Uniquely, this has been released in both versions in the UK.

We have never had good Godzilla releases in the UK. This film was the last theatrical release (in 1986 as GODZILLA: THE LEGEND IS REBORN - it only played in London and only for about a week), many Godzilla films have simply never been shown on TV or released on VHS, and none have ever appeared on DVD over here. None are currently available in any format.

But ... we did get both US and Japanese versions of G1985.

The US version with Raymond Burr was released on rental VHS in 1987. Then in 1998 three previously unreleased (in the UK) Godzilla films appeared on VHS: G VS MECHAG, G VS HEDORAH and THE RETURN OF G which turned out to be the Japanese version of G1985 (dubbed for international export).

Both versions surface occasionally on the secondhand market. There was also a box set of the three 1998 tapes.
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