Photo: 'Rebirth of Mothra’ Opening The ‘90s was a good time to be a Godzilla fan. Save for 1990 itself, every single year came with a new film in the franchise...well, sort of. After the “Heisei era” came to an end with ‘Godzilla vs. Destoroyah’, and before the “Millenium era” began with ‘Godzilla 2000’, a trilogy of spin-off films in the franchise were released. While the Godzilla franchise never had very strong continuity, this trilogy took things a step further by removing Godzilla himself entirely. Instead, it focuses on one of the other popular monsters from the franchise, the giant moth known as Mothra. Between 1996 and 1998, the ‘Rebirth of Mothra’ trilogy saw its release in Japan, before seeing an English release a few years later on both DVD and the Sci-Fi Channel. The actual story of the films, all of which were written by Masumi Suetani, largely revolved around the dying Mothra’s son,...
- 7/14/2022
- by Austin Oguri
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
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