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Godzilla: The Series

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  • 1998–20011998–2001
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Godzilla: The Series (1998)
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In this direct sequel to the 1998 Godzilla movie, Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's only living offspring.In this direct sequel to the 1998 Godzilla movie, Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's only living offspring.In this direct sequel to the 1998 Godzilla movie, Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's only living offspring.
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  • Creators
    • Jeff Kline
    • Richard Raynis
  • Stars
    • Ian Ziering
    • Malcolm Danare
    • Rino Romano
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    • Richard Raynis
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    • Malcolm Danare
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    Ian Ziering
    Ian Ziering
    • Dr. Nick Tatopoulosas Dr. Nick Tatopoulos
    40 episodes40 eps • 1998–2001
    Malcolm Danare
    Malcolm Danare
    • Dr. Mendel Cravenas Dr. Mendel Craven
    40 episodes40 eps • 1998–2001
    Rino Romano
    Rino Romano
    • Randy Hernandezas Randy Hernandez…
    40 episodes40 eps • 1998–2001
    Charity James
    Charity James
    • Dr. Elsie Chapmanas Dr. Elsie Chapman
    40 episodes40 eps • 1998–2001
    Brigitte Bako
    Brigitte Bako
    • Monique DuPreas Monique DuPre
    39 episodes39 eps • 1998–2001
    Tom Kenny
    Tom Kenny
    • N.I.G.E.L.as N.I.G.E.L.…
    28 episodes28 eps • 1998–2001
    Kevin Dunn
    Kevin Dunn
    • Major Anthony Hicksas Major Anthony Hicks
    20 episodes20 eps • 1998–2000
    Paget Brewster
    Paget Brewster
    • Audrey Timmondsas Audrey Timmonds
    11 episodes11 eps • 1998–2001
    Joe Pantoliano
    Joe Pantoliano
    • Victor 'Animal' Palottias Victor 'Animal' Palotti
    8 episodes8 eps • 1998–2001
    Scott Mosenson
    Scott Mosenson
    • Dr. Hans Sopleras Dr. Hans Sopler
    3 episodes3 eps • 1999
    Patrick Labyorteaux
    Patrick Labyorteaux
    • Dr. Ted Hoffmanas Dr. Ted Hoffman
    3 episodes3 eps • 1999
    David Newsom
    David Newsom
    • Cameron Winteras Cameron Winter
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998–2000
    Bob Joles
    Bob Joles
    • Hankas Hank…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998–2000
    Michael Lerner
    Michael Lerner
    • Mayor Ebertas Mayor Ebert
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998–1999
    Keith Szarabajka
    Keith Szarabajka
    • Philippe Roachéas Philippe Roaché
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Nicholas Guest
    Nicholas Guest
    • Chad Gordonas Chad Gordon…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999–2000
    Clancy Brown
    Clancy Brown
    • Announceras Announcer…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Ronny Cox
    Ronny Cox
    • Daleas Dale
    2 episodes2 eps • 1998–2000
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      • Richard Raynis
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    • Trivia
      One of the main reasons why the series is so different from the movie it's spun off from, Godzilla (1998), is that almost all of the production crew were big fans of the original Japanese Godzilla films. Since the American movie's exact details were kept secret, down to the capabilities of Godzilla himself, the cartoon staff had no choice but to base their work on the Japanese movies. Thus, Godzilla Jr. is more anthropomorphic, has the iconic atomic breath weapon, stands more upright and does battle with other monsters.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Animal (2001)

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    Second review: better than the movie and other cartoon, but lacks enough 'Zilla action
    This is my second, more carefully constructed review for this series. As said, i won't cover the ground details as i did before, but offer a second opinion.

    I still like this series, and I do think it's better than the movie, in that it has better, more believable characters, and Godzilla acts more like Godzilla than he did in the remake.

    The main problem is that, in his own cartoon show, Godzilla is rarely seen, and often treated as a mere Deus Ex Machina!

    Sure, there are some interesting monsters, and they get plenty of screen time, but most of them are just large insects, and any potential mystery about their appearance is ruined, since they usually are completely seen in the prologue before the opening credits.

    And yes, the human characters are more than just cardboard cut outs, they earn our interest, and interact instead of just act towards each other. In other words, the almost exact opposite of the characters from the 70's Hanna-Barbara show (but even they had good intentions).

    But, unfortunately, while the the humans and monsters are often interesting, the producers of the show forgot one thing: this is called "Godzilla: the Series", so why is it he only shows up twice an average episode?!? And when he does show up, its usually when he either makes his first appearance, gets injured, then comes back in at the end to kill the monster after the humans fail.

    While the humans don't fail always, whatever plan they do have requires Godzilla uses him as a plot device, and without it, he probably wouldn't have shown up in the episode at all!

    Its like in most of the Gamera (re: flying-turtle Godzilla knock-off) movies: Cool evil monster comes in, humans stare at it, Gamera comes in, get wounded, retreats, humans attempt to kill cool evil monster, fail, then either Gamera comes back and kills it himself or becomes integral to the human's attempts to kill it. (also, for fun, add in tiny short wearing children who are "friends of Gamera")

    Basically, take this formula, replace the boring Japanese people with the interesting cartoon characters, take out the tiny-short wearing kids and put in NIck Tatopolous, and (this is the worst part) replace Gamera with Godzilla, and you have generally every episode of the series, though not as lame as the older gamera movies, but not as good as the recent ones.

    also note: While Godzilla and Nick in the show have a relationship somewhat like Gamera had with whatever small kid he was saving, Godzilla is not under Nick's control. And while Godzilla does often protect Nick, it is often not his main reason for being in the story. Also, while Gamera mostly followed the kids, Godzilla and Nick often follow each other to wherever the story takes them.

    However, the episodes where Godzilla is the center of attention are absolutely excellent! The episode where Godzilla is cloned, where he is being mind controlled, where Nick and Monique go inside him to stop a virus, are all great shows.

    Especially great is the one where Godzilla meets up with another monster like him, and becomes a surrogate mate. That episode takes everything good about the series (character development and interaction, monster fights, and drama), and rolls it into a perfect episode. Heck, they even have a giant mutant turtle in that one! An obvious nod to Gamera, and a monster fight Kaiju fans would kill to see.

    Overall, "Godzilla: the series" is good, a great improvement on the movie, and its worth seeing every episode, but it could have been great if only Godzilla himself were in it more.
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    • Release date
      • September 12, 1998 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Godzila
    • Production companies
      • Columbia TriStar Television
      • Toho Company
      • Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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