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Original Godzilla & Godzilla Raids Again Novels Get English Release!

Original Godzilla & Godzilla Raids Again Novels Get English Release!

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After nearly seven decades, the original novels based on Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla Raids Again (1955) are finally being translated for English readers. Translated by Western Michigan University professor and author, Jeffrey Angles, the novels are written by Shigeru Kayama who penned the original story treatment for both movies.

Godzilla emerged from the sea to devastate Tokyo in the now-classic 1954 film, produced by Toho Studios and directed by Ishiro Honda, creating a global sensation and launching one of the world’s most successful movie and media franchises. Awakened and transformed by nuclear weapons testing, Godzilla serves as a terrifying metaphor for humanity’s shortsighted destructiveness: this was the intent of Shigeru Kayama, the science fiction writer who drafted the 1954 original film and its first sequel and, in 1955, published these novellas.

Although the Godzilla films have been analyzed in detail by cultural historians, film scholars, and generations of fans, Kayama’s two Godzilla novellas—both classics of Japanese young-adult science fiction—have never been available in English. This book finally provides English-speaking fans and critics the original texts with these first-ever English-language translations of Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again. The novellas reveal valuable insights into Kayama’s vision for the Godzilla story, feature plots that differ from those of the films, and clearly display the author’s strong antinuclear, proenvironmental convictions.

Kayama’s fiction depicts Godzilla as engaging in guerrilla-style warfare against humanity, which has allowed the destruction of the natural world through its irresponsible, immoral perversion of science. As human activity continues to cause mass extinctions and rapid climatic change, Godzilla provides a fable for the Anthropocene, powerfully reminding us that nature will fight back against humanity’s onslaught in unpredictable and devastating ways.

This is a massive surprise for western fans, as Kayama's original novelizations were considered lost to the west without a proper translation.

Covering both stories, the book is 256 pages long and will be published by the University of Minnesota Press for an October 3rd, 2023--one month before Godzilla Day. You can pre-order the novel(s) here.
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This article was written By G. H. (Gman) and published on 2023-03-19 23:13:27

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