Kieth said

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When GODZILLA was first made Toho did not put a lot of effort into preserving the original materials and they've never done a restoration of the film. A few years back Koichi Kawakita (special effects director for the Heisei Godzilla films) requested that GODZILLA and THE MYSTERIANS be restored for the Japanese R2 DVDs and Toho refused. If Toho's not going to do a restoration for their own DVDs, they're certainly not going to do it for a foreign release


Unbelievable that Toho would so neglect one of their major cash cows!!!!

But like Kolchak says... I guess I can't imagine the film in better shape and still having the same impact. The cracks and pops just add to the gloomy documentary feel.

On the other hand... THE MYSTERIANS and all it's bright colors and Darma headed aliens would look ravishing in a full restoration!
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