History Trivia / GodzillaVsGigan

* GodNeverSaidThat: For a long time it was shown on the movie's poster that Gigan could fire an EyeBeam from his forehead, above his eye, yet this ability was never shown in the film, though later appeared in ''Final Wars'' and the Atari/Pipeworks video games of the 2000s. Many fans speculate that this was due to budget reasons, evident by the abundant amount of Stock Footage in the film. It was later revealed however by [[WordOfGod Special Effects Director, Teruyoshi Nakano]] that the REAL reason it was never shown was because he didn't believe it fit with the character, so neither film demonstrated this ability for said reason. [[http://www.tohokingdom.com/articles/analysis_gigan_s.html This all can be read here]].

** The original Japanese version (with English Subtitles) is on {[YouTube}}
* TroubledProduction: This movie had a long and complex path from its original script to theater screens, with major revisions being made constantly in order to stay within the meager budget. See WhatCouldHaveBeen for details.

* FanNickname: Fans have commonly named Shosaku Takasugi as "Corn Guy" after his introductory scene where he accidentally makes the main character faint, believing he assumed his corn was a gun.
* FlipFlopOfGod: See GodNeverSaidThat below:

* GodNeverSaidThat: For a long time it was shown on the movie's poster that Gigan could fire an EyeBeam from his forehead, above his eye, yet this ability was never shown in the film, though later appeared in ''Final Wars'' and the Atari/Pipeworks video games of the 2000s. Many fans speculate that this was due to budget reasons, evident by the abundant amount of Stock Footage in the film. It was later reveal however by [[WordOfGod Special Effects Director, Teruyoshi Nakano]] that the REAL reason it was never shown was because he didn't believe it fit with the character, so neither film demonstrated this ability for said reason. [[http://www.tohokingdom.com/articles/analysis_gigan_s.html This all can be read here]].

** The second idea had Godzilla team up with Film/{{Rodan}} and [[Film/VaranTheUnbelievable Varan]] to fight Ghidorah, Gigan, and a Dragon Monster named "''Mogu''". This idea was much more closer to the film that it is today, introducing the villainous Space Hunter Nebula-M aliens, as well as the monsters being summoned by tapes being played. The film also was to focus heavily on King Ghidorah, hence it's original title as "'''The Return of King Ghidorah'''". The idea was eventually dropped with the budget of making new suits for Rodan, Varan, and Mogu was too expensive (Varan's existing suit was already unsuitable for use due to how many times it was modified to represent multiple monsters in ''Ultraman'', which necessitated a re-write of ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters''), and Rodan's suit had been used in three movies in the 1960s) and instead were substituted for Anguirus, whose suit (SoshingekiAngira, made for ''Destroy All Monsters'' in 1968) was in good condition. This idea also was to give Gigan a Mace for one of his hands.

** Its dub track, however, will not be included on the upcoming [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Showa-Era set]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For a while, the only DVD release for this movie from Sony Entertainment was out of print. Fortunately, to coincide with the release of [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} the 2014 reboot of the]] ''[[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} series]]'', Kraken Releasing have re-released ''Gigan'' and [[Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep two]] [[Film/GodzillaVsHedorah other]] Showa Godzilla movies on Blu-Ray and DVD.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For a while, the only DVD release for this movie from Sony Entertainment was out of print. Fortunately, to coincide with the release of [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} the 2014 remake of the original]] ''[[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} Gojira]]'', Kraken Releasing have re-released ''Gigan'' and [[Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep two]] [[Film/GodzillaVsHedorah other]] Showa Godzilla movies on Blu-Ray and DVD.

** Additionally, Gigan also possesses the ability to [[BreathWeapon breath]] [[FireBreathingWeapon fire]], but was never shown to in the film for the same reason as above.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Tomoko is [[Series/UltraSeven Anne]]! No wonder she can kick butt!

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film had 2 different ideas that would up being turned into this movie [[Film/GodzillaVsMegalon and it's predecessor]]:

** The second idea had Godzilla team up with Film/{{Rodan}} and [[Film/VaranTheUnbelievable Varan]] to fight Ghidorah, Gigan, and a Dragon Monster named "''Mogu''". This idea was much more closer to the film that it is today, introducing the villainous Space Hunter Nebula-M aliens, as well as the monsters being summoned by tapes being played. The film also was to focus heavily on King Ghidorah, hence it's original title as "'''The Return of King Ghidorah'''". The idea was eventually dropped with the budget of making new suits for Rodan, Varan, and Mogu was too expensive (Varan's existing suit was already unsuitable for use, which necessitated a re-write of ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters''), and Rodan's suit had been used in three movies in the 1960s) and instead were substituted for Anguirus, whose suit (SoshingekiAngira, made for ''Destroy All Monsters'' in 1968) was in good condition. This idea also was to give Gigan a Mace for one of his hands.

** The second idea had Godzilla team up with Film/{{Rodan}} and [[Film/VaranTheUnbelievable Varan]] to fight Ghidorah, Gigan, and a Dragon Monster named "''Mogu''". This idea was much more closer to the film that it is today, introducing the villainous Space Hunter Nebula-M aliens, as well as the monsters being summoned by tapes being played. The film also was to focus heavily on King Ghidorah, hence it's original title as "'''The Return of King Ghidorah'''". The idea was eventually dropped with the budget of making new suits for Rodan, Varan, and Mogu was too expensive and instead were substituted for Anguirus. This idea also was to give Gigan a Mace for one of his hands.

** The first idea had Godzilla and Anguirus "team up" with a RockMonster named "''Majin Tuol''" to fight Ghidorah, Gigan, and Megalon. Other differences that were to take place was that Godzilla Tower was just a base of operations for the heroes, the villainous leader behind the monster attacks was [[BrainInAJar a floating brain]] named "Alien Miko", and Majin Tuol's only existence [[DeusExMachina was to kill the Space Monsters]] (with the exception of Miko, who is killed by Godzilla).

* GodNeverSaidThat: For a long time it was shown on the movie's poster that Gigan could fire an EyeBeam from his forehead, above his eye, yet this ability was never shown in the film. Many fans speculate that this was due to budget reasons, evident by the abundant amount of Stock Footage in the film. It was later reveal however by [[WordOfGod Special Effects Director, Teruyoshi Nakano]] that the REAL reason it was never shown was because he didn't believe it fit with the character, so neither film demonstrated this ability for said reason. [[http://www.tohokingdom.com/articles/analysis_gigan_s.html This all can be read here]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For a while, the only DVD release for this movie from Sony Entertainment was out of print. Fortunately, to coincide with the release of [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} the 2014 remake of the original]] ''[[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} Gojira]]'', Kraken Releasing will be rereleasing ''Gigan'' and [[Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep two]] [[Film/GodzillaVsHedorah other]] Showa Godzilla movies on Blu-Ray.

* GodNeverSaidThat: For a long time it was shown on the movie's poster that Gigan could fire an EyeBeam from his center eye, yet it was never shown in the film. Many fans speculate that this was due to budget reasons, evident by the abundant amount of Stock Footage in the film. [[http://www.tohokingdom.com/articles/analysis_gigan_s.html This was ultimately proven false]]...