It’s Monster Study Group’s first ‘normal’ session! The topic is Toho’s Champion Festival, a film festival for children that ran from 1969 to 1978. Understanding the Champion Festival helps give context to the Godzilla films of the 1970s. You’ll hear about two books, “Ultraman Testimony” and “Pure Invention;” the first episode of “Return of Ultraman;” 1971’s “Godzilla vs. Hedorah/the Smog Monster;” and the feature article “Godzilla Gets a Trim: The Toho Champion Festivals,” from G-FAN #122. Please visit g-fan.com for more information. Find Monster Study Group on social media! On Twitter: @MonsterStudy and Instagram: monster_study_group & we also welcome correspondence at monsterstudygroup@outlook.com. Please let us know if your letter can be included in a future episode. Thanks for listening, and keep studying monsters!
