Episode 69 - Reptilian
After being awakened by aliens, a huge dinosaur 50 times bigger than T-Rex starts rampaging through Los Angeles (though it may look like Seoul sometimes) and the Tokyo Lives Crew must attempt to stop it.
After being awakened by aliens, a huge dinosaur 50 times bigger than T-Rex starts rampaging through Los Angeles (though it may look like Seoul sometimes) and the Tokyo Lives Crew must attempt to stop it.
SHOWNOTES
Battle at Big Rock! (7:24)
There’s an eight minute Jurassic World short and it’s pretty fantastic!
Gridman Blu-ray? (14:08)
Rumors of a Gridman release have started to surface.
GigaBash trailer (16:19)
The first trailer for this indie Kaiju game has released!
Godzilla Mobile Crossover (19:06)
Good news for our Japanese listener, Godzilla and friends are popping up in the game 47 Heroines.
New Godzilla Vs Kong Plot synopsis (21:57)
New details have surfaced and it sounds like there may be something nefarious afoot.
Reptilian Discussion! (34:22)
WE MADE YOU! WE CREATED YOU!
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 - Tremors
In the middle of nowhere in the Nevada desert something is stirring. It’s time for the Tokyo Lives crew to head out to the small town of Perfection to investigate this strange seismic activity.
In the middle of nowhere in the Nevada desert something is stirring. It’s time for the Tokyo Lives crew to head out to the small town of Perfection to investigate this strange seismic activity.
SHOWNOTES
2 more Kaiju games! (3:37)
We found out that there are two more kaiju games headed our way: Gigabash and a game through the game Dreams with a little fat Kamata-kun.
Godzilla Vs Kong Toy partnership (9:02)
We are starting to get the first details of who Legendary is going to be partnering with for toys. Hopefully they all release stateside.
Millcreek Ultraman Release schedule (11:52)
We now have releases scheduled all the way through summer of 2020.
KotM home video sales and rentals are doing fantastic (16:35)
Good news everyone!
Tremors Discussion! (23:56)
Pardon our French!
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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Episode 68 - Godzilla's Revenge
The Tokyo Lives Crew take an imaginary trip to Monster Island to help a young boy find his courage to stand up for himself. Wait a minute those Godzilla fights sure look awfully familiar…
The Tokyo Lives Crew take an imaginary trip to Monster Island to help a young boy find his courage to stand up for himself. Wait a minute those Godzilla fights sure look awfully familiar…
SHOWNOTES
Monsterverse Mobile Game?! (2:47)
We have mobile game in development that takes place in the world of the MonsterVerse! No details yet but lots of speculation.
Godzilla’s Revenge Discussion! (20:50)
We gotta take a jet? Gotta take a jet to get there?
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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Episode 67 - Ultraman Zero: Revenge of Belial
In an alternate universe the villainous Belial is causing all sorts of trouble. The Tokyo Lives crew journey to the Land of Light to team up with Ultraman Zero and try to defeat Belial once and for all.
In an alternate universe the villainous Belial is causing all sorts of trouble. The Tokyo Lives crew journey to the Land of Light to team up with Ultraman Zero and try to defeat Belial once and for all.
SHOWNOTES
Shin Ultraman! (1:31)
Hideaki Anno director of Shin Godzilla and all of Evangelion is doing a new take on the original Ultraman!
Pacific Rim Ride (11:52)
A theme park in Indonesia is opening a Pacific Rim ride with a practical dead kaiju!
Real Life Jurassic Park? (13:15)
Robot dinosaurs roaming around freely? Sounds like a great idea.
Boar! (14:59)
Giant pig threatens people in a small town? Sounds like On The Fringe material to me.
Tokyo Soapbox: Gatekeeping in the Godzilla fandom (17:55)
Gatekeeping is bad and we all need to stop doing it.
Ultraman Zero: Revenge of Belial Discussion! (39:33)
This isn’t even Belial’s final form!
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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Episode 66 - Island 731
The Tokyo Lives crew have washed ashore on a mysterious island filled with terrifying monstrosities and a mystery dating back to World War 2. Will they survive this island of terrors?
The Tokyo Lives crew have washed ashore on a mysterious island filled with terrifying monstrosities and a mystery dating back to World War 2. Will they survive this island of terrors?
SHOWNOTES
Toho at Comic Con (1:50)
The head of Toho’s Godzilla planning committee had some interesting things to say while at Comic Con.
Criterion Showa Godzilla Collection Announced (11:52)
Man this is beautiful!
Island 731 Discussion! (22:05)
Time to check out the inbetweenquel of the Project Nemesis saga!
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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Episode 65 - G Fest XXVI
It’s Godzilla’s 65th anniversary so we packed our bags and flew of north to the mysterious land of Chicago! Much to our surprise there happened to be a convention going on for Godzilla at the same time! What luck,am I right? So listen to us gab about how wonderful the G community is as we all so excited that we forget to mention that we are doing out 65th episode DURING Godzilla’s 65 anniversary!
It’s Godzilla’s 65th anniversary so we packed our bags and flew of north to the mysterious land of Chicago! Much to our surprise there happened to be a convention going on for Godzilla at the same time! What luck,am I right? So listen to us gab about how wonderful the G community is as we all so excited that we forget to mention that we are doing out 65th episode DURING Godzilla’s 65 anniversary!
SHOWNOTES
Comic Con Rumor mill! (2:16)
TOHO and Legendary and Godzilla, Oh My! What could thee rumors mean for the future of the Monsterverse?
Pacific Rim Come to the Smaller Screen! (8:56)
“It’s like one of my japanese animes!” - Otacon. Guys we are getting an anime adaptation of Pacific Rim and I am SO EXCITED.
Ultraman release from Millcreek (11:55)
Our prayers have been answered! The Giant of Light is coming to our front door (and this time I don’t have to buy a bootleg from the back of a van!)
iTunes Review! (14:28)
You type it and we talk it! Thanks for the heartfelt message!
G Fest Discussion! (17:65)
This is it! Come join us as we talk about the G fans we met, the artists we admire, the stars who stole our hearts, and the toys that emptied our wallets!
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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Episode 64 - Pulgasari
The Tokyo Lives Crew have blundered into a starving North Korean village just in time to see an old man create a giant minotaur like kaiju to help get his village out from under the opresive rule of their evil king. Can they navigate the touchy subjects of this situation?
The Tokyo Lives Crew have blundered into a starving North Korean village just in time to see an old man create a giant minotaur like kaiju to help get his village out from under the opresive rule of their evil king. Can they navigate the touchy subjects of this situation?
SHOWNOTES
Gamera return possible?! (1:06)
A tweet suggests it may be possible
Toho is coming to San Diego Comic Con (3:09)
Toho will have a booth for the first time ever at San Diego Comic Con
Clifford movie in the works! (6:54)
The meme has become real!
KotM Box office (10:34)
We’ve passed 370 million worldwide!
Tokyo Lives G-Fest Details! (12:21)
We will be in the lobby at 1pm on Saturday and will be going to the Kaijucast party on friday! Come on out and meet us.
Patrons Update (15:36)
Updates from the Patreon and video content is incoming!
Pulgasari Discussion! (20:29)
Get ready for human rights violations and some animal mutilation. Hooboy the Tokyo Lives Crew really stepped in it now!
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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Episode 63 - Kraa! and Zarkorr!
An innocent postal worker gets wrapped up in an alien monster invasion. A few years later the evil Lord Doom hires the mercenary monster Kraa to take over planet earth. The Tokyo Lives crew investigate these two relatively unknown giant monster attacks.
An innocent postal worker gets wrapped up in an alien monster invasion. A few years later the evil Lord Doom hires the mercenary monster Kraa to take over planet earth. The Tokyo Lives crew investigate these two relatively unknown giant monster attacks.
SHOWNOTES
Shin Ghidorah has arrived (1:45)
The Universal Studios Japan 4D experience has a special guest!
Boss coffee Nakajima commercial (4:32)
There’s a beautifully made tribute video to Nakajima made by Boss coffee. very cool
Monsterverse Mecha? (7:19)
Slight spoilers for the credits of King of the Monsters
KotM Box office (11:38)
We’ve passed 300 million worldwide!
Jurassic World: Camp Jurassic (13:23)
Netflix is making an animated Jurassic World show and the animation looks pretty great!
Godzilla Vs Kong (15:20)
First image and possible delay?
Godzilla games!? (24:14)
We talk about the rumored video games and the confirmed card game.
Kraa! and Zarkorr! Discussion! (30:14)
He’s threatening them with a C-stand!? Babity boopy I’m an alien!
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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Special Report - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally come! 5 years have passed since the attacks in 2014 and Monarch is under public scrutiny but everything is quiet on the Titan front. That is until a bio-terrorist organization starts releasing all of the Titans one by one! Can Monarch catch up to them before the world is destroyed?
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally come! 5 years have passed since the attacks in 2014 and Monarch is under public scrutiny but everything is quiet on the Titan front. That is until a bio-terrorist organization starts releasing all of the Titans one by one! Can Monarch catch up to them before the world is destroyed?
SHOWNOTES
Spoiler Free Reviews (0:42)
The hosts all give their brief Spoiler free reactions to the film!
SPOILERS!! (20:00)
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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Episode 62 - Godzilla (2014)
In 1954 we awakened something. This begins a chain of events, that requires the Tokyo Lives Crew to look to a face from the past to help them look into the enigmatic Monarch organization! We tried to not go overboard but nature has an order and that required a nearly three hour podcast. After all the arrogance of man is thinking nature is in our control and not the other way around.
In 1954 we awakened something. This begins a chain of events, that requires the Tokyo Lives Crew to look to a face from the past to help them look into the enigmatic Monarch organization! We tried to not go overboard but nature has an order and that required a nearly three hour podcast. After all the arrogance of man is thinking nature is in our control and not the other way around.
SHOWNOTES
KotM Early twitter reactions and premieres (4:00)
The movie has screened for fans and critics and we have some short but sweet twitter reactions to the film
Monarch sciences website updates! (10:35)
Monarchsciences.com has updated with a bunch of new info!
KotM Final Marketing push begins (24:52)
KotM is coming very soon and we get some final posters for the movie.
KotM concept art (32:20)
We got a brief glimpse at some of the beautiful concept art coming in the art book in early June.
Godzilla.com launches! (39:05)
Godzilla has an official US website now.
Shin Goji Vs EVA ride/movie at Universal Japan (42:12)
Finally we will get to see Shin fight EVA 01!
Goji 54 suit special getting a May 29th release (45:36)
The Godzilla 54 suit returns in a short film made for the Eiji Tsuburaya and its getting released on youtube this time!
Godzilla (2014) Discussion! (53:04)
Time to look into the mysterious M.U.T.O. and maybe see if Godzilla will wake up from his long nap to help us out. Let them fight!
Credits
Our music comes from the extremely talented Eclectic Method. We thank him for the permission to use the song "Monsters" throughout the show.
If you want to hear more from Coleman you can check his twitter page here!
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Special Report - Godzilla: Aftershock
Surprise! The cast was able to get a hold of a few copies of the official ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ prequel graphic novel and are excited to talk about it. Is it better than Awakening? What secrets of the MonsterVerse does it hold?
Surprise! The cast was able to get a hold of a few copies of the official ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ prequel graphic novel and are excited to talk about it. Is it better than Awakening? What secrets of the MonsterVerse does it hold?
SHOWNOTES
Spoiler Free Reviews (0:42)
The hosts all give their brief Spoiler free reactions to the comic!
SPOILERS!! (14:05)
They get into the nitty gritty details of the comic!
Credits
Our music comes from the extremely talented Eclectic Method. We thank him for the permission to use the song "Monsters" throughout the show.
If you’d like advertise with us or sponsor us, please e-mail tokyolivescast@gmail.com. Also check out our Patreon here!
Episode 61 - Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster
This time on Tokyo Lives, two strange and mysterious events draw the attention of the Tokyo Lives crew. First off we have the disappearance of a princess from a foreign land who may have reappeared as an alien fortune teller who is speaking of a kaiju apocalypse. Second we have a large meteor that crashed onto earth with possible magnetic or gravitational effects. Also is that meteor growing in size?
This time on Tokyo Lives, two strange and mysterious events draw the attention of the Tokyo Lives crew. First off we have the disappearance of a princess from a foreign land who may have reappeared as an alien fortune teller who is speaking of a kaiju apocalypse. Second we have a large meteor that crashed onto earth with possible magnetic or gravitational effects. Also is that meteor growing in size?
SHOWNOTES
Godzilla: King of the Monsters News Insanity (2:05)
The final trailer, Viral marketing update, New posters, and the soundtrack…ETC.
Mothra Blu-ray release! (36:46)
For the first time own Mothra on Blu-ray thanks to Mill Creek
Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster Discussion! (39:42)
Is she from Venus or is she from Mars? Let’s find out!
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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Episode 60 - Godzilla: Awakening
When the Hiroshima bomb went off it awakened something. Papa Serizawa sets off to investigate the strange creature he saw that day and ends up being one the founding members of the Monarch organization. Also Godzilla shows up…or at least we think that’s supposed to be Godzilla.
When the Hiroshima bomb went off it awakened something. Papa Serizawa sets off to investigate the strange creature he saw that day and ends up being one the founding members of the Monarch organization. Also Godzilla shows up…or at least we think that’s supposed to be Godzilla.
SHOWNOTES
Godzilla: King of the Monsters News Madness (4:14)
TV Spots, IMAX trailers, Poster, Trailer 3 incoming, and Japanese pop songs? We cover it all here!
Toho Moving Into Hollywood? (32:41)
Toho is moving a bunch of money over to Hollywood! What does that mean? Well we really don’t know but it can only be good news for Kaiju fans.
Raiga and Reigo geting a Us release! (37:03)
Two obscure kaiju films are getting an American release!
Fan mail! (39:51)
We read out some really awesome fan mail.
Godzilla: Awakening Comic Discussion! (42:56)
Time to talk about the prequel comic to Godzilla (2014) and all of it’s inconsistencies!
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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Episode 59 - Gappa the Triphibian Monster
A land survey has gone awry leaving Rob and Cameron caught between a wealthy magazine owner and a extra large family feud! Fortunately, they've got a little legal help to get them through this mess! find out how they survive this time on Tokyo Lives!
A land survey has gone awry leaving Rob and Cameron caught between a wealthy magazine owner and a extra large family feud! Fortunately, they've got a little legal help to get them through this mess! Find out how they survive this time on Tokyo Lives!
SHOWNOTES
We Built this Standee on Rock and Roll! (5:32)
As we get closer to King of the Monsters, theaters around the globe roll out the red carpet for the big G! We look over some of the amazing Standees that are being used.
I Wonder what happened at Wondercon? (12:14)
Wondercon filled us in with some ~ S P O I L E R S ~ for the upcoming Godzilla comic and rumors of a new KotM Trailer!!
I’ve Spotted something on my TV! (18:52)
Two new amazing TV Spots leading up to KotM! Will Best boy Rodan show up? Just how big is a battle ship anyway?
Money is where the Heart is (25:49)
Peace at last! We get word that the only thing that will stop the Monsterverse train from a-rollin’ on, is how much money these next two films make!
Jurassic World! …on Netflix? (27:14)
Is it an Anime? A Reality TV show? Some kind of choose your own adventure!? Who knows? We don’t that’s for sure.
Gappa the Triphibian Monster Discussion! (30:25)
From beyond written records (or basic racial sensitivity), GAPPA, THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTER(s) arise! See what we think about this… thing that is technically a 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.
If you want to hear more legal discussions you can check out the Legal Geeks! Thanks again to Josh for joining us and sharing this wild film!
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San Francisco Lives Episode 30 - Critters
The San Francisco Lives gang is back! With the hotly anticipated Episode, CRITTERS! Creepy crawlies are about, do we have what it takes to survive the night!? Find out!
The San Francisco Lives gangis back! With the hotly anticipated Episode, CRITTERS! Creepy crawlies are starting to surround us, do we have what it takes to survive the night!? Find out!
SHOWNOTES
Mic Check! (1:16)
Cameron starts us off strong with a bit of ~ r o m a n c e ~
No News is Good News! (6:02)
A San Francisco correct!! We thought there wasn’t any news but the DAY AFTER we recorded this a new trailer dropped for Critters: A New Binge! We are so excited about this! Watch the trailer here.
Critters Discussion! (29:46)
You’ve all asked for it, and we are here to deliver! Here on this wonderful April 1st! San Francisco Lives is Back to Tackle Critters!!
Credits
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