Godzilla (1978 TV series)

For the 1998–2000 animated series that aired on Fox Kids, see Godzilla: The Series.
Godzilla
Title card.
GenreKaiju
Based onGodzilla
by Toho Co., Ltd
Developed by
  • Dick Robbins
  • Duane Poole
Directed by
Voices of
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
ProducerDoug Wildey
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 9, 1978 (1978-09-09) –
December 8, 1979 (1979-12-08)
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Godzilla is an American animated monster television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Henry G. Saperstein. The series premiered on NBC on September 9, 1978 with the title The Godzilla Power Hour. The series continued to air until 1981, packaged with other series under various titles.[2]

The Godzilla Power Hour consisted of half-hour episodes of Godzilla and Jana of the Jungle. A total of 13 original episodes were produced in 1978, with the first eight airing as part of The Godzilla Power Hour.[3] On November 4, 1978, the show was expanded to 90 minutes with the addition of Jonny Quest reruns and retitled The Godzilla Super 90. Split off into its own half-hour, the show aired in its own half-hour timeslot as simply Godzilla on September 8, 1979, and then as The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour on November 10, 1979, before another repackaging as The Godzilla/Dynomutt Hour on September 27, 1980, and then The Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour until its cancellation on May 16, 1981.[4]

The series acquired the retronym of Godzilla: The Original Animated Series for its DVD release.[5]

  1. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 209.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 379–383. ISBN 978-1-4766-6599-3.
  3. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 122–124. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 247–251. ISBN 978-1-5381-0373-9.
  5. ^ Aiken, Keith (April 5, 2006). "Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla Comes to DVD". SciFi Japan. Retrieved July 18, 2018.