They also request the aid from nebula m space hunter to send their. Megalon 1973, although jet jaguar is the one who gets his own theme song. Megalon is an awesome and underrated godzilla villain. Megalon, paired godzilla with jet jaguar against both megalon and gigan. In midtolate 1972, japanese movie studio toho conceived an idea to develop of a nongodzilla movie as a breath of fresh air. Three years later, the film finally came out in america. Giant monsters threaten to wipe out the human race, in desperation japan brings back an ancient warrior to bring harmony back to the world. Shinji takagi godzilla, kenpachiro satsuma gigan, tsugutoshi komada jet jaguar, hideto odachi megalon this movie has godzilla at his most adorable.
The undersea nation of seatopia sends the gigantic megalon to destroy the world above and its up to godzilla and a sizeshifting robot, jet jaguar, to defeat him. For those unaware, the character of jet jaguar made its debut in the 1973 film, godzilla vs. He is content to be controlled like any robot until danger is about, at which he becomes a big damn hero and takes control of himself antivillain. May 09, 2019 jet jaguar is the reason this movie stands out. However, the character of jet jaguar, used to have a conflicting history as to whether he was meant to be the star of the actual film, or costar alongside the king of the monsters. Megalon an advanced robot created by japanese inventor goro ibuki, jet jaguar was stolen by the seatopians and used to guide their guardian monster megalon in his destruction of the surface world. Megalon was released at the spring toho champion film festival on march 17, 1973 alongside a film called prominent youth about a boys soccer team and an animated film called panda. To this end, they steal the robot jet jaguar, an ultraman lookalike invented by the amiable scientist goro to help guide megalons assault. Jet jaguar, jetto jaga is a heroic robot who first appeared in the 1973 toho godzilla film godzilla vs. After being activated, jet jaguar walks around, almost as if hes curious, hes then taken over and used to lead megalon to wherever hes told to go but after the main.
I have been watching godzilla movies since 1970 and these movies have. Godzilla and gigan were added to the film when toho got cold feet about a movie starring the robot or maybe because they wanted to take advantage of the king kong opportunity by having godzilla in a movie. This release was commercially the first to remaster the film to its original fulllength version. I dont hate jet jaguar, im a huge ultraman fan, and i loved him in the godzilla vs megalon then, and now.
The riffing during the fight scenes between godzilla and the other monsters in the films climax is razorsharp. Their bizarre decision to send megalon to attack japan for nuclear. Oct 10, 2015 this feature is not available right now. Nothing has been released in vinyl for more than a decade from bandai for jet jaguar. Without him, this would be another low budget, dark age godzilla movie. Godzilla finally arrives to assist jet jaguar from megalon and gigan.
The company created a contest for kids to create their own robot for a chance to see their original creation on the silver screen. Megalon, but the producers were concerned that the movie would flop, and thus decided to add in godzilla and gigan to the plot. The inevitable matchup of godzilla and jet jaguar versus megalon and gigan decides the worlds fate. The bots argue about who has a more powerfull monster. Subscribe now to watch more classic film content from tcm. A third of their country has already been destroyed, due to underground nuclear tests.
In this th installment of the 1st godzilla series deals with the underground country of seatopia striking back at mankind. Forrester dresses up as a foosball goalie and frank as a geordi laforge. Gigans design was noticeably altered compared to the previous film. Megalon is a 1973 japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring godzilla, produced and distributed by toho.
Well, theres no accounting for taste, as this eyepopping action flick, filled with goofy special effects and a bevy of ridiculous monsters, delivers the. He is content to be controlled like any robot until danger is about, at which he becomes a big damn hero and takes control of himself. Godzilla and flying cyborg jet jaguar meet a giant cockroach and a big black chicken sent by seatopians. Megalon hd the epic brotherly jet jaguar gojira handshake. Megalon was featured on season 2 of the movie mocking television series mystery science theater 3000. It was originally going to be a standalone movie titled jet jaguar vs. Megalon movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Apr 28, 2018 the king of the monsters returns with godzilla vs. But godzilla arrives in time to help jet jaguar beat megalon and gigan in a slambang tagteam monster match to save humankind. In addition to the many jabs at the movie, the bots also provide a mock translation of the jet jaguar theme song. The film is directed and cowritten by jun fukuda with special effects by teruyoshi nakano and stars katsuhiko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, and robert dunham, with shinji takagi as godzilla, hideto date as megalon, tsugutoshi komada as jet. Godzilla has been a good guy since 1961, so megalon is consigned to the villains role.
A human work 1995 tv episode the giant robot featured in this episode, jet alone, takes its name from both jet jaguar and red alone the latter being a name used for jet jaguar while godzilla vs. Goro manages to regain control of the robot, who is capable of enlarging himself to godzillalike proportions, but remains ineffectual against the big bug, particularly after the seatopians enlist the. As godzilla journeys to fight megalon, jet jaguar starts acting on his own and ignoring commands to the surprise of his inventors. Make offer godzilla jet jaguar tsuburaya bandai 1993 kaiju movie monster toho vinyl 7.
The film was released to japanese theaters on march 17, 1973. Their bizarre decision to send megalon to attack japan for nuclear weapons testing. Jet jaguar ends up breaking gigans arm and throws him in the air. This movie was one of two godzilla movies to be featuredparodied on the tv series mystery science theater 3000 episode 212, along with ebirah, horror of the deep aka godzilla vs. Megalon 1976 cast and crew godzilla and flying cyborg jet jaguar meet a giant cockroach and a big black chicken sent by seatopians. Today we explore the concept of the heroic machine and friend to all, jet jaguar, could work in legendarys monsterverse royalty free music provided by. Jet jaguar and godzilla waste no time in beating on megalon until he finally retreats back to. Directed by jun fukuda 1973 japan nuclear testing unleashes mayhem on the undersea kingdom of seatopia, causing a series of environmental disasters that nearly wipes out rokuro, the schoolboy protagonist at the center of this film. Product description jet jaguar from bandais godzilla movie monsters series. Programmed to never harm a human being, it has a circuit of conscience installed as a safeguard.
Megalon features a story more appropriate for a half hour episode slot than a full blown movie. Jet jaguar 6 action figure from godzilla movie monster. The winner of the contest was an elementary school student, who submitted the drawing of a robot called red aron. Jet jaguar grows to godzilla size and fights with megalon, but gigan finally comes and makes things hard for our robot hero. Jet jaguar is a humansize robot created by goro ibuki. Godzilla and jet jaguar meet big cockroach and black chicken. With katsuhiko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, robert dunham.
Megalon was originally planned as a non godzilla film, a solo vehicle for jet jaguar, which was the result of a contest toho had for children in midtolate 1972. Before long, godzilla and jet jaguar are surrounded by a ring of fire. The japanese monsters godzilla and megalon fight each other. Katsuriko sasaki hiroyuki kawase yutaka hayashi robert dunham kotaro tomita kenpachiro satsuma shinji takagi hideto odachi tsugutoshi komada. Tohos april fools day joke, jet jaguar the movie leads to a. This is a robot with personality and a bit of an arc. The winner of the contest was an elementary school student, who submitted the drawing of a robot called red arone. Jet jaguar picks up godzilla and flies him out of there. Megalon was originally planned as a nongodzilla film, a solo vehicle for jet jaguar, which was the result of a contest toho had for children in midtolate 1972.
Directed by jun fukuda, yoshimitsu banno, ishiro honda. The undersea nation of seatopia sends the gigantic megalon to destroy the world above and its up to godzilla and a sizeshifting robot, jet jaguar. They send their guardian, megalon, to destroy the surface world. Godzilla 19541999 super complete works as red alone.
This movie may be cheesy, but man, that whole fight that starts with megalon vs jet jaguar, then gigan enters, then godzilla enters and the 2 vs 2 monster brawl begins. Our old pal godzilla took on the tastefree 70s in this seriously nutty installment of the beloved franchise, generally considered to be one of the weirdest, and perhaps worst, godzilla flicks ever. Megalon is an unnecessary entry to yet another godzilla. And it was originally intended to be a solo jet jaguar venture, with him fighting the monster megalon. Perhaps a sign of things to come with godzillas appearance in the zone fightertv series, godzilla vs. Gojira tai megaro is a 1973 kaiju film directed by jun fukuda. Tohos april fools day joke, jet jaguar the movie leads to. Megalon is a 1973 japanese kaiju film directed by jun fukuda, written by fukuda. Originally intended as a solo vehicle for jet jaguar, tohos lack of confidence in the characters ability to carry the film alone led to this becoming the th film in the godzilla franchise. Megalon was originally meant to only star jet jaguar the giant robot who looks suspiciously similar to ultraman, which is probably why this is his sole appearance in the entire movie franchise, but nobody thought the heroic machine could carry a movie by himself. Jet jaguar, a humanoid robot developed by a civilian named goro living in the countryside of japan, is seized by an undersea race called the seatopians that are looking for vengeance after nuclear tests have caused devastation on their society. Ollie vs godzilla vs gigan vs megalon vs jet jaguar. Known as the electronic robot, it is operated via remote control with a special radio wave transmitter.
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