{"product_id":"the-big-book-of-japanese-john-lemay-9781734154603","title":"The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films: Mutated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHAT'S RIGHT. THE LOST FILMS IS BACK. And like a Heisei era Godzilla foe, it's mutated into its second, bigger, badder form. And it's got it all: Adam West battling the Big G in BATMAN MEETS GODZILLA? Check. A DAIMAJIN remake starring Steven Seagal? It almost happened. Ultraman teaming with a monkey monster in Thailand's 6 ULTRA BROTHERS VS. THE MONSTER ARMY? Yep, it exists--even if Tsuburaya Productions wishes it didn't. \u003cbr\u003e This book covers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnproduced scripts like BRIDE OF GODZILLA? (1955), GAMERA VS. THE ICE MEN FROM OUTER SPACE (1966), ULTRAMAN: OPERATION GIANT (1966), OPERATION ROBINSON CRUSOE: KING KONG VS. EBIRAH (1966), GAMERA VS. TWO-HEADED MONSTER W (1971), THE TIME MACHINE II (1979), GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS IN 3-D (1983), IT ATE CLEVELAND  (1984), COO FROM A DISTANT SEA (1989), MOTHRA VS. BAGAN (1990), GAMERA VS. PHOENIX (1993), GODZILLA VS. GHOST GODZILLA (1995), YAMATO TAKERU 2 (1997), and HEDORAH VS. MIDORA (2017). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilms that came close to shooting like THE VOLCANO MONSTERS (1957), which Toho produced new monster suits for, and NESSIE (1976-1979)--an aborted team-up between Hammer and Toho that sunk itself in the seventies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePartially shot productions such as Daiei's GIANT HORDE BEAST NEZURA (1963), which had to be shut down when real rats overran the studio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBanned films like ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1955), GREAT PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS (1974), and JUMBORG ACE AND GIANT (1974). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFan films like the ambitious, still in production LEGENDARY GIANT BEAST WOLFMAN VS. GODZILLA (1983-present) and GAMERA 4: TRUTH (2003). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOddities like the Italian colorized version of GODZILLA (1978) codenamed \"COZZILLA\" and even ATTACK OF THE GALACTIC MONSTERS (1983) and SPACE WARRIORS 2000 (1985) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lemay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734154608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734154603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bicep Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.00d","brand":"John Lemay","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995241119999,"sku":"9781734154603","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5e5e7cf-26b9-4bf7-aca9-a8c6e8a1244c.jpg?v=1683334672","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-book-of-japanese-john-lemay-9781734154603","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}