Podcasts – Kaijucast

Podcasts – Kaijucast episodes:

• 12.15.2019

  12.14.2019: Operation Final Kaijucast

  The Kaijucast Finale features nothing but Kyle and his cohosts – like almost all of them! This final mission will decide the fate of the human race… this is Operation Final Kaijucast! Welcome to a bittersweet episode release: the final episode of...

  
• 11.30.2019

  11.30.2019: FanVasion Trip Recap

  The Kaijucast FanVader crew poses with the Godzilla statue outside of Toho Studios: (from L to R) Mike, Stephan, Clancy, Laura, Andrew, Bryan and James (with Kyle being a dork up front) The 2019 Kaijucast FanVasion is complete! Clancy and Kyle...

  
• 11.03.2019

  11.03.2019: Godzilla Birthday Celebration in Tokyo

  Live from Tokyo’s Godzilla Festival celebration, Kyle and his FanVasion crew talk about the event! Wow – Tokyo knows how to throw a Godzilla celebration! Today, I spent the day in Tokyo’s Ginza district at Godzilla Square with my group trip’s kaiju...

  
• 10.31.2019

  10.31.2019: Yokai Spooktacular + Yokai Stories’ Zack Davission

  Happy Halloween, Kaiju Fiends!!!  Celebrate the spookiest day of our calendar with an all new, super scary episode of the Kaijucast! Dave, Gretchen and Kyle sit down to discuss the cultural phenomenon that has grown to kaiju-sized levels. Thanks to animated shows...

  
• 10.16.2019

  10.15.2019: Godzilla Millennium Director Masaaki Tezuka

  Godzilla director Masaaki Tezuka joins Kyle for a chat about his career in kaiju cinema (originally recorded at G-Fest 2015). Since the podcast is ending this year, I figured I should probably dig into the archives and find any unearthed gems....

  
• 09.30.2019

  09.29.2019: Keith Aiken Interview

  Keith Aiken and Kyle finally have an opportunity to sit down and chat about all of the awesome stuff Keith has been involved in. In the history of me of saying “this interview has been a long time coming”, this one...

  
• 09.19.2019

  09.19.2019: Monarch Science Declassified Panel from Rose City Comic Con 2019

  Jeff, Kyle, Gretchen and Rachel after our presentation at Rose City Comic Con 2019! Once again, the Kaijucast stomps through Portland’s own pop culture extravaganza, Rose City Comic Con!  This episode serves up the audio from our presentation at the convention: Release...

  
• 09.05.2019

  09.05.2019: TJ Storm, Godzilla Motion Capture Actor

  Motion Capture performer TJ Storm chats with Kyle about his experience in bringing the King of the Monsters to life! Over the past 65 years, Godzilla has been played by all sorts of awesome people: Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Tsutomu “Tom”...

  
• 08.27.2019

  08.26.2019: Godzilla King of the Monsters Director Michael Dougherty

  Michael Dougherty, director of Godzilla King of the Monsters, joins Kyle in this episode of the Kaijucast. [Photo credit: Robert Moreno]In this episode I sit down to speak with the director of Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019), Michael Dougherty,...

  
• 08.19.2019

  08.19.2019: Kaiju-sized News Roundup

  Kyle and Gretchen cover the latest kaiju news in episode 270 of the Kaijucast! We cannot ignore the importance of this episode’s news – and if you haven’t heard about it, get in here and listen! Just a heads up, this...

  
• 08.14.2019

  08.13.2019: Kaiju Modeler & Sculptor Takuji Yamada from G-Fest 26

  Kyle interviews diorama expert Takuji Yamada with Stan Hyde from G-Fest 26! We did it, guys! This is the last podcast recording I brought back with me from G-Fest 26 last month, and I’m thrilled to share this interview with master...

  
• 08.07.2019

  08.07.2019: Godzilla Fest in San Francisco with Bob Johnson

  Bay Area Film Events’ Bob Johnson joins Kyle to chat about Godzilla Fest later this month! Hey guys, its a mini-episode about a cool event happening down in San Francisco later this month, it’s Godzilla Fest! I’m joined by SciFi Japan...

  
• 08.01.2019

  07.31.2019: Shusuke Kaneko Panel from G-Fest 26

  Heisei Gamera and GMK director, Shusuke Kaneko shares the development process behind his kaiju films. Looks like it’s time to add a THIRD panel recording from G-Fest 26 – this time with the director of the Heisei Gamera trilogy (1995 –...

  
• 07.29.2019

  07.29.2019: Akira Takarada Panel from G-Fest 26

  Veteran actor Akira Takarada entertains the crowds from G-Fest 26, right here in episode 266. We are back with another panel from G-Fest 26 with the always amazing Akira Takarada! You know this actor of course, in addition to being on...

  
• 07.24.2019

  07.24.2019: Kaijucast 10th Anniversary Podcast from G-Fest 26

  Listen to all of this awesomeness with Kyle, Hiro (our interpreter), Sonoe Nakajima, Daisuke Sato and Gretchen in this special live episode from G-Fest! This episode was recorded LIVE at G-Fest earlier this month and it’s the 10th Anniversary Kaijucast Talk...

  
• 07.01.2019

  06.30.2019: Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019) Daikaiju Discussion

  The Kaijucast crew and the listeners review the hell out of the new Godzilla film! Our very last Daikaiju Discussion episode comes in with flying colors – we had thirty listeners send in their homework for this film, and that’s on...

  
• 06.16.2019

  06.15.2019 G-Fest Prepisode

  Once again, it’s time to release the G-fest Hype Beast! Holy smokes, you guys, the world’s biggest annual festival of kaiju is coming up and coming in fast! Gretchen joined me to build a little hype for the convention that’s taking...

  
• 05.31.2019

  05.31.2019: Godzilla King of the Monsters News Roundup

  Rachel, Gretchen & Kyle cover some of the news leading up to Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019) Oh man, so much news I don’t even have the time to write a catchy intro paragraph – follow those links people!! MUSIC: 1. Last Shot...

  
• 05.15.2019

  05.14.2019: The Ultraman Anime Episode

  With all of this Ultra-coverage happening around here, we decided that we should strike while the iron is hot and this episode of the Kaijucast is covering the 13-episode Netflix anime series based on the 2012 manga, Ultraman! Gretchen and Kyle...

  
• 05.01.2019

  04.30.2019: The Ultraman Episode

  Kyle, Charles, Rachel and Dave entertain Hachi with Ultraman (1966) coverage! You wanted it, you got it! Or, maybe I should say that I wanted it, so I made it. That’s right, Ultra fiends, we are talking about the 1966  television...

  
• 04.17.2019

  04.17.2019: Rectifying Reptilicus with Jim Cirronella

  Gretchen, Rachel, Martin and Kyle get schooled by Reptilicus enthusiast Jim Cirronella! If you’re looking at this episode title and thinking to yourself “wait a minute… didn’t they already talk about this flick??” the answer is YES! But as it stands,...

  
• 04.01.2019

  03.31.2019: Ultra Q vs the Kaijucast vs Monster Kid Radio

  The vast forces of Nature, apparently, exist in harmony and balance. Then, one day, this order of things suddenly becomes turmoil! Strange, gigantic creatures rise thru the Earth’s crust in an earth-quaking uproar…sea monsters attack the shores on the crest...

  
• 03.09.2019

  03.08.2019: Mondo Artist Tom Whalen

  Mega kaiju fan & Mondo Artist Tom Whalen joins Kyle for a special interview and announcement! It’s with much fanfare that we bring you a very special chat with fellow kaiju fan and Mondo artist, Tom Whalen. Tom is an artist...

  
• 03.01.2019

  02.28.2019: Godzilla The Planet Eater Daikaiju Discussion

  Gretchen & Kyle tackle the final entry in the Godzilla anime trilogy: Godzilla The Planet Eater (2018) Congratulations, everyone – we did it! We made it through the anime trilogy. And man, was that tough. Gretchen came over to chat with...

  
• 02.27.2019

  02.26.2018: Japan Wrap up with David Dopko

  David and Kyle recap the rest of their trip to the land of the Rising Sun earlier this month. Another episode to wrap up our adventures in Japan. In our last episode, we talked about our Hokkaido and the first half...

  
• 02.14.2019

  02.14.2019: Kaiju fans in Japan with David Dopko

  Kyle and special guest (and travel-mate) David Dopko recap the first half of their trip to Japan in this recorded-on-the-road episode! Hey everyone, I wanted to make sure to get an episode recorded, despite having a blast in Japan right now....

  
• 01.14.2019

  01.13.2018 Emergency Broadcast 8 with Kevin Derendorf, Ed Holland & Matt Frank

  Rachel, Kyle, Gretchen, Martin, Sean and Dave gathered at the Kaijucast HQ to kick off our 10th Anniversary and 8th LIVE Emergency Broadcast with special guests, prize giveaways and more! It’s hard to believe, but this past weekend marked the TENTH...

  
• 01.07.2019

  01.06.2019: DNA of Tokusatsu Exhibit Recap & News Catchup

  Gretchen and Kyle discuss the DNA of Tokusatsu Exhibit happening now in Tokyo, and follow that discussion up with a long overdue amount of news coverage. We here at the Kaijucast all hope you had a nice holiday break and a...

  
• 12.15.2018

  12.15.2018: Godzilla Designer Shinji Nishikawa

  Shinji Nishikawa sits down with Kyle for a chat about his illustrious career in kaiju design. Just because I’m in Japan doesn’t mean I can’t post an all-new, super cool interview with one of the most prolific Godzilla artists in the...

  
• 12.01.2018

  11.30.2018: Godzilla vs. Megalon Daikaiju Re-Discussion

  Clancy and Kyle break down (or perhaps are broken down by?) Godzilla vs Megalon (1973) We are back in the 1970s, man! And we’re taking another look at another film that might not have gotten a fair shake the last time...

  
• 11.03.2018

  11.03.2018: Interview with Godzilla Suit actor Tsutomu “Tom” Kitagawa

  Kyle chats with Millennium Godzilla actor Tsutomu “Tom” Kitagawa! Otanjobi omedeto gozaimasu, Gojira-san!  Today is Godzilla’s 64th birthday! …and while Tokyo is celebrating with a big Godzilla Festival in Shinjuku, I thought this would be a very appropriate day to release this...

  
• 11.01.2018

  10.31.2018 Godzilla Final Wars Daikaiju Re-Discussion

  Kyle, Clancy and Dave go right into it!! with a Daikaiju Re-Discussion for Godzilla Final Wars (2004). Are you ready for Operation Final War!? That’s right, folks we are once again talking about the 28th film in the Godzilla franchise, Godzilla Final...

  
• 10.18.2018

  10.17.2018: Horror in Kaiju + chat w/Ultraman Screenwriter Chiaki J Konaka

  Jeff, Gretchen and Kyle discuss the horrors of kaiju cinema* for this Halloween season! I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, FOLKS! The change of summer to fall, the cloudy skies before the rains… plus the month of October / Halloween Season! Thus it’s...

  
• 10.01.2018

  09.30.2018: Terror of Mechagodzilla Daikaiju Re-Discussion

  I assure you, we are not discussing a movie starring King Seesar and Angilas in this episode. We’re re-examining 1975’s Terror of Mechagodzilla. We’re back with a closer look at one of the films we have covered many moons ago, back...

  
• 09.17.2018

  09.16.2018: How Godzilla Got His Groove Back from Rose City Comic Con 2018

  Kyle, Rachel, Jeff, Gretchen and Dave wow the crowds at Rose City Comic Con with daring tales of kaiju enthusiasm! Almost all of this episode was recorded at Portland’s own home-grown comic convention: Rose City Comic Con – unfortunately we ran...

  
• 08.31.2018

  08.31.2018: Godzilla vs Biollante Daikaiju RE-Discussion

  Jeff, Gretchen, Dave, Charles and Kyle take a good long look at this super great kaiju film, Godzilla vs Biollante. This month we are re-examining the 1989 Godzilla Entry, Godzilla vs Biollante, the seventeenth film in the franchise and one that...

  
• 08.20.2018

  08.20.2018: Godzilla’s friend & Co-Star Megumi Odaka (Miki Saegusa) at G-Fest 25

  Kyle speaks with Megumi Odaka, the actress who played Miki Saegusa, during last month’s G-FEST 25 with Robert Scott Field (right) providing interpretation. [Photo Credit: Robert Moreno]When I read the announcement confirming that Megumi Odaka would be a guest at this...

  
• 08.15.2018

  08.15.2018: Godzilla Suit actor Kenpachiro Satsuma at G-Fest 25

  Kyle sits down with Godzilla suit actor (Heisei era 1984-1995) and Robert Scott Field at G-FEST 25. [Photo credit: Robert Moreno]Wow…seriously. I never thought I’d ever be able to type this out: This episode marks the fourth appearance of Godzilla suit...

  
• 08.10.2018

  08.10.2018: Showa-era Kaiju suit-maker Keizo Murase at G-Fest 25

  Join us for a special interview with kaiju Keizo Murase from G-Fest 25! I am thrilled to bring you this interview with Keizo Murase, a kaiju suit-maker from the showa era and beyond. I originally met Murase in 2016 when he...

  
• 08.01.2018

  07.31.2018: Godzilla City On The Edge Of Battle Daikaiju Discussion

  Gretchen and Kyle take a long hard look at the second anime film in the Polygon trilogy of Godzilla Anime films. We’re back and discussing another brand new entry in the Godzilla series: GODZILLA CITY ON THE EDGE OF BATTLE. Specifically,...

  
• 07.22.2018

  07.22.2018: G-Fest 25 Wrap Up

  The Kaijucast Listener Party at G-Fest courtesy of Mike VVeber’s 3D Camera – give it a shot …if you dare! Clancy and I cover our time at the twenty-fifth G-Fest! It was such a great time – we both loved seeing...

  
• 06.28.2018

  06.28.2018: Wrath of Daimajin Daikaiju Re-Discussion

  In this episode Rachel, Gretchen and Kyle brave the Wrath of Daimajin! Join us for a deeper look into the final Daimajin film of 1966: Wrath of Daimajin. We originally spoke about this in episode #14 (so very long ago) and...

  
• 06.18.2018

  06.17.2018: Taste of G-Fest with Yuji Kaida, Kazuhiro Nakagawa & Ryuki Kitaoka

  In this episode, Kyle speaks with Yuji Kaida, Kuzuhiro Nakagawa and Ryuki Kitaoka (all reacorded at last year’s G-Fest). It’s time for an interview mulit-ball! At last year’s G-FEST, a number of podcasters and youtubers were given the opportunity to interview...

  
• 05.31.2018

  05.31.2018: Godzilla vs Hedorah Daikaiju Re-Discussion

  Kyle, Gretchen and Rachel revisit one of the stinkiest Godzilla films ever made: Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) Wowsers! We posted FOUR episodes in one month — I assure you this is not the future of the podcast. In this episode we are...

  
• 05.28.2018

  05.27.2018: Monsterpalooza Post Mortem

  Rachel, Kyle, MonsterMan (j/k), Jeff, Clancy & Gretchen (front) got back together to recap the trip to Monsterpalooza last month! [Photo credit: Kyle Lang]Hey, check it out, it’s a recap episode of last month’s Monsterpalooza with the entire crew who...

  
• 05.16.2018

  05.16.2018: May News Roundup

  Gretchen and Kyle talk lots of news in this 40-minute episode. Get to clicking those links below for the deep dives! SUGGESTED VIEWING (aka LOOK AT ALL OF THIS NEWS ): Shin Godzilla Statue in Hibya [ HuffPo ] [ ScifiJapan’s “The Godzillas...

  
• 05.09.2018

  05.08.2018: Maintaining a Kaiju Collection w/David Eric Dopko

  Kyle is joined by fellow kaiju collector, David Eric Dopko to talk about curating your kaiju collection. Bullmark. Popy. Billiken. Bandai. Marmit. M1. X-Plus. Gigabrain. Toygraph. These are just some of the kaiju toy manufacturers you’ll hear mentioned in this installment...

  
• 04.30.2018

  04.30.2018: Gamera 2 Advent of Legion Daikaiju Re-Discussion

  Martin, Kyle and Dave take another longer look at one of the Universe’s best kaiju films! It’s been a little bit, but we are back with another daikaiju re-discussion. This chat is about Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996) Daiei’s follow up...

  
• 04.06.2018

  04.05.2018: Conversing with Keita Amemiya

  Kyle speaks with the visionary artist and director from Japan, Keita Amemiya! Let’s get this out of the way now: if you are unfamiliar with Keita Amemiya’s film and television archives, make sure you listen to our first episode covering his...

  
• 04.01.2018

  03.31.2018: Pacific Rim Uprising Daikaiju Discussion

  Gretchen, Dave, Kyle & Martin cancel a second apocalypse in this daikaiju discussion for Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) Are you “War Ready”? I think we might be! Welcome to another installment of our daikaiju discussions, in which we review one film from...