#minira

Godzilla’s Revenge/All Monsters Attack is not non-canon to the Showa Godzilla series. American fans just made that up one day to make themselves feel better about the movie because they can’t stand their beloved male power fantasy is involved in these children’s shenanigans (similar to how they came up with the whole “Godzilla is just defending his territory” for the 70s movies instead of acceptance of the actual reason--that he was a superhero then). 1.) Monster Island - Monster Island is introduced here and returns for the 70s movies. It is not the same place as Monsterland, which is in the Ogasawara/Bonin Island range 600 miles south of Tokyo. Monster Island is much farther away in the South Pacific. 2.) While talking with Ichiro, Minami is at one point concerned Godzilla is close to Japan. Why would he be concerned about a fictional character? 3.) Minya’s infamously dubbed line, “Godzilla says that I should learn ta fight my own battles, y’know,” in its original Japanese it’s: ”Nani demo shitori de tatakaette ki shitori de ikiru renshu shirotte iunda/  [Godzilla has said] You can fight anything by yourself and you can live by yourself.” This has repercussions on a future movie: Godzilla vs. Gigan. In that film, Minya is shown on Monster Island with Godzilla and the other monsters (just because something is stock footage does not mean it is not happening in the story of the new work), but when we see Godzilla asleep, Minya is nowhere around--because he’s off living by himself, per his father’s wishes. The Minya suit was still in good condition then (and would be trotted out for publicity of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla in 1974), so if they wanted to show Minya in the scene with Godzilla, they could have. So stop saying Godzilla’s Revenge isn’t canon. Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t make it not true.