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Episode 45 - Lost World VERSUS JP3 VERSUS Jurassic World

Boy do we have a massive prehistoric mess on our hands! This week we bring the Jurassic Park series to Kaiju Court and argue our cases for which Jurassic Park Sequel is the alpha predator. The winner of this bout for supremacy is not decided by us but by you! So don't forget to cast your vote via the strawpoll, facebook, twitter, or in the comment section below.

Boy do we have a massive prehistoric mess on our hands! This week we bring the Jurassic Park series to Kaiju Court and argue our cases for which Jurassic Park Sequel is the alpha predator. The winner of this bout for supremacy is not decided by us but by you! So don't forget to cast your vote via the strawpoll, facebook, twitter, or in the comment section below.

SHOWNOTES

'Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle' release scare (2:52)

We had a bit of a miscommunication when a Hollywood Reporter article said we would be getting the second Godzilla anime film "later this week. It gave us all a fright.

Episode 44 - Jurassic Park Franchise DLC (7:21)

Cameron and I forgot some games when we were talking about the Jurassic Park franchise and we feel really bad about it. 

Jurassic World Evolution is out! (16:38)

The newest Jurassic Park game is out and Kyle has played a whole bunch of it!

'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' VERSUS 'Jurassic Park 3' VERSUS 'Jurassic World' Discussion! (25:30)

Which movie will win!? 

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Episode 44 - Jurassic Park Franchise

An episode 65 million years in the making! Kyle and Cameron take some time to reminisce about the biggest dinosaur franchise of all time and go over the movies, books, toys and video games. Check it out before we all go extinct!

An episode 65 million years in the making! Kyle and Cameron take some time to reminisce about the biggest dinosaur franchise of all time and go over the movies, books, toys and video games. Check it out before we all go extinct!

SHOWNOTES

Godzilla 2 Smörgåsbord (2:04)

Title, teaser, release date, and screening...OH MY!

Julian Dennison cast in 'Godzilla Vs Kong' (12:50)

Firefist is going head to head with Godzilla and Kong? Sign me up!

Power Rangers bought out by Hasbro (14:25)

New Power Rangers movies in the works!

Jurassic Park Franchise Discussion! (18:55)

Welcome to Junerassic Month!

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Episode 43 - Godzilla Vs The Sea Monster

Take a trip on the high seas and avoid giant crustaceans with the Tokyo Lives crew this week as we investigate the notorious Red Bamboo gang. What's that? There are reports of King Kong in the area? Silly fisherman, that's not King Kong it's just your friendly neighborhood Godzilla. 

Take a trip on the high seas and avoid giant crustaceans with the Tokyo Lives crew this week as we investigate the notorious Red Bamboo gang. What's that? There are reports of King Kong in the area? Silly fisherman, that's not King Kong it's just your friendly neighborhood Godzilla. 

SHOWNOTES

Godzilla strategic conference (2:07)

Toho had a huge meeting to determine the future of Godzilla! Thanks again to Jimpluff on tumblr who's post I read on the cast.

'Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle' released and poster revealed for third movie! (8:40)

The second anime has been released in Japan and we talk about some brief reactions. The third movie also received a teaser poster and title!

iTunes Review round-up! (15:21)

Got some new reviews on iTunes from our lovely listeners!

Godzilla Vs The Sea Monster Discussion! (18:09)

Time to go over this very weird King Kong film. Dang it I did it again!

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Episode 42 - Space Amoeba

This week the Tokyo Lives crew tackle a Toho film that none of them have seen! Listen as they all travel to an island to check out the construction of a new hotel that may be under the assault of some Giant Creatures. There are also rumors of a blue glittery mist like blob on the island so watch out!

This week the Tokyo Lives crew tackle a Toho film that none of them have seen! Listen as they all travel to an island to check out the construction of a new hotel that may be under the assault of some Giant Creatures. There are also rumors of a blue glittery mist like blob on the island so watch out!

SHOWNOTES

Godzilla Anime Sequel: First good look at MechaGodzilla (1:56)
The silhouette of the new MechaGodzilla has appeared on the web! he's a very spikey boy!

Other two Ghidorah Mo-cap artists announced (5:54)
Literally an hour after we recorded the last episode the news broke about the other two motion capture actors for Ghidorah in the upcoming Legendary Godzilla sequel.

Godzilla Vs Kong filming title revealed (8:07)
Apex? Ape-X? You decide!

True Cloverfield sequel announced? (11:49)
Apparently there is a real Cloverfield sequel in development...huh. 

Kong: King of the Apes Season 2! (14:46)
Rob suffered through this so you wouldn't have to. Keep an eye out for his article in the near future.

Space Amoeba Discussion! (23:01)
Gezora, Ganime, and Kamoebas are all here to cause some chaos!

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Episode 41 - Godzilla Vs Megalon

Time to get silly and summon Megalon from the great kingdom of Seatopia. Only Jet Jaguar and Godzilla can stop this mighty insectoid from destroying everything. The Tokyo Lives crew join the battle and our heroes help break the laws of physics to fend off Megalon. Oh also Gigan is there too.

Time to get silly and summon Megalon from the great kingdom of Seatopia. Only Jet Jaguar and Godzilla can stop this mighty insectoid from destroying everything. The Tokyo Lives crew join the battle and our heroes help break the laws of physics to fend off Megalon. Oh also Gigan is there too.

SHOWNOTES

The Meg Trailer (1:27)
Jason Statham Vs a 75 footshark? Looks fun!

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Final Trailer (10:46)
We get our final look at this hotly anticipated new entry in the Jurassic franchise.

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle Trailer (16:20)
Godzilla Earth gets ready to take on MechaGodzilla and we are all super pumped to see what's gonna happen next.

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle Prequel Novel (21:17)
Just like the first anime film the prequel novel is way more interesting what we will probably be getting in the sequel. 

Ghidorah Mo-cap artist announced (28:04)
Jason Liles is doing the mo-cap work for Ghidorah's middle head in the new Godzilla film from Legendary. Literally 3 hours after we recorded this they announced the other two head's mo-cap actors but we'll talk more about that next episode.

Godzilla Vs Megalon Discussion! (32:16)
"RISE UP MEGALON!" - Emperor Antonio of Seatopia

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Special Report - Rampage

Three creatures are mutated by a pathogen to grow to gigantic sizes and run rampant across America. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is the only one standing in their way in this bombastic action film and the Tokyo Lives crew are here to watch and see if it's any good.

Three creatures are mutated by a pathogen to grow to gigantic sizes and run rampant across America. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is the only one standing in their way in this bombastic action film and the Tokyo Lives crew are here to watch and see if it's any good.

SHOWNOTES

Spoiler Free Reviews (0:42)
The hosts all give their brief Spoiler free reactions to the film!

SPOILERS!! (07:19)
They get into the nitty gritty details of the film!

Credits

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Episode 40 - Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot

This week we take a look at one of the classic Tokusatsu shows that influenced a bunch of things around the world. Although he may not be as recognizable as Ultraman, Flying Robot is extremely important to the history of Giant Monster films.

This week we take a look at one of the classic Tokusatsu shows that influenced a bunch of things around the world. Although he may not be as recognizable as Ultraman, Flying Robot is extremely important to the history of Giant Monster films.

SHOWNOTES

Ready Player One MechaGodzilla and Godzilla theme (3:25)
Time to talk about that all to brief appearance of Mecha G in RP1. Also is this a hint of things to come in the MonsterVerse?

Gridman Anime Trailer (11:11)
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad is back!

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters manga released! (15:05)
The first issue of the manga is out and it's a beauty!

The Meg trailer release date! (17:09)
Unfortunately we recorded this episode a few days before the release of the trailer but we do talk about the book some. Look forward to hearing us talk about the trailer next episode!

Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot Discussion! (23:19)
Johnny and his adult male companion (hooboy!) join forces with the giant Flying Robot to fight Emperor Guillotine.

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Special Report - Pacific Rim: Uprising

Ten years after the apocalypse was cancelled, the Kaiju make their big return to fight a group of new recruits. Is this movie as good as the first? Can our intrepid heroes re-cancel the apocalypse?! Find out this time on Tokyo Lives!
 

Ten years after the apocalypse was cancelled, the Kaiju make their big return to fight a group of new recruits. Is this movie as good as the first? Can our intrepid heroes re-cancel the apocalypse?! Find out this time on Tokyo Lives!
 

SHOWNOTES

Spoiler Free Reviews (1:00)
The hosts all give their brief Spoiler free reactions to the film!

SPOILERS!! (11:45)
They get into the nitty gritty details of the film!

Credits

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Episode 39 - Gamera Vs Guiron

Gamera the friend of all children is back and ready to take on a certain cutlery themed kaiju! Don't forget to hum along to the theme song! Monsters coming from Mars or some other alien world? Come on, Space Monsters! Bring it on!

Gamera the friend of all children is back and ready to take on a certain cutlery themed kaiju! Don't forget to hum along to the theme song! Monsters coming from Mars or some other alien world? Come on, Space Monsters! Bring it on!

SHOWNOTES

Rampage Release Date Change (1:55)
The film is safe from the box office monster that is Avengers and now has a new release date of April 13th.

Godzilla 2 Tech Screening (3:45)
40 minutes of the film was shown on the WB lot to check for reshoot material.

Ghidorah design leak? (9:51)
We talk briefly about the supposed Ghidorah design leak for Godzilla 2.

Ready Player One: Mecha G and Gigan confirmed! (15:42)
Marisa and Rob may not be very enthusiastic about this news but we will be taliking briefly about the film regardless. Also there may be a certain piece of music in the film as well.

Godzilla: Monster Planet manga coming soon! (19:56)
The manga adaptation starts at the end of march and will be bringin in some new story elements!

Cameron's Pacific Rim thoughts! (21:02)
Cameron get's five minutes to talk about the first Pacific Rim in preparation for Uprising!

Gamera Vs Guiron Discussion! (27:08)
Freaking Tom always ruins everything. At least Space Gyaos is here!

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Episode 38 - Godzilla Raids Again

Let them fight! No, not like that! Come and join us on a tale of love, friendship, and mid-century fishing economics of Japan. Or at least it might be, the Narrator told us everything but the plot. So make sure your banana oil levels are full because we've got some digging to do!

Let them fight! No, not like that! Come and join us on a tale of love, friendship, and mid-century fishing economics of Japan. Or at least it might be, the Narrator told us everything but the plot. So make sure your banana oil levels are full because we've got some digging to do!

SHOWNOTES

Rampage in Trouble!? Update: Not anymore. (02:03)
Just some already out of date news about Rampage losing it's second weekend. But, there is a happy ending to this story. Like, four days after we recorded this episode Rampage moved it's OWN release date up a week to avoid Avengers eating it's second weekend! Good news for Rampage and Giant Monster fans, bad news for our schedule. 

Pacific Rim Thoughts: Marisa and Rob Edition (06:15)
The time is here! The time is now! Finally you get to hear what Marisa and Rob think about the first Pacific Rim!

Godzilla Raids Again Discussion! (31:33)
Who's Mister Groom? What's a Fire Monster? Why Banana Oil!?! Find out this time on Tokyo Lives!

Credits

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Episode 37 - Son of Kong

We were sitting around feeling sad about the death of Kong and decided to go visit Skull Island again. This time we run into the great white ape known only as Kong's son and try decipher if it was worth the trip out. 

We were sitting around feeling sad about the death of Kong and decided to go visit Skull Island again. This time we run into the great white ape known only as Kong's son and try decipher if it was worth the trip out. 

SHOWNOTES

Pacific Rim 2 IMAX Trailer (1:51)
Just when we thought we had gotten the final trailer for this movie we get another. This one is a bit spoilery so we tried to stay as vague as possible. 

Rampage Trailer 2 (7:03)
Oh man does this movie look like a blast! 

Kong: King of the Apes Season 2 trailer (15:03)
Unfortunately for Rob this show is getting a second season. The torture never ends...

Godzilla Vs Kong shoot date revealed! (18:41)
The movie we have all been eagerly waiting for starts shooting this October!

Jurassic World 3 release date announced! (20:05)
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom isn't even out yet and we have a release date for the sequel. This'll be the end of the new trilogy so get pumped folks.

Son of Kong Discussion! (23:42)
Time to talk about the second movie of Son Month. Carl BlueJeans returns to the island which he stole Kong and we are all along for the ride.

Credits

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Episode 36 - Son of Godzilla

Join us on Solgel Island as we investigate some strange radio interferrence and then find something more horrifying than we ever could have imagined. Time to talk about Son of Godzilla!

Join us on Solgel Island as we investigate some strange radio interferrence and then find something more horrifying than we ever could have imagined. Time to talk about Son of Godzilla!

SHOWNOTES

Koujin Trailer (2:15)
There was a trailer released for this Feudal era japanese monsters film and...wait isn't that Shin Goji? No? Well the movie looks cool regardless.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Superbowl Trailer (5:19)
Time to talk about the best trailer from Super Bowl Sunday! Everybody check under your bed's for Indoraptors!

Cloverfield Paradox Mini Special Report (11:33)
Well Cloverfield 3 has arrived. Kyle and Rob have many opinions about this movie. We do talk some spoilers starting at 14:54 so be wary.

Son of Godzilla Discussion! (27:20)
Oh no! The weather control experiment has gone completely wrong and we are stranded on an island with giant insects! Also Godzilla shows up...well I mean he kinda looks like Godzilla. Time to talk about Son of Godzilla.

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Episode 35 - Trollhunter

This week on Tokyo Lives two hapless podcasters find themselves in a tight spot when they realize they have stumbled into a cave full to burst with rabid trolls! Why didn't the tourism guide mention this!?

This week on Tokyo Lives! Two hapless podcasters find themselves in a tight spot when they realize they have stumbled into a cave full to burst with rabid trolls! Why didn't the tourism guide mention this!?

SHOWNOTES

Pacific Rim 2: The Final Trailer (2:15)
Our hype level are at critical! It's great that even with this movie right around the corner we are still seeing surprises.

Ralph! the Unbelievable? (7:25)
Oh cool there's also a new TV spot for Rampage! There's something...familiar about Ralph.

I Kill Giants! Not me, her! (8:30)
I'll be honest I don't have a gag here. I loved the comic for it's art and story and I'm really pumped to see if come to the big screen

O'shea Jackson Godzilla 2 Hype! (9:36)
O'Shea "portrayed his father in Straight Outta Compton" Jackson is even more excited about Godzilla 2 then we are and that is INSANE.

Cloverfield Part 3?  (11:37)
We had 2 Cloverfield movies announced in one week! But we aren't adding them to the schedule until we know there are giant monsters this time, we've been burned before.

Trollhunter Discussion! (14:16)
TROLL!!! Hunter. We talk about Trollhunter is this one.
 

Credits

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Special Report - Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

It's been 20,00 years and the planet has been taken over by Godzilla. What will the Tokyo Lives crew do to get our planet back? Listen to find out!

It's been 20,000 years and the planet has been taken over by Godzilla. What will the Tokyo Lives crew do to get our planet back? Listen to find out!
 

SHOWNOTES

Spoiler Free Reviews (1:00)
The hosts all give their brief Spoiler free reactions to the film!

SPOILERS!! (21:39)
They get into the nitty gritty details of the film!

Credits

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On The Fringe - Valley of Gwangi

Welcome to 2018 and the first episode of our new series: On The Fringe! This will be a series where we discuss movies that don't quite fit into the catagory of a "giant monster" film but are super close. This week we are talking about the cowboys vs dinosaur extravaganza known as Valley of Gwangi.

Welcome to 2018 and the first episode of our new series: On The Fringe! This will be a series where we discuss movies that don't quite fit into the catagory of a "giant monster" film but are super close. This week we are talking about the cowboys vs dinosaur extravaganza known as Valley of Gwangi.

SHOWNOTES

'Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters' Release! (02:57):

Look forward to the Special Report this weekend!

Toho Co-Financing the American Godzilla series (04:19):

This could have some huge repurcussions on the future of the Monsterverse!

Monsters TV Series (9:36):

Gareth Edward's film 'Monsters' is now a TV Show? Huh...

Godzilla Vs Kong shooting in Atlanta (12:40):

There are rumblings of the heavy weight championship match starting up soon in Atlanta.

Valley of Gwangi Discussion (18:09)

Try not to get cursed by an old Romani witch and help us trackdown this illusive Allosaur.

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