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1954 Godzilla

Godzilla: Studio Toho and Ishirō Honda

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Megalon going down a slide... all is well.

I did this because of this behind the scenes photo:

My brain said: DRAW HIM GOING DOWN A SLIDE NOW

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Kirby as Godzilla and Mothra! 🥰

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Pic 1 A translated scan of anatomical diagram of Hedorah. It was in  Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster, by Sonorama Records released in 1971, the same year as the film,  that had Godzilla’s anatomy on the opposite page.

Organs that lacked a 所 kanji were interpreted in my translation attempts as not being a reserve storage organ, but collecting the mentioned substance  temporarily from matter traveling through the digestive system to be transported elsewhere

Pic 2: The untranslated original

Interestingly, it seems to have been recreated from scratch in some other book with slightly more information

The blue sac unlabeled in the original drawing appears, from what I can make out to be some some sort of storage place for either “strong acid”, or “sulfuric acid”. Whether that fits with the artistic intent of those responsible for the Sonorama diagram I am unsure.

The third pic comes from the  The Godzilla Monsters Anatomical Encyclopedia (ゴジラ大怪獣 かいぼう図鑑 Gojira Daikaijū Kaibō Zukan), with my edited additions translated on. It was a special supplement issue of the children's aimed TV Magazine (テレビマガジン Terebi Magazin) showcasing physiological and anatomical information on most Godzilla kaiju. Its exact release date I was unable to find, but it definitely came out after the Sonorama publication considering it includes Mechagodzilla . Most likely it was published the interim between the two Mechagodzilla movies given the lack of Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla 1 being the version shown.

Oddly, despite the anatomy of Godzilla in this anatomical being almost a complete replica of Godzilla’s anatomy in Smog Monster Sonorama (the differences being mainly shorter wording and done mostly in hiragana and katakana due to being aimed at children, the valve between the stomachs and nuclear organs being omitted, and the toenails being lableled), Hedorah’s anatomy diagram in this publication is completely different from prior!

I am baffled by the changes honestly! I can understand simplifying for children, but this is a complete overhaul!

Does it even contradict the other diagram, or could they be showing different layers?

The ambiguity of "stomach versus crop" kanji makes some things unclear.

I am also confused on "sludge skin". Is it meant to be a cutaway to lower epidermis? If so the perspective with the intestines is off.

However, an interesting thing here is that the organ of the flying form used in flight are included here.

Anyway: Both diagrams agree on one thing: unlike every other kaiju in the book no hearts or lungs are shown. Hedorah seems to consist almost entirely of a nervous system and digestive system.

Transcriptions of translations below

First anatomical diagram of Hedorah from the Sonorama book:

1) Part of brain that comes out when [final form]

2) Nerves made of of hedrium [fictional material]

3) Brain

4) Where red light from nuclear reaction is emitted [fired from?] 

5) Eye (nerves are gathered here)

6) [Tassels are] a storage reserve for:Mercury, Oxidants, Cyan Manganese [ a now banned paint pigment] , Ammonia, Chromium, [and] others

7) Mouth

8) Cobalt storage [organ]

9) Fires sludge bullets from here (sludge bullets will corrode anything they hit).

10) Lead storage [organ]

11) Organ that stores sulfur as crystals

12) Thin tubes pass through the rag-like skin [of these appendages], and emit a sludge from the inside of the body. [See the scene where Godzilla is trapped in a pit flooded by Hedorah releasing sludge from fingers.]

13) Stomach [or crop?] that accumulates sludge

14) Organ that collects strontium

15) Cadmium storage [organ]

Second Anatomical Diagram of Hedorah , basic translation of organs from top to bottom

Brain

[Stomach or craw/crop (like a bird)] can rot/corrode anything

Sludge Skin [?]

Intestine

Smog sac

Smog jet tube