Godzilla Island (1997-1998 TV Show)

== Godzilla Island (1997) ==
Godzilla Island (ゴジラアイランド Gojira Airando?) was a Japanese television show spinoff of the Godzilla franchise created by Toho. It premiered on October 6, 1997, and ran for a total of 256 three-minute episodes, finishing on September 30, 1998. The series is notable for its almost-exclusive use of action figures to portray the kaiju rather than suitmation.
== Plot. ==
In 2097, most of the world's monsters have been rounded up and are living on an island in the south pacific dubbed Godzilla Island. The kaiju are kept content on their island home, and are monitored from the G-Guard base in the center of the island. There, the G-Guard Commander watches and monitors the monsters day after day, with only the spherical robot Lucas by his side. However, the monotony of the job and of the monster's lives comes to an abrupt end when a gigantic UFO arives on Earth. Inside is the Xilian Zaguresu, who, under the command of her leader, the Giant Dark Emperor, is hell bent on taking over the planet, starting with Godzilla Island. However, as her ship arives on and begins to attack the island, a smaller ship arives and defends the island, the monsters, and the base. As the Commander and Lucas scratch their heads, perplexed by this new turn of events, a young woman suddenly appears in the base. She introduces herself as Torema, and says she has come to help defend the island from Zaguresu's onslought. However, the three heroes have a long road ahead of them, as the evil Xilians have an entire army of monsters at their disposal, and more than a fiew suprises to boot. It will be up to the Commander, his daughter Misato, Torema, Lucas, and the horde of monsters living on Godzilla Island to defend their home, and the world, from the coming invasion.
== Rating ==
PG:6+
== Cast. ==
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
* Jirō Dan   as   G-Guard Commander
* Kenichirō Shimamura   as   Lucas
* Mayumi Ōkuwa   as   Torema
* Kaori Aizawa   as   Zaguresu
* Yutaka Aoyama   as   Narrator
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