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In 2005, the Chinese military commenced "Operation: Hedorah" to kill Anguirus and Rodan with the bio-weapon. Hedorah successfully took down the two monsters, but it attained sentience afterwards and went on a rampage, consumed the pollutants in the surrounding area, then disappeared, leaving an estimated 8.2 million casualties in its wake.
Godzilla vs. Hedorah was a moderate box office success in Japan, where it grossed ¥290–300 million. [14] [15] [16] In 2019, to celebrate the lives of Banno and Nakajima (both of whom died in 2017), it was the 22 film screened as part of the National Film Archive of Japan's "In Memory of Film Figures We Lost in 2017-2018" event. [17]
[2] [6] The name was derived from Japanese reading of Chinese phrase "bandai fueki" (万代不易), meaning "eternally unchanging" or "things that are eternal." [2] [3] [7] Being assisted by Atsuko Tatsumi, publisher of the Weekly Toy News in Tokyo, Bandai-ya distributed and imported celluloid dolls, metallic toys, and rubber swimming rings.
In the late 1980s, Coreland established a partnership with toy company Bandai, known for its model kits and action figures based on popular characters like Mobile Suit Gundam. [9] At the time, Bandai was suffering from numerous financial difficulties as a result of the slumping Japanese toy market affecting the demand for its products.
Since the early 1980s, a variety of video games have been developed and released on various platforms. The majority of these games were exclusively released in Japan, while others were either later released in internationally, or developed in the United States.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack [a] (often abbreviated as GMK) [3] [4] is a 2001 Japanese kaiju film directed and co-written by Shusuke Kaneko. The 26th film in the Godzilla franchise and the third of the Millennium era , it serves as a direct sequel to Godzilla (1954), ignoring the events of every other ...
[12] [13] That following month, a Shin Japan Heroes Amusement World commemorative wristwatch was announced and became available for pre-order from Premium Bandai on November 25 for ¥33,000. [14] That same month, Tamashii Nations announced a new line of figures based on the designs of Eva-01, Godzilla, Kamen Rider and Ultraman. [15]
The video game, Legendz Fierce Fight! Saga Battle (レジェンズ 激闘!サーガバトル) is an action game for the PlayStation 2, originally released on December 16, 2004. [29] Produced by Bandai Co., Ltd., it has a CERO rating for "All ages" and supports two player play. [29] The game features more than 60 Legendz that the player uses to ...