Episode 87 - An Old Friend! In this installment of season two, host Gratton Conwill and special guests, Matt Fields and Zach Tracy, discuss Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008).

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This episode's sources can be found below:

1. Japanese DVD Thing:

https://www.cinemacafe.net/official/guilala/

Scifi Japan Article:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120604121253/http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2008/06/16/shochiku-details-guilalas-return-in-monster-x-strikes-back-attack-the-g8-summit/

Japanese article (Not terribly helpful): https://eiga.com/news/20080707/9/

Early news article: https://eiga.com/news/20080704/8/

Another article: https://eiga.com/news/20080130/5/

An interview with Kawasaki about the making of the movie: https://ayamekareihikagami.hateblo.jp/entry/2019/11/23/175309

Ed Godzizewski or whatever review: https://www.scifijapan.com/kaiju-monsters/review-monster-x-strikes-back-attack-the-g8-summit

Hollywood reporter article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/monster-x-strikes-back-attack-125739/

American review: https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/12290/monster-x-strikes-back-attack-the-g8-summit-2009/

4 page interview with Kawasaki:

https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20080725-minoru/3

Some info about a prerelease screening:

https://s.cinemacafe.net/article/2008/07/08/4259.html

Article about the screening in Venice:

https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2008/07/30/4371.html

Another article about a promotional event:

https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2008/07/31/4374.html

Blog about the special effects:

http://horiuchi.cocolog-nifty.com/urutoradiary/2008/04/post_c4bb.html