Line #4 Trivia/GodzillaRaidsAgain


1	* AwesomeDearBoy: Yoshio Tsuchiya wanted to be in ''Film/Godzilla1954'' film, but because he was doing ''Film/SevenSamurai'', he wasn't able to. He ''insisted'' on joining this film and Toho granted his request by casting him as Tajima. He would later rejoin the franchise as an [[Film/TheMysterians alien]] [[Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster invaders]] or as someone [[Film/DestroyAllMonsters possessed by one]], [[AuthorAppeal something he enjoys]].
2	* BTeamSequel: While Shigeru Kayama, Takeo Murata, Eiji Tsuburaya and his special effects staff returned for the sequel, the film was directed by Motoyoshi Oda and the music was provided by Masaru Sato.
3	* BadExportForYou:
4	** The film was heavily edited into ''Gigantis: The Fire Monster'' by Paul Schreibman and Edmund Goldman of Warner Brothers, though Schreibman later admitted this was a mistake. This dub has proven unpopular with fans of the franchise.
5	** The first version of ''Godzilla Raids Again'' commercially available on [=iTunes=] is actually ''Gigantis: The Fire Monster'' except for having the original title.
6	** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the Creator/TheCriterionCollection and Creator/HBOMax release which is the original Japanese version.
7	* CreatorBacklash:
8	** Kaiju film regular Hiroshi Koizumi lamented that upon reviewing the movies he appeared in, including this film, he felt he hadn't realized his potential in them.
9	** Masaru Sato wasn't feeling for this film's score, citing "It's like listening to a kid trying to learn". However, he would later provide additional scores for the Showa series when Akira Ifukube wasn't available.
10	* DVDCommentary: The DVD release by Classic Media includes one by Steve Ryfle and a few others. It plays over and talks mainly about the American version, but it also talks about the Japanese version as well and how the movie in general compares to the original.
11	* ExecutiveMeddling:
12	** Paul Schreibeman is the reason why the ''Gigantis'' film became what it was, as he said the renaming of Godzilla to Gigantis [[{{Irony}} was to avoid confusion]], something made ironic with claiming that the original title was "Angurus" when the original name of the film was ''Gojira no Gyakushu'' (Godzilla's Counterattack).
13	** On Toho's side, Iwa Omori, the head of Toho Studios, told Tomoyuki Tanaka to make another ''Godzilla'' film after the success of ''Film/Godzilla1954''. Depending who you ask, it was the best or worst direct sequel.
14	* FollowTheLeader: [[UnbuiltTrope Sort of]]. Although this film marks the first time two monsters would fight each other in Japanese cinema, this doesn't mean the formula is anything similar to the [[Film/KingKongVsGodzilla film that really kicked off the "monster against monster" boom]].
15	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Godzilla Raids Again'' was the rarest Godzilla film on video in the U.S. for a long time. Its only official tape release was by Video Treasures in 1989, and it was not reissued by Anchor Bay in 1997. Even before that, it hardly aired on television and was regarded as the "lost" Godzilla film by many. Classic Media has since released the film on DVD, but the U.S. version lacks the original ''Gigantis, the Fire Monster'' title, per Toho's insistence, making the tape release still sought after until Creator/TheCriterionCollection released in 2019 the ''Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975'' boxset featuring the Japanese version. That version is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel and Creator/{{Max}}.
16	* RecycledScript: It's basically ''Film/Godzilla1954'' with another monster added in. However, since Creator/IshiroHonda was not involved in this film (he was directing a love story at the time), Shigeru Koyama wrote the script, with no alterations contributed from Motoyoshi Oda. However, [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup without the original means to defeat Godzilla provided by Dr Serizawa]], the Japanese are screwed.
17	* RefittedForSequel: One of Godzilla's international names was "Angurius". The name would be used as Godzilla's first opponent here.
18	* TropeMaker: Being only the second Godzilla movie ever made and released only a year later in 1955, this movie would begin the tradition of having Godzilla go up against similarly sized opponents.
19	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
20	** Interestingly enough, ''Godzilla Raids Again'' wasn't intended to be merely dubbed and distributed. It was going to be called ''[[http://tohokingdom.com/cutting_room/volcano_monsters.htm The Volcano Monsters]]'' where Godzilla would have been a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and Anguirus an ''Ankylosaurus''. Godzilla (or rather the ''T.rex''), was to fight the ''Ankylosaurus'' and [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology move to the North Pole to lay its eggs]]. While Toho decided to help by sending new suits and made a catalog of the production, the American company went bankrupt and the suits, which had been sent to [[Creator/TheHowardAndersonCompany Howard Anderson's company]] for shooting disappeared. As a result, ''The Volcano Monsters'' was ultimately cancelled, and a new English dub for the film, 'Gigantis The Fire Monster'', would be made instead.
21	** A direct sequel was planned called ''The Bride of Godzilla'' where scientists create a female robot designed to kill Godzilla. Godzilla would have actually fallen in love with her, and take her to his colony of surviving Godzillas where she'd detonate a nuclear device which resulted a DownerEnding. This idea was never made and instead ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' became the second sequel of the series.
22	** Anguirus had quite a couple prototype names before landing on the one Kaiju fans know and love, some examples being Gyottos, Zottos, Osoros and Sugon. However, it's not known who coined the name Anguirus.
23	** Anguirus was to also have the ability to use a BreathWeapon like Godzilla, because he's meant to be as radioactive as him (thus explaining why he {{No Sell}}s it during his fight with Godzilla). The film version however doesn't have any other powers with his mutation.

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