Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Take a good look here on this heart-pounding episode of “Stop-Motion Rarities”. In this scene from “Godzilla Raids Again” (a.k.a. “Gigantis the Fire Monster”) (1955), as Godzilla and Anguiras fight in Osaka in such excessive speed, you can see the palace pagoda crack up. Now according to page 354 of the book “Ray Harryhausen: Master of Majicks Volume 1”, by Mike Hankin, the cracking was done by using chalk or withe paint. It is also possible that Minoru Nakano was responsible for this shot. Having the monsters fight with the camera under cranked, doesn’t pass for stop-motion animation. It is faking it. There are two scenes where high-speed fights (trying to pass for stop-motion) where the cracks are animated with chalk or white paint. Enjoy. (All copyrights acknowledged.) (For research and archival purposes only.)#StopMotionRarities #GodzillaRaidsAgain #MinoruNakano
Take a good look here on this heart-pounding episode of “Stop-Motion Rarities”. In this scene from “Godzilla Raids Again” (a.k.a. “Gigantis the Fire Monster”) (1955), as Godzilla and Anguiras fight in Osaka in such excessive speed, you can see the palace pagoda crack up. Now according to page 354 of the book “Ray Harryhausen: Master of Majicks Volume 1”, by Mike Hankin, the cracking was done by using chalk or withe paint. It is also possible that Minoru Nakano was responsible for this shot. Having the monsters fight with the camera under cranked, doesn’t pass for stop-motion animation. It is faking it. There are two scenes where high-speed fights (trying to pass for stop-motion) where the cracks are animated with chalk or white paint. Enjoy. (All copyrights acknowledged.) (For research and archival purposes only.)#StopMotionRarities #GodzillaRaidsAgain #MinoruNakano
