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Godzilla: The Series

  • TV Series
  • 1998–2001
  • TV-Y7
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
3.1K
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Godzilla: The Series (1998)
Godzilla: The Series
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Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's only living offspring.Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's only living offspring.Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's only living offspring.

  • Creators
    • Jeff Kline
    • Richard Raynis
  • Stars
    • Ian Ziering
    • Malcolm Danare
    • Rino Romano
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    • Creators
      • Jeff Kline
      • Richard Raynis
    • Stars
      • Ian Ziering
      • Malcolm Danare
      • Rino Romano
    • 22User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Ian Ziering
    Ian Ziering
    • Dr. Nick Tatopoulos
    • 1998–2001
    Malcolm Danare
    Malcolm Danare
    • Dr. Mendel Craven
    • 1998–2001
    Rino Romano
    Rino Romano
    • Randy Hernandez…
    • 1998–2001
    Charity James
    Charity James
    • Dr. Elsie Chapman
    • 1998–2001
    Brigitte Bako
    Brigitte Bako
    • Monique DuPre
    • 1998–2001
    Tom Kenny
    Tom Kenny
    • N.I.G.E.L.…
    • 1998–2001
    Kevin Dunn
    Kevin Dunn
    • Major Anthony Hicks
    • 1998–2000
    Paget Brewster
    Paget Brewster
    • Audrey Timmonds
    • 1998–2001
    Joe Pantoliano
    Joe Pantoliano
    • Victor 'Animal' Palotti
    • 1998–2001
    Scott Mosenson
    Scott Mosenson
    • Dr. Hans Sopler
    • 1999
    Patrick Labyorteaux
    Patrick Labyorteaux
    • Dr. Ted Hoffman
    • 1999
    David Newsom
    David Newsom
    • Cameron Winter
    • 1998–2000
    Bob Joles
    Bob Joles
    • Hank…
    • 1998–2000
    Michael Lerner
    Michael Lerner
    • Mayor Ebert
    • 1998–1999
    Keith Szarabajka
    Keith Szarabajka
    • Philippe Roaché
    • 1999
    Nicholas Guest
    Nicholas Guest
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    • 1999–2000
    Clancy Brown
    Clancy Brown
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    • 1999
    Ronny Cox
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    • 1998–2000
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      • Richard Raynis
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    noise_pollution1618

    I don't believe it.

    I saw this cartoon rerun in Zurich (where i live), and I could not believe my eyes! The movie back in '98 made me disappointed, a. for having one monster fighting off a military (people don't come to see a monster fighting just the military, they want monsters fighting each other) and b. because they were trying too hard to be like Jurassic park at the end.

    But this takes a completely different approach. The last baby of the Godzilla movie considers Nick (the main character) his "father", so whenever some ugly creature starts rampaging around New York (the enemy monsters can also be very well designed), so Godzilla comes and pretty much makes sure they can never touch New York again. He has the same design from the movie, and he can finally shoot fire from his mouth and is a lot more nimble. Godzilla fans rejoice.
    crazy-22

    Godzilla Is Currently My Favorite Animated Series

    I highly recommend Godzilla: The Series to anyone who enjoys well written stories, great monsters and characters you can really root for. The stories are imaginative and filled with Fil Barlow's fantastic creature creations. A big plus is the inclusion of strong female characters. Monique Dupre, Elsie Chapman and even Audrey Timmonds are brave, intelligent and capable.

    The underlying relationships of the characters are often what makes the show such fun: Randy Hernandez' endless quest to impress Monique, his teasing friendship with Mendel Craven, and Mendel's quiet longing for the oblivious Elsie truly hooked me on the show. Characters are also multi-dimensional and capable of change. Mendel is often used as comic relief, but his creative genius often saves the day and he can be selflessly heroic should the need arise.

    Check Godzilla: The Series out. You won't be sorry.
    8Keyan-the-Eagle144

    One of the best cartoons since Mighty Max

    Back when this show was on the air, I had avoided it since the 1998 Roland Emmerich-directed Godzilla was such a letdown. But after hearing that the series was coming to DVD one year I decided to try it. When I was watching it for the first time, I thought to myself, "What have I been missing?" Turns out I missed a lot.

    Fantastic kaiju creatures (some mutants, some aliens) and a main cast featuring Ian Ziering and Rino Romano (and some returning from the 1998 film) all combined to bring a lot to the table. Good plots, major mysteries, a few guest stars, and a new beast or two in addition to the titular kaiju himself. If only we humans had our own respective creatures that bonded to us. Just pray they don't run amok in our cities or eat anyone. Maybe this show was a casualty or got caught in the crossfire during the Pokemon-Digimon heyday battle. Whatever the reason, it made a good 40-something episode run. And that's not bad for a short-lived show. Now if only they could do a continuation in the form of a comic book or a reunion movie. Don't know if the latter is feasible but I'll accept the comic book part.
    raptor_2

    Second review: better than the movie and other cartoon, but lacks enough 'Zilla action

    This is my second, more carefully constructed review for this series. As said, i won't cover the ground details as i did before, but offer a second opinion.

    I still like this series, and I do think it's better than the movie, in that it has better, more believable characters, and Godzilla acts more like Godzilla than he did in the remake.

    The main problem is that, in his own cartoon show, Godzilla is rarely seen, and often treated as a mere Deus Ex Machina!

    Sure, there are some interesting monsters, and they get plenty of screen time, but most of them are just large insects, and any potential mystery about their appearance is ruined, since they usually are completely seen in the prologue before the opening credits.

    And yes, the human characters are more than just cardboard cut outs, they earn our interest, and interact instead of just act towards each other. In other words, the almost exact opposite of the characters from the 70's Hanna-Barbara show (but even they had good intentions).

    But, unfortunately, while the the humans and monsters are often interesting, the producers of the show forgot one thing: this is called "Godzilla: the Series", so why is it he only shows up twice an average episode?!? And when he does show up, its usually when he either makes his first appearance, gets injured, then comes back in at the end to kill the monster after the humans fail.

    While the humans don't fail always, whatever plan they do have requires Godzilla uses him as a plot device, and without it, he probably wouldn't have shown up in the episode at all!

    Its like in most of the Gamera (re: flying-turtle Godzilla knock-off) movies: Cool evil monster comes in, humans stare at it, Gamera comes in, get wounded, retreats, humans attempt to kill cool evil monster, fail, then either Gamera comes back and kills it himself or becomes integral to the human's attempts to kill it. (also, for fun, add in tiny short wearing children who are "friends of Gamera")

    Basically, take this formula, replace the boring Japanese people with the interesting cartoon characters, take out the tiny-short wearing kids and put in NIck Tatopolous, and (this is the worst part) replace Gamera with Godzilla, and you have generally every episode of the series, though not as lame as the older gamera movies, but not as good as the recent ones.

    also note: While Godzilla and Nick in the show have a relationship somewhat like Gamera had with whatever small kid he was saving, Godzilla is not under Nick's control. And while Godzilla does often protect Nick, it is often not his main reason for being in the story. Also, while Gamera mostly followed the kids, Godzilla and Nick often follow each other to wherever the story takes them.

    However, the episodes where Godzilla is the center of attention are absolutely excellent! The episode where Godzilla is cloned, where he is being mind controlled, where Nick and Monique go inside him to stop a virus, are all great shows.

    Especially great is the one where Godzilla meets up with another monster like him, and becomes a surrogate mate. That episode takes everything good about the series (character development and interaction, monster fights, and drama), and rolls it into a perfect episode. Heck, they even have a giant mutant turtle in that one! An obvious nod to Gamera, and a monster fight Kaiju fans would kill to see.

    Overall, "Godzilla: the series" is good, a great improvement on the movie, and its worth seeing every episode, but it could have been great if only Godzilla himself were in it more.
    raptor_2

    Better Than the Movie and Most TV Shows, Animated or Live

    Godzilla the Series takes place where the near-blockbuster movie left off. Nick Tatapolous finds the original Godzilla's one surviving egg. During its hatching, the baby Godzilla implements Nick as its adopted father.

    This could've gone into corny areas, as did several other tv show's and the other godzilla cartoon from the 70's, with Godzilla always being there for them no matter what, and always a good guy. NOT SO HERE. Godzilla, though seeing Nick as his "father", also sees the entire planet as his own nest. So, whenever a monster attacks Nick, or starts taking its own land, Godzilla will fight it off. but it also means that mankind definitely gets in Godzilla's way, and there is often little NIck can do, since its not like he can just call an independent thinking creature like Godzilla off. And thankfully, in the series, Godzilla does breath his radioactive fire. And he is much meaner and more assertive against enemies than the movie Godzilla. But several characters from the movie are back in the seires, and are much more interesting at that. The rarely seen Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven are more 3 dimensional here, as are Audrey Timmons, Animal, and Major HIcks. Several episodes even devote more than ample time on character's histories and relationships to each other, such as an episode where a major character is Elsie's one time fiancee, or plenty of episodes where newcoming characters Monique Dupree, a frech secret agant, and Randy Hernandez, an early 20's hacker, hit it off, but not so well as in most relationships. And the majority of the monsters are great and original. One problem though is that they are often shown in all their designs glory in the first few minutes of an episode. All in all, the series has more plot twists and refreshing script work than the movie. I strongly suggest that everyone watches it and gives it the attention it deserves.

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    • Trivia
      One of the main reasons why the series is so different from the movie it's spun off from, Godzilla (1998), is that almost all of the production crew were big fans of the original Japanese Godzilla films. Since the American movie's exact details were kept secret, down to the capabilities of Godzilla himself, the cartoon staff had no choice but to base their work on the Japanese movies. Thus, Godzilla Jr. is more anthropomorphic, has the iconic atomic breath weapon, stands more upright and does battle with other monsters.
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      Featured in Animal ! L'Animal... (2001)

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    • Release date
      • September 12, 1998 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 酷斯拉卡通版
    • Production companies
      • Columbia TriStar Television
      • Toho
      • Adelaide Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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