of Ultraman Cosmos Out Of Context
What about gridman universe?
YES! YES!!! I KNEW PEOPLE WERE GONNA POINT OUT I MISSED SOMETHING!!!!! GOD I LOVE BEING RIGHT.
Gridman Universe the Movie... we're not going to mention it here? aight >.>
great video as always, but the chibi godzilla slander is impossible to overlook, so i expect the apologize video within the day
2023 was a great time to be a Kaiju fan. Rise of Kong sucks though 😂
Gigabash has the main issue that it's community is atrocious (what community isn't at times?). That being said, the main issue is with the camera being so insanely pulled back because the game was only designed with 4 players in mind. This, combined with the streetfighter-esc speed the characters move at makes the "giant monsters" look like action figures playing on a playset and not, well... giant monsters. It's fine if that doesn't bother you but it bothers a fair few daikaiju fans.
But don't ask the community for a closer camera option for 1v1 combat. They will hunt you down and accuse you of trolling and of course the typical "if you don't like it, don't buy it", despite needing to buy it to even give the game a try in the first place.
So I would say sales are probably middling at best. The game mainly seems to be viewed by Tsubaraya and Toho as a quick and easy cop out of putting out any funds or effort into an Ultraman/Godzilla game that isn't some mobile gatcha jank.
Anne always had that wagon very few know dis
I want chibi Godzilla raids again s2 peak anime. And very funny
I always kinda liked cell-shaded animation. Maybe because I grew up watching choppy stop-motion animations on TH-cam.
No Gridman Universe? Sad😢it was my favorite Kaiju media this year
Girls band cry is so far where 3D anime got well.
Gamera Rebirth was so good in every other aspect that I totally forgave its shortcomings in the animation department. The story, tone, characterization, all basically a perfect blend of the series' three previous versions (Showa insane cheap goofiness, the masterful Kaneko trilogy, and Gamera The Brave's "E.T./Iron Giant/Water Horse but with Gamera") into a cohesive new take. Gamera's both Guardian of the Universe and Friend of All Children in that show, and those ideas feel like they harmonize. I cried when the final credits played.
I need to finish Blazar, I only watched a couple episodes but i enjoyed them. And it's a personal failing of mine that I didn't watch Monarch.
And then Minus One?.....Minus One is the film (like, of ALL movies ever) I've seen the most times in theaters. I saw it five times I think? At the IMAX fan preview, with my fiancée, with some other friends, in B&W, and in B&W with my parents. And I loved it every time and I'm honestly mad in my heart that it's out of theaters and not available on disc yet so I can watch it again.
I think I heard your voice before. Did you narrate for wikizilla before?
maybe
No godzilla singular point season 2? man huge cliffhanger and a long wait period for season 2 of singular point
S2 is happening, the writer stated there may or may not be a s2 in the works months ago
@@Kaiju-bm4ts I knew that just so damn boring without that anime
9:01 yeah, don’t blame you for not wanting to talk about rise of Kong, less said about that game the better.
In short:
CAKE
Ill bleed sound effects,nice
I got a lot enjoyment watching so many Kaiju franchise this year like Blazar,Gamera and Gridman universe I wish I could watch Godzilla minus one this year if it's isn't for Toho keep ignoring south Asian screening
Cool vid 👍
28:13 - wanna stop beating around the bush and just state your thoughts on GvsMG 93?
(P.S. I won’t be angry if your opinion is wrong)
Algorithm booster comment.
YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A ROCK
Where do you watch ultraman blazar?
It's on Tsuburaya's official TH-cam channel for free
6:20 of course another ultraman video we never get here in the US
Gridman Universe?
Golden is straight? That's a mayor plot twist
I think he did mention it before lol
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong
2024.....
I think there will be a Godzilla singular point S2 in 2024
I didn't like the MV Skull Island animated series. The young female character was so damn annoying, like my two younger brothers and I had to keep ourselves from tearing our ears off.
The creature designs are cool. The fact that the Kraken was throwing stuff at Kong's lair was very entertaining. Just wish the human characters were more enjoyable.
When it comes to Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, I love it even more. For once after years since Kong: Skull Island, it DOESN’T feel like a Michael Bay movie with too much action. It feels like a genuine Kaiju film. I know that Kaiju is action, but too much action just kind of ruins it for me, lol.
The action in Godzilla Minus One was done well. Sure, there's so much action, but the choreography and tone matched what they were going for. Godzilla FELT and LOOKED like an actual nuclear bomb.
Minus One IS the GOAT.
The Godzilla vs. Megalon short was EPIC, and I am feeling so much nostalgia from the Godzilla vs. Jet Jaguar short.
Comment made: 8:27 PM Monday, December 25 2023
Can u pls do an ultraman mebius review pls
More like one of the worst years. Behind all the super merchandise releases and stuff, some of it wasn't good, e.g, the new Kong game. Additionally we lost quite some reputable names in the Tokustatsu industry too soon.
You must be fun at parties
@@Kaiju-bm4ts At least I'm capable of having respect.
@@TheMightyN Us losing some legendary tokusatsu legends doesn't make this year one of the worst. The good mostly outweighed the bad
@@Kaiju-bm4tsJust classless. It certainly does make it a worse year for losing such respectable icons so soon and have none of these influencers pay said respects in some special way. Nonetheless, King Kong's game was terrible, then we have Minus One, which stands out averagely with its storytelling. But is seemingly disengaging for audiences nonetheless (unless it's only Godzilla on-screen.) Much less does anybody acknowledge Gamera: Rebirth... and the Legendary franchise is just some brain rot shit that gets aggrandized simply if Godzilla or Kong catch any attention from the Memes. Rate these films or franchises as successes if you like, if were confusing quality for flanderization then there's huge a problem there.
Pacific rim figures!!
You forgor the Ultraman Netflix anime had its season finale. Smh
Everything was some what good except for rise of kong
this year was not it for our favorite primate
What i wanna say is
godzilla vs gigan 1972 Godzilla vs gigan rex 2022
Godzilla vs Megalon 1973 Godzilla Vs gigan 2023
Godzilla vs mechagodzilla 1974 ???
Specter man English dub on Internet Archive
Your complaints feels a little bit nit picky on Godzilla minus 1 but hey every movie has its flaws
That's because they are nitpicks, minus 1 has such little flaws that any flaw most people have with the film doesn't ruin the film massively for them
Shin Godzilla vs Shin Kamen rider vs Shin Ultraman when? Who would win?
me. because i'm a tangible being and they aren't.
Why they giving my Kaijus cake? Not that I'm arguing against it. But I'm curious as to why this happening.
....So...I see you missed Gridman Universe....
1. i forgor
2. no theatrical release here
3. i don't want my first exposure to be through a 240p rip from an airline.
@@ZaGorudan All fair enough
I know this isn't really a kaiju film, but we did get 65 (Dinosaur film), and Meg 2: The Trench (Prehistoric Shark movie), and they've been part of the Monster Mayhem of 2023. So let's just consider it part of this year.
Gamera Rebirth was a massive disappointment to me, I watched the Heisei trilogy before watching rebirth hoping that Rebirth would at least bring some closure to the lack of Gamera 4 in my soul. To say the least, I should not have come into Gamera rebirth with any expectations. The story was meh, the music made me want to turn my tv off every time they reused that generic guitar soundtrack which would go better in Pacific Rim. The fights were very bland, more often than not Gamera just shows up and kills the monster of the week kaiju. Zero cool or interesting world building that we had in the heisei Gamera movies. Incredibly dumb plot twist in the last few episodes.
I totally get the hype for the showa era kaiju's redesigns but the designs completely go to waste because of the monster of the week format, especially when Gamera is weirdly op. Back then the most enjoyable part of Gamera was that he was an underdog and so the fights would have much more going on as Gamera tries to get the advantage, fights with multiple stages. They were really fun and engaging to watch weather in the showa era, heisei era, or the millenium era. Gamera Rebirth tosses that out of the window, I'd argue that it copies the worst thing about Godzilla Final Wars.
Sorry for the huge comment, I just don't really get to put my honest feelings on Gamera Rebirth out there often. I hope you guys can understand where I'm coming from.
You sort of went in with wrong expectations on your part, you shouldn't watch the trilogy and expect the same results from rebirth or the brave or any piece of gamera media afterwards. I've watched the trilogy many times prior to rebirth and still enjoyed it cause i didn't expect it to live up to the trilogy. How is the series being a "monster of the week" formula bad when most kaiju shows literally follow that exact formula.
Gridman did it, so did dynazenon, i shouldn't have to go into detail of many how ultraman shows do it and so did godzilla the series. That's a more simpler route for a episodic kaiju series to go instead of SP being the most overly complex anime plot wise aside from evangelion. Pacific rim the black being mostly plot/character driven but lacking in some areas because of it having only 7 episodes and skull island teasing kong a tad bit too much.
So gamera doing what most other kaiju anime couldn't do formula wise (except gridman/dynazenon) was a breath of fresh air as the over reliance on plot/character driven stories in kaiju anime was starting to get a bit overused. There is a reason godzilla the series for example works while godzilla's anime doesn't. It's episodic formula allowed for more stuff the plot can do.
Gamera was still an underdog in rebirth so...where was he OP? Cause only time he did anything remotely OP was when he sniped the moon. Even power scalers see that as his only OP feat, everything else he did wasn't all that by comparison. So I don't see how it copied FW to any degree when most of the kaiju weren't nerfed just to make gamera look cool like in FW (except jiger who was definitely a bit of a let down compared to her showa incarnation).
He mostly beats gyaos into a pulp, he only struggles with jiger cause of the military attacking him (similar to how he struggled with iris in the sky because of the military attacking him), he only gained the upper hand against zigra on land (just like showa), guiron mostly wrecked gamera. Gamera only struggled against viras because of him missing an arm and struggled against S gyaos because he wasn't fully healed. By all accounts, he was still an underdog in most of his fights.
Side note, gamera's franchise has no millennium era, the brave is still considered part of the heisei era of gamera, it's just not canon to the trilogy. In the same vain mothra's trilogy is part of the heisei era of toho's tokusatsu films but not canon to heisei godzilla films
One last comment, you compare the lore of rebirth to the lore of the heisei trilogy and yet...both stories have similar (if not the same) lore and both don't dive deep into it. G1 gives us the basis of gamera and gyaos being made by the people of Atlantis and g3 goes a bit further to show those same people made beta gameras and potentially iris too, but that's all you get. No answer to why these people created the gyaos how long it took for the civilization to fall.
Matt Frank's last hope manga and the 2003 gamera vs barugon manga go into detail on the background of this ancient civilization much more than the trilogy did. Rebirth simply said this other civilization created kaiju, sacrificed kids to them and at some point, the civilization fell. We do have a prequel manga that is still ongoing that will explain the fall of this civilization, probably alot more than either manga for the trilogy did by comparison.
However the plot twist in ep 5 did feel a bit odd as it felt out of nowhere, I will agree to that but same can be said for asagi claiming she no longer could feel or hear gamera's thoughts at the end of g1 but for some reason, claims she can still sense them in g2. I love both but both got their flaws.
Poor Kong
They better do my boy justice in GxK
Monarch did nothing wrong
Too bad the same can't be said for Power Rangers...
My thoughts on Moanrch vs Netflix Kong are FLIPPED compared to yours! (Well not so much, Kong is indeed mid but...man Monarch is LOWER)
The modern cast is so....dismissiable. I do enjoy the espionage and the world building; of how Monarch was founded and became public knowledge. But damn Cate, Kentaro, and May are characters I hope get killed off/forgotten about.
I have more attatchement to JOSH (fat kid with glasses from GvK) and FORD (army soldier from 2014) than ANY of the three! Even the eco terrorist from KotM are more endearing than them!
It's hard to keep going (on ep7 as I'm writing this) but I wanna see what Monarch and Goji are up to so...guess I'll trudge through the mud that are the three main leads of the show~
(Btw, the 50's cast is slightly better. But Keiko drags things down for me. Much prefer Shaw and Bill over her. For a character that died in ep1, she's stealing the spotlight from her other 2 leads)
not one good kaiju game......
I'm glad Gigabash got a mention, go buy it so we can get Gamera next year