Anyone fan of Godzilla will want to take a look at this. Criterion, known for releasing high-quality, feature-packed editions of noteworthy movies, is gearing up to release a gorgeous Blu-ray collection of all 15 Godzilla films from Japan's Showa era, which came out between 1954 and 1975. The collection comes out on October 29, but you can preorder it now from Amazon or Criterion.

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Godzilla Movies in the Collection

Godzilla (1954)

Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

King Kong vs. Godzilla (US release version) (1963)

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

Son of Godzilla (1967)

All Monsters Attack (1969)

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Godzilla Collection Special Features

High-definition digital transfers of all fifteen Godzilla films made between 1954 and 1975, released together for the first time, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks

High-definition digital transfers of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the 1956 U.S.-release version of Godzilla; and the 1962 Japanese-release version of King Kong vs. Godzilla

Audio commentaries from 2011 on Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters featuring film historian David Kalat

International English-language dub tracks for Invasion of Astro-Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Terror of Mechagodzilla

Directors Guild of Japan interview with director Ishiro Honda, conducted by director Yoshimitsu Banno in 1990

Programs detailing the creation of Godzilla’s special effects and unused effects sequences from Toho releases including Destroy All Monsters

New interview with filmmaker Alex Cox about his admiration for the Showa-era Godzilla films

New and archival interviews with cast and crew members, including actors Bin Furuya, Tsugutoshi Komada, Haruo Nakajima, and Akira Takarada; composer Akira Ifukube; and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai

Interview with critic Tadao Sato from 2011

Illustrated audio essay from 2011 about the real-life tragedy that inspired Godzilla

New English subtitle translations

Trailers

A lavishly illustrated deluxe hardcover book featuring an essay by cinema historian Steve Ryfle, notes on the films by cinema historian Ed Godziszewski, and new illustrations by Arthur Adams, Sophie Campbell, Becky Cloonan, Jorge Coelho, Geof Darrow, Simon Gane, Robert Goodin, Benjamin Marra, Monarobot, Takashi Okazaki, Angela Rizza, Yuko Shimizu, Bill Sienkiewicz, Katsuya Terada, Ronald Wimberly, and Chris Wisnia

The 1950s had no shortage of monster movies, but the most enduring beast of them all would turn out to be Godzilla, a creature that represented moviegoers' anxiety about the nuclear age. The city-stomping King of Monsters debuted in the 1954 film Godzilla, and went on to feature in 14 sequels by 1975.Criterion has given all 15 of the films HD digital transfers and collected them in the this 8-disc set. The set includes a gorgeous hardcover book that has detailed notes about each film in the collection. It also features a good deal of supplemental material, including archival interviews with the people who made the movies, as well as loads of new artwork. You can see the full list of contents below.

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