Godzilla vs. Gigan
AKA
Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla on Monster Island
(1972)
Starring:
Godzilla
King Ghidorah
Gigan
Anguirus
(sorry folks, stock footage monsters don't count)
Godzilla vs. Gigan chronicles down-on-his-luck comic artist Gengo trying to sell his hillariously uninspired monster designs: Shukra, the monster of homework, and Momagon, the monster of strict mothers. After comic publishers (rightfully) refuse his (idiotic) ideas, Gengo goes to a children's theme park specializing in monsters to sell his ideas to them.
The men at Children's Land love his ideas! This of course means there's something shady about them.
Gengo soon runs into the company of two hippies, who have stolen a tape recording and try to convince Gengo that his bosses are evil and bent on world domination. They play the tape recording hoping to hear proof of this, however, all they hear is an off-key screeching noise. Ugh...it's the latest Madonna album...these guys must be evil!
While the humans struggle to understand the incoherant nonsense that is this plot, Godzilla and Anguirus somehow hear the recording many miles away on Monster Island. Cluing them in on an alien invasion, the duo prepare to counterattack...
Meanwhile, our group of heroes are found out by the alien showrunners at Children's Land and take them into custody so they can brag about how their plan is perfect. They use the tape recording to call forth two monsters from space. The first is King Ghidorah, who, in his third alien invasion to date, is starting to look like the local alien invader whore. The second is a new monster called Gigan, a cross between a giant penguin and a Swiss Army Knife. Together, the set Japan ablaze.
Then Godzilla and Anguirus come and kick ass in a half hour of butt-kickin' and stock footage. Oh yeah, and there's something about the good guys defeating the bad guys, but after reading the drivel I had to type out above, does anybody really care?
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