We return to the now colorful world of mythic jungle beasts and Flying turtles with an oddity in the Showa Gamera films - a movie without a friendly child.

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This week we dip our toes into the world of Historical Fantasy Kaiju for the first (but definitely not last) time this decade.

Join us on a ninjutsu adventure with our examination of 1966's "The Magic Serpent"!

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This week we have a special episode, taking a step away from the cinemas and into the world of Kaiju television. Join us as we dip our toes into the world of mystery and monsters in 1966's "Ultra Q".

A television show that kicked of waves of Kaiju and Tokusatsu masterpieces over the airwaves, and was the build up to one of the most popular Japanese sci-fi franchises of all time with "Ultraman" later that same year.

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Ishiro Honda returns for another monster film in a decade that is soon to become crowded with them. This time the trope of alien invaders is fully cemented in the annals of kaiju cinema. This week we examine the history of 1965's "Invasion of Astro-Monster"!

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This week's special episode is not a history lesson-styled review, but our first ever commentary track. Last year we streamed a watch party of the original Gamera film and recorded a in depth commentary track. Sync up a viewing of the film and get real time facts and trivia on this classic kaiju commentary!

(Press Play on the film when the Podcast intro music fades out)

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A new kauji combatant enters the ring from rival studio Daiei films, to capitalize on the growing monster movie explosion. A giant turtle is released from the arctic ice by an atomic blast, this week we dive into the rat-infested history of 1965's Gamera, The Giant Monster!

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Finally the idea generated over a decade earlier comes to fruition at the hands of Ishiro Honda. This week we examine the interesting twists and turns it took in order to make 1965's "Frankenstein Conquers the World".

We take a look at one of the most often cited "Best" of the Showa era, with 1964's "Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster"

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Ishiro Honda is back with another non-Godzilla series Kaiju flick, but one that feels very different from Gorath and The Mysterians. This week gangsters, diamond G-men and invisible tentacles battle it out in 1964's "Dogora"!

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Two of Toho's titans return to tower over Tokyo in this fresh versus battle, the heroic fan favorite Mothra against the still villainous Godzilla. Ishiro Honda is back to direct what many consider the best kaiju film of the decade, this week's episode is 1964's "Mothra vs. Godzilla"

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