
Meanwhile, the aliens enact their plan to summon King Ghidorah and Gigan. The Japanese Self Defense Forces mistake his arrival for an attack and drive the monster away. However, when manga artist Gengo Kotaka stumbles upon the tapes and accidentally plays it, the signal draws the attention of Godzilla and Anguirus.Īnguirus initially comes to investigate on his own. The tapes emit a special frequency that gives the Nebula M aliens control over the pair of space monsters. The park, entitled World Children's Land, contains a life sized replica of Godzilla which the aliens use as their base.įrom this replica, dubbed Godzilla Tower, the aliens plan to use two Action Signal Tapes to draw King Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth. They take on human forms and create a peace based theme park as a front. This time giant cockroaches from Space Hunter Nebula M are plotting to wipe out the human race and colonize the earth, as their own planet is dying. Gigan followed the tried and true alien invasion plot prevalent in so many other films in the franchise. This was Haruo Nakajima's last time portraying Godzilla.
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The Japanese theatrical debut of the movie was in 1972 while the American theatrical release followed in 1978. Jun Fukuda directed the film, his third addition to the franchise, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Originally envisioned as a film pitting three original monsters against three pre-existing beasts, it was eventually whittled down to Gigan and the returning King Ghidorah against Godzilla and Anguirus due to budget constraints. This film featured the debut of the space monster Gigan, and was the twelfth in the franchise. While Gengo and his friends try to thwart the aliens from within the tower, a battle ensues outside the tower between the four monsters in a struggle for the fate of the planet. The space monsters begin to wreak havoc as Anguirus returns with Godzilla in tow. Anguirus initially comes to investigate on his own. However, when manga artist Gengo Kotaka stumbles upon the tapes and accidentally plays it, the signal draws the attention of Godzilla and Anguirus. From this replica, dubbed Godzilla Tower, the aliens plan to use two Action Signal Tapes to draw King Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth. The park, entitled World Children's Land, contains a life sized replica of Godzilla which the aliens use as their base.




