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Latest Episodes

Episode 43: The Last War (1961) (NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization))
November 28, 2018

Brian and Daniel team up for this rare and incredible tokusatsu disaster film from Toho. Find it and watch it! It's a nuclear war scenario between stand-ins for NATO and the Warsaw Pact at the height of the Cold War – and Japan is caught in between!

Episode 42: Battle in Outer Space (1959) (The Space Race between the US and the USSR)
November 14, 2018

Daniel DiManna of the Godzilla Novelization Project comes back to the show to review this tokusatsu extravaganza. The film is based in science-fiction, action, and Ishiro Honda's particular brand of optimistic pacifism.

Episode 41: The Three Treasures a.k.a. Nippon tanjo (The Birth of Japan) (1959) (Shinto)
October 31, 2018

Daniel DiManna of the Godzilla Novelization Project joins me to appreciate Kaijuvision's first epic.  182 minutes long, it's the Japanese response to Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956).  The kaiju is Yamata no Orochi, the 8-headed dragon.

Episode 40: Varan (1958) (Hisabetsu-Buraku) (Discriminated Communities)
October 17, 2018

Kaiju non-fiction author John LeMay joins me for a detailed analysis on the good Japanese version of Varan, and a brief review of the pain-inducing American version “Varan, the Unbelievable” starring Myron Healey from “The Unearthly” and released in th...

Episode 39: The Mysterians (1957) (Normalization of Japan-USSR Relations)
October 03, 2018

They want your land, your women, then more of your land, and, well, you get the idea. The aliens have even searched through binders full of women for very best ones. Listen as I analyze Moguera, the Markalite FAHPs, and those fabulous matte paintings!

Episode 38: Half Human (1955) (Genetic Origin of the Ainu People)
September 19, 2018

Season 2 at Kaijuvision Radio begins with the first non-Godzilla kaiju film from Toho Studios.  This Japanese take on the Abominable Snowman phenomenon is a story about the dark side of humanity.  The Japanese cut of the movie is effectively banned in ...

G-Fest XXV (2018): Daniel DiManna Interview
August 08, 2018

I must say this interview is an immensely impressive accomplishment of film appreciation! - At G-Fest XXV, Brian and Nate recorded an interview with Daniel DiManna of the Godzilla Novelization Project.  His goal is to complete novelizations of every J...

G-Fest XXV (2018): John LeMay Interview
August 01, 2018

At G-Fest XXV, Brian and Nate interviewed kaiju author John LeMay.  His latest book is called "Terror of the Lost Tokusatsu Films!".  We address a few lost Godzilla films, his research process, why some of these lost films didn't get made,

G-Fest XXV (2018) Panel: Godzilla and the Japanese National Spirit
July 25, 2018

As promised, here's the audio and video of our G-Fest Conference panel, which took place at 3:00pm (CDT) on July 13, 2018 at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois. We had a larger-than-expected turnout,

Episode 37: Shin Godzilla (2016) (2011 Great East Japan Earthquake/Tsunami/Fukushima Meltdowns)
May 30, 2018

At last, it is time. Fasten your seat belts, kaiju fans.  It's like this movie was made for Kaijuvision Radio.  Just as I was planning a podcast emphasizing the connection between the Godzilla franchise and international affairs,