Saturday, June 1, 2019

Famous First Episodes: Godzilla in The Firebird (1978)

In 1978, NBC & Hanna-Barbera decided to try something bold. The studio acquired a license to adapt Godzilla into a weekly animated series, as Rankin-Bass did for ABC with King Kong 12 years earlier.

In the opener, Godzilla (vocal effects by Ted Cassidy) faces off with "The Firebird":



With a new Godzilla movie in theatres, I thought this would be appropriate for June.

Rating: B.

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