It has been confirmed that no other American versions but the two above listed will be included, and dubs (International or otherwise) for EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP and GODZILLA VS. GIGAN will also not be included.
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The breakdown of disc contents is expected to be as follows:
Disc 1: GODZILLA / GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS!
Disc 2: GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN / KING KONG VS. GODZILLA
Disc 3: MOTHRA VS. GODZILLLA / GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER / INVASION OF ASTRO MONSTER
Disc 4: EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP / SON OF GODZILLA / DESTROY ALL MONSTERS
Disc 5: ALL MONSTERS ATTACK / GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH
Disc 6: GODZILLA VS. GIGAN / GODZILLA VS. MEGALON
Disc 7: GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA / TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA
Disc 8: Bonus features
Check out Criterion's site listing for descriptions of all the films, and to see the variety of eclectic artwork they commissioned for the accompanying book.
Criterion details the set's features:
- High-definition digital transfers of all fifteen Godzilla films made between 1954 and 1975, released together for the first time, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- High-definition digital transfers of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the 1956 U.S.-release version of Godzilla; and the 1962 Japanese-release version of King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Audio commentaries from 2011 on Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters featuring film historian David Kalat
- International English-language dub tracks for Invasion of Astro-Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Terror of Mechagodzilla
- Directors Guild of Japan interview with director Ishiro Honda, conducted by director Yoshimitsu Banno in 1990
- Programs detailing the creation of Godzilla’s special effects and unused effects sequences from Toho releases including Destroy All Monsters
- New interview with filmmaker Alex Cox about his admiration for the Showa-era Godzilla films
- New and archival interviews with cast and crew members, including actors Bin Furuya, Tsugutoshi Komada, Haruo Nakajima, and Akira Takarada; composer Akira Ifukube; and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
- Interview with critic Tadao Sato from 2011
- Illustrated audio essay from 2011 about the real-life tragedy that inspired Godzilla
- New English subtitle translations
- Trailers
- PLUS: A lavishly illustrated deluxe hardcover book featuring an essay by cinema historian Steve Ryfle, notes on the films by cinema historian Ed Godziszewski, and new illustrations by Arthur Adams, Sophie Campbell, Becky Cloonan, Jorge Coelho, Geof Darrow, Simon Gane, Robert Goodin, Benjamin Marra, Monarobot, Takashi Okazaki, Angela Rizza, Yuko Shimizu, Bill Sienkiewicz, Katsuya Terada, Ronald Wimberly, and Chris Wisnia
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