Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) with Henshin J

It's the final Godzilla film in the Showa era, the first (and only!) Godzilla film written by a woman, the final film Ishirō Honda directed, and the last Godzilla movie Doug has never seen! Jazz aka Henshin J joins us for Godzilla's final battle against Mechagodzilla and a cyborg story that is also a deeply trans story. We talk about Katsura's queer but tragic journey (even though her dad is a cartoonish mad scientist dressed like Colonel Sanders), the floppy-headed Titanosaurus who did nothing wrong, the darker "back to basics" edict, how writer Yukiko Takayama was ahead of her time, and how this movie invented both the trans flag and Team Rocket.

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Cover art by: Samantha Richardson

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Sources include:

• Godzilla: The First 70 Years by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski
• Ishirō Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski
• Wikizilla