Above, the cover. |
The movie premiered in Japan on November 3, 2000 at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Its initial release was on December 16, 2000. It was directed by Masaaki Tezuka.
Above, the photo of the "Godzilla Week" ceremony that appeared in the "Godzilla x Megaguirus" Shogakukan movie book. |
Shogakukan has a history of publishing high-quality photo books that are loaded with rare photos from the movies and production stills. This one was no exception. It contains photos of props, monster suits, wardrobe, miniatures and statistics, besides scenes from the movie.
Above, the "Godzilla Week" proclamation scroll by the Board of Supervisors. |
Once fans learned of the "sabotage" of the event due to the cancellation of the suit's appearance (we went ahead with the ceremony anyway), the "fit hit the shan." Fans raised holy hell with many irate emails directed to Sony/Tri-Star. Had the suit been allowed to appear, it may have helped a little with the boxoffice take of Godzilla 2000 (it earned a measly $10 million) as people would have been able to see the new Godzilla "Millennium" design up close for the first time. Sony's saving grace was that they provided hundreds of Godzilla 2000 cloisonne promo pins and mini-posters to hand out at the event and at G-FEST.
Above, my autographed group photo of the "Godzilla Week" ceremony. Photo courtesy of the office of Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. |
The Godzilla x Megaguirus: G Annihilation Strategy book is currently out-of-print, but it can still be found at eBay and some Japanese online bookseller websites. At the time of publication, I bought two of them (one for myself and one as a "thank-you" gift to Supervisor Antonovich). It is amazing that over 12 years have passed since "Godzilla Week" and the publication of the movie book.
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