**Flubs** I'm becoming Little Carmine from the Sopranos lol. - 3:28 - Light of day* - 13:54 - Alterations*

Nick Adams was the kind of person who went after what he wanted with a passion which proved sometimes to backfire. He was known to be a team player.

"Monster Zero"! The coolest title of any Godzilla film! Never much cared for the "Invasion of Astro-Monster" title. This will ALWAYS be "Monster Zero" for me.

This movie is definitely one of my favorite Godzilla films from the Showa era.

I just love the little interview segment with Maya at 17:00. It is so nice to see/hear two older ladies just being kind and supportive towards each other, freely giving compliments and joking about past experiences. Truly two queens!

As an enormous fan and respecter of the original Gojira film, I loved the happy dance in this one. The series had done what it could in the area of dark analogy. Letting Godzilla naturally evolve into a children's hero was perfect for the time, and it gave the monster greater longevity.

You know, that section with Nick Adams teaching Mizuno english makes a lot of sense since a few years back at G-Fest, Akira Takarada got a bit tipsy and when people asked him about Nick Adams, he said, "He was a very horny boy!" God bless that man, glad I got to see him at G-Fest that year.

Hearing how all the actors had fun back stage makes me happy

Somehow got this dumped in my recommendations, don’t regret clicking on it since this is one of my favourite Showā era films. The music, production, direction, cast of likeable and memorable characters, despite the absence of Mothra this movie rocks. Thank you for giving its full two cents, you have earned yourself a subscriber.

I remember seeing this in the early 1980s with my friends. Our local theatre would show such classics on Saturdays. It was so cool to see these on the big screen!

This is my favorite Godzilla movie! It's light on the Kaiju action, but the human/alien drama is loads of fun.

Oh yeah another Godzilla History video, this time on the Invasion of Astro Monsters or Godzilla vs Monster Zero, a classic Showa Godzilla film and arguably one of the best films in the Showa area of Godzilla.

This is my favorite Showa era Godzilla film, after the original Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. Highly recommended for fans of old school Godzilla that haven't seen it!

Just wanted to let you know that we continue to appreciate these awesome videos! Keep up the good work!

This was and still is my favorite Showa Godzilla Movie.

I know this isn’t the actual reason, but I like to think that the Xiliens did not ask for mothra is cause they thought that mothra would prob know their plan and rat them out with the help of her shobijin but idk it’s just my head cannon

33:12 Fun Fact: Ochi, literally means dropping or falling down, is a Japanese term for Ending of narrative, anecdote, story, and joke, originated from Rakugo, a traditional Japanese stand up comedy on the stage, except not standing Rakugo-Ka, the joke teller, up but sitting up in Seiza(正座): proffer way of sitting on the floor straight in one’s legs folded underneath.

It’s impressive how we never got better looking alien humanoids than the Xillians in the entire Godzilla series and they’re not even good for general standards.

I love Monster Zero, One of my Favorite Kaiju Films. This Video was an Excellent Overview of this Godzilla Classic.

You actually came in the right time! 14 of the 15 showa era are available FOR FREE on youtube (with ads) and Invasion of Astro-Monster is one of them

The king of KZfaq returns!!! Best godzilla channel seriously

Kumi Mizuno is still beautiful.

If I remember right, this movie has least Godzilla screen time, out of all of them.

So glad to see you going back to cover these. They might be the time when Godzilla was made more child friendly, but as you have shown there's always an interesting story to go with them. Thank you.

New appreciation and respect when you learn how these films were made their history is just fascinating

I'm so happy you mentioned the Godzilla pre-workout because I use that supp and it actually works really well lol

I really enjoy & appreciate all the work you put into bringing us all of this info & I'm learning a lot of little things all the time! Greatly appreciated as a lifelong Kaiju fan at the age of 51! I got started as a child watching the marathons on WWOR TV 9 in either NY or NJ every Thanksgiving weekend! (I was born & raised in CT) Thursday was all Kong & Mighty Joe Young movies, Friday all Godzilla movies! A few channels ran marathons throughout the year. My first time actually attending 1 was Godzilla vs Megalon in a Drive In with my oldest Sister, Uncle & Aunt, great times! Who else here remembers & been to a Drive In? LMAO!

This movie came out when I was five years old. I agree with you. The whole concept of giant monsters on an alien planet was the coolest thing to see as a kid.

Just watched Frankenstein Conquers The World last night and was struck by how beautiful Kumi was. Hearing Nick Adams dubbed in Japanese was new to me, but it seemed like they used a couple bits of his own voice in English.

Another really interesting video. Always liked the Xiliens, wish they would have made a couple more appearances during the Showa era. They were interesting villains. The costumes look iconic. I remember renting this movie from Blockbuster in the 90s and absolutely loving it as a kid. Definitely got me hooked.

Thanks again for all the hardwork you put into these! Best godzilla videos on KZfaq.

Monster Zero is one of my top five favorite Godzilla movies. My only complaints, aside from the infamous Godzilla victory dance, is 1) not enough monster footage, as you’ve pointed out, and 2) the final battle was rushed, as if the script writers ran out of ideas, and the use of the - by then - cliché of the monsters tumbling into the deep. Also, it’s a WTF moment to see King Ghidorah flying away while Godzilla and Rodan are left underwater! Since King Ghidorah is shown as the last monster standing, I guess this could be considered as tactical victory for him.

Glad that Gamera got included in this video. As a Gamera fan I would love to see you discuss the films from that franchise.

miss nanikawa should have survived, she was truly a waifu with potential

I always liked the special effects for the space ships in this movie. They fit the design and they seemed to pop off the screen without looking too fake, or if they did, it was easy to forget. The Godzilla dance was a low point, but now it's so hilarious that I can't think of Godzilla without it. Like his horizontal drop kick, and atomic breath blast flying when the script calls for it.

“My name is Frank.” Lol I’m also interested in the Godzilla coffee! Also, thanks for these vids! I always wanted a model of the P-1, too 😕

THANK YOU for continuing the History Of Godzilla series. Looking forward to future installments

I feel really bad for Honda.

i had the same theory about the Xilien's controlling Ghidorah the whole time, wish they could have explored that idea. oh well, still awesome

I absolutely love this one when I was a kid! When I was in fourth grade I went to an inner-city school on the bad side of one of the worst cities in the country. It was what some people would call ghetto. But every year there was a movie day where kids would go to the auditorium and they would play a movie at the second half of the day instead of having class. On that year they played this movie in the auditorium as years went on I learn to look back fondly on this time and wonder who on Earth had the awesome idea to play a Godzilla movie for all of the inner-city kids? To this day I wish I knew so I could go and thank them personally.

Finally got around to watching, excellent work as always man! Lol those stories about Nick Adams on set were hilarious, shame that he left us so early though. And that's a good theory about Ghidorah being controlled by the xailens during the events of the last film, keep up the phenomenal work man!

I am obsessed with your channel! Your in-depth analysis is greatly appreciated and you do so in such an entertaining way! I’m learning a lot of little things that I did not know! I often rewatch past videos that I’ve already seen just because they are so interesting. Please keep making these videos! 👊🏼

Ayyyyy this was uploaded perfect timing. I just watched this movie this week lol KZfaq Movies released all of these Showa Era Classics for free last month btw, which is awesome (in case anybody didn't know)

Kumi Mizuno was smoking hot in her prime. Sorry, just needed to add that.

I have loved this film (which I've always as Godzilla vs Monster Zero) my entire life. The monsters are cool, Nick Adams and the actor who played Ken were hot. The plot was a little confusing, but that's par for the course in Godzilla movies. But the best thing about this movie is that you can watch it on KZfaq for free!

This is the video that got me into Godzilla, I don't know how it got recommended to me, but I am really happy that it did since I am a Godzilla fan now, so thank you so much bill, love your videos!!!

I love that you uploaded this in time for me to watch before I went to work today, thank you, Big Action Bill.

Yes! A new video! Dude I found you a few months back and have been a fan ever since. I've watched each video ten times over now. They are great 👍

Honestly makes my day when I spot an upload from Big Action Bill in my subscriptions. Awesome video as usual man!

I love that a bunch of Showa era Godzilla movies are on HBO max

Subscribed. These Godzilla videos are excellent- good mix of historical reference and personal theory (clearly you're not just quoting a Wikipedia entry and leaving it at that). Keep up the good work!

Big action is back!

Really do love these deep dives into the Godzilla movies, your work is always go amazing.

A lovely early Christmas gift. Love these. Thank you sir!

Love this channel!!

Phenomenal video as always, your research is so thorough, I learn so much from these.

Love the expanded info on my favorite Showa era film. Keep up the great work!

Despite the goofy space dance, this film is incredibly awesome

Great video once again! I think the humour was better integrated in this one than the last.

Once again great video, learned a lot of things. It is also nice to know what happened to some of the people involved in making these movies. It is also great to see a bit of context of what is happening to the industry outside of TOHO/Godzilla movies, I like the brief part about Gamera.

Idk how old that clip was but Mizuno aged beautifully.

Thanks for one of the best Godzilla's history on the big screen

Amazing work!

I needed this video today

¡Dude, I always look forward to your videos for good reason! ....Nicely done.

These videos are always so good. Thanks for making them

Over the course of Godzilla films, things were becoming less serious and more silly, aimed towards children. While the silly aspects of Godzilla is a defining trait of the showa era, I really empathize with the staff who felt that Godzilla was becoming something else than what he was previously with moments such as the dance showcasing that

Another great video. And always chock full of trivia

Just gonna like and comment for the algorithm rn cause I want your videos to reach more people cause you deserve it for all the work you put in. I’m gonna binge all your docs from the beginning again after my finals are over and I’m looking forward to this one. (I Gotta watch them a few times cause you give so much amazing info I can’t absorb it all the first time haha) keep up the good work man I love these

Technically, Nick Adams wasn't lying when he said that he would never work in a foreign film, because he was referring to American-films filmed elsewhere, like the spaghetti-westerns. Invasion of the Astro-Monster wasn't that. It was a Japanese movie made in Japan.

Very good work. Really well done. Thank you for this beautiful documentary.

Dude keep making these

These are always so good

I have this movie as part of Classic Media's Godzilla Collection. Nick Adams ' embarrassing Oscar incident is mentioned in the commentary. It's especially sad seeing it in your video. I feel bad for the poor guy!

Great work on this whole series man. Thought you might like to know about another origin for the Shie dance. I had heard it was Nakajima's nephew who was a huge fan of the manga, and Nakajima asked to insert the victory dance, and as it was a kids request and Honda always thought big his Kaiju movies a kid friendly, he agreed, but later regretted the insertion of the scene. I heard this through one of the Kaiju wiki's, but I've seen it elsewhere too.

This is one of my favorites watching it on tv back in the day (as well as Ghidorah the 3 Headed Monster, Godzilla vs Mothra) Warts and all. I've been watching and enjoying these videos for awhile. You know your stuff Bill. Keep them coming my good man All the best.

Keep up the good work bro. You have great info in these videos.

even as an old women (the interview shot) kumi is beautiful she age well

These are great vids you do.

Best history videos man these are so much fun

Best fucking channel on KZfaq. Literally my favorite one

The first Godzilla flim I very seen

You must be Ultrasveen fan as you keep showing Ultraseven.. He was my first.. The Ultra series began with Ultra Q which was originally not to be about giant monsters, it was envisioned as a Japanse cross between The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits but because of all those giant monster movies it ends up being about giant monsters, without a giant hero to deal with them. Ultra Q was black and white. It was followed by Ultraman in color and with an color version of Ultra Q title screen proceeding the Ultraman title screen as it was somehow considered a continuation of Ultra Q though none of the Ultra Q characters were in it, and now there is a giant alien fighting the giant monsters. The female team member in Ultraman was a reporter in Ultra Q so though not same person she did appear in both. And the Ultraman costume actor was the costume actor for one of Ultra Q's monsters. Ultraseven was originally intended to be set in its own universe not same as Ultraman but Return of Ultraman has Ultraman and Ultraseven appear briefly together, which also changes the plot of the series which was supposed to be about the original Ultraman once again taking possess of a human, this scene renders them as two Ultramen. There are slight differnece in costumes but more imprtantly it allowed for selling of more toys. by claming now three Ultras instead of just two. The three are "brothers". as are all Showa Ultramen with own series plus Zoffy from Ultraman is the oldest brother., Later retrocnned to them all being "brothers in arms" not literal brothers, (except for Leo and Astra), Father and Ultra are now merely titles (for head of the military and chief healer) and they are only the adopted parents of Ace and biological parents of Taro. Seven and Taro are now cousins. And Seven now has a son with an unknown Ultrawoman. But Ultraman Zero is NOT counted as an Ultra Brother. Only non-showa Ultras counted are Mebius (the youngest) and Hikari (same age as original Ultraman so ties for second oldest Ultra Brother though last to join).. In Battle in Outer Space they aliens attack New York and San Francisco. Apparently supposed to have gone after Paris too but scene not filmed. Families just reluctant to admit their loved one killed themselves. rather believe in an absurd conspiracy theory. The real problem is when they get other people believe it. Such as when Dorthy Killgallen a known drug addict who was allowed to get away with killing another person in car wreck while under the influence and she can be seen on Whats My Line vidoes obviousluy under the influence is found dead from either an accidental or intentional drug overdose they dont want to face it so they invent a nonsensical notion that this New York City gossip columnist was kiled because she somehow discovered "the truth behind president Kennedy's assassination". And willing to believe all kind of insane theories about that conspiracy nuts accept that nonsense too. It cannot possibly be a known drug addict killed herself, accidently or on purpose, no it has to be some fast conspiracy. You left out they burnt those rats to death after production of the film was halted. Apparently no laws against animal cruelty at the time.

Awesome video

This is the 1 and only Godzilla movie that took place outside of Earth and it was in the mid 60s at that , it might be further more years in the future before we a modern day era version of Godzilla out of space ever again or thought of at all

I loved Godzila doing that dance after the first battle....I called it the Popeye Dance because Popeye would do that move in a couple of cartoons as he's walking down the street with his music theme playing in the background.

Wonderful job.

This movie was my all time favorite Godzilla movie. Destroy all monsters was my 2nd. I loved them all but this one is still my ultimate favorite.

I used to watch this with my dad when I was small, always cried when Kumi died. It was a fun movie though. I think it was called Monster Zero when i saw it though.

I know this is a theory I got Wikizilla, but in the 1973 show Zone Fighter the leader of Garogas says that King Ghidorah was one of their creations but I guess it managed to escape from the Garogas' control and went on its own rampage through the universe. After Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, the dragon king would of course be controlled by other alien races including the Garogas again.

If you have the time and the desire to do so, I would love to see your breakdown of the gamera films too!

Dude i absolutely love your videos, they are well edited, informative and funny. Keep up the great work my friend.

I hope I can finally get my hands on the original japanese version of this film. So good.

I feel bad for Honda. I absolutely love the campy Godzilla movies, and think they are an important part history, but i can totally understand seeing your creation be warped beyond recognition must feel really bad

This is the saddest story. Honda had to watch them turn his warning of the H-bomb into a child's character. What's even worse, is the American who watched the original, but only saw dollar signs. Disgusting.

22:58 is easily one of my favourite moments in all of Japanese cinema. That Godzilla body-slam is so good

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Really enjoyed.. I was going to ask if you are going to do more Ebirah horror of the Deep Godzilla vs the smog monster etc..

Thanks to you, I bought all three Godzilla coffees! Really good, btw, ;)

Woah! I live in Berwick PA. Hearing Nick Adams is berried here was totally out of left field.