Godzilla Raids Again (1955) Differences
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2020
- Original Japanese Title: Godzilla's Counterattack (April 24, 1955)
Original American Title: Gigantis, the Fire Monster (May 21, 1959)
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One line from the Japanese cut of the movie that really got my attention is the part where they strait up said that Godzilla is super sensitive to bright lights because they remind him of the atomic bomb
Yeah apparently Showa era Godzilla canonically has PTSD
On 3:27
Fun fact: the footage of the ceratosaurus in the American version of Godzilla raids again are from a film called “Unknown island” and that film was released in 1948
The added stock footage shot of the three Tyrannosaur dinosaurs, used in the U.S. version, was from the 1948 movie Unknown Island.
GRA is underrated. The suit imo is actually terrifying. The proportions and face look disgusting and that helps the horror surrounding Godzilla
Definitely one of the more terrifying Godzilla suits for sure.
I agree, this film used to creep me out as a kid xD The puppets used look something out of a surreal nightmare lol
I like the US cut
the puppets are hilarious and cute looking lol
@@ArsonCommitter99 lol Now as an adult kinda in some scenes
Funny thing about your comment on Kobayashi sounding like a Hanna-Barberra character. I've read that he was dubbed by the same guy that did the voice for Yogi Bear.
if that were the case then Kobayashi was voiced by Daws Butler, the original voice actor for Yogi Bear and several other H-B characters
Godzilla Raids Again was almost turned into a different movie called the Volcano Monsters. A US Production Company was going to take Special Effects footage from the second Godzilla film, and build an entirely new story around it. It was going to be about exploroers who discover the Preserved Bodies of Two Dinosaurs(Godzilla & Anguirus). They transport them back to Civilization, and somehow, the two Creatures come back to life. They escape and have a battle in a nearby Chinatown(which would've explained the Asian setting in the film). Toho even shipped over two Godzilla and Anguirus Costumes that were going to be used to film additional shots for the movie. Eventually the Project got shelved and we got a dubbed version of Godzilla Raids Again, instead. As bad as the American version of Godzilla Raids Again is(or Gigantis the Fire Monster, as It's also called), the re-edited, butchered version might've even been worse.
Some of the elements from the abandoned "Volcano Monsters" script would later be used in Melchior's script for "Reptilicus".
I remember seeing Gigantis at a theatre back in the early sixties. It was on a double bill with Teenagers From Outer Space. So far as I know, it was never shown on TV nor released on VHS or DVD. I was finally able to get the original, Godzilla Raids Again, on DVD sometime in the twenty-teens. The version I bought did not include the American edition, so all that remains to me of Gigantis is a handful of sixty-year-old memories. In the meantime, I did find a DVD of Teenagers from Outer Space, so that hot sixties summer afternoon is not lost to me entirely.
I know it’s an old comment but on the free streaming service Tubi they have the Gigantis version under the title Godzilla Raids Again there
The title card Godzlla Raids Again actually wasn't used in the American cut until the 2006 DVD, although the 1988 VHS release was titled Godzilla Raids Again, the title card on the actual movie still read Gigantis, the Fire Monster.
UPDATE: Turns out the Gigantis title card was on the 1989 VHS. My Mistake. :)
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Paper Finz Also thank you for The reply I’m one of your biggest fans and I’ve been subscribed to you ever since your first video that being Godzilla I really love how you compare the differences it never made me think about which one was American now I know that the media DVDs are only the American cuts except for the gojira
@@PaperFinz the American Version is better than the Japanese version I liked the us version I got confused with the Japanese version
Apparently if you listen to the voices in the English dub closely you can also find future Star Trek actor George Takei doing some of the dubbing on the soldiers I think later on in the film. Oh my.
The first time I saw the 1959 version of Godzilla Raids Again it was when I purchased it on home video which I still have, I didn't know it really existed, I enjoy watching it.
This was considered to be a lost Godzilla film until 1987 when showed up in the Morbus syndicated package on TV.
The American or Japanese version or both
Great video. When I was a little kid these movies were long out of theaters, but it was before the age of VHS. This was one of the very few Showa Godzilla films I never saw broadcast on local TV. Never knew it existed until I picked up the VHS release in the 1980s. It is a strange film in the series; much stranger in the American dub, but I find both versions have an unusual tone and somewhat odd-looking monster sequences. It is interesting, for sure, but I would not consider either version a strong Godzilla entry. More of a curiosity.
The best part about the dub is the use of the expletive, "Banana oil!"
love these cut comparisons, keep up work
2:50 Kobayashi: “We’ve got to get out!”
Tsukioka: “Right! What are those things?!”
Kobayashi: “I dunno!”
Gigantis raids again wow that actually fits.
You Better Keep Watching The US Cut
Edit: i Have Now Officially Lost Interest on Gigantis The Fire Monster.
My VHS had the Gigantis title card.
The thing you mention about the title cards is a bit strange, as when I first watched this on Netflix YEARS back, the cover was labeled as Raids Again, but the title card was the Gigantis one.
While I find the Japanese version dull the American dub is absolutely abysmal and pretty much unwatchable. The only good thing about it is I actually like the music and footage they used for the opening titles better in the American version.
Even though the opening music is from a different film. it's the score i think of when i think of the movie. more then the Satoh theme. its the one piece of music i do actually like in the dub.
@@PaperFinz Btw this video was very nicely done
@@LordVaderTyrannus thanks.
@@PaperFinz the Japanese version is bad future and the American version is good future
Very nice thorough comparison, I appreciate the time and potential brain cells you lost while examining the English cut.
I love to see Godzilla Raids Again and Gigantis the Fire Monster in color
8:39 I hope Toho will someday decide to redub the first three Godzilla movies into English uncut. Or unless someone does a fan dub of them.
First time I saw this, Godzillas roar sounding like angulus threw me off a bit.
I only saw the American dub once when it came on television back in the 60's.
3:19 Fun fact: in the USA version, stock music used during the conference scene would pop up again in Al Adamson’s infamous “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” (1971).
I'm that one fan who likes Gigantis the Fire Monster. It ain't good but it is still two monsters duking it out and that is all I need.
BANANA OIL
Best Line in the Dub. :)
I called my among us character banana oil
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I didn’t even know there was an alternate version of this one.
I had no idea the dub is a whole different version. I watched it today and wondered why Godzillas roar only sounded right at some points. I also wondered why they was calling him Gigantis seems as they already killed Godzilla with the oxygen destroyer, yet they mention the oxygen destroyer but this version is not a sequel LOL I enjoyed it none the less
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PS I doubt it was changed to not be a sequel for the reason that American movies didn't do sequels much at the time. Hollywood was famously already sequel crazy, a good example are the Universal monster movies featuring Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman, even the Creature from the Black Lagoon had 2 sequels. Curious that they changed it at all really.
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did i ask where that one song came from the scene when the convicts escape?
I know Godzilla probably wasn’t a household name at that point in time, since this was only the second movie, but it’s still hard to believe that they expected people to look at “Gigantis” and not recognize it as Godzilla.
This movie was even release before he was called Godzilla it was gojira a combination of gorilla and Japanese word for whales aka kujira to form kujira. Till like 1955 in Hawaii the name Godzilla happen
I have a copy of the 85 film release in vhs that features the title card gigantis the fire monster
The good thing about the Toho master collection Godzilla dvds is you can watch both American and Japanese Dvds but I don’t really like the American cuts
I grew up with the American version and I can’t find my dvd disc of this movie now I watch the Japanese version on HBO it’s weird
For some reason this was one of my favourite Godzilla movies as a kid (keep in mind I did not grow up watching Godzilla as VHS dubs, I was able to, well, get them off the internet in their original forms). Maybe it was the main theme, or the fact that Anguirus is a Very Cool™ monster, or the suit for whatever reason(???). Not really sure why, looking back it's actually rather crap.
The suit is indeed very creepy as Gojiwars says. Doesn't help that we know very little about the suit itself in terms of promo pictures (plenty of high quality promo pictures for ShodaiGoji & KingGoji, not many for GyakushuGoji. I don't think it helps that the incredible sense of scale seen in Gojira is pretty much gone from this film, and that the suit itself is barely seen in close-up, where we get instead that godawful mechanical handpuppet from the first movie. I'm probably coming off as a bit blunt to fans of the film, sorry about that lol. There's a decent picture of Godzilla in the iceberg island thing, and he's just standing there, looking rather creepy with his skinny arms and misshapen head.
What I'm trying to say is that the film is unfortunately inbetween Gojira and KKvG, and so not much fan attention is drawn to finding knowledge about behind the scenes/translating any books about GRA, that is if there even are any to be found.
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I know a large part of this is that I grew up with the dubbed version, but I genuinely like it better than the Japanese version. I like the voiceovers! The only thing I don't like (and even didn't as a kid watching this in the movies (in the early 1980s-our small Canadian town showed old sci-fi movies on weekends)) is the wrong roar for Godzilla!
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And also #1 son in the old Charlie Chan movies! That's where I knew him from as a kid
and in Gremlins.
Wait a minute on the media DVDs does that mean that the only version is the American although it is titled Godzilla rates again because I have the criterion collection and I watch the Japanese version but I go to the Media DVDs and it’s still the American is there a way to change it
I would totally check mine but I have a toddler so it must stay locked away. But I believe that's the one you can flip the disc right over upside down and the Japanese version should play, both sides should be "cd shiny" and not one with a printed title side.
@@WackadoodleMalarkey The classic media disks are one-way disc you can’t flip them over
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Tsukokia sounds a little bit weird in the American Version
I can never forgive them doing everything in their power to turn a Godzilla movie into a Non-Godzilla movie with dubbing. Let the thing be a Godzilla movie.
Angalosaurus?!
I'm Really Sad Because Everyone Hates The US Version but I like it
Edit: i Have Now Lost Interest on Gigantis The Fire Monster
i didn't like the movie because it feels rushed and is so so so boring the characters are boring and also i hate how when kubayashy sacrifices him self to bary Godzilla in ice but the movie cuts a way leaving the good momentum and the shot alooooot to just bary Godzilla and for the dub well it didn't change anything really but i hate how they put anguirus roar at godzilla it is so out of place
@@Algeriawindows69 I loved the us version
@@TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan i respect your opinion
@@Algeriawindows69 same here
What is the music called when The fire monsters are fighting in Osaka Castle?
Kronos 1957
Soundtrack name: kronos in rampage
@@rubytab8091 OK but what is the music called when Gigantis bites on anguirus’s neck
Its the same soundtrack at my comment
KRONOS IN RAMPAGE!!!!!
@@rubytab8091 well excuse me not finding the full song
@@godzillaandfriends6688 sorry for being mad to you
Just search - kronos 1957 soundtrack🙂
While I also recommend the Japanese version only, the USA version has two of my favorite lines, both spoken by Dr. Tadokoro (Masao Shimizu): “This is BAD! This IS bad!” “A new book come out and we learned so much. And it is called: ‘Angerasaurus - Killer of the Living.’” I guess as opposed to “Killer of the Dead.”
Gigantis is better then raids again just the picture for the movie ITS JUST SO COOL
I like gigantis the fire monster it’s the better version than the japanese version the japanese version is really bad
*the world adventure from sonic unleashed plays*
The American versions of most of the early Godzilla movies I find to be still pretty enjoyable, but this one is the exception. The American version of this movie is so bad, it's almost offensive.
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The thing that really bugs me in the American cut was the constant narration and the terrible dubbing along with them constantly referring to Godzilla as Gigantis.
Why would you call Godzilla Gigantis ?
Because They Didn’t Like The Godzilla And Anguirus Names
One big difference the English dub has George takei
that it does. when i saw an interview with him about the movie, it seemed like he had a good time working on it.
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I really wish Toho would just redub their movies themselves, it’s pretty obvious the yanks can’t really do it without making some pointless changes and narration especially in the earlier ones.
They did actually make an international dub to King Kong vs. Godzilla but I think it has been lost to the sands of time from what I read. So they started doing it about in 1962 I guess in the 50s they didn't think about doing that.
would like to add something the symbols censored are not swastikas' but a Buddhist symbol i believe is for peace
Those Swastikas are on its side. They are Nazi Swastikas as Japan joined the Tripartite Pact in 1940
Your pronunciation of "theatrical" confused me
Happy 61st Anniversary Gigantis the Fire Monster
@King Kong Fan GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHH I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEE GIGANTIS THE FIRE MONSTER
Edit: i Have Now Lost Interest on Gigantis The Fire Monster
@@TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan no
@@TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan You are hilarious
I prefer the japanese version of Godzilla counterattack/Godzilla raids again but I’m not impressed on the American version of the film because the title card is super cringe
Japan version >>> American version
True the Japanese version is way more superior than the American version
I’m Going To Love The U.S Dub Because The Projector Shows Godzilla’s Attack And Added Footage Of Dinosaurs
What the Hell were those Creepy Things sticking their heads out of a fog bank in the Projector?
@@loanaoftheshellpeople5627 an edmontosaurus head or a ptissacosaurus head
Gigantis is not nearly as iconic as Godzilla
Gigantis the fire monster are trash
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I didnt really like the Japanese cut but at least it was ok. The US cut is just so unwatchable,boring and just abysmal. The cuts are dumb and the human characters have less emotion in the US than the Japanese version. And dear god why did they give godzilla anguirus's roar. That makes zero sense. The title of the US version is stupid. They made godzilla and anguirus just more of a generic monster than in the Japanese version. The US version is just a disgrace. How did they let it release!? It's so boring and bland. There is so many unnecessary narration. If your doing a movie your ment to show not show and tell. That makes no fucking sense
HOW FRICKING DARE YOU
@@TheOfficeandGummiBearsFan sorry g fanboy but it’s my opinion so shut your mouth before I do