Godzilla vs Gigan

    Godzilla vs Gigan is the first in the "Tag Team Duology". It puts Godzilla and an Ally up against two adversaries. The story involves cockroaches from outer space who plan to take over the world using a children's theme park as their cover.. Their plan involves tapes with a signal only monsters can hear in order to control their monsters King Ghidorah and Gigan.

Godzilla and Anguirus hear the signal and investigate. The two confront their adversaries in a lengthy battle.Godzilla is almost killed by a laser concealed in the alien base resembling Godzilla. The base is destroyed by the JSDF. Godzilla recovers, and drives Gigan and King Ghidorah away.

The tag team concept seems like a great idea, but there are two big problems with this film. It has a over reliance on stock footage and Anguirus gets his ass kicked the whole movie,  The stock footage at many times does not match the time of day or location. Another problem with the fights is subject relation to one another. It will follow two of the monsters for a while, neglecting what the other two are doing. The film also has two firsts for the series.

Gigan draws blood form Godzilla and the monster's talk.  Not like they do in Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster, but audible speech. It should be noted that it's only in the American version they talk. In the Japanese version, they are given speech bubbles like a comic book.  What makes this stand out is Gigan. He's a very unique monster. It's a shame his debut film was underwhelming.  He would go on to appear in another Showa  and in one Millennium film. This film is definitely a weaker entry due to it's use of stock footage, and weak fight choreography.