“Who the hell are you?” “I’m Manda... we were in Destroy All Monsters together... ...Nothing?” 🐉
@SodapopTheProtogen
3 жыл бұрын
Love the MIB reference
@battleupsaber462
4 жыл бұрын
the Seatopians: who are you? the Mu Empire: we're you, but stronger
@scaper8
4 жыл бұрын
Ooh! Just got a theory pop into my head. Seatopia was a splinter/vestigial kingdom from the fall of Mu. Smaller, weaker, never an equal but left with enough of the former ruler's prestige, technology, and power to have some kaiju and leave their mark on things.
@michaelfranklin4276
2 жыл бұрын
I can tell you one thing. I wasn't bored a single minute when I first saw this as a 9 year old kid on July 10th, Saturday 1965. That still holds true in 2022.
@ShinGoji1987Official
4 жыл бұрын
Atragon's theme is epic! I liked the film but I wish Manda got more screen time.
@tyrantgregcagkaiju71
4 жыл бұрын
A city attack by the giant serpent deity would’ve been a spectacle to behold. But alas, since Manda was another last-minute addition by Tomoyuki Tanaka, the crew had little time to add additional effects shots for the film, minus a brief undersea clash between the titan and the warship.
@ShinGoji1987Official
4 жыл бұрын
@@tyrantgregcagkaiju71 That would have been great! Lol good ol Tanaka always with the great ideas
@tyrantgregcagkaiju71
4 жыл бұрын
Shin Godzilla 1987 Yep, he had a strange habit of insisting to Honda that their movie, long after the script had been finished, needed a monster in it to be marketable: The Mysterians, Gorath, and now Atragon.
@ShinGoji1987Official
4 жыл бұрын
@@tyrantgregcagkaiju71 lol I remember reading about how he wanted Ghidorah to originally have 8 heads like a hydra he saw in a book. No wonder kg regenerated in kotm 2019 xD
@yearunknown9602
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@atomicninjazyuranger5418
2 жыл бұрын
The submarine that drilled its way into my childhood memories, I love this movie. I remember watching it all the time as a little kid.
@SaurianStudios1207
4 жыл бұрын
Behold the first appearance of Manda, my favorite obscure Toho Kaiju!
@smcrevival1467
4 жыл бұрын
Wish he'd have more appearances
@Manda1771
4 жыл бұрын
Same. I think Manda is one of the most under used monsters within the Godzilla franchise. I feel that they can do a lot more with him and make him a more celestial being among the lines of Mothra and King Ceaser. For example give him more powers that are weather based like the ability to generate hurricanes at will, create a smoke screen using fog, spit water from his mouth at such a high speed to the point that it cuts things in half like a water-jet machine, etc.
@Matkaizer08
4 жыл бұрын
Titanus Mamosuda Note: Mamosu Da was going to be Manda's original name before Atragon was going to be released.
@henrytoledo4103
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm still pissed the Gotengo kills him
@kirbyuniversal4250
3 жыл бұрын
I love manda to
@kaiju115
4 жыл бұрын
Manda needs more lovin’ nuff said.
@wcsxwcsx
Жыл бұрын
I'm amazed that after all this time, this film is still so elusive. It's never on TV and it's never on KZitem. I wonder why.
@ohppig1
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you pointed out the political themes of Atragon that most review missed.
@catyear75
4 жыл бұрын
🎶Ohh, Manda, you came and you destroyed a city, isn’t that just a pity ..? Oh, Manda.... 🎶
@ButrzV2
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite things about this channel is getting to see the array of Toho movies I've missed over my decades long obsession with kaiju. Always look forward to these man. Keep em comin. And you deserve way more subs
@MechaMcScringly
4 жыл бұрын
They made a good decision to bring gotango back in final wars!
@KiddingCell
4 жыл бұрын
It was gonna be in Godzilla x Baragon Anguruis and Varan giant monsters all out attack
@scaper8
4 жыл бұрын
@@KiddingCell Really?! I hadn't heard that before. Damn, why is that everything I hear about that this version sounds better than the already great _GMK!_ I want this version so bad! Urgh. LOL
@aidanhettrick6991
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely cool that the Gotengo also fought Manda in that film. Nice nod to Atragon.
@whitestar73
2 жыл бұрын
If you liked this movie, then the anime "Super Atragon" is an absolute must see. Different story, but it's an incredible job of animation with an equally great soundtrack.
@haydenmckee1729
4 жыл бұрын
This review is longer than Manda's screen time in the movie
@iamthebaroness8148
4 жыл бұрын
😢😭😞😖😔
@lurkerrekrul
4 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie as a child on Saturday afternoon Creature Features. For many years I never knew what it was and only really remembered the Mu submarines attacking ships on the surface with the weapon on the front shaped like Manda. As you can imagine, trying to Google "Japanese movie submarine snake weapon" wasn't too helpful. At times I thought it might be Atragon, but none of the screenshots I saw had the Mu subs in them. It wasn't until a few years ago when I got a copy of the film that I realized that it WAS the movie I remembered.
@gerardcousineau3478
2 жыл бұрын
In the 60s I saw this on black & white TV, this movie had an impact on me as a kid. This movie remains a favorite Sci-fi of mine. Thanks for posting. The ship with the drill at the front just amazed me back then, still kind of beautiful today. Finally you are right there is some nice nuance of romance a lovely and sad film at the same. Bitter & Sweet ? Perhaps? Viewers will be the judges.
@brianlawton8172
4 жыл бұрын
Features one of the best special effects scenes when a huge portion of Tokyo’s city caves in from a Mu empire midnight attack
@UpFromTheDepths88
4 жыл бұрын
I know, it's a small moment but it's really impressive.
@ArcaneAzmadi
4 жыл бұрын
Surprised you didn't touch more on the legacy of this film, from the appearance of the _Gotengo_ in other films, perhaps most notably Godzilla: Final Wars, to the anime sequel, Super Atragon.
@caydenl.4878
4 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack for this movie is godlike.
@SuperSirianRigel
4 жыл бұрын
I have always been curious about this one. But I have never seen a copy of this in stores and haven't remembered to even look it up on the web. lol. I hope Manda gets to be another movie someday.
@stanley5745
4 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for you to cover Space Amoeba!
@Devilman666
4 жыл бұрын
The Gotengo is a masterpiece in vehicle design.
@caaltaes732
4 жыл бұрын
So that scene from Godzilla final wars between the Gotengo and Manda was a call back to this movie.
@middle_pickup
4 жыл бұрын
I've never seen any of the films you review, but maybe the modern ones. Yet your videos are so entertaining to watch. I love your work! Keep it up!
@slowmoe1686
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies. I love the Gotengo's design.
@scado5679
4 жыл бұрын
Aw yeah, Atragon! Probably my favorite of all of the non Godzilla Toho movies. Most of that love is directed towards Manda, but the film itself is pretty enjoyable as well.
@TIGERZY2K
3 жыл бұрын
Manda was the 60s popular era Japanese Kaiju who was used both as a sea Dragon in Atragon and renamed as Kai Dragon the pet of weird girl Ohitome in Ultra Q series as well being used as a amphibious snake in the Godzilla film Destroy all monsters.
@loanaoftheshellpeople5627
2 жыл бұрын
Atragon is like a Godzilla movie without Godzilla.
@lipstickzombie4981
4 жыл бұрын
I know it's not a Toho property but I do hope you feature Guilala down the line.
@frankmoyer5822
2 жыл бұрын
I saw this film when I was 8, in 1963, a double feature, Sunday matinee, along with "Crab Island" or something. I missed all of the nuances, but have always wanted to see it again nonetheless.
@SimpleNobody2420
4 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of that scene in Godzilla Final Wars where a similar ship like the one in the film also fights an eastern dragon. wonder if there's a connection?
@VonWenk
4 жыл бұрын
Probably, considering Godzilla Final Wars is virtually a remake of Destroy All Monsters.
@JSPena
4 жыл бұрын
This makes me wonder what if that underwater civilization in King Of The Monsters was the continent of Mu?
@catzilla5855
4 жыл бұрын
Most likely a reference to that or seatopia
@JSPena
4 жыл бұрын
moro gaki true
@kirbyuniversal4250
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best score
@notsocreative7045
4 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was younger I would watch a lot of Showa Godzilla movies but every once in a while they would mention manda and for the longest time I was so confused about what he was so or if he even had a movie
@DesGardius-me7gf
3 жыл бұрын
This movie was the best role of the late Jun Tazaki.
@zorhamorningstar3862
4 жыл бұрын
Having finally seen the origin of Manda Im surprised the dragon has been in more Toho movies than Megalon. They hail from similar origins but IMO Megalon has more personality and unique design than Manda.
@alexlemonds2838
2 жыл бұрын
Gotengo needs to appear in the Monsterverse. Imagine it leading a fleet of Super X's & Garudas.
@catzilla5855
4 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Jun Tazaki, a fixture of usually side characters in 60's toho, in the leading role here
@jimmiii7166
4 жыл бұрын
Love how you have grown so much within a small amount of time and you keep finding content to upload from even the lesser heard of Toho titles, keep up the awesome work!
@robgrimm9004
4 жыл бұрын
Please review one of the weirdest of them all, "The X from Outer Space" Those film makers dropped a lot of acid while making that one!!!
@mr.monster91666
4 жыл бұрын
You know 6 days ago I would not have been able to search for this video but by random chance I really wanted to see if you had made a review for the atragon movie and well here it is. Keep up the good work
@romangunter621
4 жыл бұрын
I never understood why the movie is called Atragon when that's not even the name of the warship in the film.
@kylecollier2285
4 жыл бұрын
In the English version of this movie the ship is called Atragon. But in the Japanese version, it's called the Gotengo or in Japanese as Kaitei Gundan (Undersea Battleship).
@triplehate6759
Жыл бұрын
It was the US title of the movie, "Atragon" being a contraction of "Atlantic Dragon", possibly in reference to Manda (which is dumb, the whole thing takes place in the Pacific ocean). If that seems stupid and pointless, keep in mind that such needless changes and butcheries were the norm for bringing foreign films to the West back then (look at what was done to a lot of the older Godzilla movies, good lord).
@IloveOtherPplsMsry
4 жыл бұрын
There's an anime sequel to this called Super Atragon. Does not come recommended though btw.
@arthurreyes2632
3 жыл бұрын
Cool videos! Waiting for your review of “The Magic Serpent “
@logunplatt3655
4 жыл бұрын
This brings a whole new meaning to final Wars, how did I not know about this movie?
@JeffreyDeCristofaro
7 ай бұрын
It's strange that they never managed to fit Atragon into the Hollow Earth of the recent Legendary Monsterverse. Personally, I would pay to see that.
@sweeney60
3 жыл бұрын
Damn that line “do you know what it’s like to be a child orphaned by war?” really hits you right in the gut.
@FRMNTDprod
4 жыл бұрын
It seems this film has much more to it than I thought, and I never knew that awesome OST was the Atragon theme song. I feel like I should watch it.
@KlldbyCuriosity
4 жыл бұрын
Personally I’ve always had a soft spot for this film idk why
@Dontuween
4 жыл бұрын
The one other interesting character (I thought) was the Empress of Mu, who more or less, mirrored Jinguji's nationalistic approach, but unlike Jinguji, who had a change of heart, it ending up becoming her downfall. Jun Tazaki is great at Captain Jinguji. However, as I understand it, the role was originally meant for Toshiro Mifune, which would have been his first Toho sci-fi. Unfortunately, his work on Kurosawa's "Red Beard" was taking forever, and thus Mifune was not available. :(
@teejaynumber13
4 жыл бұрын
I always thought Manda should not have been revealed so soon, and instead just appeared as statues that the Mu worshiped. The heroes wouldn't have taken it seriously until it rose up to life for the final battle.
@jackhamilton9604
Ай бұрын
I watched this movie today and I was thinking about how Manda could have been used better, given that it's believed he was a mandate by Tomoyuki Tanaka/Toho and he deserved better. I would have had it explained in the backstory that when Mu sank he helped the Muans survive, doing things like bringing them materials to enhance their technology and in turn they worshiped him as their new God. And throughout the movie I would have had Manda take part in the destruction scenes (specifically the ones in the ocean, so for example the submarine isn't destroyed by water pressure, it's destroyed by Manda) I'd even give him the Mu Submarine's ability to fire red lasers (which he would do from his mouth) and the Mu submarines are there to guide him to specific areas. And in the climax instead of the Empress releasing him Manda confronts the prisons as he's coming back to Mu and so the Gotengo distracts him with the torpedos as happens in the movie. Where things would differ is Manda moves out of the way and keeps his eye on the Gotengo, seemingly let it burrow into the Mu, thats when he would attack it again, which I think would of added tension as I thought the Gotengo crew going in and destroying Mu seemed almost too easy. So when the crew comes back on board that's when they electrocute Manda to get him off and finally Manda would take the place of the final Mu submarine firing the red laser at the Gotengo which is finally frozen by the flying warship
@shidanslair
Жыл бұрын
I haven't watched this movie, but I watched Manda in Destroy All Monsters and Final Wars. I think a redesign for Manda would be great, so he could appear again.
@garyreid6165
3 жыл бұрын
Atragon, or Kaitei Gunkan, was released during the Year of the Dragon according to the audio commentary on the DVD. Old grudges are something to be aware of. This was Manda’s only solo outing. But, he and Goutengo meet again in Godzilla:Final Wars. I enjoyed Atragon.
@kyleswi764
4 жыл бұрын
Atragon is a much forgotten toho film but a gem nun the less
@I-AM-SPAZZ
Жыл бұрын
I love Manda he looks super cool and I think he is underated *same for titanosaurus* I probs misspelled that.
@ErnestoTani
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe that movie inspires Yoshinobu Nishizaki to create the Space Battleship Yamato.
@BigBravesFan1331
4 жыл бұрын
I thought you reviewed every kaiju film ever. WELL I’M WRONG
@MetronFilms97
4 жыл бұрын
He still has not done Dogora, Space Amoeba,Gorath, and many more.
@BigBravesFan1331
4 жыл бұрын
Uh oh
@Gappasaurus
4 жыл бұрын
Yeaaaah there’s lots more 😅 After consulting my obsessive nerd list of daikaiju & tokusatsu films, in the Showa era alone there’s about two dozen films just from Toho, plus at least another four dozen kaiju & tokusatsu films by other Japanese & Korean studios that he hasn’t covered 😁 And that’s not counting US & EU giant monster films (aside from Kong & Monsterverse films), TV series like Zone Fighter or the Ultra series, or more obscure sources like the shogun-period films with giant monsters from Taiwan 🤓
@changsiah2
4 жыл бұрын
hey that ship from Godzilla: Final Wars
@VonWenk
4 жыл бұрын
I'm almost sure I've never seen Atragon. And I'm somebody who's seen Mutango, The Mysterians, and the movie with the giant jellyfish and the diamond thieves. It does look worth checking out though.
@MangetsuSAMURAI
4 жыл бұрын
Kaitei Gunkan is one of my favorite Toho films and the Gotengo should definitely be included in a future Legendary Pictures monster film.
@robertcasipe1851
4 жыл бұрын
Can you do a review on the classic Daimajin movies? 😁
@battleroyale1056
4 жыл бұрын
U2000 - Tauchfahrt des Schreckens (German Title)
@KyuubiGoku1
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the Godzilla: Final Wars ship, Gotengo paid homage to the Atragon movie. It looks very similar.
@orca2278
3 жыл бұрын
"Oh hi manda *sweats* I'm gonna get eatten:;"
@MongoThinks
4 жыл бұрын
Manda appears in the movie, but Gotengo steals the show!
@Mafia-Zilla99
4 жыл бұрын
For a sec I though that was Manda
@smcrevival1467
4 жыл бұрын
I love manda I'd watch this movie just for him
@aylmer666
3 жыл бұрын
I just showed this movie to my buddy (a South Park animator) last night. He was not impressed at all. I have to admit that it was even slower and narratively choppier / uninspired than I remembered... but I'm still a huge fan of the final 15 minutes of the film. That earthquake scene, the submarine attack on the harbor, and then the ending with the Gotengo smashing into the heart of the city all hold up extremely well.
@aseldesu
3 жыл бұрын
they did my long boye dirty , happy hes coming back in Godzilla Singular Point
Another nice post. Really enjoy your channel and LOVE the title. Reptilicus would seem to be the Danish version of Manda. Any plans for for reviewing that movie?
@LukeRobertsArt
3 жыл бұрын
Where can I find this movie with such high quality video?
@wild-strike
4 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry but Atragon is easily one of Toho’s greatest films.
@ipeniemela
3 жыл бұрын
Can you review The H Man and Battle in Outer Space? Just bought those from Eureka, watched 'em, loved 'em, but would really like to hear your opinion...
@andrejshamin1452
Жыл бұрын
Для того времени неплохая история👍
@ek9509
2 жыл бұрын
3 stars = Okay.
@callanhutchison1871
4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know a good consolidated place online where I can watch the original Godzilla/casual movies with English subtitles and their reedited American counterparts or do we just have to order all the DVDs from different places? I own a lot of the classic media cuts which are great because they have both versions but then for other movies I have to order the original with subtitles from Japan and then I have to order the reedited American version on Amazon and I’m just wondering if there’s one consolidated place where we can do this
@geoffcreed7681
4 жыл бұрын
Check out the Godzilla Showa era set from Criterion.
@Gappasaurus
4 жыл бұрын
There’s no one single license holder for all of Toho’s films in the US so you won’t find them all in one place, but with very few exceptions all of their kaiju films have been released in the US in both sub & dub at some point on either dvd or bluray, so you really shouldn’t have to order from Japan. IIRC the only kaiju exceptions are King Kong Escapes (only the dub released in the US) and neither Gorath or Daigoro vs Goliath have had official US releases. Or Half-Human, but that will likely **never** receive any official release anywhere ☹️
@rhuber6386
4 жыл бұрын
I just ordered most of the Tokyo Shock line of Toho DVDs that came out between 2005-07 from various sellers on eBay. The Mysterians arrived first. It’s a counterfeit. The packaging looks really good except for some close details that are off like the printing on the top of the disc not being very sharp and the overall printing being slightly dull. After doing some research, I’ll be shocked if I get one real disc from the batch. If you feel like going the eBay route, get some DVD ripping software like MakeMKV to see if there is any copy protection. If there isn’t, it’s a fake. It will also say the authoring date and what program authored it. If it’s another dvd ripping app on a date way later than the release of the disc, it’s a fake. From info on forums I’ve now read, most of the discs sold on eBay are fakes. But if you just want to see the movies and know what you’re most likely ordering, they’re on there to be had.
@Gappasaurus
4 жыл бұрын
@R Huber Bummer, sorry to hear that 🙁 The gray market these days is definitely a double-edge sword. You can get otherwise-unavailable-in-your-country titles with far higher production value than the crappy fan sub videotapes or unmarked burned DVDs in photocopy sleeves of the past, but that also opens the door for shenanigans like this to occur, where just because a domestic release is out of print they feel it’s fair game to pass off copies for original merch 😑
@Hiroki8017
4 жыл бұрын
Donde consigo estas películas, son casi iguales a las peliculas de culto del Santo enmascarado de Plata!!
@PureS1lly
3 жыл бұрын
Thats manda manda manda
@Evamme534
Жыл бұрын
5:08 sus
@louismolywacky634
4 жыл бұрын
Why don`t you make the Atlantis version?
@RSEFX
2 жыл бұрын
A shame that the sole monster in the film was puppeted, designed and shot so poorly. Some of the production values were truly spectacular, surprisingly so. (Some shots from this film were incorporated into the AIP British co-production, THE CITY IN THE SEA, aka WAR-GODS OF THE DEEP.)
@louieleon2605
4 жыл бұрын
Is Gorath any good? Always forget about that one
@scado5679
4 жыл бұрын
I think there's a good chance that he'll review that at some point soon
@Gappasaurus
4 жыл бұрын
It’s fairly good, probably close in quality to Atragon, but with more of a disaster movie plot (actually its basic storyline is very similar to “Warning from Space”, but without the alien starfishes 😅), and Maguma is just as incidental to the plot as Manda is here. Unfortunately there’s no official US release, but there are decent graymarket versions in both sub & dub 👍🏽
@emmenebdndnd
4 жыл бұрын
That’s a weird looking Whiplash
@lietz13
3 жыл бұрын
Wandered into this movie on amazon prime video (monster B movie goldmine over there right now), glad to see the insight here. Definitely missed the Mu as a symbol of the worst of imperial japan, seems so obvious in hindsight.
@BasementDweller_
3 жыл бұрын
Manda.
@av_8596
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if you’d review anime, but would you review Super Atragon?
@DrawtoonzStudio
4 жыл бұрын
Is there any way to watch this legally in the U.S. besides the DVD? I’ve been interested in seeing it for a while.
@sarnimations9255
3 жыл бұрын
please review gorath
@LPGD1994
4 жыл бұрын
Gorath next? Lol... Maguma
@aducharme01
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think that's a fair assessment of Atragon, some interesting ideas in a bland package. Hmm, you seem to be doing these in date order, does that mean you're not covering Gorath at this time? It's technically a kaiju movie, and even contributes something to Godzilla Final Wars, so I'd have expected it to be worth looking at.
@jonwebersfamily4809
4 жыл бұрын
Can you do the movie the giant mojin
@KiddingCell
4 жыл бұрын
It's not a kaiju franchise but you should review the jurassic park franchise I would like to see what you think of the series and you loved the lost world and the original as a kid
@lespauljr90
3 жыл бұрын
NO no no.THis is 4stars.
@Brolydark
Жыл бұрын
No llega al nivel de king kong vs Godzilla
@spacemanmattscifi
4 жыл бұрын
Manda looked fake in all shots. The submarine was the star of the show for me when I was a kid. The movie was enough of a spectacle to keep my attention for most of the time.
@Phinal_Flash
4 жыл бұрын
I've been reluctant to see this one. I hear it's boring AF.
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