Gojira Airando is a television show spinoff of the Godzilla franchise. It premiered on October 6, 1997,
Premise
Set in 2097, most of Earth's
kaiju (monsters) live on an island out in the
Pacific Ocean called Godzilla Island, which is monitored by G-Guard. The creatures living on the island includes
Godzilla,
Godzilla Junior,
Mothra, Mothra Leo,
Rodan,
Rodan,
King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah,
Mechagodzilla (the Heisei version),
Anguirus,
Gigan,
Hedorah,
Destoroyah,
Baragon,
King Caesar,
Moguera,
Megalon,
Battra,
SpaceGodzilla,
Gorosaurus,
Kamacuras and
Jet Jaguar. Torema and Zagreth's
kaiju (or monsters) includes a black-coloured Mechagodzilla (the Showa version), a fully mechanical King Ghidorah (called
Hyper-Mecha King Ghidorah), a new version of Hedorah (called
Neo Hedorah), Kumasogami (named
Dororin in the series),
Jigora (a species of kaiju from Torema's home planet that looks like pallette swaps of Godzilla Junior), a powered-up version of SpaceGodzilla, a different version of
Fake Godzilla,
Proto Moguera (Which resembles the original Moguera from
The Mysterians) and
Gororin (a sentient ball-shaped cactus). One kaiju that did not appear in a Godzilla movie, a miniature version of
Dogora, also appears for a few episodes, working with Zagreth.
Kumonga,
Ebirah,
Varan, Manda, the Showa
Mechagodzilla, Titanosaurus, Gabara (though a location is named after him),
Minilla,
Biollante,
Oodako,
Ookondoru, and Shockirus does not appear in the series. Ebirah, Manda and Varan are mentioned in the theme song, while
King Kong does not appear in the series due to legal reasons.
Cast
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Jiro Dan as G-Guard Commander
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as Torema
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as Misato
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Nagisa Sawamura as Nao
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as Zagreth
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as Randeth
Voices
Episodes
Marketing
A large number of tie-in toys were produced for this series by
Bandai, since this series' kaiju sequence was filmed through the use of action figures.
A CD of theme music, mostly composed by Akira Ifukube, was released in 1997 by Polygram entitled 'Welcome To Godzilla Island'.
Release
In 2007, a 4-disc DVD set including every episode of the show was released in Japan at a price of 16,000 yen (approx. $160).
In 2018, Toho began streaming the series in Japan on the official Godzilla YouTube channel, with each episode made available for four weeks after its release.
In 2023, Toho began releasing episodes with English subtitles though the official Godzilla by Toho YouTube channel, the first time the series was made available outside of Japan.
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