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Godzilla vs. Megalon (ゴジラ対メガロ, Gojira tai Megaro) is a 1973 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, written by Fukuda and Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano.
7. Godzilla Vs. Megalon (1973) By the early ‘70s, the prolific output of Godzilla sequels was in danger of running the franchise into the ground.
Megalon (メガロ, Megaro) is a kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon as the titular main antagonist. It is also his only film appearance to date. It is also his only film appearance to date.
It received a wide theatrical release in the United States in 1977 by Cinema Shares under the title Godzilla on Monster Island and was released in the UK by Miracle Films the same year as War of the Monsters. The film was followed by the 13th film in the Godzilla franchise, Godzilla vs. Megalon, released on March 17, 1973.
The film made slightly more money than Godzilla vs. Megalon, but was still not making as big a box office profit as the other films in the Godzilla series had in the early 1960s. [8] The 1974 Japanese release earned a distribution income ( rentals ) of ¥370 million . [ 9 ]
The series was also notable for its guest appearances by Toho's own Godzilla, as well as two other Toho monsters, King Ghidorah and Gigan. Supplementary materials published by Toho have confirmed Zone Fighter to be part of the Showa era of the Godzilla series, taking place in between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
The 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon involves the Seatopians, an underground civilization that sends Megalon to destroy the surface world in response to earthquakes caused by underground nuclear testing damaging their kingdom. The 1976 film At the Earth's Core is based on Burroughs' novel.
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