Kyle Minnick Kyle Minnick

Episode 54 - Mothra Vs Godzilla

A massive storm washes a giant egg onto the shoreline and leave it to corporate greed to ruin the world. Happy Enterprises purchases the egg and tries to make it into the main ‘eggtraction’ at an amusement park. The Mothra fairies and Mothra want to get the egg back and Godzilla just wants to destroy everything after waking up cranky from a long nap.

A massive storm washes a giant egg onto the shoreline and leave it to corporate greed to ruin the world. Happy Enterprises purchases the egg and tries to make it into the main eggtraction at an amusement park. The Mothra fairies and Mothra want to get the egg back and Godzilla just wants to destroy everything after waking up cranky from a long nap.

SHOWNOTES

‘Gyaras’ trailer (1:35)
New Kaiju show being released in japan. Is it a grackle?

Micahel Dougherty Interview and various news bits (7:40)
The director of ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ gives some choice quotes on the origins of the designs for the main four monsters.

Fan Stuff! (20:00)
New Patron, Fan-art, and iTunes review!

Mothra Vs Godzilla Discussion! (33:06)
The Tokyo lives crew investigate this eggcellent mystery and hope to return the egg peacefully to Infant Island.

Credits

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Special Report - Godzilla: The Planet Eater

The Exif plan has come to fruition and King Ghidorah has arrived to kill Godzilla! Can we survive this cosmic terror? Check out our review of the final film in the Godzilla anime trilogy.

The Exif plan has come to fruition and King Ghidorah has arrived to kill Godzilla! Can we survive this cosmic terror? Check out our review of the final film in the Godzilla anime trilogy.

SHOWNOTES

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

SPOILERS!! (15:25)
They get into the nitty gritty details of the film!

Credits

Our music comes from the extremely talented Eclectic Method. We thank him for the permission to use the song "Monsters" throughout the show.

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Kyle Minnick Kyle Minnick

Episode 53 - Godzilla X Megaguirus

Oh no! Some kid brought a weird egg back from the forest and now the whole city is flooded. There are also strange reports of people disappearing with the only trace of them being some nasty goop. Also Godzilla has shown up for the first time since 1996 and seems to be heading closer to Japan. Can the two situations be related?

Oh no! Some kid brought a weird egg back from the forest and now the whole city is flooded. There are also strange reports of people disappearing with the only trace of them being some nasty goop. Also Godzilla has shown up for the first time since 1996 and seems to be heading closer to Japan. Can the two situations be related?

SHOWNOTES

‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ - Trailer and design reveals (1:32)
During our short break there was a megaton of King of the monsters reveals. Time to break them all down!

‘Godzilla: Planet Eater’ release date revealed! (47:37)
Keep an eye out for the Special Report on January 10th!

Ultraman Netflix anime trailer released! (49:42)
New trailer for the manga adaptation released and we have some questions.

Ultraman Reboot in the works?! (54:09)
Cameron talks about the new Ultraman series in the works.

Godzilla X Megaguirus Discussion! (57:46)
Dragonflies, black whole guns, and Godzilla! This movie is nuts!

Credits

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Kyle Minnick Kyle Minnick

Episode 52 - Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla

When a black mountain appears above the clouds, a monster will arrive and try to destroy the world… when the red moon sets, and the sun rises in the West, two monsters will appear to save the people. The Tokyo Lives crew help Godzilla and King Caesar fight the mechanical menace known only as Mechagodzilla!

When a black mountain appears above the clouds, a monster will arrive and try to destroy the world… when the red moon sets, and the sun rises in the West, two monsters will appear to save the people. The Tokyo Lives crew help Godzilla and King Caesar fight the mechanical menace known only as Mechagodzilla!

SHOWNOTES

Godzilla at the Comic Con experience in Brazil (2:49)
Legendary is gonna have a big presence at the convention so keep your eyes peeled. (NOTE: This was recorded before we knew bout the Tokyo Comic Con Appearance in just a few days)

The new G’54 suit is being used for a short film! (5:03)
This is some very cool news for old school Tokusatsu fans!

Pacific Rim Anime!? (5:50)
An announcement that came out of nowhere!

Godzilla Vs Gryphon aka Godzilla ‘94 comic! (10:36)
Kaijuphile is releasing the whole comic online and it all started on Thanksgiving.

Godzilla Vs Kong smorgasborg of news! (13:02)
So much news! Including a synopsis for the upcoming film!

Godzilla: King of the Monsters is finished! (20:55)
Post production is done! the movie is ready for release!

A very sweet iTunes review (23:04)
Thanks BBQNerd!

Godzilla: Final Wars Discussion! (28:03)
Mechagodzilla is wreaking havok! How can Godzilla possibly stop him!?

Credits

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On The Fringe - Reign of Fire

This week on Tokyo Lives, the crew heads across the sea to the UK where it seems dragons have burned everything to ash. Time to team with Christian Bale and a very grunty Matthew McConaughey to try to take them down!

This week on Tokyo Lives, the crew heads across the sea to the UK where it seems dragons have burned everything to ash. Time to team with Christian Bale and a very grunty Matthew McConaughey to try to take them down!

SHOWNOTES

Godzilla’s birthday suit! (1:42)
They made a replica of the 54 Goji suit!? Awesome!

‘Godzilla: Planet Eater’ reviews are trickling in (3:20)
And it’s good? Well let’s hope we feel the same in January or February…

Sequels: Meg 2 and D-Wars 2 (5:39)
Nobody on the cast wanted either of these but they are happening!

Gridman Anime is very good! (9:50)
Rob says it’s super good and I can’t wait to talk about it some day.

Godzilla Vs Kong casting (12:29)
Alexander Skarsgard joins the cast of ‘Apex’!

Godzilla: Aftershock comic details! (13:12)
Legendary had a big panel at LA Comic Con and announced their prequel comic to King of the Monsters!

Reign of Fire Discussion! (24:12)
Dragons, fire, and…Star Wars references? Huh didn’t expect that last one

Credits

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Episode 51 - Godzilla: Final Wars

Deep in the bowls of Antarctica a force more powerful than any the Tokyo Lives Crew has ever faced slumbers. In a desperate bid to celebrate 50 episodes the team must awaken the terror of GODZILLA: FINAL WARS!

Deep in the bowls of Antarctica a force more powerful than any the Tokyo Lives Crew has ever faced slumbers. In a desperate bid to celebrate 50 episodes the team must awaken the terror of GODZILLA: FINAL WARS!

SHOWNOTES

A New Trailer Approaches! (1:59)
The third and, let me check my notes here, final episode of the Godzilla Anime has a trailer! Will Long Boi manage to best Roshi-zilla?! We can’t wait to find out

“Godzilla Vs Kong Stuff”! (9:53)
Oh hey, look at this smorgasbord of Apex news! Come to Australia to see extremely dangerous animals duke it out for superiority. Oh also Godzilla and Kong are here.

Second star to the left, straight on til Godzilla (20:10)
If you ever feel alone in this crazy big world, just know that when you look up in the sky, Godzilla’s always watching over you (thanks to NASA)

Honestly I don’t have a bit for this one, it’s just a really sweet story. (21:55)
Sometimes it’s nice to just take a step back and enjoy people being kind to each other.

New iTunes Review! (23:50)
The good feels keep on a rolling! Thanks for the really genuinely nice comment name I can’t type. Cameron and I will be getting a friendship necklace that says “Playful Bois” really soon.

The Tokies! (25:45)
Whoa! The Votes are in! Hot Off the Twitter Presses! Tune in to see who Won on the first ever Tokie Awards!

Godzilla: Final Wars Discussion! (35:55)
This is it! Operation Final War is a go! Wait, what’s that? There are lots of wars after this? Well, whatever, that’s not important! Let’s strap into the Atragon and- wait what? Gotango? Anyway, let’s jam!

Credits

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Kyle Minnick Kyle Minnick

Episode 50 - The Tokyo Lives Awards

Here we are folks! It’s the 50th Episode and it’s time for the crew to do some reminiscing. We decided to talk about some of our favorite memories from the cast and maybe give some hints towards future episodes. Don’t forget to look for the polls on facebook and twitter!

Here we are folks! It’s the 50th Episode and it’s time for the crew to do some reminiscing. We decided to talk about some of our favorite memories from the cast and maybe give some hints towards future episodes. Don’t forget to look for the polls on facebook and twitter!

SHOWNOTES

Mothra design from KotM leaked (2:03)
NECA accidentally leaked the design of the adult Mothra. She’s got really long legs now!

Fan Art shoutouts! (8:20)
We got some really awesome fanart from Eric Schuster and Chris Degl! Thank you guys for being awesome!

Poll results for Episode 51  (11:02)
Operation Final War is a go!

Tokyo Lives Awards! (18:25)
It’s time for the Tokies!

Credits

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Kyle Minnick Kyle Minnick

Episode 49 - Rodan

After a giant insect attacks a small mining town, the Tokyo Lives Crew go deeper into the mine to find the source of these creatures. Instead of finding the bug, they wind up finding a giant egg holding none other than Rodan! Can they survive this winged terror?!

After a giant insect attacks a small mining town, the Tokyo Lives Crew go deeper into the mine to find the source of these creatures. Instead of finding the bug, they wind up finding a giant egg holding none other than Rodan! Can they survive this winged terror?!

SHOWNOTES

New Gridman Anime trailer (1:21)
Gridman is coming up very soon and we got a new trailer!

Broadway King Kong starting up really soon (4:49)
Wow we kind of forgot about this one for awhile but the Kong broadway is almost here and we got a new look at the puppetry involved to bring him to life.

’Godzilla: The Planet Eater’ details! Pictures, Posters, and Speculation!  (8:29)
A whole bunch of images from the third Godzilla Anime have been released including our first good look at Anime Ghidorah.

Old Man Tommy Comic (18:25)
A story about Old Man Tommy Oliver searching for his son. We love it!

‘Godzilla Vs Kong’ begins production in Hawaii in early October (21:25)
GVK starts production really soon!

Rodan Discussion! (30:34)
Rodan is here and doing loops!

Credits

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Episode 48 - The Giant Claw

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a plastic bag? Is it a flying battleship?! Find out on this episode of Tokyo Lives!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a plastic bag? Is it a flying battleship?! Find out on this episode of Tokyo Lives!

SHOWNOTES

Godzilla: King of the Monsters Tie-in comic leaked for April (1:00)
A new comic will be coming from Legendary next year to probably explain where all these other monsters come from!

The Giant Claw Discussion! (10:55)
That bird is as big as a battleship! Or is it bigger? Guess you’ll have to listen to find out!

Credits

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Kyle Minnick Kyle Minnick

Episode 47 - Gamera Vs Zigra

This time the friend of all children goes up against an alien shark that wants to prove his species is superior by causing massive earthquakes and killing all of the humans. Of course this all happens off screen so maybe we’ll all be okay. Can the Tokyo Lives crew survive the terrifying might of Zigra?

This time the friend of all children goes up against an alien shark that wants to prove his species is superior by causing massive earthquakes and killing all of the humans. Of course this all happens off screen so maybe we’ll all be okay. Can the Tokyo Lives crew survive the terrifying might of Zigra?

SHOWNOTES

Legendary and Warner Bros come to a new distribution deal (2:30)
A new distribution deal seems to be on the horizon and this may mean good things for the MonsterVerse.

T.J. Storm is our Godzilla again! (4:59)
Lokk s like america has an official Godzilla "suit" actor.

Power Rangers Sequel? Reboot? Who knows!  (7:21)
Hasbro is doing something with the Power Rangers movie franchise but we don't know what exactly.

Monstrum Tailer (13:45)
Monster movie set in feudal era Korea. Sign us up!

Redman comic by Matt Frank is out! (15:25)
Matt Frank's hotly anticipated new comic is out in the US.

Gamera Vs Zigra Discussion! (18:45)
Check out our thoughts on Gamera's first foray into the musical arts. How does he do?

Credits

Our music comes from the extremely talented Eclectic Method. We thank him for the permission to use the song "Monsters" throughout the show.

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Kyle Minnick Kyle Minnick

Special Report - The Meg

A giant prehistoric shark has risen from the depths and is threatening to eat the Tokyo Lives crew! Check out our review of the new movie 'The Meg.'

A giant prehistoric shark has risen from the depths and is threatening to eat the Tokyo Lives crew! Check out our review of the new movie 'The Meg.'

SHOWNOTES

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

SPOILERS!! (10:59)
They get into the nitty gritty details of the film!

Credits

Our music comes from the extremely talented Eclectic Method. We thank him for the permission to use the song "Monsters" throughout the show.

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On The Fringe - Crater Lake Monster

Can the Tokyo Lives crew survive when facing a rampaging Plesiosaur? Or will they become as distracted by subplots as the director of this movie seems to have been? Find out on the latest episode of Tokyo Lives!

Can the Tokyo Lives crew survive when facing a rampaging Plesiosaur? Or will they become as distracted by subplots as the director of this movie seems to have been? Find out on the latest episode of Tokyo Lives!

SHOWNOTES

'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' Trailer 1 (1:42)
Well the trailer is here and it gave us a bunch of cool goodies!

Bear McCreary is the composer of GKotM (20:02)
The composer for the recent God of War and Battlestar Galactica is taking over for Alexander Desplat and he is bringing some classic Ifukube themes along for the ride!

More than 4 monsters in GKotM (24:19)
#Gameraconfirmed? #Anguirusconfirmed? We'll find out!

'Godzilla: The Planet Eater Teaser trailer (28:57)
No actual footage? I guess we'll talk about it anyway...

Crater Lake Monster Discussion! (32:51)
"It's like an aligator but huge" - ?A character's description of a Plesiosaur.

Credits

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Special Report - Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle

Haruo has been saved by a mysterious girl and Godzilla Earth has revealed himself. What's that? Mechagodzilla is still functional? Well that could be great but also maybe awful. Check out our review of the second Anime film!

Haruo has been saved by a mysterious girl and Godzilla Earth has revealed himself. What's that? Mechagodzilla is still functional? Well that could be great but also maybe awful. Check out our review of the second Anime film!

SHOWNOTES

New and Spoiler Free Reviews (0:42)
We cover the viral marketing for 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (recorded before the awesome trailer) then the hosts all give their brief Spoiler free reactions to the film!

SPOILERS!! (44:06)
They get into the nitty gritty details of the film!

Credits

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Episode 46 - Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters

Time to discuss the IDW comic that started it all! This week we are discussing Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters much to all of the hosts dismay and I think we all wonder how the comics went from this to the beautiful piece of art that was Half Century War. Also sorry for the length of the episode but we had a gigaton of news to cover.

Time to discuss the IDW comic that started it all! This week we are discussing Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters much to all of the hosts dismay and I think we all wonder how the comics went from this to the beautiful piece of art that was Half Century War. Also sorry for the length of the episode but we had a gigaton of news to cover.

SHOWNOTES

The Meg International Trailer (2:25)
The latest trailer for the Shark Vs Statham movie is out! is it any better thane the last one?

SSSS Gridamn Anime Trailer 2 (7:51)
We get a better look at the new Gridman Anime that is coming out soon.

Matt Frank Gamera comic! (11:55)
What is Matt Frank up to? One cannot simply announce a Gamera comic and it not get talked about.

Ultraman Anime coming soon to Netflix (14:28)
The anime based on the manga is on it's way to Netflix next spring. 

'Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle' Release Date! (17:09)
JULY 18th!!! This is not a drill!

Gundam movie in the works! (20:32)
IT'S A GUNDAM MOVIE!!!

Legendary Money (23:39)
Legendary pictures got a huge financial boost of 1 billion dollars to keep the studio running. Good? Bad? You decide.

Godzilla vs Kong Returning to Skull Island (30:52)
Skull Island in a Kong movie? Who'dve thunk it.

Godzilla King of the Monsters will be in Hall H! (34:36)
July 21st is gonna be a huge day for the MonsterVerse that's for sure.

Lost World VERSUS Jurassic Park 3 VERSUS Jurassic World winner announced! (40:15)
Who won the last Versus episode? 

Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters Comic Discussion! (45:47)
"You have to be %$@#ing kidding me!" - Everyone.

Credits

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Special Report - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Isla Nublar is about to be destroyed by a volcano and our heroes attempt to save some of the dinosaurs from going extinct once again. Unfortunately for them the rescue attempt may not be as innocent as it seems. Can the Tokyo Lives crew help save the dinos? Check out our review of 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'!

Isla Nublar is about to be destroyed by a volcano and our heroes attempt to save some of the dinosaurs from going extinct once again. Unfortunately for them the rescue attempt may not be as innocent as it seems. Can the Tokyo Lives crew help save the dinos? Check out our review of 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'!

SHOWNOTES

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

SPOILERS!! (14:16)
They get into the nitty gritty details of the film!

Credits

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