{"product_id":"godzilla-godzilla-raids-again-113170","title":"Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003eGodzilla and Godzilla Raids Again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe first English translations of the original novellas about the iconic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ekaijū\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Godzilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGodzilla emerged from the sea to devastate Tokyo in the now-classic 1954 film, produced by Tōhō Studios and directed by Ishirō Honda, creating a global sensation and launching one of the world’s most successful movie and media franchises. Awakened and transformed by nuclear weapons testing, Godzilla serves as a terrifying metaphor for humanity’s shortsighted destructiveness: this was the intent of Shigeru Kayama, the science fiction writer who drafted the 1954 original film and its first sequel and, in 1955, published these novellas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough the Godzilla films have been analyzed in detail by cultural historians, film scholars, and generations of fans, Kayama’s two Godzilla novellas—both classics of Japanese young-adult science fiction—have never been available in English. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book finally provides English-speaking fans and critics the original texts with these first-ever English-language translations of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGodzilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGodzilla Raids Again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The novellas reveal valuable insights into Kayama’s vision for the Godzilla story, feature plots that differ from the films, and clearly display the author’s strong antinuclear, pro-environmental convictions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKayama’s fiction depicts Godzilla as engaging in guerrilla-style warfare against humanity, which has allowed the destruction of the natural world through its irresponsible, immoral perversion of science. As human activity continues to cause mass extinctions and rapid climatic change, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGodzilla provides a fable for the Anthropocene, powerfully reminding us that nature will fight back against humanity’s onslaught in unpredictable and devastating ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShigeru Kayama (1904–1975) was a science fiction writer and scenarist whose early stories about monsters and mutated sea creatures attracted the attention of Tōhō Studios, which asked him to draft the first two Godzilla films. The film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHalf Human\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Tōhō Studios was also based on one of his stories, and he contributed to the screenplay for the Tōhō film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mysterians\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJeffrey Angles is professor of Japanese at Western Michigan University. He is author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWriting the Love of Boys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Minnesota, 2011) and award-winning translator of Orikuchi Shinobu’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Book of the Dead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Minnesota, 2017) and Hiromi Ito’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Thorn Puller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.5 x 0.63 x 8.25 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9.6 ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University Minnesota Pres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50447634858240,"sku":"113170","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0188\/3776\/files\/61n6kzEfTiL._SL1000_copy.png?v=1790209346","url":"https:\/\/asianartmuseumstore.myshopify.com\/products\/godzilla-godzilla-raids-again-113170","provider":"Cha May Ching Museum Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}