2.27.2021
It is the weekend. And I love watching Godzilla movies on Saturday morning. Since the new year, I’ve watched Godzilla vs Biollante (1989), Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991) and Godzilla vs Megalon (1973) each several times. This morning, as I scrolled through my quick list of favorite Showa and Heisei films, my love for All Monsters Attack (ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃, 1969), aka Godzilla’s Revenge, reignited. It is the perfect movie for the weekend, full of fond memories and nostalgia. Godzilla’s Revenge has an important lessons for children and adults. As it began to play, I never thought about the translation for the opening song, “Monster March,” by the boy hero Ichiro. I also found out how to add furigana above the kanji characters. So if you know hiragana and katakana, you can sing along too.