The debut episode! In Discuss All Monsters, we will be talking about all manner of kaiju film, particularly the productions headed up by Toho. In this inaugural episode, we will be discussing the monster that started it all, Godzilla in his debut film, "Gojira". (It's interchangeable at this point, please don't get angry.) This film is SO enormous in its weight and significance, however, that we're splitting up this discussion into two episodes.

This first episode is about the history of the film: how it got made, the culture surrounding the film, and the manner of its international release. Next month's episode will be about the film itself and what it all means, and how it's still deeply affecting to this very day.

Every film we discuss from this point onward is going to be covered in just one episode however, so don't get too worried.

A bulk of the commentary on the film's production from this episode can be owed to David Kalat's great commentary of the film and its American counterpart, "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" featured on the Criterion Collection's release of Godzilla, released in 2012.

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